Congress Opens After Recess With Hawaii Annexation on Tap
Congress resumes work as members return after holidays. Davis plans to call up the Hawaiian annexation treaty in the Senate, while Senator Teller proposes a silver payable option on bonds. The president sends a batch of appointments including ministers and consuls to Liberia, Cape Town, Peking, Berne, and other posts.
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Davis
Congress
House
News of Congress
E House
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
Teller
United States
Teller’s Sugestion, Sent To the Committee On
Owen Smith
North Carolina
Liberia
James G. Tone
Missouri
Cape Town
Cape Good Hope
Herbert G. Squies
Berne
Switzerland
Neal Mcillan
Michigan
Port Sarnia
James M. Ayres
Ohio
Osorio
Argentine Republic
John H.rout, Jr
Massachusetts
Marta
Non Z. Brodowski
Illinois
Nstl
Breslau
Germany
Furth
Charles W. Erdman
Kencky
Bavaria
Eslau
Germany Moves to Acquire Kiao Chou Bay in China
The Berlin Reichsanzeiger reports a telegram from Peking indicating an understanding for cession of Kiao Chou bay to Germany. The accord allows an indefinite lease for Germany to establish a base for trade and navigation with authority to construct and protect facilities on the ceded territory.
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Reichsanzeigar
Berlin
Peking
Gerhy
China
Kiao-Chou Bay
Germany
Kiao Chou Bay
Berty
Esterhazy Set for Court Martial in Paris Trial
Paris dispatch says Military Governor General Kussier will try Major Count Esterhazy by court martial behind closed doors on January 10. Esterhazy, a retired French officer tied to the Dreyfus affair, is alleged to have authored an anonymous letter used in the Dreyfus case.
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Paris
Kussier
Wit
BAS
Countethazy
Bnt Esterhazy
Dreyfus
Alfred Dreyfus
Charges Against Hanna Touched by Grand Jury Probe
The Evening Press reports Charles W. Voorhees, state’s attorney, has referred to the grand jury claims that Senator Marcus A. Hanna sought to improperly influence several legislators to aid his US Senate bid. Central evidence cites Mrs. Griffith’s account of being kidnapped from the Southern hotel and Hanna’s alleged offer of payment for votes. House members George Spellmire and Chris Monter are expected to testify.
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Grand Jury
Evening Press of
Columbus
Charles W. Voorhees
Marcus A. Hanna
Senate
Griffith
J. E. Griffith
Union County
Southern Hotel
Hanna
United States
George Spellmire
Cincinnati
Chris Monter
Hamilton County
House
Spinners Union Votes to Resist Wage Reduction in New Bedford
The New Bedford spinners union voted unanimously to strike to resist wage cuts. Union ranks include 450 steady spinners 1000 spare spinners and 150 doffers with attendance by spinners and doffers. Committees will confer with managers and other unions while Secretary Ross seeks national sanction in Boston.
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New Bedford
Mass
Card and Picker Toom
Ross
Spinners’ Union
National Union
Boston
Florida's Latest Freeze Hits Vegetables in Spots
Weather bureau reports from Florida show January 2 and 8 1898 freezes caused notable vegetable damage but were less severe than the 1894 1895 winters. Jacksonville telegraphs note damage across north and south central areas where unprotected, with substantial pineapple damage and citrus trees harmed through the fruit belt.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Florida
Jacksonville
Telegraph
Mississippi Legislature Faces Broad Agenda in Jackson
The Mississippi legislature in Jackson opens amid uncertainty with the governor proposing a delta prison farm purchase, attacking corporations, criticizing the Marine Hospital service over yellow fever, backing an elective judiciary, seeking popular US Senate elections, and calling for Sunday train stoppages. He also supports disfranchising convicted wife beaters and addresses a state deficit.
