Georgia Democrats Platform Demands and Pensions Policy
Georgia Democrats in convention endorse strict state autonomy and home rule while opposing federal overreach. The platform calls for tight public spending, limited taxation to essential needs, opposition to broad federal powers, regulation of post offices but resistance to price controls on telegraphs and telephones, and broad financial reform including banking and currency aims. Also notes pension reform proposals and a new departure in pensions, with politicians in Iowa proposing limitations on pension payments and claims.
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Leppensin
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Watsons Wishes House Debates Sub Treasury Bill
May 20 report notes third party pressure led by Mr. Watson of Georgia to push the sub treasury bill, while regular order blocked progress. House then met in committee on the sundry civil bill with little business, as river and harbor amendments were discussed. White House briefings claim Mrs. Harrison rests easier, though still weak, with plans for a mountain trip later if she improves. The relapse is blamed on damp gold weather along Chesapeake Bay after a very wet season.
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Watson
Georgia
House
Lester
Senato
White House
Behring Sea arbitration team announced for U S
The United States selects Justice John M. Harlan and Senator John T. Morgan as arbitrators with ex-minister J. W. Foster to prepare the case. Counsel includes E. J. Phelps James Carter and Henry W. Blodgett. Case submissions due Sept 7 counter by Dec 10 and counsel argument by Jan 7 before the Paris board. Admiral Walker’s flagship Chicago reaches St Thomas ahead of potential command changes.
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United States
E. J. Phelps
James €. Carter
New York
Henry W. Blodgett
Chicago
Board of Arbitration
Paris
Hindos
Navy Department
Admiral Walker
St. Thomas
West Indies
Montevideo
Atlanta
Naval Department
Squadron of Evolution
Washington
Lighthouse Board
Admiral Green
Prominent Citizen Leads Mob in Tennessee Lynching
A mob of thirty men in Manchester Tennessee abducted Charley Everett a Tullahoma negro from jail at 2:30 am. They hanged him at a railroad bridge where the rope broke and bullets riddled his body. A Y Smith of Tullahoma claimed leadership and responsibility for the act amid other alleged assaults and robberies. Meanwhile in Washington a river and harbor bill faced a Sen McPherson move to strip new contract authorizations and cut the appropriation by fifty percent.
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Wnashville
Tenn
Manchester
Charley Everett
Tullahoma
A. Y. Smith
Exposition loan bill aids silver plan with new provisions
A House committee hears a new bill from Lyman J. Gage and Elwin Walker proposing a $5,000,000 loan to the World's Columbian Exposition. It directs the treasury to coin ten million silver half-dollar coins, fund medals for the 400th anniversary, and require vouchers tied to $16,060,000 collected by exposition authorities. Also notes for Illinois People's Party aims on coal mines, school funding, free text books, clothing, meals, and child labor laws. Reports include a fatal cigarette incident in McKeesport and debt actions against The Evening Democrat in Gaffney, South Carolina.
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Genereal George R Davis
Lyman J. Gage
Elwin Walker
House Committee
Walker
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
America
Calambas
Curiaco
May
Dlinois
Pople
Encampment Preparations For Georgia Troops Explained
Arrangements for the state encampment near May 20 are complete on the grounds. The first division will camp next Tuesday, with Battery 2 of the Fourth Artillery under Captain Field set to serve during the encampment. An officer from the regular army will oversee small arms practice.
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Arcania
Georgia
Captain Field
Fourth Artillery
Regular Army
United States Baking Company elects officers at annual meeting
Riouxosp Indiana May 30 The United States Baking company the largest breadstuff trust in the world held its annual meeting and election of officers Crawford of ., first vice president W S Crane of see Sioux City overflowed The rising river runs people from their way four feet an hour A great wave from Stour City Iowa caused flooding in Floyd with three feet of water over the low lands warnings issued to residents about the overflow affecting about 1000 inhabitants.
