Southern League opens as global news fills pages
The Che Shiner Gazette reports Bishop Stubbs of Oxford is dead. Mormon missionaries sail for Europe. The Elks host a successful Shreveport fair. The Mexican National railway plans gauge change. Diaz will miss McKinley meeting due to business. Bennie Sanger and Johnnie Richies win a twenty round draw in Memphis. Ohio river floods worsen shores. New Orleans mayor forms a Good Roads committee. Navy plans a 5 million naval station at Olongapo. Lincoln’s remains lie in a $100,000 tomb at Springfield. Dr Leyds protests arms shipments to England and Germany. St. Louis hosts an Exposition committee meeting. Carter and Flory elected. Vaughan named US attorney, Cooper marshal. Britain’s new loan raises 50 million dollars with a syndicate. Detective Tom Sampson dies in Mount Vernon with sixteen medals. Army size to ~76,000 with Root and the president’s plan. Humbert Barr Clause named brigadiers. Panama canal famine worsens local conditions. railways aid relief. Sidney Cole shoots William Terry aboard the Keystone State. Fred Starr returns from four months in Mexican states with relics and stats. Rothschilds linked to British loan. low premium period rumored. Coal centers denounce export tax and threaten to suspend trade. Andrew McCarty killed by three men over a craps game.
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Navy Department
Congress
Olongapo
Subig Bay
Luzon
Lincoln
Springfield
Illinois
Brussels Petit Bleu
Leyds
German Foreign Office
England
Germany
St. Louis
Carter
Montana
Joseph Flory
Missouri
William Vaughan
United States
Alabama
Henry M. Cooper
Arkansas
Great Britain
National City Bank
J. P. Morgan & Co
Baring, Magoun & Co
Root
Henry Young Humbert
Thomas F. Barr
John W. Clause
Judge Advocate General’s Department
Panama
Parkersburg
W. Va
Sidney Cole
William Terry
Carpenter
Keystone State
Terry
Cole
Fred. W. Starr
Anthropological Department
The
University of Chicago
Jacksonville Fire Relief Grows as Matronly Aid Rolls In
Jacksonville Florida May 6 relief efforts intensify after a major conflagration. five carloads of tents arrived from the state, a commissary was established, and stores opened under martial law to feed refugees. the city estimates over 10 000 homeless and possible fatalities while federal and local aid pours in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
the Times, Union and
Citizen
Market Street
Market Sreet
Atlanta
Express
Jennings
McKinley
el Paso
Texas
Wm. McKinley
William MacKinley
United States
Tallahassee
Relief Association
Florida
Mexican Central Railway Elects Board Leader
H. Clay Pierce of St. Louis was chosen as chairman at the Mexican Central Railway’s new board meeting in New York. Directors note the Pacific Coast line to Manzanillo under construction will make the system a transcontinental route via Tampico to the Far East and will operate independently with connections at El Paso on equal terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexica
Central Prospects
New York
Mexican Central Railway
H. Clay Pierce
St. Louis
Mexican Central
Manzanillo
Tampico
el Paso
Bright Comet Reported From Arequipa Telegraphic Note
A telegram to Harvard College Observatory from Arequipa reports a very bright comet visible at 11 36 Greenwich time in right ascension 3 30. The Cambridge Massachusetts note notes the sighting and time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard College Observatory
Arequina
Man Burned to Death in Redwater Lumber Camp Fire
A boarding house at Redwater Lumber Company burned at midnight with total loss of building and contents. One man, Boyd, died in the blaze as others fled. The landlord lost $60. workers’ belongings and money were burned. The victim appeared dazed and failed to save himself after being awakened by a boy in the room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redwater
Tex
Redwater Lumber Company
Boyd
C. J. Benton
Cleburne
Beaumont
Texas
Mississippi
Junction
Whitesboro
Hempstead
Kansas City saloons closed first time in six years
Saloons in Kansas City were closed yesterday for the first time in six years with one arrest for defying Mayor Reed. Saloon keepers circulated a petition for resuming the old regime and a Law Enforcement League mass meeting of 500 endorsed the mayor and police commission. A committee was named to serve notices on violators to maintain Sunday closing.
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Kansas City
Reed
Law Enforcement League
Double Killing in Denver Tragedy at Local Saloon
May 6 report from Denver Colorado describes Hugh Master son a trumpeter with Company M 23rd Infantry at Fort Logan fatally wounding William True a Denver bartender in a saloon and then being shot dead by a policeman while attempting to escape.
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Denver
Col
Hugh Masterson
Company M
23Rd Infantry
Fort Logan
William True
Morgan's European Plans for Canal Control
A World telegraph from New York reports the London Daily Express says control of European canals would be part of J. P. Morgan's plans. This aims to secure steel delivery into central Europe at the lowest possible expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
New York
London
London Daily Express
J. P. Morgan
Europe
Filipino Boy Comradeship Returns Home in Gainesville
Captain J A Hulen of the Thirty third Regiment arrives in Gainesville with a two year old Filipino boy he has cared for about a year. The boy speaks English and appears healthy and bright eyed, reflecting the soldiers' bond formed during 18 months in the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
Tex
J. A. Hulen
Luther Hare
Philippines
Hulen
Three Die In Montreal Hostel Fire
A blaze swept Brunnels hotel in Maissoneuve Montreal today killing three people. Mrs Brun nels wife of the proprietor Octave Leussier a farmer and Mrs Leussier perished in the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Brunnels Hotel
Maissoneuve
Brunnels
Octave Leussier
Texans Rocked By Collision Of Tragedies And Boom Town Wins
Multiple Texas items report violence and deaths including Dan Scales fatally wounded at Annona and an unknown man run over by a Katy train in Galveston. Oil investments rise in Waxahachie, a Gainesville mattress factory planned, and projects in Spindletop Heights Beaumont. Cemeteries, fires, wrecks, and political notes thread through Denton, Dallas, Paris, Tyler, Corsicana, and Galveston with community responses and honor events across the state.
