Aldrich Wins Seat After Bitter Party Line Battle
A Washington special reports that by seven votes Hew. illiam F. Aldrich, a Republican, unseated M. Gaston Robbins in the fourth Obama district amid a partisan contest led by Judge Bartlett. The vote followed division over minority and majority reports and featured absence of Wheeler and Stallings amid Democratic protests. The chamber set a later vote on the related financial bill.
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Washington
M. Gaston Robbins
Obama
Illiam F. Aldrich
Judge Bartlett
Georgia
Robbins
Resu
Bbins
Aldrich
House
Bartlett
Stallings
New Jersey
Alabama
Mann
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Overstreet
Indiana
Fortune For A Horse Flying Fox Sold In England
A London dispatch reports the sale of the late duke of Westminster's racehorse string at Kingsclere on Thursday. Flying Fox, Derby winner in 1899 and victor in the 2000 Guineas Eclipse Stakes and St Leger, sold for 37 500 guineas about 196 500 dollars.
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Flying Fox
England
London
Duke of Westminster
Kingsclere
Flanagan's Brain Examined by Many Doctors
Physicians in Decatur Georgia examined the brains of murderer Flanagan on Wednesday. They expressed varying opinions about signs of a diseased mind with some arguing indications were marked while others found nothing conclusive. All agreed only a microscope could provide final judgment.
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Flanagan
Decatur
Senator Pettus Denounces Porto Rico Bill as Illegal
Washington dispatch reports Senator Bacon offering an amendment to the Porto Rican bill to grant US civil rights upon establishment of civil government while maintaining tariffs on imports from other countries but excluding US goods. Senator Pettus opposed the bill as unconstitutional and hardly decent, praising the president’s free trade stance.
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Bacon
United States
Davie
Congress
Mason
Illinois
Committee On Foreign Relations
Pettus
Alabama
Senate
Porto Rico
Mafeking Under Siege Fevers and Shortages Decimate Garrison
Dispatches describe typhoid malaria breaking out in the women's laager and dysentery among the garrison due to vegetable scarcity. Hospitals overflow as luxuries are requisitioned, and the children's graveyard near the women's section grows weekly. Hope for relief is deferred.
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Mafeking
Agnew Is Free From Columbus Penitentiary
Enoch W. Agnew, longtime Ocala banker, was released after serving the five year term at Columbus Penitentiary. He had loaned beyond legal limits to orange growers, triggering a nationwide banking probe as Florida suffered a double cold snap that ruined crops and left borrowers unable to repay.
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Enoch W. Agnew
Ocala
Fla
Columbus
Florida
Agnew
McMillin Names Two Republicans to City Posts
Tennessee Governor McMillin appoints T. P. Marshall as police commissioner and Clement Woodworth to the Chatta board of public works. Both appointees are Republicans succeeding retiring Republicans.
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Tennessee
Nashville Dispatch
McMillin
T. P. Marshall
Clement Woodworth
Board of Public Works of
Chatta
New Orleans Council Wins Slot Machine Ordinance Ruling
Justice Nicholls of the Louisana Supreme Court declares the city council may ban slot machines within New Orleans. The ruling upholds local authority to regulate gambling devices.
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Nicholls
Louisiana Supreme Court
New Orleans
Flanagan Dies in DeKalb County Jail After Escape Bid
Edward C. Flanagan, condemned killer of Mrs. Nancy Allen and Miss Ruth Slack, died in a DeKalb county jail cell in Decatur Georgia. Suffering from a lingering illness and a gunshot wound from a jail escape attempt, he reportedly consumed kerosene and tincture of iron after injuring his thigh. Sheriff O H Talley noted Providence spared the county further cost and trouble, while taxpayers recall the long, costly case and the public relief at his death.
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Edward ©. Flanagan
DeKalb County
Decatur
Nancy Allen
Ruth Slack
Edward C. Flanagan
DeKalb
O. H. Talley
Flanagan
Talley
Hand of Providence
Providence
Senate Seldom Interested in Final Vote on Finance Bill Report
The senate showed unusually little interest in the final vote on the conference report of the financial bill. After nearly two weeks before the body, only four speeches were made on the measure.
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Senate
House approves 35 million pound loan in committee
The House of Commons in committee of the whole on Tuesday afternoon adopted a resolution authorizing a loan of 35 million pounds, equivalent to about 175 million dollars. The decision establishes government borrowing to fund stated objectives.
