Mississippi Treas ury Loan Case Unfolds in Rust Trial
F T Raiford a treasury cashier testified on the Armistead loan to Frank G Jones of Memphis Street Railway, detailing a 100000 loan secured by 130000 in bonds and 10000 Mercantile stock. The deal included $1200 for Raiford and $800 for Rush, with funds stored in Jackson and moved to Memphis, then ordered back as the bank and governor counted cash amid state financial strain.
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Balford
Phil A. Rush
Edwards House
Rush
Treasury
Stowers
Jackson
John Armistead
Memphis
Raiford
Armistead
Frank Jones
Memphis Street Railway Company
Memphis Street Railway
Mercantile Bank
Witness
Longino
Jackson Bank
Senatobia
Graves
Nolle
Delta Workers Conference in Clarksdale Reports Survey Move
The Delta Workers conference of the Western Baptist Association met in Clarksdale with many ministers and laymen from across the state. Civil Engineer Dancy of the Mobile Jackson and Kansas City railroad and his assistants surveyed north from Newton last week and found the Newton to Philadelphia route difficult to grade and possibly to be shifted five to six miles west of the prior survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta Workers’ Conference
Western Baptist Association of
Clarksdale
State
Dancy
Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Railroad
Newton
Philadelphia
Natchez Receives Mosquito-Eradication Oil Experiment
Health chiefs in Natchez announce a barrel of phina tos oil from New York to be tested in cesspools and stagnant waters. The aim is to kill mosquitoes and their progeny to reduce malaria and other mosquito borne diseases in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natchez
New York
Child Durned to Death After Boiling Water Scald
The 14 month old son of Mr and Mrs T E Hunter of Columbia died within a day from severe burns. While the mother prepared dinner the child sat near the stove. A kettle of boiling water was overturned as her garments caught, scalding the right side and lower body as the skin peeled from the flesh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Hunter
Columbia
Illinois Central Extends Branch to Monticello and Beyond
The Illinois Central will extend its Brookhaven branch to Monticello soon and possibly to Franklinton La. It has bought the Pearl River Lumber Company line from Brookhaven toward Monticello and may grant the remaining distance to be built within days. Pearl River Lumber keeps running trains over the line per Illinois Central scheduling.
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Illinois Central
Brookhaven
Monticello
Franklinton
Ilinois Central
Pearl River Lumber Company
Big political gathering planned for July 23 in Allison's Wella
Allison's Wella in Madison county gears up for a July 23 campaign opening and political pow-wow. Senators McLaurin and Money and district congressmen will attend along with other noted speakers. Lattimer and Murphy handle arrangements with promises of ample food and hospitable treatment.
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Allison
Wella
Madison County
McLaurin
Money
Messrs
Lattimer
Murphy
Mississippi College Raises Endowment to Fifty Two Thousand
President Lowry announces that Mississippi College has completed a fifty thousand dollar endowment drive. The total raised reaches fifty two thousand dollars, enabling the college to claim fifteen thousand dollars from the church’s general board of education.
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Lowry
Mississippi College
General Board of Education of
Church
Governor Longino Sees Mississippi Coast Growing Trade Role
Governor Longino, fresh from a gulf coast trip, forecasts the Mississippi coast gaining preeminent importance in export trade with South America and the Orient, signaling a strong regional economic outlook.
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Longino
Gulf Coast
Mississippi Coast
South America
Orient
Mississippi Capitol Commission to set state house site contract
At its meeting next month the Mississippi capitol commission will set the contract for grading and landscape gardening at the new State House site, estimated between 30000 and 40000 dollars. Work on the million dollar structure progresses well, and interior finishes begin to show final appearance.
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Mississippi Capitol Commission
State House
Insurance Convention Urges Cotton Policy Law Repeal
A Jackson gathering of about 250 state business representatives convened to address the cotton insurance crisis. They agreed the best remedy is immediate repeal of the valued policy law as it applies to cotton and to urge the governor to call an extra legislative session to enact repeal.
