Aldrich Wins Contested Seat in Alabama Contest
Washington report notes Gaston Robbins loses his seat in the fourth Alabama district by seven votes after a partisan contest. Judge Bartlett argues Robbins’s claim. Democrats cite absence of Wheeler and Stallings as pivotal. Aldrich sworn in as Republican, then pension and financial bills move to floor with a vote scheduled for Tuesday afternoon.
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Gaston Robbins
Bama
Illiam F. Aldrich
Judge Bartlett
Georgia
Robbins
Resu
Bbins
Aldrich
House
Bartlett
General Wheeler
Congressman Stallings
Stallings
New Jersey
Alabama
Mann
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Ruler
Overstreet
Indiana
Sale of Duke of Westminster's horses nets 196000
A London dispatch reports the sale of the late duke of Westminster's string of race horses at Kingsclere on Thursday. Flying For, Derby winner in 1899 and Eclipse stakes victor, and Yeverne Tee Blanc both sold for about 196 thousand dollars.
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London
Duke of Westminster
Kingsclere
Flanagan Brain Examined By Doctors In Decatur Ga
Doctors examined the brains of murderer Flanagan in Decatur Georgia on Wednesday. There was disagreement over the brain condition with some noting disease while others found nothing definite. All agreed that further microscopic study was needed to reach a conclusion.
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Flanagan
Decatur
Bacon denounces Porto Rico bill as illegal and unworthy
Washington report recalls Senator Bacon's amendment to the Porto Rican bill under military rule. He seeks tariff after civil government but no U S tariff on imports from the United States, while Senator Pettus blasts the measure as illegal and hardly decent. Pettus praises free trade and questions presidential support.
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Bacon
United States
Davie
Congress
Mason
Illinois
Committee On Foreign Relations
Pettus
Alabama
Senate
Porto Rico
Mafeking Pleads for Relief Amid Siege Hardship
Dispatches report Mafeking enveloped by fever and disease as shells and food scarcity devastate the garrison. Typhoid malaria strikes the women’s laager while dysentery afflicts soldiers, exhausting hospital resources. Graves multiply near the women’s area as relief remains distant.
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Mafeking
Agnew Is Free After Five Years In Columbus Penitentiary
Enoch W. Agnew, a gray haired Ocala financier, was released from Columbus Penitentiary after serving a five year sentence. He had loaned beyond legal limits to orange growers during a Florida drought in 1894 95, leading to defaults and examinations that exposed the bank short. He set course for his Florida home.
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Enoch W. Agnew
Ocala
Fin
Columbus
Agnew
Florida
McMillin Names Two Republicans to City Posts
Tennessee Governor McMillin announces appointments of T. P. Marshall as police commissioner and Clement Woodworth to the board of public works in Chattanooga. Both appointees are Republicans replacing retiring Republicans.
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Tennessee
Nashville Dispatch
McMillin
New Orleans Council Win Limits Slot Machine Operations
Chief Justice Nicholls of the Louisiana Supreme Court delivers an opinion upholding the city's power to prohibit slot machine operation. The ruling affirms municipal authority to enforce an ordinance banning gambling devices within New Orleans.
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Nicholls
Louisiana Supreme Court
New Orleans
Flanagan is no more in DeKalb County Ga
Edward Flanagan, the noted murderer of Mrs Nancy Allen and Miss Ruth Slack, died in his DeKalb county jail cell in Decatur Georgia after a days long illness and a gunshot wound received during a jail escape attempt. Sheriff Talley noted the county’s relief and cost of handling the case.
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Edward ©. Flanagan
DeKalb County
Decatur
Nancy Allen
Ruth Slack
DeKalb
O. H. Talley
Flanagan
Talley
Hand of Providence
Providence
Senate Finances Bill Conference Report Draws Little Interest
The Senate gave the final vote on the finance bill conference report unusually little attention with the report before the chamber nearly two weeks and only four speeches delivered.
