Brown predicts GOP race in Georgia district
Elbert Head and Col. Jack Brown discuss Third District race with Dave Dudley possible as Republican hopeful. Head says Dudley may enter race while Brown claims Democrats will back him. outlook suggests Farmer Alliance influence and party plans to nominate a candidate, though Crisp remains the incumbent.
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Alliance
Elbert
News Telegram Association
Wasitixcron
Jack Brown
Dudley
Third Congressional District
Georgia
Georgia Democrats
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Farmer's Alliance
Cheshire
Elbert Head
Recorder
Americas
Dave Dudley
Congress
Sorden
Washington
Col
Chicago
Harrison
John Wanamaker
Cour E
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Tower House
Inn Sumter County
Chales F. Crisp
Cutts and McDonald
Sumter County
General Assembly
A Political Revolution By Farmers And Laborers
A detailed preview argues that farmers and laborers will deny a majority to moneyed bankers in the next House. It declares four fifths of national votes come from working people, who unite to dethrone bondholders and place true men in power. It notes farmers awakening from apathy and shifting political influence nationwide.
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News Telegram Association
Wasi NaTos
Arguns
Unknown man found dead near Graniteville railroad line
The body of a well rested white man was discovered beside the Charlotte Columbia and Augusta railroad near Graniteville South Carolina twelve miles from there. A post mortem exam will determine if foul play was involved.
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Nova Telegram Association
Aucusta
Charlotte, Columbia and Auguste
Graniteville
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Bitter campaign ends as Tillman faction wins key convention seats
News Telegrams Association reports a stormy campaign in Walterboro ending with Tillman securing 187 of 320 convention votes amid fights and broken heads. Alliance entrants surface in Charleston and Lexington districts, as Tolbert and others loom, signaling continued contest in a fractured political scene.
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News Telegrams Association
Cat ‘On
D. C
Walterboro
Tillman
Charleston
H. A. Metz
Lexington
Congress
W. H. Brawley
Metz
Treasury
Iti
J. Tolbert
Lsturar
Sixth District Democratic Nomination Won by Blount
The Sixth Congressional District Democratic nominating convention met at Macon's courthouse with full county representation amid spectators. Willis Newton presided as acting chair, B. M. Turner was elected permanent chair, W. T. Lane named secretary, and J. T. Ross and J. Wy McCord assisted. The roll produced Blount 234 votes and Hughes 0, declaring Blount the nominee amid enthusiasm.
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News Telegram Association
Macon
Blount
W.T. Lane
Jasper
J.T. Ross
Jones
J Wy McCord
Butts
Hughes
Plan to colonize Black people in Mexico
Milton Turner travels to New York to arrange a colonization plan for Black people in Mexico. A New York coffee firm, holding about 21,000,000 acres, promotes the project with a capital around 5 million dollars. The firm will grant land with no rent and supply support until colonists cultivate crops, planning to invest 2 to 3 million dollars.
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Ay News
al Tr. Louis
Milton Turner
New York
Mexico
First Bale of New Cotton Shipped to Dawson Warehouse
In Dawson Georgia on August 1 Mr A T Wall delivered the season's first bale weighing 620 pounds. Classified low middling it sold for 15 cents per pound, yielding about 93 dollars. A mob of twenty five Mexicans attacked Shafter Texas earlier. Texas Rangers and deputies pursued them after shots were fired, with reports of burning and sacking pending.
Kemmler Executed by Electricity in New York
Austiny August 6 Kemmler, the New York murderer who killed his wife, was executed by electric chair at 7 05 this morning. It marked the first legal use of electricity for capital punishment in the world. The procedure was swift and without a visible struggle as Kemmler died immediately after the current was applied.
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Austiny
N.J
Kemmler
New York State
Gman
Kemmiler
United States Supreme Courts
Auburb
United Press
Kommiler
Badei
Haas
Scoring Sharpe and Georgia Politics In 1900s Dispatch
A Philadelphia era report notes Col Jack Brown’s disgust with Republican bosses guiding Georgia affairs and previews Sharpe’s whitewash accusations in the Denning case. Also reports Isham Carpenter killed by a railroad train near Vanessa North Carolina and editor Brown’s view on Livingston’s congressional ambitions.
