Finance action and railroad measures in Georgia legislature
December 14 Atlanta reports the finance committee's adverse rule on repealing the school of technology act, amendments to the general appropriation bill debated, and several bills passed. House and Senate move on railroad and bank charters, city courts, and voter registration. Executive session confirmed gubernatorial appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
School of Technology
Harel
Webster
Railroad Commission
Jackson J. Taylor
General Assembly
Secretary of State
North Gear, Agricultural College
Dahlonega
Epee
Bubdiogs
H. J. Adams
North Georgia Conference
M. E. Church South
Stewart County
Merchants’ Bank of Me
Pittman
Troup
Senate
Macon, Birmingham
la Grange
Atkinson
Coweta
Agricultural Department
House
Simmons
Sumter
Muscogee County
Macon
Macon Gas Light and Water Company
Macon Gas Lit Company
Elberton Loan and Savings Bank Company
Rome and Northeastern Railroad Company
Austel Insurance Company
Neal Loan and Banking Company
State Banking Company
Gainesville
Marietta and North Georgia Railroad
Davigan
Macon, LaGrange and Birmingham Railroad Company
Jackson
Senatoe
Powell
Greene County
Atlanta and
Edgewood Street Railroad Company
Commercial ‘Telegraph Company
Cora
Oconee County
Aso
Butt
Peek
Howell Cobb
Clarke County
Richard M. Jackson
Athens and Jefferson Railroad Company
Bank of Lumpkin
Washington
Spooner
German Aid Society of
Wisconsin
Hoar
Edmunds
Pugh
Morrell
Committee
Finance
Johnson
Judiciary Committee
General Grant
Grant
United States
The
Houne
Secretary of the Treasury
Herbert
Committee On
Naval Affairs
Committee On Appropriations
Navy Yards
Naval Observatory
Committee On Naval Affairs
Blount
Committee On Rules
Cabel
Virginia
National Cemetery
Danville
Public Building Committee
Pepeng
Charleston
Clark’s Fork Railroad Company
Yellowstone Park
Montana
Morrison
Ilinois
McComas
Maryland
Baltimore
Senate Committee On Finance
The Coopers Strike in Cincinnati and Riverside
Eleven hundred coopers halted work as owners refused to sign a price scale. It fixes pay and limits to ten hours daily with a half day Saturday. Efforts to reach an agreement failed over two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coopers
Cincinnati
Riverside
Stock Market Ends In Decline After Quick Rally
In New York on December 14 the market opened active but unsettled with a midafternoon slump as bears raided prices. Foreign buying supported some curves while New England weakness pulled down many names. By late session southern stocks led a renewed decline. closing prices showed sizable drops across issues including Chattanooga Tennessee Coal New England Norfolk and Western Louisville and Nashville and Reading with total volume around 75,000 shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New England
Louisville
Nashville
Boston
Chattanooga
Tennessee Coal
Norfolk and Western
Louisville and Nashville
West Point
Canada Southern
Lackawanna
Reading
Over the Watery Waste and Other December News
In Dublin Dillon fights government charges for campaigning, claiming speech wording was justified while the judge bans plan of campaign and binds him over or faces six months. Paris passes provisional budget for two months. in London Egypt trims army to cut costs. In Auburn six Italians held for Port Byron assault. a victim dies and others likely to. Evanesville reports a boiler explosion at a saw mill. one dead, seven wounded. In Philadelphia a butter maker bail for selling unmarked oleomargarine. Boston canvass shows Democrat Obeyan ahead with two precincts missing.
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Dustin
John Dillon
Dillon
Auburn
N. Y
Port Byron
Lester Burgess
Captain Pratt
Henry Dayhars
Washington and Congress Senate Debates Civil Service and Yellowstone Bill
In Washington on December 14, Senate discussion focused on civil service tenure repeal and presidential authority, with Rep. Hoar urging stricter standards and conferring on reform. House deliberations included a veto of Yellowstone park road rights and revenue bill plans, plus funding for public buildings and a proposed committee reallocation.
Fire Tops St Louis County Courthouse and Jail
A large fire at Poplar Bluff destroying the county courthouse and damaging the county jail forced officers to move prisoners temporarily. Six county records saved. Loss estimated at 46,000 dollars. A Maryland conflagration near Baltimore destroyed a farm barn and outhouses, killing 75 cattle. Loss around 30,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Poplar Bluff
Maryland
Balitimorh
Moses Fox
Beaten by a Brute at Greenville Prohibition Vote
An early morning assault at Greenville Alabama involved Col Cheves and Beauchamp, temperance lecturers from Kentucky and Georgia. Mayor J T Perry and a crowd attacked Cheves with clubs, leaving him with a fractured skull and bruises, after a heated prohibition election. Beauchamp drew his pistol but was restrained by the conductor. The liquor side won the local vote, and Perry claims insult in speeches sparked the attack. no arrest reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enquirer-Lan
Montgomary
Ala
Greenville
Messrs
Cheves
Bottchamp
Kentucky
Georgia
Col. Cheyes
J. T. Perry
Col. Cheves
Perry
Col. Chaves
Mr. Beauchamp
Beauchamp
Aisut Gombry
Troy
Odes
RuMlan
Alabama
Associated Press
Montcomery
Beaucamp
J.D. Perry
Chevyes
Earthquake Sufferers Relief Fund Report Progress
Charleston council hears executive relief committee report detailing $634,243 received for earthquake victims and $48,119 disbursed. About 1,850 of 7,000+ houses to be repaired at roughly $250 each, with $100,000 to rebuild hospitals and alms houses and fund school and orphan care. Donor wishes cited. total subscriptions projected near $415,000 with remaining burdens noted.
