Indignation Meeting at Atlanta over Confederate veterans issue
A large crowd gathered in Atlanta on August 28 to denounce the Georgia House for defeating the Confederate veterans home bill. Veterans urged orderly action, debated marching to the artesian well, and heard speeches by ex-Confederates and Rev. Sam Small. The meeting adopted resolutions urging support for the veterans home and honoring those who voted against it.
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Atlanta
Georgia
House of Representatives
Calhoun
Heateen
John F. Edwards
Calbown
Appoin W. A. Hemphill
J. 4. Anderson
J. C. Waddell
Milledge
Artesian Well
James D. Carter
Daoud
Georgia Itature
Ben Hill
Grady
T. B. Neal
Fulton County Confederate Veterans’ Association
Mc. Neal
Hemphill
Confederate Veterans’ ‘Association
Fulton County
Hnte
Emma
Eorgia
Miphill
Waddell
Pen
Dixie
L. Calison
Henry Grady
Colonel Calhoun
Geo
Commonwealth
Kaptee
Sam Small
Wincote
J. W
Ha' Judge Qora
Capitol
Gould Building
Heeseoon
Confederate Veterans' Association
Third party anticipated as Missouri settles race
Condensed dispatches report Missouri will feature a third party. Park Row collapse in New York leaves sixty one bodies recovered. Kentucky Sunday school union holds annual convention in Middlesborough. Ex governor Seales dying at his Greensboro home. Leland Stanford launches presidential effort via the Argus. Senator Sherman delivers first Olio campaign speech denouncing free passage and opposing the bill.
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Missouri
Park
New York
Kentucky Sunday School Union
Middlesborough
Greensboro
N. C
A. M.seales
Leland Stanford
Argus
San Francisco
John Sherman
Olio
Fights Over Silver and Tariffs Stir Ohio Campaign
In Tovero Ohio Senator Sherman held a large campaign event with thousands in attendance. He criticized free coinage as impractical and highlighted the tariff issue between the McKinley tariff and the Mills bill. The speech framed the two policy questions as decisive for Ohio and the nation. The report also covers related political exchanges in South Carolina and miscellaneous market and Chilean civil war updates.
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Tovero
Sherman
van Wert
Senator Sherman
Ohio
United States
House of Representatives
Senate
Duel talk in Georgia legislature ends with settlement
In Atlanta August 27 the legislature faced dueling rhetoric as M L Everett from Stewart and Capt Bill Smith of Gwinnett and Capt George Forbes of Atlanta exchanged harsh insults. By midnight a settlement was announced with plans for retractions via the floor and journal.
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Atlanta
M. L. Everett
Stewart
Bill Smith
Gwinnett
George Forbes
Smith
Forbes
Lfy
Everett
Evening Journal
Don Bain
Howell
Erwin
Tom Cabiniss
Ed Williams
Decatur
Humphries
Brooks
Mr. Everett
John T. Hotfouitlet
Colored men depart for Oklahoma lands opening
Kansas City, Mo August 28 Fifty two well to do colored men led by R H Waterford of Memphis Tenn left there yesterday for Oklahoma where they will await the opening of the Indian lands soon to be thrown open to general settlement These negroes are from various parts of the south and expect to found a community once the lands open
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Kansas City, Mo
R. H. Waterford
Memphis
Tenn
Oklahoma
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