Direct Election for U S Senators Debated in House
The House debated a constitutional amendment to elect United States senators by direct vote. The minority resolution requiring direct election in every state passed 140 to 15, while the majority left it optional for states. Debate included a failed attempt to set May 1 for Nicaragua canal talks.
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Wastasertos
House
United States
Aoes
Corliss
Messrs. Allen
Maine
Burleigh
Calderhead
Kansas
Fordney
Michigan
Gardner
New Jersey
Hedge
Iowa
Henry
Connecticut
Lane
Lester
Georgia
Littlefield
McPherson
Mann
Illinois
Russell
Berry
Thomas
Louisa
Hepburn
B Ows
Barton
Ohio
Trains Move With Difficulty Amid Telegraphers Strike
Across the South on April 13 the telegraphers strike disrupts rail traffic with mixed reports. Southern officials claim trains run on time while many operators idle. Birmingham and Alabama Great Southern divisions report 10 15 strikers and heavy delays in freight. Some lines like Charlotte and Memphiss Miss show near normal service. Knoxville faces continued outouts of fourteen men. Authorities seek nonunion help to fill gaps as the strike widens and affects express shipments and long distance messages.
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Laxta
Southern
Powell
Lo Se
Ocuatlaxcoa
A. B. Stillwell
Southern Railway
Stillwell
Alabama Great Southern Division
Walcott
Knoxville
Alabama Great Southern
Macon
Emul
Express Saenin
Knoxvie
T. W. Luck
The
Order of Railway Telegraphers
Luck
Cnanotte
N.C
Washington
Atlanta
Charlotte
Memois
Miss
Lip Carbuncle Fatal to Mrs Adair in Phenix City
Mrs William Adair former Phenix City resident died after a week of severe distress from a carbuncle on her upper lip Doctors said the infection followed a pinhead pimple Her husband a Atlanta machinist at DeLoach Machine Works resides in Atlanta The burial was held at the Baptist church yesterday after her death Wednesday
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Adair
William Adair
Baptist Church
Atlanta
DeLoach Machine Works
Kind Neighbor and the Kisidest Tale of Neighborly Aid
A fragmented note urges sharing a personal healing tale to spur a neighbor in distress to seek help. It hints at communal care and mutual support, illustrating a traditional moral about turning personal trouble into guidance for others.
Boers Suffer Heavy Losses At Wepener
From Leston to Lespey reports show heavy Boer casualties in the Wepener engagement. Chermside’s Third Division arrives at Bethany with little incident. Dalgety’s force at Wepener holds out, while Rouxville commando and Basuto troops monitor the border as reports of fighting near Denetsdorp and Dewetsdorp trickle in. The prisoner tally cited earlier was overstated. the true figure is just under 1,000.
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Lespey
South Africa
London
Wepener
Lord Roberts
Cape Town
Beddersburg
Chermside
Artwalxorth
Rouzville Commando
Rouxville Commando
Belgians in the South Spur Industrial Shift in Farming
An April 13 report notes Belgian German Dutch and French immigrants rapidly altering southern agriculture. New arrivals farm about 30 acres each, growing early vegetables strawberries fruits and melons while expanding into smallholdings and edging out the Negro workforce.
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Pur Mostonmeny
South
Louisians
New Cotton Mill Commission Issued in Greenville
The secretary of state issued commissions for several Greenville ventures including the Carolina mill with 50000 capital stock, Farmers' cotton seed oil mill and gin nery at 15000, and Greenville Hardware company with 5000. Also noted changes include Blackshear cotton mill reducing from 100000 to 0 and Southern Telephone and Telegraph of Barnwell increasing from 500 to 5000. Corporators named are N A Craig William I McBride and F S Evans.
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Greenville Company
Conns
Secretary of State
Carolina Mill
Greenville
Blackshear Cotton Mill
Southern Telephone and Telegraph Company
Barnwell
Tanglewood
Greenville County
A. Craig
William I. McBride
F. 8. Evans
Greenville Hardware Company
Sumter's Walking Stick Found With Granddaughter Heirloom
A Windsor North Carolina woman, Hannah Biddle, granddaughter of a former governor, reportedly possesses General Sumter's revolutionary walking cane as an heirloom. The stick is jointed wood resembling briar root, with worm holes, a buckhorn head, ivory cap, and an inscription "Sumter" said to have been placed by Sumter himself.
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North Carolina
Hes
Wastixatos
Senator McLaurin
Windsor
N.C
Hannah Biddle
Stone
General Sumter
Contract Army Surgeons and Notable Deaths in April
The April 13 dispatches report Congress receiving a draft bill by Surgeon General Sternberg to appoint contract surgeons with one year of service and promote assistant surgeons after two years while allowing discharge when no longer needed. Also noted is the funeral death of Golden Knowles in Tatsotton, Georgia, after a family tragedy involving a nursemaid, followed by a failed prosecution and a closing financial district in New York. The Washington note mentions the Woman's Foreign Mission Society planning a May convening, pending local schedule changes.
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Secretary of War
Congress
Sternberg
United States
Sennett
Good Friday Observer
New York
Financial District
Produce Exchange
Will Fleet
Washington
Wasmnotox
Woman's Foreign Mission Society
Will Moot
Tlal Ego
Pete Ty
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Eiser
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George W. Hall
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Peary
George W. Clark
Perry Loan and Savings Bank
Wasmixotos
Committee On Ways and
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Ala
J. P.word
Calera
Simmons, Durham & Co
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Powe
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Dewetsdorp
Lonton
Dajzety
Quitman’s
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Quitman
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Gulf Mill
Wade
Hoxe
John Fauderberg
William GT
Sumter
Tatsotton
Little Golden Knowles
H. C. Knowles
Columbus
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Corvusta
W. A. Neal
Legislative Investigation Committee
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