Mississippi Railroads Tie Consolidation and Local Industry News
Mississippi reports clarify Gulf and Chicago road purchase by Mobile Jackson and Kansas City line with no direct competition. State archives reveal Mason trial manuscripts. Tupelo Cotton Oil Company enlarges capital by 35000 dollars. Jackson mill completes and leads regional output. Weather boosts crops after heavy rains. coal, oil, and iron prospects rise in Holmes and Grenada regions.
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Ganine
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Mobile & Ohio System
Mobile & Ohio
Mobile, Jackson & Kansas
Multiple violent incidents and deaths reported across states
A Louisville shooting over a theft left one dead and two wounded, with an ambulance collision. Other items include embezzlement arrest in Texarkana, deaths in Cleveland County and Mena, a 9 year old killed near Jonesboro, lightning strikes in Birmingham, a Kentucky murder at Luttrell, and various other fatal or injurious events across Arkansas Mississippi Tennessee and Virginia.
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George Seaboldt
James Clark
William Seaboldt
Clark
Seaboldts
Seaboldt
Coronation optimism rises as royal cruise continues
London dispatch reports cautious hope for King Edward VII’s coronation revival as surgeons’ bulletins hint at patience. On a Royal Yacht cruise, the king endures deck fatigue while observers note imminent ceremonies and seat sales for the procession amid faded royal decor.
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London
Tribune
Cowes
Victoria and Albert
Prince and Princess of Wales
Lynch Committed For Trial In Treason Case
London Aug 2 Col Arthur Lynch nationalist MP accused of high treason during the Boer War was brought to Bow Street and committed for trial after a lengthy statement. He said he came to South Africa under contract with the Paris Journal and planned to work for Century Magazine and other American publications. He denied meeting Dr Leyds before leaving and said he had no mission from Leyds to the Transvaal.
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London
Arthur Lynch
Bow Street
Lei
Transvaal
Lynch
Swiss President Plans Official Participation in Chicago Games
President Zemp of Switzerland received Chicago delegates Judge B. Payne La verne W. Noyes and Henry J. Furber Jr at Berne on August 2. He listened to Furber outline the games and expressed interest. He pledged to follow developments and seek official participation and recognition in the Swiss official journal.
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Zemp
Switzerland
B. Payne
Laverne W. Noyes
Henry J. Furber, Jr
Chicago
Furber
Record Rainfall Ravages Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Arkansas
Record breaking rains swept west Tennessee north Alabama north and central Mississippi and eastern Arkansas since Thursday morning. Memphis reported 4.40 inches with Arlington 6.80 and Helena 4.87 inches, threatening railroads and crops in low lands as floods damaged interior areas.
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Tenn
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Arlington
Helena
Ark
Denver Sees Record Heat Across Colorado
Great heat grips Colorado with Denver reaching 100 3-10 degrees at 2 pm. Statewide readings show 109 in Greeley, 100 in Longmont, 92 in Idaho Springs, and 90 at Estes Park as heat persists across the region.
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Col
Colorado
Mercury
Greeley
Longmont
Idaho Springs
Estes Park
Socialists Demonstrate in Paris Support for Government
In Paris of Place Maubert 39 000 marchers backed the government over the school question. Police kept order as crowds split into factions to clash with clericals at nearby meetings. Across the provinces minor disturbances followed arrests and threats amid ongoing school closures.
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Place Maubert
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Etienne Dolet
Battle Still Being Fought in Agua Dulce Clash
Washington dispatch from the Colombian legation reports Governor Salazar saying battle still being fought desperately near Agua Dulce as government forces of about seven thousand clash with revolutionists. Agua Dulce lies 75 miles from Panama in an inaccessible area with eight days by land and unreliable water routes.
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Legation
Tren
Salazar
Department of Panama
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Panama
Wreck of Annie Arbor train injures dozen near Cadillac
A Michigan excursion train of 11 coaches carrying 70 passengers wrecked six miles north of Cadillac on Sunday. About a dozen people were injured, some seriously, but no fatalities were reported. The derailment occurred when a flange broke on a wheel of a combination baggage and smoker car. The train was en route from Durango to Crystal Lake and Frankfort at about 35 mph. Public receipts and expenditures showed July deficit of 7,507,876. A census of employees aged 65 and over began in San Francisco under President Harriman per instructions to department heads of the Southern Railway.
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Crystal Lake
Frankfort
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Mussolino Declares Return After Portolunge Sentence
Guiseppe Mussolino, jailed for life for murder at Portolunge, told prosecutors they had not heard the last of him and that he would reappear.
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Rome
Guiseppe Mussolino
Portolunge
Destructive Friday Storm Devastates Lisbon Area
A hurricane and destructive hailstorm struck Lisbon North Dakota on Friday evening causing total crop destruction. Barns and outhouses were wrecked and dwellings and stores unroofed.
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N. D
President Roosevelt Hosts Social Visit at Sagamore Hill
At Sagamore Hill on August 2, President Roosevelt entertained guests including Silas McBee Bishop Dudley Charles Napel and others during a luncheon. The talk covered his western trip and a planned Nebraska visit in late September.
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Charles Napel
St. Louis
George Harvey
Harper's Weekly
George W. Hinton
Chicago
Inter-Ocean
Frant Kent
District of Columbia
John W. Ross
Rose
Ivery
Ross
Roosevelt Family Quiet Sunday at Oyster Bay
President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt spent a quiet Sunday at Oyster Bay with four children attending church service at Christ Episcopal. The rest of the afternoon was spent indoors as a storm and heavy rain kept them at home. Special Ambassador Whitelaw Reid and Mrs Reid, recently back from England, will visit them tomorrow.
