Racial Conflict in Pickens County Claims Dozens Dead
Report from Columbus Mississippi dated December 11 describes violent racial clashes in Pickens County Alabama. Whites attacked Black lodge rooms tied to a secret society, resulting in numerous Black deaths, injuries, and property arson including a lodge near Reform Alabama. Authorities cite widespread danger to Black residents amid ongoing unrest and arrests over cotton theft.
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Columbus
Miss
Pickens County
Alabama
Mississippi
Reform
Ala
Receivers Appointed for Electrical Vehicle Co in Newark
Judge Cross names Halsey Barrett and Henry Nuckles receivers for the Electrical Vehicle company after default on 2.5 million dollar 6 percent bonds secured by a mortgage held by Morton Trust. Company liabilities total far beyond the bond, with 11,785.65 owed to Hartford Rubber Works and numerous notes and payables. Assets include a manufacturing plant valued at 717,498.16 and assorted materials, stocks, and patent rights across Hartford and Newark operations.
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Electrical Vehicle Company
Morton Trust Company
Morton Trust Company of
New York
Dee
Bank Manager Ends Life in Cal Reading Room
In Francisco California the West End branch manager of the California Safe Deposit and Trust company shot himself in the head with a revolver. A watchman found the body today. He was a close friend of J Dalrell Brown, vice president and manager of the same bank, who is imprisoned on embezzlement charges.
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N Francisco
Cal
Dee Ji
T. Ofway
West End
California Safe Deposit &Trust Company
J. Dalrell Brown
California Safe Deposit & Trust Company
Western Union Declares 14 Percent Dividend in Unissued Stock
New York Dec 11 Directors of the Western Union Telegraph company today declared a quarterly dividend of 14 percent payable in the company stock. The firm has 2,100,000 unissued shares and will issue stock to cover the dividend. The board praised Colonel R. C. Clowry and executives for handling the strike situation with tact and prudence.
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New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
R. C. Clowry
It's Always Thus Tells Story Again and Again
Guatemala unsettles peace conference with suspicions of pre Washington talks. Ca brera offended at omissions by Nicaragua Honduras and El Salvador envoys. Pettibone trial unfolds in Boise Hawley outlines state case. Orchard testifies about 1904 gun shipments from Denver. Borah helps with witness examinations.
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Port Barrios
Guatemala
Washington
Nicaragua
Honduras
Salvador
United States
Mexico
Boise
Idaho
Harry Orchard
Pettibone
James H. Hawley
Orchard
Denver
George A. Pettibone
Bar
Frank Steunenberg
Borah
Morocco Accepts Terms From French Spanish Missions
The French and Spanish missions to the Moroccan government have concluded negotiations with the foreign board. They secured acceptance of their demands on contraband of war, immediate start of an international police force, Tangier sewerage construction and later ports, application of article 60 of the Algeciras pact on European property ownership, and abolition of the transit tax through Tangier.
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Rabat
Morocco
Foreign Board
Toda
France
Spain
Tangier
Algeciras
First Jersey Electrocution in New Jersey Prison
Serverio Di Giananni an Italian, was executed at the New Jersey state prison in Trenton for murdering a fellow countryman at Raritan last September. Officials announced the electrocution a complete success.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Serverio di Giananni
Raritan
Last of the small banks to resume
Kansas City Mo December 11 The State bank of Elmira Kansas reopened today and the Union Avenue Bank of Commerce of Kansas City and a private bank of D A Becker at Stoessberg Missouri will reopen today or tomorrow With these three reopenings all the small banks in this region affected by the closing of the National Bank of Commerce of Kansas City last week will have resumed
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Kansas City
State Bank of
Grand Army of the Republic fixes Aug 31 to Sept 7 encampment
Toledo reports the National Executive Committee of the Grand Army of the Republic fixed next year’s national encampment dates from August 31 to September 7. The meeting occurred in Toledo, Ohio, and the date was confirmed at the session.
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National Executive Committee
Toledo
Ohio
Grand Army of the Republic
Carnegie Adds 2 Million to Endowment of Institute
Andrew Carnegie increased the Carnegie Institute endowment by 2 million dollars, adding to the existing 10.1 million. The announcement came at a New Willard dinner for trustees and scientists, with Carnegie sending a letter praising the institute's progress and urging continued effort.
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Carnegie
Washington
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Institute
New Willard
Institute
Brooklyn Banker Indicted in Conspiracy Case
John G. Jenkins former president of the First National Bank of Brooklyn and his three sons were indicted by the Kings county grand jury on charges of conspiracy and perjury. This marks the elder Jenkins first indictment while his sons faced separate charges.
