Negroes Appointed as Weighers Under Sugar Bounty Law
New Orleans reports stirred by the appointment of several Negro weighers and inspectors under the sugar bounty law. Planters in Iberia Ascension and Terrebonne parishes protest, fearing demoralization of Black farmhands, with Republicans accused of favoritism. The Crusade, a Black paper, vows to seek congressional repeal if duties are blocked.
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New Orleans
Wimberly
Reucnue
Iberia
Ascension
Terre Bonne
Congress
Richmond Terminal affair settles floating debts in New York
Wall Street reports the Richmond Terminal Company has settled its floating debts, with total component debts at 9.006 million and floating debt now about 1200000. President Inman declined to discuss details while denying solicitations from Brice and Thomas. Speyer & Co funds East Tennessee debt, Georgia Central debt to be funded by an unknown house, and Richmond and Danville debt addressed, amid warnings against wreckers spreading panic.
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New York
Wall Street
Richmond Terminal Company
Inman
Messrs
Brice & Thomas
Toman
Richmond Terminal
Thomas
East Tennessee
Speyer & Co
Georgia Central
Richmond
Danville
Livingston speaks to Georgia Farmers Alliance in Exanorta
In Exanorta on Oct 28 L F Livingston congressman and Georgia Farmers Alliance president addressed a large audience at the courthouse. He urged harmony between Alliance factions and linked Ocala platform to the Democratic platform while citing Jefferson and Calhoun.
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L. F. Livingston
Georgia
AtExanorta
Congress
Farmers’ Alliance of Georgia
Court House
Ocala
Cleveland
Organization of Labor
Farmers’ Alliance
Jefferson
Calhoun
Porter Club backs Harrison renomination clash over Gresham for ’02
At Oct 28 Porter Club meeting a 63 to 3 vote defeated a resolution for Harrison’s renomination. A separate resolution endorsed Harrison’s admin and another urged support for Judge Gresham for 1902 with plans to push his nomination at the next Republican convention. Separately, Grenadier Outbreak reports in Truth alarm military circles as mutiny among Guards continues to worry the public.
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Porter Club
Judge Gresham
Harrison
Hed Coat
Gresham
Greachtan
Grenadier Guards
Grenadier
Riot Threat After Exposition Train Fight Near Atlanta
A near riot erupted on an excursion train from Atlanta to Stone Mountain as eight to ten Stone Mountain men returned from the expo. Deputy Sheriff McCurdy was knifed and cut by assailants led by Mack and Bam McDaniel after he intervened in a brawl. The rioters fled to the courthouse where Mack McDaniel leaped from a second story, was recaptured, and bonds set for court. Other arrests followed as the incident drew in more locals.
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Atlanta
Stone Mountain
Clarkston
John McCurdy
Decatur
McCardy
Mack McDaniel
Ganvy
Steve McCurdy
Adementum
McCurdy
Bam McDaniel
A. J. Goldsmith
Mack
Descatur
Sam
Still Sinking Down In New Orleans Land Along River
The Louisville and Nashville railroad halted trains over sinking lands near the French Market in New Orleans, while the Southern Pacific continues at two miles an hour. Oyster boats and dealers suffer as the oyster landing sinks, leaving no unloading space. Elsewhere in LaFayette Georgia, Roscoe Marable faces a stay of execution as a court case moves to the Supreme Court, with delays tied to questions about linking him to the crime.
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New Orleans
Coatlanes
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
French Market
Southern Pacific
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