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Hike
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May Send American Prelate to Manila Deliberations
Rome reports delay in appointing an apostolic delegate to Manila. Vatican seeks to please Washington by sending an American prelate, with letters from the United States awaited. Likely candidate is the American prelate or Mer Guidi if plans derail.
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Philippines
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Mer. Guidi
Rampolla
Duel Ends in Death Near Iade Texas
Brenham Texas August 3 two negroes John Arnold and Wesley Davis fought a duel to the death near Iade Friday night Arnold is dead and Davis will die in the duel reported today authorities.
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Brenham
Tex
John Arnold
Wesley Davis
Iade
Arnold
Davis
Foundations Begin for Connecticut Warship at New York Yard
New York Aug 3. Work on the foundation for the battleship Connecticut at the New York navy yard will start soon. The sandy soil requires driving 3 000 spiles to secure the foundations for the vessel.
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New York
Connecticut
New York Navy Yard
Death of Mrs. Colville B Wilmot in Ceylon
News from Far Away Ceylon reports the death of Mrs Colville B Wilmot in Asia. She is the granddaughter of Cyrus W Field and died on August 2 in Ceylon, New York.
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Ceylon
New York
Colville B. Wilmot
Cyrus W. Field
Texas Floods Subside Except Northeast, Expected to End
Dallas reports minimal flood trouble statewide with the exception of the extreme northeast. Officials expect conditions to improve today or soon, as remaining high water is tackled and recedes.
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Dallas
Tex
Ug. 3
Texas
New York Man Who Introduced Petroleum Illuminant Dies
Andrew Curtis Ferris of Hackensack New Jersey credited with introducing petroleum as an illuminant has died at age 85 in New York on August 3.
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Westminster
London
Tribune
Lucknow
Andrew Curtis Ferris
Hackensack
Government building planned for World’s Fair in St Louis
Plans approved by the official board outline a government exhibit building 764 feet long and 175 feet high with a 100 foot diameter dome. James Knox Taylor directs design, interior will be plaster resembling stone in a white magno color scheme. Estimated cost 350000 dollars with 50000 more for Fisheries building. construction to begin soon.
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United States
Oficial Board of Managers
James Knox Taylor
The
Treasury
Rome
Tte
World's Fair Gold Dollars Planned for Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Secretary Walter B. Stevens handles orders for 250,000 gold dollars issued by the U S government to honor the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Designs may feature Jefferson or McKinley, sold at two dollars each to fund monuments, with 100 first coins numbered and certified. Distribution targets highest bidders among 236,000 coins, under a 35 million Works Progress Administration appropriation, delivery late fall.
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Walter B. Stevens
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Art of Congress
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McKinley
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Bell Builds Airship at Cape Breton Home
Information reaches here that Professor Alexander Graham Bell personally supervises an airship construction at Baddeck Cape Breton. The craft, about 8 feet long, uses canvas linen and piano wires with five miles of wire, drawing on kite principles to carry human freight and rival Santos-Dumont for the 1904 World’s Fair aerial contests.
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Alexander Graham Bell
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Bread Trust in Mexico Sparks Public Outcry
In Mexico City a bakers pool of six wealthy Spaniards plans to raise bread prices by agreement, agreeing not to compete. In Colorado Springs a bookstore operator shot and killed his brother in law, with no motive given beyond family tensions and claims of alleged threats between Shader and Mrs Taylor.
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R. BR. Taylor
Frank L. Shader
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Prison Break Out Led by Gus Hyatt at Tennessee Penitentiary
Nashville dispatch reports Gus Hyatt led 16 convicts in a dramatic dynamite escape from the Tennessee penitentiary. One inmate Ed Key died. other fugitives scattered or were captured by bloodhounds. Authorities pursue a large list of escapees from multiple counties and federal prisoners across the region.
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Dynamte
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Joe Loss
James Work
Hyatt
Bey
Doe
Manchester
Negotiations Under Way for Georgia Line Acquisition
The Post reports positive progress in talks to acquire the Georgia system by the St San Francisco ties up last week with the Chicago and Eastern Michigan line. Negotiations view as under way but not completed. A denial was obtained of reports of a grand merger among Southern railroads.
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Thie Post
Tral of Georgia
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San Francisco
Chicago & Eastern Milla
Grand Merser
Montgomery Dies. Noted Confederate Officer and River Captain
Commodore Jose Montgomery, aged Confederate naval officer who nearly captured Grant during the civil war, died today at his son James Montgomery’s home. Born in Carrollton Kentucky in 1817, he served at Mobile Bay Fort Pillow New Orleans and Memphis and was an intimate friend of Jefferson Davis. The report also notes a river passage down the Ohio and mentions labor strife among river workers and a fatal pistol confrontation in Hopkinsville Kentucky.
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Josef Montgomery
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G Grant
James Montgomery
Commodore Momery
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Cameron severely injured in Scottish carriage collision
Former U.S. Senator Don Cameron and Mrs Cameron were riding from Fort William to Inverlady Lochabar when their carriage collided with a cart after the horses shied. Cameron was severely injured with Mrs Cameron unharmed except for minor injuries.
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Uted
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Pension Roll Growth Due to Last Congress Legislation
Washington reports that legislation enacted by the last session of Congress will add at least one thousand new pensioners. The total pensioners on July 1 stood at 999,466, marking years of continued growth driven by pension laws. Commissioner Ware attributed the rise to ongoing pension legislation.
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Aung
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