Suffrage Struggle Marks Alabama Constitutional Debates
The Alabama constitutional convention debates the executive department article. A new lieutenant governor is created, terms rise to four years with no reelection, and a five year post term ineligibility for governors. An advisory pardoning board forms with the auditor and attorney general, and testing of the governor’s sanity is proposed. The salary dispute rises then falls amid floor fights and party lines as committee tensions grow.
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Robert F. McDavid
Montgomery
Ala
Executive Department
Supreme Court
Senate
Knox
O'Neal
Mr. Krox
Judge Coleman
Alabama
Oeg
Knew
Ala’bama
Governor Oates
Gregory L Smith
Dlasatrous
Goleman
Sesefan
Unient
State Commercial and Industrial Association
Clemson College Closes Most Successful Year in History
Clemson College reports its most successful year with 450 cadets and room for more as new barracks will add 150 beds. Senator Tillman, the annual orator, delivered a practical speech urging cadets to think and praised dancing, noting preachers’ daughters joined in similar sentiments. He recalled past critiques and emphasized common sense over prepared rhetoric.
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Columbia, & C
Clemson College
Thlimaai
Dtadel
Three Murder Cases End at Gaffney Court
In Gaffney D C Judge Gage disposed of three murder cases. Jim Jeter was convicted and sentenced to life hard labor. Nero Littlesohn received three years for manslaughter. Eliphas Dawkins will spend the rest of his life in the penitentiary for burning his wife. Five white men arraigned for riot and assault. The riot case goes to the supreme court. Eight murder cases were heard, five continued to the next term.
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Gage
Gaffney
D. C
Court of General Sessions
Jim Jeter
Nero Littlesohn
Eliphas Dawkins
Supreme Court
Richmond Society Wedding License For Mayo Turner
Richmond society was stirred by news that a license for the marriage of Miss Adeline L Mayo of Richmond and Mr. Lford A Turner of San Francisco was issued in Washington on Friday. The marriage followed quickly and Miss Mayo, daughter of George W Mayo, was a celebrated Richmond social figure visiting in Washington. A telegram announced the wedding yesterday afternoon.
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Richmond
Misa Louisa Randolph
Corcoran Street
Washington, D
Convention Attitude Shows Free Debate Dominance And Rivalry
Delegates at the convention reject centralized leadership, embracing independence and unrestricted debate. The group mocks political veterans, asserts every member is sovereign, and resists steering by any single leader. Tensions drift toward suffrage debate as Governor Oates and Knox maneuver for influence, with Coleman aligned to support Knox on the plan.
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Gnil
Jones
Oate
de Graffenfeld
Frank
Emmett O'Neal
W. C. Fitts
White
Morgen-Johnston
Senate
Johnston
Morgan
Erle Pettus
Knox
Coleman
Oates
Cates
Congress
Gregory Smith
Frank White
Peagle
Chinese Forts Not Destroyed As Nations Agree
Pekin reports forts not yet destroyed as each nation plans to destroy only forts they occupy. Ministers expect Chinese labor to do the work jointly at the powers' expense. Eunuchs sell Forbidden City valuables, guarded by American and Japanese troops. Gold treasure and its rotation secret alarm Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching. Tianjin notes celebration for Ten-Tsin relief arrival tomorrow.
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Pekin
Chin
Forbidden City
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching
Ten Tsin
Prisoner Identified as Cortez by Texas Officials
Texas officers identified the prisoner as Gregorio Cortez with two witnesses confirming the identity. Captain Rogers and Rangers transported Cortez from Laredo toward San Antonio for trial after a reported confession. The capture followed a shooting death of Karnes Sheriff Morris and Gonzales Sheriff Glover, with officials planning to jail Cortez in San Antonio pending trial.
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Cortez
Texas
Taredo
Tex
Junge
Morris
Karnes County
Glover
Gonzales
Captain Rogers
San Antonio
Negro Knocks Officer Down in Alabama County
In Opelika Alabama on June 24 Deputy Sheriff Payne of Chambers County attempted to arrest John Wilton a negro for larceny. Wilton struck Payne with a rock fracturing his skull and Payne fired five shots as the fugitive escaped. Wilton described as a desperate character.