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News Telegram Association
Washineton
Col
Jack Brown
Georgia
Post Office Department
Rathbone
Sharpe
Dudley
Americus
Denning
Augusta
Buck
Atlanta
Cheshine
Guilty Nutall verdict in two day trial at Atlanta
After a two and a half day trial Rev. W. R. Dale is identified as J. O. H. Nutall. Nutall is found guilty within fifteen minutes of jurors retiring, but the verdict is delayed an hour for decency. The case may go to the supreme court as Judge Maddox noted views in his charge. Convention gossip centers on Anderson and Henderson.
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News Telegram Association
Atlanta
W. R. Dale
J. O.H. Nutall
Nutall
Maddox
Supreme Court
The New Apportionment and Realm of Gains
Washington reports differ on future reapportionment. Porter’s census outlook predicted Republican gains but actual estimates show Democratic strength rising in northern cities and the South. Georgia and Alabama likely gain a seat, with possible new Georgia member and Alabama candidate Kolb or Clements discussed for vacancies.
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News Telegram Association
Washington
Porter
Census Bureau
Congress
Georgia
Alabama
Clements
Kolb
Defeat of the Mormons and Utah Politics
In Salt Lake City on August 6 liberals swept the election, taking the entire ticket by margins 500 to 600. the Mormon faction suffered a decisive setback. Senator Teller warned against changing Senate rules, while Plumb opposed alterations. Debate over the force bill persisted as Republicans reported business interests opposing it. Arkansas Representative Rogers attacked Reed’s rulings as tyrannical amid House turmoil. The anti lottery bill heads to subcommittee for review amid constitutional questions on mail matters. Only eight Democrats remain in North Carolina’s Ninth district.
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News Telegram Association
Salt Lake
Utah
Teller
Senate
Plumb
Judge Blandford Pressed for Re election by Georgia Voters
The piece argues Judge Mark Blandford of the Georgia Supreme Court should seek reelection. It cites his local residency, integrity, and fairness as reasons for support, noting regional pride and a belief in impartial justice guiding his rulings. It also comments on national politics, praising Blaine and noting shifts on the force bill and reciprocity debates.
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Judge Blandford
Mark Blandford
Supreme Court
Georgia
Governor Campbell challenges editor over militia claim in Ohio
Governor Campbell offers $500 to charitable institutions if the editor reveals sources for a claim that the state militia would be called out to enforce the Lodge bill. The Columbus Enquirer Sun notes Georgia's delegation will likely advance Lester Turner Chap Blount to Congress, Breckenridge’s vacant seat prompts a special election, with Breckenridge expected to return amid Republican gains.
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Campbell
Columbus
Ohio
Columbus Enquirer- Sun
Georgia
Lester
Turner
Chap
Blount
First Texas cotton bale sold in Chicago for orphans institute
The first Texas cotton bale was sent to Chicago and auctioned for 2034 dollars to benefit an orphans institute. A recent shipment from Houston to St Louis netted over 3800 dollars for the Houston orphans home. Griping pains in the stomach relieved by Lamar's Diarrhhoea Mixture.
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Chicago
Orphans’ Institute
Houston
St. Louia
Lamar
Ohio Democrat leader predicts ticket success in coming election
The Hon. James F. Neal, chair man of the Ohio Democratic Executive Committee, predicts the success of the Democratic ticket this year and the election of fifteen of the twenty one Congressmen. He says tariff reform will be the main issue and that Democrats will gain in rural districts.
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James F. Neal
Ohio Democratic Executive Committee
Democratic Congressman Says Farmers Alliance Has Swallowed Party
Reported remark cites a Democratic congressman noting the Farmers' Alliance did not split the party but swallowed it whole, reflecting factional influence within the Democratic ranks.
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Farmers’ Alliance
Democratic Party
Blaine and Reed-McKinley Clash Draw Interest in Mississippi
The article notes friction between Blaine and the Reed-McKinley bloc as rivals in the Republican arena. It mentions Blaine's reciprocity plan backed by other leaders and a possible House quorum enforcement against absentees. It also reports Isaac Montgomery, a former slave of Jefferson Davis, elected to Mississippi's constitutional convention as the sole Black delegate.
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Reed-McKinley
Republican Party
Isaac Montgomery
Jefferson Davis
Mississippi
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