Women of America Push Nation Building Effort
Washington organizers chair a movement to raise 250000 for a national university and science center honoring Washington. Led by Ellen A. Richardson and a roster of notable supporters, the plan calls for schoolchildren contributions and a February 22, 1899 groundbreaking with engraved certificates for donors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Univer
Alfill Washington
the Hearst
A. Richardson
Boston
A R. Anthony
Rachel How
Louise Tincker
and Anthony, Jr
Massachu
I.S. Boyd
Georgia
W. A. Roebling
New Jersey
John K. Goodloe
Kentucky
H. H. Adams
Connecticut
Brice
Ohio
Eugene Hale
David Starr Jordan
Charlotte Brown
F. 8. Hubbard
Caroline Jackson
California
Ellen A. Richardson
Vs. Richardson
Bureau of Engraving Printing
Experts Reach Agreement on Bering Sea Question
Washington report says the Bering Sea talks ended Tuesday night with unanimous expert opinion on the seal herd condition. Diplomatic representatives from Great Britain Canada and the United States reached a groundwork understanding toward adjusting the dispute while no final suspension of sealing was decided. Canadian officials urged broader questions be included via an internal commission and later written views to be submitted. The outlook was described as favorable for a satisfactory adjustment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bering Sea
Washington
Great Britain
Canada
United States
Ottawa
Sovereign Seeks Presidential Bid in 1900 Endorsed
A Louisville Courier-Journal Sunday report claims retired master workman J Verrezn, former general master workman of the Knights of Labor, resigned to push a presidential candidacy in 1900. It notes tension with William Jennings Bryan while sovereign supporters expect him to pursue the prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courier-Journal
Sovereign
J. Vverezn
Mas- Workman
Knights of Labor
United States
W. J. Bryan
Cotton Growers to Meet in Atlanta December 13
A national convention of southern cotton growers is planned for Atlanta on December 13. J. C. Winnery of the South Carolina Cotton Growers Association urges all growers to organize at county courthouses on the first Monday of December to form a permanent federation and seek better control of production and sale. Governor Ellerbe will be asked to have southern governors appoint delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Columbia
D.C
Wilburn
Farmers’ Alliance
South Carolina
J. C. Winnery
C. Cotton Growers’ Association
Wilborn
Ellerbe
Post epidemic crusade to eradicate the fever
The marine hospital service in Washington plans a post epidemic drive to prevent a recurrence. They will work with state health authorities to disinfect districts affected by yellow fever and fumigate every house that had a fever case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Hospital Service
Washington
Postponement of Autonomy Decrees in West Indies
Madrid dispatch reports Marshal Blanco requested delay in publishing autonomy decrees to November 25. Government aims to bundle reforms and enable Blanco to continue actions against insurgents while reorganizing the colony.
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Blanco
Madrid
London Standard
Marshal Blanco
West Indies
Government urged to fund Niagara canal from railroad debt payments
San Francisco chamber of commerce trustees adopted a resolution urging the government to set aside funds from the debts of the Union Central and Kansas Pacific railroads for Niagara canal construction. The group also asked for a Yukon river patrol and two extra artillery regiments stationed in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Pacific
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
Union Central
Niagara Canal
Yukon River
San Francisco
Merry Comes Home From Central America Mission
Captain W. L. Merry of San Francisco, named minister to Nicaragua Costa Rica and Salvador by President McKinley, is in Washington. He did not take office due to representations from Central American states.
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W. L. Merry
San Francisco
McKinley
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Salvador
Washington
Secretary Gage Receives Bonds for Union Pacific Fund
Secretary Gage will sign over nine thousand nine hundred thousand dollars in United States bonds from the National City Bank of New York as security for the Union Pacific purchase money. The transfers total eighteen million six hundred forty five thousand two hundred fifty dollars in sinking bonds to be deposited to prevent circulation contraction amid reorganization bid withdrawals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gage
Washington Dispatch
National City Bank of
New York
United States
Union Pacific
Union Pacific Road
German Cruiser Seizes Kiao-Chau Forts in China
Reports from Shanghai say the German cruiser division landed troops at Kiao-Chau on November 15 and occupied the forts with 1,500 Chinese defenders fleeing. German troops and ships raised the German flag as China faces possible war. Britain and the US rush warships to watch the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
China
Kiao-Chau
von Deiderich
Shanghia
Germany
Kiao Chau
Yen- Chu-Fu
Yeng-Tu
OQuinn Denies Murder Charge in Atlanta Trial
Walter OQuinn on trial for the murder of Policeman Ponder tells the jury he is innocent and asserts he was at the saloon bar during the shooting. He explains cigars debt and key possession, and says the pistol remained unfired since last April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter O’quinn
Atlanta
Ponder
Wall Street
Steinan
O’quinn
Mac Dyer
Sultan Ready to Apologize to Austria Says Vienna Dispatch
A Vienna telegram reports Baron de Calice, Austria’s ambassador in Constantinople, says the sultan is willing to grant full satisfaction to Austria over the Messina incidents and the Oriental railroad dispute tied to Turkish troop movements in the Turkey Greece war. Austria had pressed redress after insults to merchant Brazzatelli of Mersina, and threats of warship bombardment were mentioned if demands were not met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sultan
Austria
Vienna
Baron de Calice
Constantinople
Messina
Oriental
Turkey
Greece
Mersina
Seamen Indicted in Norfolk for Murders on Olive Pecker
Federal grand jury at Norfolk Va returns true bills against John Anderson for murder of Captain John W Whitman and mate William Wallace Saunders. Indictments also charge destruction of the vessel and accessories after the murders. Named defendants include William Horsburgh John Lind Manuel Barrial and Juan de Dois Barrial in related counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lind
Juan de Dois Barrial
Missouri Court of Appeals Rules Boycott Illegal
An opinion from the United States circuit court of appeals in St. Louis holds that boycott is not a legal weapon. The case Oxley Stave Company of Kansas City versus H. C. Hoskins and twelve others, members of Coopers' Union No. 1, challenged use of machinery and instituted a boycott. The decision supports corporate rights to use saving devices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Court of Appeals
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Oxley Stave Company of
Kansas City
H. C. Hoskins
Coopers’ Union No. 1
Pamed
Children Perish In House Fire After Parents Leave
Three children aged twelve, eight, and six burned to death when an old frame house on a hill near White Oak Calhoun county Alabama caught fire while their parents Louis Brown and spouse were at church. The parents returned to find the house a pile of ashes with the children's bones found among the embers.
