Alabama's Negro Vote and the Race to Redraft a State Constitution
A New York Times report from Montgomery, Alabama, June 8, describes the Constitutional Convention's cautious, conservative approach to redefining Negro suffrage. Delegates weigh educational, property, and poll tax provisions, plus a grandfather clause, to curb illiteracy while avoiding heavy white disenfranchisement. Booker T. Washington’s memorial calls for stable, race-neutral laws. The process faces federal enforcement risks and a political balance between ending Negro control and preserving white supremacy.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Congress
Jones
Booker T. Washington
Tuskeegee
Clubhouse for Vassar Maids Proposed by Students
Poughkeepsie June 8 The Vassar Students Association weighs raising 20000 dollars to build and endow a clubhouse for the maids at the college Nearly 200 chambermaids waitresses and dining room girls would gain a meeting place for social contact and access to periodicals and books Faculty member Dr Taylor and others approve the plan A student committee leads the drive and subscription blanks are out for contributions The aim is to enhance social life and improvement opportunities for the staff.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Students Association At
Vassar
Taylor
Hessian Fly Strikes Wheat Crops Across Genesee County
In Geneva New York on June 8 reports show the Hessian fly damaging much local wheat, especially Genesee County. The pest was found recently and farmers report significant losses with some choosing to salvage remaining grain while others have abandoned wheat and replanted beans.
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Geneva
N. Y
Genesee County
Cobb buys Lockwood mansion in Stamford for 75000
Stamford June 8 J B Cobb First Vice President of the American Tobacco Company has purchased the late Frederick Lockwood's Strawberry Hill residence for about 75000. The Standard Oil magnate drowned during an Atlantic crossing years ago. Cobb plans to make it his permanent home.
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Stamford
Conn
J. B. Cobb
American Tobacco Company
Frederick Lockwood
Standard Oil
Strawberry Hill
Cobb
Gage Gives Up His House After Wife's Death
Washington dispatch reports Secretary of the Treasury has vacated the couple's home they occupied briefly before Mrs. Gage's death and moved into Arlington apartments. The Secretary of War, the Postmaster General, and Mrs. Smith are quartered at the same hotel temporarily.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Col Roosevelt to Visit Colorado Springs for Centennial
Col Roosevelt plans a trip to Colorado Springs in August to attend the quarto centennial celebration. Telegrams were sent by Senator Patterson Gov Orman and Chairman Smith of the Democrat State Central Committee urging his attendance. He likely will deliver several speeches before proceeding to trout fishing.
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Col. Roosevelt
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Col
Thore Roosevelt
Benator
Patterson
Orman
Smith
Democrat State Central Committee
CAPT N H HALL HONORED FOR Peking CAMPAIGN
Secretary of the Navy approved awards for sailors and Marines from the China relief campaign. Capt N H Hall is breveted Major for distinguished conduct at Peking siege, while Ensign Pettingill and Ensign McCarthy receive commendations for actions at Tien-Tsin and Aguasan River. Major George Richards earns a Lt Colonel brevet for Tien-Tsin bravery. other captains and lieutenants receive general commendations. The list also covers thirty seven NCOs and privates awarded medals of honor and commendations for the siege of Peking.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Naval Board of Awards
Navy
Marine Corps
China
N. H. Hall
Peking
Long
Santiago
Hackett
Board of Awards
Capt
Hall
Conger
Legation
Myers
Legations
Chaffee
Halls
Haywood
Marine Brigade
G. T. Pettingill
United States Navy
Tien-Tsin
A. H. McCarthy
Navy Department
United States
Calamianes
Agusan
Mindanao
George Richards
United States Marine Corps
Pekin
Philip M. Bannon
B. H. Fuller
Charles G. Long
Robert F. Wynne
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Raid on alleged policy shop ends with shot fired led by Frank Moss
A midnight raid on a basement policy shop at 211 West Twenty-eighth Street ends with a gunshot from a revolver. Frank Moss and Superintendent McClintock led the operation with police captains and plainclothes officers, arresting five men and seizing paraphernalia.
