L and N to Enter Atlanta Before January First
President Milton H Smith of the Louisville and Nashville announces that by January 1 trains will run between Atlanta and Cincinnati over the line with own crews. The plan taps Tennessee and Kentucky coal regions and provides a direct through passenger route plus heavy freight potential. Smith denies King & Spalding acting for L N in Marietta to Atlanta charter. says they may act for Seaboard Air Line but have no instructions from him.
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Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Atlanta
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Tennessee
Kentucky
Milton H. Smith
Louisvile and
Nashville
Seaboard Air Line
Knoxville
Knoxville and Northern
Western
Atlantic
Lnk
Saxton
Louisville
Smith
T. K. Scott
Georgia Road
Howell
Mr. Smith
Alabama Mineral Division
Anniston
Milton, Jr
Knox
Louisvile and Nashville
Louisville and Nashville
Jones Avenue Church Row
Grand Jury
Water Board
Police Board
Amos Fox
Fought in Court House Yard Mortally Wounds Kennedy
Edward Hughes of LaGrange was mortally wounded by Jesse L. Kennedy in Raleigh North Carolina after a courthouse fight that followed a prior quarrel in LaGrange when Hughes struck Will Kennedy with a billiard cue. Hughes submitted to the vase and paid costs as doctors say he cannot survive. Kennedy was arrested.
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Edward Hughes
Jesse Kennedy
Raleigh
WN. C
LaGrange
Jesse L. Kennedy
Kinston
Hughes
Will Kennedy
Jesse
Kennedy
North Carolina
Johnston, D. C
Preman
Oxford Election Brings Prohibition Mayor and Council
In Oxford Alabama March 9 a quiet but heated municipal contest elected Mayor G. W. Eichelberger and councilmen W. C. Gray A. W. Ligon R. S. Russell J. B. Privett J. M. Whiteside and W. R. Norton. The anti-dispenser ticket won the mayoralty and one council seat, giving Oxford total prohibition. Majorities ranged from 1 to 11. Former Senator Jones III is in Washington. Senator Jones of Arkansas is confined to bed with influenza.
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Oxford
Anniston
Ann
G. W. Eichelberger
W. C. Gray
A. W. Ligon
R. S. Russell
J. B. Privett
J. MM. Whiteside
W. R. Norton
Trem
Jones Ili
Washington
Jones
Arkansas
Former Texas Governor Considered for Isthmian Canal Commission
Washington March 9 ex Governor Joseph D Sayers of Texas is likely named to the canal commission overseeing the construction of the Isthmian canal. He left office in January and Texas senators and representatives urge his appointment. two Democrats will join the five member body. Sayers long served in Congress and as Texas governor with noted leadership and public service. Representative Burleson urged the president to decide before Sayers returns home to Texas.
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Washington
Joseph D. Sayers
Texas
Canal Commission
Sayers
Congress
Texas Democrats
House of Representatives
Burleson
Mr. Savers
Payne
Misa Hutchinson
Burdick
Buffalo
Wabash Railroad
Ramsey
Ohio
Mississippi
Two Senators Spoil a Fight in Arkansas Disturbance in Senate
Washington March 9. Special. Senator James UH Berry of Arkansas, a one legged Confederate veteran in the Senate since 1885, faces a renewed threat from colleague Jim Clarke. Clarke is sworn in amid evident animosity. Berry and Clarke refuse to speak, marking a sharp split in the Arkansas delegation as Clarke takes his seat with defiance. The session also swore in Gallinger and Stone, highlighting clashes among Clarkes and the Arkansas pair.
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Jos. Ohl
Washington
Maret
James UH. Berry
Arkansas
United States Senate
Cotton Top
Jim Clarke
Jones
Clarke
Old Order
Senator Berry
Senator Clarke
Congress
Senator Gallinger
Senator Stone
Missouri
Bacon
Senate
Clarkes
Clark
Montana
Clairk
Wyoming
Spooner Seeks Dark Delegates in Wisconsin Plan
Washington dispatches report Wisconsin legislators planned an interstate conference to discuss the negro problem to spotlight Senator Spooner as a presidential candidate. His allies aimed to name him head of the Wisconsin delegation and push him as a national figure, though Southern governors may block the effort. The maneuver seeks to undermine Roosevelt’s renomination by elevating Spooner with a high profile speech.
