Senate confirms Harry S Edwards postmaster at Macon
The Senate confirmed Harry Edwards as Macon postmaster after a long contested battle led by Senator Bacon. The delay stemmed from Republican leaders aligned with Col. Locke and ally Sen. Penrose, aiming to block confirmation or force a tie to the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. The canal bill also faced postponement as the interoceanic canal committee sought further testimony before reporting.
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Morgan
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Friends of the
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Oregon
Admiral Walker
Haupt
Walker Commission
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Davis
Frye
Sena
Tennessee Democratic State Convention Opens in Nashville
Nashville May 9 The Democratic state convention gathers in Nashville with large anticipated attendance. Delegates focus on governor and senatorial races while plans are refined by the state committee. Rice A Pierce is slated as temporary chairman and John W Gaines as permanent presiding officer. credentials contests appear limited.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Carmack
McMan
Rice A. Pierce
John W. Gaines
Nebraska Democrats
McKinley Indorsed At Brief Baltimore Convention
The Republican State Convention met in the Academy of Music and adopted a brief, harmonious session. Delegates to the national convention include Senator McComas, Sidney B. Mudd, William T. Master, and Phillips Goldsborough. Electors at large are Hooper, McCullough, and Ceci county. The platform endorses McKinley’s administration and attacks trusts and local Democratic corruption.
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Baltimore
Academy of Music
Senator McComas
Sidney B. Mudd
William T. Matster
Phillips Goldsborough
Dorchester County
McKinley
James’. Hooper
Henry McCullough
Ceci
Beach dog show draws Atlanta social crowd and top dogs
The annual beach show opened with 300 dogs on display and hundreds of spectators. Prominent judges from New Jersey and England evaluated sporting class dogs while Southern breeders shined with top placements for English setters, Great Danes, greyhounds and beagles. The event runs daily 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. through the week with ongoing judging and awards continuing.
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J. M. Taylor
Rutherford
N. J
Henry Jarrett
England
Ben
Georgia
Edward Crabb
Atlanta
Major Taylor
Joseph Thompson
Core Wonder
New Haven
Conn
Amer
Woodcote
Herve
Lord Nelson
Lorna Loune
Trumpington
Daisy
Germantown
Henry Grady
J A. Ladwell
Penryn
Juonard Carvel
G. B. Tyler
Montgeery
Alu
Adbert Clowell, Jr
Bess
Layier
Shucher
St. Bernard
Ciler W. K. Joiner
Fiat
Niin
Henry Whomton
Sermara
Iing Dwaivere
Itonl
Don Beavere
King Bedivere
Eugene Mondeth
Giavence Uiosger
Ringerart
Belvidere Kennels
Boston Terriers
Huttons Brigade Attacked by Boers
Connecticut Republicans met at Hartford for a state convention. Delegates were uninstructed as a lengthy platform reaffirmed the St Louis platform and praised McKinley. The party endorses actions to defend stockholders, laborers, and consumers and to promote liberty for Filipinos and Porto Ricans.
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St. Louis
Porto Rico
McKinley
Illinois Democrats Were in Session at Peoria Yesterday
Peoria May 9 reports the republican ticket nominated for governor Richard Yates for governor W A Northcutt for lieutenant governor James A Rose for secretary of state James B McCullough for state auditor M Q Williams for treasurer H J Hamlin for attorney general Richard Yates is the son of the famed war governor Dick Yates of New Hampshire and is thirty nine, holding an internal revenue post in Springfield under President McKinley.
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Illinois
McKinley
Internal Revenue
Springfield District
Vesuvius Eruption Alarm Signals Impending Quake
Naples May 9 The mayor of Torre del Greco at Vesuvius foot calls for calm as an opening in the cone emits sulphurous vapors and thick smoke. The guides’ house and the cable railway depot have collapsed, signaling potential disaster.
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Vesuvius
Naples
Torre del Greco
Bubonic plague spreading from Hong Kong to Australia
The Dairy Express reports rapidly spreading bubonic plague from Hong Kong where sixty five cases occurred in twenty days. Telegraphs allege the disease ravages the Hed sea shores and is moving into additional Australian towns, signaling growing international outbreak concerns.
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Hong Kong
London
Dairy Express
Hed Sea
Australia
Damaging Gales Claim German Coast Vessels and Lives
Damaging gales off the German coast report ships and lives lost. Near Leba ships are gone with all aboard drowned. Bremen Kiel and Flensburg report several fishing smacks sunk with several fatalities. Berlin notes weather dangers at sea.
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Sour Xessels
Bremen
Kiel
Flensburg
More Troops for Cameroons and Samoa Budget
Berlin May 9 The budget committee of the reichstag appropriated 863 000 marks for further troops in the Cameroons and 252 600 marks for German Samoa Governor von Puttkamer confirms French victory over Rabah and says force was needed to protect the Cameroons district to quell a tribal revolt has been subdued
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Berlin
Refehstag
Cameroons
German Samoa
von Puttkamer
Rabah
Camerrons
British advance continues Baden Powell war report
A continued British advance is reported against German positions. The dispatch describes progress by ground forces and notes ongoing attempts to outmaneuver resistance. Commanders emphasize cautious operations amid adverse terrain as Allied troops push forward.
Boers Adopt Long Resolutions On Civil War Conduct
London May 10 General Hutton's mounted brigade including Canadians crossed the sand river and pressed toward the Boers along the railway tracks. British forces report steady advances while Boer skirmishes continue near Winburg Mafeking and Mafeking reports indicate a slight Boer reversal at Mafeking. The Transvaal volksraad denounces British war methods and President Kruger claims Britain prepared for war in 1896. Adelbert Hay attended the address as consul. A secret session road dispatch cites European powers reacting.
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Hutton
French
Sand River
Broadwood
Bruce Iamilton
Winburg
Mafeking
Baden-Powell
Transvaal
Great Britain
Republic
Pretoria
Adelbert Hay
United States
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