Savannah Suffered Devastating Cyclone Losses in 1893 Sweep
Savannah enduring a deadly hurricane that struck Tuesday from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm, causing nine confirmed deaths and extensive property destruction. Ships, depots, churches, and mills were wrecked, with Plant system depot and Gordon wharf among the hardest hit. vast damage reported along the Georgia coast.
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Savannah
Gulf
Florida
Jacksonville
South Carolina
Plant System
Central Railroad
Georgia and Alabama
Second Baptist Church
Georgia Infirmary
Georgia Hussars’ Armory
Rosenius
Cuba
Hamburg
Mizpah
Robert Turner
Savannah River
C. J. Murphy
United States Revenue
Tybee
Forsythe Park
Savannah Guano Company
Comer, Hull & Co
Southern Cotton Oil Company
Gordon Wharf
Wallace Johnson
Thompson
Bacon & Co
Southville
The Brunswick Storm Knocks Out Town, Fatalities Reported
A severe hurricane devastated Brunswick causing four deaths and extensive property loss. The city suffered heavy damage with many structures ruined and widespread debris disrupting daily life. Emergency crews work amid ruined logs and debris as residents assess losses.
Brunswick Suffering From Devastating Coastal Hurricane
A hurricane wrecks Brunswick and nearby areas with extensive property losses and shipping damage. Estimates place property losses around $500,000 with at least fifty buildings leveled and more than 200 damaged. Shipping and rail infrastructure suffer severe harm along with multiple vessels ashore and wrecked. One death reported with broader fatality fears across southeast Georgia and northern Florida.
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John Jefferson
William Daniela
Abel Davis
Marigold Wiggins
Richard Percell
Greenleaf Johnson
Hugh Kelly
Southern Railway
Encorcon
Subira
Valencia
H. L. Routh
New York
Longfellow
Svendsen
Naval Stores
Brunswick
Jacksonville
Everest City
Everett
White Oak
Georgia
Florida
Bismarck Letter on Silver Question Questioned by German Press
Reports from Berlin dispute the authenticity of Prince Bismarck’s supposed reply to Texas Governor Culberson on silver and bimetallism. Hamberger Nachrichten, Bismarck’s organ, prints Culberson’s June letter and asks whether the United States should adopt gold standard or bimetallism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Prince Bismarck
Culberson
Texas
Germany
United States
Bismarck
Real
Hamberger Nachrichten
Four Children Cremated in House Fire Near Smarts Station Georgia
A rural Georgia house burned Saturday night trapping four children inside after the parents locked it and left on an errand. The fire occurred near Smarts Station, and authorities report the children perished in the blaze.
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Pegro
Smarts Station
R. A. Maxwell
United States
Turney Signs Bill On Constitution Convention Question
Governor Turney has signed a bill submitting to Tennessee voters the call for a constitutional convention. An election will occur on the first Thursday in April, with delegates chosen the first Thursday in August and the convention to meet the first Monday in December.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Turney
Industrial Pulse Shows Confidence in Southern Markets
In the past week business activity rose in southern cities with better collections and firmer prices. Iron and steel demand strengthened with Alabama iron active and mills resuming, while export trade expanded and new plants began operations. Coal and lumber report improved activity though political timing affects expansions. A Mobile Alabama barge line venture, new power plants, mills, and notable constructions were announced in several states.
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Southern Iron
Southern No
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railway Company
Bessemer
South
Alabama Coal
Mobile
Mobile and
Madisonville
Greensboro
N. C
Cassator Mining & Reducing Company
Capital
Siloam Springs
Ark
Ogeman
Knoxville
Tenn
Owensboro
Jennings
Question of Sharor Ryder Sentence Raises New Trial Question
Attorneys for Dr. Ryder challenge Judge Butt sentence form claiming potential error in the judge's charge and execution timing. The article notes Georgia law requires execution within 20 to 60 days after sentencing and mentions possible resentencing to correct any error. A statement from Judge Butt was not provided.