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West Twenty-eighth Street
Cooney
West Thirty-seventh Street
Frank Moss
Moss
Supt. McClintock
The
Society For the Prevention of Crime
Society
Bauman, Lightenberg and McClellan
McClintock
Twenty-eighth Street House
Jerome
John Doe
Richard Roe
Charles Baldwin
White
Rivington Street
William Francis
West Twenty-ninth Street
John Beeswax
West Twenty-fourth Street
James Henry
Second Avenue
Albert Grand
West Twentyseventh Street
Capt. Cooney
Tornado kills twelve across Oklahoma Territory
A violent storm swept the Territory last night with a 10 PM start and tornado force by 1 AM. In Billings Noble County seven people died and many were injured while Kingfisher County saw a cloud burst with severe damage to Kingfisher City. Blackwell reported three deaths and Eddy nearby was nearly destroyed with two fatalities. Tortkawa suffered damaged churches and about thirty homes. Twelve houses were leveled and Salt Fork River filled with wreckage.
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Enid
O. T
Billings
Noble County
Hennessey
Kingfisher County
Kingfisher City
Blackwell
Eddy
Tortkawa
Salt Fork
Few Recess Appointments Reported by White House
The president will issue as few recess appointments as possible, especially postmasters, to avoid dual bonding. Appointees must secure two bonds or hold over until Congress meets in December. Thousands of postmasters will continue serving in a holdover status.
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Washington
White House
London Street Railways In England Endgame For Yerkes Control
D H Louderback returns from London denying any rancor with Charles T Yerkes and predicts Yerkes will gain near total control of London's urban transport. He compares the Metropolitan District Underground Railway to Chicago's Union Loop and says the line forms a terminus for other networks.
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Chicago
D. H. Louderback
London
Charles T. Yerkes
Louderback
Yerkes
Metropolitan District Underground
City
Metropolitan
England
Big Income From Trusts Tax Set For New Jersey
Trenton June 8 The State Board of Assessors gave a partial statement to the Controller outlining the income tax base from corporations organized last year. The first schedule lists 3,994 corporations and the Steel Trust alone will pay about 63,750. The total franchise tax may reach about 2,000,000, the highest ever. Returns show many new firms are flimsy with cancellations noted and one document joking about Tom and satisfaction.
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Trenton
N. J
State Board of Assessors
New Jersey
Great Steel Trust
Tom
Board of Trade votes against resumed put and call trading
More than 100 Board of Trade members signed a petition urging directors to allow resumption of put and call trading. President Warren and allies circulated a letter urging rejection, arguing the amendment would reintroduce illegal practices and undermine the exchange’s law abiding standing.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Warren
Two East Side Raids on Disorderly and Gambling Houses
Police raided two Lower East Side locations about midnight. At 108 Broome Street, a converted ground floor flat used as a gambling den yielded proprietors Charles Gobberman and Morris Schap and twenty others. bail set for patrons, bail refused for proprietors. At 46 Delancey Street, Israel Samachowitz charged as proprietor after twelve detainees, seven women and five men, were taken into custody. Furniture, cards, and chips seized.
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Lower East Side
Inspector Thompson
Capt
Albertson
Delancey Street
Broome Street
Charles Gobberman
Morris Schap
He Albertson
Walsh
Eldridge Street
Israel Samachowitz
Sues For His Grandchild In Custody Suit
Special to The New York Times from Rochester New York June 8 The suit by Christian Oswald to gain possession of Madeline Halbert a ten year old daughter of the defendant seeks guardianship of the child noting alleged cruelty by Marguerite Lehman to Madeline and her sister Anna after Lehman husband became head of the household The plaintiff claims Madeline and Anna were paid meager wages and that the mother was forced to place them out at work The court postponed the case until next Saturday for further argument.