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Opelika
Ala
Sherif Hodge
Sherif
Chambers County
John Wilton
Gfven
Sherri Payne
2 Payne
Payne
Immmer Fuelle Vindicated In Baseball Players Vote
New York June 28 Protective Association of Professional Baseball Players re elected Charles im mer president after five and a half hours of discussion. The move supports his stance on the reserve clause and contracts with the American league. Following the vote, Zimmer resigned and Tom Daly of the Brooklyn club was elected president as the meeting declared the reserve clause contracts non binding.
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Association of Baseball Players
New York
Protective Association of Professional Baseball Players
Charles
Brooklyn
Tragedy on a Train in St Louis Picnic Mob Shootout
A shooting incident occurred aboard a crowded St Louis and San Francisco railroad train returning from a colored church picnic. Samuel Bart, a colored man from St Louis, killed his wife and James Laughlin was wounded with a gunshot through the leg and severe head wounds.
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St. Louis
San Francisco
Samuel Bart
James Laughlin
Morrison Trial Nears Acquittal Despite Confidence
Arguments in the second trial of Jessie Morrison for the murder of Mrs. Olin Castle will begin tomorrow in Eldorado Kars. Morrison speaks with certainty of an acquittal, declaring she is just as sure as she’s living.
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Tessie
Eldorado
Kars
Jessie Morrison
Olin Castle
Miss Morrison
Ohio Republicans Today Nominate State Ticket in Columbus
Columbus Ohio June leaders and delegates gather for the Republican state convention to renominate Nash Caldwell Sheets Cameron and Johnson while choosing a successor to Senator Foraker. Key decisions include judge and clerk of the supreme court nominations and a heated fight over Caldwell amid anti saloon opposition and Foraker endorsement debates.
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Columbus
Nash
John A. Caldwell
John M. Sheets
J. D. Cameron
O. W. Johnson
State Board of Public Works
Supreme Court
United States
J. B. Foraker
Senator Foraker
Ohio
Caldwell
Foraker
Insurgent Leaders Surrender as Cailles Proclaims Surrender
In Laguna's Santa Cruz near Pagsangan General Cailles, who surrendered Monday, moves with followers to surrender after Cailles messengers meet fleeing rebels. Cabatiles brings at least 509 rifles. calls rise for a proclamation branding refusers as bandits. Azello and part of Malvar’s forces expected to surrender at San Jose Batangas next Wednesday.
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Cailles
Santa Cruz
Laguna
Luzon
Pagsangen
Cabatles
Pagsangan
Cabniles
Callles
Guna
Manila
Azello
Malrar
San Jose
Batangas
Luzon Island
Malver
Kentucky Beauty Selected Sparks Owensboro Knights Templar
Miss Mary Jewell Watkins of Owensboro is named sponsor for the Owensboro Commandery Knights Templar No 1 in a special city announcement. The event takes place in Owensboro Kentucky with local officials and Knights Templar members in attendance.
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Owensboro
Knights Templar
Mary Jewell Watkins
Owenaboro, Ky
Beautiful Owensboro girl wins beauty crown in Louisville event
At the twenty eighth tri on nial con clave in Louisville on August 11 22 83 Miss Watkins daughter of PT Watkins and granddaughter of Dr Woolfolle drew praise as one of the section s most beautiful and charming venus women noted for grace. Judges declared her the prettiest girl in Owensboro at a nearby gathering a year earlier.
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Louisville
Venus
Shy
Watkins
National Bank
J. 4. Woolfolle
Woolfolle
Cjomn
Jimius Alexander
New York
Miss Wetkins
Owensboro
Virginia Military Institute Commencement Opens With Sermon
Virginia Military Institute in Lexington held its annual commencement exercises in Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hall. Rev. R. T. Wilson of Petersburg, a graduate from the class of 1860, delivered the sermon marking the event.
