Tragedy Near Brookhaven Ends with Three Dead
A fatal clash eight miles southeast of Brookhaven leaves Will Hilton Tom Hilton and Elder Nation dead after a long confrontation over a meshed dispute involving a black worker. Benson Nation and Mrs Nation sustain injuries as the assailants confront neighbors. The shooter Nation escapes as authorities assess the Pontotoc railroad decree and other Mississippi events.
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Lincoln County
Brookhaven
Wm. Hilton
Tom Hilton
Tom Nation
Hiltons
Benson Nation
Na- Mon
Hilton
Nation
Tom Milton
Hensoc Nation
Carridges
Henson Nation
Young Nation
Two States Flooded as Rivers Rise to Record Highs
Oklahoma and North Texas suffer severe floods with hundreds feared dead or missing. Dallas Fort Worth region sustains extensive damage while Guthrie Oklahoma City and Shawnee report marooned travelers and large property losses. Gas mains out and railroads damaged as Arkansas River floods intensify across the region.
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Memphis
Tenn
Oklahoma
Texas
Dallas
Fort Worth
Guthrie
Ola
Oklahoma City
Shawnee
Okla
Missouri, Kansas and
Sapulpa
Snyder
Gunness Victim Lure Suspect Hinted as Brother
In LaPorte Indiana Mrs Belle Gunness famed murderess had an accomplice who pretended to be her brother to lure victims to the Gunness farm. Martin Gurholt brother of a 1905 victim testified that his sibling was duped by a man posing as Mrs Gunness brother while drawn to the deadly trap.
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Charsel
LaPorte
Martin Gurholt
Gunness
North Dakota
Kentuckty
Miseissipg
Areon
Mississpp
South
Chicago Executive Heads Abroad for Europe Trip
J. T. Haraban president of the Winois Central left Chicago for New York and plans to sail for Europe Wednesday. He intends to discuss with boards of trade there the prospect of increased tonnage for the port of New Orleans as part of his rest and observation tour.
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Chicago
J. T. Haraban
Winois Central
New York
Europe
New Orleans
Judge Speer Dismisses Custodian Petition in Inman Firm Case
In Macon Georgia Judge Speer dismissed the petition for appointment of a custodian for the assets of the defunct Inman firm in the southern district of Georgia. Petitioners sought to avoid delays from superseders to the circuit court of appeals that would stretch the winding up beyond October, ending the clash between Judge Speer and Judge Newman.
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Macon
Speer
Inman
District of
Georgia
Circuit Court of Appeals
Newman
Candidate for meat inspector praised by visitors
A visitor asks who the man is and is told Sim Piffle, our candidate for meat inspector, who blends Beaconsfield and Pitt’s fine traits without their flaws.
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Beaconsfield
Pitt
Plunkville
Sim Piffle
Solomon’s Wise Ruling Goes Down in History
A fragment notes Solomon ordered the child be cut in two after an election remark, cementing a reputation for wisdom in biblical lore. The terse line underscores a morally charged moment attributed to the ancient monarch.
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Solomon
V. Tom
Digging Continues At Gunness Farm In Search Of Clues
Early dawn Friday Sheriff Smutser and deputies renewed digging on the Gunness farm to uncover all suspected grave sites. Coroner Mack Sled ruled the three Gunness children Lacy Myrtle and Philip died by felonious homicide with unknown perpetrator. Ray Lamphere showed fear after a night of prayer and awaits potential grand jury indictments for Mrs Gunness and her children and for Andy Helgelein.
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Mack
Andrew Hegelein
Ray Lamphere
Bitte
Fleet of Atlantic battleships in Bellingham harbor
Seven battleships from the Atlantic fleet rested in Bellingham Bay after a voyage from San Francisco. The city welcomed the fleet with officials and shore leave sailors being entertained by residents Thursday night. Vessels arrived late due to a very heavy tide.
