Police Board Demands Strict Street Car Speed Enforcement
At a regular police commissioners meeting Chief John W. Batt was told to confer with Georgia Railway and Electric officials to strictly enforce the speed ordinance and ensure street crossings are rung. The board condemned frequent violations by streetcars and motormen, urging tighter action while noting prior complaints from 1901 and plans for closer oversight.
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Fot Poice Commissioners
John W. Batt
Georgia Railway and Electric Company
Ball
Nym Hart
Fatl
Hurt
Clty
Balfour Considers Cotton Gambling Issue
Premier Balfour, in Manchester, met a cotton trade deputation on gambling in futures. He said the evils are serious and asked for data on probable cotton yield to be collected. He urged careful consideration of an international conference to study the gambling question.
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Balfour
Manchester
Rebuild Welden University Site Chosen in Nashville
At a board meeting of the Freedman's Aid and Southern Educational Society the decision was made to rebuild Walden University in Nashville Tennessee after its destruction by ice. Plans will be made to raise funds for the project and begin work soon. Alexander Dowie arrived in El Paso Texas and announced plans to establish a Texas colony after visiting Juarez and driving around the city. He left for San Francisco later that night.
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Welden University
Cincinnati
The
Freedman's Aid and Southern Educational Society
Walden University
Nashville
Alex Dowie
el Paso
Paso
Tex
Alexander Dowie
Juarez
Mexico
Texas
Dr Dowie
San Francisco
Fatal shooting in Jackson involves young boy and gun
In Jackson Tennessee on January 12 Sadie Currie eight was killed while asleep as two boys played with a gun. Philip Scott fired what he thought was a blank blasting the sleeper. The head trauma ended her life instantly amid the chaotic scene.
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Emorty
Jackson
Sadie Currie
Philip Scott
Czarina Declines New Year Reception in St Petersburg
In St Petersburg January 2 the czarina is reported to be ill with tympanitis. Doctors say condition not alarming but she will not participate in the reception for the Russian new year.
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Czarina
St. St. Petersburg
St Il
Beecham
Homosassa Fishing Club Heads to Florida
The Homosassa Club leaves Atlanta for Florida to begin its annual fishing season on the Homosassa River. Members will occupy a new club house on the riverbank equipped with boats and houses for exclusive use. The group will stay in Florida until January 31, with many members listed as traveling to Homosassa to prepare and join the trip.
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Atlanta
Warves
J.C A Branan Amt
George Muse
Florida
Homosassa
Folowing
Frank Potta
George Lowndes
I_9
Mitchell
John Berkele
Henry R. Dunand
Won Duncan
Frank B Rice
J Lawreron Warrison
Clark Howell
Anton L Kontz
W. Calhoun
Kell Potts
J S Todd
Thomas M. Armistead
H. ¥. McCord
J. C A. Bravan
HC Bagley
Paul Potts
David Woodward
Dr. Hearn
Philadelphia
The Bijou hosts two major attractions this week
The Bijou stage shines with The Knickerbocker Girl and The Greatest Thing in the World presented by a top encore company. Rose Coghlan headlines at the Grand with Virginia Brgent in a moving mother role, while Alphonse and Gaston and a superb support cast join the bill. touring stars like Thompson and Moonlight scenes promise lively entertainment and scenic splendor.
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Rose Coghlan
Jcve
Miso Race Coghlan
Virginia Brgent
Miss Coghlan
Conference to form basis for arbitration treaty with Great Britain
A Washington meeting today sought to establish a framework for an arbitration treaty between the United States and Great Britain and to extend arbitration worldwide. Attendees included Andrew Carnegie, Cardinal Gibbons, John W Foster, and many officials. Cleveland sent a letter declining to attend. The conference endorsed negotiating a treaty to submit disputes to the Hague or a similar tribunal, urging peaceful resolution of international conflicts and the abolition of forced honor.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
California
New York
Boston
Baltimore
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
New Willard Hotel
Andrew Carnegie
Gray
Delaware
Nelson A. Miles
David Starr Jordan
Stanford University
John W Foster
James Cardinal Gibbons
Francis Lynde Stetson
Robert Treat Payne
American Peace Society
Foster
Thomas Nelson Page
Forter
Wayne MacVeagh
John B Moore
Columbia
N C
C Hanna
Indianapolis
Austria
Horace Davis
San Francisco
Strauss
Turkey
William Wumberly
Detroit
Belgium
Francis L . Stetson
Meyer McClellan
Jordan
Frederck W Seward
Stuyiesane Fish
Thomas Barclay
London
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Committee On
Hague
Snca
The
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Congress
Presliet Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Lafayette Theater
General Foster
Cardinal Gibbons
Asia
Miles
Hale
Nelson Miles
Edward
Everett Hale
Joseph Silverman
Temple
Carnegie
Linerato Derkin
Indiana
Trial in Machen postal fraud case opens in earnest
Washington January 2 The trial of August W Machen the Groff Bros and Dr and Mrs HE Lorens for complicity in postal frauds began. The government scored early points when Judge Pritchard refused to force indictment count selection and allowed post office inspectors to remain. Six witnesses testified all from the post office except Howley chief clerk to the first assistant postmaster general Perry Heath appeared as witness. Proceedings opened with Beach outlining counts and conspiracy charges. Adjournment taken for the day with testimony resuming tomorrow.
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Washington
August W. Machen
Post Office Department
Howley
Perry
Heath
Beach
Pritchard
Bristow
John F. Kumler
Toledo
Ohio
Lorenzes
Machen
Groffs
Tree Delivery
John M . Maston
Railway Mall
Vonef Gierk
John J Howley
Mi Kum‘ler
Schumler
Mu‘chen
Iis
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Marr
Seventh Cavalry
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Fishing Club
Little Chip
Smith
Aaron
Charity Mary Marble
Alphonse and
Gaston
Buch «cl
Wal Acd
Aidrew Powers
Jennie Lamont
Harry B .Watson
Harry Montgomery
Jony Pearl
Lawrerce Cover
Eyrer Beardsley Glisters
Adelaide
Gretchen
Denmar Thompson
Joshua Whitcomb
Travelf
Thompam Bins
Grmuze Church
Parlinger’s
Sams
Batavia Pure Foods
Batavia Foods
Batavia
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Hocker
A. W. Farlinger
Farlinger Brockh
Peachtree
Nesses
Nelson, Ga
Minneapolis
Georgia
Crawleksville
State of
Alabama
Henry Johnson
Gadsden
Johnson
Bekrusry
Crawfordville
Federation
Columbus
Spetial
Central Federation of Labor
National
Ers
New South
World of Letters
Mary E. Bryan
South
Panama
New Republic
Frederic Haskins
Joop
Hester
L. T. Meade
Sunny South Publishing Co
Atlanta, Georgia
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