County Directory and Local Institutions List
Ordinary J F Carmichael and deputies fill county roles with surveyors and clerks, including Tax Collector and Treasurer. A long roster covers courts, road commissioners, Board of Education, jury and Justices, city officials, churches, and Masonic lodges with meeting times and locations. Mayor E E Pomp heads the city, council members listed, churches named with service hours, and Masonic bodies outlined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Carmichael
Sneritl
J. O. Beauchamp
J. W. Crawford
B. J. Jinks
T. L. Williams
J. Cute
C. R. Carter
Simon Hardy
Alerk Superior Court
Joe Jolly
G. M
J. L. Bark
A. G. Hitchens
J. T. Geoaman
D. N. Carmichael
J. M. McMichael
E. E. Pound
Court House
H. N
Ars
W. B. Vozier
LJ. Ball
I. P. Bell
Alex Atkie
Son
Justices Court
R. A
Ees
J. P
J. G. Kimbell
H. L. Brown
Abaxtor
N. P
W. A. Waldrup
Steve Moo
James Jolly
J. M. Maudox
Ham
F. Z. Curry
T.d. Collins
T. P. Bell
O. B. Ku Wies
Barnet
Vist
A. H. Ogletree
W.J. Douglas
E. E. Pomp
T. J. Lane
J. W. Carmichael
B. P. Bailey
M. Farlow
W. Bell
G. W. Gardner
Iresvylerian
Mr. Pharr
Kada
Srhcnkel
Ubaptee
Blue Lodge
Redwenl
Watson or Black The Georgia contest in the House
The House elections committee opened the Watson Black contest case. Attorneys West and Gross for Watson arrived in Washington. Black may present his defense. no sensational developments expected as evidence has long been on file. Separate posts in Georgia Republican posts at Savannah and Dawson cited. Senator Walsh to arrive soon. Gordon submits a church protest against Morse's constitutional amendment preamble.
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John T. West
B. M. Gross
Thomson
Watson
Major Black
Geo
Haines
Savannah
J. W. F. Lowrey
Dawson
Patrick Walsh
Capital
Senate
Gordon
Atlanta
Morse
Massachusetts
Judiciary Committee
House Sequences English Seat for Third California District
Washington April 5 report describes the House voting on seating English from California’s Third district. The substitute failed with 12 yeas 167 nays. English was sworn in and Bland’s seigniorage bill faced a 144 to 115 vote lacking the two thirds.
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Washington
English
California
Yeas
Bland
Biand
Memory Lost Man Draughan From Winston Ill
In Asheville on April 5 it is settled that D D Draughan of Winston who lost memory in Atlanta is the man. His mother Mrs Ingram from Winston says he can talk but not remember and will be taken back to Winston soon. She notes his first wife in Salem caused the trouble and departs for the west.
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Asheville
N. C
Atlanta
D. D. Draughan
Winston
Draughan
Ingram
Register
Miss Powell
Register Robertson
Salem
West
Royal Reception Highlights American Delegates in Rome
At a Quirinal garden party Mrs. Lancaster of Philadelphia was presented to Queen Margherita by Mrs. MacVeagh as Dr Engelman and Dr Bettini di Moise of the American Hygienic congress delegation met King Humbert. The queen praised American ladies and admired Lancaster’s gown.
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Rome
Quirinal
Wayne MacVeagh
United States
Drs. Engelman and
Bettini di Moise
King Humbert
Margherita
MacVeagh
Mrs. Lancaster
Philadelphia
Cotton Still Declines in Southern Spot Market Steady Prices
New York reports a mixed cotton market with small advances and declines across ports. Spot sales remain firm at unchanged prices while rainfall and river levels affect southern receipts. Fall River Mills announce wage cuts but no strike. New Orleans and Augusta show modest gains and steady closes.
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New York
the Sun
Liverpool
Manchester
Boston
New Orleans
Memphis
St. Louis
Houston
Fall River
King Philip Mills
Augusta
Charleston Wheelmen’s Track Meet Scores Report
Charleston Wheelmen track meet in Charleston South Carolina lists race results across seven events. Purse and Rivers of Charleston dominate several races with multiple winners including Connerat Welch Wilson and Baird among top finishers. Times range from 2:37 3-4 to 5:34 for two miles.
