Piedmont Air Line Condensed Schedule of Passenger Trains
Piedmont Air Line outlines through Washington to New Orleans and Memphis with Nos 87 88 and 85 36 51 82 service, dining and Pullman cars, plus Exposition Flyer between New York and Atlanta. Adds Richmond connections Tue Thu and Atlanta Richmond through sleepers. Officials Turk Hardwick Ryder announce Atlanta Washington schedules.
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Washington
Southwestern
Pullman
New York
New Orleans
Atlanta
Montgomery
Memphis
Birmingham
United States
Fast Mail
Sland
Exposition Flyer
Pullan
Ton
Richmond
Hirgons
Danville
Greensboro
St Nowe
Hily Esnu
Dapees
Norcross
Buford
Gainesy
Mt. Air
Seneca
Qgreenvil
Spartanba
Blacksby Gaffneys
Enagecens
Tide
Eae King
Gaston
Charlotte
Revell
Philadelphia
Fst
Hsun
Gastonia
Blacksburg
Gaffheys
Reeves
Ore
Ilanburg
Fee
Guinesys
Sda
Atlanta C. T. Anspl
Strike grows serious as Columbus mill strike widens
A Columbia Ga report says the Nagle and Phenix mills strike deepens as operatives form a union and refuse the wage scale. Managers insist on the original terms while business leaders seek an adjustment. With funds nearly exhausted and few local jobs, leaders pledge not to yield.
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Columbus
Columbia
Nagle
Phenix
France Rejects Egyptian Fund Use For Nile Expedition
A Paris note states France will not sanction using the Egyptian reserve fund for the British Egyptian expedition up the Nile to Dongola unless it secures clear British commitments on Egypt. A London dispatch notes a cabinet council discussing the expedition with commander in chief Wolseley present. A St Petersburg dispatch claims Russia backs the French pageant at Cairo.
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Paris
France
Nile
Dongola
Egypt
al London
Tord Wolseley
New York Herald
St. Petersburg
Congress Debates Cuban Resolutions and District Aid
The House debates on Cuban recognition and the sundry civil bill prompting a clash over aid to Howard University and district charities. Amendments pass amid partisan remarks while a bridge bill and river projects advance. The Senate closes a ten hour duel over Dupont’s Delaware seat and adjourns without action.
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HOUSE
District of Columbia
Evans
Kentucky
Howard University
Washington
Messrs. Bartlett
New York
Sayers
Texas
Cannon
Illinois
Hanier
Nebraska
McKae
Arkansas
Johnson
California
Andrews
Livingston
Georgia
Hitt
Ilinois
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Congress
State Department
United States
Venezuela
Murphy
Rep
Ill
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Hepburn
Committee On Commerce
Joy
Adams
Pennsylvania
Senate
Maceo
Senators Target Cuban Resolution and Divorces Bill
Senators Chandler Harris Lindsay Palmer and Thurston referenced in a debate on stabilizing territorial divorce rules requiring one year residence. Mr Call aimed to move the Cuban resolution to immediate navy protection for Americans in Cuba but faced opposition from Mr Allison who pressed ongoing appropriation bills. The postoffice appropriation bill dominated with questions on consolidating country and suburban post offices as adjacents to metropolitan districts.
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Bartle
New York
Messrs. Gibson
Tennessee
Sulzer
Mr. Bartlett
Bartlett
Gibson
McCall
Massachusetts
Dockery
Missouri
Daniels
House
Baker
Kansas
Spain
Mahon
Pennsyyvania
Otey
Virginia
United States
Bayard
Cuba
Senate
Hooker
Rep. N. Y
Richardson
Dem. Tenn
Hitt
Wadsworth
Committee On Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
House of Representatives
George
Mississippi
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Dupont
Delaware
Senate of
Chandler
New Hampshire
Harris
Lindsay
Kentucky
Palmer
Illinois
Thurston
Nebraska
R. Call
United States Navy
Contraband Liquor Seizure Highlights South Carolina Raid
Charleston dispatch reports 1,000 gallons of contraband liquor found on Long Island near Charleston after a late Saturday night raid by dispensary officers Toales Brabham and Peterman. Haul valued at about $2 500 and described as the largest yet seized with the liquor hidden in small lots across the island. A city gentleman formerly in the business appeared during loading but offered no comment.
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South Carolina
Charleston
Toales
Brabham
Peterman
Long Island
Columbia
Elgar Allen Poe
Venezuela Boundary Negotiations Progress Report
The London Chronicle says talks between Great Britain and the United States on the Venezuela Guiana boundary are proceeding satisfactorily with a favorable outcome expected. The Times notes an Atlanta dated publication, Official History of the Discussion, containing documents from 1822.
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London Chronicle
Great Britain
United States
Venezuela
Times
Atlanta
Washington
Guiana
the Times
State Department
Senor Lobo
Senor Andrade
Wreck on Georgia and Alabama Railroad near Lumpkin
A terrible wreck occurred Wednesday afternoon at a trestle three miles west of Lumpkin on the Georgia and Alabama railroad. The trestle caught fire from burning woods as a passenger train sped by a waved warning. The engine mail and express and second class coach plunged into the chasm. Engineer Bram Leigh stayed at his post and perished. A large number of passengers were injured.
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Georgia and
Alabama
Lumpkin
Bram Leigh
Ten Feet of Snow Hits Northern Wisconsin Storm
Northern Wisconsin endures a fierce snow storm with drifts up to ten feet. Ashland streets blocked, businesses shut, and rail service halted as One Wisconsin Central trains derail and others stall within city limits. Rail traffic statewide grinds to a standstill amid the blizzard.
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Wisconsin
Ashland
Wisconsin Central
Trafic
Carlisle declines presidential nomination in letter to Kentucky party
Treasury Secretary Carlisle writes to Democratic State Central Committee Chairman Long in Louisville, Kentucky, declining to enter the race for the presidential nomination. He cites priority of party principles over candidates, emphasizes monetary and taxation issues, and pledges to devote full effort to public duties while awaiting the party’s unified platform.
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Carlisle
Long
Democratic State Committee of
Kentucky
Treasury Department
Washington, D.C
Charles R. Long
Democratic State Central Committee
Louisville
J. G. Oarnisim
Floods in Tennessee Cause Widespread Destruction
Flood reports from east Tennessee describe extensive damage along rivers and creeks. Athens walls show $40,000 in damage as J. J. Longs sawmill and foundry patterns wash away. bridges like McMinn county on Madisonville pike and embankments are washed out. Rivers Ho lston Powell Cumberland Clinch rise. drownings occur in Washington Scott and Lee counties.
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East Tennes Bea
Athens
J. J. Long
Athena Roller
McMinn County
Madisonville Pike
Bristol
Holston
Powell, Cumberland
Clinch
Washington
Scott and Lee
Virginia
Embreeville
Southern Railway
Nolachuckey
Rhea Springs
Convention Date Changed for Missouri Delegates at Large
The Missouri Republican State Central Committee moved the state convention for electing delegates at large to the national convention from May 7 to May 12 in St Joseph.
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Missouri Republican State Central Committee
St Joseph
Georgia primary election act governing managers oath and ballots
A 1891 Georgia act outlines how party primaries are run with party rules guiding election management. It prescribes oaths for managers, ballot handling, voter challenges, and public counting, plus penalties for misdeeds and perjury. The law repeals conflicting laws and was approved October 21, 1891.
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General Assembly
State of
Georgia
Superior Court
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