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Jackson
Governor Orders Separate Encampments for National Guard
The governor orders the regiments into separate company encampments with $1,383 per regiment to cover transport and subsistence. Transport equipment shipped from Jackson for encampments is not included.
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National Guard
Jackson
Flag of Claiborne Rangers Found in St Paul
Mrs Sallie H Hannally of St Paul has notified survivors of the Claiborne Rangers that she will arrange the return of their flag captured in the fight with Union troops near Jackson to Mississippi.
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Claiborne Rangers
Jackson
St Paul
Sallie H. Hannally
Mississippi
Plan to boost Mississippi truck farming by rail firms
Several large corporations operating refrigerator car lines have devised a plan to encourage the truck farming industry in Mississippi. It is expected that there will be a decided increase in the fruit and vegetable acreage in the state next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Blackburn Sentenced for Life in Delta Killing Case
Will Blackburn arrived at Rankin farm after being sentenced to life as an accomplice of Ashley Cocke and Tom Lauderdale in Engineer Wray's killing. Petitions circulate in the delta seeking commutation of Cocke and Lauderdale death sentences.
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Will Blackburn
Ashley Cocke
Tom Lauderdale
Engineer Wray
Rankin Farm
Delta
Cocke
Lauderdale
William Thompson, Oxford Pioneer, Passes at 84
William Thompson, longtime Oxford resident and prominent local figure, died last week at age 84. A Confederate and Mexican War veteran, he helped shape the county’s early business growth and development and remained among its best known citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Thompson
Oxford
Beeen
Mr. Thompson
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Rail Line Near Completion
The Tutwiler to Blythe line of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad nears completion with fifty five miles laid and only twelve miles remaining of the sixty seven mile route. The remaining gap lies between Crenshaws and Marks.
Public protest in Mississippi over planned private execution
Citizens in Claiborne County protest a public hanging of Abe Deal, arguing against the event after objections are overruled. They plan to urge the board of supervisors to hold the execution in private two weeks hence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Claiborne County
Abe Deal
Board of Supervisors
Railroad Planned From Magnolia To Liberty
Arrangements are being made for the construction of a railroad from Magnolia to Liberty, the county seat of Amite county, a distance of about thirty miles.
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Magnolia
Liberty
Amite County
Governor to Convene Confederate Memorial Park Commission
It is expected that Governor Longino will in the next weeks call a meeting of the Confederate Memorial Park Commission created by the last Legislature to set aside the monument in the south end of the old capitol yard and surrounding ground for a memorial park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longino
Confederate Memorial Park Commission
Old Capitol Yard
Health notes and home remedies from an old pamphlet
The article lists simple health tips such as using hot salt bags for neuralgia and onions as poultices for capillary bronchitis in children. It warns against tooth powders with camphor cracking enamel and notes a salt and onion poultice can relax breathing, promote sleep, and lower fever in serious cases.
Prince of Wales hosts brilliant reception for Indian princes
London July 4. The prince of Wales hosted a grand reception at the Indian office for King Edward’s guests, the Indian princes. Queen Alexandra and the royal family attended in private boxes as elite guests. Decorations cost about 50,000 pounds with flowers at 3,000 pounds and 3,000 incandescent lights illuminating an artificial Indian garden setting.
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Prince of Wales
London
Queen Alexandra
Buckingham Palace
Edward
Alexandra
Duchess of
Aosta
Waldemar
Denmark
Prince George
Greece
Turkey
India Office
Princess of Wales
Foreign Office
Indian Council
Reid couple enjoy short visits around coronation events
London dispatch notes Whitelaw Reid and his wife have left official duties after the coronation coverage and are visiting various English counties. They are currently at Col. Lord Algernon Charles Gordon-Lennox s Broughton Castle in Banbury and will stay July 6 with the Earl and Countess of Jersey at Osterley Park Isleworth.
