Washington hearing on South Carolina Democrats and postmaster case
In Washington a hearing on blacklisted South Carolina congressmen before Postmaster General Bissell ran 2.5 hours with Senators Butler Irby and reps Shell Strait Latimer and Hemphill present. Irby and Butler sparred over a pistol claim and party loyalty while Latimer defended Democratic principles amid charges of supporting third party aims.
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Washington
Maxwell
Post Office Department
Butler
Irby
Shell
Strait
Latimer
Talbert
Johnstone
Semphill
Buchler
Senator Irby
Aentleman
Utler
Senator Butler
J. H. Tillman
Cleveland
Hemphill
St. Louis
Chicago
Ocala
Mr. Johnstone
Stemphill
J. Talbert
Mr. Shell
Alliance
Livingston
Watson
Macune
Tillman
Everett
Moses
Issell
South Carolina
Hie
Phill
Thy
Temphill
Columbia State
Jim Crow Car Case Yields $800 Damages to Caldwell
In New York on April 5, a U S Circuit Court jury awarded Mrs M W Caldwell of Brooklyn 800 damages against the East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia Railroad Company. The verdict followed her claim that a conductor forced her and her three children to ride in a separate Negro car despite first class tickets to Chicago. The defense cited Tennessee law allowing segregated cars. Judge Wallace stated the Constitution guarantees equal rights irrespective of color. Caldwell is described as a respectable Brooklyn citizen.
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New York
United States Circuit Court Today
M. W. Caldwell
Brooklyn
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad Company
Tennessee
Wallace
United States
Caldwell
King James Burned at Sea Off San Francisco
Four masted steel ship King James, coal laden from New Castle England to San Francisco, burned at sea about fifty miles off San Francisco. A boat with sixteen crew members from the King James reached Point Conception and were cared for by the lighthouse keeper. Fire started March 1 and after an March 9 explosion the crew abandoned to two boats, numbering thirty-two in all. The captain led one boat with thirteen men two apprentices and his sixteen year old son. the other boat carried thirteen men and two apprentices. Boats aimed for Point Conception, but gale on April 1 separated them. The mate's boat reached safety. the captain's boat remains missing.
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San Francisco
New Castle
England
Point Conception
Pirrspura
Radford
Higgin
Buffalo
Itochester
Pieceburg
J. Leroy
Shamokin
Neilson
Gay
Cleveland
Ouro
Cleveland Saw Mill and Lumber Company
Seneca Street
Nathan Bernstein
Broadway
Bernstein
Virginia
Itcumond
Chase City
Mecklenburg County
Clarksville
4Th Street
Magze
Jo Jefferson
Buzz Anps
Jos
Jefferson
Cella
Richmond
Rich
Raaleran
N.C
Manilla
Philippine
Lieutenant Jenkins Named Professor at South Carolina Military Academy
Sucesedia Towers reports that on President's direction, Second Lieutenant John M. Jenkins of the Fifth Cavalry is detailed as professor of military science and tactics at the South Carolina Military Academy in Charleston.
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Washington
John M. Jenkins
Fifth Cavalry
South Carone Military Academy
Charleston
Forsyth's Mad Mobs Turmoil After Sheriff Death
A Forsyth dispatch reports wild excitement after Marshal Red Starris was shot and died. A mob gathered at the jail armed with rifles, feared a lynching, but ministers and authorities kept order and the crowd dispersed by nightfall.
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Atlanta
Forsyth
Evening Journal
Red Starris
Sarris
Nlarris
King
I. King
Nutting
Uirmans
Bank cashier challenges reporter over courthouse tip and Redwine case
Cashier McCandless of Gate City National Bank denounces reporter Rosenfeld and demands a grand jury review. He asserts no concealment and calls for a full investigation into the Redwine money matter, with public relief to await the jury’s action on the 10th instant.
