Markham heirs seek 247000 for Sherman era property loss
Colonel Lowry leads William Markham heirs in Washington to press a House bill for $247,110 in full settlement for Atlanta property destroyed by United States forces after the surrender. The claim covers stores on Whitehall Alabama corner, Walton Peachtree, Marietta, and other sites burned in the 1864 conflagration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J Lowry
Tate William Markham
United States
Sherman
Atlanta
court of claims
congress
L F. Livingston
Hunter and
Mitchell Streets
Whitehall
Alabama Streets
Washington hall
Markham house
Walton and
Peachtree streets
Marietta street
Jacobs pharmacy
Robert 3. Lowry
Marcellus Markham
ariong
Lowry
Congressman Livingstam
secretary of the treasury
William Markham
Livingston
Washington
Wilt Markham
cits
Markham
treasury
Willan Markham
General Sherman
H. W Mcarthur
Colonel Livingston
John N. Bateman
beiny
Senate commerce subcommittee weighs Frye subsidy bill
The Senate commerce subcommittee spent about three hours reviewing the Frye prepared ship subsidy bill. The report is voluminous and will be printed before action. A subcommittee meeting next week is planned to consider the measure and seek favorable approval from the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce
Frye
Washington
senate committee on commercce
Senator yes
Stamp Burnings at Coban Trials Linked to Neely and Rathbone
Havana January 10 trials in the Coban post office fraud case resume as W H Reeves testifies about stamp burning and alleged cooperation with Estes G Rathbone and Charles T W Neely. Reeves asserts Neely and Rathbone discussed easy money from the scheme and that large stamp losses were improperly credited and concealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rathbone #5
Neely
Havana
Coban post office
audiencia court
Tuesaday
Charless T. W. Neely
W. H. Reeves
Estes G Rathbone
Rathbone
Reeves
Washington
Marfield
Hathbone
Lanuza cay
Bristow
Rathbone Reaves
Cincinnati
Cuba
Northern Trust Company
United States
Crown Lands of Hawaii Petition to Roosevelt
Prince David Kawanankes and relatives pass through Chicago en route to Washington to urge President Roosevelt and Congress to award them the Hawaiian crown lands. The lands include unoccupied grounds valued in the millions, with aim to gain a considerable portion of the royal domain. Queen Liliuokalani is in Washington and will join them at the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince David
United States
Chicago
Prince David Kawanankes
Washington
Roosevelt
congress
Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands
PAlluokalant
white house
Chinese Banks in America Reformers Plan New Banks
Chinese merchants in New York report Vancouver B C news that reformers led by Huang Yu Wei plan to establish banks in American Chinatown districts. He aims to influence Chinese in the United States via a banking network with headquarters at Heong Krog and a first bank planned for Vancouver, where groups of Chinese reformers have built support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vancouver
B. C
hanks
Chinatown
United States
Huang Yu Wei
Pacific coast
America
reform party
Heong Krog
Varemver
Rebels Yield in Batangas Campaign Reported Surrender
Washington dispatch says Major Waller led ten days of marching across Samar from Lanaes to Bahey with tenacity and casualties. In Batangas, Colonel Marisizan, Major Cabrera and a renegade priest surrendered unconditionally to General Bell as large-scale asset seizures and gun turn-ins are expected. The U S commission allocates 2 5 million for insular expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
navy department
Rodgers
Cavite
Waller
maren
Samar
Lanaees
Bahey
Litheton W. T. Waller
marine corps
China
Hekin
Balengiga
company G
Nirth Iritantry
ingilew
Samer
Lanheeg
Hahey
Manila
Marisizan
Cabrera
Castillo
Bell
Batangas
Touet
Banan ang Guenoa
shad
Morday
Chaffee
Malvar
United States commission
Tehoukhnine
Liberty by Fraud: Livingston Forgery Plot Exposed
A 1900 forgery plot aimed at freeing L. C. Livingston from a Montana prison fails. Prominent New York figures including Theodore Roosevelt and August Belmont were fraudulently signed on a petition for Livingston, prompting Governor Toole to seek verification from signers who all deny involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston
Mont
L. C
Thomas A. Edison
Jerome W. Astor
E. D. Morgan
New York
Toole
Roosevelt
Dr. Parkhurst
August Belmont
Hugh Grant
Demand Belief for Cuba Action by New York Produce Exchange
At a New York Produce Exchange meeting today a large majority of firms with Cuba ties favored relief for Cuba via substantial cuts in Cuba tariff duties. The board is to appoint a committee to represent exchange interests at the Ways and Means hearing in Washington on January 15. In Oklahoma City, Peeptes, 45, fatally shot Eugene F McLaughlin, 37, a clerk, saying McLaughlin had ruined his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Produce Exchange
produce exchange of
Cuba
congress
United States
Roosevelt
board of managers
exchange
ways and means committee of congress
Washington
Wan
Oklahoma City
Okla
W Peeptes
coauntry
Eugene F McLaughlin
Admiral Higginson to La Guaira with North Atlantic squadron
Washington reports orders prepared to send Rear Admiral Higginson and the North Atlantic squadron to Venezuelan waters and base at La Guayra. The move aims to protect American interests as Venezuelan revolutionary forces challenge the government, with larger marine complements aboard Kearsarge Alabama Massachusetts Athol indicating potential landing actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cadixe
Venezuela
aha jt
Castro
eid
Yetdy
Paria
navy’ department
Higginsom
Venezuelan
La Guayra
Germany
Higginson
nsual
Kearsarge
Alabama
Massachusetts
Athols
Steamers To Ply Between Laporte Tex and Manchester Eng
A London company formed to build a direct cotton steamship line from Laporte Texas to Manchester launched its first vessel at Greenock. Government engineers expect the Galveston to Laporte channel to be completed by March 31. English shippers plan to dispatch vessels to Laporte once ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Tex
Manchester
Eng
New York
Greenock
London
Grangemouth
Greenhelt
Miracle Escape as Big Four Train Surges at Speed
A westbound Big Four passenger train near Mattoon Illinois traveling about fifty miles an hour averted a wreck when an engine axle failed and a drive wheel plunged into a ditch. The engineer halted the train, keeping the locomotive on the track. Read remarks call the incident extraordinary for such a high speed near dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattoon
Big Four
Steamer Augusta Ashore Off Sparrows Point
The steamer Augusta, Captain Bennett, sailing from Norfolk to Baltimore with passengers and merchandise, ran ashore near Sparrows Point in dense fog. Forty passengers were taken off by a tug and the ship remained grounded at high water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Augusta
Bennett
Norfolk
Sparrows Point
Paraguay Rebels Spark Bloodshed in Asuncion Chamber
Reports from Buenos Ayres detail Paraguay’s rebellion sparked by presidential succession. In Asuncion clashes erupted in the chamber of deputies wounding several, with one killed. President Aceval resigned and Vice President Carvallo now leads as turmoil grips the capital.