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Charleston
8. C
Charleston Wheelmen's Track Association
Purse
Rivers
Connerat
Wilson
Savannah
Fitzsimmons
Greensboro
N. C
Welch
Johnson
Baird
London
the Times
South Carolina
Henry W Long Nomination Stalls in Florida Senate
Wasu Hineton April 5 The Florida senate spent two hours seeking to dispose of Henry W Long’s nomination as register of the Florida land office. No quorum voted and the senate adjourned status quo. Pasco urged recommitment while Call and followers refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasu Hineton
Senate
Henry W. Long
Register
Florida Land Office
Pasco
Call
Jealousy Sparks Double Shooting in Canton
In Canton Ohio on Sunday night Lillie Woods wounded herself after jealous conflict with Cornelius Buhl. J W Shilling then shot his wife after learning she was the rival. The wife is seriously hurt and Shilling disappeared after a failed suicide attempt.
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Canton
Lillie Woods
Cornelius Buhl
Buhl
J. W. Shilling
Lillie
Shilling
Paris Bomb Explodes Outside Luxembourg Palace Restaurant
A bomb exploded in a Rue Vaugirard restaurant opposite the Luxembourg palace in Paris. Front windows were shattered, an artist named Taillade and a female companion were badly injured, others injured lightly. No fatalities reported. The bomb was in a flower box on a front window sill with conflicting reports on an anarchist’s capture.
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Paris
Rue Vaugirard
Luxembourg Palace
Taillade
Convicted Oliphant Train Robbers To Die Friday
Brady Mansker and Wyrick, the Oliphant train robbers, were moved to Newport by Sheriff Hobgood and two deputies. Their execution is set for Friday under heavy guard with Dr. Frank White as spiritual adviser. Brady calls the planned execution legal murder.
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Little Rock
Riot erupts at New York club ball ending in bloodshed
At the Carmen cita club in Tammany hall during an April night revelry devolved into a riot as officers tried to halt a box skirt dance. One man, Terrence Gallagher, 33, died from injuries and others were badly hurt amid flying bottles and chairs as police restored order.
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New York
Carmencita Club
Tammany Hall
Shay
Eddie Hirtch
Coney Island
Hirsch
Terrence Gallagher
East 125Th Street
Mark Buckner
Baxter Street
George Bernstein
Eddie Hirsch
The Packwood murder trial opens with mild sensation
In Tavares Florida on April 5 the third day of the Packwood murder trial began under Judge Broome who warned reporters to stay from court as Francis Packwood testified further. Other witnesses were examined but produced no sensational details and the court awaits deeper evidence.
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Tavares
Fla
Packwood
Broome
Francis Packwood
Adelaide Bruce
Burlesquing Coxey Parade Shocks Lockland Citizens
A burlesque Coxey commonweal army parade rolled through Lockland on April 4 with fifty defeated electioneers riding horses in carts and banners. Two councilmen, a music band, and unemployed laborers joined the procession alongside many town youths, stunning residents.
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Cincinnati
Coxey
Lockland
Less Cotton Being Planted Across Southern States
Battimore April 5 The Manufacturers Record will publish letters from thirty fertilizer dealers in Florida Tennessee Virginia Mississippi Alabama North Carolina Georgia and South Carolina showing less cotton is planted this year and more emphasis on food products. Sixteen firms estimate 5 to 30 percent less cotton than last year while eighteen note improvement in general business conditions.
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Battimmore
Florida
Tennessee
Virginia
Mississippi
Alabama
North Carolina
Georgia
South Carolina
Passenger Agents Meet Over Summer and Special Occasion Rates
Passenger agents from Southern Passenger association railroads met in Atlanta to discuss rate proposals for summer and special occasions. Attendees included E. B. Stahlman, M. Slaughter, C. P. Atmore, J. Hall, A. G. Jackson, C. Harmon, and other officials. The group worked on a return rate for the Methodist church quadrennial conference in Memphis and the Baptist convention in Dallas.