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London
Whitelaw Reid
United States
Edward
Reid
Lord Algernon Charles Gordon-Lennox
Broughton Castle
Banbury
Wreck on Pittsburg Western Trains Wrecked. Four Hurt
Akron express on the Pittsburg and Western railroad collided with the Butler accommodation at Glenshaw Pa. Thursday morning causing both trains to wreck. Four persons were seriously injured, one probably fatally.
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Pittsburg
Akron Express
Pittsburg and Western Railroad
Butler
Glenshaw
Havana Customs Receipts Rise in June
Havana records show June customs receipts totaling 889193 dollars, up from 857862 dollars in June 1901, an increase of 31331 dollars. The figures reflect a stronger month for revenue compared with the prior year.
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Havana
English-born educator Samuel Curnick dies in Evansville
Samuel Norman Curnick aged 65 died suddenly at his Evansville home on Wednesday. The Evansville business college president and educator was born in England. Anaplexy was listed as the cause of death.
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Evansville
Ind
Samuel Norman Curnick
England
Betrothal announced of Maj Ralph Hartsel and Miss Barber
Denver July 4 announces the engagement of Maj Ralph Hartsel of Denver to Miss Barber of Canton Ohio, noted as the favorite niece of Mrs McKinley.
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Denver
Col
Maj
Ralph Hartsel
Miss Barber
Canton
McKinley
Cotton crop conditions show declines across most states in June
The June report shows Texas suffering the largest drop in cotton condition, down 22 points, with Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama also notably weaker. Relative to the ten year average Virginia and North Carolina hold modest gains while Texas remains well below average.
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Texas
North Carolina
Virginia
Louisiana
Indian Territory
Mississippi
Alabama
South Carolina
Florida
Georgia
Arkansas
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Missouri
Fourth Abroad Reception Honoring July 4 in London
Several hundred Americans gathered at the Carlton house terrace residence of United States ambassador Joseph H. Choate for a July Fourth reception from 4 to 6 p.m. Notables included Gen. Joseph Wheeler with daughters, Rear-Admiral John C. Watson, and Mr. and Mrs. M. H. De Young along with embassy members.
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London
United States
Joseph H. Choate
Fourth of July Harbor Pageant With Naval Displays
In Queenstown the Massachusetts state training ship Enterprise and the United States training ships Alliance and Monongahela parade for the Fourth of July. British warships dress ship as towns celebrate with decor. In Rome ambassador George Von I Myer and embassy officials host a July Fourth reception attended by over one hundred Americans.
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Queenstown
Enterprise
United States
Alliance
Monongahela
Rome
George von I. Myer
Hamburg
Lewis Morris Iddings
Americans Celebrate Fourth of July Abroad in Copenhagen and Paris
The American colony in Copenhagen marked the Fourth with a banquet at Hotel Phoenix where L S Swenson the United States minister spoke. In Paris a Fourth of July reception at the United States embassy hosted by Mrs Horace Porter drew nearly the entire American community.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Paris
United States
Horace Porter
Gen. Porter
Roosevelts Amnesty Proclamation Read in Manila
The proclamation was read at noon from a flag-draped Luneta stand in English and Spanish after a parade of about 6,000 Americans and Filipinos. Some 600 prisoners were freed without ceremony, with many military prisoners already released. Aguinaldo stayed in his sheltering house and planned a brief visit before an unannounced departure.
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Manila
Roosevelt
Luneta
Aguinaldo
Trade Treaty Between United States and Spain Signed
Madrid reports the treaty of trade and amity between the United States and Spain was signed on Thursday. The agreement covers commerce and mutual relations, marking a formal diplomatic milestone between the two nations.
