MeCHNERY BOOMED. Lewisiana Gubernatorial Rumors Rise
A Grand opera house reception for Senator Caffery and MeEnery prompts mixed reactions in Louisiana politics. Speculation swirls about McEnery entering the gubernatorial race and possible constitutional convention moves to raise salaries. Debates center on senator's hearing, party unity, and salary for the governor’s post amid looming territorial judiciary changes.
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Iin
Lewisland
Specie
New Orleans
Me Enery
Grand Opera House
Senator Caffery
Hig Arty Prinelosss
Mr. MeEnery
MeEnery
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McEuery
Afchmery
Bourge McMienery
Oye
Senate
Lewisiana
Servengwin
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Melonery
Gubernitories
Bridegroom Dies Before Wedding in Engle Bend
Special Wire to Sunday Light reports Jesse Balschock, a young man from Engle Bend Mine, was to wed Miss Luella Gerdner tonight. He failed to appear at the church and his body was found in his town, having taken starch...
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Engle Bend
Jesse Balschock
Vilage
Luella Gerdner
Salschock
Birmingham Bids for Government Armor Plant Site
A Birmingham bid is advanced for locating a government steel armor factory. A special board, appointed by Acting Secretary Roosevelt, will review Birmingham’s claims filed with the ordnance bureau. The city argues Birmingham can manufacture armor plate cheaply and profitably, far below northern rates, to win the plant.
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Ty Ouuway Light
Birmingham
Ala
Government Steel
Navy
Roosevelt
Insl
Underwood
Ordnance Bureau
Special Board
Sayers Blake Jester Lead Texas Gubernatorial Race
Eastern press notes Sayers and Crane competing for governor with Jester mounting a late challenge. Blake resigns, party machinery splits, and Closer watch on Jester as candidates jostle for support. Widespread interest from eastern papers hints at Texas electing Joe Sayers, amid shifting alliances and strategy questions.
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Sundtay Light
Austin
Texas
Deneerin Party
Sayers
Crate
Blake
Tom Camphel
Silcond Commission
Jester
Make
Grane
Sayers Ieu
Executive Committee
Crane
Quila
Jeater
Texas Camspaign
Joe Sayers
Borden County Reports Tax Colloquy and Net Gain
Borden County reports in Texas a tax collection showing a total gain of 643,950 dollars with a decrease of 65 from 1896 figures. The comptroller receives the report detailing a net uplift and shifts in revenue.
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Borden County
Huetin
Texas
Borden County Toiley
SENDING OUT THE LAWS Special Wire to Sunday Fight
Austin Vex Aug The Secretary of state is busy sending out the general laws of the regular session of the last Legislature The price for general laws is now 30 cents by mail and 25 cents in person Copies of laws from the extra and special sessions will cost 15 to 20 cents and 20 cents respectively Remittances should be adjusted to 20 cents for session acts to be printed and distributed before month end
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Austin
Vex
Aug
Cie State Department
Tegukip
German protest over sugar tariff provisions under new act
Washington reports Germany protests the application of section five of the new tariff act to German sugar. The note argues the added duties discriminate against Germany and conflict with Saratoga and earlier treaties, while seeking clarity on Prussia treaty scope and export bounty rules.
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Washington
Gertau Chirge
Vou Rechenau
Olney
von Rehemy
United States
Prussia
Point
Raisal
Qluey
Keondiegi Exilemien Ends A Fheicial Wan
A garbled report notes the Kruse steamers Lakme J and Cleveland sailing from the San Mranels co-Pudget to carry freight to the Muska trade. The Kruse line charged $1 per ton as rates, while the Pelite coast company cut rates to the same route. With Kruse absent, the $4,000 ton rate recurs and passenger rate increases are not anticipated.
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Keondieg
Speen
Lahet
Vaconu
Kruse
Lakme J
Cleveland
San Mranels
Muska Trade
San Mranelse
Golda Gate
Pelite Coast Company
Sninve
Cevary
Aruse
San Braveisco
Spreckles Sugar Co Incorporation Plans Revealed
Francisca Aug T Arteles of Incorporation outlines Spreckles Sugar Co with capital of 5 million dollars. Founders F D Spreckels A B Spreckles A G Morrison M I Weed D K Gibson each subscribe 1 million. Company aims to produce beets and sugar, plus agriculture, factories, railways, real estate, and other activities for sugar business development.
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Francisca
Arteles
Sprecklea
F. D. Spreckles
A.B. Spreckles
Morrison
M. IT. Weed
Gibson
Presbytery set to meet on August 1 in Los Angeles
The Presbytery of Los Angeles has been called to meet in special session on Sunday, August 1, to consider likely rescission of its action denying Rev. W. G. Chicester dissolution of his pastoral relations with the Emanuel church, following Chicago requests for reconsideration after his two visits to the city.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Iunday
Grant
W. G. Chicester
Wimanuel Church
Mie Weeling
Presbytery of
Chicago
Chicester
Didnt Take Warning and Was Shot by White Caps
A man identified as Ife was shot and killed near Aspen Hill in Giles County at 2 o clock, after receiving an anonymous warning from a group calling itself White Caps to leave within 48 hours. The assailants were unknown, and the man had been associating with Black people for weeks.
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Wire de Sienlay Ligue
Nashville
Leun
Ang
Aspen Hill
Giles
Ife
Tio
Ixcoverei
Flo
Ste Mody
Tre Ended Murder Plot Involving Luling Peddler
Report details a murder near the Luling plantation in which Billy Morris and accomplices lured a peddler to stop and rob him. They struck with a barrel, killed him, and hid the body before returning to split the loot. Washington and Creole led the scheme, and women close to the men shared in the concealment and division. The group faces multiple charges as investigators pursue links to more victims.
