Governor offers reward for Palmetto lynching perpetrators
Governor Candler of Georgia issues a proclamation offering 500 dollars for the first mob member and 100 dollars for each additional analyst implicated in the Palmetto lynching of March 15 1899. He orders officers to aid capture for trial and vows prosecution to the full extent of the law. Witnesses recount the guards and victims in a brutal warehouse attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Candler
Georgia
Henry Bingham
Tip Hudson
Ed Brown
Bud Cotton
Campbell
A. D. Caxpner
Purp Coo
Appeal for Filipinos Urges End to Hostilities and Philippine Independence
A Boston dispatch reports a public appeal signed by over twenty prominent Americans urging the government to suspend hostilities in the Philippines and confer with Filipino leaders to prevent bloodshed. The proposal calls for recognition of independence with guarantees for order and property, and for eventual U.S. recognition and withdrawal of forces as a stable government forms. Signers include ex-governors, senators, university presidents, and leaders like Samuel Gompers and Andrew Carnegie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
United States
Philippines
McKinley
Philippine Islands
George 8. Boutwell
Massachusetts
George F. Edmunds
Vermont
John Sherman
Donaldson Caffery
Louisiana
W. Rourke Cochran
New York
William H. Fleming
Georgia
Henry A. Johnson
Indiana
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Felix Adler
David 8. Jordan
Stanford University
Winslow Warren
Herbert Welsh
Pennsylvania
Leonard Wolsey Bain
Connecticut
C. F. Adams
Samuel Bowles
I. J. McGinty
Cornell University
Edward Atkinson
Carl Schurz
Reverdy Johnson
Maryland
Hermann von Holst
Chicago University
Atlanta Depot Delayed by Elevated Track Demands
Atlanta unions with railroads push back on a new union depot stating elevated tracks are needed and require Whitehall Pryor and Loyd streets to be depressed. Roads also demand state lease guarantees and stockholder approval before any costly, handsome station is built.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Atlanta
Railroad Commission
Whitehall, Pryor and Loyd
Putnam Appointed Librarian of Congress
Washington dispatch reports President McKinley has named Herbert Putnam of Boston as Librarian of Congress. Born in New York City in 1861, he is the son of George P. Putnam founder of Gee, Putnam & Sons and formerly served as librarian of the Boston Public Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Dispatch
McKinley
Herbert Putnam
Boston
Congress
Mr. Putnam
New York City
Geo. P. Putnam
Gee, Putnam & Sons
Boston Public Library
Woodmen of the World Holds Biennial Memphis Session
The Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World met in a closed doors biennial session Tuesday morning at Gayoso hotel in Memphis with 60 delegates. Delegates from nearly every U S state attended, Pacific jurisdiction excluded and represented by fraternal delegates, along with Canadian representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sovereign Camp
Memphis
Woodmen of the World
United States
Gayoso Hotel
Sovereign
Pacific
McKinley Honors Rest Visit at Thomasville Georgia
President McKinley Vice President Hobart and Senator Hanna visit Thomasville Georgia with a social rest stay. The Hanna mansion prepared for the reception and a schoolchildren welcome tray of violets announced the gentle visit as a health and recreation retreat. No public functions were scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Hobart
Hanna
Thomasville
Washington
Dawson Street
United States
Georgia
New Industries Reported Across Several States
Tradesman of Chattanooga notes the week’s highlights: new barrel and boiler works in Kentucky and West Virginia, a $10 000 brick works in Texas, coke plants in Tennessee and West Virginia, chair and furniture factories in Tennessee and North Carolina, multiple cotton mills and cotton seed oil mills in several states, a $50 000 gold smelter in Georgia, a 75000 barrel grain elevator in middle Tennessee, and various electrical, fertilizer, iron, and hardware facilities in Florida Georgia Kentucky North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia West Virginia Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
West Virginia
Texas
Tennessee
Arkansas
Georgia
South Carolina
Virginia
Florida
North Carolina
Middle Tennessee
Chattanooga, Tenn
L & N Plans Direct Birmingham Pensacola Line
A Birmingham dispatch reports the Louisville and Nashville railroad began a forty mile gap project between Pine Apple and Repton Alabama to create a direct Selma to Pensacola line. Surveyors are working Selma to Yolande aiming to extend to Birmingham for a Birmingham Pensacola route via Selma and Repton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Pine Apple
Repton
Ala
Selma
Pensacola
Fla
Yolande
Bloody mob shoots nine in Palmetto arson case
Masked whitecaps attacked Palmetto Georgia at about 1 a m freeing nine black prisoners held on arson charges. Six died instantly while the others died later. Troops were requested by Governor Candler as the town feared retaliation after the killings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tip Hudson
Bud Cotton
Ed Wynn
Henry Bingham
John Bigby
John Jameson
George Tatum
Ison Brown
Clem Watts
Palmetto
Whitecaps
Carundler
John 8. Candler