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Rochester
N. Y
Christian Oswald
Marguerite Lehman
Madelina Halbert
Supreme Court
Oswald
Lehman
Anna
Madeline
Laintiff
Vanderbilt to Receive Fast German Car in Newport
A German Mercedes built for W K Vanderbilt Jr is due in Newport Rhode Island within days. The 40 horsepower vehicle seats four for travel and two in racing trim. Its unique dasher runs beneath the carriage to reduce air resistance. In tests it reached 72 miles per hour alongside Vanderbilt's White Ghost and two small locomobiles.
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New York Times
Newport
R. I
Germany
W. K. Vanderbilt,Jr
Vanderbilt
Illegal pension deeded land restoration in Kansas
Washington June 8 the Commissioner of Pensions was notified by the Solicitor of the Treasury that Rachel E Hall widow of George William Hall late of Company K Thirty fourth Iowa Volunteer Infantry deeded seventy acres in Labette County Kansas to the United States This property was purchased with pension money illegally paid a partial restoration of the deed was made
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Washington
Commissioner of Pensions
Solicitor of the Treasury
Rachel E. Hall
United States
Labette County
Kansas
Pais
George William Hall
Company K
Thirty-fourth
Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Kansas Wesleyan Students Fight Tubbs Dismissal
Kansas Wesleyan University students threaten immediate withdrawal after the board drops Professor F. B. Tubbs from the faculty over alleged evolution views. An executive committee meeting was held to hear Tubbs’s defense as students protest the action.
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Salina
Kan
Kansas Wesleyan University
Board of Trustees
F. B. Tubbs
New Train to Buffalo Debuts from Grand Central
On Monday June 17 the New York Central will place in service an entirely new train to Buffalo leaving Grand Central at 9 20 A M and arriving Buffalo at 9 20 P M This offering marks a long daily transit extension and adds a direct daily connection between New York and Buffalo with a full day schedule.
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Buffalo
New York Central
Grand Central Station
Russia Raises Tariff Rates On Bicycles And Resins
St Petersburg June 8 The Minister of Finance raised the duty on American bicycles by 30 percent and on several American resins named colophonium galipot and brewers pitch to new rates effective in a fortnight.
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ST. Petersburg
Incandescent Globe Kills Man in Rhode Island Street Store
Edmund Walsh, 45, was instantly killed at Roberts and South store in Lakewood Rhode Island when he tried to turn on an incandescent light by twisting the bulb. Glass melted in his hand as he received the full current. He leaves a widow and three children.
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Lakewood
R. I
Edmund Walsh
Roberts & South
Walsh
Plans of Steamship Trust Forming In Baltimore Reportedly
Baltimore reports align Atlantic Transport Company with Leyland Line and others to form a new corporation. An underwriting syndicate is forming with $300 cash and $300 par stock offered. B N Baker of Atlantic Transport likely to be president, potentially boosting Baltimore's role in the grain trade.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Atlantic Transport Company
Leyland Line
London
B. N. Baker
Baker
Morgan
Atlantic Transport
Atlantic Coast
Gulf Ports
Seaboard
Gay
Tgabl
Newsgirls Under Sixteen Barred In Philadelphia
Mayor Ashbridge signed an ordinance prohibiting girls under sixteen from peddling on Philadelphia streets. It targets newsgirls lingering near City Hall, with a five dollar fine per offense payable before a magistrate. Proponents call it for the children's welfare.
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Philadelphia
Ashbridge
Blood Orange Color Debate Reaches Germany in 1901
Consul Hughes reports from Coburg that Germans seek the truth about the blood orange color. German chemists test injections and root watering to color the Italian fruit, but results are barren and oranges decompose.
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Washington
Hughes
State Department
Coburg
Germany
Tennessee Students Shoot on Campus Clash with Police
At the University of Tennessee in Knoxville last night students and five city policemen exchanged shots but no one was wounded. Police fought disturbances caused by cannons and students attacked from behind trees, throwing stones until after midnight. authorities fear another battle.