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Bellingham
Wash
Bellingham Bay
San Francisco
Jealous Lover Shoots Miss Ertel Then Kills Himself
Marshall Hollowell aged 20 shot Miss Mary Ertel at her Washington township home north of Rushville Indiana on Wednesday night. He then wounded himself with the remaining bullets and is expected to die.
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Rushville
Ind
Marshall Hollowell
Mary Ertel
Washington Township
Indianapolis man shoots self after death of friend
Albert Dowell, a close friend of former Court Commissioner John McGaughey, drew a revolver and killed himself in a room while his wife played the piano. Dowell had been deeply distressed by McGaughey’s death by suicide earlier in the week. London Miss Jean Reid and Hon John Hubert Ward plan to marry on June 24 with the date fixed.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Albert Dowell
John McGaughey
Dowell
Misa Reid
London
Jean Reid
John Hubert Ward
Fatally Hurt While Planting Corn Near St Paul
Charles Thornbure a noted farmer near St Paul Indiana was injured by a corn planter in a field at his home site when a defective machine caused a fall. He suffered a concussion of the brain and is believed to be fatally injured.
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St. Paul
Ind
Charles Thornbure
Eupora
Webster County
Woman Dying of Hiccoughs in Bridgeport Reported
Mrs. O. L. Mass-Inger of Bridgeport is reported dying after a 13 day and night siege of hiccoughs. Her husband is Dr. O. L. Mass-Inger, a local physician.
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Bridgeport
Conn
O. L. Mass- Inger
William Osborn Dies at Tremont Methodist Church
William Osborn aged 61 left his home at 1763 Clay avenue to attend Tremont Methodist church. He appeared in good health but collapsed and died as the pastor began to preach.
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New York
William Osborn
Clay Avenue
Tremont Methodist Church
Osborn
Mrs Shonts to Stay With Duchess in Paris
Paris reports Theodore P. Shonts of New York returning home while Mrs Shonts remains with her daughter the Duchess de Chaulnes until after the birth of the duchess's child.
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Mrs. Shonts
Paris
Theodore P. Shonts
New York
Duchess de Chaulnes
Tornado devastates Albia area damaging Grant School
A tornado originated nine miles west of Albia Iowa and swept through the valley at express speed destroying all buildings in its path. The storm killed 78 year old Jo Taylor who was feeding chickens and injured pupils at Grant School as bricks and glass flew.
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Albia
Iowa
Asia
Jo Mr. Taylor
Grant
Six injured as auto overturns on Sumption Prairie road
In South Bend Indiana six people were hurt when an automobile overturned on Sumption Prairie road. FE Wills secretary of the American Trust was badly hurt along with the car owner John C Ellsworth. Other occupants included Samuel Leeper president of the American Trust Co Samuel Good real estate broker Samuel Lentz coal dealer and H Gerald chauffeur.
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South Bend
Ind
Sumption Prairie Road
FE. R. Wills
The
American Trust
John C Ellsworth
Samuel Leeper
American Trust Co
Samuel Good
Samuel Lentz Coal
Lightning Killa as He Wished in Cumberland
George Martin of Hancock Maryland was struck and killed by lightning while sitting under an apple tree during a storm. Two companions nearby went indoors after warned of danger, while Martin remained and said he wished the Lord would strike him with lightning.
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Cumberland
George Martin
Hancock
Martin
Bridge Wrecked by Dynamite On Harlem Branch
A New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad bridge under construction at Haychester on the Harlem branch was wrecked by dynamiters on Thursday. A 50 pound charge blew under the first span twisting the girders and nearly destroying the structure.
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New York
Harlem
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Haychester
Admiral Evans Visited White House After Pacific Return
Admiral Evans called at the White House on Friday and was greeted by President Roosevelt with congratulations as he returned from the Pacific coast.
