Georgia grants charter to Georgia Railway and Electric Company
Secretary of State grants charter to Georgia Railway and Electric Company to consolidate Atlanta street railways. Protest by Councilman Reed considered. attorney general advised charter could be granted if legal. Details cover incorporators, $3,000,000 capital, 140 miles of track, and terms of franchise vs municipal rights.
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Phil Cook
Georgia Railway and Electric Company
At- 7Lanta
Cook
John C. Reed
J. M. Terrell
Tight
The
Alex C. King
King & Spalding
H. M. Atkinsm
Arkwright
R. B. Cullinane
Bradley
M. B. Lipscomb
F. M. Sisk
G. W. Brine
A.ains
Atlanta
Georgia Railway and Eiedtric Company
Code of Georgia
Cut Glass For Wedding Gifts In Clean Ad Tone
An ad style note promotes cut glass as ideal wedding gifts. Descriptive lines praise clear facets and brilliance likened to sunrise and sunset. The text seems from a sale notice on Whitehol Street with fragments lingering.
Hanson Reticent as White Republican Leader Attends Rail Directors
Savannah Georgia January meeting of Central of Georgia Railway directors sees Major F Hanson, leader of white Republican faction in Georgia, in attendance. He declines to discuss the renewal of Collector Deveaux, saying he will not talk now and is merely sawing wood. Some hope remains for Colonel Wyly’s appointment. Plus an ad touting DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, with a testimonial from J F Gerall of St Paul Ark.
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Savannah
F. Hanson
Georgia
Central of Georgia Railway
Major Hanson
Deveaux
Thomas 8. Wyly
DeWitt
J. F. Gerall
St. Paul Ark
Finzel Balve
Fire Drives 230 Guests From Lindell Hotel in St Louis
A large fire at the Lindell hotel in St Louis sent 230 guests fleeing into the streets from Seventh Street to Washington Avenue. The blaze started in the seven story ONeill building housing L Bauman Jewelry and other firms. Smoke and water damaged the Lindell Bowl and neighboring buildings, with losses estimated at substantial sums.
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Lindell Hotel
St. Louis
Seventh Street
Washington Avenue
O'Neill
L. Bauman Jewelry Company
Georgia Society in Gotham organized movement began
A plan to form a Georgia society in New York was set in motion with a meeting at the Fifth Avenue hotel. Only a few attended, and organizers adjourned to next Tuesday hoping for broader support among Georgia natives in the city.
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New York
Georgia Society of New York
Georgia
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Tey
Georgia Railways Inc seeks street railroad charter
The Georgia Secretary of State finds no legal basis to deny the Georgia Railway and Electric Company petition to own and operate a street railway across Atlanta streets. The department notes railroad rights to own and consolidate franchises, municipal consent not required, and Constitution permits such incorporation if statutes followed.
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Atlanta
Georgia Railway and Electric Company
General Railroad
Supreme Court of Georgia
Georgia
Js Phtmip Cook
Secr
Tarr
State of Georgia
Out of Grave Comes You Doy in Georgia Mystery
In Adairsville Georgia a grave opened after over thirty years, the right hand severed, raising a superstition tale. Authorities suspect a local negro loiterer who borrowed a wrap, returned it with mud, and told of a charm to avoid arrest. Circumstantial evidence ties him to the case as the grave is disturbed and the hand missing.
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Adairsville Ga
Godfrey Barmnessy
Barnesly
Adairsville
Traveling Man Bartleson Fatally Shot in Miami
Macon travel representative M D Bartleson was shot and killed in Pirida Miami on January 2 after a confrontation with James O Williams of the same city. The pair had been together late last night. Williams, a local store clerk, reportedly returned with a pistol and opened fire after the dispute.
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M. D. Bartleson
Macon
Pirida
Miami
Fla
Mark D. Bartleson
James O. Williams
Wiliams
Williams
Thieves Loot Post Office in Ochillee Ga Robbery
In Ochillee Ga last night two men described as white tramps robbed J W Van Horn store. They blew open the safe with explosives and escaped with a small cash sum hats and shoes. They seized stamped envelopes in the post office within the store making it a federal offense. The robbers were followed toward Columbus and at one point started a fire burning their discarded hats and shoes.
