Atlanta Favored for South Sub Treasury Site in Conference
Treasury officials indicate Atlanta Georgia leads the race for the new southern sub treasury with Birmingham and Columbia as rivals. The department’s stance weighs heavily in the January 7 conference though final choice rests with lawmakers.
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Atlanta
Sub-Treasury
South
United States Treasury Department
Birmingham
Ala
Carmack
Tennessee
Georgia
Treasury Department
Department
Alabama
South Carolina
Florida
Columbia
Cl Ment
Defective Flue Ignites Fire at Atlanta News Plant
A blaze caused by a defective flue damaged the attic and roof of The Atlanta News office at Mabima and South Forsyth streets, with losses in the hundreds of dollars. Firefighters traced the origin to the General Manager Charles Daniel’s office. machinery remained undamaged and printing resumed after about a quarter hour delay. Several workers fled through windows as smoke filled the building. minor injuries were reported among a linotype eraser operator and two frightened staff, while others escaped unharmed.
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Atlanta News
Mabima
Forsyth
Charles Daniel
Daniel
Mulleie
Patye
Beate
Makhstile
Webbs
Wan Y
Steve Barter
Mary ‘Erry
Society Department
R Daniel
Josiah Carter
News Éds
Dallis
Eity
Sev Orlers
Robert F. Th
Fragmented OCR Notice on Prize Draws and Dates
Fragmentary text mentions prizes and a solution but key details are unclear. The readable parts reference a draw or contest, possible dates, and rewards, but no concrete names, places, or organizers are discernible. Further legible copy is needed for a precise card.
Atlanta bankers meet to push city sub-treasury claim
Joseph A. McCord president of the Atlanta Clearing House Association calls a Wednesday 4 pm meeting to discuss securing a sub-treasury for Atlanta. The Georgia Bankers Association urged Georgia priority and Savannah’s move may prompt Atlanta to send a Washington committee to press its claim. The meeting is expected to appoint a committee.
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Atlanta
Joseph A. McCord
Atlanta Clearing House Association
Association
Georgia Bankers’ Association
Georgia
Savannah
Washington
Prisoners Try Wall Escape In Criminal Court
Two escapes by Black prisoners from a court jail cell are reported. Richard Partee and Madison Williams fought Bailiff T M Oliver before being cuffed after a hole was found cut in a connecting wall. Partee faces charges of inciting to serious harm with a boy on Farr street and a four year sentence. Williams is charged with highway robbery and attempted incitement to a serious offense.
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Court House
Richard Partee
Madison Williams
T. M. Oliver
Williams
Roan
At Sea Burial Reported for Stewart Aboard Narragansett
Captain Scott of the Narragansett reports J H Stewart died of consumption and was buried at sea after serving as cabin boy and steward since youth. Born at sea on the way from England to Australia, Stewart wished to die at sea. In another item, bailiff Oliver defended against two hostile prisoners as they attacked the doorway to the criminal court room, subduing both and cuffing them to the bars. Williams, linked to a prior jail fight, is noted as dangerous and a knife incident suspect.
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Scott
Narragansett
London
J. H. Stewart
Stewart
Ocean
England
Australia
Seba
Criminal Court Room
Williams
Donagan
Cann Found Guilty of Simple Assault in Hunt Case
George A. Cann, 21, was convicted in criminal court of simple assault for an alleged attempted assault on 16-year-old Cornelia Hunt and sentenced to one year in prison. Cann testified he visited Mrs. Hunt at 660 South Pryor Street to order groceries and honey, denying the charge, and claiming Hunt slapped him after leaning in. The defense weighed in with Napier and Wright as attorneys, while Hill led the prosecution.
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George A. Cann
Cornelia Hunt
Cann
W. R. Fuller
Mrs. Hunt
Mr. Cann
Woman Revealed as Russ Consulate Clerk
A Chicago report states that D Rayland a consulate clerk died there and was revealed to be a woman. Aaron Schilppen a Russian consul said he had served twelve years in Chicago and recently left the office due to heart trouble. The case raises questions about her identity and background.
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Russ
Chicago
D'Rayland
Ald Aaron Schilppendach
Despondent Georgia Merchant Face Detected Distress
A garbled late 19th century Georgia item mentions T. J. Thornton a merchant farmer in Nyse. The brief notes financial trouble and distress among local merchants with no clear outcome or fuller details.