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Chamber of Deputies
Buenos Ayres
Galveston
republic of
Paraguay
Asuncion
Aceval
junts
Cabellero
Escobar
J. A. Escurta
Sehor Marro
Freitas
Acevat
edgeress
chamber of waiputles
Facande Instran
Géners
Miguel and
Cordolan
Fernando Carreras
congress of
Senor
Hector Carvallo
Notorious swindler Lord Beresford nabbed in Boston
Boston police capture Sidney Lascelles known as Lord Walker Beresford and other aliases. He faces Hot Springs Georgia larceny charges and has a long history of swindling and forgery across several states and countries. He previously eloped with an American heiress, served time in the United States, and married into wealth before continuing deceptive ventures.
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Boston
Sidney Lascelles
Lord Walker Beresford
Hot Springs
Aick
Robert Leonard
Lascelles
Lord Beresford
Sir Henry Vane
Lord Courtney
Claude R. Lascelle
James B. Lascelte
Lyman 3
Bay
Artington
Lasceltes
Algiers
New York
Georgia
Providence
Lord Bercsford
Beresford
Rome
Aetna
Hamiltons
north Georgia
Tryna
people of
G.V
Kess
Wilcox county
lfe
Gress
America
Fitageveld
S hie
hler
Mexico
United States
Keirsarge
Massachusetts
Alabama
Venezuela
Higginson
Roosevelt
Mississippi
Jefferson
Fargo
Cleveland to Go Hunting South After Pneumonia Recovery
Former President Grover Cleveland plans a southern hunting trip after pneumonia. He will depart Princeton New Jersey January 22 with a party including Admiral Robley D Evans General McCook F C Benedict and Herman May. They will stay several days at an island off Georgetown South Carolina hosted by General E P Alexander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
New York
Grover Cleveland
south
Princeton
N. J
Mr. Cleveland
Robly D. Evans
General McCook
F.C. Benedict
Herman May
E P. Alexander
8. C
Forecast and Local News Highlights From Georgia and Nation
The forecast calls for fair weather Saturday with colder temps in the north and west, sunny Sunday in the southeast, and fresh westerly winds. Georgia items include suits against State School Commissioner Glenn settled amicably, a sealskin fur seized by customs to be returned to a London firm, and news from Loganville, Savannah, and Macon. International and national notes touch on Venezuelan events, railroad politics, and remarks by leaders in Georgia and Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn
J. N. Rogers
Washington
Georgia
customs department
London
Cook County
Davis man named for good place in Mississippi politics
Washington January 10 Special The president named Isaiah T Montgomery a black former body servant to Jefferson Davis as receiver of public moneys at Jackson replacing George T Matthews. The action drew Republican protests over race and party loyalties amid other Mississippi federal appointments including James Hill and F W Collins removal and E S Wilson's unexpected marshal post.
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Washington
Mississippi
Tsalah ‘T.3
Montgomery
Jackson
George T. Matthews
Davis
Matthews
machine
Jim Hill
treasury
Matthewe
Jefferson Davis
Booker Washington
Hanne Ring
Miss
Roosevelt
Turley
Biloxi
Swan
James Hill
F. W. Collins
United States
Wilson
Misssissippi
Isaiah T. Montgomery
G. B. Matthews
Montgomery county
R. C. Lee
Wheat yield forecast and winter sowing figures prompt delay
The January 10 report from the U S Department of Agriculture estimates the 1901 average wheat yield at 148 bushels per acre, up from 123 in 1900. Winter wheat area seeded provisional at 82 million acres, winter rice at 1.25 million. Winter wheat condition Dec 1 was 86.7 percent of normal, versus years near 97 noted. The agency will issue no further production estimates pending census revisions. A separate note: Navy itineraries announce ships Rese and related movements to Key West and joint schedules.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
United States
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