20 Feb 1894
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1894
Page
1
A damaged OCR fragment hints at a sale with references to price limits and terms. The legible words indicate a heavy price condition and a sale action, but full details are unreadable. Local officials or entities are not clearly named in the readable text.
The readable text is highly garbled with no clear events, people, places, or dates. It mentions numbers and generic phrases but lacks a coherent report to summarize into a factual item.
Justice-White reports nominates Loustena's senior senator as Cleveland moves toward a political appointment. Local officials confirm the selection amid discussions of policy priorities and party backing.
In a swift afternoon session the Senate confirmed Edward Douglas White of Louisiana to the Supreme Court, after a tense battle over earlier nominations. White, a former Louisiana state senator and associate justice, will resign from the court to join the nation’s highest bench, with the president praising the choice as widely acceptable.
Governor Foster faces two vacancies in the Louisiana Senate as Senator White resigns to join the US Supreme Court and Senator Caffery’s seat. Blanchard from the north sugar region is favored to win the appointment, with Blanchard seen as carrying sugar interests and tariff votes. The governor will decide after consulting allies, with ex-Congressman Wilkinson also broached as a possibility but less favored.
New Orleans reports confirm the steam tug Mallard of the Nicaragua Navigation Co sinking off the Nicaraguan coast with sixty men aboard. No survivors.
Deputy Commissioner Michael Shannon releases findings on the United States Mutual Accident Association of New York dated February 19. He says the society maintains a splendid plant and is capable of meeting indemnity needs, and it clears itself of charges affecting its financial standing.
Herman Spiro, a prominent foreign-born citizen of Knoxville, was thrown from a Cincinnati Southern train at Winfield in Ascott County this afternoon. He sustained injuries described as serious, with conditions improving or worsening over the next three hours as doctors attended him.
Washington February 19 special. The Democratic party fractures as eastern Democrats join Republicans in stalling a quorum on the silver seigniorage bill. Twenty seven eastern Democrats from New York New Jersey Maryland Connecticut Massachusetts and Pennsylvania led by Cochran and Tracey walk out of caucus with 27 others refusing to vote. Southern and western Democrats remain united as the fight over 10 percent bank tax repeal intensifies and Speaker Crisp shapes committee lines.
The committee discussed repeal positions with votes indicating support for repeal in principle but not unconditional repeal. The speaker will rely on members’ statements when forming committees, though a house vote will determine the outcome, with ample time allocated for debate and consideration.
Washington February 19. Mr DeArmond proposed a rule to allow counting a quorum after a second roll call and to impose a $50 fine for members who refuse to vote. Debates followed on quorums, billing practices, and possible enforcement mechanisms as the House adjourned at four.
Sum Folk, a noted figure in Stokes county, reports over 100 blockaders. Some fled the state after being named. A curious case notes a white eight six years old girl in the county, with white hair and black parents. Fayetteville rings its town bell nightly at nine, a relic of ante bellum patrols.
A telegram from Adjutant General Kell revokes the order consolidating the Savannah Volunteer Guards with the First Georgia Infantry. The move would have ended the Guards independence by abolishing their officer elections and diluting their individuality. pressure from local influence led to the reversal announced today in Savannah.
Savannah officials suspend the Venable Brothers contract for Jefferson street belgian block paving valued at 20000 dollars. Negotiations likely to proceed to a 20000 square yard West Broad street paving project, larger by about one third. Also in Georgia Major Degnon E Bailey Dorsey inspect the South Brunswick Terminal route from Atlanta to Brunswick with English and northern capital reps. plans and contracts to follow for the Brunswick station work.
Nashville man W. B. M. Carr, aged elder, leaped from a bridge into the Cumberland River this morning and drowned. Carr had neglected his affairs and appeared deeply stirred by the Sam Jones revival meetings.
Nashville news reports the board of public works concluded no proof supported the claim that J J Anderson sought 3000 dollars from a St Louis firm to influence two board members in a sprinkling contract. Sworn statements by Freeman Wright and P A G Connell surfaced, but Kennedy and Kercheval deny any such approaches. No action taken beyond filing evidence. Pollman’s contract status noted.
Citizens form the Committee of One Hundred in Columbia South Carolina to push reforms and new measures. The meeting elected I. Withers as president and adopted plans for a platform to advance a more progressive city, with a Waterloo awaiting any ticket.
The Supreme Court refused to resentence Will Purvis the whitecap, noting the matter lies with the circuit court. Purvis could be resentenced at the June term in Columbia unless a special term is called. Reports say Ike Purvis may have killed Buckley with Will present. many whitecaps implicated. Purvis jailed in Hattiesburg.
The cable of the aerial car in yesterday's accident was conclusively found to be cut by a cold chisel. Okala Park Company pledges to uncover the culprit as Knox County Bar Association plans to meet and honor Oliver Ledgerwood’s memory with resolutions. Ledgerwood, a rising young professional, died in the crash. his fiancée Miss Wardell survived the ordeal with notable courage. In Columbus, Frank Crahtie, a young white man from Alabama, died after the Christmas period, with details continuing to emerge.
Judge Willard Bartlett meted six years at Sing Sing to John McKane Gravesend political boss after a lengthy courtroom drama. McKane protested innocence as the verdict and mercy recommendation clashed with the gravity of the crime. The scene drew a large crowd and ended with authorities escorting him from the room. A second notice notes a Chattanooga wedding in Carriage style between W. F. Walker and Annie Pickett at noon.
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