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Madrid
United States
Spain
Judge Baker denies injunction against Indiana brokers
Indianapolis July 4 Judge John H Baker of the United States district court refused to grant the injunction requested by the Chicago board of trade to prohibit the use of the board s quotations by Indiana brokers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
John H. Baker
United States District Court
Indiana
Chicago Board of Trade
Naples denounces two anarchists over sultan plot
A Naples newspaper reports that authorities denounce two anarchists living in the city as originators of a plot to assassinate the sultan. The notice flags a security concern tied to political violence and counterplot investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Porte
Morgan's Check Book and Emperor William Dinner Satire
The Neue Freie Presse in Vienna satirically notes J. Pierpont Morgan dined with Emperor William aboard the Ho hen zollern at Kiel on July 3. It quips that without his checkbook Morgan would be the emperor's guest and questions the fragility of Morgan trusts and rising prices amid imagined rival ambitions.
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Vienna
Neue Freie Presse
J. Pierpont Morgan
Emperor William
Hohenzollern
Kiel
Morgan
Napoleon
Finance
William
Mr. Morgan
Panama Inquiry Set for Paris and Washington Trip
Assistant Attorney-General Charles W. Russell will travel to Paris within a week to study the Panama Canal Company’s title to concessions and property on the isthmus. He may then go to Washington or join the president in further inquiries, with Senator Spooner invited to accompany him.
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Washington
Charles W. Russell
Paris
Panama Canal Company
United States
Atorney
Spooner
Attorney-General
Bright for Consolidation of Presbyterian University
Rev Dr J W Walden of Athens says consolidation of the Columbia Theological Seminary and Southwestern Presbyterian University at Clarksville Tenn looks bright. He asserts Atlanta must raise 250000 for buildings and grounds to secure the new university drawing equal pledges from six state synods, totaling over 1 million in assets.
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Athens
J W. Walden
Presbyterian University of Georgia
Theological Seminary
Columbia
D. C
Southwestern Presbyterian University
Clarksvile
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Tennessee
South Carolina
Louisiana
Mississippi
Independent Order of Benjamins convene with 600 delegates in Philadelphia
The fourteenth annual convention of the Independent Order of Sons of Benjamin opened in Philadelphia with about 600 delegates from 184 lodges, totaling 30 000 members nationwide. Grand Master Ferdinand of New York was reelected and a policy change proposal made insurance rules optional to allow either 500 or 1 000 policies. The order's mutual guarantee fund exceeds 175 000 and grows.
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Philadelphia
Independent Order of the Sons of Benjamin
Ferdinand
New York
Levy
Hague tribunal to rule on sale terms of St Thom as to US
London reports that the Brussels correspondent states the Hague tribunal will be consulted on a point regarding the terms of the sale of the Danish island St Thomas to the United States.
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London
Brussels
the Times
Hague
St. Thomas
United States
Bets On Cuba Speculation Grips Havana Rumor Mill
Havana residents wager on the Cuban republics fate with bets on survival beyond a year. In Chattanooga a Dr Calfe circulates letters claiming Republican persecution by Democrats, alleging attacks at night and political motive, stirring local alarm.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Calfe
Waco
Tex
Weco
Deadly Nightshade Case Nets Two Arrests in Tennessee
Agnes Fleming and Howard Jenkins were arrested in Knoxville after the deaths of John Fleming and Mrs. Howard Jenkins raised suspicion. A intercepted letter suggested Jenna and Fleming plotted murder for marriage. Jenkins, from Pittsburg, worked as a mechanical engineer for Knoxville Iron Co. Relatives obtained warrants in Roane County where the couple reportedly traveled after the deaths.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Agnes Fleming
John Fleming
Howard Jenkins
Jenkins
Fleming
Roane
Roane County
Aguinaldo Freed After Amnist y Proclamation
After amnesty on July 4 Aguinaldo is freed from house arrest in Manila. General Chaffee meets Aguinaldo with Lt. McKinlay acting as interpreter. Aguinaldo fears streets by day and seeks protection, asking to avoid testifying in civil suits. Speculation grows over possible revenge by Luna’s supporters for 1899 killings.
