Senator Noel Returns Home From Rabies Treatment
Senator E. F. Noel returned to his Lexington home after three weeks in Atlanta at the Pasteur Institute for a bite from a rabid dog. He was bitten September 17 in Ackerman while headed to the courthouse and reports good recovery with no future apprehension. The article also covers a Supreme Court ruling on an election dispute in Tunica County and S. R. Hughes suing Vicksburg over marine hospital property damage.
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E. F. Noel
Lexington
Atlanta
Pasteur Institute
Ackerman
Miss
Court House
Pension inquiry delays veteran’s addition to rolls
The attorney-general received a county inquiry about timing to join pension lists. A veteran, initially denied for $400 of property, was later found worth less and thus eligible. The reply states rolls for the year are complete, so the pensioner must wait until next year to be added.
Secretary Power Sends Official Ballot to County Officials
The Secretary of State distributed the sample ballot to county commissioners showing required forms and state official names from the Democratic primary. The clerk of the Supreme Court is omitted. names for that post follow petition requests. A matrimonial epidemic among Bogue Chitto children is noted with several teen marriages at Helms Memorial church including Stephen Applewhite and Lonie Magee.
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Secretary of State Power
County Commissioners of Election
State Board of Election Commissioners
Secretary Power
Supreme Court
Bogue Chitto
Helms Memorial Church
Stephen Applewhite
Lonie Magee
Jess Dunn
Dora Burke
Rupert McGee
Lillie Perry
Clarke county assessment shows higher valuation for 1903
The Clarke county personal assessment roll filed with the auditor shows a 1903 valuation of 1 031 027, up from 929 110 the prior year. Polls decreased to 2 779 from 3 128, reflecting fewer returns this year.
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Clarke County
Hunter slays bear near Roosevelt hunting grounds
Mr Charles Lawrence of Clarksdale reportedly hunted near Roosevelt's winter grounds and shot a monster bear. The bear climbed a tree but fell dead halfway up as buckshot did its work, ending the pursuit.
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Chas. Lawrence
Clarksdale
President Roosevelt
Court house furniture installed in Sumner building
The Tallahatchie county board of supervisors reports the contracted furniture for the new Sumner court house is being placed in the building. The furniture is of excellent quality and will make the Second district one of the handsomest and best furnished court houses in the state.
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Board of Supervisors
Tallahatchie County
Sumner
Second District
New Cotton Mills Awarded Tax Exemption Certificate
The auditors certify that the cotton mills have been exempted from taxation for the legal period. An exemption requires filing a statement of past actions and intended plans with the auditor. The plant is the newest in the state.
Vicksburg Observers Report Dim Cotton Prospects
Crop observers traveling within eighty miles of Vicksburg say this season will yield the smallest cotton crop in fifteen years. They note little chance of a top crop and many areas report more than half the crop already picked.
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Vicksburg
Capital commission bids eyed for two houses
Secretary Fitzhugh of the capitol commission says four manufacturing firms have signified readiness to bid under the commission resolution to furnish the two houses of the legislature and await payment from the legislature. He expects more responses in a few days.
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Fitzhugh
Capitol Commission
Claiborne County Sets Record High in Criminal Trials
Claiborne county reports a record number of criminal cases this year with twelve murder awaiting trial and five shooting with intent to kill. Warren county plans to hold the Claiborne prisoners in Port Gibson while a new jail is built.
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Claiborne County
Warren County
Claiborne
Port Gibson
Simonton Receives Patent for Railroad Lifting Jack
W. W. Simonton of Jackson has been granted a patent for a lifting jack that holds the car wheel down while the box is jacked up. The invention allows one man to operate it, greatly reducing the time needed compared with the old two or three man method.
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W. W. Simonton
Jackson
Whitfield Addresses Rural School Improvement in Batesville
State Superintendent Whitfield visited Batesville last week to advocate better rural schools. He champions persistent efforts to improve Mississippi public education and believes such work will ultimately succeed.
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Whitfield
Batesville
Mississippi
Capitol Commission Sees Bids to Furnish New Legislature Halls
Bids received for furnishing the two branches of the legislature suggest the Capitol Commission will avoid leaving rooms unfurnished. The legislature may meet in the new halls with proper desks and chairs.
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Capitol Commission
Aberdeen Chief Repeats Blind Tiger Sweep Nets Two Men
Police Chief J. B. McKinney reports a recent raid resulting in two suspects Steve Anderson and Rich ard Griffin being fined 90 dollars and sentenced to ninety days in jail. A. Q. May proposes separate penitentiary beds. board to buy iron beds for Rankin farm, May supports separate beds for each convict.
