Ancient Order of Hibernians Convention Opens in St Louis
The international convention opened on the 19th at Muste hall St. Louis as the most attended biennial gathering in the order's history. Other items note labor disputes in New York carpenters, a Missouri railway charter for St. Joseph to Des Moines, and various international events and local legal notes.
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Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Muste Hall
St. Louis
Order
America
New York
Building Trades Employers’ Association
Gov
Beckham
Kentucky
Gov. Bailey
Kansas
William Payne
Payne
Missouri
St. Joseph
Abany’ N& Deu Moinea Railway Co
Des Moines
St. Petersburg
Vladivostok
Pittaburg Phil
Saranac Lake
Adirondalks
Pittsburg
Divide Creek
Harvey Logan
K. McAllister
Denver
George Wilson
United States Army
Paris
France
Milo
Charlotte Murmann
Wilson
Master Carpenters’ Association
Board of Governors
The
Building Trades Employer’ Association
Wm. T. Richards
Midvale
N. Z
Ernest J Keller
Cripple Creek (Co
Russia
Great Britain
Malacca
Tel Sea
Kuroki
Kiao-Tung
Chi River
United States
Prohibition
Iheianapolis
Ind
T. L. Rubey
Sam B. Cook
Albert O. Allen
Jas. Cowgill
Count Keller
Rennenkampff
Mukden
Charles F. Dewey
Wheeling
W. Va
Chicago
Chauncey
Berrys
George G. West
Sweet Springs
Weather and crop report across Mississippi State
The weekly bureau bulletin notes mean temperatures 1 to 2 degrees below normal with heavy rains in the south, central and western areas. Cotton shows rapid growth in thin up lands, while lowlands suffer from overflow. Early corn is near made, melons yield well, and peaches crop well. a farmers’ meeting at Dexter seeks coordinated sale of cotton seed to secure bulk oil-mill prices.
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The
Weather Bureau
Brookhaven
Greenville
Greenwood
Hazlehurst
Jackson
Lake
Jackson voters seek mayoral candidates on water plant
Residents weigh in as candidates for mayor and aldermen in Jackson express support for city ownership of a water plant. The issue will be decided by the board elected at the August primary, prompting public interest in candidate positions.
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Jackson
Farmers Institutes draw crowds as harvests greet state
The state conducted Farmers Institutes through the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Starkville with strong attendance and success. The 1904 Simpson county personal assessment totals 730,276, up from 603,542 in 1903, a gain of 126,734. The roll stays on file until the August board meeting for approval. Mississippi reports its best peach crop in years with Elberta dominating. DeSoto county reports a tax roll up by 156,375 to a total of 854,965.
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Agricultural and Mechanical College
Starksville
Simpson County
Bishop
Board of Supervisors
DeSoto County
Evenin
George
Hope
Jefferson County
Tve
Chile
Mississippi
Parker
Miss Mary Walker Dies After Cumberland Fall at Mont Eagle
Miss Mary Walker of Columbus fell from a Cumberland mountains precipice at Mont Eagle Tennessee and died next day from injuries. She belonged to a prominent East Mississippi family and her death grieves friends across the state. J B Brooks was killed by a freight train at Poplarville last week with fatal skull and spine injuries.
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Mary Walker
Columbus
Cumberland Mountains
Monteagle
Tenn
Mississippi
J. B. Brooks
Poplarville
Open ball of cotton sighted in season at Woodville
A fragment reports the first open ball of cotton this season arriving at Woodville from Brokhaven with scattered notes about dates and place names.
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Woodville
Brokhaven
Personal assessment rise shown in county records
Washington county assessor 8 P Aiken files the 1904 personal assessment totaling 2 059 980, up from 1 750 415 in 1903, an increase of 300 565 for the year.
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Washington County
8. P. Aiken
Yazoo City completes waterworks system
The Yazoo City waterworks system is finished with mains tested and plant in city hands. The network covers the entire city including Linfonia. Contractors reportedly lost money on the project due to a plant cave in that required extensive trenching to be redug.
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Yazoo City
Linfonia
Meridian Terminal Association Chartered to Handle Freight
The governor approved the charter of incorporation for the Meridian Terminal Association based in Meridian with a capital stock of 25000 dollars. The company will engage in handling freight shipments.
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Meridian Terminal Association
Meridian
Remarkable peaches on display at Jackson bank
A bank in Jackson showcased seventeen large peaches on eleven inches of stem. Grown just west of the city the fruit attracted much admiration from onlookers last week.
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Jackson
Confederate reunion draws Brooksville crowd of two thousand
More than two thousand people attended the Confederate reunion at Brooksville with the "old boys" enjoying a royal time, according to reports from the event.
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Brooksville
Tragedy in Wilkinson County Ends in Accidental Self Harm
Emma Morris a 15 year old girl of Wilkinson County died by an accidental self inflicted gunshot while shooting birds. The exact sequence of the events is not yet known and an investigation is pending.
