Mississippi News Briefs Jump From Tax to Weevil Threats
Attorney General Fletcher rules notes used as bank collateral remain property of indorsers for tax assessment. Special chancery term in Jackson will probe the 1 million fire loss at Jackson Compress and Warehouse, with Illinois Central named as main defendant. Also reports clock collapse in Columbus, Watson’s Populist campaign launch, rail and prison insurance concerns, new federal building dedication, flood relief progress, and planned see-saw economic rebound in pine region.
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Neshoba County
Fletcher
Chancery Court
Jackson
Jackson Compress and Warehouse Company
Illinois Central Railway Company
Mississippi
Tom Watson
Watson
Carroll
New York
Boxer
Louisiana Line
United States Department of Agriculture
Pearl River
Hinds
Wilkinson
Adams
Amite
Jefferson
Franklin
Fike
Claiborne
Copiah
Lincoln
Pine Belt
Mississippi Pine Association
King
Otton
Tragedy at Safay Pole Colliery as 76 Die
Rescue teams labor to subdue flames and fumes after Tuesday explosion at Safay Pole colliery in Wigan England. Ninety miners were inside. eighty were trapped and only four escaped. many bodies recovered are headless or limbless. A frenzied vigil persists as cause remains undetermined.
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England
Safay Pole
Tartr
Jap Held on Pretense in Pittsburgh Projectile Probe
A Japanese man stylishly dressed and reportedly educated was jailed in Pittsburgh on trespassing railroad property charges. He is held awaiting further investigation amid suspicions he acted as a Japanese government representative seeking secret projectile manufacturing methods at the Firth Sterling Steel Company plant near McKeesport. He reportedly claimed to be employed at the plant.
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Pittsburg
Ls Curse
Nebraska Rainfall Warned to Boost Corn Crop
A heavy storm swept across much of Nebraska late Tuesday into Wednesday, with railroad damage and washouts reported at Culberson and other spots. Crop experts say the downpour could protect the corn crop, though some areas saw heavier than desired rainfall and minor damage at Strone and Axtell.
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Lincoln
Posse Saves Negroes After Pratt City Dynamiting
Deputies formed a large posse to avert a lynching of two black strikers arrested for dynamiting the home of Thomas Duggan, a mine official, in Pratt City. Dynamite shattered a window where Duggan’s daughters slept. their father and the nearby miner’s house suffered heavy damage from the blast.
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Birmingham
Ala
Pratt City
Thomas Duggan
Duggan
Minot Car Goes Off Bank Into River Near Monse
William Winney and John Ginsberg escaped a crash when their touring automobile veered toward a 20 foot river embankment along the Monse river on Wednesday. They leaped away just as the machine plunged to the river bottom.
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Minot, SL. D
William HH. Winney
John Ginsberg
Mr. Winney
Monse River
Hoth
Forest Fires Threaten BC Towns Forcing Refugees to Cities
Smoke blankets the skies as fires sweep across British Columbia prompting evacuations from Cranchbrook RB and nearby towns. Refugees flee toward Kimberley Moyer and other settlements while communities brace for possible repeat calamities.
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British Columbia
Cranchbrook
Elk Vallery
Kiberly
Moyer
Prohibition Wins Local Option in Neosho Vote
Prohibition carried the Neosho Missouri local option election by a 55 majority. Temperance advocates held a continuous prayer meeting from 5 a m to 7 p m and rang church bells every two hours as part of their campaign.
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Neosho
Prohibition
Irregularities in Cuba Schools Probe Ordered
In Havana the provisional government investigates the department of public instruction led by Lincoln de Zayas. Lieut. Cal Bullard is appointed surveyor to conduct a rigid inquiry amid alleged payroll padding and excessive rent charges for public schools.
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Cuba
Havana
Department of Public Instruction
Lincoln de Zayas
Lieut
Cal Bullard
Provisional Government
Ruef Held on Bribe Charge in San Francisco
Abraham Ruef, former city political boss, was held for trial in the superior court on a bribery charge for directing J. J. Fuerey to vote for an electric street railway franchise. The preliminary examination, the longest in the city’s oral police court, lasted 467 days and concluded with a $3,000 bond furnished promptly.
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San Francisco
Dave
Abraham Ruef
Cabiniss
J. J. Fuerey
Tragic 11-Year-Old In Altus Refuses Marriage
Alice Carter refused to marry farm hand Charles Fisher as her parents wished. Fisher drew a revolver, shot her dead, then killed himself, ending the case with a double tragedy in Altus, Oklahoma.
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Altus
Okla
Alice Carter
Charles Fisher
Goodrich Named Chief of Navy List After Evans
Retirement of Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans elevates Rear Admiral Casper E. Goodrich to the active list of rear admirals. Admiral Goodrich will retire in January next.
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Washington
Robley DD. Evans
Casper E. Goodrich
Navy Yard
New York
Navy
Admiral Goodrich
Anonymous donor offers 10000 for radium research institute
A Viennese benefactor pledges 10000 to the Imperial Academy of Sciences to establish a major institute for radium research, in a move described as a friend of learning's gift to science.
