Building the Atlanta Exposition Bill Drives Washington Inquiry
Washington May 18 Special report Clark Howell and Jack Spalding face a tough task collecting data for the Appropriation committee on the Livingston bill to fund a government building and exhibit at the Atlanta exposition. They wire Chicago architects for bids to move the building to Atlanta and request a detailed statement from the exposition company on expected expenditures. The committee will remain in Washington for days yet, with another meeting planned Monday, aided by department staff.
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Clark Howell
Jack Spalding
Bickford
Chicago
Atlanta
Collier Atlanta
Exposition Company
Senate
Tariff debate tightens as Congress moves toward action
Observers note pressure from business interests and both parties to finalize a new tariff law. Senators Faulkner predicts passage in the Senate soon, with conference debates shaping a bill that is a sizable cut from McKinley but higher than Wilson. House members resist the Senate version yet seek resolution before July, while lawmakers rush to campaign and exit Congress.
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Senate
House
Congress
Senate tariff progress and dispute over duties
Washington May 18 A steady advance on the tariff bill was reported in the senate with key schedules A and B completed and debate continuing. West defended reductions on luxuries to ease living costs while Aldrich criticized the plan, and discussions touched on marble versus granite duties and overall farmer and manufacturing concerns. A separate Nashville note reports W H Yeager, a white man about sixty five, arrested for criminal assault on a girl.
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Nashville
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W. H. Yeager
Tullahoma
Yearger
Fight to the finish Johnston foes clash for convention
Birmingham dispatch reports Johnston supporters vow a fight to the finish for the state convention leadership amid contested delegates. Oates backers claim strength but Johnston appears to threaten Oates’ hopes in Montgomery. Lee county delegation to be contested amid claims of crookedness and strategy.
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Birmingham
Ala
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Joryston
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Oates
Gale on the Lake: Vessels wrecked as storm rips Lake Michigan
A fierce north wind off Chicago drives rapid wrecks along the shore. Dozens of schooners founder or break apart near the breakwater while life savers rescue exhausted sailors. several men perish and many more are injured amid raging waves and collapsing vessels. Eyewitness crowds witness rescues as crews are battered by the gale.
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Twenty-fifth Street
Terrible harbor storm rescues and a missing crewman
The Chicago lumber ship John Loomis McLaren faced a fierce harbor storm. Nine crewmen battled waves. the ninth disappeared after a daring rescue attempt by Peter Wright and Matthew Peterson. Fifteen minutes later they were saved, though badly injured and exhausted. The storm swept the harbor with ships in peril and many lives saved by life-saving crews and tugs. Additional reports recount severe storms across several states with multiple deaths and extensive property damage.
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Chicago
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Lfe
Randolph Street Viaduct
South Pier
Thomas Kelso
Illinois Central
Michigan
Jackson Park
Tail End of Storm Hits Augusta in May Weather Row
Augusta Ga May 18 Special a terrible wind and rain storm struck the city at 3 30 o'clock completing the tail end of a cyclone Broadway was swept clean trash rushed ahead of the wind two new frame buildings on Gwinnett near Woodlawn were blown down the Haines Industrial institute roof lifted a visitor Mr P LicDermid of Gainesville was knocked senseless by a falling tree near upper Broadway he was bruised but not seriously injured the storm traveled from southwest to northeast with reports of disasters to follow. Raleigh NC May 18 Special heavy rains broke a long drought three hailstorms caused damage to lands and crops two hours of rain produced three inches of precipitation and electric alarms sounded. Acquitting Everybody Chattanooga Tenn May 18 Special a jury acquitted D L Cavender after two days of testimony in a brutal murder case the defense blamed James Irvin and sparked courtroom tension with references to judge lynch. Waycross Ga May 18 Special John Williams a negro barber was stabbed by a woman claiming she was his wife the intruder arrived by excursion train and lured him to the depot where she stabbed him in the left side the wound is painful but not fatal the woman was arrested and jailed.
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Haamilton County
Chattanooga
Tenn
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Walker County
Georgia
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Roll Reed
Roosville
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Reed
Joe Clift
Moon
Lynch
Waycross
John Wiliams
Willams
Coxey Faces Sentence in Judge Miller Court Today
Washington dispatch reports Coxey Browne and Jones face sentencing after Judge Miller to hear the case as Judge Bradley refuses to issue a writ of certiorari. The penalty for their offenses under the police court stands at $100 fine or sixty days in jail, or both, with Miller to impose if the writ remains denied.
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