Atlanta officials face pay shortfall for military commission
The article reports that the Western & Atlantic Commission members await state legislative action for pay, with Northen planning to cover the costs. It notes a depleted treasury, contingent fund exhaustion, and personal expenditures by commissioners, including $50 daily pockets and travel costs, while Major J C C Black and other officers serve without public funds. Governor Northen vows to investigate possible payment solutions.
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Western & Atlantic Commission
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G. Gunby Jordan
Columbus
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Atuiuia
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Crevasse Threatens New Orleans Floods and Rail Lines
The New Orleans river crisis deepens as a second crevasse opens at White House plantation. Railroads Southern Pacific and Texas and Pacific deploy pile-drivers and barge aid, while engineers say the break is beyond control. Water floods Algiers Gretna and threatens Gulf routes. Substantial losses cited from earlier breaks and rice farming damage.
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White House
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Texeo and Pacific
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Gretna
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White House Plantation
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Owen
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Texas and Pacific Railroad
Investigations Spur Lawsuit Over Soldier Orphans Funds
Pennsylvania faces a crackdown as losses from soldier's orphans schools top a million dollars. A syndicate led by ex-state Senator George W Wright allegedly profited 270000, with 750000 still held. Auditor general braces for new settlements to recover illegal gains.
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New York
Philadelphia
the Herald
Mercer
Pennsylvania
Geo. W. Wright
Commonwealth
Harrisburg
Auditor General
Georgia to publish general information book for public use
Atlanta March 19. Commissioner Nesbitt and Dr. Hunnicutt plan a state information book for general distribution at home and abroad. Letters asking for Georgia data flood the capitol, but there is no staff to answer. A public, neutral source is needed, building on Commissioner Jones prior handbooks and immigration efforts.
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Nesbitt
Hunnicutt
Capitol
Georgia
Jones
Agricultural Department
Fifty Feet of Snow isolates Silverton from world
Snow banks fifty feet deep trap Silverton Colorado for weeks after an avalanche on Belcher mountain buries Sam Hilton Ed Horan Wellington Ovens Tom Ovens and Richard Hill. Wellington Ovens Covok and Hill survive.
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Ed Horan
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Tom Ovens
Richard Hill
Wellington
The Betterments Claim Ruling By Commission
Atlanta March 3 Special The State's second witness before the Western and Atlantic Commission was Colonel W J Houston a 1896 State commissioner An important court decision barred Julius Browns 1882 speech on betterments from being introduced as evidence The examination of Col Houston continues tomorrow
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Atlanta
Western & Atlantic Commission
W. J. Houston
Julius Brown
Col. Houston
Spirits Return From Beyond in Paris Cafe Mystery
In a quiet Paris cafe the head waiter and patrons witness a tense exchange over spiritualist claims. A pale man defends a friend's promise to appear on the anniversary of death, insisting spirits can revisit Earth despite skepticism. The room buzzes with mixed disbelief and curiosity.
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Jean
Paris
Alphonse
Exan
Unearthly shriek and vanish in eerie room episode
Fragment from a tale describes a vow of witness and disclosure in a dark room. A strangled scream, a crash, and a lamp overturned precede the room empty of occupants, with the two men and their stakes vanished, leaving readers to ponder the mysterious ascent from the inner house.
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