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Admiral Evans
White House
Washington, D. C
Pacific Coast
Roosevelt
Hughes Signs Bucket Shop Law
Albany New York Governor Hughes signed a bill making bucket shop operations a felony in the state. The action targets illegal investment firms and aims to curb deceptive trading practices statewide.
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Hughes
Albany
N. Y
Nesbit Thaw to Drop Suit Next Tuesday
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw will withdraw her suit to annul her marriage to Harry K. Thaw when the case resumes next Tuesday. Her attorney Daniel O Reilly confirmed the move on Thursday.
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Evelyn
New York
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Daniel O'Reilly
Army Balloonist Killed in Rio Demonstration
Lieutenant Fon sera, a Brazilian army balloon expert, died after a 3000 foot drop during a demonstration before the military school. He was conducting a test when the accident occurred.
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Rio de Janeiro
Fonsera
Hotel man Shot in Jackson Quarrel Over Business
Memphis man J. Calalza was fatally shot in Jackson Mississippi by Will W. Harwell, manager of the Jack 80g Coffee Co. The pair had quarreled over business matters.
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Memphis, Tenn—J
Calalza
Jackson, Miss
Will W. Harwell
Jack- 80G Coffee Co
Dies Where Brother Was Slain in Arkansas
Memphis resident Dick Shire of Augusta Arkansas was found dead in the road at the same spot where his brother John Shire was killed earlier. A bullet pierced his heart in the fatal incident.
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Memphis
Tenn
Dick Shire
Augusta
Ark
John Shire
Vinegar Train Confiscated by Fed Agent
United States Detective G. L. Walland of St. Louis confiscated a train load of vinegar shipped by a Paducah company. He claims the product does not conform to the pure food law.
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Paducah
United States
G. L. Walland
St. Louis
Train Kills Bewildered Man in Missoula
Oscar Hill, recently arrived from Minneapolis, was instantly killed on the Northern Pacific tracks in Missoula Montana after becoming bewildered and stepping in front of a train.
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Missoula
Mont
Oscar Hill
Minneapolis
Northern Pacific
Paint Company Rescued by National Lead in Chicago
The Heath and Michigan Manufacturing Co., Chicago’s pioneer paint firm, has been rescued from bankruptcy. National Lead Co. now holds the assets, with other creditors receiving settlements.
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Chicago
Heath & Michigan Manufacturing Co
National Lead Co
Miss Taft Graduates at Baldwin School
Philadelphia report notes Miss Helen H Taft daughter of the secretary of war among graduates from Baldwin School a fashionable preparatory institution at Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania.
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Taft
Philadelphia
Baldwin School
Bry Mawr
Here
Helen H. Taft
Measures Reported in Congress New Actions and Vetoes
News of Congress from Washington outlines measures introduced and actions taken. Both houses passed over the president's veto on a dam project across the Rainy river. The fortifications appropriation conference report was agreed to and sent to the president. The omnibus pension claims bill was adopted by the House.
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Sonciae
Washington
Senate
Rainey River
Conference
House
Omniibus
Conference panel ends Sundry Civil Bill dispute
Washington reports the house and senate conference on the sundry civil appropriation bill reached final agreement Saturday night. They struck the $3,000,000 appropriation for a new building in the city housing the departments of state justice and commerce, among others.
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Washington
House
Senate
Departments of State, Justice and Commerce
Ober
House Employees' Salaries Raised Vote Result
Washington reports the House approved a salary increase for 108 employees from the sergeant at arms down, boosting pay across offices. A Senate bill punishs extortion by any US officer or employee with fines up to 500 dollars or up to one year in prison or both.
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Washington
House
United States
Senate
Chinese Indemnity Bill Passes in Senate House
Washington report says a joint resolution to remit part of the Chinese Indemnity arising from the Hover troubles of 19 was passed by the house on Saturday.
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Washington
House
House Rejects Ship Subsidy In Post Office Bill Vote
The House defeated the ship subsidy within the post office appropriation measure by 147 to 155. Speaker Cannon ordered a recapitulation due to the narrow margin.
