Mississippi News Highlights Across State Affairs
State Auditor Smith completed semiannual distribution of the Chickasaw school fund to 23 counties including Yalobusha to finance near term school terms. Blue Mountain College leader Lowrey reports progress raising funds for a Tri-State Baptist Hospital in Memphis. County privilege licenses due by May 1. Mississippi National Guard units aided Purvis rescue efforts at a cost near 1500 dollars. Clarksdale sues under depository law. John Joseph, a Black man who killed Breech Archer, was killed by a posse. Cal. S. S. Ballis faces court decree for 4000 dollars. Water Valley opens a 10000 dollar public school seating 1000. Aberdeen and Tombigbee railroad planned Meolows to Pickensville via Aberdeen. Service begins Jan 1 largely opposing illicit liquor activities. Railroads reduce freight staff due to lower traffic. Newton and Lent counties form bi county fair association. Sunflower convict farm cultivates about 6400 acres. Louis Wright of Shuqualak dies from a fall. Newton hosts a dinner for old soldiers and Confederate veterans event draws large crowd.
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Smith
Chickasaw
Yalobusha
Buttered Carrots with Butter and Lemon
Recipe instruction notes three cups of carrots cut into cubes and boiled until tender. Drain and toss with two tablespoons butter and two tablespoons lemon juice just before serving.
In Ironing Shirt Waists
In ironing the plait of the back of a shirt waist with tiny buttons, lay it on Sanmel or a Turkish towel as for embroidery. Buttons sink in and the material wroned.
Jeff and coin Harvey Arkansas reform to spring public
A. C. White of Little Rock travels to New York claiming Senator Jeff Davis and Col Harvey will push reform in the Democratic party if Bryan is not the nominee. White accuses Harvey of financial influence from his silver writings and notes Harvey’s alleged opposition to Bryan. He says Harvey and Davis have discussed guiding reform from a hidden country estate.
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New York
A. C. White
Little Rock
Jef Davis
Cols” Harvey
Democratic Party
Ryan
Arkansas
W. H. Harvey
Coln
Mr. White
Kenton
Harvey
Davis
Bryan
Castor
Organized Labor
The
Post
Cleveland Mind Covering Illness Clouds Former President
New York reports from Lakewood suggest Grover Cleveland’s mental state is in question due to illness and secrecy surrounding his recovery. Doctors warn he could either brighten with time or linger for months, amid fluctuating hope and fear.
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New York
Lakewood, J
Grover Cleveland
Lakewood
Flumor
Cleveland
Southern Child Labor Debate Signals Reform Needs
Richmond report covers the national conference of charities and correction at St. Pauls Church. Speakers from the South urged compulsory education and condemned child labor in cotton mills, arguing illiteracy would fade if youth were placed in teachers care.
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Richmond
National Conference of Charities and Correction
St. Paul's Church
South
Squeezed Heart Rescues Patient During Lung Operation
In Hartford at St Francis Hospital during a delicate lung operation on Nuncio Chial Dr D Sullivan after the patient paused for breath reached the heart and squeezed it to restart respiration. The heart again weakened but Sullivan repeated the maneuver to sustain life and complete the surgery.
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Sullivan
Chial
Negroes Oppose Taft in Colored Protest Rally
Incensed Louisville readers condemn William A Bradley and Taft in the Brownsville controversy as National Negro Politicians League plans a Chicago meeting June 1 to coordinate a protest against War Secretary Taft.
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Louisville
William A. Bradley
Frm
Brownsville
William JH. Taft
United States
National Negro Politicians League
Chicago
Nepublicas
Mrs Charters M Alexander Leads Wealthy Philadelphia Crusade Helpers
English heiress Mrs Charters M Alexander travels with her husband to aid a large evangelical crusade in Philadelphia. She leads a band of affluent women who pursue sacrifice and earnest work over social gaiety during their stay of several months.
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Charters M. Alexander
Philadelphia
United Can
Viauin
Three Times Three Debate Sparks Childhood Lesson
A child asserts three times three equals ten, while the teacher sticks to nine. The exchange ends with a quip about the teacher's conceit.
Debates on Marriage Motives Echo in Jewish Ledger
In the Jewish Ledger, a conversation unfolds about marriage and money. A young woman explains to her father that her suitor did not pursue her for wealth, and the father retorts that if true, he would lack sense.
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Jewish Ledger
Barbershop attack in New York leaves victims mortally wounded
A 16 year old, Amelio Gata nia, attacked patrons in a barber shop injuring three and fatally wounding two as his mother shielded a child. Peraco and his wife are reported dying while a manhunt for the assailant continues through Fulton Street.
