Faculty stands firm over South Carolina College suspensions
A protest by Columbia citizens and prominent locals failed to move the South Carolina College faculty after eleven students were suspended and others admonished for bonfire incidents. The Feb 27 note from President Wooprow and five-hour faculty session upheld the punishment despite strong public appeals and a large petition.
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Columbia
S. C
The
South Carolina College
R. S. DesVortes
Carolina College
Messrs. Rt
Deslortes
W. A. Clark
Geo. A. Shields
W. Myers
Tini'g
James Wooprow
Messrs. D
John T. Sloan
Desperado Martinez Killed After Arrest Attempt
In Texas near the Picayune Grand city the sheriff and two scouts tried to arrest Husabia M. Martinez at Man gas de Agua. He resisted and was killed after wounding two spies Neal and Barria, and had previously killed Capt Seguero and wounded others.
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New Orleans
Ila
The
Picayune
Itio
Texa
Shelly
Lied Lowe
Husabia M. Martinez
Aling Mangas de Auga
Marrtinez
Rufus Glover
Hall
Neal
Prudentano Barria
Gonzales
Capt Seguero
San [Enacio
Barria
Glover
Tragic double murder by Atlanta sister Julia Force
Julia Force, thirty eight, shot and killed her sisters Florence thirty and Minnie twenty five in an Atlanta home before surrendering to police. She claimed lifelong family slights drove her to the killings and later published a lengthy statement detailing alleged abuse by her family before her arrest.
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Atlanta
Julia Force
Florence
Minnie
J.H
A. W. Force
Charleston
Ingana
Miss Force
Millionaire Mackay shot in San Francisco confrontation
John W. Mackay, noted mining investor and Postal Telegraph backer, was shot in the back and briefly wounded. The assailant, W. C. Rippey, then shot himself. Rippey is reportedly dying and tied to a history of squandered riches and madness. Mackay remained calm, the bullet a severe flesh wound.
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Mackay
San Francisco
John W. Mackay
Postal Telegraph and Commercial Cable Company
John Mackay
W. C. Rippey
L. Li Lincoln
Rippey
Lippey
Beaeuregard WIL Bequeaths Gifts and Cremation Request
Gen Beauregard's will is probated. estate largely to his children with $500 to soldiers. He leaves to Charleston a sword from New Orleans ladies in 1861.Louisiana gets a life portrait by Genia. Executors urged cremation if a nearby crematory exists, otherwise the clause void.
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Heauregard
New Orr
Lvans
Beauregard
Charleston
S. C
New Orleans
Fort Sumter
Louisanna
Genia
Louisana
Populists Overhaul Kansas Militia In Gaining Push
TorpeKo Kas reports Feb 24 that the Populist administration plans a full purge of state officers and replacement by Populists. An army larger than any peacetime force is organized, with an estimated 50,000 Populists preparing drills and training for future deployment.
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TorpeKo
Kas
Kangas National Guards
Kansas
Populist House Yields to Court Decree Amid Amalgamation
After a full day of caucusing the Populist House decided to recognize the Republican House. One Populist member appeared in the Douglass led body and addressed him as Mr Speaker amid applause. The two houses will merge tomorrow with Populist Senators set to recognize the Douglass House.
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Toreka
Kas
House
Republican House
Douglass
Sheriff Riser Takes Leave Amid Habeas Corpus Proceedings
CHARLERTON S C Feb 25 Sheriff Riser of Newberry still in contention says he has no idea of purging himself as Sheriff Nance. He received a leave of absence today and returned home to Newberry to spend Sunday. He is to report to Mars letan Cunningham on Monday and will likely be taken to Washington later in the week on habeas corpus proceedings.
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Charlerton
Riser
Newberry
Nance
Mars'at Cunningham
Washington
Democratic Clubs Urge Unity to Fight Monopolies in 1892
Chauncey F. Black signals the National Association of Democratic Clubs to rally around a Democratic president and Congress. The 1892 platform demands strict constitutional taxation, tariff reform, and rejection of Federal monopolies. The piece calls for expanded affiliated clubs to sustain reform through 1894 and 1896.