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Emma Morris
Wilkinson County
Marion County seeks new Columbia courthouse with 40000 to 60000
Citizens in Marion county push plans for a courthouse at Columbia costing between 40000 and 60000 dollars. The movement appears likely to succeed.
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Marion County
Columbia
Augustine Orchard at West Point Worth Forty Thousand
A. M. Augustine owns an orchard at West Point with capital of 40000 and prospects of a gross yield over 15000 this year as it begins to bear fruit.
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A. M. Augustine
West Point
Disease Panic as Charbon Breaks Out in Jackson
Charbon has broken out in Jackson spreading through several city sections. Officials fear a widespread epidemic among the male residents and urge precaution as the outbreak continues.
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Charbon
Jackson
Textile Workers Strike Tests City Monday
Fall River Mass faces a looming strike as 25 630 mill operatives vote to walk out over wage cuts. The united textile workers warn of possible indefinite closure if turnout falters, while manufacturers dispute the strike mandate and police prepare for crowds at mill gates.
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Fall River
Mass
M. D. C. Borden
John Golden
United Textile Workers of America
Borden City
S ml
Japanese Forces Attack Near New Chwang
Reports from Men Tsin say battles rage outside New Chwang with Japanese forces nearing the city. Russian losses in Saturday’s engagement are put at about seven hundred as refugees and locals recount gunboat movements from Port Arthur toward Tah Ting Shan in a tense war front update.
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Men Tsin
New Chwang
Exaggerated Praise for Paris Exposition Agriculture Palace
Col Ferdinand W Peck, Chicago, commissioner general to the Paris World's Fair, lauds the Palace of Agriculture as unmatched in global expositions. He notes foreign contributions and urges all to see the exhibit, calling it a once in a lifetime display. In Rome, July 25, the Giornale d Italia doubts Monsignor Falconio will be moved to Manila to replace Guidi.
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St. Louis
Ferdinand W. Peck
Chicago
United States
Palace of Agriculture
Col. Peck
Europe
Department of Agriculture
Rome
Giornale d’Italia
Monsignor
Falconio
Manila
Mgr
Guidi
Call It Folk Conspiracy Claims from Butler Interview
Edward Butler of St Janis says the grand jury indictment for bribery of a witness is a political conspiracy by Attorney Folk and bankers in St Louis. He claims immunity was promised to informants and says the bribery charge is false. Butler plans to stay in Maritou about three weeks.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Edward Butler
St. Janis
Vie
Grand” Jury
Folk
St. Louis
Mr. Butler
Maritou
Wreck on the Santa Fe Near Kinsley Leaves One Dead
A Santa Fe passenger train speeding east from Colorado derailed five miles west of Kinsley Kansas. Express Messenger Sewell of Kansas City was killed and several others seriously injured when a brake beam failed and the mail car an express car and a smoker left the track. A special medical train was dispatched from Topeka.
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Kansas City
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Colorado
Kinsley
Kas
Sewell
Topeka
Famous Business Team Entered for World’s Fair Prizes
St. Louis July 24 The famous 16 horse team of the Pasbt Brewing Co Milwaukee has been entered in business horse events at the World's fair. The Pabst team has won prizes nationwide and is a beautiful group of pure bred black and gray Percherons. The harness wagon and equipment are costly and handsome.
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St. Louis
Pasbt Brewing Co
Milwaukee
Pabst
King Christian Not Seriously Ill
Copenhagen reports King Christian’s illness is not serious and he left Schwarin Sunday for Copenhagen.
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King Christian
Copenhagen
Christian
Schwar
Roosevelt Nomination Notification Set for July 27
Arrangements prepared to notify Theodore Roosevelt of his Republican nomination for the presidency. The ceremony will be held on Wednesday the 27th at 12 30 p m at Roosevelt's home Sangamore Hill Oyster Bay L I.
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Oyster Bay
L. L
Theodore Roosevelt
Republican Party
Mr. Roosevelt
Sangamore Hill
Cass County Soldiers Reunion Held at Chandlerville
The annual Cass county soldiers reunion and fish fry will be held at Chandlerville LiL on Wednesday August 17.
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Virginia
Cass County
Chandlerville Lil
Ex Senator Vest Weakens After Temp Rally
Sweet Springs Missouri reports ex Senator Vest in much weaker condition Sunday night as the Saturday rally proved only temporary. His son and daughter stay near his bedside instead of returning to St Louis as planned. In New York James Kain, Erie railroad’s oldest telegraph operator, dies at Painted Post after five years of continued duty.