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Knoxville
Tenn
University of Tennessee
Oni
Passion Play by Indians at Chilliwack
In Vancouver BC on June 8, 500 Siwash Indians staged a Passion Play directed by Roman Catholic missionaries in Chilliwack. Attendance, with whites, neared five thousand as 2,500 to 3,000 gathered. Chiefs Charlie and Joseph of the Sechelt tribe played Christ and John the Baptist, with sisters as the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalen. The Garden of Gethsemane scene and a crucifixion using a lay figure were central dramatic moments.
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Vancouver
B. C
Chilliwack
Pacific Coast
Charlie
Joseph
Christ
John the Baptist
Virgin Mary
Mary Magdalen
Garden of
Gethsemane
Against cheap buildings. Mercer calls for grand justice dept structure
Washington June 8 Representative David H Mercer of Nebraska spoke against cheap public buildings in Washington. He urged building for the future, citing Capitol White House and Treasury as examples. He compared costs of City Hall Philadelphia and Albany State House to emphasize the value of a substantial structure for the Department of Justice.
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Washington
David H Mercer
Nebraska
Department of Justice
Capitol
White House
Treasury Building
City Hall
Philadelphia
State House
Albany
Congressional Library
Department
Train Every Hour For Buffalo Niagara Falls West Lines Ad
New York Central Lines advertise hourly trains to Buffalo and Niagara Falls and westward service. Two cent mileage tickets are offered with this parfect transportation option.
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Buffalo
Niagara Falls
West
New York Central
Rush for Charters for Street Railways Sweeps Philadelphia
Government moves push through 13 surface, subway and elevated lines for Philadelphia. Gov Stone signs rapid transit bills as Harrisburg sessiones prepare, with charters issued to 13 street railway companies and detailed capital amid heavy lobbying by Quay, Penrose and Pittsburgh interests.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Stone
Select Council
Common Council
Street Railways
James P. McNichol
Harrisburg
Miles
Select
McCurdy
Upperman
Street Railways Committee
Charles Seger
Milligan
Fellon
Mayoft Ashbridge
New York
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Moore & Schley
Asphalt Trust
United States
Quay and Penrose
James M. Guffey
Henry W. Oliver
Judge Reed
Philadelphia Company
Thomass. Bigelow
Richard R. Quay
John M. Mack
Feederer
Mellons
Pittsboro
Gov. Stone
Emery
Focht
State Department
Griest
Passayunk Avenue
Broad Street
Western Rapid Transit
Broad Street Rapid Transit Street Railway
Chestnut Hill
Glenside
Ridge Avenue
Frankford
Northern Rapid Transit Street Railway
Germantown Avenue
Southern Rapid Transit Stree Railway
Central Rapid Transit Street Railway
Market Street
Messrs. Oliver, Bigelow
New Chicago Station Planned for 83,000,000 Passengers
Chicago announces a new 83 million passenger station to replace Van Buren Street serving Lake Shore, Rock Island and Nickel Plate Railroads. Construction starts this fall, ten stories tall with an eleven-track umbrella train shed and level access to existing Union loop. Electric propulsion may move trains in and out to reduce locomotive smoke.
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Chicago
van Buren Street
Lake Shore
Rock Island
Nickel Plate
Terminal Station
Southern
New York, Chicago and
St. Louis
Englewood
Western Road in Receivers Hands
Leavenworth Kan June 8 The Leavenworth and Lawrence Branch of the Union Pacific passed into receivership today. Erastus Young general auditor of the Union Pacific supervised the filing of suit by surviving trustee J against the American Leanan Trust Company and the Union Pacific to foreclose a mortgage from 1860. The order includes the road and all terminal facilities in Leavenworth and Lawrence. Our new catalogue now ready on application Cortlandt Ady Pain s Fireworks for the 4th 12 Park Place Telephone 481.
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Recever
Leavenworth
Kan
Leavenworth and Lawrence
Union Pacific
Leavenworth, Lawrence
Galveston
Erastus Young
Ameican Leanan Trust Company
Thenion Pacific
Lawrence
Cortlandt
Ady
Pain
Park Place
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