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Jos. Ohl
Washington
Miwaukee
Wisconsin
Spooner
Senate
Tillman
Madison
Roosevelt
Killed by Deputy Sheriff in Florida Jail Escape Attempt
Bartow Florida March 9 William Stillwater from Pennsylvania died after being shot by Deputy Sheriff Burt Childs during a jail escape attempt. Stillwater grabbed the deputy’s right hand with the pistol firing into his chest causing death within twenty minutes. The deputy says the shooting was accidental.
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William Stillwater
Bartow
Fla
Wiliam Stillwater
Pennsylvania
Burt Childs
Childs
Stillwater
Panama Treaty Progress With Morgan Printing Debate
Senate foreign relations committee backs the Colombian canal treaty for report to the full Senate with no amendments. Morgan seeks permission to print remarks in The Record, prompting fears of diplomatic offense and record complications. Cuban treaty fate to be decided Wednesday amid Democratic opposition and Republican support for ratification.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Cullom
Morgan
le Department
Committee On Foreign Relations
Jean
Clark
Montana
Ballay
Colombia
Ailson
Republican Steering Committee
Alabama
House of Representatives
Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Qothera
House
Supreme Court
NRA adopts rifle instruction code and aims at national marksmen
At a New York executive committee meeting on March 9 the National Rifle Association approved a code for rifle instruction aligned with the War Department plan for state mills. The move seeks to enable nonmilitary citizens to qualify for the national marksmen's reserve and to award decorations to qualified shooters. The committee also plans university affiliations and a Bisley team to contest the Palma trophy, hoping to raise about $8,000 after last year's near miss by 12 points.
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National Association
New York
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association of America
War Department
United States
National Rifle Association of Universities
Bisley
Cleveland says he is out of politics for good
Former President Grover Cleveland denied rumors of political talks in New York and said he attended the Beecher memorial in Brooklyn only for two minutes and has no active political plans. He favored tariff reform and warned trusts would remain a campaign issue alongside tariff debates.
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Cleveland
New York
Grover Cleveland
New York City
Beecher
Brooklyn
Edward N. Shepard
William C. Whitney
Mr. Shepard
Forecasts and assorted notes from Georgia and South
A collage of weather outlooks for Georgia and nearby regions, city and state political notes, institutional bids, anniversaries, and assorted domestic and regional items. Highlights include the Louisville and Nashville running through cars Atlanta to Cincinnati before 1904, church row grand jury prospects, water board rule debates, and a Strowger company receiver in Augusta.
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Georgia
Massenburg
Bibb County
Strowger Telephone Company
Augusta
J. H. Blount
Macon
Recorder of Columbus
Athens
Phil Gamma Society
Emory College
Guburn
Valdosta Plans Park from Donated Land in City
Valdosta Georgia the city considers creating a park on twelve acres donated by landowners in the northern section fronting Patterson Street near the car line. The city would fund improvements at five hundred dollars the first year and two hundred annually for five years. Councilman J M Harvey aims to raise the needed funds next week by subscription, hoping to raise about one thousand dollars.
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Valdosta
J. M. Harvey
Patterson Street
Oil Train Blast Kills and Injures Dozens in Olean
A Erie freight train of mostly oil tank cars exploded near Olean New York on March 9. A first blast lit the night sky as flames spread and subsequent explosions followed. Dozens killed and many injured, with bodies incinerated and witnesses recounting harrowing scenes as doctors and ambulances rushed to the hospital. Authorities canvass for names amid a city in shock.
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Olean
Erie
Sydney Fish
Midnioth
Hackney Lodged as Mob Threatens Lynching Over Assault
Crawfordville Ga March 9 Special John Hackney a Negro man was jailed here today on an assault charge involving his stepdaughter. The county's colored population was inflamed and it was stated that Hackney would have been lynched if seized by them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordville
John Hackney
Hackney
Furniture Men Organize Association of America
At the Tilden club a hundred furniture manufacturers and dealers from across the United States formed the Furniture Association of America. The group includes nearly a thousand concerns with an aggregate capital well over a million. A national convention is planned to be held in New York next January.
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New York
Tilden Club
United States
Furniture Association of America
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Ala
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Leo
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Herr Bebet
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