Mississippi News Roundup Highlights State Fair Plans And Bank Stats
General Manager McKay confirms November exposition prep is under way despite no legislative funding. Auditor Smith releases a 241-bank tabulation with $50 million in resources and $12.5 million capital stock. Mississippi to send hundreds to the Southern Baptist convention in Hot Springs, with delegates gathering in Jackson May 13.
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Mississippi
Southern Baptist Convention
Hot Springs
Ark
Jackson
Foraker Anarchy Aide Borah Attacks Brownsville Issue
President Roosevelt opens campaign to counter Foraker attack on discharging negro soldiers after Brownsville incident. Senator Borah's maiden speech defends army order, says witnesses testified that about twenty soldiers shot up Brownsville, criticizes Foraker for favoring anarchy and framing the event as a white discrediting plot.
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Roosevelt
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Building to Birmingham Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Nears Iron City
The Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic railroad nears Birmingham with track laid from Brunswick to Talladega Hensemer and a line to the Mulga mines. Three new roads will enter Birmingham this year with freight schedules from Mass Central and Mobile and Ohio and possible full passenger service soon.
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Hensemer
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Jefferson County
Parisian Socialite Mrs Stillman Faces Family Pressure
Paris society figure Mrs Stillman formerly Fifi Potter, daughter of Mrs James Brown Potter, faces alarm from friends. Husband in Paris exerts influence to bring her home as she spends lavishly on linen, hats, and a series of short dresses. She wears a crimson scarf outside and indoors uses artificial flower wreaths.
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James Stillman
84 Bags of Coffee Burned Under Pure Food Law
United States district court in Nashville ordered 84 bags of coffee burned after government chemist testified the product violated pure food law. Judge McCall authorized seizure and destruction by the U S marshal, with the coffee previously taken to New Orleans by local jobbers.
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Nashville
Tenn
United States District Court
Senate Pensions Bill Near Final Senate Passage
The senate committee on pensions today nearly completed deliberations on the pension appropriation bill. It would authorize about 8162,000,000, an increase of 12,000,000 over the house bill and reflect provisions of the widows' bill enacted earlier. The house bill was amended to retain pension agencies nationwide rather than abolish them and consolidate operations under a single Washington bureau.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Pensions
Texas Volunteers Pension Bill Passes Senate
The senate at today’s session passed a bill pensioning the survivors and widows of Texas volunteers who defended the frontier from 1855 to 1860 against Mexican raiders and Indian depredations.
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Senate
Texas
Bishop Capers Grows Weaker in South Carolina
Bishop Ellison Capers of South Carolina is said to be gradually weakening and may not live many hours without rallying.
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Columbis
Ellison Capers
South Caroline
Japs Charge British Treachery in Wartime Outcry
Reports from Japanese sources accuse Britain of treachery as war tensions rise. Propaganda frames include claims of deceit by British authorities and calls for retaliatory action.
Relations Strain as Anti British Sentiment Grows in Tokyo
The article reports sharp anti English hostility in Tokyo amid the Tateu Maru incident. It cites calls for expanding Japanese influence in India and Australia, fears of British commerce absorption, and potential armed clashes in China, with diplomats warning sentiment could push Anglo Japanese relations toward a breaking point.
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Japan
India
Australia
China
Annalish Company
Downing Street
California
Canada
Taft Expected to Resign War Portfolio
Washington reports indicate Secretary Taft will resign from the cabinet when Congress adjourns in May. Although he planned to quit if nominated for the presidency, Wednesday's remarks suggest Taft may leave the War Department around May 16.
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D. C
Taft
Congress
War Department
Santa Fe Answers Charge in Antitrust Suit
East Lake City Utah United States suit to dissolve Harriman railroad system as a restraint of trade answered by the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe in U S court one day before the allowed deadline.
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East Lake City
Utah
United States
Harriman System
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Ume
Fatal baby stock? Not relevant
Karl Sorenson of Withee dies after hospital fire in Northwestern hospital during operation. Patient died from shock after being carried from burning building.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Karl Sorenson
Northwestern Hospital
Withee
No Tobacco for Pupils in Echo Schools
Echo Minn The Tid notes a ban on pipes and cigarettes for school children and boys under 18, aiming to curb tobacco use among minors.
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Echo
Rat damage halts man’s savings in trunk stash
Weshburn Wisconsin resident Joe Perro, long depositing his funds in an old trunk, found $600 in bills chewed to pieces by rats. He discovered the loss as he prepared for a trip to Canada.
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Weshburn
Wis
Joe Perro
Perro
Canada
Live Wire Burns Lineman at Paris Telephone Pole
Volney Cox a tele phone lineman in Paris Texas was burned by a live electric wire while working atop a telephone pole. He suffered injuries described as severe but non fatal with responders aiding at the scene. The incident prompted a safety check of nearby lines and equipment.