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New York
Amelio Gofala
Antono Peraca
Gatania
Frank Strafino
Joseph Macera
Nicola Esperito
Chicago Storm Claims One Life As Wind Shakes City
A severe wind and rain storm battered outlying Chicago areas with downed wires and damaged buildings. John Lucas, 65, died after being blown down. several pedestrians injured. Wires to fire and police systems failed and lifesaving station comms were cut. Only two steamers left port Thursday and returned for safety as lake waves ran high.
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Chrage
ITL
Weather Bureau
Lake Shore
John Lucas
Halsted
Chicago
Pequot Hotel in New London Destroyed by Fire
The Pequot, a famed 73 year old summer hotel in New London, Connecticut, burned early Thursday. The five story frame building was unoccupied and had recently been remodeled. It was to host events for Yale and Harvard crews before the Thames river boat race. Owner listed as U S Senator Brandegee.
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New London
Conn
Pequot
Yale
Harvard
Thames River
United States
Brandegee
Supreme Court Considers Burlington Return Transport Case
Jefferson City Mo Supreme court en banc heard arguments in the state railroad commissioners versus the Burlington railroad over return transportation with each car of stock shipped to market. The court previously ruled the passes unconstitutional but granted a re hearing on dissenting opinions. A decision may come within 30 days.
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Jefferson City
Supreme Court
State Railroad Commissioners
Burlington Railroad
Port of Chicago Sees Record Grain Shipments This Week
Ogden Armour secures 1,000,000 bushels of wheat while Jim Patten charters 1,500,000 bushels of corn and oats. With further charters in sight weekly lake shipments may reach 4,000,000 bushels, a historic port volume. Patten finances the largest corn and oats line ever carried by a single dealer, having bought 19,000 bushels since May 1 at about 20 cents below current prices.
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Chicago
J. Ogden Armour
Jim Patten
Fate of Bina Verrault Revealed in Love Syndicate Tale
Tonopah Nevada reports on the rise and fall of Bina Verrault the young woman who led a notorious Love Syndicate that used romantic schemes to win men and extract thousands of dollars two years ago in New York. Her later fate unfolds in an unusual discovery.
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Tonopah
Nev
Bina Verrault
New York
Scotch broker Coster insured for 100 in New York Life
Less than two months before his death by his own action Chas Coster the Scotch broker insured his life for 100 with New York Life Insurance Co. The policy contains no clause allowing a contest based on death by own action or other grounds.
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New York
Chas. Coster
New York Life Insurance Co
Congress Adopts Army Pay Increase And Senate Debates Forest Reserves
Washington reports the House approved the conference report on the army appropriation bill providing 7 million dollars with five million for enlisted personnel and 940 officers on the retired list to gain boosts. The Senate failed to advance the agricultural appropriation as debate centered on forest reserves with Teller opposing a lump sum for reserves and Nelson and Delliver voicing support.
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Washington
Home of Representatives
Senate
Teller
Nelson
Minoreola
Delliver
Iowa
Washington Senate moves to recognize Mothers Day state holiday
Senator Burkett introduced a resolution in the senate Friday to declare Sunday May 10 a holiday and observed by members officers and employees of the United States wearing a white flower in honor of mothers. The proposal was postponed after objection by Senator Gallinger. Washington The senate adopted a Penrose resolution directing the postmaster general to report to the senate before Jan 1 next on injury to persons and destruction of mail at catch stations.
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Washington
Burkett
Senate
United States
Gallinger
Penrose
Washington House votes against reestablishment of canteen
In an 167 to 16 vote after two hours of debate the House of Representatives again opposed reestablishing the canteen in the national soldiers home. During the session George F. Gridley of Providence unfurled an American flag and addressed the gallery on temperance before being removed.
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Washington
House of Representatives
George F. Gridley
Providence
R. 1
First omnibus bridge bill moves in Congress
The House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce reported favorably a measure authorizing 24 bridges nationwide. The 24 authorizations were consolidated into one act to avoid 23 roll call votes as the bill advances in the house amid Democratic opposition.
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Washington
House
Senate approves Gallinger bill regulating DC child labor
The Senate on Wednesday passed the Gallinger bill to regulate child employment in the District of Columbia. Chairman Dolliver noted the bill applies only to DC and faces no constitutional objections that might be raised against Beveridge’s national labor law proposal.
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Washington
Senate
Gallinger
District of Columbia
Dolliver
Committee On Education and Labor
Beveridge
Executive committee meeting of the association on Tuesday
The executive committee of the association met there on Tuesday to discuss ongoing matters and plan upcoming actions. Delegates reviewed agendas, approved a schedule, and outlined next steps for member engagement.
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Association
Washington Aids Bacon Bill for $75,000 Canal Survey
A favorable report on the Bacon bill authorizing 75000 dollars for a survey to precede construction of a canal linking the Atlantic with the Mississippi tributaries was urged before the house committee on railways and canals by an Atlanta delegation introduced by Representative Brantley of Georgia.