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Vienna
Vienna Imperial Academy of Science
Clock Weight Kills Columbus Doctor in Courthouse
Dr. A C Halbert a leading Columbus Mississippi citizen was killed when a weight fell from a courthouse clock and struck him on the head midnight. The accident occurred in the county courthouse and the cause of death was instantaneous.
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Columbus
A. C. Halbert
Halbert
Miss
Indiana Miners Strike Ends in Terre Haute
Indiana coal strike ends as Operators' association agrees to United Mine Workers District No 11 demands. About 12 000 miners return to work in the bituminous field.
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Indiana
Terre Haute
Ind
United Mine Workers of
Child Choked by Olive Seed in Sharon
Mildred Evans ten year old daughter of Stephen Evans died after an olive seed lodged in her throat while eating olives in Sharon Pennsylvania. Authorities described the incident as accidental and a tragedy for the Evans family amidst the local community.
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Sharon
Mildred
Stephen Evans
Negro woman assaulted at home as husband away in Missouri
Mrs Kennedy reports a heavyset copper colored man in a dark suit and straw hat broke into her farm home west of Lavton while her husband was away. She misidentified a Kirkwood suspect and later said William Clemens was not her attacker.
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St Laue
James Kennedy Cofowyer
St. Louis County
Clarion
William Clemens
Kirkwood
Clemene
St Louie
Lavten
Kennedy
Creve Coeur
Missouri Pacific
Henton Station
Kennedys
Emerson Sation
Woo
Troops Leave Springfield in Quiet After Cavalry Departure
Springfield reports orderly conditions as the Seventh Regiment remains. The First Cavalry left Friday morning while business resumes. Bail posted for Kate Howard on four counts. Abe Rehmer cannot post bond. Coroner’s jury notes Louk Johncom’s death amid riot claims. questions linger over cause. Grand jury not yet through with Mrs Howard but plans indictments later.
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Springfield
Kate Howard
Therstey
Abe Rehmer
Louk Johncom
Loper
Howard
Oklahoma Banks Denationalizing Move in Guthrie
National banks in Oklahoma plan to denationalize and form state banks to use the state banking guaranty law. The comptroller of the currency has notified banks they may operate under the law. One bank already announces plans to organize a savings bank to gain both national and state bank prestige.
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Oklahoma
Guthrie Okla
Death of former Browns and Dodgers catcher Huehong Bush
Brooklyn resident Huehong Bush, long remembered as a catcher for the St. Louis Browns and the Brooklyn team, died at his home in Brooklyn on Thursday afternoon. Born in Philadelphia in 1862, he competed with King Kelly for catching honors in the early days of baseball, later retiring in 1900 to practice dentistry.
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New York
D' Albert J. Bushong
St. Louis Browns
Brooklyn
Huehong
Philadelphia
Campaign address recorded by district Democrats
A Washington DC campaign event featured a graphophone recording of William J. Bryane’s voice. The discourse critiqued publicity in campaign contributions and argued for direct election of U.S. Senators.
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Washington, DC
District of Columbia Democratic Association
Willam J. Bryane
United States
Miners Die in Maypole Mine Explosion Flooding Planned
It is reported that 76 miners perished in the Maypole mine disaster. With bodies still in the pit and the fire too strong to extinguish, the directors on Thursday decided to flood the mine to recover no more.
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Wigan
Maypole
Virginia Hayes Acquitted in Poisoning Attempt Case
Cenotralla Mrs. Virginia B. Hayes was acquitted Thursday of attempting to poison her son in law Elmer Riley by tainting his lunch. The trial centered on the alleged intent and method of the lunch contamination.
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Cenotralla
Virginia B. Hayes
Elmer Riley
Pensioners Granted Free Mall Access For Vouchers
Postmaster General Meyer issues an order amending postal regulations allowing all pensioners free use of malls to return their pension vouchers. The change clarifies carriers and access procedures for redeeming benefits.
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Washington
Meyer
Abd al Aziz's Moroccan forces routed near Tangier
Reports say Abd al Aziz sultanate troops were defeated by Musa Hafid's forces about 50 miles from Morocco City. The sultan is reported captured, with Hafid's army gaining the field and control in the aftermath.
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Tangier
Abd-F-Aziz
Morocco
Musa Hafid
Fire destroys Mountain Mills and lumber facilities
A blaze swept Mountain Mills in Wilmington Virginia owned by Deerfield Lumber Co. The fire destroyed three tenement houses and all store houses of the company along with nine freight cars loaded with lumber.
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Wilmington, Vi
Mountain Mills
Deerfield Lumber Co
Lumber Company
Fire destroys Rowena building on Main near Washington
A fire gutted the Rowena building on Main Street near Washington in Memphis, home to J C Adkins and Co hardware. The estimated loss reaches 100000 dollars. Braun's hotel adjoining the fire suffered a small loss.
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Tenn
Rowena
Main Street
Washington
J.C. Adkins & Co
Braun's
Tragedy in Delaware Park Car Crash Claims One Life
A speeding car veered over an embankment in Delaware Park and plunged into an abandoned stone quarry. One man was killed and two others injured, with one believed fatally hurt.