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Washington
National Association of Democratic Clubs
Congressa
Congress
Federalist Party
Mr. Jefferson
Chicago
Democratic Party
New York
Cleveland
Stevenson
Chauncey F. Black
Lawrence Gardner
Wm. L. Wilson
WARRINGTON: South Carolina patronage battle in federal offices
The Augusta Chronicle reports a South Carolina struggle over federal patronage as factions of the Palmetto democracy rally support. It cites Brawley, Irby, Tillmanites, and conservatives for posts from district attorney to collector of internal revenue, noting candidates like Thompson, Trenholm, Pope, Brooks, Tompkins, Bratton, Bryan, Hutson and others.
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Warrington
Palmetto
Buller
Brawley
Congress
Mr. Cleveland
Irby
Tillman
Shell
Mclaurin
Strait
Cleveland
Tillmanites
South Carolina
Mesara
Jatimer
Talbert
Thompson
Trenholm
Hmarle
Milcolt
Charles A. Douglass
Columbia
Simonton
Marshal
Pope
Tillmanite
Donaldson
Alliance
Brooks
Capt. Brooks
Preston Brooks
Sumner
Whitfield Brooks
Samson Pope
National Hotel
Geo. D. Bryan
Charleston
Marion M. Hutson
Yemassee
Beaufort
Augusta Chronicle
Law and liquor sale challenged in Charleston case
In Charleston on March 2, the U S Circuit Court heard an ex parte petition by Von Kolnitz and Bacot for Italian complainants A Cantini and E Cantini in a dispute over the South Carolina Dispensary Act. Judge Simonton held the act constitutional, ruling no federal import duty violation, no inherent right to retail liquor, permissible police power, and that treaty protections do not supersede state authority.
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Charleston
United States
George F. von Kolnitz
Thomas W. Bacot
A. and
E. Cantini
T. W. Bacott
G. F. von Kolnitz
State
Lequor Dealers’ Association
Simonton
Congress
Secretary Blocks Sunday Use of Pension Building for Concert
Secretary Noble informed the inauguration committee chair that the Pension Building will not be opened Sunday for a concert with admission. President-elect Cleveland opposed a Sunday event, and Noble reported orders already barred Sunday use. The proposed concert was postponed to Tuesday evening.
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Washington
Noble
Inauguration Committee
Secretary of the Interior
Lakewood
N.J
Grover Cleveland
Mr. Cleveland
Terrible Floods Endanger Hungaria In Danube Rise
In Gergely near Paknn sixteen hundred residents faced inundation as the Danube rose suddenly. Mud huts were surrounded by water and residents sought refuge in a church and school built to withstand floods. Fearing destruction if they stayed and drowning if they fled, many attempted to reach Pakas and arrived in a deplorable condition.
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Vienna
Danube
Gergely
Paknn
Hungaria
Pakas
Bloody Affair in Barnardsville Ends in Double Shooting
On Saturday night J J M Roberts and Bud Whittemore of Barnardsville quarreled and began shooting. Big Jim Whittemore, Bud's father, was shot three times and killed. Roberts died the next night from his wounds. Young Whittemore escaped. The killing stems from ongoing trouble between Whittemore and Roberts.
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Asiiville
N.C
J.ji. Roberts
Bud Whittemore
Barnardsville
Big Jim” Whittemore
Bud
Roberts
Young Whittemore
Brigadier General T. R. Freeman Dies in Mosuo
Brigadier General T R Freeman commander of Freeman's Brigade in Price's army during the late war died near One oy One Mo today of typhoid fever at age 63. He led the last Confederate surrender at Ital in 1865 and was well known in Confederate service.
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Mosuo
T. R. Freeman
Freeman
Price
Ital
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J. W. Muller
John G. Capers
Wm. N. Lyles
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Woodrow Rose
Woodrow
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