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Manila
Aguinaldo
Johnson
Chaffee
William E. McKinlay
Ninth Cavalry
Gen. Chaffee
Wright
Luna
Million Dollar Shops Planned for South Louisville
The Louisville & Nashville railroad plans a 1 million dollar general shops complex in South Louisville Kentucky. Randolph Curtis the new mechanical engineer Leeds and two assistants of Chief Engineer R Montgomery are at work on plans. Work is expected to start soon with modern machinery after authorization.
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Louisville
Courier-Journal
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Randolph Curtis
Leeds
Twe
R. Montgomery
Curtis
Louisville & Nashville
Cattlemen and Indians Feared After Cattle Killing
Ardmore I T July 6 Grave trouble between cattlemen and Indians in the Choctaw Nation is feared after nearly 400 cattle were killed in the past week. Cattlemen reportedly violate a law limiting non citizens to ten head each, provoking Indian hostility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmore
I. T
Free Pass Inhibition Interpreted By Attorney General
Richmond July 5 Attorney General Anderson issues a formal interpretation of the free pass prohibition in the new constitution. He says no state or subdivision official may use a free transportation pass from any company, and officials cannot receive free transport as compensation for services such as legal work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Anderson
Paris Religious Orders Weigh Leaving France for England or U S
Paris on July 6 government and chamber endorse strict law subordinating religious associations to civil authority and compelling monks and others of specified age to military service and civic duties. Several orders had planned to stay but now prepare to depart, likely choosing England or the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
France
England
Roosevelt Welcomed by Masses in Pittsburg July Fourth
President Theodore Roosevelt was escorted through Schenley Park by National Guard units and greeted by half a million people from Pittsburgh and nearby towns. A 21 gun salute greeted his arrival, with ceremonies including a flagful display, band music, and readings. He later attended a luncheon and reception at H. Frick's residence before delivering a lengthy speech at a Knox banquet.
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President Roosevelt
Pittsburg
Schenley Park
National Guards
H. ©. Frick
Theodore Roosevelt
Allegheny
Union Station
Knox
Roosevelt
J. C. Brown
United States
P. ©. Knox
George B. Cortelyou
Sheridan
John A. Wylie
Guy
W. A. Stone
Dalzell
Acheson
Jack
Graham
Samuel W. Pennypacker
Robert E. Pattison
Philadelphia
George T. Oliver
Albert J. Barr
Fifth Avenue
Grant’s Hill
United German Societies of
John H. Prugh
Willis J. Hulings
The
America
T. N. Boyle
Pittsburg M
North of England iron production reaches all time low
London July 4 reports six months production of all classes of manufactured iron in the north of England district at 41 900 tons. This is the smallest half year total on record, down from 46 206 tons in the same period of 1901 the previous worst performance.
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North of
England
London
North of England
Empress' Yacht Idona Wins Ahead in July Race
The Idona led by Empress' yacht carried guests including P A B Widener Allison Armour Clement Griscom and C L F Robinson of the NYYC the grand duke of Saxony and Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia. Meteor finished second with Idona winning on time allowance. The British schooner Cicely withdrew.
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Idan von Kiel
Emperor William
Beckernforde
P. A. B. Widener
Allison Armour
Clement A. Griscom
C. L F. Robinson
New York Yacht Club
Grand Duke of Saxony
Prince Henry of Prussia
Idona
Cicely
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Attala
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Jim Rickles
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Joe Pritchard
Will Armstrong
John Truitt
Delta Workers' Conference
Endowment For Baptist College
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New Railroad
Confederate Memorial Park
Western
Betrothal Anno
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Panama
Russell
Presbyterian Universities
Clarksville, Tenn
Columbia, D. C
Benjamin
Findlay
Thomas Walters
San Francisco
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Circleville
Westenhaver
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Illinois
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Republic
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