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Columbus
J. W. van Horn
Ochillee
Bowie Case Ends in Jury Deadlock at Langswe trial
In Rome Georgia a jury failed to reach a verdict in the Langswie case charging Dunk Locklear's death at Anchor duck mills on Christmas Eve. Ten jurors favored manslaughter and two favored acquittal, forcing discharge by Judge Henry. Bowie, a youth and prominent worker, returns to Anchor mills. retrial set for July. Also, Pensacola firm Heirtree Bros & Co Inc declares a wholesale grocers assignment with assets and liabilities undisclosed.
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Rome
Langswie
Henry
Bowie
Anchor Mills
Pensacola
Pla
Heirtree Bros. & Co, Incorporated
AMGs STORMS Mount Airy Fines Return Incident
Mount Airy Georgia January 29 Special A smallpox scare prompts quarantine at Baldwin Demorest Clarksville and Mount Airy a guard to keep Cornelia out Four Cornelia youths were arrested in Mount Airy last Sunday and fined A crowd armed with pistols and clubs demanded repayment of fines Police and citizens dispersed them three were jailed overnight then fined and discharged.
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Mount Airy
Cornelia
Baldwin
Demorest
Clarksville
Mount Afry
Calaboose
Young Lady Knocked Down by Car in Columbus
Miss Perley Blankenship, about twenty, was struck by a street car at the corner of Fifteenth and Broad streets in Columbus. It rained, she shielded her face with an umbrella and did not see the approaching car. the motorman believed she had time to cross. She escaped serious injury.
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Columbus
Perley Blankenship
Wifteenth
Howard Case Looked Into Urging Proper Representation
The Macon Bar Association met in the superior court room to discuss securing competent counsel for E. G. Howard, the Henry Hammond killer set for execution February 1 after a recent trial. Washington Dessau led the meeting, with concerns over the defense by a young negro attorney and word that M. G. Bayne had filed a motion for a new trial and won a supersedeal to stay the hangings.
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Macon
Macon Bar Association
Superior Court Room
E. G. Howard
Henry Hammond
Washington Dessau
Washington Dessau, President of the Association. When Mr. Dessau
Howard
Sellars
Mr. Dessau
Alexander Pronatsit
M. G. Bayne
Cusseta Man Killed by Falling Tree Near Home
W H Bagley of Cusseta Ga is killed instantly when a falling tree top struck him as workers cleared ground. He was a longtime county sheriff and Populist leader, survived by a widow eight children and his elderly mother. Columbus cotton stocks show 15 859 bales in warehouses, down from prior years.
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W. H. Bagley
Cusseta
Here
Columbus
Columbus, Ga
Mls
United States Steel to Enter Pocahontas Coal Fields
United States Steel plans to operate in the Pocahontas coal fields through a new entity titled United States Coal and Coke Company. The venture will be run by the Frick Coal Company of Pittsburgh with supervision by Thomas Lynch of Pittsburgh. A comprehensive corporate statement is due tomorrow. details on capitalization remain unclear.
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Coporation
Frick Coal Company
Pittsburg
United States Coal and Coke Company
Thomas Lynch
New Coal and Coke Company
Mortuary notices from Rome and surrounding towns
A collection of brief notices reports deaths in January from Rome Ga Cedartown Wilkes County and nearby areas. J D Turner wife of ex Deputy Sheriff Dallas Turner dies at 41 with four children. Colonel C R Ramsey of Wilkes County buried near Washington after a notable career. Mrs Aranda Heerd of Wilkes dies at 14. Sam Morris prominent Opelika area farmer dies after long illness. G S Elliott Richland Ga veteran of the Forty fourth year military service noted.
