Harrison on veto power sparks presidential power debate
Washington correspondent reports President Harrison defends executive veto limits. He says veto should occur only when Congress acts rashly or with clear constitutional error, criticizing opponents who view the office as mere certification. The piece notes broader political currents and public sentiment in 1892.
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Washington
New York
Congress
United States
Memphis
Andrew Jackson
A Lunatic Marshall Horne Detains Woman Then Strikes
Marshall Horne, recently released from Clarke county jail under a crowding condition, accosted Mrs Snipe in East Athens and demanded his pistol. He struck her in the face when she claimed ignorance of the weapon’s whereabouts. Doctors say he is dangerously mentally unbalanced and should be confined in an asylum. Rumors spread of two spans of the G C N bridge across the Savannah collapsing due to heavy water. Mr T Larry Gantt returns to Athens to plan a new three story hotel with twenty rooms and two stores, intending to lead editorial work for the Alliance Farmer.
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Marshall Horne
Clarke County
Horne
Savannah
MR. Gantt
Athens
T. Larry Gantt
Gantt
Atlanta
Washington
New York
Southern Alliance Farmer
Alliance Farmer
Harry Brown
Alliance
Man Brandishes Knife in Unrest This Night
A white attache on the G C N railroad brandished a knife and created disturbances around shops and Negro tenement houses. Police, led by McKie and Moon, subdued him and placed him in lockup. He was intoxicated and to have a hearing Monday. Detroit drug trust promoters from New York and London report capital of several millions.
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Durance
Will Lay
Tr. Autry
Upper Bridge
McKie
Moon
News Telegram Association
Detroit
Mich
New York
London
Gantt’s Retirement from the Banner
The Banner-Watchman and Athens Chronicle owners consolidated into a stock company in 1889 with T L Gantt as editor. The board states Gantt’s health limited night work, shifted to other staff, and that his term ended when he did not seek renewal. a successor was chosen and endorsed by the board. The notice defends the board’s actions, disputes his charges, and reaffirms allegiance to Alliance principles and agricultural interests.
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Banner
T. L. Gantt
Tur Bansen
Board of Directors
Banner-Watchman
Athens Chronicle
Stone & Christy
Athens
Stone
Burnett
Geo. T. Murrell
Flanigen
Par
Bis Card
Gaunt
Barner
Alliance
The
Atlanta Constitution
Crawford
Tue Banxan
Grorax
Dupizr Tuosias
C. G. Tatmapes
Confederation Outlined by Washington Committee
Washington January 24 The National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union committee outlines a confederation plan. Ben Terrell Texas elected chairman G T Gantt Georgia secretary with Knights of Labor Colored Farmers Alliance National Farmers Alliance Farmers Union Citizens Alliance represented.
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Terrell
Texas
Gantt
Georgia
Washington
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Workman-Powderly
Ben Terrell
G. T. Gantt
Knights of Labor
Colored Farmers Alliance
National Farmers’ Alliance
Farmers’ Union
Citizens’ Alliance
Livingston
Wright
Pennsylvania
Humphreys
Wild
Washington City
Nzation
St. Louis
Joint Committee On Confederation
Wreck on Central at Clark's Core near Atlanta
A passenger train collided with a switch engine and eight quarry cars on a side track near Clark's Core seven miles from Atlanta. Engineer Ed Waterhouse and fireman J R Prater were injured but survived. several passengers and crew sustained bruises as cars derailed and the roof was torn from the coach. The line remains blocked until morning.
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Atlanta
Clarks
Macon
Ed Waterhouse
J. R. Prater
Ennis
Henry Beatie
George A. All
Hampton
C. E. Davis
Pencil In His Eye In New York Child Dies In Accident
Four year old Patricx McCarthy of East 121st Street sat with a slate when he ran to his mother. He stumbled and the slate pencil pierced the brain through the right eye causing death soon after. Evansville mother Elizabeth Krone commits suicide by jumping into a cistern after financial worries and a large estate left to her two children.
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New York
Patricx. McCarthy
East 121St Secete
Evansvillg
Ind
Elizabeth Krone
Paris Quietly Adds Home Rule Backing for Parnell
The Siecle reports William O'Brien has secured Liberal whip Arnold Morley’s guarantees for measures of home rule, meeting the conditions for Charles Stewart Parnell to retire from the Irish parliamentary leadership. Freight Manager Black Resigns in Atlanta. J. B. Morris the defaulting cashier is back in Atlanta under police guard after being brought from New Orleans. he faces larceny after trust charges and will await legal counsel. The community extends goodwill as Hiram Crawford returns after illness.
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Paris
The
Siecle
Wm. O’brien
Arnold Morley
Gladstone
Boch
Parnell
Atlanta
Morris
Jesse Jordan
New Orleans
oAenay
Annexation Talks Between Atlanta and West End Continue
Atlanta and West End discuss surrendering independence as Mayor Hemphill's plan aims for a six six committee to negotiate terms. West End leaders favor autonomy but show openness to a coalition. Nyack Assemblyman Demarest resignation signals shifting political moves. Holman and Nicoll advertise an abundance of stock including brood mares and mules for farm use.
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Atlanta
West End
Hemphill
West
Atlanta’ Committee
Nelms
Bient
Holman & Nicoll
Rats and dissipation critique in early New York Observer
The fragment quotes Reverend Dr Coldm and Dr Cheever urging stronger faith and spiritual discipline. It contrasts worldly trifles with a rigorous religious life, warns that neglect leads to destruction, and uses vivid metaphors of fire, machinery, and moral decay to press toward salvation.
Truthfulness and school morals in a Sidney letter
A reader recalls a passage from Sir Henry Sidney to his son about truth telling. Jennie and the narrator discuss honesty, noting many youths are not perfectly truthful. They consider Maggie Upjohn’s cheating on exams and the consequences, contrasting self restraint with peer pressure and the cost of deceit.
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Sir Henry Sidney
Jennie
Sir Philip Sidney
Sir Philip
Tam
Tuever
Jeanie
Maggie Upjohn
Amersiey
Maggie
Margaret
Margie
The Gospel Miner and the Cheap Salvation
A preacher descends into a coat mine at noon to preach grace and salvation while a miner replies the gospel is cheap. The miner’s quip about exiting the shaft by the cage sparks a dialogue on labor, cost, and the price of salvation amid a dangerous pit.
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Jesus Christ
Forenson
Baptist
L Denali
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