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John G. Jenkins
New York
First National Bank of Brooklyn
Kings County Grand Jury
Jenkins
Foxy Senate aims to forfeit charters for price fixing
Senator Jefferson Davis urged a bill to suppress trusts by forfeiting the charters of domestic firms that fix prices and barring foreign companies from U S trade. He criticized the Sherman act as ineffective after 17 years, blamed tariffs for trust growth, and questioned government travel costs amid calls for tariff reform.
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Washington
Jefferson Davis
Senate
United States
Congress
Roosevelt
Davis
Bryan Against Roosevelt In The Next Campaign
Washington dispatch notes strong belief that William Jennings Bryan will be the Democratic nominee and that Theodore Roosevelt is likely to be the Republican rival. The piece analyzes mass psychology, hero worship, and the unlikely emergence of a strong alternative to the two leaders, Ros evelt and Bryan, amid a potential hard campaign climate.
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Bryan
Roosevelt
Walter Wellman
Chicago Record-Herald
Washington
Mr. Bryan
Theodore Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Tariff talks and Brownsville bullets in incomplete analysis
Federal authorities discuss tariff revision and uneven duty rates while noting proposals for selective adjustments. A Senate report on the Brownsville incident is delayed pending further bullet analysis to determine antimony content and distinct quantities, affecting conclusions.
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Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Brownsville
Goldfield Mine Dispute Draws Torpedoed Delegation
Commissioners of corporations and labor travel from Washington to Goldfield Nev to probe miners versus mine operators clashes. General Funston to assume command. martial law not yet declared as Governor Sparks holds troops in place. Mohawk dumps work suspended. miners and guards remain under high tension with no armed clash confirmed.
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Washington
Murray
Department of Commerce and Labor
Charles H. Neill
Herbert Knox Smith
Goldfield
Nev
Smith
Roosevelt
Dee
Funston
Sparks
Carson City
New Bridge Falls. Seven Workmen Drown in Flood
In Bloomsburg Pennsylvania on December 11 a new bridge over the west branch of the Susquehanna at Mifflinville collapsed as floodwaters rose swiftly. Forty workers on the traveler were swept away by debris and the swollen current, seven killed and nearly twenty injured, some fatally. Rescue was hindered by the torrent. victims were carried downstream for miles as one man clung for an hour in ironwork before escape.
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Bloomsburg
Susquehanna River
Mifflinville
Here
William Nesbet
Fleet commander summoned as wife falls ill
Old Point Comfort Va Dec 11 Captain Murdock in command of the battleship Rhode Island, part of a 16 vessel fleet bound for the Pacific, was summoned to New York due to his wife’s pneumonia. Officials fear a replacement may be needed at the last hour. Detroit Mich Dec 11 Detroit common council asks Rear Admiral Evans well as he sails to the Pacific and orders flags raised on city hall on sailing day.
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New York
Old Point Comfort
Murdock
Batttleship
Rhode Island
Pacific
Arew
Detroit
Mich
Common Council
Evans
Slow pace tires six day race. ragged field thins
New York December 11 riders in the six day bicycle race drag through fatigue after 130 miles behind the 1899 Miller and Waller record. Seventeen teams started Monday with seven of the 16 already quitting due to injuries illness or exhaustion. Latest withdrawals were Samuelson and Mitten and Wilcox and Williams.
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Tire
New York
Miller and Waller
Samuelson
Mitten
Wilcox
Williams
Meeting of the Democrats Preps at Arlington Hotel
Washington reports readying for the Democratic National Committee meeting to begin noon tomorrow at the Arlington hotel. The sole contest centers on hosting city with Chicago Denver Louisville and Cleveland in the running for the honor. Harriman Has Bad Cold. E. H. Harriman is reported with a cold and has remained at the office since Monday despite rumors of serious illness being denied.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Arlington Hotel
Chicago
Denver
Louisville
Cleveland
Harriman
New York
E. H. Harriman
Senate to probe government bond issues and financial stringency
Senate leaders announced a finance committee inquiry into recent government bond issues and related financial stringency resolutions. Senator Culberson and Senator Clay agreed to send their measures to committee, while one senator kept his resolution on the table awaiting data. The Senate adjourned at 1 05 p.m. House did not meet yesterday.
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Senate
Aldrich
Committee On Finance
Lin
Culberson
Texas
Clay
Georgia
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Bank of Commerce of
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Jeff Davis
Cullom
Taft
Cortelyou
Hughes
Teddy
Commissioners of Corporations and Labor
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Western Federation of
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