22 Jan 1897
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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1897
Page
1
The article notes a proposed purchase offer to Spain for Cuba and reports changes to the Confederate Reunion dates. It mentions Senator Harris, Sen James K. Jones, and Henry M. Teller in context, plus talk of bimetallic conference plans and McKinley cabinet speculation amid broader political tensions.
Ulster County News 1800 issue recounts George Washington's burial at Mount Vernon, Napolean and French Revolution updates, and Philadelphia Congress proceedings. It notes mourning pages for Washington, a Washington funeral procession, and brief notices including a Rochester saw mill for sale and editor’s soap-wash shop hints.
After a habeas corpus hearing in Warren County and a state court decision, Governor Turney granted clemency leading to Eugene Logan, a dentist, leaving prison a free man. The case stemmed from a 1806 rape charge involving Florence Gartner in McMinnville and a late plea.
The Tennessee General Assembly debated a $25,000 gubernatorial contest bond bill in the Senate, postponing further action to Friday. A separate measure to fix District Attorney General salaries at 2,500 dollars annually passed on its third reading, with adjustments for counties over 60,000 population. The House discussed penitentiary bills, new measures on drag laws, grand jury costs, and various inspector and public-safety provisions, with multiple bills advancing toward passage.
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