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Sweet Springs
Vest
Cornity
N. Y
James Kain
Erie Railroad
Painted Post
Union Foremen Dispute Threatens Marble Workers Lockout
New York July 24 reports tense labor talks between employers and the Marble Workers' union over union foremen. Despite arbitration, a general lockout looms affecting about five thousand workers. In Dugmoun l July 24 Italian miner Charles Appino died in Jupiter No 1 mine from slate collapse weighing seven tons. Gen Booth met Queen Alexandra at Buckingham Palace in July 24 audience, the Queen cordial in conversation.
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New York
Marble Workers’ Union
Dugmuoin, l
Charles Appino
Mdog
Gen. Booth
Jachict
Salvation Army
Aleysndus
Buckingham Palace
Tilay
Shooting at Bonesteel Special Policemen Shot
A gang shootout in Bonesteel South Dakota leaves two special policemen wounded in front of a saloon. Sylvester C. Harrison of Wichita is severely injured but stable. Stanbrough wounded in the leg. A vigilance committee rallies townsfolk to round up alleged troublemakers as arrests flood the station house. A rumored sod house battle east of town adds to the unrest.
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Bonesteel
S. D
Sylvester C. Harrison
Wichita
Stanbrough
Harrison
Flames Destroy Elevator in East St. Louis Fire
A three story Columbia Elevator building near Wiggins Ferry Co. in East St. Louis burned on Sunday morning, destroying the structure and about 4000 bushels of wheat. Suspected spontaneous combustion on the top floor led to the blaze, which threatened nearby freight cars and cold storage but was contained by the East Side fire department. The 50 by 50 foot frame building, owned by Columbia Elevator Co., was valued at 20000 with partial insurance. wheat valued around 3500.
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East St. Louis
Ill
Columbia Elevator
Wiegings Ferry Co
East Side
Wiggins Ferry
Columbia Elevator Co
Fire Ravages Handy Bros Lumber Yard in Bay City
A Sunday afternoon blaze along the river front at the Handy Bros lumber yard caused about 80,000 in losses. The firm had roughly 5,000,000 feet of pine lumber stored, with 5,000,000 feet destroyed. Handy Bros. face 70,000 in uninsured or insured losses. The Michigan Central Railroad shed 17,000 in cars and trackage damage, while the Detroit and Mackinaw railroad suffered 2,500 in losses.
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Bay City
Mich
Handy Bros.’ Manufacturing Company
Handy Bros
Michigan Central Railroad
Detroit & Mackinaw
Portuguese sailor rescued from Creedmoor disaster at sea
A Portguese sailor, believed missing from the fire aboard the Creedmoor off Shinnecock, was rescued on July 20 by the schooner Wm. D. Marvel near 35 miles offshore and brought to Philadelphia on July 24. Capt. Coleman reports the hatch-cover pickup.
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Philadelphia
Shinnecock
Wm. D. Marvel
Lanesville
Conn
Coleman
Bull Ring Stampede Wounds Nobles and Tourist
In San Sebastian on Sunday a bull and tiger broke loose during a fight, steering into the crowd and triggering a panic. Spectators were struck by bullets fired to deter the animals, injuring several including Marquis Pedal the vice president of the Renate and Marquis Quijo and a French tourist.
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San Sebastian
Spain
Peda
Renate
Marquis Quijo
Seventh Infantry L N G Winds Up Camp Lincoln Week
Springfield Illinois July 24 The Seventh Infantry L N G wound up its week of instruction at Camp Lincoln Friday night and made final preparations for the trip to St Louis leaving here at eight o clock Saturday morning.
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Springfield
Seventh Infantry
L N. G
Camp Lincoln
St Louis
Death of 12 year old in Missouri hayfield accident
In De Soto Missouri on July 24 Harry Bath son of T C Bath aged 12 was working with his father on their farm three miles west of De Soto when he fell from a hay wagon onto a pitchfork and died within minutes.
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DeSoto
Harry
T C. Bath
Fire destroys Mount Vernon hospital after barn blaze
July 24 Mount Vernon hospital burned to ground due to nearby barn fire. Several patients were evacuated safely. losses estimated at 38,000 dollars.
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Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Hospital
Navy Accepts Torpedo Boat Blakely at Draft Yard
Wellington July 24 The navy department formally accepts the torpedo boat Blakely one of twelve in the class after trials and inspections.
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Dickely
Wellington
Navy Department
Blakely
Mississippi School Bulletin urged for Better Education
In a Mississippi republication, Kate M Power urges readers to support the State Superintendent Whitfield's quarterly School Bulletin. She highlights need for better teacher training, modern methods, and community backing to improve rural schoolhouses, grounds, and attendance while noting obstacles from parents and trustees.
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Joseph W. Shide
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Marcus Daly
Montana
James W. Gerard
Itia
Mississippi State News
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Whem
Simpson
Grenada County
Miss Walker
Washington
Yinkow
Tatchekino
Tatchekiao
Liao Yang
Ed Butler
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Chandlerville
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Booth
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Coplah County
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