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Atlanta
Southern Passenger Association
E. B. Stahlman
M. Slaughter
C. P. Atmore
W. C. Rinearson
A. P. Johnson
Q&c
J.C. Hall
Central
A. G. Jackson
Georgia
Sale Sought of East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia Railway
The Central Trust of New York seeks court permission to sell the East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia Railway system. In Knoxville the petition is argued before Judge Horace H. H. Lurton. New York figures Samuel Spencer and Francis L. Stetson, plus C. H. Costler and General Samuel Thomas, attend as reorganization leaders. The Trust Company holds about forty five million in bonds and aims to enable Drexel Morgan to push the reorganization plan forward.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Central Trust Company of
New York
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
Horace H. H. Lurton
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Knoxville
Reorganization Committee
East Tennessee Road
Drexel, Morgan & Co
Encouraging Silver Men in Congress From Latin Demands
The threat by Guatemala and Mexico to halt payments on foreign and bonded debts unless silver prices rise has energized silver advocates in Congress. A conference request was sent to the State Department months ago, but Secretary Gresham followed the president’s advice and gave no attention. President Cleveland reportedly refuses a monetary conference with Latin American countries, preferring an international invitation from England or Germany.
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Washington
Guatemala
Mexico
Congress
State Department
Gresham
Cleveland
England
Germany
Dr Treatham Wins The Suit In Savannah Court
In Savannah on April 5 the superior court decided Treatham against the Central railroad. Dr Treatham sues over injuries from a collision near East Point Fulton county. Jury awards $2,500 to the plaintiff.
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Savannah
Treatham
The
Central Railroad
East Point
Fulton County
Chatham Superior Court
Pendleton
Smith and Pendleton
Atlanta
Mercer
Carolina Murder at Cleveland House
Dr. Spain shot and killed a negro cook in Darlington South Carolina at the Cleveland house. He was arrested by soldiers and taken to police headquarters after reports tied him to a dispensary riot. Militia patrolled the city to restore order.
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Darlington
S. C
Cleveland House
Spain
Sheriff Killed in Monroe County Shootout
J D Foster sheriff of Monroe county was killed at Monroeville by Wyatt Tait a Negro as the sheriff and posse approached Taits house. Deputy William Skener was killed about ten days earlier. Tait fled into nearby woods armed with pistols and a Winchester rifle and is at large.
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Repton
J. D. Foster
Monroe County
Monroeville
Wyatt Tait
Tait
William Skener
Macon Begins 110000 Sewage System With 300 Laborers
Dirt broke in Macon Georgia yesterday on a $110000 sanitary sewerage project. About 300 laborers started work and more will be added as progress continues. The plan covers forty two miles of modern sewers all materials manufactured in Macon. Completion expected in ten months.
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Macon
Fire in London Docks Warehouse After Two Days
A vast warehouse in the London docks containing wool coffee spices and quicksilver caught fire yesterday and remains alight. Firemen face access difficulties and it is expected the blaze may burn for about two more days before being extinguished.
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Lonpos
London Docks
Breckinridge Testimony Reveals Courtroom Details in Kentucky Case
Judge Wilson questions Colonel Breckinridge about Goldsborough Kentucky events in 1885 and his conduct toward Miss Pollard. He explains feelings, marriage impossibility, and falsified marriage certificate details, including aliases used and the Lagreen hotel misregister. The day ended without sensational moment as defense prepares further rebuttal.
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Hoffman House
Wilson
Colonel Breckinride
Dr. Paxton
Paxton
Lagreen
Eighteenth Street
Broadway
William J. Campbell
Two Dollar North Carolina Bill Lands Man in Trouble
Arthur Allen a Macon plumber was arrested after a negro bartender accused him of passing a counterfeit two dollar bill. He claimed he got the note as change from Charles Wachtel's store after buying a hat for 2.50 but the store says the bill was never in his till. Allen tried to pass the note on several people and was identified by the bartender as counterfeit.