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J. D. Turner
Rome
Dallas Turner
Marcus Bunn
Cedartown
Eb, C. Ramsey
Washington, Ga
C. R. Ramsey
Washington
Ramsey
Wilkes County
M. P. Reese
Aranda Heerd
Sam Morris
Loachapoka
Ala
Opelika
Augustua Pope
Seaboard Air Line Railway
G. S. Elliott
Richland
Gereston
Eilliett
Illness of Judge Forces U S Court Session to Pause
The United States court in Macon, Ga., adjourned as Judge Speer fell ill from overwork. A recess will run until after the Savannah session, set to begin in February. Jurors, witnesses, and attorneys were notified. Speer’s bed rest was reported as of the morning, with improvement by night.
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Macon
United States Court
Cecil Morgan
Caustic Charges Swirl In Penitentiary Probe
Jackson Mississippi January 28 – Special. The penitentiary investigating committee saw a sharp exchange as Warden Parchman charged Commissioner Kincannon with acting because of refusals to appoint persons Kincannon wanted. Kincannon testified while the warden questioned him, and the session grew lively with personal tensions. Thus far the panel has made little headway in substantiating the warden’s charges.
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Jackson, Miss
Penitentiary Investigating Committee
Parchman
Kincannon
Bribe Inquiry Sifts St Louis Suburban Case
Grand jury questions witnesses including former city officials as it probes the Suburban street railway bribery case. Circuit Attorney Falle says new arrests may come tonight or Wednesday and notes a practice of holding up measures for bribes in the municipal assembly.
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St. Louis
City Council
House of Delegates
Grand
Circuit
Folk
Suburban Railway Company
Combine
Charles P. Turner
Suburban Railway
T. M. Jenkins
Philip Stoeck
Suburban
Grand Jury
Franklin
Falle
Ben
One Man Killed In Collision At Syracuse Station
The second section of the New York Central Limited eastbound struck a switch engine on the track near the Oneida station in Syracuse N Y. Both engines and much of the station were demolished. Engineer Dorsey Welch of Albany was killed and fireman Cahill of Albany was injured. No passengers or train crew were hurt. The cars remained on the track.
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Limited
New York Central
Syracuse
N. Y
New York Central Limited
Oneldd
Dorsey Welch
Albany
Cahill
Bonanza Bound in Montana Mine Strike Near Neihart
Two prospectors Dave Llewellyn and W H Harmon say they struck near Neihart Montana a mine of nearly pure silver. They have thirteen tons of ore with an average assay of 18000 ounces per ton valuing the lot at about 95009 in the white metal.
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Neihart
Mont
Dave Llewellyn
W. H. Harmon
The Rope Route to Eternity
Mrs Moilte Harris of Kouxville Tennessee committed suicide by hanging in a barn two miles from Whitesburg while her husband was away. She had attempted poisoning about a month earlier.
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Kouxville
Enn
Moilte &. Harris
Whitesburg
Tenn
Chanler Declared Sane. Estates Restored to Him At Last
Touian Court House Virginia January 3 A circuit court decree adjudges John Armstrong Chanier sane ending court guardianship of his person and property The decision ends the need for a commissioner and gives him possession of his Virginia estates with the next step to recover his property expected.
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Touian Court House
John Armstrong Chanier
Amelie Rives
Chanier
Virginia
Chanter
Hippolyte Lamberth files $150000 Venezuela claim
Hippolyte Lamberth filed a $150,000 damages claim against the government of Venezuela for alleged false imprisonment and torture. He was arrested in Caracas in July last and, as indicated in his claim to Secretary Hay, is an American by naturalization. Dryden formally chosen for U S Senate seat. In Trenton, the legislature split vote gave Dryden 17 to 4 in Senate and 46 to 14 in House.
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Hippolyte Lamberth
Venezuela
New York
Government of
Caracas
Hay
Bank heads Hanson and Bilan discuss today
Major Hanson and President Bilan of the Germania bank met for a conference on the matter today but no details or outcomes were announced.
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Major Hanson
Bilan
Germania Bank
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