Mississippi Division of Southern Cotton Association address urges unity
The mississippi division speaks to Louis, praising two years of work since the 1903 organization and urging wider support. It cites price gains, anti fraud efforts against the New York Cotton Exchange, legislative moves to curb bucket shops, and calls for modern business methods to boost cotton profits nationwide.
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Mississippi
Southern Cotton Association
Sou Cotton Association
Newars
Mississippi Division
Walter Clark
Memphis
General Association
National Department of Agriculture
New York Cotton Exchange
Cotton Association
Postal Department
Coton
Congress
South
Great Central
H. Chamberlain
J. F. Cassells
Il W. Millsaps
Henry A. Minor, Jr
Record Cotton Prices In Yazoo And County News
Yazoo County reports a new cotton price record with C Cessna selling a long staple bale for 147.50, averaging nearly 20 cents per pound. Other county sales included bales at 125 and 195. Claiborne County saw Allen long staple sell at 26.5 per pound, eclipsed shortly after by 24 le per pound. The governor approves charter amendments to expand Alcorn Woolen Mills and Corinth Engine and Roller Works. The Southern Railway pays 4,000 for Mack Hartselle’s death in a Maben wreck.
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Scscevsercees
Find Institute
East Miss, Insane
Boumone Rin Das Pox
Natchez Hospital
Ccc
Ewes
Insane
A. & M. College
Alcorn A. & Mors
Supreme Court
Vicksburg
Boogie Ocsisvene
Yazoo
McNeil
Holly Springs
Mississippi
Yazoo County
C. Cessna
Yasoo County
Claiborne County
Allen
Alcorn Woolen Mills
Corinth Engine and Roller Works
The
Southern Railway
Mack Hartselle
Columbus
Maben
Hartselle
Westville Postmaster Post Looms Abolition Threat
The Westville postmaster has resigned long ago and no willing replacement can be found in town. If no volunteer steps forward soon, the office may be abolished and residents must go to Pinola for their mail.
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Westville
Pinola
Prominent Greenville Surveyor Capt Harvey Killed by Street Car
Capt W BR Harvey a longtime Greenville figure and surveyor was killed when struck by a street car. He had been a prominent citizen for over 25 years and was known for extensive local acquaintance.
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W. BR. Harvey
Greenville
Harvey
Delta
Oldest Madison County Resident Dies in Sharon
Mrs Eliza Bole aged about 106 died at Sharon, born Spartansburg North Carolina in 1808. She settled near Montivello Mississippi, married to Wm H Bole in 1835 and moved to Madison County in 1429, living there fifty years.
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Eliza Bole
Madison County
Sharon
Spartansburg
US. C
Montivello
Imis
Wm. H. Bole
Train Conductor Fires On Passenger Near White Sand
In a high speed Mississippi Central train near White Sand a dispute over a nickel led to a shooting. Conductor J E Rooker drew his revolver as Jim Wilson reached for his gun, the weapon jammed, and Wilson’s weapon fired, killing him instantly when Booker fired.
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Jim Wilson
J. E. Rooker
Booker
Circuit Court Criticizes Justice of the Peace Failures
District Attorney Currie in Meridian court attacked justices of the peace for failing to perform duties. He claimed they held office as an apology to supporters and feared antagonizing voters. He warned the circuit court was clogged with minor cases, wasting time and money.
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Currie
Meridian
Justices of the Peace
Circuit Court
Grows Rich In Asylum Silent Heiress Folcom
Mrs. Margaret Winthrop Folcom, a wealthy heir declared incompetent in 1872, is said to be dying in a Waverley Massachusetts sanitarium. Her estate centers on New York realty valued near 4 million, with her brother George Winthrop Folsom receiving much of the income from bonds and mortgages. Two attendants guard her, and the estate covers lavish care with maintenance last year at 4,592.
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New York
Margaret Winthrop Folcom
Waverley
Mass
George Winthrop Folsom
Banner Year for Industrial Exports Tops Prior Records
Washington reports a historic rise in exports as manufacturing goods shipped abroad set new highs. Experts note record imports of railroad materials and factory products for further use abroad, with eleven month totals surpassing those of the previous year and expectations that annual exports will exceed seven hundred million.