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Washington
Bacon
Atlantic Ocean
Senate
House Committee On Railways and Canals
Atlanta
Brantley
Alaska Game Protection Bill Enacted by Senate
The senate approved a house bill without amendment to create a licences system for killing game in Alaska under the governor. The governor may appoint game wardens and use license funds for wildlife protection, replacing the secretary of agriculture permit system.
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Washington
Senate
Alaska
Secretary of Agriculture
Denver Express Messenger Murded by Train Robbers
Denver police report Charles H. Wright of the Denver Express Messenger was slain on a Rio Grande train by robbers who looted his car of 100 dollars and fled. The body was found when the train reached Denver.
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Denver
Colo
Charles H. Wright
Rio Grande
Shortage Report Reaches Guthrie on Kay County Accounts
Charles A. Taylor the state examiner and inspector received word of a serious shortage in the accounts of the last county of Cevils of Kay county under the territorial regime.
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Funda
Guthrie
Okla
Charles A. Taylor
Cevils
Kay County
Montevideo The Svanhild Sailings Inbound From Pensacola
The Swedish bark Svanhild, reported to be moving toward Montevideo from Pensacola on January 14, is noted in the shipping column with limited details available on cargo or final destination.
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Montevideo
Svanhild
Pensacola
Burglar Slays Denver Policeman in Photo Supply Store
Denver policeman Charles M. Beck was shot through the heart and killed while pursuing a burglar into the Denver Photograph Supply Co. in the last rounds of his watch. Terre Haute approves a receiver for the Terre Haute 2cd Merom Traction Co. Two miles of rails laid at about $50,000, funded by scrip.
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Denver
Charles M. Beck
Denver Photograph Supply Co
Traction Company
Terre Haute
Ind
Charles Harlan
Merom Traction Co
House Burned Belonging to Homesteader Yonk ers
Hayes reports a house fire at a homesteader named Yonkers. The infant child was asleep inside. the mother, away at a neighbor's across the road when she noticed the blaze.
Representative DeAr mond Bill Targets Liquor Licenses in Prohibition States
Washington Missouri representative DeArmond introduces a measure to bar the government from issuing federal licenses to sell intoxicating liquor in states enforcing prohibition. Rutland chief constable resigns after 37 years service in England. William Keep, age 83, retires as one of England’s oldest chiefs with 60 years in policing.
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Washington
DeArmond
Prohibition
Rutland
Eng
William Keep
England
Keep
Dog Steal Rich Jewels From White Plains Home
Jewels belonging to a dog supporter in White Plains disappeared from his house and were later located in the garden, reportedly carried and buried there by a pet dog.
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Stea
New York
White Plains
Presbyterians to Sell Indianola College in Wynnewood
The Presbyterians have decided to sell Indianola College located in Wynnewood to the Methodists. The buyers plan to use the site as a preparatory school for Epworth University in Oklahoma City.
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Indianola College
Guthrie
Okla
Wynnewood
Methodists
Epworth University
Oklahoma City
Farmar shoots intruding tramp after forced entry in Knoxdale
Brookville Pennsylvanias farmer Frank Swineford near Knoxdale Jefferson county shot and killed an unknown tramp who forced entry by kicking down a door. Fire destroys multiple businesses in Marion including Hornbeck Harris Bonham Co stores restaurant and Byhalia telephone exchange with losses near 50000 dollars.
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Brookville
Frank Swineford
Knoxdale
Jefferson County
Marion, C
Hornbeck & Hick
Harris Bonham & Co
R. Thornton
Byhalia
Reunion After 26 Years Sparks North Crandin Return
Mrs Agnes Muhs of Minot North Dakota returned from North Crandin Wisconsin where she found her father she had not seen in 26 years. Neither had made a careful search for the other.
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Minot
N. D
Agnes Muhs
North Crandin
Wis
Evans Closes Long Career On Flag Ship Sail
Admiral Evans ends decades of service by boarding the flagship in San Francisco Bay for a final ceremony.
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Evans
Admiral
San Francisco
Mighty naval review marks end of Evans era
Secretary Metcalf inspects the largest combined Atlantic and Pacific fleets in history as the Atlantic fleet, led by Rear Admiral Evans, remains in harbor and Admiral Thomas steps up as commander. The ships stay assembled in Oakland until May 15 while Evans awaits retirement.
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Atlantic
Connecticut
Pacific
Motealt
Yorktown
Navy
Oakland
Evans
St. Francie
Washington
Charles M. Thomas
Three More Bodies Found In Gunness Case
Skeletons of a man and a woman and the unarticulated bones of a third body were found on the Ganness farm near Laporte Indiana. The figure of Mrs Helle Gunness is tied to 18 deaths including two husbands and four children. Searches continue as earth thaws with more burials expected. A body in the Gunness house ruins is unlikely to be Mrs Gunness.