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J. B. McKinney
Aberdeen
Steve Anderson
Richard Griffin
A. Q. May
Board of Control
State Penitentiary
Rankin Farm
Mr. May
Shaw oil mill opens for business under Faison ownership
The forty ton oil mill at Shaw operated and owned by G. W. Faison and Son was formally opened for business last week. A large quantity of seed is now on hand.
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Shaw
G. W. Faison & Son
Winona City Marshal Seizes Whisky at Local Restaurant
City Marshal W Huntley of Winona raided a local restaurant run by John Carnaglia and seized a barrel of whisky reportedly brought in as mato catsup.
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Winona
John Carneglia
Williams Sends Manuscript for Law Code Reform
Attorney General Williams delivered to the printer a manuscript of his legislative report. He recommends the next legislature adopt a new code. He notes only 871 pages of the current code remain law, with 1,007 pages of old acts now consolidated elsewhere.
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Williams
Specimen of Turkish duplicity in Beirut dismissal
Beirut dispatch recalls Rechid Bey's fall from governorship as European powers show apparent indifference to Mohammedan unrest. Moslems celebrate, Christians fear, while a telegram from the sultan's chamberlain orders immediate return to Constantinople and imperial favor.
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Rechid Bey
Beirut
Syria
Constantinople
Yildiz
United States
Royal Battle With A Whale Off Cape Spear
The whaling steamer Humber, returning to New York for repairs, fought a monster whale off Cape Spear for 29 hours. The crew claimed the creature was 110 feet long and it towed the ship at seven miles per hour while engines reversed. The ship was nearly pulled under as the whale zigzagged and the captain nearly cut the cable before the whale yielded.
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New York
Humber
St. John’s
N. F
Cape Spear
Barrel mishap injures man in Missouri town
Columbia Missouri October 18 Leslie Hickman of Slater was injured when an empty whisky barrel exploded as he bored a hole in it with a red hot poker. The blast shattered the top of his house and wounded him in the face and breast but not fatally.
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Columbia, Mo
Leslie Hickman
Slater
Hickman
Mrs Guller Granted Bail After Preliminary Hearing
Mrs Ida Guller charged with murdering six year old Ewart Chicksfield by poisoning July 27 was arrested on a bench warrant by Deputy Sheriff William P Higgins. She appeared for a preliminary hearing and was released on 2000 dollars bail furnished by wealthy relatives.
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Bunker Hill
Ida Guller
Ewart Chicksfield
William P. Higgins
Macedonians Decide to Continue Isolated Assassinations
Salonika reports the Macedonian committee has decided to persist in fomenting unrest through isolated killings. Advices from Sofia note a plan to murder Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, with the Russian consul-general said to be at great risk.
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Salonica
Macedonia
Sofia
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Train Robbery in Russia Near Danabourg and Pleskov
Ten men halted a passenger train between Danabourg and Pleskov, 162 miles from St. Petersburg, on Friday night. They overpowered and bound conductors, robbed the safe and baggage, and fled with the loot into a nearby forest.
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Danabourg
Plieskov
St. Petersburg
Pleskov
Papal Secretary Appointed as Mgr Mery del Val
Rome October 19 The pope names Mgr Mery del Val as papal secretary of state in a letter to him. The formal nomination will occur at the consistory when he is to be made a cardinal.
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Rome
Mgr
Mery del Val
Jury Deadlock in Carmi Murder Trial
In Carmi Thomas Campbell faced a murder charge for killing Michael Croghan at the fair grounds a year ago. The jury failed to reach a verdict and was discharged Saturday after several days in circuit court.
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Carmi, TL
Thomas Campbell
Michael Croghan
Carmi Fair Grounds
Quinn Found Guilty in Boone County Check Swindle
In Columbia Missouri on October 19 J P Quinn was found guilty and sentenced to six years in the penitentiary for swindling Boone county farmers with worthless checks.
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Columbia, Mo
J. P. Quinn
Quinn
Boone County
Big levee convention to discuss national Mississippi questions
The October 27 New Orleans convention of the Interstate Mississippi River Improvement and Levee Association will press for federal control of Mississippi levees to reclaim 20,000,000 acres of swampland in Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas. Delegates from 30 States invited. rail fare offered. tours of plantations and levees planned.