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Washington, Co
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
DNR
Lynching Probable Near Chickasha After Attack
In Chickasha two black men attacked a white man and his wife at their grading camp fifteen miles north. Neighbors spotted them attempting to kill the couple’s baby. A special Rock Island train ferries locals to the scene amid tension and past lynching memories.
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Chickasha
J. T
Here
Priest Under Arrest For Attempted Abduction Of Organist
Rev Father M Detchemendy in charge of the Scott Louisiana church was arrested after an alleged plan to abduct the church organist. A crowd intercepted them at the depot and he was spirited to New Iberia for custody. The sheriff and deputies aided in hiding him until today.
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Lafayette
Father M. Detchemendy
Scott
New Iberia
New Orleans
Commission Officials Confer with President Roosevelt
Commissioner Judson C. Clements of the Interstate Commerce Commission and James R. Garfield of the Corporation Commission met with President Roosevelt for two hours. Details of the talk were not disclosed. Clements had returned from Chicago where the commission's hearing on the Narriman Lines merger was held.
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Washington
Judson C. Clements
Interstate Commerce Commission
Corporation
James R. Garfield
Roosevelt
Clements
Chicago
Narriman Lines
Policing in Peril: Police Captain Linked to Express Robbery Conspiracy
Testimony in Butte Montana reveals Captain McGrath and two subordinate policemen drafted a plot to rob a Northern Pacific Express Company delivery wagon between the railroad station and the express office. Armed guards thwarted the scheme.
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McGrath
Northern Pacific Express Company
Hopkins Defends Reed Smoot as Pure Citizen in Senate Debate
Senator Hopkins declares Reed Smoot not a federal officer and thus not subject to Senate impeachment. He argues states, not the Senate, determine qualifications, citing a century-old precedent and affirming Smoot’s polygamy-free personal life and upright citizenship.
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Washington
de Fense
Reed Smoot
Seat
Senate
Hopkins
Hopking
Benator Hiownt
Tennessee
Anw
Blount
United States
Fel Jew
Smoorta
Trade Talk of the Country Amid Car Shortage
The piece notes a sluggish spring trade with little activity in wholesale and retail. It mentions rising cotton prices, buyers in eastern shoe centers, and freight shipments on order. The car shortage remains acute with northwest complaints of the wet weather and fuel scarcity from the Pacific coast.
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Tita
Iate
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Oklahoma
Curtis Wins Nomination for Senate in Kansas Caucus
Topeka reports Karl Curtis nominated by Republican caucus to replace Senator Benson. On ballots Curtis climbed from 39 to 61 votes with five Campbell supporters switching, giving Curtis a bare majority of 61. Curtis, 47, a lawyer, serves in Congress.
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Topeka
Karl Con
Oman Charles Curtis
Antina
Senator Benson
Wweblators
Curtis
Campbell
Scranton Epidemics Threaten Diphtheria Scarlet Fever
Scranton Pennsylvania reports 23 cases of diphtheria and 19 of scarlet fever as typhoid wanes. The state to take permanent control of the city water supply and enforce safeguards to ensure safe drinking water.
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Scranton
JAP SHIPS THE MIKADO'S TRAINING SQUAD
Ron Will come as far 48 Honolulu.
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Honolulu
Japanese Decide Not to Visit Frisco Training Fleet
Tokyo authorities cancel the Pacific coast voyage of the training squadron citing antiJapanese agitation. Tokyo has not notified Viscount Aoki of the decision while California lawmakers express concern that San Francisco should host the fleet and warn against harming Japan-United States relations.
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Pacific
Honolulu
Legation
Taika
Washington
Mananay Hanthar
Viscount Aoki
United States
San Francisco
Ward
Nay
California
Cincums St
Mr Kahn
Sam Ranchee
Bay of
Tobacco Trust Guilty and Acquittals Spark Corporate Verdicts
In New York a federal jury in the tobacco trust cases acquitted defendants Karl Jungbluth and Howard Young, while finding the MacAndrews & Forbes Co and the J. F. Young Co guilty on two counts forming an illegal combination and monopoly. They were acquitted on conspiracy. Each count carries fines from $1,000 to $5,000.
