Police board rejects Key ordinances curbing police prerogatives
City police board unanimously disapproved Councilman Key's charter amendments to elect the police chief by council, grant civil service placement, and set higher standards for force appointments. Wootten case spurred debate as commissioners argued council interference harms discipline. a motion to reinstate ex patrolman Wootten failed, with mayor voting to place him on the supernumerary list.
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Police Board
Key
Pace
Jones
Brotherton
J L Wootten
Wootten
English
T B Bayne
F Garee
Wilkie
W H Cook
Ball
Day
Commissioner Jones
Commissioner Brotherton
Eli
Fox
Johnson, Day
Fox Arm
Mims
Wootten Engish
Clitzean
Keye
Jimmy Key
Councy
Dr Meacham Dies of Cholera in Mania
Mania April 15 Dr Meacham assistant to Major Muus insular health commissioner died today of heart failure caused by overwork on cholera cases The city total of cholera up to noon today is 275 and Manila deaths from that disease reach 20
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Meacham
Muus
Insular
Manila
Rookwood Designs Shown at Wrank & Berkel
Pottery shop promotes new Rookwood designs praised for beauty and individuality. Direct from the potteries, the collection is showcased at Wrank & Berkel located at 81 Whitehall Street.
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Wrank & Berkel
Whitehall Street
Woman sues telegraph firm over bid error for corn
George W Brooke files suit against Western Union Telegraph Company alleging a misread telegram caused him to contract 25 000 bushels of corn at wrong quantities. He claims losses exceed 1000 and seeks 1250 attorney fees. The case cites July 6 1901 bid from Spellman Spirtey Lincoln Illinois and resultant contracts.
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George W. Brooke
Smith Hammond & Smith
Western Union Telegraph Compan
Brooke
Messrs Snellman & Spirtey
Lincoln
Telegraph Company
Hardware firms plan nation wide consolidation
The Atlanta Beck & Gregg Hardware Co and other southern firms join a large scale consolidation of leading hardware interests from Boston to San Francisco. The plan, not a trust, aims to lower prices through larger stocks and improved stores while keeping individual firm names. Headquarters to be in St Louis with eastern offices in New York. capital set at 120 million dollars.
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Big Concern
Georgia Lumber and Development Company
Charles A Read
Michael Jacobs
Charles Barry
Charles W Phillips
New York
Beck & Gregg Hardware Company
Atlanta
King Hardware Company
Dinkins & Davidson
L. H. Beck
Beck & Grege
Georgia
Palmer Hardware Company
Savannah
Birmingham
Gray & Dudley Hardware Company
Nashville
H. G Lipscomb & Co
A. M. Tenigon & Son
Keith, Simmons & Co
Stauffer, Eshelman & Co
New Orleans
Moore & Handley Hardware Company
May & Thomas Hardware Company
Milner & Ketting Company
Mayberry Hardware Company
Simmons
St. Louis
John Bindley
Pittsburg
W D Simmons
Boston
San Francisco
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
New Jersey
J. H. Beck
L H Beck
Mr. Beck
Boeck
Combine
The
National Hardware and Metal Company
St Louis
Colonel Lowry to Address Chicago Bankers Club Banquet
Colonel R J Lowry will travel to Chicago Illinois Thursday morning to address the Bankers Club of Chicago at its annual banquet Saturday evening. The topic will be Expansion in the South and the club is noted as one of America's leading financial organizations with many prominent bankers in attendance.
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Chicago
Bankers’ Club
R. J. Lowry
Ills
Lowry
South
Bankers’ Club of
America
Silent Pioneer promotion for Confederate reunion travel
An old notice advertises a new book at Miller’s and promotes travel to the Confederate Veterans' Reunion in Dallas, Texas, via the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. It touts routes through Montgomery, Beauvoir, New Orleans, and the Texas coast with stopovers, offering low-rate tickets sold April 19 20 21 9 1 and return by May 4 15, with 50 cent payment.