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House of Commons
Kruger Urges Faith During Adversity
Bloemfontein dispatch reports President Kruger addressing a crowd and urging faith as South Africa faces hardship. He asserts the test on the people is nearly reached and promises divine aid if belief remains strong, noting the God of the olden time remains unchanged. The speech moved listeners to tears.
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Bloemfontein
Kruger
Two youths accused in fatal farm attack near Hazlehurst
In Appling County, Monday night two Black youths Butler Goosby and Numan Goosby aged 18 and 15 respectively hired to chop cotton brutally assaulted Mr. Dan Mims and his wife. Mr. Mims died from throat wounds and the baby in Mrs. Mims arms died after the shock. Mrs. Mims is seriously hurt. Coroner and deputies led a manhunt while robbery is suspected.
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Hazlehurst
Gar
Butler Goosby
Numan Goosby
Dan Mims
Mason and Lodge Debate Philippine Policy in Senate
A Washington dispatch reports Senator Sullivan of Mississippi offering a resolution on Philippines ownership and authority. Senator Mason of Illinois moves to discharge the foreign relations committee on a Boers sympathy resolution, urging a vote. Senator Lodge argues for presidential control of the Philippines and warns against broad promises or party politics.
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Senate
Sullivan
Mississippi
Philippine Islands
United States
United States Senate
Mason
Lollinois
Committee On Foreign Relations
Great Britain
Lodge
Massachusetts
Philippine
Philippines
Spooner
Wisconsin
Congress
M'Kinley To Control Philippines Bill Reported
Senate committee on the Philippines reports a Spooner bill for United States control after insurrection ends in the islands. Lodge presents the report. bill grants military civil and judicial power to govern the Philippines under presidential direction to protect inhabitants liberty property and religion.
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Senate Committee On
Philippines
Spooner
Wisconsin
Lodge
Senate
United States
Philippine Islands
Spain
Paris
Congress
The
Memphis Preachers Proclaim Mardi Gras Immoral
The Protestant Pastors' Association of Memphis Tennessee adopted a resolution at its regular meeting calling Mardi Gras immoral indecent and corrupting to the public good They urge Memphians to discourage the carnival by legitimate means in the future in their city.
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Protestant Pastors’ Association of
Memphis
Tenn
Seaboard Investment raises capital for railway terminal project
The Seaboard Investment Company formed just weeks earlier to develop the Chattanooga Augusta and Charleston Air Line Railway terminal property in Charleston increased its capital stock from 30000 to 500000 at a Tuesday meeting.
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Seaboard Investment Company
Chattanooga, Augusta and Charleston Air Line Railway
Charleston
Shaw Addresses Norfolk Crowd On Peace Mission Tour
General William H. Shaw, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, spoke to a large Norfolk audience Tuesday night. He announced a twelve-state southern tour and urged unity and fraternity among Union and Confederate veterans, delivering a stirring message of peace for the present and future.
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Shaw
Grand Army of the Republic
Norfolk
Senate committee approves aid to ex Queen Liliuokalani
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee authorized reporting an amendment to the diplomatic appropriation bill. It would appropriate $20 000 to be paid to ex Queen Liliuokalani and provide an annual donation of $10 000 for as long as she lives.
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Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Lilioukalani
Chinn sues for damages in Goebel assassination libel case
Colonel Jack Chinn the turfman and politician sues Mrs. Kate M. Banta for libel over claims she saw him shoot Governor William Goebel from behind The complaint seeks twenty five thousand dollars in damages and cites the alleged remark made in front of bystanders in Frankfort Kentucky
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Frankfort
Goebel
Jack Chinn
William Goebel
Kate M. Banta
Chinn
Half Hundred Miners Killed in West Virginia Disaster
A mine explosion at the Red Ash mine near Fire Creek and Thurmond, West Virginia, killed many workers and left rescuers racing to reach entombed miners. State Mine Inspector Pinckney and owner J. Fred Effinger led relief efforts as families gathered, numbers unknown, with fears of dozens more still missing.
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Fire Creek
W. Va
New River District
Red Ash
Thurmond
Cheseapeak and Ohio Railway
Pinckney
J. Fred Effinger
Staunton
Ferdinand Howell
Red Ash Company
Peace overtures rumor fuels hope in London papers
The London Daily News editorialized that rumors of informal peace overtures between two republics arose Thursday. It said there is some reason to believe the rumors, but the suggested terms are now impossible after the war and its sacrifices.
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London Daily News
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