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House
Washington
Post Office
Cannon
Aldrich Bill Moves Forward for Currency Commission
Senator Aldrich introduced a bill creating a monetary commission in Washington and the Senate promptly passed it. He stated no agreement on other currency legislation seemed possible for conferees to reach.
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Senate For Currency Commission
Washington
Aldrich
Monetary Commission
Enate
Senate Passes General Deficiency and Military Academy Bills
Congress completed action on two final appropriation measures. The general deficiency bill totals 15 80 016 dollars and the military academy bill provides 914 867 dollars. The judiciary committee proposed a joint resolution recognizing the Carpenter survey as the Colorado Oklahoma boundary with New Mexico Territory and adjourned until called.
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Washington
Senate
Judiciary Committee
House Committee On the Judiciary
Pasage
Carpenter
Colorado
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Billie
Senate panel backs Japan treaties on trade marks rights
The senate committee on foreign relations on Wednesday voted to report favorably two treaties with Japan. One covers protection of American trade marks patents and copyrights in Manchuria and Korea and the other guards Japanese trade marks patents and copyrights in the United States.
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Japan
Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Manchuria
Korea
United States
Carpenters Begin Erection of Headquarters in Indianapolis
The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America has completed plans, purchased a site, and started preliminary work for its international headquarters building in Indianapolis.
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Carpenters
Indianapolis
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Sister of Mercy Sister Rose Dies in Elevator Shaft Fall
Brooklyn nun Annie Bowes known as Sister Rose killed at the Con vent of Mercy 273 Willoughby Avenue when she fell through an elevator shaft to the cellar.
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Sister of Mercy
Brooklyn
Annie Bowes
Sister Rose
Convent of Mercy
Willoughby Avenue
Night Riders Fire On Tobacco Beds Near Ripley
Night riders attacked tobacco beds belonging to Walter Hook six miles from Ripley Ohio. Hook fired on the assailants and they returned fire, riddling his house with bullets. One bullet passed within two inches of striking the Hook baby.
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Ripley, O
Walter Hook
Ripley
Hook
Woman Shot by Hunter Near Erskine
Mrs Ollie Thompson of Erskine Louisiana was driving to town when a hunter shot her in the face at close range. the wound was not serious and did not require major treatment. The shooter was at a distance and unidentified.
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Hunter
Erskine, la
Ollie Thompson
Harden Wins Point Supreme Court Rehearing Request
The Point Supreme Court has sent the Harden case back for rehearing after ruling on an appeal. The decision directs further proceedings to reexamine legal arguments and evidence.
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Supreme Court
Libel Case Reheard In German Moltke Trial
The empire supreme court ordered a retrial after overturning editor Maximilian Harden’s prison conviction for libel against Count Cuno von Moltke. Harden had attacked a “kitchen cabinet” close to the Kaiser, accusing members of immorality and political intrigue.
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Leipsie
Supreme Court of the Empire
Maximilian Harden
Die Zukunft
Count Cuno von Moltke
Harden
Knights of the Round Table
Moltke
Meriin
Kaleer
Prince Zu Eulenberg
Rome
Immigrant Outflow Surges as Wave of Europeans Leaves
European steamers carry away at least 10,400 steerage passengers in four days with weekly totals expected near 17,000. After October, a steady exodus continues with 475,000 to 509,000 laborers departed and no slowdown anticipated by steamship lines.
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New York
Marines and Blusjackets Parade in Bellingham
3,500 sailors and marines from seven Atlantic battleship fleet ships paraded through Bellingham Washington before 100,000 spectators. The spectacle crowned Rear Admiral Sperry’s visit to the port and featured martial music through the principal streets.