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Jackson, Miss
Delta
Marine Hospital Service
United States
Lunatic Fires at Keepers at Milledgeville Asylum
B H Osborne a patient at the Georgia State Lunatic Asylum in Milledgeville escaped danger by firing at his attendants and Superintendent Dr T O Powell during a Monday night gathering. Powell narrowly avoided injury as Osborne shot at close range before fleeing. investigators probe how the pistol was obtained and how he slipped from his room.
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Georgia State Lunatic Asylum
Milledgeville
B. H. Osborne
Fulton County
Osborne
T. O. Powell
Dr. Powell
Powell
Insane Man Shoots Foreman at Atlanta Lithographing Plant
Ben Osborne, recently discharged from the Atlanta Lithographing company, killed Theo Shrader, foreman, after sworn lunacy proceedings. Osborne, alleging persecution, fired on Shrader at Alabama and Loyd streets, then fled. He was adjudged insane and confined to the state asylum, where he has attended dances under careful watch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Osborne
Theo
Shrader
Atlanta
Osborne
Alabama
Loyd
Trade Mark Infringement Halted in New York Suit
The United States Circuit Court of the Southern District of New York in a December 23 1897 opinion granted injunction and accounting in The Hostetter Company v Sommers and Louis Joseph. The court held protection extends to any unfair means and every attempt to invade a trade mark owner rights may be enjoined.
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United States Circuit Court For
Southern District of New York
Townsend
Hostetter Company
Isaac Sommers
Louis Joseph
Court of Equity
Butterworth in Critical Condition in Georgia Hotel
Hon. Ben Butterworth of Ohio United States commissioner of pensions is a guest at the Piney Woods hotel in Thomasville Georgia recovering from pneumonia. He suffered a sudden violent urenic convulsion Monday morning and is reported in precarious condition with J Morton of New York and Dr. McIntosh of Thomasville attending.
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Ben Butterworth
Ohio
United States Commissioner of Pensions
Piney Woods
Thomasville
Butterworth
Columbus
J. Morton
New York
Dr. McIntosh
Liverpool Syndicate Plans Large Louisville Tobacco Factory
A Liverpool syndicate arranges to build a vast tobacco manufactory in Louisville Kentucky. Plans drawn by a noted architect call for starting work as soon as weather allows. The project expects about 700 workers and aims to supply the Liverpool market with tobacco.
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Louisville
Liverpool
Currency bill introduced to carry out monetary commission plan
Recopative Overstreet of Indiana introduced a comprehensive bill in the house Thursday to implement the monetary commission plan for currency reform. The measure, containing forty seven sections, mirrors in part the gold standard, issue bureau, and retirement of legal tender notes, with elaboration on notes issued against assets and the redemption of failed banks. Debates over civil service reform occurred as Grosvenor and Johnson spoke vigorously, while senate activity was light with a few bills advanced including tribal congress planning, public buildings at Fergus Falls and Newport News, and protecting the Red Cross name and insignia.
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Indiana
House
Monetary Commission
Reed
Committee On Banking
Walker
Edmunds
Bureau of Issue and Redemption
Civil Service Law
Grosvenor
Ohio
Johnson
Republican Party
George William Curtis
Senate
United States
Omaha
Fergus Falls
Minn
Newport News
Red Cross Society
Ex Federal Officer Murders Wife and Daughter in Greenville
Captain A W Carter, once a cavalry captain and Burnside post commander, killed his wife with an axe then shot his daughter before taking his own life. Fourteen year old Walter Gass slept through the massacre and notified authorities Thursday morning. Carter had been described as mentally unbalanced for three years following a daughter's death.
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Greenville
Tenn
A. W. Carter
Captain Carter
Walter Gass
Carter
Greene County
Burnside Post No
G. A.B
First
Tennessee Volunteers
Taylor for Senate enters race in Tennessee
Governor Robert L. Taylor plans to run for senator against McMillin and Turley. After a secret meeting held by Taylor supporters Turley and McMillin warned they would unite to oppose him. Turley allies denounce Taylor’s decision to enter the contest.