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New York
United States
Offeult Ccwlt
Tobacco Trust
Karl Jungbluth
Howard &. Young
MacAndrews & Forbes Co
J. F. Young Co
Senate approves 16 hour limit for railway workers
Washington by a 70 to 1 vote the senate passed a bill restricting railway employees handling trains to 16 consecutive hours with 10 hours off. Pettus cast the lone negative vote. Exceptions apply in contingencies and accidents. Enforcement rests with the Interstate Commerce Commission and federal courts, with fines from 100 to 1000 dollars. The act covers trains engaged in interstate or foreign commerce.
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Washington
Senate
Pettus
Interstate Commerce Commission
Penn Railroad Seeks Hundred Million Stock and Bonds
Pennsylvania Railroad stockholders are asked to authorize about 100 million in additional capital stock and 100 million in bonds. The proposal will be placed before shareholders at the March 12 annual meeting per company announcement.
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New York
Pennsylvania Railroad Co
Cotton Mills Fail Prompts Receivership Action
In Charlotte North Carolina announcements report the failure of the Vermont and the Southern cotton mills at Bessemer City. Plants are closed and creditors plan to seek appointment of receivers. Southern mills run 15 000 spindles and 401 looms. Vermont mills 5 000 spindles and 96 looms.
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Charlotte
N. C
Vermont
Southern Cotton Mills
Bessemer City
N C
Southern Mills
Smith Nominated to Succeed Alger in Senate
Lansing report states Congressman William Alden Smith of Grand Rapids was nominated to succeed United States Senator Russell A. Alger. With only a half dozen Democrats in the state legislature the nomination is effectively an election.
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Lansing
Mich
Wilam Alden Smith
Grand Rapids
United States
Russell A. Alger
Stead proposes international pilgrimage for peace
William T. Stead urges a global peace pilgrimage starting in the United States and passing through London Paris and Rome to The Hague for the second peace conference. He says the mission would exert immense moral influence and expects President Roosevelt to back the plan.
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Rome
William T. Stead
United States
Hague
London
Pains
Netherlands
Stead
Pilgel
Roosevelt
Senate Passes Service Pension Bill With Expanded Veterans Aid
Washington reports the Senate approved the service pension bill unanimously. The measure would add about 15 million dollars yearly to pension costs and authorize monthly pensions of 12 dollars for civil war veterans aged 62 plus, 15 dollars for 65 plus, and 20 dollars for 70 plus.
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Washington
Senate
Havana Cathedral Cornerstone Laid by Bishop Knight
The cornerstone of Holy Trinity cathedral, Cuba's first Protestant Episcopal cathedral, was laid in a ceremony led by Bishop Knight. The event marks a milestone for the church and its historic role in Havana.
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Havana
Holy Trinity Cathedral
Cuba
Knight
Army Bill Opens Fort Hayard Hospital to Navy
The house approved the army appropriation bill with an amendment to open Fort Hayard hospital in New Mexico for tuberculosis treatment to officers and men of the navy and marine corps.
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Washington
Army
House
Fort Hayard
N. M
Navy
Marine Corps
Frightened to Death by Explosion at Baldwin Locomotive Works
Albert Lindsay died in a finishing plant explosion at the Baldwin locomotive works. Two other men suffered severe burns from molten metal in the incident.
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Philadelphia
Albert Lindsay
Paldwin Locomotive Works
Only Survivor Tells of deadly Jones & Laughlin furnace blast
George Knox, the sole reported survivor, recalls the sudden roar at the Eliza furnaces in Pittshiet, Jones & Laughlin steel works. The explosion hurled molten metal over a four foot radius, killing seven and injuring twenty four others among forty five workers.
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George Knox
Owen
Hadley seeks dissolution of merger and revocation of charters
Jefferson City Mo Atty Gen Hadley files suit to dissolve the alleged merger of the Wabash Missouri Macie and Tron Mountain Tailroad companies and the Pacific Express Co and to revoke charters of the Pacific Express Co American Refrigerator Trans it Co Western Coal and Mining Co and the Kansas Missouri Elevator Co The petition claims the Gould interests own the stock in all named companies violating Missouri law It seeks dissolution of the merger for railroads and forfeiture of rights if they maintain ties to other interests Gould George J Gould in New Orleans comments that Hadley omits other Gould linked railways asserting many entities are not Gould controlled and Missouri shows people evidence.