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Bellingham
Wash
Washington
Sperry
Lightning Strikes Historic Christ Church in Philadelphia
A Friday thunderstorm struck the spire of the historic Christ Church on Second Street above Market, causing fire damage and estimated losses of $15,000. The church, erected under a provisional charter granted by King Charles II to William Penn in 1695.
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Philadelphia
Christ Church
Second Street
Market
Charles [l
Wiliam Peon
New York-Stuyvesant Fish Junior Joins Salamon Firm
New York high society figure Stuyvesant Fish Jr. son of Stuyvesant Fish and former Illinois Central president has joined the stock exchange firm William Salamon & Co. After Yale graduation two years ago he moved to Chicago to learn railroad business from the bottom in the Illinois Central offices.
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New York
Stuyvesant Fish, Jr
Stuyvesant Fish
Illinois Central Railway
Stock Exchange
William Salamon & Co
Mr. Fish
Yale
Chicago
Illinois Central
American car starts New York to Paris race amid mud
A Friday dispatch from Vladivostok reports the American car in the New York to Paris race left this morning. The driver has papers from the military governor enabling cooperation from Cossacks and village authorities. Roads are muddy and weather is threatening.
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Parie
Vladivoastok
Paris
Mail Agent Holt Found Dead in Macon Home
Richard M. Holt aged 79 was found dead in his bed in Macon after a life as a mail agent on the North Missouri line. He was part of the crew aboard the Centralia train robbery in 1864 led by Bill Anderson, leaving engineer James Clark as the sole survivor now living in Columbia. Norris City endures severe storm damage after four hours of heavy rain wind and lightning with considerable destruction reported.
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Macon
Richard M. Holt
Holt
North Missouri
Bill Anderson
Centralia
James Clark
Columbia
Norris City
Sheriffs Posse Kills Negro West of Columbus
In Mississippi a Negro named Watson who killed Policeman White at Meridian on Thursday was shot to death by a sheriffs posse eight miles west of Columbus. The incident ends the pursuit following the Meridian killing.
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Sheriffs Posse
Columbus
Miss
Watson
Meridian
Gosse
Mississippi's Law and Order for the Nation
A stateside call for strict and impartial enforcement of just laws to protect homes and citizens. The author warns against night riders and lawless factions, urging Mississippi to remain the banner state for law and order and to prevent a descent into terror and ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Mississippi soil proves fertile for diverse crops, not just cotton
The Laurel Chronicle reprints J. M. Lindsey’s success near Laurel with lettuce and 427 bushels of Irish potatoes from 3.5 acres shipped to Cleveland. The piece urges Mississippi to grow more truck crops, expand agriculture, horticulture, and livestock, and to fund fairs, schools, and extensions to keep people on home soil and boost state wealth.
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Mississippi
Laurel Chronicle
Piney Woods
J. M. Lindsey
Laurel
Lindsey
Cleveland
Ohio
Jones County
Noble
South Mississippi
Texas
Move for Agricultural High Schools Spreads in Counties
More than thirty of the seventy eight counties have begun moves to establish agricultural high schools under the new law. Spies of the law are available by writing to the department of agriculture and commerce. Urge counties not yet aligned to start agitation and push for the thousand dollar yearly appropriation when the legislature reconvenes.
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Department of Agriculture and Commerce
Road building urged as Mississippi counties plan bonds
Mississippi counties like Clay and Calhoun push road plans with bond sales and committee meetings. Over fifteen counties explore borrowing to fund maintenance, with Jackson and Eupora cited as benchmarks for road improvements. The state’s agricultural department promises more road coverage in future issues while stressing progress and tradition.
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Mississippi
Clay
Calhoun County
Farmers’ Union
Jackson
Teon
Tuscumbia
Als
Berry pickers line up for weekly pay at local bank
In Holly Springs, berry pickers gathered outside the bank on Saturday to receive their weekly pay. Hundreds of workers then reinvested the funds into local business for essential goods, reflecting a period of strong crop-driven income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friend Curd
Holly Springs
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