Mississippi Corn and Cotton Carnival Exhibit Impresses
The Southern Railway display at the Corn and Cotton Carnival drew wide attention across Mississippi. In Corinth, Ab rdeen, Winona and many towns showcased woods, minerals, fruits and thriving farms. A strong call was made to enforce laws and expand state roads as Mississippi prospers.
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Southern Railway
Mikstesippi
Southern
Morsrs. Hayes, Green and Henderson
Green
Southland
Mississippi
Street
Corinth
F. Downey
R. P. Washington
Aberdeen
Northwest
J. H. Allen
Winona
E. P. Chapman
Clarke County
Boonville
Prentiss County
Wahalak
M. E. Folk
Crystal Springs
Mobile & Ohio
Man Who Tries To Do All Things All The Time
John G. Carlisle notes in Setauket that a new farmhand candidate Frank is deemed unreliable by the head farm hand due to freckle mindedness and failure to stick to tasks. The exchange highlights a cautionary view on overreaching effort.
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John G. Carlisle
Setauket
L. L
Mr. Carlisle
Frank
New York Herald
Wreck on the Santa Fe Near Wagon Mound Kills Several
A head on collision between the California Limited and a freight near Wagon Mound, New Mexico, leaves three dead and two fatally injured. Dozens more hurt as trains meet on a foggy hill. freight and limited crews face losses as bodies are moved to hospital.
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Las Vegas
N. M
California Limited
Santa Fe
Wagon Mound
Raton
A. M. Cochran
Melvin
Kas. Grueneberg
Kansas
Philp Freinensheiner
F. G. Boomer
Allison
Fas Veen
Morse
F. Boomer
Tipton
Limited
Remarkable Storm Paralyzes St Louis Streets and Sheds Light
A January storm in St Louis began with snow and quickly shifted to sleet and rain. The weather crippled streetcar service with all schedules abandoned, while many shelterless residents received aid from police stations and charities. One unidentified man was found frozen to death in a doorway at 128 Franklin Avenue.
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St Louis
St. Louis
Franklin Avenue
Child’s gender grief linked to fatal gas tragedy
Chicago report notes Mrs. Sarah Libman killed herself by inhaling gas after learning her child born six weeks was a girl. Her three year old Frieda also died. two other youngsters survived after neighbors rescued them. In Salt Lake City banker B H Shetler is jailed for accepting deposits while insolvent. five year sentence cited. St Louis report records Mrs. John E Faber dying of asthma attack. Western Kansas reports severe stock losses from extreme cold with subzero temperatures across many counties.
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Chicago
Sarah Libman
Salt Lake City
Utah
B. HL Shetler
Shetler
St. Louis
Jan
John BE. Faber
South Jefferson Avenue
Faber
Topeka
Kas
Kansas Ranges
Indiana's Smallest Woman Dead in Evansville
Evansville Ind Jan 14 Miss Ottla Julia Glesige died here. She stood 2 feet 5 inches tall and was believed to be the smallest woman in the state.
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Evansville
Ind
Otllla Julia Glesige
Port Arthur Turned Over In Lopsided War Sale
Washington reports a Japanese legation message from Tokio stating Port Arthur’s delivery is complete. It lists fortifications, 69 guns of all calibers, 54 large, 149 medium, 443 small, 82 670 cannon balls, 25 252 rifles, 1 020 horses, four battleships, two cruisers, 14 gunboats and destroyers, 10 steamers, plus 25 small steamers usable after light repairs.
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Washington
Tokio
Noel
Port Arthur
Sevastopol
Russians Arrive in Nagasaki With Prisoners of War
The steamers Kaga and Sunuki arrived in Nagasaki with 1.60 Russian prisoners and 50 officers. Prisoners are quartered at Inasa village and a lounge for Gen. Stoessel and staff is prepared as they plan to sail for Europe on a French mail steamer January 1. The Russians express relief at end of hardships and humane treatment. In St. Petersburg officials weigh continuing the war to seek a dignified peace amid domestic confusion.
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Nagasaki
Sunuki
Inasa
Stosselen
Stoessel
Europe
Fire destroys Chelsea Academy of Music and adjoining buildings
A blaze began at 12 15 this morning on Broadway gutted the Academy of Music and spread to the Hotel Savoy and a four story brick tenement. By 1 o clock the fire was out of control and aid came from Hoston Everett and Revere. Two men were reported killed by falling walls and twenty families faced possible loss as the tenement was occupied.
