Nebraska Says Gary Next Senator Endorsed by Bryan Faction
Nebraska delegates at Omaha endorse William Jennings Bryan for president and back Frank B. Gary of Abbeville for U S Senate after a two day deadlock. Gary, born 1860, noted lawyer and former speaker, secures 81 votes on the fourth ballot.
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Bryan
Omaha
Nebraska
Commonwealth
Denver
Platform Committee
Democratic Party of Nebraska
William Jennings Bryan
Mr. Bryan
United States
Marty
South Carolina
Columbia
Frank B. Gary
Abbeville
A. OG. Latimer
Gary
Latimer
Sheppard
Walker
Coker
Nash
McLeod
Mauldin
Willie Jones
Ira B. Jones
Lever
Wilie Jones
John C. Sheppard
McKeithan
Frank Boyd Gary
Mart W. Gary
Union College
House of Representatives
Eugene B. Gary
Supreme Court
Ernest Gary
General Mott Gary
William J. Bryan
LeGrand G. Walker
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Miss Evans
Florence
Cecil Wyche
South Carolina Military Academy
Wyche
Newberry County
Cleveland School Tragedy Halts Classes for Day
In Cleveland Ohio city officials ordered all schools closed and flags half mast after a disaster in North Collinwood killed about one third of the district’s students. By nightfall roughly 160 of the dead had been identified at the morgue with twenty still unclaimed awaiting positive identification.
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Cleveland
Ohio
North Collinwood
Hove
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Georgia populists called to meet in Atlanta senate chamber
Chairman J. J. Holloway and Secretary J. P. Bodenhammer of the Georgia populist executive committee issue a call for populists to gather in the Atlanta senate chamber at 10 o clock in the morning on March 24 to select delegates for the populist convention in St. Louis on April 2. Holloway expects strong turnout.
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Atlanta
Georgia
J. J. Holloway
J. PB. Bodenhammer
Seed Crushers
L. A. Ransom
Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association
New Orleans
Louisville
Ransom
Macon
Savannah
Columbus
Athens
Albany
Americus
Waycross
Brunswick
Rome
Ohio Republicans Meet in Columbus Taft Men Take Control
Ohio Republicans convened in Columbus on Tuesday and restructured the state party. Williams H. Taft and allies now lead the state committee, purging those aligned with Senators Foraker and Dick. Every member of the new committee is pledged Taft.
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Columbus
Taft
Ohio
Collmbus
Williams H. Taft
Foraker
State Central Committee
New State Committee
Tragedy at North Collinwood School Kills 165
A devastating fire in a three story public school in North Collinwood Ohio during a Wednesday attack trapped students aged six to seventeen. Fire exits failed and locked doors created a crushing bottleneck as teachers organized a drill and pupils rushed a single rear exit. Many children died in the stairwell while others perished at the rear doorway or in the flames. The morgue held 165 corpses with 6 still missing and hospital wards filled with injured children. The disaster prompted a massive rescue and inquiries into safety lapses.
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North Collinwood
Cleveland
Ohio
Collinwood
Betwen
Bose
Georgia Briefs Ban Lifted From F C B Road
The railroad commission modifies its order prohibiting the Fitzgerald Ocilla and Broxton railroad from running trains faster than ten miles an hour until track repairs are completed. The piece notes pension payment timing debates among state legislative nominees and other regional items.
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F. C. B. Road
The
Railroad Commission
Fitzgerald, Ocilla and Broxton Railroad
Atlanta and Carolina Railway Company
Philip Cook
Newton
Walton
Oconee
Oglethorpe
Clarke
Wilkes
McDuffie
Lincoln
Columbia
Richmond
Geo
Atlanta
German Emperor Accused of Meddling in British Naval Affairs
A London special reports Emperor William's letter to Lord Tweedmouth accusing him of influencing Britain's naval policy. The proclamation stirs English opinion, while Tweedmouth claims the message was private. Public reaction remains heated and unsatisfied by the reply.
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London
William
Lord Tweedmouth
Admiralty
Great Britain
England
Coast Line Settles Trouble Wage Scale Satisfactory
The general committee of adjustment of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers on the Atlantic Coast Line system adjourned its biennial sessions in Wilmington North Carolina Saturday after discussing the proposed wage scale reduction. The engineers announced that talks with railroad officials were entirely satisfactory.
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General Committee of Adjustment
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Wilmington
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Permanent receivers named for South Carolina dispensary fund
Federal Judge Pritchard in Asheville appoints Joseph A. McCullough C. K. Henderson and B. F. Arthur as permanent receivers for the dispensary fund of 600000. Bond set at 26000 each. South Carolina Attorney General Lyon vows to contest the injunction and pursue the state treasury funds despite the appointment.
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Prichard
Asheville
N. C
South Carolina
Joseph A. McCullough
C. K. Henderson
B. F. Arthur
Lyon
Jos. A. McCullough
Prittchard
Pritchard
Judge Pritchard
Columbia
United States Circuit Court
Call For Labor Council Meeting In Washington
President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor issues a call for the federation's executive council to meet in Washington on March 18. The meeting aims to consult and determine action on Supreme Court decisions affecting labor organizations and to set forth labor's position and demands.
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Gompers
American Federation
Supreme Court of the United States
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
Federation
Washington
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Lizzie Overstreet
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Ryalgs
Thompson
New Jersey
W G. Thompson
Palmer Hardware Company
Col. Livingston
Livingston
Western and Atlantic Railroad
State of Georgia
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Rockdale County
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W. Lurber
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Call For Labor Council
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