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Jefferson City
Salt
Wabash
Missouri
Macie and
Tron Mountain
Pacific Expres Co
Pacific Express Co
American Refrigerator Transit Co
Western Coal and Mining Co
Kansas Missouri Elevator Co
Suppetiie
Atty Gen. Hadley
Petons
Goulds
Cour
Hadley
Gould
New Orleans
George J. Gould
Atty-Gen
Wult
International & Great Northern
Texas & Pacific Railways
Pacific Express Company
Comment Mirrors H. H. Rogers Says Gould Ouster Case
In Columbia Missouri Atty General Hadley dismissed George J Gould remarks on ouster proceedings in the supreme court stating the statement sounds like H H Rogers and is not worthy of consideration.
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H. H. Rogers
Hadley
Columbia
George J. Gould
Supreme Court
Atty-Gen
Mr. Gould
Mob hangs Charles City man for alleged murder
James Cullen, a white man, was lynched by a mob of more than 100 in Charles City Iowa after they battered through the jail walls with rails. They dragged Cullen two blocks to a Cedar River bridge and hanged him for killing his wife and stepson.
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Charles City
James Cullen
Cullen
Cedar River
Investigation of Senator Talley in Texas House
A resolution to seize a sweeping investigation into United States Senator J. W. Talley's conduct has been introduced in the Texas House. The measure is signed by twenty eight legislators before Halley’s term ends March 4. It also calls for probing Atty Gen R V Davison.
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Austin
Tex
United States
J. W. Talley
House of Representatives
Halley
R. V. Davison
South Carolina Senate Backs Roosevelt on Brownsville Issue
The South Carolina Senate adopts a resolution endorsing President Roosevelt in the Brownsville matter and asks the state’s delegation to support the course.
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South Carolina
Roosevelt
Columba
D. C
South Carolna Senate
Yooryvelt
Brownsville
Burnham Wins In New Hampshire Senate renomination
Concord New Hampshire Republican lawmakers renominate United States Senator Henry E Burnham of Manchester in a long fought contest. Burnham secures the party backing for another term as state legislators confirm his renomination in Concord.
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Burnham
New Hampshire
Concord
N. H
United States
Army bill debate cites canteen absence as desertion cause
Representative Kahn of California argued during the house discussion of the army appropriation bill that the lack of a canteen was responsible for an unusual number of desertions.
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Washington
Kahn
California
Four Million People Starving in Central China
Victoria reports on the Shinano’s arrival from the Orient with news of a famine in Central China. Four million people are described as actually starving as relief efforts begin to mobilize.
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Victoria
B. C
China
Governors Message Addresses Racial Education and Rail Policy
Topeka Kansas Gov Hook presses race question solvable only by colored schools, supports woman suffrage, and urges law restricting free transit for extendants. He backs reduced railroad fares, antidiscrimination law, and harsher liquor enforcement, while praising President Roosevelt on prosecutions and calling for direct US Senate elections and state rail worker hour limits.
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Topeka
Kas
Saya Gov. Hook
Ripley Unaware of Union Pacific Santa Fe Stock Ties
Chicago inquiry into eastern railroads resumes with President Ripley of Santa Fe testifying. He says he did not know Union Pacific held nearly ten million dollars of Santa Fe stock and only learned of the detail in a newspaper last week.
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Union Pacific
Chicago
Hiter State Commerce Commission
New York
Ripley
Santa Fe Railrond
Shah of Persia Dies in Teheran
The Daily Mail correspondent reports in Teheran that the Shah of Persia is dead. It was clear the end approached yesterday as palace women prepared for mourning and the harem doors were closed after sunset signaling the end.
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London
Daily Mail
Teheran
Persia
Fire devastates Michigan stove works on Jefferson Avenue
A major blaze in Detroit destroys most of the Michigan stove works facility on Jefferson Avenue. The plant covered 10 to 12 acres and 15 000 stoves were ruined. Eight logs valued at 760000 were burned. Several deaths occur from injuries. Only the offices, foundries, and part of storage survived.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan Stove Works
Jefferson Avenue
Explosion of Plot Rumor in El Reno Shooting Case
During examination of Corporal Knowles a colored man charged with shooting Captain Macklin on the night of December 21 a plot to murder every white officer at the post was developed leading to a tense scene at the station.
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Supreme Court
Macklin
el Reno
Okls
Knowles
Capt
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