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Ind
United States Baking Company
Crawford
W. S Crane
See
Bee
Stour City
Iowa
Floyd
Southern Poultry Association
Aversta
Great Southern Interstate Poultry Association
Arlingeon Hotel
Ross A. Smith
Charleton
R. A. Deever
Batesville
Art
John, B. Gadedes
Sommerville
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John M. Downs
Atlanta
Jens Brown
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Scephenesburg, S. C
Scott Mitwell
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H. P. Cook
Graniteville, &. C
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Windsor
Yas
Italian abductor with hand organ seizes child
Police search woods for an Italian with a hand organ who abducted a girl claiming she is from Cleveland. The child cried for help at Mrs West’s west end home, and locals attempted to intervene before the abductor fled toward Perrine’s woods as officers pursue.
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West End
Clevelard
Three Drown in Blue River Tragedy Near Carers
Nelson Packard, Martin Woodward, and elderly fisherman Beimhoff drowned in the Blue River under desperate circumstances. Beimhoff rode across in his boat, was swept over the dam, while Packard and Woodward in a mill attempted a rescue but were crushed by eddies. Packard vanished, Woodward perished after clinging to debris. All men left large families.
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Nelson Packard
Martin Woodward
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Blue River
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Woodward
Sum
Democratic clubs plan national meeting dates and reps
General Cain Wasamigros reports a resolution by the national association of Democratic clubs calling the gene committee to meet in Mow Carcass on June 1 1898 at the center of the Democratic Party of Cook county to select a meeting place and ensure full state representation. A cyclone wrecked farms near St. Louis harming crops and property, while a warehouse in downtown fell into the river with losses. Attorneys in Toledo pursue a pardon for a local figure amid unsettled legal matters.
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Association of Democratic Clubs
National Association of Democratic Clubs
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Ills
Demaseatic Committee
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St. Louis
South Main Street
BASE BALL RECORD FROM SOUTHLAND AND NATIONAL LEAGUES
Baseball results from the Southern and National Leagues show multiple games with scores at Atlanta Memphis New Orleans Chicago Baltimore Brooklyn Boston Pittsburg Chicago Cleveland and Philadelphia. A rain delay paused the Washington Philadelphia game while Louisville defeated St Louis. Also noted is the Southern Poultry Association meeting in Aversta Georgia with officers and directors listed. A warrant implicates Thess ONeil in a murder, with ONeill/insanity notes. Debates on free silver accompany the Texan convention.
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Newlywed couple on train sparks cautious economy talk
A long train ride from Des Moines to Kansas City becomes a roaming courtship tale as a fresh bride and groom discuss budgets, housewares, celery, and future plans before an amused carriage crowd. The scene blends affection, awkward humor, and social observation aboard the Maple Leaf line.
All Is Not Gold, Ete
A New Yorker, resting in a wilderness tavern, fends off a wandering tramp asking for aid. The exchange shows his sour mood and lingering dyspepsia as the tramp seeks food and shelter in a brief, curious encounter reported in two papers.
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Detroit Free Press
Patsy O Flyln Becomes Corporal In Civil War Tale
In a Detroit Free Press inspired recollection a veteran recounts Patsy O Flynn rising to corporal after a Georgia campaign. He describes harsh marches and a camp salute to a general sharing hardship and a daily ration of salt pork and cornmeal.
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Patsy O’flynn
Georgia
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Detroit Free Press
Little Mixed and Two Ways in a Boston Transcript collage
A collection of quips and humorous snippets from newspapers, including exchanges between Brown and his wife about stubbornness and donkeys, a gradation joke about Maud the dressmaker, lines from Harper's Bazar and Good News, and a vivid scene of a woman in a bizarre gown as a husband looks on.
World’s Fair Delay Ends Romance in Chicago Tribune Record
Miss Mabel McQuinney and Victor Spoonamore agree to postpone marriage until after the World’s Fair. He touts a storied Spoonamore lineage and a planned Prairie avenue home. she cites family concerns and insists on the timing, tempered by a firm, quiet resolve.
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Victor Spoonatore
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Shake Speare
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Madison
Chicago
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