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Ryder
Georgia
Butt
Terrell
Dupont Guerry
New York Democrats Rename Slate for Governor and LG
The New York Democratic state committee revised the ticket on Monday electing Wilbur F. Porter of Watertown as governor and Frederick C. Schraub of Lowville as lieutenant governor. Judge Robert A. Tttue of Buffalo remains at third. Elliott Danforth declined the top spot after telephonic talks with Senator Hill. Schraub, born to German parents, previously served three terms as Lewis County district attorney and later as first commissioner of the agricultural experiment station at Geneva.
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New York
Wilbur F. Porter
Watertown
Frederick C. Schraub
Lowville
Court of Appeals
Robert A. Tttue
Buffalo
Elliot Danforth
John Boyd Thacher
Danforth
Senator Hill
Judge Porter
Frederick C. Schranb
Lewis County
Schraub
Morton
State Agricultural Experiment Station
Geneva
Freight rates restored end of wartime rail war
The Seaboard and Southern 1 lines in the Southern States Freight association resume prewar freight rates on Monday at 12:01 after a rate cut of 50 percent. Railroad men doubt a true end to the war while General Manager St John of the Seaboard plans new moves to gain through sleepers to New Orleans and to withdraw York line competition with Bay line on Chesapeake Bay.
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Southern
Seaboard
Southern 1
Uthern States Freight Association
Southern States Freight Association
St. John
New Orleans
York
Bay
Chesapeake Bay
Mr. St. John
Address to Populists in Preparation by Butler and Edgerton
A Washington dispatch reports Chairman Butler and Secretary Edgerton prepared an address for the populist national committee. The document would outline the party stance in the campaign and explain Bryan’s nomination and appeal. Senator Butler would not confirm or deny the report.
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Butler
Edgerton
Washington Dispatch
National Committee
Bryan
Campaign literature overload at postoffice bag
Postoffice reports that campaign literature from presidential nominee offices clogged mail bags nationwide. An order directs postmasters to forward surplus equipment to regular depositories and to empty mail sacks containing documents for prompt forwarding to proper depositories.
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Postoffice Department
New York Appoints Commissioners for Tennessee Centennial
Governor Morton names Thomas C. Platt Thomas W. Evans and Horace F. E. Garth as additional New York representatives to the Tennessee centennial celebration in Nashville in 1897. Appointments were requested by Commissioner General A. W. Willis and the picks serve at their own expense.
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Morton
New York
Nashville
Thomas C. Platt
Thomas W. Evans
Horace FE. Garth
New York City
A. W. Willis
Whitney Weds in Bar Harbor Life Partnership Formed
Mrs Edith Randolph wed Hon William O Whitney at St Saviora Church Bar Harbor Maine in a simple ceremony with no bridesmaids or best man. The couple, accompanied by Frederick May and Danish minister M Bruin, departed to The Anchorage for a private wedding breakfast.
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Edith Randolph
William
Frederick May
Whitney
M. Bruin
United States
Mrs. Whitney
Anchorage
A New Wire Tie For Compress Men
Commissioner Nesbitt locates a substitute for the flat cotton tie after initial rejection by compress men. The new wire tie, a double strand design with a patent buckle, is certified by state compress men as a superior and faster fastening solution awaiting introduction.
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Nesbitt
South
SAILORS DIE IN OIL FIRE ON IRON STEAMSHIP CYRUS
On the Delaware River near Marcus Hook the iron steamship Cyrus bound from Philadelphia to Norfolk suffered a fatal oil hold fire. Three sailors Alfred T. Becks Hans Jaggers and Fred D. Hitner perished along with a stowaway after a barrel burst and ignition. Captain Simmons and the remaining crew attempted rescue but the four were suffocated. fire then quenched with little vessel damage. Bodies were removed by Deputy Coroner Fry.
