Free Trade league to meet in Chicago in November
The paper notes the Free Trade league will hold a meeting in Chicago on November 11 and comments on ongoing legislative adjournment. It mentions the Senate’s tax on base ball clubs at 25 per game and the legislature planning to adjourn on the 15th. It also covers President Cleveland’s plans to vote Democrat in Buffalo and other political notes.
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American ‘Free Trade League
Chicago
Senate
Cleveland
Buffalo
Butler plans to donate private library to Colby University
The World reports Mr. B. F. Butler will bestow his private library on Colby University. Many in New Orleans have long been curious to see Butler's books, a fascination noted for twenty years.
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B. F. Butler
Colby University
Batler
New Orleana
Civil Service Reform Seen Through Reorganization
The Civil Service Commission will begin a reorganization to align with the Administration and test if reform can be realized in this country. The President is leading the experiment, and the public will soon see whether effective service can be performed under the new structure.
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Civil Service Commission
Railroads criticized as demagoguery and unregulated power
A writer denounces railroad monopolists as oppressors while praising rail travel as a boon that creates home markets for produce. The piece argues railroads should be regulated by law like banks, noting banks pay higher dividends than railways.
New Railroad Commissioner Named in Georgia
Governor McDaniel appoints Judge Alexander Erwin of Athens to succeed Gov. Smith as Railroad Commissioner. The nomination surprises many but gains swift Senate confirmation. A circulating petition by Mr. Butt urged reappointment of Smith, but the Governor appears to consider a new choice amid railroad tensions. Harper's promises a November feature on The New York Stock Exchange with history, figures, and profiles.
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Atlanta
Senate
Alexander, Erwin
Athens
Gov. Smith
Savannah News
Butt
Marion County
Guy. Smith
Railroad Commission
Smith
Speaker Little
Harper’s
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
Wall Street
R. Wheatley
Jay Gould
Vanderbilt
Cyrus W. Field
Russell Sage
Public conscience questioned over attacks on Chinese
A no exchange argues Senator Hoar ignored assaults on the defenseless Chinese noting their lack of voting power. The piece claims the violence did not happen in the South and cites the New Orleans Picayune urging cottonseed selection amid mill demands and planter carelessness.
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Hoar
New Orleans Picayune
Defeated Rail Road Bill in House Vote
The railroad commission reform bill failed in the House by 3 to 73, lacking a constitutional majority. County representatives voted against it along with Schley and Webster. Lee, Stewart and Terrell supported the measure. Indpendent and Republican opposition signals a race in the next campaign with Felton delivering the longest speech on the bill.
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Senate
House
Schley
Webster
Lee
Stewart
Terrell
Atlanta
Savannal Times
John E. Bryant
Felton
Civil rights suit over access to G A R supper room
A New Jersey civil rights case involved a colored man denied entry to a G A R post supper room. He sued the hotel landlord for $500 under the state public amusements law, but the judge ruled the supper room not a place of amusement and directed a verdict for the defendant.
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Grand Army of the Republic
North
G. A. R. Post
New Jersey
Sapper
Republicans Fail Negro Rights Across the Nation
The Boston Herald accuses the Republican Party of nothing for African Americans since enfranchisement, while the Chicago Times says outrages are ordered or provoked by Republican officials in the South to influence elections. The truth about Republican love for the negro travels from the East hub to the West hub.
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Boston Herald
The
Chicago Times
South
J.P. Davis
West End
J. P. Davis
Senate bill amends to create a state technical school
The Senate passes a slightly amended house bill to establish a state technical school, noting prior opposition to public funding but acknowledging the school's potential benefits. Treasury reports indicate a rise in European silver demand, with the silver dollar near eighty cents due to reduced India Council bill sales.
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Treasury Department
The
India Council
Europe
True Charity and Public Morals Across The Nation
An editorial wave on charity contrasts private acts with rich benevolence, noting the poor show greater virtue. It critiques press bias on mob violence, highlights Hell Gate explosion physics, and questions legislative delegation of rate regulation amid Illinois postmaster turmoil.
Atlanta News Notes on B B B and Local Politics
A jumble of Atlanta items describes claims for Blood Balm B B B with testimonials from Miss Cadaway and others, plus political notes on Cleveland administration, railroad commission issues, and civic efforts in Gainesville Americus and Atlanta. Ira Davenport faces Prohibition tensions over winery ties.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised with claims of cures
An old newspaper ad touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee priced at 25 cents per box sold by Dr J Eldridge. The piece then shifts to opposing railroad monopolies and Northern socialist agitation urging Georgians not to welcome strikes.
Hall's Chill Remedy Endorsed by Noted Georgia Figures
Judge T J Simmons of Macon circuit Col L P Livingston President Georgia State Agricultural Society Hon F B Johnson Mayor pro tem Macon Col Lee Feagin of Houston and many prominent citizens endorse Hall's Chill Remedy as a sure cure presented by Dr J Eldridge and Davenport & Bro.
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T. J. Simmons
Macon
Georgia State Agricultural Society
Johnson
Lee Feagin
Houston
Hall
Americas
J. Eldridge
Davenport & Bro
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