County Directory and City Officials Listing
Ordinary J F Carmichael surveyor J O Beauchamp treasurer Lax collector T J Cole lax receiver C R Carter corourr Simon Hardy Cork Superior Court Joe Jolly Court 3rd Mondays February August. Board of Education members and many district officers listed with post office addresses and court house office hours. Churches and secret societies noted with meeting times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Counly
J. F. Carmichael
Suenil
J. O. Beauchamp
Vepury
J. W. Crawford
B. J. Jinks
T. L. Willams
Lax
T. J. Cole
C. R. Carter
Corourr
Simon Hardy
Cork
Joe Jolly
Rean
G. M
D. B. Moore
R. M. Harper
F. M. Maddox
W. O. Crawley
Cornelius McCluare
T. H. Nolan
T. P. Bell
Kt. M. Fletcher
J. G. Coldwell
J. H. Maddox
J. J. Wilson
J. C. Barnes
Board of Education
W. M. Mallet
A. G. Hitchens
J. T. Goodman
D. N. Carmichael
J. M. McMichael
K. KE. Pound
Court House
H. N
Ars
IT. L. Williams
W. B. Mvozier
Lt. Ball
I. P. Bell
Alex Atkio
James Jolly
J. M Maunox
N. P
Vist
Howard Ham
J. P
Curry
T. J. Collins
T. P
Iseil
INS
Dist
B. Knowles
J. Wu. Barnet
N. P. Old Vist
A. H. Ogletree
Wi. Douglas
N.P
City Directory
No Quorum Voted as House Adjourns Early
Long filibustering in election cases yields no action as the House adjourns after a divided roll call. Senate moves include a bill for free silver coinage and a resolution probing coin laws, with debate over ONeill Joy and English vs Hilborn. The scene closes with no quorum and a prompt adjournment.
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Outhwaite
Committee On Rules
O’neill- Joy
Missouri
English Vs. Hilborn
California
C. F. Joy
Yeas
Mays
Burrows
Springer
Patterson
Herbert Not to Resign Over Carnegie Steel Penalty
Washington report states Secretary Herbert did not set the 15 percent penalty on Carnegie steel plates and notes the 5 percent assessed by experts was endorsed by the navy secretary. The 15 percent figure was later lowered to 10 percent by President Cleveland.
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Washington
Carnegie
Herbert
Pittsburg
Carnegie Company
Cleveland
Navy
Treasury bill to cut Carlisle clerical staff in Treasury
Representative Dockery of Missouri will introduce a bill to reorganize the treasury department. It abolishes the second comptroller's office and consolidates work in the first comptroller's office. The reform reduces deputy auditors, simplifies accounting, and cuts clerical personnel by several hundred.
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Washington
Representative Dockery
Missouri
House
Treasury Department
Comptroller’s Office
Treasury
Baltimore Lady Sparks High Society Art Lecture
In Washington on March 29 Mrs. Loui Kleppisch of Baltimore announced a private lecture series on contemporary art. She displayed pictures claimed to be the best in her collection but Mrs. Mattingly, objecting on moral grounds, halted the exhibition after demands from attendees to view the works. The dispute arose despite Mrs. Kleppisch’s prior use of the college parlors, based on references from Senators Pettigrew, Gorman, and Gibson.
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Washington
Loui Kleppisch
Baltimore
Washington College
Marriage Engagement Announced for Howard Gould and Odelle Tyler
New York reports the engagement of Howard Gould to Miss Bessie Kirkland known on stage as Odelle Tyler. Gould says his wife will retire from the stage after marriage. Tyler confirms the engagement and shares biographical details from Savannah Georgia to Ontario and finally New York stage life.
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New York
Howard Gould
Bessie Kirkland
Odelle Tyler
Gould
Miss Tyler
West
Savannah
Suelph
Ontario
Chicago shooting mirrors Memphis Ward Mitchell case
William L. Clifford, a Chicago letter carrier, was shot at Clark and Madison streets by Guy T. Olmstead, a former substitute. Clifford, likely fatally wounded, received aid as hundreds watched. Postmaster Hesing linked the act to sensational Memphis tragedy and possible Prendergast escape, calling it a brutal love murder and urging caution in reporting facts.