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Atlanta
McCandless
Gate City National Bank
Moore
Augusta Evening News
Rosenfeld
United States
Grand Jury
Redwine
Four masked robbers thwarted in St. Joseph store killing
In St Joseph Missouri on April 4 Hadward Shellenburg shot and killed William Stebbins during a night robbery at a Mound City merchant’s store. Four masked men entered. three raised hands, one fled and was killed. The dead man was a popular youth, while the others confessed to all robberies. Merchants declined to prosecute due to social standing and leader’s death. Relatives compensated the losses.
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St. Josefu
Hadward Shellenburg
Mound City
William Stebbins
Shellenberg
Dow
Bea
Walter Miller
Walter Chittenden
Roscoe Carr
Local Elopement Ends in Marriage in Grover North Carolina
In Blacksburg South Carolina on April 1 the Baptist minister Mr Suttle enticed Miss Leila Pearson aged fifteen to elope to Grover North Carolina where they married. The couple plans to live together despite their young ages and social expectations.
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Blacksburg
S. C
Cupid
Suttle
Leila Pearson
Grover
N. C
Tragic Lake Boat Capsize Drowns Kelley Family
A sailboat capsized on Lake Voncha trian this afternoon drowning Mrs Mary A Kelley and her nieces Miss Agnes Flynn and Miss Mamie Flynn. Their cousin Mica Isffie Kelley also perished. Several others survived the incident with narrow escapes.
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New Onleans
Lake Vonchatrian
Mary A. Kelley
Agnes
Mamie Flynn
Mica Isffie Kelley
Townsend appointment dispute over Townsend and Smalls protest
Greenville News reports political maneuvering over Judge Townsend’s bid for a federal district attorney post in South Carolina. It notes endorsements and protests from Senators Lampton and Butler, the Smalls critique, and internal Justice Department records questioning Townsend’s Republican credentials amid Secretary Smith’s considerations.
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Wastington
D.C
C. ?. Townsend
Interior Department
Irby
Smith
Judge Townsend
Butler Witthdrew
Townsend
Department
Cleveland
Juuge ‘Townsend
Larrison
Dennetysville
Benjamin Flarrison
United States
South Carolina
Lampton
Catler
Llampton
White
Waade Slampton
DS. Senderson
Aiken
W. IL. Miller
C. S’. Townsend
Nienpenson
James ©. Ladd
Nlarsison
Robert Smalls
Smalls
Genera
Wampton
Oleca Cher
le Om
Judes Town
Wade
Larmpton
Department of Justice
Senator Lampton
United States District Attorney
Tarrison
McLaurin
Greenville News
West Michigan and Midwest City Elections Report
Michigan towns and cities largely chose party aligned officials with Republicans winning in several cities including Lansing and Saginaw while Democrats led in Detroit area and several Ohio and Iowa cities reported mixed results. The Toledo race reflected Anti-Catholic influence. Missouri and Kansas results skewed Republican in major centers. Milwaukee and Helena also swung Democratic in local races.
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Dernorr
Mich
Detroit
Michigan
Lansing
Charlotte
Manistee
Lapeer
Howell
Iron Mountain
Coldwater
St. Jennac
Hilldale
St. Clair
Eaton Rapids
Clare
Owasso
Monroe
Cheboygan
Mount Clemens
Jackson
Ludington
Greenville
Yopsilanti
Cleveland
Ohio
Canton
Isso
Youngstown
Jat Massilon
Akron
Iowa
Dubuque
James E. Knight
Dougherty
Cooney Recorder
Grillike
Tvo
Keokuk
Dr. W.S. Moorehead
A.J. Jardin Marshal
England
Missouri
Louis
The
Republic
Jefferson City
Marshal
Mexico
Lamar
Cape
Arkansas
Lhrrie Rock
Ann
M. G. Small
Slat Springs
Pinefull
Taxarkana
Secretary Smith begins purge of census clerks in Washington
Secretary Stoke Smith orders removal of incompetent clerks and political appointees in the census office. Chief Clerk Wardle oversees a thorough cull, with 29 clerks dropped today and more expected. He aims to finish census work by year end without new congressional funds, stressing economy and performance. The move signals a broader renovation of the General Land Office and Pension bureaus toward a businesslike operation.
