Georgia Could Build Atlanta Union Passenger Station
Georgia will be asked to construct a new Atlanta Union passenger station as state railroad commissioners and railroads push for legislation. President Thomas says roads are willing and anxious to proceed, with changes likely to the present site and a thirty year funding plan debated.
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Atlanta
Thomas
Georgia State Railroad Commisson
the of Georgia
Ilroads
Anhey
Sppecoeeias
Overnor Candler
Estate Railroad Commission
E Western and
Atlantic
Colonel Brown
Legis
Omas
Anxis
New Industries Established Across Southern States
A list of new industries reported for the week ending October 7 includes a bagging factory in Texas brick works in Alabama a construction company in Tennessee a cornice works in Alabama three cotton mills in North Carolina electric light plants in Alabama Tennessee and Virginia a furniture factory in North Carolina a die factory in Alabama hardware stores in Georgia and Louisiana a tinning factory in Tennessee iron works in Alabama a $75000 lumber mill rebuilt in East Texas a knit mill in Alabama nail works in North Carolina a $100000 naval company in Florida eastern Virginia sash door and factory in Alabama a sugar refinery in Florida a $200000 tobacco mill in Kentucky and a twine and line mill in North Carolina.
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Abama
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Bama
North Olina
Alan
Virginia
North Carolina
Alabama
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Louisiana
Ing
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Carolina
Naval Company
Florida
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Esman
Chattanooga
Tenn
Jaskan Reports Condition Improves While On Tour
In Iowa Web Ia telegraph columns Hon Wau said Jaskan’s condition was not serious and he felt better today. He expected to resume his tour tomorrow while staying with Fred White, the Democratic candidate for governor.
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Jaskan
Wau
Web- Ia
Fred White
Drowning Figures Rise After Saierne Floods
A special dispatch reports numerous drownings in the Saierne province after severe floods. Small villages and factories were destroyed by rising waters and inundation.
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Saierne
Refugees and travelers reach port amid moving farewells
The article notes towns and families bearing hardship as refugees converge on a station. A large group, including a child group, faces extended hardship while awaiting transport to Vanderbilt Homeward Bound. Alfred G. Van will be rushed to land from a steamer and transported by special train to a hospital or flight.
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Peking
Yokohama
Cisco
Alfred G. van
McKinley lays corner stone of Chicago federal building
Thousands witness the ceremony as President McKinley, in the presence of Vice President Mariscal and Premier Laurier, lays the corner stone of the Chicago federal building. Secrets of the stone are read, prayers offered, and a benediction closes the formal events followed by a grand Chicago Day Banquet with Melville E. Stone as toastmaster.
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McKinley
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Federal Building
Jackson Boulevard
Dearborn Street
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Party
Mexico
Laurier
Canada
President McKinley
Washington
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Gage
Henry Ives Cobb
Illinois
William E. Mason
Gonzaulas
Federal Committee
Hall Festival Committee
Melville E. Stone
Florida editor shot dead in West Palm Beach
Our Sunny Land editor C. M. Gardner of Miami was killed Monday afternoon in West Palm Beach by Marcus Frank store manager. The quarrel over Gardner’s publication of an article mentioning Frank’s mother led to a shooting. Frank was arrested and a coroner’s jury recommended he be held for action.
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West Palm Beach
C. M. Gardner
Oc. M. Gardner
Our Sunny Land
Miami
Fla
Marcus Frank
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Frank
CAN'T HOLD TOWNS. US TROOPS WITHDRAW IN PHILIPPINES CAMPAIGN
A Manila special reports General Schwan has achieved his objective and returns toward former positions. Infantry move from Perez Das Marinas to Imus, artillery and cavalry retreat from Malabon to Bacoor, with wires removed. Insurgents under General Trias retreat to Silang and Indanang as U S forces press through a swampy country during the wet season.
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Schwan
Perez
Cavite
Viejo
Novaleta
Government will not mediate Transvaal war affairs
The state department in Washington issued an official statement saying the president will not mediate or take sides in the dispute between Great Britain and the Transvaal. He has received petitions from citizens of distinction but sees no basis to intervene or offer mediation while hostilities may be avoided and national interests protected.
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State Department
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Germans Ambushed In Africa Massacre Reported
The steamer Niger arriving at Liverpool from southwest Africa carries news of the massacre of Lieutenant Guise, German commissioner at Rio del Ray, and German trader Herr Leemeyer, with a hundred native soldiers and carriers, an expedition to quell Cross river disturbances. A native guide betrayed the party leading to the ambush.