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Senate
House of Commons Approves £35 Million Loan
In committee of the whole on Tuesday afternoon the House of Commons adopted a resolution to authorize a loan of 35 million pounds, about 175 million dollars. The decision authorizes substantial government borrowing to support current needs.
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House of Commons
Kruger Calls for Faith as Tests Endure
A Bloemfontein dispatch reports President Kruger addressing a crowd urging steadfast faith during trials. He said the limit of the test is near and divine aid will turn the tide. the God of olden times remains the same. His speech moved many listeners to tears.
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Bloemfontein
Kruger
Two Black youths kill farm employer in Appling county
In a dark Hazlehurst area incident, Butler Goosby aged 18 and Numan Goosby aged 15 attacked Dan Mims and his wife while hired to chop cotton. Mims died later from wounds. Mrs. Mims was seriously injured and her baby died from shock. Authorities hunted the suspects as robbery was suspected.
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Hazlehurst
Butler Goosby
Numan Goosby
Dan Mims
Mckinley to Control Philippines Bill Reported by Senate Committee
Senate committee on the Philippines votes to report Spooner’s bill for U S control after insurrection is quelled. Lodge, committee chair, presents the measure granting military civil and judicial power to govern the islands 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 Black Mardi Gras In Moral Protest
The Protestant Pastors Association of Memphis Tenn met and adopted a resolution denouncing Mardi Gras carnival as immoral indecent and corrupting to the city and surrounding area. They urge citizens to discourage its observance in the future.
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Protestant Pastors’ Association of
Memphis
Tenn
Seaboard Investment Increases Capital to 500000
The Seaboard Investment Company formed weeks ago to develop the Chattanooga Augusta and Charleston Air Line Railway held a Charleston meeting on Tuesday and voted to raise capital from 30000 to 500000.
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Seaboard Investment Company
Chattanooga
Augusta
Charleston Air Line Railway
Charleston
Shaw preaches peace tour through twelve southern states
General Shaw, commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, spoke in Norfolk with many Union and Confederate veterans present. He announced a twelve-state tour aimed at peace and fraternity, urging unity and leaving a strong impression on the audience.
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Shaw
Grand Army of the Republic
Norfolk
Mason Makes Kick and Philippine Policy Debate
A Washington debate centers on a resolution by Senator Sullivan asserting U S sovereignty over the Philippines while Senator Mason urges action on a Boer sympathy measure. Senator Lodge argues against broad Philippine legislation and for a defined federal control rather than promises or party lines.
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Senate
Sullivan
Mississippi
Philippine Islands
United States
United States Senate
Mason
Illinois
Committee On Foreign Relations
Great Britain
Lodge
Massachusetts
Philippine
Philippines
Spooner
Wisconsin
Congress
Senate panel reports on Liliuokalani pension bill
The committee on foreign relations advances an amendment to the diplomatic appropriation bill. It would allocate 20000 dollars to Queen Liliuokalani and provide an annual ten thousand dollar pension for her lifetime.
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Lilioukalani
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Chinn Sues For Libel Over Goebel Assassination Claim
Colonel Jack Chinn, a turfman and politician linked to Governor William Goebel, files libel suit against Mrs. Kate M. Banta of Frankfort. He alleges her remark that he shot Goebel from behind harmed his reputation and seeks $25,000 in damages.
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Jack Chinn
William Goebel
Kate M. Banta
Frankfort
Chinn
Goebel
Fifty Dead In Red Ash Mine Disaster Near Fire Creek
A mine explosion at Red Ash near Fire Creek West Virginia killed and entombed many miners. Rescue teams from surrounding towns and state inspectors worked through the day as families awaited news and caskets were requested. The disaster halted all local mining and drew wide aid from the district.
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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 Rumors Reported In London Press
The London Daily News editorial says rumors of informal peace overtures between two republics circulated yesterday. It notes that while terms once acceptable to avert the war might have been possible, they are now impossible after the conflicts and sacrifices already endured.
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London
London Daily News
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