Curtain Rises on Final Session of 59th Congress
Washington dec 3 the 59th congress opens a three month term with major agenda items including railroad rates pure food meat inspection immigration canal and river harbor projects. the scene features speaker cannon longworth and a full senate roster while the house greets nine smiths and a light floral display marks the renewed session with new members sworn in in delaware and pennsylvania and expected moves in virginia california and tennessee.
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Washington
Roosevelt
59Th Congress
D “Nick
Uncle Joe
Cannon
Nick" Longworth
Senate
Queson
Semitor Platt
Imware
Europe
Joe
Smith
California
William Alden Smith
Michigan
Samuel Smith
Cabinet nominations sent to Senate for immediate action
President submitted a slate of cabinet and judiciary nominees including William Howard Taft era figures for attorney general interior secretary and customs posts. The list also included postmaster general and navy secretary picks with marshals consuls and other appointments to be considered in executive session amid crowded galleries.
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Washington
Bess
Senate
Willian Hi. Moolly
Infreme
Epenhantan
Costelyou
Shears
Latse
Jemnes E. Warren
Florida
J.D. Dreher
South Carolina
Tamuti
Society Islands
Sen
Cullom
Ilnois
Southern Georgia Methodist conference appoints new assignments
The South Georgia Methodist conference adjourned after reading next year’s appointments. Savannah District leads with presiding elder M. Lovett. numerous churches and circuits across Cordele, Macon, and nearby areas receive assigns including Bascom, Statesboro, Vidalia, and Pembroke. Missionaries to Cuba and conference officers named. session to meet in Brunswick.
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George Valdosta
Sooth
Georgia Methodist Conference
Brunswick
Bishop Ward
Dreschers
Savannah
M. Lovett
Temly Church
Bascon
Anthony
Wesley Monumental and Mission
W. N. Alnaworth
L. W. Waler
Grace Church
T. A. Darley
Eaeus
Aynenboro
Statesboro
Paul Elis
An. Guyton
J. G. Christian
Millen
H. H. Bogan
Girard
A. Lest Sylvania
Lay Ward
Springfield
Littlejohn
Rockford
BE. B. Button
Bascom
A. Belcher
Lawtonville
Cuba
H. B. Bardwell
EB. E. Clements
J. M. Bags
J. N. Hudson
J. M
Glenn
Lewis
Cordele
K. Read
C. A. Jackson
Arabi
R. M. Booth
Firard
J. C. Flanders
Ocilla
M. B. Ferril
George H. Martin
Rochelle
Jasper Bhirar
Finlayson
Supply
Vienne
Walter Anth McGhee
Jenna
Iter Anthony
Unadilla
Snow
Kemp
Pinehurst
J. M. Austin
Bonaire
T. S. Nease
Byronville
Ms. Allison
Montezuma
L. J. Ballard
Oglethorpe
Liberty
Weather Chatter Reflects Seasonal Chill
A humorous exchange about discussing the weather leads into a forecast of colder conditions. The notice lists temperatures for Monday night and Tuesday with scattered illegible markings, showing a small local weather snapshot and a playful aside about talking weather as a social staple.
Soldiers to guard him at Gillette trial in Herkimer
Martial law-like measures will sit behind the Herkimer county court house as Chester Gillette's jury retires to decide his fate in the Grace Brown murder case. Soldiers with fixed bayonets guard the entrance and await a verdict, while Gillette writes hopeful letters to his parents and fiancée. The packed courtroom hears rebuttal testimony on boat depth and witnesses from Cortland, as both sides rest their case.