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Nyse
Bishop McCabe Dies in New York Hospital After Stroke
Bishop Charles Co. McCabe known as the fighting bishop and singing missionary died at New York Hospital from apoplexy suffered a week earlier. Born in 1836 in Athens Ohio he served as a country preacher and military chaplain before rising to the episcopate and leading missionary efforts. He was ican later noted for his controversial stance at the International Policy Holders’ committee before his death.
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Charles Co. McCabe
Methodist Episcopal Church
New York Hospital
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Mies Brouse
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Jersey City
Germantown
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Athens
Ohio
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Libby
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Christian Commission
Ember
Detroit
Aeist Episcopal Conference
Roosevelt Charges Black Soldiers In Brownsville Riot
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports the car shortage crisis is beyond board action and urges remedies. It details investigations into railroad systems and mentions 1084 complaints filed, 82 investigations, and $10 million in collision costs.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
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Southwest
trans-Missouri
Commission
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Southern Pacific
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Burlington
Colorado
Firemen Triumph At Destructive Boston Blaze
A six floor furniture store fire at Eldridge and Peabody on Tremont Street, Boston endangers the shopping district. Firefighters battle extreme cold and old architecture as several men are overcome. One fireman is seriously hurt and another taken to emergency hospital in critical condition.
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Washington, Inter
Tremont
Broomfield Street
Eldridge & Peabody
Tremont Street
Bromfield Street
Phillips
Herrick Shoe Company
Allans Bros
Orpheum Theater
Bromfield Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Jayne
Soldier Missing Feared To Be Foul Play
A private from Troop 1, Twelfth United States Cavalry, is missing after a camp incident near Portwhere. Reports say a soldier’s sleeve was found at the river bank and authorities fear foul play or desertion with no confirmed sightings since December.
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J. Gavin
United States
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Eap
Gavin
Big
Weather outlook worsens with showers likely today and Thursday
J Pluvius nudged ahead and brought light showers Wednesday. Official forecast calls for cloudiness and probable rain Wednesday night and Thursday with continued cold tonight and a spike to warmer temperatures Thursday.
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Fiam
Ae Dhoom
Stocks Slump Triggers Panic Among Rich as Market Sags
New York reports a heavy stock decline with call money at high levels and wealthy investors facing losses. Vanderbilts and Morgans rush to offset debts while pool operators withdraw as panic spreads through Wall Street.
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New York
Wall Street
Eranc
Wall
Tes
He Vanderbite
J. M Morgs
Boon
Abandoned church eyed as city hall annex
The First Christian church on East Hunter Street may be leased to the city for a waterworks annex. A. G. Rhodes, who bought the building, proposes remodeling it for city use and the water board will consider the plan at its Wednesday meeting with a committee to report to council.
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First Christian
Hunter Street
Board of Water Commissioners
A. G. Rhodes
Water Board
Rhodes
Embalming Event Invited By Medico Legal Society
New York Governor Higgins was invited to witness embalming of a body with the aim of demonstrating innocence of Albert T. Clark Bell, president of the Medico Legal Society. The society hosts its December dinner tonight. it is unclear if the embalming occurs before or after.
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New York
Higgins
Albert T.clark Bell
The
Medico Legal Society
President Delivers 136 Page Brownsville Report
The president released a 136 page document in reply to senate resolutions on the Brownsville affair. He states he ordered the discharge of nearly all members of Companies B I and D of the Twenty fifth Infantry, cites past related actions, and defends his constitutional duty as commander in chief. The report includes Taft’s secretary notes and references to General Lee and other military precedents.
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Senate
Brownsville
Taft
Augustus Pr .Blocksom
Leonard A. Lovering
Ernest A. Gar
A. B. Nettleton
N. C
Robert E. Lee
Twenty-ffth Infantry
United States Army
Congress
Memsane
Garlington
United States
Brown
Grand Jury Probes New York Life Affair
The grand jury in New York continued its inquiry into the New York Life Insurance Company scandal. It questioned Tresmuri Randolph and Bookkeeper Matison as part of the probe into the Prussian bond affair uncovered by the Armstrong committee, with about sixty company employees summoned to the grand jury room.
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New York
Grand Jury
New York Life Insurance Company
Tresmuri Randolph
Matison
Pole
Armstrong Committee
Not a Relative Dodgen Denies Family Ties After Death
J H Dodgen of 121 Pine street says he is not related to J G Daggen who was shot and killed last Bathday night. He claims the assertion of kinship is incorrect and that his family is not involved in the Dodgen matter.
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J. H. Dodgen
Pine Street
J. G. Daggen
Dodgen
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