Candler
Thomasville Dispatch: McKinley Restful in Thomasville
President William McKinley enjoyed a full day of rest in Thomasville Georgia with no official or political calls. Assistant Secretary Cortelyou handled necessary personal tasks while government business continued in Washington. Vice President Hobart dismissed rumors of a 1900 ticket and said he would meet officials in Washington, not travel to Thomasville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
McKinley
Cortelyou
Washington
Hobart
Associated Press
Hanna
Sherman Stricken With Pneumonia Aboard Paris
Dispatch from Fort De France Martinique reports John Sherman a passenger aboard the American line steamer Paris returning from Trinidad with excursionists is suffering pneumonia. He had been hosted by Brigadier General Fred Grant at San Juan de Porto Rico a week earlier where he caught cold. The illness worsened by Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort de France
Martinique
John Sherman
American Line
Paris
Trinidad
West Indian Islands
San Juan de Porto Rico
Sherman
Fred Grant
Military Department
Escaped in Shoe Box From Indiana Penitentiary
Convicted murderer John Ferriter who killed Police officer Charles Ware in Indianapolis two years ago escaped from Michigan City penitentiary Thursday. He and fellow convicts boxed him in a shoe case in the shipping department, loaded him onto a wagon, then broke free near the depot and fled into the woods after disabling the driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
John Ferriter
Charles Ware
Indianapolis
Michigan City
Ferriter
Five Die In Hot Springs Street Duel Bloodbath
Hot Springs records a violent political street duel that left five men dead and an additional deputy shot in the neck. The clash followed tensions between police and the Williams faction near Lemp's beer depot, triggering a riot as crowds flooded the streets. Constables restored order, bodies were moved to Gross's undertaking, and calls grew to replace Sheriff Williams temporarily. Judge Belding was sworn in as police chief with 150 special officers patrolling the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Ark
Thomas C. Toler
Thomas Goslee
James E. Hart
Louis Hinkle
Flynn-Doran
Goslee
Williams
Lemp
Samuel Tate
Archer
Gross
Bryan Addresses Bloomington on Imperialism During St Patrick’s Day Event
W J Bryan spoke to a large Bloomington Illinois audience Thursday night. Invited for St Patrick’s Day, he could not attend Friday so the celebration occurred Thursday. Stevenson introduced Bryan as the foremost statesman of the times, eliciting strong applause as he argued against imperialism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Bryan
Bloomington
Ill
Bryan
Stevenson
The
Times
Mr. Stevenson
No Respite for Mrs Place In the Chair
A New York dispatch reports Sing Sing Warden Sage informed Mrs Place that Governor Roosevelt refused to commute her death sentence. Mrs Place showed no emotion at first but wept after the warden’s visit. Roosevelt sent instructions to Sage on execution details to keep it unsensational.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mataafa's Followers Warned to Uphold Peace in Samoa
British consul in Samoa reports Mataafa forces threaten to burn Malietoa villages in Savaii unless taxes and soldiers are sent. The British cruiser Porpoise visited Savaii and its commander warned Mataafa loyalists to maintain order or face shelling if peace is broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samoa
Auckland
Savaii
Porpoise
Mataufa
Detained transport Mich igan delays troops return
The Michigan is held at Georgia state quarantine near Savannah delaying its voyage back to Cuba. The war department fears quarantine holds in the southern states will slow troop redeployment as weather keeps troops south for April landings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Georgia
Savannah
War Department
Cuba
Rebel Stronghold Taken at Pasig East of Manila
A Manila dispatch reports General Wheaton’s forces captured Pasig after a one hour rebel stand. The 20th and 22nd Infantry, Oregon volunteers, Washington volunteers, cavalry and artillery led the assault with a river gunboat’s support. Thirty rebels killed, sixteen captured. American losses were three killed and fourteen wounded. A Havana parade clash followed with police and Twentieth regulars in a tense but nonfatal scuffle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Wheaton
Pasig
Guadalupe
Oregon Volunteers
Guadalupe Church
Parteros
Twenty-second
Yateros
Havana
Gomez
Federico Mora
Quinta de Los Molinas
Central Park
Georgia Editors Plan Cuba Trip
Georgia Press association president H H Cabaniss arranging a Cuba visit for editors from Georgia newspapers. The tour is short and moderate in cost, estimated at 60 to 75 dollars per person. A meeting is set for Tam on March 24 to discuss details. Only editors publishers or proprietors may join. each man may bring one lady who is a pace member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Cabaniss
Georgia Press Association
Cuba
Cabaniss
Tam
Georgia
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Putnam
Librarian of
Mkinley
Hanna Mansion
Readiness
Southern Progress
Alabama
City of
Pensa
Palmetto, Georgia
Thomasville, Ga
Bryan IN
Ex-Vice
Sing Sing
Mataafa
Island
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