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Charleston
Courtenay
Executive Relief Committee
Mount Pleasant
Summerville
Courteny
News and Courier
Body Found in Steamer Debris Identifies Palmer Clerk
In St Louis on December 14 a body recovered from the burned steamer debris is identified as Arthur W Palmer a clerk with the Shopleigh Cantwell company. The body is badly burned but clothing helps confirm identity while porter Mohn remains missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Shopleigh Cantwell Company
Arthur W. Palmer
Mohn
Tragic Mississippi Steamer J. M. White Burns Near Bayou Sara
Disaster on the steamer J. M. White en route from Vicksburg to New Orleans near Bayou Sara results in about sixty deaths, many women and children, with survivors taken to New Orleans aboard the Stella Wilde. Fire rages rapidly from 10:15 to 11:55 PM, exploding a steam pipe and causing widespread panic among passengers and crew.
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J. M. White
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Bayou Sara
Lousians
Victoria Railroad
Natchez
Louisville, New Orleans
Pexas
Mississippi River
New Oreans
Mississippi Valley Railroad
Stella Wilde
L. James
Prytania Street
James
William McGreery
Doctor Fratt
Point Coupe
John Stout
Robith
New Texas Decree
Stella Wild
Yorkville rocked by arrest spree and lynch talk
Special to Enquirer Sun from Atlanta reports J W Littlejohn of York county says Yorkville is in a fever over the arrest of about 100 men tied to a secret order of murderers and thieves linked to the murder of John Lee Goode. Most prisoners freed. twenty five to be tried. lynching discussed. Goode body found tale previously published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enquirer-Sun
Atlanta
J. H. Kirkland
Air Line Railroad
J. W. Littlejohn
York County
Black’s
Spartanburg
Yorkville
John Lee Goode
Littlejohn
Father McGlynn at St Stephen's in New York
In New York on December 12 a high mass at St Stephen's Roman Catholic Church featured Rev. Dr Edward McGlynn not presiding but in the rail as a visitor. Father O'Callahan led the ceremony with Father McLaughlin delivering a Humility sermon. Rumors of a fresh suspension circulated among worshippers while Archbishop Corrigan's whereabouts were unclear. Ex-priest J O'Connor told his Reformed Catholic congregation that Rome's actions have caused many priests and bishops to vanish or be confined in monasteries, urging defense if the pope orders retreat or punishment.
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Alex, McVey
Ames
McVey
John Callahan
Callahan
Vidal
Southern Railway
New York
Stephen’s
Edward McGlynn
Father O'Callahan
Father McLaughlin
McGlynne
J. O'Connor
Masonic Temple
Mc Glynn
Rome
Two Men Killed in Birmingham Gambling Raid
A sheriff's deputy and four Birmingham police officers raided a negro gambling den near the city. A fusillade left two gamblers dead and five captured. No officers were harmed. In Nevada, Solomon Frankel of Frankel & Co. and W H P Blauvelt of Gold Hill Bank were arrested for embezzlement following a recent firm failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bmaeincham
Ala
Vrreainta Crry
Nev
Solomon Frankel
Frankel & Co
W. H. P. Blauvelt
Gold Hill Bank
Murderous stab wounds kill man in New York street
Joseph Maeson was found with a stab wound behind the head and died next morning. The assault occurred on a sidewalk late last night, with the knife penetrating the brain, the result of a stealthy attack. Headlines also note a Virginia railroad collision near Cripple Creek Junction injuring engineer S. J. Roberts and burning six freight cars with losses estimated at $50,000.
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New York
Joseph Maeson
Lyncapura
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Cripple Creek Junction
J. Roberta
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John T. Ross
Albert Hawkins
Emily Brown
Maryland University
Cimveland
Ohio
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Mr. Dillon
Paris
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Egypt
London
Evanesvilly
Ind
Charles Hofferburth
Philadelphia
Bell
Govs Democraciic
Obeyan
Hart
McNeill Jabor
Washington and
Congress
Cleveland
Wr. Morrison
Yellow Stone National Park
Peter I’. Copball
Petersburg
Ino
Wheaton
Savannah
Edward Hopkings
District of
Saint Johns
Fla
Cooley Mann
Miss
James F. Tobin
Memphis
Lawrence N. Buford
Possibpl
the Treasury
Hugh A. Haralson
Post Office Department
Mrs
Blanche
Law
Darlington
D. C
Mary Sue Dubois
Marion C
Colonel Cheyes
Mayor Perry
Relief Committee
J. W. White
Mississippi
Dixantor
Meath
Igaa
New Texas
Itial
Andrew Pierce
Antonio Rebutta
Tom Muller
Thomas Barry
Stephen Janney
Barry
Muller
Wm. McCreevy
Texas
John Pallasier
Allasier
McGreevy
Wii
Father McGlynn
Birmingham
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