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Paris
Tex
Volney Cox
Dodge Refuses to Proceed After Parties Are Photographed
In Chicago a breach of promise suit by Miss Ellen Hoda against Joseph Mayte for 1000 dollars was derailed when Municipal Judge Brugeemeyer refused to continue after court parties were photographed in his private chamber by journalists. He condemned the act as contempt and said the case would not be tried in his court, prompting officials to seek another venue.
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Chicago
Til
Ellen Hoda
Joseph Mayte
Brugeemeyer
Braceemeyer Wald
Burke bonds release for Mrs Duke in passing note case
Ciieage official WL Robert E Burke signed a $1,000 bond to free Mrs Allen Webb Duke, ex wife of tobacco magnate Brodie Duke, after a week in jail. She faced a grand jury on a charge of passing a worthless paper for $75 at the Great Northern hotel.
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Robert E. Burke
Democratic Politeian
Incals
Allen Webb Duke
Brodie Duke
Abacco
Duke
Elephant Rampage Kills Woman in Riverside
A circus elephant rampage in Riverside, caused by a gasoline tank explosion, leaves Miss Ella Gibbs, a church deaconess, dead and several others injured. An animal wrecks the Glenwood Hotel barber shop as keepers struggle to subdue the herd.
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Cal
Ella Gibbs
Glenwood Hotel
Outlaw Shot Dead in Fairlawn Clash Near Ardmore
In Ardmore Oklahoma a gunfight at Fairlawn between a posse led by Bhurtit T. Maxwell of Murray County and a gang of outlaws left one outlaw named Shelton dead and others escaping. Two horses were killed. no posse members were wounded.
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Okla
Bhurtit T. A. Maxwell
Murray County
Fairlawn
Shelton
Sheriff
Boat Tragedy Off Goteborg Claims Dozen Lives
A capsizing near Goteborg Sweden claimed about 30 lives with bodies recovered and several rescued. Rescue operations continued as authorities searched for missing passengers believed trapped between decks.
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Sweden
Aigh
Train wreck in Bloomington Tulacca kills engineer
Train No 1 on the Santa Fe, en route from Chicago to the west, wrecked at Tulacca Friday after an engine passed an open switch and overturned. Engineer John Coppess died in the crash. No other injuries reported.
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Santa Fe
Chicago
Tulacca
John Coppess
Robbers Captured in Sylvania Church Attic
William McCarthy and Charles Clarkson of Chicago, accused of blowing a Jasper Illinois post office safe and stealing about 500 pounds in stamps and money, were captured in the attic of the Methodist Church in Sylvania Ohio early Thursday.
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Ohio
William McCarthy
Charles Clarkson
Chicago
Jasper
Newton Man Bernard Warkentin Killed Near Damascus
The body of Bernard Warkentin of Newton Kansas is being returned from Naples aboard the steamship Koenig Albert to New York. Warkentin was accidentally shot and killed by a Syrian while a railroad train near Damascus.
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Stemmer Koenig Albert
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Lad Crowns Testing Boat
Oliver Veach aged 14 drowned in a pond in Muskogee while testing a new boat with two companions. The craft leaked, forcing the boys to jump overboard and swim for shore.
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Muskogee
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Oliver Veach
Sergeant Slain by Private in London Ontario
London Ontario reports a fatal on duty shooting as Sergeant Lloyd of the Royal Canadian Rifles is shot dead by Private Moir, a young Scottish recruit. Moir escaped, heavily armed, and remains at large.
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Terrorist Chief Dies in Exile
Reports say St. Petersburg Gershuni the rz student and pioneer leader of Russia's current revolutionary terrorist movement died in exile while described as a free man. The accounts come from newspapers noting his influential role and ongoing exile status.
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Gershuni
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Congress Dismisses Forest Reserve Plan and Related Measures
The House Judiciary Committee condemns a plan to create a vast forest reserve from New England to Florida, citing lack of constitutional authority and potential cost exceeding a trillion dollars. The Aldrich bill is tabled by the Banking and Currency Committee, with Fowler currency proposals under review. Senate ratifies fishery treaties with Great Britain and arbitration pacts with Portugal and Norway, while approving injunctive reform via the Overman Junction bill to curb state federal- court conflicts.
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Senate
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San Martino
Peace Bill Reported by House Labor Committee
Washington report on the Hartholdt peace bill shows committee favor, proposing a foundation to promote industrial peace. It would create a seven trustee and nine member board with labor, capital, and public representatives to manage principal and income for an industrial peace committee.
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Home Committee of Labor
Lincoln birth site shrine plan heard in Washington
House library committee heard Madden bill to spend 100000 for a national patriotic shrine at the Kentucky Lincoln birthplace site. The plan calls for a memorial hall not exceeding 250000 square feet with 150000 funded by the Lincoln Farm as a relation of New York.
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Washington
House Library Committee
Submarine Boat Debate Ends in House Victory
In Washington the House of Representatives struck out the proviso that blocked the navy secretary from buying non-Holland submarines. The move grants the secretary a free hand to select submarine torpedo boats, ending a long dispute over the Holland type. House members debated much of the bill remaining, but the submarines issue dominated the session.