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Memphis
Freda Ward
Alice Mitchell
Hesing
Olmstead
Bride and Bridegroom Slain in Pensacola Tragedy
In Pensacola Florida last night L Huff and his bride married only hours earlier were killed. The bride had been married to Gallaher who died years ago and to Captain Thomas Trainor before divorcing him. Trainor visited the Huff home for clothes. Huff allegedly advanced with a knife and Trainor fired killing Huff and injuring the bride possibly by accident. Trainor is jailed.
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Pensacola
Fla
L. Huff
Bride
Huff
Gallaher
Thomas Trainor
Trainor
Hoff
Riot in Darlington South Carolina prompt governor orders troops
In Darlington South Carolina a riot threatened after a mob seized guards rifles. Governor Tillman dispatched the Sumter Light Infantry by special train. the mob subsided and returned the guns without the Sumter company being required.
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Cotvumbia
8. C
Darlington
Tillman
Sumter Light Infantry
Sumter
Union League Club weighs expelling Breckinridge from honorary membership
Chicago March 29 The Union League club the citys premier social group is said to be seriously considering expelling Congressman Breckinridge from honorary membership. The club lists only three honorary members Ex President and Depew among others with Breckinridge under review.
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Union League Club
Chicago
Starving Army Brought Food as hundreds suffer in Texas
A Sierra Bianca dispatch reports an industrial army arriving in San Antonio after a hunger and exposure ordeal. Four hundred men reportedly starved, fainting on arrival, with citizens providing beef and flour and more meals as General Frye struggles to move them. Ministers, lawyers, merchants and mechanics are among the ranks.
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San Antonio
Tex
Sierra Bianca
el Paso
Sierra Blanche
Frye
Texas
Coxey Army Reaches Camp Biggs After Evacuation
Coxey and his followers evacuated Camp Bunker Hill and marched on foot and by freight train to Camp Biggs near Salem. An astrologer estimates 500, Browne and Smith doubt that total, with real strength rising only at meal times. Coxey rejoined after a day in Chicago at a stock sale where his horses sold below expectations.
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Satemm
Coxeys
Camp Bunker Hill
Camp Biggs
Salem
Browne
Smith
Coxey
Chicago
Coxiana
Adjutant Smith
Key note discovered on Kolb aid by eastern Republicans
Birmingham march 29. Democrats claim to have found the key note for Kolb's state canvass. Eastern Republicans fund Kolb to win Morgan's U.S. Senate seat, believing it easier to secure a legislative majority for Kolb as senator than for him as governor. Anti democratic legislators plan to vote for Kolb.
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Birmingham
Kolb
Morgan
United States
Senate
Second Norther Hits Texas and Louisiana Hard
A strong northeast cold front swept through northern Texas and Louisiana. Temperatures plunged about twenty degrees from 58 to 38 in minutes, with readings dropping below freezing overnight. The blast threatens Sunday and Monday damage to fruit and garden forestry as many ornamental trees show severe damage.
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Caixins
Tex
Texas
Louisiana
Young Rickart Dismissed in Police Court
Edward E. Rickart, an Atlanta boy, was arrested yesterday in Atlanta and dismissed in the police court with no prosecution. He is from a prominent Atlanta family and a local firm had accused him of stealing $1,000. Judge Bude, with whom he had been living, says Rickart possesses $400 to be his once litigation ends. Palmer Denies Assignment in Virginia. Postmasters Confirmed by Senate. Snowstorm Hits Hotty Springs Overnight.
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Cincinnati
Edward E. Rickart
Atlanta
Rickart
Bude
Jim Rodes
Miss Pollard
Rankin Rozell
Wesleyan College
Breckinridge
Rodes
College
Chicago
Gov Jones Replies To Senator Hoar In Alabama Letter
Montgomery March 29 Gov Jones writes in reply to Senator Hoar stating Alabama authority is accountable only to God and the people. He denounces the man cited as a defamer trading on the state’s honor for gold from strangers and rejects sympathy for him.