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Interstate
Mississippi River Improvement and Levee Association
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
South
Holland
Valley of the Nile
America
Levee Association
Great Britain
Atlantic Ocean
Mississippi River
Great Lakes
United States
Minnesota
Gulf of Mexico
Jefferson
North America
Union
Missouri
Ohio
Potomac
Rocky Mountains
Confederacy
Levee convention underscored as vital to national economy
Washington Post argues the New Orleans levee meeting of October 27 1903 concerns nineteen states and the Mississippi drainage system. It contends cheap inland water transport benefits farmers manufacturers and miners, with embankment theory favored for permanent navigation.
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Washington Post
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Missouri
Ohio
Red
Arkansas
Tennessee
Cumberland
Wabash
Yellowstone
Europe
Mississippi
Louisiana
Pittsburgh
Bismarck
New Orleans Picayune
United States
Territory of
Levee Convention in New Orleans Attracts Broad Support
The coming levee convention in New Orleans on October 27 draws strong press backing across the nation. The Baltimore Manufacturers' Record urges support, citing the Mississippi as a national highway and the need for federal leadership in levee construction and maintenance to protect lands, crops, and regional growth.
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New Orleans
Baltimore
Mississippi Valley
Congress
Mississippi
Times-Democrat
Proverbia From A Town Bulletin On Wit And Work
A collection of short sayings on insured fireproof buildings satire of laughs and truth. Observations on merchants umbrellas towns growth and friendship contrast between pretension and wage workers. A wry look at society and motives.
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Peter
Paul
Pat
Turkey
Fifteen Laborers Die in Pennsylvania Train Collision
A work train carrying about 180 laborers, mostly Italian residents of Trenton, was rear ended near Washington's Crossing by a gravel train on the Belvidere division. Fifteen men killed, about forty wounded. relief train and police sent. causes under inquiry with flag signals questioned.
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Belvidere
Trenton
N. J
Belvidere Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington's Crossing
Washington’s Crossing
Fire at Grady Hospital Kills Two Women in Panic
At Grady hospital in Atlanta two negro women died from fright during a fire that began in the laundry area. The negro ward was destroyed while 20 men and 12 women were moved to safety as nurses protected patients. Property loss was small.
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Grady Hospital
Atlanta
Real estate broker Condit charged with worthless checks
Frederick A Condit, 45, a New York real estate broker, was arrested for passing worthless checks drawn on a New Jersey Trust Co. Condit's brother is cashier there. Officials say he bought money orders and cashed them elsewhere while the checks returned unpaid days later. Condit collapsed at arrest.
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New York
Adams Express Co
Frederick A. Condit
New Jersey Trust Co
Condit
Express
Leaky Grand Juror Dismissed by Judge Pond
Minneapolis report says A J Brainard a grand jury member was dismissed after revealing grand jury proceedings to Alderman Mumm. Judge Pond noted efforts to influence the jury in municipal corruption probes. Washington dispatch reports Navy budget approval at 102,866,449 dollars for next year versus 79,816,791 last year.
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Post
Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Minn
A. J. Brainard
Grand Jury
Pond
Mumm
Washington
Moody
Navy
Chiefs of Bureaus
Postal Jury Fails to Agree in First Post Office Trial
In Cincinnati on October 19 the federal jury in the case of Daniel Voorhees Miller and Joseph M Johns could not reach a verdict on charges of conspiracy to extort a bribe. The trial, the first under numerous post office fraud indictments, ended with the jury discharged after indicating no likelihood of agreement.
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Cincinnati
Daniel Voorhees Miller
Joseph M. Johns
Thompson
Post Office Department
Terre Haute
Ind
Miller
Ryan
Johns
Dowie Displays Temper In New York Crowd
John Alexander Dowie known as Elijah the Restorer faced his first New York audience at Madison Square Garden. Despite large attendances, thousands rushed to leave once curiosity waned, confounding his attempts to command the crowd and prompting petulant demonstrations after the opening ceremonies.
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New York
John Alexander Dowie
Elijah
Madison Square Garden
Alaska boundary decision favors United States except Portland Canal
London and Toronto report the Alaska boundary commission has agreed to a line in favor of the United States for all inlets except the Portland canal which Canada retains. The map and signatures are to follow with the boundary contentions largely resolved amid mixed reactions in Canada.
