Miners Battle in Cardiff Alabama Bloodshed After Clash
A confrontation near Cardiff Alabama between white and Black miners left three dead and several wounded. Ed Ellis, Jim Dill, and Samuels died from gunfire as armed groups collided in Glasgow Hollow after secret societies stocked with rifles gathered. Sheriff O Brien mobilized deputies to prevent further violence.
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Birmingham
Ala
Cardiff
Ed Ellis
Jim
Dill
Samuels
Rudolph Wil- George Thomas
Glasgow
Winchesters
Ellis
Ile
Colt
Jim l
Adam Samuels
George Thomas
Rudolf Williams
John Shepherd
Monroenes
Corona
Ani
Knights of
O’brien
Oss
New Industries Reported Across Southern States
Southern Progress notes a week of new industrial growth including a $960,000 brick plant in Florida and coal mines in Kentucky. Iron mills appear in Georgia with others in North and South Carolina and Virginia. Cotton seed oil mills in North Carolina and Texas, electric light and power firms in several states, a Georgia fertilizer factory, flouring mills in Delaware? and North and West Virginia, and graphite mines amid a flurry of new factories.
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Kentucky
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Andirginia
Texas
Mississippi
Carolina
Virgin
West Virginia
Deas
Senna Worke
Loyalists rally in Cape Town pledge Milner support
A 4000 strong Cape Town meeting chaired by the city mayor urged full backing for Sir Alfred Milner in negotiations with President Kruger and thanked Canada and Australia for aid. Sir John Gordon Sprigg warned secession risk if Milner lacks full backing, praising Joseph Chamberlain and Britain. Capetown reports say Kruger seeks arbitration as a key condition while the Transvaal buys war materiel and arranges rail control with the Netherlands Railway Company.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Alfred Milner
Kruger
John Gordon Sprigg
Johannesburg
Gordon Sprigg
Cape Colony
Great Britain
Joseph Chamberlain
Birmingham
England
Transvaal
Capetown
Netherlands Railway Company
Orange Free State
Nine graduates receive diplomas at Georgia Tech commencement
The tenth annual Georgia School of Technology commencement in Atlanta drew a large audience in the chapel. Nine graduates received bachelor of science degrees while the event featured a varied program and notable philanthropy. Colonel J W Rucker and Aaron French each donated three thousand dollars to the school for flexible use by the president and board of trustees.
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Georgia School of Technology At
Atlanta
J. W. Rucker
Maddox-Rucker Banking Company
Railroads Agree on Union Passenger Station Plan in Atlanta
Railway officials seized control of the union passenger station in Atlanta and reached a consensus after a late-night conference following a meeting with the state commission. They recommended boards approve a plan to build a new station extending from Loyd to Whitehall streets.
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Atlanta
State Commission
Loyd
Whitehall Streets
Incorporation Refused for Isthmus Ship Canal Co
New Jersey Secretary of State refused articles of incorporation for the American Isthmus Ship Canal Company after an Attorney General opinion found the authorized capital plan invalid under state law. The proposal would have set an authorized capital of 80,000 with potential increase to 250 million by stockholder vote, requiring two thirds approval from holders.
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Panama Canal Company
New Jersey
Trenton
N. J
Gray
Secretary of State
American Isthmus Ship Canal Company
Fire devastates Toledo freight houses and yards
A major blaze in Toledo on Monday destroyed the Michigan Central freight house and the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton freight house. About 100 loaded cars burned, with losses over 300000 dollars, largely uninsured. Nearby small buildings and several hundred feet of dock were ruined, costing railroads millions in replacement work. Two See cats theres.
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Toledo
Michigan Central
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Dayton
Chamberlain Addresses Birmingham Unionists On Transvaal Crisis
Joseph Chamberlain, secretary of state for the colonies, warned that Britain's garrison increases in Cape Colony and Natal add 500000 pounds annually. He urged justice for Britain, denounced the Transvaal, and spoke of a possible amicable settlement to avert war. The crowd applauded, feeling strengthened by his words.
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Joseph Chamberlain
Birmingham
England
Transvaal
Great Britain
Cape Colony
Natal
Lord Ripon
South Africa
Chamberlain
Aguinaldo Has Hope of McKinley Defeat in Next Campaign
Long cable from General Otis reports in Manila that the rainy season limits Luzon campaigning, insurgents are scattered with a strong 4,000 in Tarlac and northern Pampanga, and US troops are stretched from Cavite to Jolo. Civilians seek peace under American protection while native courts operate well and disease among troops remains a concern.
