Georgia Race for Congress Delivers Three Way Contest
In Georgia fifth district intrigue centers on Stewart Wommack and Dorsey as strong counties tilt toward Dorsey. Fulton DeKalb and Douglas counties favored Dorsey, Newton county likely for Wommack, while Stewart faces heavy opposition amid shifting allegiances and prior feuds.
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Georgia
Huse T. Dorsay
Atlanta
Judy Stewart
Emmett Wommack
Rafe Dorsey
Rafe
Stewart
Howls
Wommack
Newton
Dorsey
Fulton
Douglass
Clayton
DeKalb
Walton
Thierry
Fulton County
Douglas County
Maarriage
Snick- Jeand
Rule
Cliyton
Fio
Falton
Felton
Orsey
Womack
Wourmack
Henry B. Harris
Wuird
Tori Grimes
Grimes
Fourth
Blount
Congress
Tain Scuut
Doty Berner
Bob Whitfiell
Charles Bartlett
Blou
Lawson
Carlton
Sth
Cleveland
Ihe Cvil
Prince Albert
Cleeland
Cleveland Lorsell
Brave Sheriff Rescues Prisoner in Garland Ambush
Deputy Sheriff J A Moore faced a mob scene at Garland when a prisoner he guarded was seized after a jail hearing. Moore rode to Embree Park, cut the rope, exchanged shots, and freed the prisoner before safely returning him to Dallas. The incident followed a burglary at two village stores.
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Texas
J— Neva
Garland
Birmingham
J.A. Moore
Jack O'Brien
O'Brien
O’brien
Moore
Embree Park
Mncb
Moora
Congress
Opening of Disston Hall Dedication Draws Bright Crowd
An immense audience at Disston Hall in Priladelphia gathers for dedication services. Notables including Vice President-elect Morton George W. Curtis A J Drexel Thomas Dolan D Hayes Agnew and John Wanamaker address the assembly. A reception is halted by a crowd surge. Morton and Mrs Morton depart via rear door and depart for Bromt Street station then to New York.
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Priladelpaia
Disston Hall
Morton
George W. Curtis
A. J. Drexel
Thomas Dolan
de D. Hayes Agnew
Disstop
John Wanantaker
Robert E. Pattison
G. Cattell
LaFayette College
Henry M. Field
New York
Ater
Mre. Morton
Bromt Street
Wreck of the Paris C. Brown Capsized Near Hermitage Bend
The steamship Paris C. Brown en route from New Orleans to Cincinnati struck a snag at Hermitage Landing and sank to the hurricane deck. Five crewmen and one passenger are missing, with reports of six crew and one passenger lost aboard. The craft, 1400 tons and built at Cincinnati in 1875, carried car wheels, sugar, molasses and iron, and was insured for 14000.
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Pars C. Brown
New Orleans
Cineiand
Hermitage Landing
Pointe Coupe Pariah
New Ourage
the Picayune
Baton Rouge
Anna Blanks
Paris C. Brown
Hermitage
Nothi Deftaire
Oliver Barnes
West
Pans C. Brown
A.M. Halliday
G. Young
George W. Nearsazeney
Cincinnati
Fesufuave
Paris
Brown
Marine Railway and Dock Compeony
Sears
A. M. Halliday
C. G. Young
Pres Ellison
Powderly era dispute rocks Knights of Labor split
A Philadelphia sourced circular by four of seven Knights of Labor founders challenges pow er era leadership saying the order departed from its 1841 self government and poverty aims. It calls for restoring principles and invites assemblies from Philadelphia outward.
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Macauney
Josefh
Five Die in West Virginia Mill Explosion
From New Hope Mercer county West Virginia a boiler explosion at William Porter's grist mill Saturday afternoon killed five men and injured several others. Victims Jos E French Thomas Carter Levi Shields John Wimmer and Wade Shaffel were named with others seriously hurt as pieces of flesh and bones were reported. The accident was blamed on boiler carelessness and water level.
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Prrispura
New Hope
Mercer County
Post
Wiliam Porter
Nuoher
Jos. E. French
Thomas Carter
Levi Shields
John Wimmer
el Shields
Wade Shaffelparger
Jerome Carter
William Carter
German Press Sees Morier Case Stir Cold War Tensions
A broad survey of European reaction to the Morier charge recalls editorials across Berlin and Vienna. It notes German, French, and British officials urging clarity while emphasizing distrust of the allegations.
Repulsed by the Natives Mataafa’s Followers Clash with Germans
Reports from Braum dated January 6 describe a December 18 engagement near Apia between Mataafa's followers and German forces. A German landing party was attacked while approaching the Vailelo plantation. thirty-six Germans and fifteen Lieutenants were wounded as defenders repelled the assault. Mataafa’s position grew stronger near Apia, with European civilians aboard ships and German bombardments targeting Vailele Letoga and Mataafa positions. Mataafa claims support from American warships and continues fortifications as tensions rise.
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Matanta
Adler
Lanly
Mataata
Vailelo Plantation
Kiev
Eber
Spangler
Vailele
Geen Oddaunt
Mataafa
Vailele Letoga
Lally
Mataataga
Apis
Tha “i
Haytien Republic tensions and naval actions report
Dispatches detail American warships Galena and Yantic keeping watch over Port au Prince after the Haitian crisis, Legitime election events, yellow fever cases, and French diplomatic maneuvers amid threats of French naval involvement. A separate note alleges forged documents linked to Sir R D Morier as German and French papers react.
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