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Macon
Arthur Allen
Sheridan
Cotton Avenue
Allen
Bank of
Wachtel
Maryland House approves anti pool selling bill
Annapolis report says the anti pool selling bill passed the house by an almost unanimous vote. The measure awaits the governor's signature to become law. It allows betting at county fairs and legitimate race courses for a thirty day period each year.
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Annapolis
Outbreak Fears Rise Within Non-Union Miners
News items report fear of a fresh outbreak among non-union miners at Cataldo Idaho. Also noted are obituaries for Col Edward L Gaul and Col B R Moore, a ship route plan for Captain John W Harper, a train wreck attempt near Mattapan, and various civic projects and political moves nationwide.
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Cataldo, Idaho
Mayor Dargan Replies to Governor Tillman Speech
Darlington April 5 Mayor Dargan issues a published rejoinder to Governor Tillman claiming several of his statements are inaccurate. He denies orders to tolerate insults to constables asserts no knowledge of boys fighting at the depot or armed men clashing and predicts the fault will be clearly placed on others.
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Darlington
D. C
Dargan
Tillman
Troops Leave Darlington After Peace Talk
Governor hears from three Darlington residents and orders troops to return home Friday if the town remains tranquil. Constables involved in the Darlington clash have gone back to testify at the inquest.
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Columbia
D. C
Darlington
Waldo’s Mind Returns After Chicago disappearance
Edwin A. Waldo, a charity lecturer from Boston who had been missing since Easter Sunday, regained his senses after a shock from a fall. He suffered brain congestion and has no memory of time or place but is recovering at St. Luke's hospital in Jacksonville with only marked lassitude remaining.
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Jacksonville
Edwin A. Waldo
Chicago
Waldo
Boston
West
St. James Church
St. Luke’s Hospital
Pastor buys Selma saloon and closes bar to public
In Selma Alabama on April 5 Pastor Byrd Moore of East Selma Methodist Church bought the Mose Isaacson bar room at Maxey and Water streets across from the East Tennessee rail shops. He moved liquor away and smashed the remainder then allowed it to go to waste. The shop workers later destroyed remaining bottles in the usual fashion.
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Selma
Ala
Byrd Moore
East Selma
Miners’ Outbreak in Connellsville Delayed
In Connellsville Pennsylvania on April 5 the anticipated miners uprising did not occur as planned. Officials believe the action is only postponed to recruit more workers and line up additional manpower for the move.
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Connellsville, Pa
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M. V. McKibben
Jackson
M. M. Mills
Attorney AT Law
Jackson, Georgia
W. W. Anderson
Frank Z. Curry
Anderson & Curry
Attorneys AT Law
T. K. Thorpe
O. H. Cantrell
Jennie Wallace
Morrison House
C. R. Gresham
Propriet
Dempsey
Public Square
A.M. Jester
Watson OR
Black
Bill
Washington News
Elections Committee of the House
Thomas E. Watson
J.C. Black
Europe
Vienna
Max Judd
Elreno
Oklahoma
Fort Reno
Fort Sill
Fort Supply
Henry W. Long Case
Oliphant
New York City
Mr. Wiman
Erastus Wiman
Staten Island Rapid Transit Railroad Company
Lancashire Cotton Mills
Twisters’ and Drawes’ Union
Blackburn
Twisters and
Chesapeake and Ohio
Southern Railway and Steamship Association
Stahlman
Rhode Island
Providence
Republican State Committee
Brown
General Assembly
E.T
the Central Trust Company of
DR. Treatham
Carolina
Cook
Negro Desperado
Col. Breckinridge
WaAsuInGton
Breckinridge
Edward L. Gaul
Hudson
N. Y
B. R. Moore
Criminal Court of
Wilmington
Big Me Life Station
Watertown
Shreveport
J.C
Galveston Bar
Shanghai
China
John W. Harper
Brunswick
Mattapan
Mass
Shawmut
Old Colony Road
Chicago Dock Company
Paul J. Sorg
Middleton
Ohio
George W. Houk
van Fleet
Newark, N. J
Edison Phonograph
Kelly Telephone
General Electric
Rio
Baltimmore
Josephine
Julia Rollins
Rio Janeiro
Chesapeake Bay
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