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Tennessee
Knoxville Tribune
Robert L. Taylor
Messrs
McMillin
Turley
Taylor
Birmingham Asks Help Stamp Out Smallpox
Surgeon General Wyman sends Past Assistant Surgeon Magruder to Birmingham Alabama to direct the smallpox eradication effort. Birmingham's request through local officials and Congressman Underwood prompts federal aid with Marine Hospital Service staff, Birmingham to cover local costs.
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Washington
Wyman
Magruder
Birmingham
Ala
Underwood
Marine Hospital Service
Floor Fall Kills Thirty in London Ontario Town Hall
A ceiling collapse at London Ontario city hall during a political rally left about thirty dead and many injured. The platform failed, a central beam gave way, and a heavy steam coil and a large safe crushed those below as panicked crowds surged toward exits. Mayor-elect and several aldermen escaped.
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London
Ont
Parnell
R. M. Toothe
Loaded log explodes injuring Roseborough family in Charlotte
In Charlotte North Carolina Monday evening a stick of wood placed on a fire by Ed Roseborough and family exploded, wounding five members including a wife three children. Police suspect the log was used to trap thieves at a nearby woodyard amid thefts. The crime involves an internal machine likely to frame others, with uncertain suspect attribution.
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Charlotte
N. C
Ed Roseborough
South College Street
Roseborough
Twiggs County Men Seek End to Mrs Nobles and Fambles Costs
A Twiggs County party visited Macon to find ways to remove the expense of supporting Mrs Nobles and Gus Fambles after repeated convictions. They claim Twiggs taxpayers are burdened by the high tax rate due to ongoing criminal trials and demand a new sentence.
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Twiggs County
Macon
Nobles
Gus Fambles
Twiggs
Southern progress outlook for 1898 amid rising industrial activity
The 1897 business volume in the south rose above years past with firmer iron demand and large finished-material contracts. Exports stay robust and prospects for 1898 are bright as new ventures roll out across Kentucky, Texas, Alabama, Georgia, and West Virginia including distilleries, electric plants, flour mills, cement works, and cotton and tin industries.
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South
Belton Construction & Surety Co
Charleston
W. Va
Dant
Kerrville Electric Light, Heat and Power Co
Capital
Kerville
Texas
Kingwood
Florence
Ala
Bee Spring
Brownville
Tenn
Ashland
St. Joe Mining Co
Little Rock
Ark
Tahloneka Mining Co
Earlington
Richland Coal Works
Wheeling
Butler Clay Co
Butler
Valley Station
Shawnee Oil Mill & Gin Co
Shawnee
Blackford
Griffin
Crockett
Tex
Mrs Davis Invited to Confederate Veterans Reunion
Mrs Jefferson Davis will attend the United Confederate Veterans reunion in Atlanta Georgia next July. She, Miss Winnie Davis, and Mrs Hayes will be guests with an escort of Georgia veterans. All state camps join in inviting the widow and the two daughters for a series of receptions and events.
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Jefferson Davis
United Confederate Veterans’ Association
Atlanta
Winnie Davis
Hayes
Davis
Georgia
Ms. Davis
Miss Davis
Georgia appoints Mrs Milledge assistant librarian
Mrs John Milledge wife of former state librarian is appointed assistant librarian in Georgia replacing Miss Sarah Jewett who filled the term of Miss Ellen Dortch who resigned after marrying Gen James Longstreet. Salary is 800 dollars annually. praised by the public. Captain John Milledge her husband long served as librarian.
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John Milledge
Georgia
Milledge
Sarah Jewett
Ellen Dortch
James Longstreet
Gordon
Brown
Democrats force Kansans to answer liquor question
In Topeka on Wednesday the Kansas Democrats pressed the Populists to take a stand on liquor policy. Democratic leaders offered to withdraw from the state ticket if the Populists pledge re submission of the issue. The Populist committee declined to comment and will decide later.
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Kansas
Topeka
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Teaders
Kiao
Chou
Mississippi
Jackson
Georgia Asylum
Doctor
Ontario
Mrs. Nobles
Southern Progress
Mrs. Davis
Sirs
Miss Jewett
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