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Washington
Stoke Smith
Wardle
Census
Tis
Smith
Congress
General Land Office
Berdan Dies Suddenly at Metropolitan Club
Gen. ITi ram Berdan inventor of the Berdan finder torpedo and rifle collapsed during a chess game with Admiral Crespy at the Metropolitan Club in Washington. After a period of angina pectoris he suffered a fatal heart attack and died within moments.
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Waasstington
Itiram Berdan
Ele
Admiral Crespy
Freight Train Wreck Kills Three in Florida
A south bound freight on the Jacksonville Tampa and Key West Railway wrecked at midnight. Engineer A J Knox of Sandford fireman J P Olmstead of Birmingham and J A Lewis stockman in charge of the car of Boston were killed.
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Jacksonville
Vla
Jacksonville, Tampa
Key West
A.J. Knox
Sandford
J.P. Olmstead
Birmingham
J. A. Lewis
Boston
Emigrants Arrival Reaches Nearly Six Thousand
Nearly 6,000 emigrants arrived in port by steamships yesterday afternoon and morning, the largest influx since October when cholera was brought here from Hamburg.
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New York
Hamburg
Law on the Charleston liquor dispute tests constitutionalities
Rumor spread that Charleston liquor dealers' counsel advised defiance of the State dispensary law until its constitutionality is tested. An executive meeting reviewed an unsigned opinion stating compliance until the law is adjudged invalid, with test cases anticipated after July 1.
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Charleston
S. C
Ste Liquor Dealers’ Association
Lue Association
News and Courier
Mantone
E -d
Tie
Messrs Simons, Siegling
United States Court
United States Supreme Court
Marriage and Murder in Kentucky Frontier Town
Miss Abbie Oliver of Sturgis wed Henry Delaney after forced elopement in Morganfield. A gun ambush wounded Oliver and her father after the ceremony. Oliver died at dawn and Oliver’s widow faced possible lynching as four suspects were arrested. Delaney fatally injured, family of Oliver favored.
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Monganfield
Abbie Oliver
Sturgis
Union County
Taylor Oliver
Henry Delaney
Cour
Delaney
Morganfield
Weelock
Miss Oliver
Mrs. Oliver
Fire Devastates Towns in Four Nations
A large fire sweep in Manilla Philippines destroyed four thousand houses and left many injured. Simultaneous blazes in Cleveland Ohio and several Virginia and Pennsylvania sites caused extensive property losses and fatalities.
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Manilla
Philippine Islands
Cleveland, Ohico—Disas
Will of John Thompson Probate Granted in Charleston
The late John Thompson’s will is admitted to probate. He leaves $10,000 to relatives in Scotland and $20,000 to executors, with the remainder to the city of Charleston as residuary legatee. The estate is estimated around $150,000 after expenses. Thompson, a noted seedsman and gardener, hailed from Scotland.
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Charleston
John Thompson
Scotland
Shell pledge to support Tillman for Senate reported
Washington March 80 It is said Representative Shell gave a written pledge to support Governor Tillman for the United States Senate against Senator Butler or any other candidate. The pledge, said to be given ten days ago at home, is in the possession of a prominent Tillmanite and could be produced to verify the claim.
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Washington
Shell
Tillman
States Senate
Senator Butler
Capt Shell
Man Forces Woman to Marry Him Under Threats in Atlanta
Mrs Fanny Lyons testified at the police station that John Schulzen a local stone mason threatened her with death and coerced her into a marriage at a justice court. She then lived with him several days before escaping.
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Atlanta
Fanny Lyons
John Schulzen
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