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Montgomery
Ala
Gov. Jones
Hoar
Alabama
Massachusetts
South
Oshkosh mayor orders gambling houses closed
Brief dispatches report Oshkosh Wisconsin mayor issuing orders to shut all gambling houses by April 1. Otsego Lake Michigan postmaster George W Jones faces embezzlement charges totaling 974 dollars. Franklin Indiana opens a steel plant with 100000 dollar capital. Brockton Massachusetts resident Mr Cross, 80, narrowly escapes a fatal fire. Albany’s Altoona Pennsylvania road workers face legal action against assailants of Italian employees. Alabama populists nominate against Kolb fusion. Virginia moves to negotiate with West Virginia over debts. Kanawha coal miners resume work after recent unrest.
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Oshkosh
Wis
George W. Jones
Otsego Lake
Mich
Franklin
Ind
Cross
Brockton
Mass
Altoona
Alabama
Virginia
West Virginia
Kanawha
New Waycross Bank to be Formed After Fever Delay
Waycross Georgia reports a new bank to be organized soon after a charter secured last year. H W Reed of Brunswick National Bank leads the effort despite past yellow fever disruption and national financial stringency. Detroit Tops New Orleans 6 3 in a baseball game noted for solid fielding and timely hitting.
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Waycross
H. W. Reed
Brunswick National Bank
Urged candidates for Georgia senatorial vacancy named
ATlANTA March 29 There are no new developments in the senatorial situation. Governor to announce appointment soon after Colquitt funeral in Macon. Ex congressman James H Blount is among urged names presented by John S Hall. Other candidates include Joseph B Cumming Clifford Anderson James W Robertson S M Inman Robert G Mitchell and Patrick Walsh urging Cummings. Petitions from Athens Rome and Charleston businessmen support Inman and Cumming.
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Atlanta
Macon
Colquitt
James H. Blount
John S. Hall
Georgia
Interior Department
Hall
Washington
Joseph B.cumming
Augusta
Clifford Anderson
James W. Robertson
8. M. Inman
Robert G. Mitchell
Congress
Senate
Athens
Rome
S. M. Inman
Charleston
S.C
South
Patrick Walsh
Major Cumming
Funeral Held for Senator Alfred H. Colquitt in Macon
The body of Senator Alfred H. Colquitt was buried at Rose Hill cemetery after a large Macon service at Mulberry Street church. The funeral featured hymns chosen by the family and tributes from Drs Morrison Chandler and Monck, with an eloquent eulogy.
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Macon
Alfred H. Colquitt
Rose Hill
Mulberry Street
Colquitt
Candler
Morrison
Jesus
Monck
Rose Hill Cemetery
Controversy Grows Over Hoar Jones and Alabama Fund Drive
Boston visitors at the Home Market club discuss the clash between Senator Hoar of Massachusetts and Alabama Governor Jones. John Sheppard and John Shaw report a $50,000 fund appeal to bolster the Alabama state election effort, with initial reluctance giving way to rising support after Jones’s challenging letter.
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Boston
Mass
Senator Hoar
Jones
Alabama
Home Market Club
Albert Clarke
John Sheppard
John Shaw
Hoar
Peffer Slams Coxey Movement as Foolish Childish
Senator Peffer denounces Coxey's army calling it foolish childish and not a spontaneous uprising but a haphazard effort. He says Coxey is a horse trader and gambler and asserts he favors organization but sees nothing in the movement to commend itself to those who aim to stand up for workers.
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Washington
Senator Peffer
Coxey
Farmers’ Alliance
ThirteenYearOld Smoker Confined in Ithaca Jail
A 13 year old boy was jailed in Tompkins County jail for two days after being sentenced by the recorder for smoking cigarettes. The incident occurred in Ithaca New York on March 29.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Ompkins County
Auditor Rawley Resigns from Treasury Post
Washington March 29 This official notice states J B Rawley sixth auditor of the treasury tendered resignation to the president to take effect on appointment of his successor. Rawley a Meadville Pennsylvania lawyer was appointed April 19 1898 and earns 3600 dollars per year. No action on resignation yet and it is unclear when it will be accepted. The sixth auditor’s office audits all Post Office accounts and is the largest in the treasury district.