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Billy Morris
Louis Apuier
Ziegler
Morris
Antoine Richard
Cleote
Guervara
Bill Macels
Luling
Chen Ag
George Washington
Wling
Wilson
Chelis
Alege
Lonce
George Wanglington
Quekly Corwird
Atogler Tweyer
Alois
Luling Plantation
Bill Morris
Octavia Richards
Livigan Morris
Greate
Creole
Washington
Allen
Lizzie Anderson
Sheil Ory
Four Months Story Special Wheela Sunday Light
Government plans for pacification of Gaba and potential protection of insurgents reported. Attleia circles deny the accuracy of the announcement.
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Wheela
Filisey
United States
Attleia
Canadian envoy in Mexico City faces altered U S tariff impact
August 7 in Mexico City a Canadian envoy, Vetinunl Sheppard, traveling via New York toward Central America, is welcomed but notes the hostile United States tariff shift affecting Mexican export trade. The Canadian government aims to secure favorable terms despite the tariff pressure.
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City of
Mexico
Vetinunl FE
Sheppard
Unite States
Central Aumerica Yn
New York
Trade tensions shape Central America market outlook
The article discusses shifting trade dynamics with Central America and Canada, noting Sheppard's mission and hopes for direct commerce. It highlights competition from American manufacturers and the waning trade with Maglaud, attributing it to rising U S industrial capacity and European competition.
Counterfeiter Arrest Brings Down Noted Crime Ring
In New Orleans on August 7, M. Shields and S. Atwood were arrested by detectives led by a Secret Service agent. Shields, tied to Miller and Davidson, headed a long running counterfeit operation believed to have manufactured and dispersed forged notes for years. The seizure compounds efforts to move the case to Mobile for further action.
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New Orleans
Shields
S. N. Atwood
Jou
Espalia
Secret Service
Catchlig Din
Witch Miller
Davidson
Refusal of license to fraternal life insurer in Texas
In Austin on August 7 the Commissioner of Insurance announced denial of a license to an organization headquartered in Denver. The department found the firm operates for profit on the natural premium plan and disguises as benevolent, life insurance under fraternal features, prompting stricter scrutiny to ensure charitable claims.
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Austin
Texas
Jiswrasco Inungun
Denver
Col
Insurance Department
Comany
Clisses
Salares Coty Orea Ae
Texax
Hur
Fe Insurance Companies
Woman-Killus Disposed Of Special Wie to Sunday Light
Georgetown Texas case reports George Tones received a light sentence after Neurder claim as Jones a gulion keeper at Taylor allegedly shot his lover in jealous rage. Kann Lee and Edun hee are referenced with unclear details and ages, with confusion over names and locations. The report notes Jones has killed before and remains under taom for prior offense while a wife is described in fragmented terms.
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Killus
Georgetown
Texas
George Tones
Neurder
Jones
Taylor
Edun Hee
Sporting Won
Bectine
Kann Lee
Vaytor
Maols
Winks
Tom
Negroes seek charter for pioneer iron foundry in Chattanooga
In Chattanooga on Aug 7 a group of local men including several negroes applied for a state charter to establish a pioneer negro iron foundry. They secured a site and bought machinery, claim orders ahead, and intend to compete by offering lower prices in the area.
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Chattanooga
Venu
Sind
Orange Steam Laundry Company Incorporation in State
The Orange Steam Laundry company of Orange is organized with capital stock $1,01 and incorporators Wred Holland ME Stirk and Jno Link. Permission to buy business in the state wink granted Panhandle Cattle company of Missouri, capital stock $100,000.
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Austin
Lexis
Ing
Tefms
Orange Steam Laundry Company
Orange
Capital
Cotton Prospects Rise After Floods In Washington County
A Greenville correspondent reports Washington County cotton stands improved after recent overflows and late planting. Despite army worm threats in some areas, prospects indicate a strong year with richly enriched soil and rapidly growing crops across the region.
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Greenville
Miss
Washington County
Enambul Tragedy Ends With Double Murder and Suicide
In Columbia area a man named Jehu Cain shot his wife and her alleged lover with a gun and pistol, then killed himself. Dreher pursued, fired, and killed the lover, while townspeople heard shots and found the scene near his residence. The incident followed long rumors of the husband’s unhappy attentions.
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Columbia
L'at
Caly
Striking miners tale amid union camp siege report
A ragitifio wire from Sunday Light in Pittsburgh reports a strike across three mining camps with ten disturbances. Miners struggle to avoid trouble and may be drawn in. In Louisiana, at the People's Party convention in Alexandria, a resolution calls for a state convention in Monroe on October 1, 1807 to nominate thirty six delegates to a constitutional convention.
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Tittsburg
Louisiana
Pops
Alexandria
People’s Party
Monroe
Imay
Old Citizen Olin C. Wilson Dies in Austin
Olin C. Wilson, an elderly and respected Austin resident, died last night about four miles south of town at age 70. He was the father of a large family, noted for his long service and health prior to death. The funeral will be held at 9:30 a.m. from the family residence, with burial at Boggy Cemetery.
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Olin C. Wilson
Austin
Pexas
Wiledon
Toswaal
Wilson
Furnly Ant
Wilsoty
Tien
Faily
Bogsy Cemetery
Will Wimberly Win The Louisiana Petition Mystery
Washington rumor swirls around Captain Wimberly with talk of the Secretary of the Treasury and the president delaying action on his appointment. An official declined to confirm the timing while saying they await word from the president. Wimberly continues to press the matter as speculation grows.
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Treasury de Carmeal
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