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Niger
Liverpool
Lieutenant Guise
Rio del Ray
Herr Leemeyer
Guise
Cross River
English Forces Advance Toward Defensive High Ground
A Thursday dispatch from Mafeking says Colonel Baden-Powell sent a strong British force toward the border with field guns and ambulances. The movement aims to seize advantageous defensive high ground and strengthen positions.
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Mafeking
Baden-Powell
England Refuses to Discuss Boer Ultimatum
The British government replies to Milner and the South African republic that it regrets the ultimatum and deems the conditions as impossible to discuss. The message, dated October 10, 1899, notes the peremptory demands cannot be negotiated.
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England
Paul Kruger
Chamberlain
Milner
South African Republic
Race Talk At Southern Industrial Convention In Huntsville
Delegates heard Prof. Booker T. Washington and William H. Councill argue over negro education and political rights at the Southern Industrial convention in Huntsville Alabama. Governor MacCorkle urged educational qualifications for black voters while Transvaal politics and colonies sparked broader debate.
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Booker T. Washington
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William H. Councill
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Normal
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Councill
MacCorkle
Transvaal
Washington and Councill
C. W. Dabney
Knoxville
God
Governor MacCorkle
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Porto Rico
Haiti
San Domingo
Africa
Boers Possess Thirty Maxims Says Maxim in London
In an interview from London Hiram 8 Maxim states the Boers hold about thirty Maxims while noting Boer artillery has historically been a weakness rather than a strength for the burghers. He argues the British need not fear them.
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Hiram
Maxim
London
Blue and Gray Reunion Opens at Camp Farragut
Evansville dispatch reports four thousand veterans and visitors arriving as the national blue and gray reunion begins at Camp Farragut. Mayor Aiken welcomes veterans. Governor Mount absent. Colonel Pollard Hill delivers a partisan address referencing pensions and Southern woes amid ongoing talks on race and reconciliation. A dress parade follows speeches, with campfires closing the day.
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Governor Mount
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Nashville
United States
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Duel on Camp Street Injures O Malley and Parker
In front of Newspaper Row on Camp Street New Orleans Tuesday afternoon Dominick C O Malley owner of the Evening Item and O Harrison Parker state tax collector and Delta editor in chief were severely wounded. The clash arose from a cartoon depicting Colonel Parker as a little dog led by a string labeled Me Too and linked to Governor Foster.
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New Orleans
Dominick C. O'Malley
Evening Item
O. Harrison Parker
Democratic State Campaign Committee
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Delta
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Colonel Parker
Foster
Chattanooga Elects Mayor Amid Saloon Closing Debate
Joseph Wassman, the straightout Republican, wins Chattanooga mayoralty by a small plurality. The saloon closing ordinance at 10 PM dominated the race, with Democrats and coalition voters totaling 2,435 against 1,432 for Wassman. Democrats win six of eight aldermen, two Democrats elected to support the saloon closing ordinance modification.
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Chattanooga
Joseph Wassman
Treasury anticipates November interest amid costly discount
Assistant Secretary Vanderlip orders early payment of November interest without discount and offers anticipation of the full year's interest at two tenths of one percent monthly. If accepted, about 30 million dollars would be released.
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Treasur Vanderlip
Phosphate Combine Proposed In Tennessee Mines
Efforts are underway to unite all major Tennessee phosphate mining firms near Columbia into a single company. Engineer A. O. Floyd oversees the deal with a proposed seven to eight million dollar capital, including building a railroad through the phosphate region. financier William A. McAdoo is said to be interested.
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Tennessee
Columbia
A. O. Floyd
Chattanooga
William A. McAdoo
New York
Blue and Gray Greet McKinley in Evansville Welcome
President McKinley and his cabinet were greeted by over a hundred thousand veterans and citizens in Evansville Indiana as a heavy rain fell. Southern and northern veterans marched with the blue and gray shoulder to shoulder to hear speeches by Governor Mount C A DeBruler and Col Hemphill and West. McKinley praised reconciliation and unity born from shared sacrifices and the Spanish American War mobilization. He and his cabinet spoke briefly before the presidential party returned to the train amid cheers.
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Lee
Appomattox
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Santiago
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