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Galveston
Bohemia glassware rivals Germany in today’s market shift
An old advertising passage notes Talk is cheap for long distance calls and Dr Shoop’s Restorative offer with prepaid return if not cured. It recalls Bohemia’s historic glassware lead fifty years ago and contrasts it with Germany’s current near dominance in the same craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bohemia
Germany
Douglas Factory Expands Output and Advertising
W L Douglas plans a 6000 pair daily capacity with 16000 extra square feet and new 400 hp engine plus 150 hp boiler. Start up July 1 at 500 dozen daily output and a weekly payroll of 22000. Salesmen up 25 percent due to better shoemaking and heavy advertising. Half page ads to run in major papers and Youth's Companion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Douglas
Douglas
Youth's Companion
Brockton
Mass
Times
Clergyman Ely Appointed Leader of League of Political Education
Rev. Robert E. Ely, founder of the Prospect Union in Cambridge, Mass., has been chosen to head the League of Political Education. He arrived in Cambridge as a poor young minister and added Harvard courses to his church duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Ely
League of Political Education
Prospect Union
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Garfield Tea Heralded as Cure for Constipation and Headache
The advertisement proclaims Garfield Tea as the most used and best liked herbal tea. It claims to be the original cure for constipation and sick headache and to strengthen the digestive organs.
Ireland’s Emigration Losses Rise in Last Year
Ireland lost 45,288 souls to emigration last year, up 3,347 from 1899. Over 82 percent were aged between fifteen and thirty five. Of total emigrants, 37,765 went to the United States.
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Ireland
United States
Botanic Blood Balm Promises Skin Cure
Botanic Blood Balm claims to heal eczema itching rashes and all skin diseases by improving blood supply. Guaranteed results with a $1 price and prepaid treatment offered by Blood Balm Co., 62 Mitchell St., Atlanta, Ga.
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Blood Balm Co
Mitchell St
Atlanta
Milwaukee Birth Rate Surpasses Other Major Cities
Milwaukee records show 26.28 births per thousand, about 20 percent higher than Detroit and the highest rate among American cities of similar size. Detroit reports 11.97 births per thousand with comparable population.
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Milwaukee
Detroit
New desks to replace old seats in House hall
Three hundred members have reserved their old desks and agreed to pay the average auction price. The country has over 200 hat and cap plants for men and boys employing 25,000 workers, with finished product valued at 25 million dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Washington
Gar field Tea Promises Cure for Digestive Ailments
Advertisements claim Gar field Tea cleanses the system and cures digestive disorders. It is sold by druggists with urging to speak little of ill luck and boast not of good luck.
George Washington Soda Proclaimed Pure by Expert Chemist
Daily tests by a chemist declare GEORGE WASHINGTON SODA perfectly pure and recommended. Hamlin's Blood and Liver Pills claim to cure constipation and related ill effects. Available at druggists for 25c. A quip notes busy people and ancestral spoils of many a good man.
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George Washington
Hamlin
Unwilling to Face Failure Stifles Success Path
A concise maxim states that avoiding failure blocks progress and the chance to achieve success. embracing setbacks is essential for growth and achievement.
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Che Shiner
J.C. Habermacher
Shiner
Bishop Stubbs
Oxford
Shreveport
Mexican National Railway
Diaz
Bennie Sanger
Johnnie Richies
Memphis
Tenn
Ohio River
Ohio
Kentuck
New Orleans
Rothschild
Wehner & Co
Ernest Cassell
United Kingdom
Andrew McCarty
McCarty
Lim
Ancient
L. BE. Roberts
Roberts
Valley View
Cooke County
Dan Scales
Annona
Waxhahachie
Ben Williams
Texarkana
Jead
San Jacinto
Lucinda M. Orr
Hill County
Brandon
B'nai B’rith
Houston
Waxahachie
Pearson
Transvaal
C. P. Bradly
Fort Stockton
B. A. Teel
Sam Alexander
Baby
Dallas
Denton County
Denton
Bud Spear
Tyler
Pick Messers
Anthony Westfield
Paris
A. W. Rissen
Oak Cliff
T. A. Morris
Corsicana
W. G. Broomes
Mike Rogers
Lizzie B. Adams
Comany
James Carroll
Tinker Carroll
San Antonio
International and Great Northern Railway
F. W. Hicks
Pat Monahan
Ed. M. House of Austin
T. W. House of Houston
Spindletop Heights
Lucas and Higgin
Grand Army of the Republic
Department of Year
Ieveston
Woman’s Relief Corps
T. O. Ray
Plano
Frank Lee
Madisonville
Lee
Douglas Factory
Mia
Winslow
Bottie
Hall
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