Parkhurst Sees Northern South Unity In Race Talks
The Rev. Dr. Parkhurst preached at Madison Square Presbyterian New York on his southern trip. He said northerners and southerners share unity toward the negro, criticized Governor Chandler, and urged frank, peaceful adjustment after slavery’s end, noting mutual respect and cautious political stance as essential to reconstruction.
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Deg Chattes
H. Parkhurst
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
New York City
Candler
Parkhurst
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Quandler
Georgia
Texas to Build Denison Bonham and New Orleans Railroad
The Denison Bonham and New Orleans line contract was awarded at Dennison Texas on Friday. Contractors will complete twenty five miles of track by August 1st.
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Texas
Denison, Bonham and
New Orleans
Dennison
Tex
Skinner Indicted in Dr Scruggs Murder Case
Memphis dispatch reports J W Skinner the wealthy dairyman was indicted by the grand jury in criminal court for the assassination of Dr Hal C Scruggs. He was rearrested and jailed after bail on 5000 was posted and he denies knowledge of the crime. The case is tied to a deep laid political feud and a broader plot with several people implicated.
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Dr. Scruggs
Memphis
J. W. Skinner
Hal C. Scruggs
Criminal Court
Skinner
Morgan Buys Leyland Line Steamers In Major Consolidation
J Pierpont Morgan & Co purchases the Leyland line of steamers in a move toward consolidating trans Atlantic shipping. A deposit is paid and management remains for now while directors may change. The deal aims to form the largest tonnage steamship company in the world. Shareholders to receive 14 8s 10d per 10 pound share. The Leyland line, a major British shipping institution, will pass to American control.
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London
J. Pierpont Morgan & Co
Leyland Line
Bress
Atlantic Transport
Dionali
Bikar
Atlantic Transport Line
Leyland
Morgans
United States
Liverpool
Great Britain
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Vast spread of new industries reported across states
Tradesman item lists numerous new ventures across the South and Midwest this week. Brick works in Monticello Florida and others in Sparta Georgia, Winchester Texas. electric light plant at Bristol Tennessee. mills in New Decatur Alabama and Cave City Arkansas. foundries in Anniston Alabama and Knoxville Tennessee. many oil, mining, lumber, tobacco, and related plants announced with varied investment figures from $20,000 to $2,500,000.
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Monticello
Fla
Sparta
Wincheater
Tex
Bristol
Cloverport
Sutton
W. Va
Douglassville
Madison
Anniston
Ala
Knoxville
Gretna
Illn
Logansport
Langley
Newberry
Radford
Alas
Houma
Lay
Statesville
N. Y
Estherwood
Lake Charles
Welsh
Oil and Gas Company
Wheeling
Oil and Land Company
New Orleans
Oil and Mineral Company
Abbeville
New Iberia
Breaxy Bridge
Dangerfield
Texas
Louisburg
Waterloo
Whitmires
8. C
Covington
Enterprise
Miss
Macon
Clarksdale
Migs
Cumberland City
Memphis
Evans Out on Bond in Captain Griffin Slaying Case
Major Barnard B. Evans was granted bail of 3000 in Columbia Ohio on charges he killed Captain John J. Griffin on April 13. Evans provided his first affidavit describing a drink meeting, a keg delivered by a porter, and a disputed pistol incident that led to the shooting after Griffin recited lines suggesting peril.
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Griffin
Columbia
Barnard B. Evans
Supreme Court
John J. Griffin
Major Evans
Captain Griffin
Evans
Eyans
General Wood Arrives in New York En Route to Washington
General Leonard A Wood and his wife Mrs Wood and secretary arrived from Havana aboard the Morro Castle on the Ward line. He aims to introduce five Cuban constitutional convention members to President McKinley in Washington. The visit seeks clarity on the Platt amendment and upcoming electoral law while Cuba braces for sugar duty reductions and constitutional framing.
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Leonard A. Wood
Cuba
General Wood
Jersey City
Washington
Fis
Commission On Foreign Relations
McKinley
United States
Havana
Lera
Congress
Rathbone-Neely
la Discusion
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Dairyman Skinner
Morgan
High Seas
Southern Progress
Bond
Wood
Gen
New York
Georgia Southern and Florida Railway Co
Lusao
Wraing Land
Garry Pullman
St. Louis
Jacksonville
Palatka
Hall
T. PA
Kimball House
Atlanta
Harry Bunns
William Checkley Shaw
Vici
Rhodes
Pass
Macon, Ga
Cane Ayak
Cordele
Ribl
Ashburn
Wu Sampton
Kien
Ec Palatkty Sc
Porian His
Uu Oye
Soukea
Chattanooga
Nastigilla
Mallory Bros. Machinery CO
J. Hamilton Ayers, M. D
Atlanta Publishing House
Loyd Street
Psa Maasifi
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