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Cyrus
Simmons
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Marcus Hook
Delaware River
Alfred T. Becks
Hans Jaggers
Fred D. Hitner
Fry
Lookout Inn Fails Under Creditors Assignment
The Lookout Mountain Improvement Company of Boston assigns for the benefit of all creditors. It owns the Lookout Inn on Lookout Mountain, a famed southern summer resort. The assets include seven acres, the hotel building and furnishings valued over 800000 dollars. Indebtedness not disclosed.
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Chattanooga Dispatch
Lookout Mountain Improvement Company
Boston
Mass
Lookout Mountain
Lookout Inn
Gibson
Nebraska Populists Favor Fusion With Democrats at Lincoln Meeting
Lincoln dispatch reports that middle-of-the-road populists won the Nebraskans convention and endorsed fusion with the Democrats. Despite O M Clark’s protests, the meeting backed the plan outlined by the regular state convention.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
O M. Clark
Train Dispatchers Strike Hits Canadian Pacific
The entire dispatchers force on the Canadian Pacific railway walked out Monday night under orders from T. M. Pierson second assistant grand chief of the Order of Railway Telegraphers. The strike stems from a grievance cited by the dispatchers.
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T. M. Pierson
The
Order of Railway Telegraphers
Dauntless Release Sparks Brunswick Protest Over Arrest
The Dauntless was released on bond in Brunswick Ga on Friday and sold to William A Bisbee of Jacksonville Fla. U S warrants were served on Captain Lamm Master Engineer Devereaux and Marshal Walker prompting a heated local reaction with criticism of Savannah officials and remarks likening the action to Spanish treachery. Bonds total 7000 25 costs with Jacksonville J C L Engle and E F Coney on bond and John E du Bignon on cost bond. A bank failure case follows as President Nichols and cashier face charges and bonds.
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Brunswick
Dauntless
William A. Bisbee
Jacksonville
Fla
Custom House
Lamm
Devereaux
Marshal Walker
Savannah
United States
Beckett
Marshal Wilson
Master Lane
Costa
J. C. L'Engle
E. F. Coney
John E. duBignon
Lane
First
Ginnegar
Francis T. Nichols
Recorder’s Court
Nichols
New Orleans
Mistaken Burglars End in Tragedy in Alabama
In Lanier Mills Alabama Steve Powers is fatally shot by his son Joe Powers who mistook him for a burglar. A Black cook Cinda Cotton was also fatally wounded in the same kitchen shooting and Powers is under arrest. The incident occurred about 4 am with the elder Powers in grave condition. Governor Bradley heads to Missouri for campaign duties.
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Cook
Steve Powers
Lanier Mills
Alabama
Joe Powere
Young Powers
Cinda Cotton
Powers
Elder Powers
Younger Powers
LaFayette
Ala
Doings of the Chiefs and Heads of Departments
The department of justice reports J B Castilla was shot at Key West Florida, and led a filibustering expedition carried to Cuba by the Three Friends. The federal marshal made the arrest.
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Department of Justice
J. B. Castilla
Key West
Fls
Cuba
Florida
National Democratic Committee
Washington
Taulkner
Congressional Committee
Chicago
D. M. Ferry & Co
Detroit
Michigan
Secretary of Agriculture
Congress
Ferry & Co
Herreshulé
Columbian Iron Works
Baltimore
Sillman Bros
Philadelphia
Hichborn
Melville
County Treasurer Morri son Transfer of Estate Assets
County Treasurer George H. Morri son of Renssalaer County New York transferred to his hands estate and securities valued about 800000 dollars, estimated to be worth less than forty cents on the dollar, with securities and patents noted in the transfer.
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Short
George H. Morrison
Renssalaer
N. Y
Handa Et
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Southern Progress
Porter
Thacher
MEEP
Washington News4
Rockhill
Peterson
Vancouver
B. C
Ibis
Steams Press of China
Hong Kong
Li Hung Chang
China
America
Lora
Democratic and Silver Club
Washingtow
St. Louis
Bryan and Sewall
Earhy
Stevenson
Benton McMillan
Treasury
Treasury Department
San Francisco
Australia
Southampton
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