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Washington
Treasury
J. B. Rawley
Treasury Department
Post Office Department
Agricultural Department
Secretaries Gresham Hoke Smith Reach Agreement on Seigniorage Bill
Washington report says Gresham and Hoke Smith have won the president over to sign the seigniorage bill. Supporters press for confirmation while anti silver members expect a veto today.
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Washington
Gresham
Hoke Smith
Cleveland Shows No Gout At White House Reception
President Cleveland descended the stairs to the east room and greeted about 500 visitors at his tri weekly public reception in the White House. He limped slightly yet appeared in good spirits and laughed at jokes from guests, despite last week’s suspension due to pressing public business.
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Washington
Cleveland
White House
Overworked U S Judges Prompted Western Circuit Additions
Washington March 29 The senate judiciary committee favors reports on bills to add judges in three western circuits in response to appeals from judges and attorneys. Of nine circuits the second has three judges while others have two. the second includes New York within its limits and gained a third judge when the circuit court of appeals was established.
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Washington
Stewart
Sherman
Judiciary Committee
United States
Senate
Cockrell
MacGarrahan
Court of Private Land Claims
Merrill
Senate Judiciary Committee
New York
Circuit Court of Appeals
Wreck on Illinois Central Two freights collide near Oxford
A serious Illinois Central wreck near Oxford Mississippi occurred about 7:30 PM. Two through freight trains collided head on telescoping engines, causing deaths and serious injuries. The collision was heard a mile away, and physicians were summoned as trains were delayed.
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Oxfordd
Miss
Illinois Central Railway
Gazette Sold to Perry S Heath and Associates
The Commercial Gazette company stock has been purchased by Perry S Heath and friends from Ohio Indiana and New York. The transfer will occur soon and the annual stockholders meeting for directors is in the second week of April. Heath is expected to serve as president and manager.
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Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette Company
Perry S. Heath
Ohio
Indiana
New York
Heath
Congressman Wilson Gains Strength at Cable Ranch
Dr. Underwood reports W L Wilson improving rapidly at Cable's ranch. The former congressman was shown around the ranch, has a good appetite, and is focused on recuperation, avoiding politics during recovery.
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San Antonio
Tex
Rhode Island mill girls head to Washington to oppose Wilson bill
A party of young women from Rhode Island mills will travel to Washington to meet the senate finance committee and protest the Wilson bill. The group is described as the mills most beautiful. Separately bids for the Charleston building iron work and plastering were opened with Lennox Halde man of Chicago the lowest bidder at 9730 dollars.
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Providence
R. I
Rhode Island
Washington
Finance Committee
Senate
Treasury Department
Charleston
S. C
Lennox & Haldeman
Chcago
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Phar
Secret Societies
Blue Lodge
Kediwen
M. W. McKibben
Jackson
M. M. Mills
Attorney AT Law
Jackson, Georgia
W. W. Anderson
Frank Z. Curry
Andeson & Curry, Attorneys AT Law
T. K. Thorpe
Flovilla
O. H. Cantrell
Cleveland House
Jennie WaLuLacs
Morrison House
GC. R. Gresham
Propriet R
Dempsey
Public Square
Jackson, GA
A. 1. Jester
Treasury Clerks
Carlisle
Kirkland
Thomas Trainor Kil
South Carolina
Chattanooga
J. F. Shipp
United Confederate Veterans
Mississippi River
Sewart
WashingTron
Nevada
Palmer
Lynca Bure
Geo. W. Palmer
Saltville
Southern
George R. Nixon
Ashland
Florida
Mason
Moreno
Key West
Mississippi
Hotty Springs
Madeline Pollard
William C. P. Breckinridge
Koth
New Bank For
Detroit
New Orleans
S. M.inman
Major Cummings
Biount
Hons
the Home Market Club
Peffer
Coxey Movement
Rawley
U. S
the Gazette
Wilson
Charleston Building
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