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Chelsea
Mass
Academy of Music
Broadway
Savoy
Huston
Everett
Revere
Tragic Fire Claims Entire Veter Mason Family in New York
A Sunday morning blaze at 133 West One Hundredth and Thirtieth Street destroyed a brownstone home occupied by lawyer William T. Mason and his relatives. The entire family three adults and two children perished by suffocation, while a servant also died. Firefighters and neighbors struggled to enter as smoke choked stairs and hallways, with a servant and four year old found in a roof alcove. Authorities deem the deaths accidental but the exact cause remains under investigation.
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New York
Jan
Wm. T. Mason
Rilen
Marton
Annie Wells
Moandred
Thirtieth Street
Watt
Murder in First Degree in Kansas City Trial
A six hour deliberation yielded a first degree murder verdict against Frank Holtman for complicity in the slaying of Clarence Meyers, a printer, at Meyers home. Mrs Aggie Meyers, widow, is jailed for complicity in the same crime. Holtman’s conviction rests on his confession. defense offered little testimony. the murder is described as premeditated and brutal.
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Kansas City
Frank Holtman
Clarence Meyers
Aggie Meyers
Folmwan
Missouri appoints top officials to city boards
Jefferson City January 14 Polk says he will name A C Stewart as general counsel for the St Louis Valley Trust Co and appoint him to chair the St Louis board of police commissioners. William G Frye moves from the post to other duties. Andrew Maroney is named president of the board of election commissioners and John P Lee to join the election board with Benjamin Schourmacher representing Republicans.
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Jefferson Cite
Gow. Polk
A. C. Stewart
St. Louia- Valon Trust Co
St Louis
Benjamin Schourmacher
Lloomed
Russian Quaker Colony Aims for California Settlement
A NY dispatch reports that 200000 Ruslan Quakers plan a permanent colony near Los Angeles, led by Deamens who claims past service with a Russian regiment. He says he, a former Motokanys member banished from Russia, settled in Los Angeles and pursues the colony's establishment.
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New York
Jas
Los Angeles
Cal
Deamens
Imperial Yard
Russia
Beecome
Ares
Molokanys
Warner to Succeed Ware as Pension Commissioner
Washington reports President to appoint Congressman Vespesian Warner of Illinois Nineteenth district as pension commissioner. Warner, elected to a fifth term last November, was backed by G A R leaders and veterans groups. Appointment sent to Senate for confirmation.
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Washington
Vespesian Warner
Nineteenth
Illinois
Warner
Senate
Dormitory Gift for Tuskegee by Elizabeth Emery
In Cincinnati on January 1 Mr. Booker T. Washington received a donated dormitory for his Tuskegee Institute. The donor, Miss Elizabeth Julia Emery now in Europe, has funded two dormitories already. Her brother, Thomas Emery, arranged for immediate construction. The note also records other brief notices from January 14 to 15 including new appointments and deaths in Arkansas, Missouri, and Illinois.
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Cincinnati
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee
Ala
Elizabeth Julia Emery
Europe
Thomas Emery
Senate Passes Lottery Transport Restriction Bill
Washington notes that the bill restricting transport of lottery tickets between states was taken up in the Senate and passed. The measure applies to movement between states and territories, tightening procurement and shipment controls nationwide.
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Washington
Senate
Dual associations form as cattlemen split over new constitution
The National Live Stock association adopts a constitution admitting packers and railroads, prompting a defection. A new American Stock Growers' association forms, pledging individual membership and seeking dominant influence for cattle growers, excluding packers and railroads.
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Denver
Col
National Live Stock Association
Twain
American Stock Growers’ Association
Fire at Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Beef Storage
Chicago firemen battled a four hour blaze in the Schwarzschild & Sulzberger beef storage at the stockyards. Sawdust packed eight feet between walls ignited, likely from spontaneous combustion, causing hot damage over five dollars and an unseen fire between walls despite water streams.
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Chicago
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Company
Tragedy of the Strike adds to Fall River mill woes
In Fall River Massachusetts on January 16 a striking weaver John Neville killed himself after news of the failed strike conference in Boston. He died from self inflicted wounds. Three other striking loom fixers James Logan Michael Waddington and Peter Hudson were found unconscious from inhaling gas and were hospitalized but expected to recover.