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Buffalo
Delaware Park
Hat Tax Powering Revolt Says J K Friedman
San Francisco based Chicago author J K Friedman, who arrived from Japan, predicts a revolution in hat country as heavy taxation fans a spirit of revolt among the people.
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San Francisco
J. K. Friedman
Chicago
Japan
Hat Country
Child Drowns In Bathtub Incident Near Parkersburg
In Parkersburg West Virginia the 14 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs William Cales fell into a tub of water where she had been playing and drowned authorities reported the tragedy occurring in the family home the child was identified as their daughter with no further details provided.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
William Cales
Arrest in Big Chicago Theft Ties Federal Shell Funds
George W. Fitzgerald, once a United States Subtreasury teller, was arrested Sunday on a larceny charge for allegedly stealing $173 000 tied in packages during the 1907 theft. Secret Service and federal investigators linked Fitzgerald to the case as a possible insider while pursuing other suspected participants.
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Chicago
United States
George Wo Piteger
Ober
Pet Fitzgerald
William
Pitegerald Waed
Tee
Young Recret Service
My Pokdenwerk
Puizeerald
Bret
Barbour Wars Erat
Chetiain
Fitzgerald
Sovernment
Vanits
Autopsy Links Stein and Miss Porter in Murders
Descriptions from physicians in Des Moines state Stein was likely shot, and the same caliber bullet could have killed Miss Porter in Loudonville. The autopsy may be used in trials if Stein and Mrs. Mayard face murder charges. Three revolver chambers found near the bodies were empty.
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Morris WP
Stein
Dee Moines
Loudonvilly
She Moines
Miss Porter
Leowthonville
Prohibition candidates draw 4000 in Eau Claire rally
Eau Claire Wisconsin saw 4000 hear Prohibition presidential candidate F Ba sin and Prohibition governor nominee W I Cox speak on Sunday. Chatin left for Minneapolis to deliver five speeches starting Monday. He said he has spoken in most states and will cover remaining ones before November.
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F .Basin
Prohibition
W. I. Cox
Wisconsin
Chatin
Minneapolis
China to Adopt Japanese Monetary System
A Shanghai dispatch to the Morning Passaga reports that China has decided to adopt the Japanese monetary system, signaling a major shift in its financial policy and potential trade implications with Asia and Europe. The move is described as a formal commitment by Chinese authorities.
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London
Eng
Shanghai
China
Brussels 1910 Exposition Gains Broad Government Support
An international universal exhibition is planned for Brussels in 1910 with active participation announced by the British French German Italian and American governments. The event aims to showcase global industries culture and progress.
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Brussels
Memphis man escapes after rail train transfer
H Doyle, charged with passing 25 000 in checks in 60 cities, was being moved from Sherman Texas to Chattanooga Tennessee when he escaped by leaping from a Rock Island train.
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Memphis
Teon
H Doyle
Sherman
Tex
Chattanooga
Tenn
Rock Island
Millionaire brewer Frank Poth Stricken in Trenton
Frank Poth of Philadelphia the millionaire brewer who was taken ill at a Trenton hotel during a business trip has been removed to his home by his physician for rest and treatment.
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Trenton
X. J—Frank Poth
Philadelphia
Ik Marvel Writer Donald Mitchell Near Death In New Haven Mansion
Donald Mitchell known as Ik Marvel is critically ill in the New Haven mansion where he has lived for 50 years. Physicians believe he may be nearing the end of his life.
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New Haven
Conn
Donald
Mitchell
Tariff plank praised by Economist and Republican standpatters
The piece argues the Republican tariff position at Chicago favors protection over reform, citing the Economist’s praise and alleging no downward revision. It states Taft’s stance on organized labor and court actions, cites Oklahoma and Denver politics, and condemns campaign money from corporations while defending transparency and moral standards in fundraising.
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Umdianapolis News
Republican Party
Save
Minglevian
Ermbiedg
Teef
Chicago
Steel Trust
Chicaca
Taft Speaks On Tariffs Protecting National Economy
The quote argues tariffs shield the country. a defender insists protection helps the nation, while criticizing opponents for misreading the facts.
Taft Campaign Chorus Drawn From Taft Supporters
The text records a Cincinnati dispatch praising William Howard Taft. It quotes supporters who declare Taft will rise, be president, and grow in influence, noting his strength as a leader and the desire to draft his messages without editor interference. Obie Me, the state referenced, hints at political lineage.
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Obie
Ovente
William HH. Taft Mayle
South Africa
Hepublicam Party
St Louis Times and German Element influence questioned
The St Louis Times is accused of not following the New York State Zetta ne in supporting Hirvan and thereby defying German extraction interests. The piece argues American citizens of German descent should not be steered by a negotiator who ignores the dangers of purecraft.
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New York Staate Zettane
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Publicity before the election dominates party talk
The column argues that publicity before election is the core issue, noting distrust of funding from trusts and campaign contributions. It cites Taft and Roosevelt era tensions, including strike benefits and army uniforms bought abroad. It warns of post election disclosures and party positions on protection for American labor.
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Coolie
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