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Herkimer
N. Y
Chester Gillette
Grace Brown
Herkimer County Court House
Algorders
Eddy
Jall
Court House
Gillette
Denver
Lucille
Chicago
Kansas City
Aera Jonesame
Davendorf
Senator Mills
Silas Peeler
Big Moose Lake
Feeler
Ward
Julian A. van Wile
Cortland
Sporting Goods
van Wile
Exoneration for Capt Heidt and wife affirmed by War Department
War Department reports Captain Grayson B Heidt of Atlanta and his wife Grace McKinley Heidt are officially exonerated regarding rumors that she stowed away on the Buford transport. The Humphreys report finds no arrival reference for Mrs Heidt, and orders relieve Heidt of Buford command to Troop K Eleventh Cavalry in Cuba. He will depart San Francisco in about two weeks, stopping in Atlanta en route, possibly with his wife.
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Grace McKinley Heidt
Buford
Grayson B. Heidt
Atlanta
War Department
Charles S. Humphreys, Jr
Honolulu
Humphreys
Mra. Heidt
Army and Navy Journal
Army
John Dt
Department
Heidt
Eleventh Cavalry
Cuba
San Francisco
Heldt
Grace Me
McKinley
Double Execution Faced For Valdosta Men In Georgia
In Lowndes county two men J G Rawlins and Alf Moore face hanging at the jail between 10 and 2 after Governor Terrell refused further delay. A doctor may examine Rawlins for sanity while Cooper, their attorney, seeks commutation or pardon and the prison board may review the cases Friday.
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J. G. Rawlins
A Moore
Lowndes County
Terrell
Cooper
Macon
Alf Moore
Waldoa= ta
Savannah
Valdosta
Rawlins
Cooper Sialon
J. . Awitie
Mike
Hive Boys
Mr. Cooper
John R. Cooper
Carter Dhi Vieen
Milton
Jesse Rt
Georgian honors fair treatment in Rawlins case
Special to The Georgian from Valdosta Georgia reports J G Rawlins awaiting execution with a final message to meet his God. He accuses a lack of fair trial and blames Lowndes County authorities and Alf Moore while praising The Georgian and Colonel John Temple Graves for fair coverage. Sheriff Passmore is en route to open the gallows tonight.
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Paul E. Wilkes
Valdosta
J. G. Rawlins
John R. Cooper
Macon
Lowndes County
Alf Moore
John Temple ‘Graves
Sheriff Passmore
Governor Terrell Denies Respite in Rawling Case
Telegrams from Governor Terrell to Attorney Cooper and to Alf Moore’s counsel deny further delay in the execution of J. G. Rawlins, the Black man, and Alf Moore. Terrell states no interference with the court judgment and no commutation warrants further respite. Signed messages dated December 3 and 19, 1906, from Atlanta, Georgia.
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Rawlins
Cooper
Alf Moore
Terrell
J. G. Rawling
Allanta
John R. Cooper
Macon
J. G. Raw Ins
Atlanta
Dees
Messrs. Woodward
Smith and Crawford
Valdosta
Britain probes Atlanta race riot victim Ogilvie
A London inquiry follows a Savannah cable claiming Jamaican born William Ogilvie, missing since the Atlanta riot, may be one of the unidentified black dead. British and Jamaican officials seek his whereabouts for estate matters and possible diplomatic fallout with the United States. Mayor Woodward foresees no clear action yet.
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United States
Atlanta
William Ogilvie
Jamaica
Woodward
Savannah
New York
Osiitis
Tuskegee
Ogilvie
Booker Washington
Nore Industrial School
Ala
West Mitchell Street
Gen Youmans Dead Brave Confederate Orator
Leroy F. Youmans former attorney general under Hampton and later district attorney died at his home in Columbia on December 3. The notable Confederate veteran and polished speaker was 7? years old at his death. Investigators, led by Detective Payne, search for details of the case surrounding his passing.
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Youmans
Columbia, & C
Leroy F. Youmans
Hampton
Cleveland
Sunday Burglar Escapes After Break-In In Yard
A Sunday burglary scene described with fragments indicating a person killed in a yard near Portlal and a railroad area. The readable text suggests a burglary incident with a fatal outcome and a pursuer or witness noting the event this morning. Further specifics are unclear due to the damaged OCR.
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