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Confederate Veterans’ Reunion
Dallas
Tex
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Montgomery
Mobile
Gulf Coast
Beauvoir
Miss
Jefferson Davis
New Orleans
Louisiana
Texas
Louisville
Nashville
J. G. Hollenbeck
Pasa
Agt
Atlante
Hammond Murder Case Mistrial Delays Second Trial
The jury failed to reach a verdict in the Tom Hammond case charged with the murder of Officer E H DeBray. Judge Candler declared a mistrial and set the next trial for the third week in June. Other cases included guilty pleas, not guilty verdicts, and various sentences in Fulton superior court.
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Tom Hammond
Regro
E. H. DeBray
Richard Harris
Jugge Candler
Fulton Superior Court
Candler
Oscar Hammond
Tom
Kilpatrick
Hammonds
Oscar
C D. Hill
Ike Hammond
Jim Irwin
Harris
Canada
West End
DeBray
Bertha Robinson
Agsault
Public Works
Peter Bibbs
Adolphus Bailey
Anderson Blake
Kate Clemmons
Alex Edmonds
Ben Watson
E.yank Worthy
Dan Colquitt
J Warren
Alabama
Cato
Wv. Co
Burnett
Insurance Notes Rate Question Discussed
Committees from the chamber of commerce met Southeastern Tariff Association officers and Atlanta managers to review the rise in fire insurance rates on Atlanta dwellings. The session, held in the association’s offices, was private with no reporters allowed. W B Joyner of the Atlanta fire department attended as the only outsider.
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Chamber of Commerce
Southeastern Tariff Association
Atlanta
Association
W. B. Joyner
Atlanta Fire Department
Invitapene
Surety Managers Meet in Atlanta to Stabilize Rates
A Georgia visit by George L. Root of Peoria Illinois, general agent for Penn Mutual, accompanies talks by Atlanta surety managers. They plan another meeting this week to finalize a compact to sustain surety rates after earlier hesitations pending home office advice. The group hopes the agreement will be completed at the upcoming session.
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George L. Root
Peoria, Illl
Penn Mutual
Bagley & Willett
Atlanta
Carl Taylor Granted Bail After Treachery Attack Near Quitman
Carl Taylor, survivor of the Bass and Taylor clash at the Okapilco trestle on the Plant system, two miles east of Quitman, was admitted to bail of 1000 dollars on a commitment trial. He was arrested about a week ago on a warrant issued by the assailant's father.
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Quitman
Carl Taylor
Bass
Taylor
Okapilco
Here
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Japheth McFarland
Superior Court
J Donaldson
Superintendent of Public Works
Criminal Court of Atlanta
Robert L. Rodgers
Hugene R Black
Hol K Smith
Emile Zola Smith
Smith
Clyde Brooks
J & McPherson
Parry & McCord
Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills
Lucy
Endecavorieg
Omid
Atlanta, Rapid Transit Company
Decatur Street
WY. Nelms
Frederick Ladd
Bettie Ludd
Grant Wilkins
Ludd
W Cousins
Westmoreland Bros
Samuel T. DeLoach
Atlanta Railway and Power Company
Atlanta Compress Company
King & Spalding
Sanders, Swann & Co
Baker Street
J. A. Gunter
W. W. Futrell
Angler Yham
Thts
Avlanta Furr Rae Cor Te
Hardware Combine
Buck & Greggs Company
Colonel Lowry
Hood
Miller
Marletta
Hess
Hess Shoes
Fileman
Whitehall St
Eiseman Bros
Washington, B.C
Atlanta, GA
Stetson
Harmulow
Hammond
Deebray
Esterbrook
Pun Ca
Corte
Comte
Strom
Title Guarantee& Trust Co
Empire Building
Insurance Notes
Southern Department
New York Life
Rhodes Browne
Columbus
Georgia Home Fire Insurance Company
South Atlantic Life
Rising Young Life Insurance Company
Richmond
W. Ross Harper
Browne
South Atlantic
Bond
Alida Conlu
Rusu
Hirsch Bros
Whitehail St
Banister's Fine Shoes
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