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Boundary Commission
United States
Portland Canal
London
Alaska Boundary Commission
Canada
Lord Alverstone
Lodge
Root
Turner
American Royal livestock show opens with record entries
Kansas City announces the fifth annual American Royal show featuring 700 head of pure-bred cattle the largest ever and 150 draft and coach horses 300 swine 200 sheep and 1000 Angora goats. Carload lots of feeding cattle attract over 100 cars with cash prizes totaling 5900 and grand prizes reaching 25000.
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Kansas City
Gen Chase Trial Opens Public Court Martial
Denver reports the general court martial to probe the national guard scandal will convene today in the senate chamber with Gen John Chase first to face charges for disobeying orders conduct unbecoming an officer and perjury. Governor Peabody vows a rigorous investigation and public access is expected unless planned changes occur. Washington hosts a joint banquet marking the unveiling of the Sherman statue and Arlington ends social events with the armies. Burlington sailor William Clark is jailed for assault on Miss Maud Vince who was choked into submission.
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Denver
Col
National Guard
Peabody
Senate Chamber
John Chase
Gen. Chase
Washington
Tennessee
Cumberland
Ohio
Potomac
Arlington
Sherman
Burlington, Kas
William Clark
Alabama
Maud L. Vince
Vince
Spain to Send Warship to New Orleans for Exposition
A cablegram from Madrid reported by the state department states that Spain will dispatch a warship to New Orleans for the Louisiana Purchase exposition, signaling international participation in the event.
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Washington
State Department
Hardy
Madrid
Spain
New Orleans
Retired Col Lawrence L Babbitt Dies in Dover NJ
New York reports the death of Col Lawrence L Babbitt U S A retired in Dover New Jersey after a three year illness. He graduated from West Point in 1861 and served in the Civil War and an Indian campaign in 1878.
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New York
Lawrence
Governor's Day Address in Flora Focuses on Southern Illinois
Governor Richard Yates spoke at Flora Illinois on Governor's Day. He delivered the principal address at the farmers and merchants fall carnival with the theme The Development and Progress of Southern Illinois.
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Flora
Richard Yates
Farmers’ and Merchants
Southern
Illinois
Baritone Theodore Betram to Tour U S for 50000
Berlin reports Theodore Betram of the royal opera signs a contract to tour the United States. He will be paid fifty thousand dollars for a two months engagement.
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Berlin
Theodore Betram
Royal Opera
United States
Yellow fever bulletin reports new cases in Laredo
The official bulletin lists 31 new cases of yellow fever and 1 death on Friday in Laredo Texas. Total cases reach 358 with 5 new deaths and several cases still active.
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Laredo
Tex
Vancouver Seethes Over Canada Loss in Alaska Boundary
Vancouver on October 19reached fever pitch as talk of Canadian independence and possible annexation by the United States surged after Canada’s defeat in the Alaska boundary dispute. Merchants warned the decision would shift trade control to the US and urged closer ties with Washington.
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Vancouver
B. C
United States
Canada
Britain
Sam
Yukon
Nothern
Washington
Alaska
United States Gains Gold Fields in Alaska Boundary Ruling
The decision upholds American claims in the Alaska boundary dispute except Port Val canal and grants U S sovereignty over Lynn Canal in full. It places the Yukon district and Klondike field within U S territory, including Dyea Skaguay Chilkat and Muir glacier areas.
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Portland Canal
Commission
United States
Chilkoot Pass
Dyea
Skaguay
Chilkat
Muir Glacier
Lynn Canal
Carnegie Steel plant to shut for a week in Youngstown
The Ohio plant employing 2500 workers will close all departments for one week with a possible second week if market conditions do not improve. In Vienna King Leopold visited Emperor Francis Joseph and met him at the rail station before going to the Hofburg. In San Francisco a naval squadron including Concord Marblehead Boston and Wyoming is ordered to Acapulco for a practice cruise with sailing day set for Thursday.
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Youngstown, O
Ohio
Carnegie Steel Cor
Vienna
Leopold
Francis Joseph
Hofburg
San Francisco
Acapulco
Concord
Marblehead
Beaumont oil stocks rise to 13.5 million barrels
A Beaumont Texas dispatch reports careful estimates place oil held in storage across Beaumont Sour Lake and Sara toga fields and nearby sections at about 13 500 000 barrels as of October 18.
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Beaumont, Tex
Beaumont
Sour Lake
Saratoga
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S. R. Hughes
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Pension Inquiry
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Shaw Oil Mill
Ewart Checksfield
Bunker Hill, Lll
Prince Ferdinand
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