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Virginia Military Institute
Lexington
Virginia Miliary Institute
West Point
South
R.T. Wilson
Petersburg
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hall
The American Won
The match held Saturday in Glasgow between W. H. Crosby of O Fallon Illinois and the Scottish champion Faulde for £100 ended in a victory for the American Crosby. Conditions favored pigeons from ground traps and tower traps with a high profile contest final.
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Loudon
Glasgow
W. H. Crosby
Af Ofallon
Scoton
Faulde
Virginians at Work on Suffrage Question in Virginia Convention
The Virginia constitutional convention nears its decisive work after a first week of organization. Debates focus on suffrage for African Americans, with Judge Harrison proposing immediate action to set a course, and Mr Thom urging repeal of the fifteenth amendment stance. Leaders from both sides weigh whether to add educational or property qualifications, while voices like Ex-Congressman Quarles doubt a suffrage clause will pass.
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Richmond
House of Delegates
Richard McTlwaine
Albert Carpenter Braxton
Braunton
United States
John W. Daniel
Thomas W. Harrison
Winchester
Harrison
State Senate
Arrigan
Tanal
Thom
Norfolk
Mme
Clavan
Teasons
Quarles
Staunton
North Carolina
South Carolina
Lowielana
Mississippi
Virginia
Virginians at convention feature portraits and seats
The Virginia constitutional convention unfolds with profiles of leaders like William E. Cameron and Preston Campbell. Descriptions focus on appearance, age, and reputations as debates on offices and constitutional tests loom, highlighting Pettit as elder statesman and Gregory as a striking younger judge.
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Floyd
Virginia
Freya
Lerson
William E. Cameron
Cameron
Daniel
Preston W Cempbell
Washington County
John Rando Nh
Roanoke
Randolph Taker
Mr. Campbell
Campbell
William B. Pettit
Prea Gooda
Colonel Pettit
Senator Daniel
Alexander Hamilton
Petersburg
Man Escapes After Forged Railroad Transport Letters
Ignoxville June 4. R A Thomas and J Ho Freeman, jailed seven months for forging railroad transportation letters from Mexican Central officials, escaped from confinement. The case drew wide interest for the breadth of railroads forged across the west.
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Tenn
R. A. Thomas
Allny J. Ho Ffewman
Steamship Strikes Launch Brings Tragedy Near Deer Island
A steamer City of Bangor from Maine ports collided with a naphtha launch near Deer Island beacon in Boston harbor. Five men aboard the launch were thrown into the water and drowned. The incident occurred during a cruise and caused a fatal loss at sea.
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Boston
Camuni
Maine
City
Bangor
Panger Steimabig Company
Ling
Deer Island
Auction of residence contents tomorrow at 10 o'clock
The entire residence contents including parlor suite dining room furniture silverware china wares rugs lounge sewing machine gas range stove bedroom sets dressers chairs curtains bric a brac and Japanese ware will be sold at public auction tomorrow Tuesday at 10 o'clock.
Arrival and Departures of Trains by Central of Georgia
Train schedules list arrivals and departures for Central of Georgia Railway and West Point and Atlantic, with times between Savannah, Jonesboro, Hapeville, Marietta, Nashville, Covington, Augusta, and other hubs. It shows daily and Sunday-only trains, indicating routes, times, and connections, including Savannah, Macon, and Atlanta corridors.
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Central OF Georgia Railway
senittSers Wisam
Jocesber
Bavannen
Savanna
Ata 'Adi Jonenboro
Bopevine
Tonrabora
Bacon
Hopeville
Jonesboro
Macon
Hapecilte
Hapeville
Sivannah
Rapeville
Amyapeville
Trapeville
Escepe
Westpar
Atlantic Rai Road
OP Neenvie
Marietta
Norbelie
Nashville
Mariotin
Mariette
Nashvilla
Tanhville
Beabcard Air Line Railroad
Sheesnaia Ameroab
Augusta
Wen i Conyers
Enontas
Covington
Auguste
Canvers
Coyret Somme
Aucurin
Stearn
LaGrange
Pametty
Bundae
Atlanta
Enyurville
Nchtarre
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N.C
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Colonel Crowder
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