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Norway
Gunness
Pardon Granted in Anniversary of Prince of Asturias Birth
Madrid announces a royal pardon on the first anniversary of the prince of Asturias birth. Nakens Barra and Mata, who served nine years for aiding the escape of Manuel Morales, the man who threw a bomb at King Alfonso and Queen Victoria on their wedding day May 21, 1906, are released.
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Madrid
Spain
Prince of the Asturias
Alfonso
Nakens
Barra
Mata
Manuel Morales
Queen Victoria
Troop A Ordered to Ripley for River Front Duty
Governor Harris directed Troop A of Cleveland to Ripley on late Thursday. Assistant Adjutant General Kautzmann notes that Troop B and Company G of the Seventh regiment are not enough to guard the 60 miles of river front.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cleveland
Ripley
Harris
Kautzmann
Dewitt C. Gallup Dies at 78 in Hutchinson
Dewitt C. Gallup a Civil War veteran and member of the Walker filibuster expedition to Cuba and Nicaragua in the 1850s died here on Wednesday aged 78 years.
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Dewitt C. Gallup
Hutchinson
Kas
Cuba
Nicaragua
Hingis Legislature Adopts Board of Control Bill
Springfield IN The Indiana House passed Speaker Shartlef's bill creating a state institutions board of control. The legislature will adjourn sine die on May 23.
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Hingis
Springfield
House
Shartlef
One Killed Four Hurt In Mine Accident At Rockford
Rev Earl C Bangey former Tamarack No 5 presiding elder reports a rope broke causing a car to fall down a shaft at the mine Tuesday morning. The over hoist caused the fatal and injuring incident.
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Rockford
Earl C. Bangey
Tamarack No. 5
Rev Earl C Bangey Dies After Pulpit Stroke
Rockford Illinois reports the death of Rev Earl C Bangey former presiding elder of the Rock River conference Methodist Episcopal Church who was stricken with apoplexy in the pulpit on Sunday and died Monday May 5 scheduled services disrupted as the church mourns his passing.
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Bangey
Rockford, Ill
Earl C. Bangey
Rock River Conference
Episcopal Church
Taft and trusts critique from The Commoner stance
The article argues Secretary Taft misreads the trust issue and favors regulation over extermination. It criticizes Republican trust policy, questions actions against the steel and paper trusts, and contends monopoly harms workers and prices. It cites the United States Steel Corporation’s 1907 earnings as evidence of entrenched power.
Wood pulp resolution for Buncombe county
Editorial notes the national House speaker and the “Buncombe county” wood pulp investigation proposal. Critics mock the effort as a sham aimed at revising tariffs through a committee, while Republicans claim the plan is inferior to letting voters elect a Congress to revise tariffs.
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National House
Trust
Congress
Dee Strieta
Republian
Chicago Record
Herald
New York Union Idle Rate Sparks Labor Debate
A New York state labor bulletin notes that at year end 1907 one in three union men were idle. Unions limit workdays to spread jobs, with groups like the International Typographical Union barring more than six consecutive days if others seek work locally. The piece questions overall joblessness and critiques “full dinner pail” rhetoric and Harriman railroad profits.
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State Labor Department of
New York
Trades Union
International Typographical Union
New York State
World letter questions Bryan support and World interests
Writing to the New York World, T K Van Dyke asks three questions about The World's stance. The editor responses claim no Bryan support in 1896, limited support in 1900, and say the World answers only that public interests guide its utterances. The letter questions reveal doubts about disclosure of editoral masters and railroad holdings.
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New York World
T. K. van Dyke
Harrisburg
Bryan
World
van Dyke
Joseph Pulitzer
Like a Boy's Pocket. Fowl in Chariton yields odd collection
In Chariton Kent county Eng Mr Charles Downs killed a Plymouth Rock fowl and found an extraordinary crop contents including glass pieces a cartridge six nails a tin tack screws rivets buttons coal items a clock screw collar studs and a boot button The list reflects a curious assemblage of small artifacts.
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Chariton
Kent County
Eng
Charles Downs
Political Theater and Republican Readiness in 1900s Debate
A quoted boast by Mr Hennypeck undercuts legislative flaws while contemporary chatter notes Indiana Republicans warming to Mr Fairbanks. A Pennsylvania map with 11 760 pieces is proposed for congress to draft a Republican financial bill. A Republican exchange claims Senator La Follette would be more Republican if he sided less with Democrats. Washington public interests reps hope American newspaper reporters would adopt a tougher stance.
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Indiana
Fairbanks
Mr. Fairbanks
Pennsylvania
Congress
LaFollette
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