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United States Navy
Committee On Naval Affairs
House of Representatives
Secretary of the Navy
Windstorm Wrecks Kansas Town
A heavy wind storm damaged Independence Kansas with the Osage glass factory unroofed and small buildings lifted from foundations. One side of the Western Window Glass factory was blown in as debris scattered across the streets.
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Osage
Port Huron Boy Vanishes After Scolding Over Prices
Gordon Yates aged 12 fled his Port Huron home after his father scolded him for misrepresenting newspaper prices to customers. He has not been heard from since, and authorities seek information on his whereabouts.
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Port Huron
Gordon Yates
Dozen Pittsburg Boys Held in $10,000 Theft
A group of East End youths aged 9 to 14 years has been arrested amid allegations they stole plumbing fixtures from vacant houses and looted stores, totaling about $10,000 in losses. The case involves Pittsburg Aden and related local property crimes.
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Pittsburg
Adoen
East End
Oklahoma teen wins $10,000 damages in supreme court
Fifteen year old Mary Sears of Shawnee Oklahoma wins a Supreme Court suit granting her ten thousand dollars in damages plus two years interest for a loss involving a lease. The ruling confirms the award to Sears against the defendants in the court action.
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Shawnee
Okla
Mary Sears
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
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Mrs Vanderbilt Wins Absolute Divorce in New York
Mrs Alfred G Vanderbilt has won her call for absolute divorce from the young millionaire. Referee David McClure has finished his report and it will be filed with Part 1 of the New York Supreme Court. Justice O Gorman is expected to confirm the referee’s recommendation and grant the interlocutory decree.
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Alfred G Vanderbilt
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Carmi Man Orland Worrel Declares 24th District Candidacy
Orlando Worrel of Carmi announced his bid for Congress in the Twenty fourth district. He plans to open his campaign Monday and is noted as a veteran Southern fleet politician who previously won the old Twentieth district by over 2000 votes against James K. Williams.
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Orlando Worrel
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Albany cruiser to carry coal and munitions for three months
Commander Mayer orders Albany to load coal and provisions for a three month cruise with ammunition aboard. Speculation ties the ship to Santa Creek and a possible South American destination after filling its coal banks. Armory in Springfield cuts 200 workers from 1300 as new orders delay and efficiency decides who stays.
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Cal
Henry Thomas Mayer
Cruich
Albany
Nine Die in Premature Dynamite Blast at Murdoch Pros Camp
An explosion at the Murdoch Pros railway construction camp near New Armagh in Hellechesse county killed nine men and seriously injured three others. The incident occurred at the work site during dynamite handling. Authorities investigate the blast and determine cause.
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St. Valler Seya
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Hellechesse
Dallas scientist reports boll weevil drop in alive population
Dallas based government experiment station researcher Dr. W D Hunter reports the boll weevil population is one sixth as high this year as at the same time last year, offering an encouraging trend for control efforts.
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Tex
W. D. Hunter
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Former Norway postmaster pleads guilty to abusing girl
R M Sampson, former postmaster of Norway, Michigan, pleaded guilty in circuit court at Iron Mountain to abusing an 11 year old girl. The judge sentenced him to a prison term of not less than two years and not more than ten years.
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R. M. Sampson
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Eclicuit
Iron Mountain
Unidentified Body Found Frozen Near Hibbing Minnesota
The body of an unidentified man was recovered four miles west of Hibbing near the city. Coronel Butehart led an investigation but could not determine the man’s identity.
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Hibbing
Minn
Coronel Butehart
Build Church in a Week in Altoona
Two hundred volunteers erected a tabernacle in Altoona Pennsylvania within seven days capable of seating 3500. Evangelists Davis and Mills will continue their work there as the crowds outgrew existing churches.
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Altoona
Davis
Mills
Sinks in Underground Creek Near Muncy
In Williamsport Pennsylvania a 70 year old farmer Pierce Butler was plowing near Muncy when ground collapsed into an underground creek and he and his team were engulfed by five feet of water but he was saved. A rumor says a saloon may open in Beatrice Nebraska though a prior saloon at Bina Springs failed after the first night.
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Muncy
Pierce Butler
Beatrice
Bina Springs
Spite Fence Erected Around Vacant Lot Rouses Townsend Residents
Wealthy residents of Townsend avenue protest a 12 foot high fence built on a vacant lot at the corner of Townsend avenue and Bay street. The obstruction sparks local outcry and questions about property use.
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Townsend Avenue
Bay Street
Despondent Man Found Dead in Pittsburg Furnace
The whitened bones of a man were found in a furnace at Crucible Steel Co. No workers are missing. Officials believe the death was self inflicted during a crew change.
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Pittsburg
Crucible Steel Co
Descendants Mourn John R. Buttz Aged 96
Bridgeville New Jersey reports the death of John R. Buttz at age 96 from pneumonia. He is survived by two sons and four daughters, 26 grandchildren, 27 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren, totaling 61 descendants.
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N. J
John R. Buttz
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