19 Mar 1897
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1897
Page
1
A notice invites people to register at the office for a choice of six prizes. First prize is a hat from A. Hats, second prize shoes, third prize a silk umbrella, with values of 10, 5, and 2.5 dollars respectively. Registra tion costs are waived and music will be played by an orchestra during the event.
In a historic boxing match the Australian Bob Fitzsimmons defeated James Corbett in fourteen rounds to claim the world heavyweight title. The Windsor hotel bar buzzed with news as spectators followed every round, betting lively and cheering as Fitzsimmons recovered from early adversity to deliver a knockout in the final round.
A violent shootout on South Twentieth Street in Brundidge Alabama ends with Officer Will Perdue wounded in the jaw and a suspect, Will Hunter from Greenwood Georgia, shot fatally after a chase. The burglar robbed Eugene Glaccopazai’s home of $10 and two gold watches before逃逃.
The president sent to the Senate nominations naming John Hay of the District of Columbia to Great Britain Horace Porter of New York to France and Henry White of Rhode Island to be secretary of the United States embassy in Great Britain Also the president urged Congress to pass a tariff measure to boost revenue and protect domestic industry amid a growing federal deficit and debt.
The Supreme Court upheld state power to tax corporate franchises including express, telegraph, and railroad lines. Two Kentucky cases challenged 1892 state law. both rulings favored the state, one concerning the Henderson bridge and the other the Adams Express company.
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