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Montgomery
Ala
White Oak
Calhoun County
Louis Brown
Smyth named Atlanta postmaster and names Blodgett assistant
Major W H Smyth assumes charge of the Atlanta post office and appoints E F Blodgett as assistant postmaster. Major Cooper resists removal, obtaining a restraining order claiming civil service protection and adherence to Washington authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Smyth
Atlanta, Ga
E. F. Blodgett
Major Cooper
Newman
Smyth
Civil Service
Civil Service Commission
Washington
Baldwin Works Sees Surge as Orders Pour In
The Baldwin locomotive works in Philadelphia recently booked fifty six locomotives for three buyers. Finland government state railway placed twenty one engines the Brazil government ordered twenty four broad gauge locomotives and the Grand Trunk railway of Canada ordered ten. All engines to be completed and delivered by January 1898 for each contract.
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Baldwin Works
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
Government State Railway
Finland
Brazil
Grand Trunk Railway of Canada
Postmaster General Gary Seeks Postal Reform in 1897 Report
The 1897 Gary report highlights a postal deficit amid deferred savings ideas and calls for reform. It notes 82.7 million in receipts and 94.1 million in expenditures, warns second class mail abuse, and cites free rural delivery trials begun October 1896 with 40 000 and 50 000 dollar appropriations for expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
United States
Congress
Department
New lighthouse vessel No. 69 withstands severe storm off Hatteras
Information from the lighthouse board in Washington says the new lighthouse vessel No. 69 rode out the recent storm on the diamond shoal off Hatteras. Coastal reports indicate the gale was the worst in years and the vessel’s success challenges the claim that such a position cannot be held in heavy seas.
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Lighthouse Board
Washington
Diamond Shoal
Hatteras
Georgia Thanksgiving Proclamation by Governor Atkinson
Governor Atkinson designates Thursday November 25 as a day of Thanksgiving and praise. He urges all secular labor to be laid aside and people to give thanks at family altars and houses of prayer, noting Georgia’s blessings of peace, abundant harvest, and protection of rights. Given at Atlanta November 17, 1897.
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Georgia
Atkinson
I. W .Y. Atkinson
United States
Heaven
Executive Department
Atlanta
W. Y. Arkinson
Colored ex congressman Langston dies at 68
John M Langston a noted colored leader from Virginia died in Washington at age sixty eight. Born a slave in 1829 he educated at Oberlin and Howard University and served as U S Minister to Hayti from 1877 to 1885 before leading the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute. He later sat in the fifty first Congress after a contested election.
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John M. Langston
Virginia
Washington
Oberlin
Ohio
United States
Howard University
Hayti
Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
Petersburg
Langston
Georgia Dairymen Meet in Macon Under Redding Presidency
The Dairymen's Association of Georgia convened in Macon with Chairman R J Redding presiding. Hon Minter Wimberly delivered the welcome in Bibb and the annual address by President R J Redding reviewed the association's work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dairymen’s Association of Georgia
Macon
R. J. Redding
Minter Wimberly
Bibb
Big Money Involved in Georgia Railroad Lease Case
In Atlanta last Tuesday Henry Crawford for Thomas and Ryan argued the Georgia railroad lease dispute. Judge Don A. Pardee now must decide if Thomas and Ryan hold a half interest in the lease or if the entire lease belongs to the Louisville and Nashville railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Railroad
Atlanta
Henry Crawford
Thomas and Ryan
Don A. Pardee
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Seth Low Rescinds Mayor Candidacy Resignation
A New York special reports Seth Low offered his resignation as Columbia College resident to aid the Citizens' Union mayoral bid. Trustees delayed action until the next monthly meeting and then declined to accept the resignation, requesting withdrawal, which Low consented to.
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New York
Seth Low
Citizens’ Union
Columbia College
Low
Morgan Dix
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Pinent Women of
America
Sam
Merry
William
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Celestials
Wquinn
Post Office Department
Dairymen
Pardee
Tte
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