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Fall River
Mass
Cottom
John Neville
Boston
James Logan
Michael Waddington
Peter Hudson
Warsaw editor Reuben Williams dies after exposure
Gen Reuben Williams editor of the Northern Indiana Fan and Daily Times in Warsaw Indiana died at his home after exposure on the return from Gov Hanleys inauguration in Indianapolis He was 73 and had edited the Northern Indiana for 50 years He also served as a Civil War colonel
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Warsaw
Ind
Reuben Williams
Northern Indianafan
Daily Times of
Hanley
Indianapolis
Northern Indiantan
Confession Ties Dynamite Plots to Washington Statue and Umbria Bomb
Geasler Rowseau admits aiming to blow up Frederick the Great statue in Washington and placing an infernal device on the steamship Umbria on July 9 189%. Detectors in New York and Philadelphia traced him to both acts after witnesses identified the dynamiter. Also notes Mason City couple Silas and Mrs Bond mark seventy years of marriage and claim long U.S. records.
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Philadephia
Geasler Rowseau
Rederick the Great
Washington
Umbria
New York
Philadelphia
Mason City
Silas W. Bond
Husbach
United States
Resignations and Donations Reported for Catholic University
Washington on January 16 reports J P Morgan donated 16 dollars to the Catholic University of America. Senators Aldrich and Elkins gave 250 dollars each. A resignation from William Williams, immigration commissioner of New York, was tendered and accepted to take effect February 1.
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Washington
J. P. Morgan
Catholic University of America
Aldrich and Elkins
William Williams
Immigration
New York
Diavelo Bicycle Performer Fatally Injured in Crash
Havana report says cyclist known as velo named Diavelo was probably fatally injured during a performance at Cienfuegos when his bicycle broke on alighting after a leap. He suffered a smashed face and a fractured skull.
Bank Robbers Dynamite Lafayette Bank in Alabama Heist
Police hunt for yeggs after a Lafayette bank was dynamited between 1 and 2 am. The crash unleashed nitroglycerine as about $40,000 vanished from the vault. Officers and state authorities scoured the region, with Lafayette and Opelika residents shaken by the blast and professionals suspected of the crime.
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Bank of
Lafayette
Opelika
Mrs Duke Flees New York Amid Pretense Charge
A woman identified as Mrs Duke left the Union Square Motel claiming she had been hounded to death and would send for her baggage. Texas authorities report an indictment for obtaining money by false pretenses and extradition papers are on the way. District Attorney Jerome was notified by telegraph. Abraham Levy, her counsel, vows to resist any removal before the Duke case is heard in Brooklyn before Justice Gaynor.
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New York
Jane
Brodier
Duke
Union Square
New York City
Texas
Jerome
Boen
Necogdoches
Abraham Levy
Gaynor
Brooklyn
Trusty says guaranty company must cover Rainey deficit
Nashville teletypes report County Trustee John J. McCann says United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company must pay the $26,400 shortage found in Walter Rainey’s bond or quit Tennessee. Rainey was indicted in nine July 1901 cases but none tried. McCann offers to prosecute in Criminal Court if needed.
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Nashville
Tenn
John J. McCann
Walter Rainey
Rainey
McCann
United States
Tuskegee Officers Stabbed as McBryde Brothers Fatally Shot
In Tuskegee Alabama on January 16 Sheriff Connor tried to arrest Robert and James McBryde on Main Street. The brothers resisted with knives and were shot dead as deputies and city marshal fought to quell the disturbance. Deputy Tamar was dangerously stabbed and Marshal Taylor also cut while pursuing order.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Robert
James McBryde
Main Street
Sherif T. F. Connor
George Tamar
Y. Taylor
McBryde Brothers
Miners Entombed After Coal Mine Blaze in Decatur
In Decatur Alabama on January 16 a coal mine shaft fire trapped Emil Knorr August Yagusch and Charles Laschinsky and scores of other miners are feared dead. Rescue teams entered the tunnel but dense smoke thwarted efforts as the fire originated in the mule Stable Firemen fought flames with hoses but could not contain them.
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Decatur
Ala
Emil Knorr
August Yagusch
Charles Laschinsky
Sheriff Delivers Lynching Suspects After 27 Mile Drive
Knoxville dispatch reports Sheriff W J West of Scott county reached Knoxville with three black prisoners sought by mobs at Honts ville Tenn. After a 27 mile trek begun Sunday noon the sheriff and a deputy escorted the trio, who reportedly tried to flee for their lives during the journey.
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Sherif West
Scott County
Knoxville
Tenn
W. J. West
Hontsville
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