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Aguinaldo
McKinley
Manina
Washington
Luzon
Tagalo Country
Imus
San Fernando
la Guna
Tarlac Province
Pampanaga
Cavite
Batangas
Manila
United States
Jolo
Archipelago
Palawan Islands
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Utah
Sixth Infantry
Negros
California
General Hospital
Cuba
Victoria Reviews Troops Parade Before Her Majesty
A London dispatch reports Queen Victoria, the Duke of Cambridge, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, Grand Duke Michiel of Russia, the Duke of Connaught, General Lord Wolseley, Colonel Samuel S Summer USA army attache, and many royals witnessing Aldershot review of over 18 000 troops. The event signals readiness for emergencies in the Transvaal or elsewhere.
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London
Duke of Cambridge
Prince of Wales
Duke of York
Michiel
Russia
Duke of Connaught
Lord Wolsely
Samuel S. Summer
United States Army
United States
Plains of Aldershot
Kingdom
Victoria
Transvaal
Porto Ricans Enlist 300 In War Dept Battalion
A War Department authorized battalion adds 300 Porto Ricans to the ranks. Brigadier General Davis reports the enlistment in Puerto Rico’s forces, with 100 more men expected to be secured. The secretary of war has been advised of the progress.
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War Department
New York Herald
Washington
Alger
Davis
Department of Porto Rico
Dewey Leaves Colombo for Port Said Amid Health Update
Dispatch from Ceylon reports the battleship Olympia with Admiral Dewey aboard sailed from Colombo for Port Said Wednesday afternoon. The admiral had been resting at Colombo with improving health and recently visited the cruiser Yosemite where Captain Richard Leary and crew are preparing to reach their posts.
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Ceylon
United States
Olympia
Dewboard
Colombo
Dewey
Anxi
Yosemite
Richard Leary
United States Navy
Teland
Guam
Girl of Gold statue to grace Paris expo
Denver report says the Colorado Paris exposition commission signed a contract Monday with F. D. Higbee for a life size solid gold statue of an up to date girl. The 18 karat figure stands six feet four inches with a copper and pure silver pedestal, and about a million dollars in gold will be used.
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Denver
Colorado
Turbulent Kentucky Democratic Convention in Louisville
The Kentucky Democratic state convention in Louisville erupted in pandemonium during its second week. Police were protested as outsiders sparked disturbances. the chair blocked appeals, and two ballots for governor yielded only symbolic results amid hours of chaos and disorder.
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Kentucky
Louisville
Exposition Building Burns at Piedmont Park
The Cotton States and International Exposition auditorium at Piedmont Park in Atlanta was totally destroyed by fire discovered at 4 30 a m Monday morning. The blaze, likely incendiary, gutted the immense structure including the stock company scenery and wardrobes. Fire crews 4 and 8 arrived to find the building a mass of flames with total destruction imminent.
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Piedmont Park
Atlanta
United States
Cleveland
McKinley
Exposition Stock Company
Georgia State Tax Commission Begins In Atlanta
The Georgia state tax commission met in the senate chamber at the state capitol in Atlanta under the Ellis resolution. All members were present when Hon. Ed L. Wight opened the session. Roland Ellis moved to hold all future sessions behind closed doors and the motion was approved.
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Georgia State Commission
Atlanta
Georgia State Tax Commission
General Assembly
Senate
State Capitol
Ed L. Wight
Roland Ellis
Mrs Barrow Sentenced for Kidnapping Baby Clarke
Mrs George Barrow pleaded guilty to kidnapping Baby Marion Clarke before Justice Werner in New York. He denounced the crime as one of consummate villainy and refused to defer sentence, deeming her utterly devoid of tenderness.
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Clarke
George Barrow
Werner
Supreme Court
New York
Marion Clarke
President McKinley Returns to Washington
The President and Mrs McKinley with the presidential party arrived at 10 80 a m Tuesday in Washington and were driven to the White House. Mrs McKinley, who had fallen ill in Adams Mass, was slightly better on arrival and had contracted a cold from New England weather prompting the return to the capital.
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McKinle
Washington
White House
McKinley
Adams
Mass
New England
Big Reinforcements Planned for General Otis in Philippines
A Washington special reports Secretary Alger, Adjutant General Corbin, and Colonel Bird agreed to reinforce General Otis with 50,000 troops by the end of the rainy season. Recruiting will continue at 70 stations for three-year terms in the regular army, then assigned to regiments. Volunteer enlistment will begin under the latest act, with about 100,000 total expected.
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Washington
Alger
Corbin
Bird
Otis
Philippines
White House
United States
Provisional Army
General Otis
War Department
Congress
Adjutant General
Cuba
Porto Rico
Samoa officials deny pending removals of consuls and Chief Justice
A Washington dispatch reports no official confirmation that consuls and Chief Justice Chambers at Samoa were to be relieved. Officials believe American consul Osborne has avoided enmity at Apia, while the Samoan commission reportedly lacks authority to remove Chief Justice Chambers.
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Washington
Samoa
Osborne
Apis
Chambers
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Iners
Alabama
Southern Progress
Dom Paul
Georgia School of Technology
Lord Chamberlain
Port Said
Mrs. Barrow
President
Justice Chambers
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