Man Shot and Robbed at Madison County Store
A grocery store owner, Mr. Saulter, and his wife were shot during a robbery at their store in Madison County on Monday night. Two young well dressed negro thieves fled with $280 after pistol events, wounding Saulter in the neck and breast and his wife in the elbow. Saulter, near Athens on the Danielsville road, runs the store and barroom and kept money in the room behind the bar. The attackers fled after taking whisky and money, sparking fears of lynching among locals.
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Madison County
R. R. Saulter
Sautter
Augusta
Enen" Ayroad
Mrr. Sauter
Shootia Hasskk
Sauber
Athens
Danielsville
Ban Yek
Saulter
Rascal
The Bradtown Crime Report and Athens Court Bill Passed
A dramatic crime account details a brutal Madison incident with a $4000 reward for two negro suspects and a wounded victim. The text then reports the federal court bill passing the Senate, bringing a federal court to Athens and signaling a major local legal and civic advance.
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Senate
Military Camp Location Protest Brews Across Georgia
Atlanta reports the state military advisory board chose Macon for the encampment, prompting formal protests from Rome Cartersville Savannah Augusta and other cities. Captain Seay says protests will be sent to Governor Northen, who will await action until receipt. The feud centers on how Macon was selected, not the site itself.
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Atlanta
Military Advisory Board
John J. Seay
Rome
Tom Lyon
Cartersville
Northen
Seay
Journal
Savannah
Augusta
Albany
Americus
Griffin
LaGrange
Dalton
Chicamauga
Washington
Manderson Becomes Vice President Pro Tempore of Senate
Senator Manderson of Nebraska qualified Monday as vice president pro tempore with Ingalls at the vice president's desk. Gorman offered a resolution of thanks to Ingalls for impartial conduct. Manderson, born in 1807 in Philadelphia, moved to Canton, Ohio, in 1866, and to Omaha in 1869. He served as colonel of the Nineteenth Ohio infantry and was wounded at Lovejoy Station. His Senate term runs to 1895. he chairs Indian, military, and printing committees. opponents were Frye and Hoar.
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Manderson
Nebraska
Ingalls
Gorman
Peffer
Philadelphia
Canton
Nineteenth
Ohio Infantry
Lovejoy Station
Atlanta
Omaha
Neb
Senate
Alvin Saunders
Messrs. Frye and Hoar
Senator Hearst Dies After Long Mining Career
Washington reports the death of Senator George Hearst at 9 10 Saturday night born in Franklin County Missouri on September 3 1820. He rose from farmer’s son to mining magnate owning mills and thousands of acres in California and Mexico with a fortune around 20000000. He served in the Senate as a steady advocate for Pacific coast needs and miners, earning esteem for industry and public service.
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Washincton
Hearst
George Hearst
Franklin County
North Carolina
California
Hearst, Haggin, Lewis & Co
San Luis Obispo County
Cal
Old Mexico
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Senate
Pacific Coast
Jay Gould Pays 400000 to Save United States Rolling Stock
ANNISTON AL ALA MARCH 2 Jay Gould has sent 400000 to the United States Rolling Stock company via its receiver Heynewish to cover debts owed by the Union Pacific railroad The move allows wages to be paid and the works to resume full operation by about June 1 with employees earning back pay and the plant restarted.
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Anniston
Ala
Jay Gould
United States
Heynewish
Union Pacific Railroad
Maryland's Senator Declined by Governor Jackson
Governor Jackson won t appoint a successor to the late United States Senator Wilson. The seat remains vacant until the January legislative session elects a new senator. Jackson may himself run for the post. Also reports a sawmill boiler explosion near Charles Town Mo killing three men with a body reportedly hurled 700 feet. A famous race mare dam The Bard dies at Fair View farm.
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James Fugate
Here
Jeff Cobb
Charlea Cobb
John Dandy
Chas. Cobb
Bard
le Gatlarty
Tran
Ebradamatte
Fair View Farm
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War Dance
Enna
Imp. Koight
St. George
Ben
John
Joseph
Bold jail escape shocks Montgomery county jail crowd
A dramatic escape from the Montgomery county jail saw four inmates break free along with others yet to be taken to the penitentiary. A nine by fifteen inch opening drilled in the iron cellwork allowed the men to slip through while guards were distracted. The incident followed weeks of covert sawing and raised questions about how the tools were obtained and concealed. In Atlanta a separate report details a train strike killing a man along the Atlanta and West Point line as an unidentified worker is fatally struck after stepping onto tracks. The day’s news also notes a Bordentown iron works employer warning workers to quit liquor, prompting a newly formed temperance society among employees.
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Darton
Montgomery County
Senate Appropriations Work In Senate Sees Progress
Washington March 2 The senate committee on appropriations labored Sunday to shape money bills with good progress made Three bills post office agricultural and general deficiency await passage while army military academy fortifications and naval have become or near become law Several others are in conference with notable differences but expected to yield to avoid an extra session
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Senate Committee On Appropriations
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Military Academy
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District of Columbia
House
Prison Escape Scandal Shocks Massachusetts Prison
Boston report says Governor Russell uncovered a scheme where guards aided convicts to escape by selling them laws files and revolvers. Eight to ten guards implicated among fifty, with many prisoners escaping for two months. Public uproar and potential punitive actions loom.
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Boston
Mar
Russell
Massachusetts State Prison
No Successor Named for Late Senator Wilson Seat Vacant
Baltimore March 2 Special Governor Jackson will not appoint a successor to the late United States Senator Wilson and the seat remains vacant until the legislature meets in January to elect a new senator. Jackson will then be a candidate himself. Bless de Lord is the words of Cynthia Ramsey of Newnan Georgia after asthma relief from Taylor's Cherokee Remedy. A wand preparation claimed to give rapid relief though not a cure and sold by Clark Chemical Co New York.
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Jackson
United States
Wilson
Clark Chemical Co
New York
United Sates
Cynthia Ramsey
Newnan
Taylor
Clark
New. York
Atlanta News Briefs On Police Picks And Local Incidents
Special from Atlanta reports police commissioners, NS Gramling and Win Laird, elected at council. Dr J H Warren, noted physician, died after horse injury. A Clayton county farmer Jeff Sanders killed by West Point train after likely not hearing the whistle. Local relief ad for coughs and throat troubles.
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J. H. Warren
N.S. Gramling
Win. Laird
Jeff Sanders
Clayton County
West Point
Ocean for March Extracts From Hydrographic Chart
The March hydrographer forecasts ease in North Atlantic conditions with a broader gales limit from Hatteras to the English Channel. Coastal winds vary from Hatteras southward, northeast trades soften, and icebergs may reach the fortieth parallel though late. Fog increases off Grand Banks. an oil-accumulation note cites the Oceanica incident. a drunken physician killing in Walker County, Bremincoam ends with lynching attempts.
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Atlantic
North Atlantic
Hatteras
English Channel
United States
Gulf of Mexico
Fortieth
Grand Banks
Lossius
Orceanica Uesaya
Oceanica
Ioe
Honolulu
Japan
Railroads to meet on binding traffic agreement
In New York on March 3 a special meeting of railroad residents is said to be called to consider making recently adopted rates permanent. Jay Gould is reported to back a tighter pact than the current arrangement. Western lines reportedly agree to a stronger contract except Burlington and Kansas City Southern, which refuse to join.
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Jay Gould
New York
Burlington and
K Island
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