23 Nov 1887
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1887
Page
1
A damaged OCR fragment references attorneys and a buyer benefiting from a sale. It mentions streets and items related to a real estate action but lacks clear names, dates, or places to specify beyond general terms.
Congressman W H Springer, visiting, says all signs point to Carlisle as speaker of the fifth Congress. He notes possible new chairmen on Ways and Means and references seniority, with Mills of Texas a potential choice. Dakota statehood and tariff reform also discussed. Also reports annual Foreign Mails and parcel post notes, including increases in trans Atlantic letters and aims to reduce customs complications.
Secretary Garland rules on land claims amid preemption disputes involving railroad land sales and correction of erroneous parcels. Inter State Commerce Commission hearings feature Standard Oil rates, tank cars versus box cars, and testimony from Howard Page and others about oil shipment practices. South Carolina Legislature opens in Columbia with debt proposals, bond-backed loan plan, and killings of a militia funding bill and agricultural lien repeal.
Virginia Conference on desecration issues at Dixemzing November 23 discusses resolutions opposing Sunday Quins with amendments on Sunday steamboats street cars and papers but no action taken. Portsmoenth City chosen for next meeting as church membership reaches 2 560. During the Torra a collection is noted and property value listed.
A large quantity of dynamite in a tool box on Wyde Park streets exploded destroying the frugatore of John I. Davis and smashing windows across two blocks. Nearby businesses including Leod's bakery F Durkin's boot and shoe store and Lackawanna county restaurant suffered heavy losses. Contractor Phillips, investigating smoke from the tool box, was injured as debris and flying fragments struck bystanders. The dynamite had been stored near a heater. the lamp lit the dynamite causing the blast. Nearby, a gas explosion at the Odd Fellows building in Boston injured five, with two severely, shattering glass and injuring three ladies. causes undetermined.
A resolution adopted at the North Alabama conference session in Tuscaloosa requests Dr. D Kellay to resign as missionary treasurer of the general conference citing remarks about Emma Abbott in Nashville. The move signals a broad reaction within the Southern Methodist church to perceived improprieties surrounding the theater figure.
A doctor who examined Avinst Spies’s body after it was handed to his friends denies any attempt at resuscitation. He notes the warmth proves nothing, cites a single similar Austrian case, and says Spies died beyond hope three hours from the undertaker.
Reports from Nottingham describe Major Sandarszan delivering a political speech attacking Gladstone and urging liberal voters to prepare for electoral battles. The address, amid broader Conservative discussions at Oxford, touched on Ireland, reform, and the danger of rebellion while praising unity and constitutional reform.
Dense smoke from expanding forest fires hangs over Memphis and Kerrville Tennessee as fires rage along the Memphis to Birmingham route. Reports note widespread fence destruction, alarming conditions in Hatichi Bottoms, and heavy river navigation disruption from the smoke. Separate items describe a large Atheneum fire in New Jersey and a Sherman Illinois collision causing extensive freight damage.
January crowd debates a 1887 case in which Clare Robinson, executrix of James D. Robinson, sues Phil Dodd for 193.50. The tale traces a due bill from a cotton market transaction, a contested will bequest, and Brown’s push to settle as onlookers discuss gambling and a forthcoming Orleans race.
At the courthouse tonight the city’s diverse organizations gather to consider accompanying events for the unveiling of the Sergeant Jasper monument. A general committee leads planning with a finance panel aiming to cover expenses, while Colonel William Gastar and B Y E Greene are named officers.
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