Georgia Railroad Inspection Set by State Commission
The Georgia railroad will be inspected starting March 6 by the state railroad commission led by H W Hill, with Commissioners Brown and Stevens. Bowdro Phintzy of Augusta filed the petition. Mr Phinizy and a Georgia road representative may accompany the inspectors on the tour. The commission plans thorough spot checks along designated routes and may issue orders to fix any safety issues found.
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Atlanta
Georgia Railroad
State Railroad Commission
Bowdro Phintzy
Augusta
H. W. Hill
Joseph M. Brown
O. B. Stevens
Avanta
Covington
Georgia Road
T. K. Scott
Conditton
The
Evans Recalled as Thaw Trial Reopens in New York
Dr. Evans was recalled when the Thaw trial reopened on Thursday morning. Mr. Jerome pressed him to confirm he had carefully read the documents. Evans would only admit he had done the best he could. He noted several letters bore no addresses and were of little use in determining the writer’s soundness of mind.
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Dr. Evans
New York
Wendell Phillips Garrison Dies at 66 in New Jersey
Wendell Phillips Garrison, son of abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, longtime editor of the Nation and later editor in charge of the Nation after its 1881 union with the Evening Post, died at South Orange on a Wednesday night at age 66. He had retired last June.
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Wendell Philips Garrison
New York
William Lloyd Garrison
New York Nation
South Orange
Garrison
L. T. Godkin
the Nation
New York Evening Post
The
Evening Post
Diplomatic Entertainment Held as Embassies Gather
In St. Petersburg on February 28 the emperor hosted the first diplomatic entertainment in years. All heads of embassies and relations will meet at Tearskoentele.
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St. Petersburg
Tearskoentele
Alabama Governor Signs Local Option Lovelady Bill
Cov Comer signs the local option measure in Alabama. The bill makes counties the voting unit for liquor sales with a one fourth voter trigger, likely forcing many cities to vote down saloons or allow prohibition. Dispensaries remain undisturbed for two years.
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Cov
Comer
Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Senate endorses Jamestown expo funding bill
The senate finance committee agreed to report favorably a bill to appropriate 26000 to Jamestown exposition. It also plans 10000 for a commissioner, 5000 more to the Normal school at Normal, 15000 to the board of health and a new circuit judge for Birmingham. The house panel backed a measure to bar Sunday freight trains. No session was held Wednesday as lawmakers commuted.
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Alabama
Jamestown
Montgomery
Ala
Senate Committee On Finance
Negro Normal School
Normal
Board of Health
Birmingham
House Committee On Common Carriers
Italian laborer's throat cut in Pratt City murder
The body of Italian laborer Andrie Pileto was found near Pratt City coke ovens with throat cut from ear to ear and eight stab wounds. He had not been robbed and no motive was known. Authorities suspect a Black Hand style murder, the second Italian death at Pratt City in months. Pileto had worked at Pratt City for two months.
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Birmingham
Ala
Andrie Pileto
Pratt City
Pileto
Cuban newspaper alleges US bought war against Spain
Madrid reports a Havana Diario de La Marina story claims documentary proof that the United States Congress was bought in 1887 by Tomas Estrada Palma to trigger war against Spain. It says bonds worth 37 million dollars in Washington funded senators, with a 1898 joint resolution echoed. later, bonds’ value dropped in 1899 prompting a new Palma senatorial contract. Count Salazar sought full information from Washington officials.
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Madrid
Diario de la Marina
Havana
United States Congress
Thomas Estrada Palma
Spain
Cuba
Washington
Congress
Palma
Count Salazar
New Road Plans Chartered From Gulfport to West Point
A proposed railroad to run from Gulfport through Harrison Perry and Jasper counties to West Point Mississippi has applied to Governor Vardaman for a charter. The line would connect with the Southern Railway and other lines at West Point as part of a larger Memphis and Gulf Line proposal.
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Mobile
Ala
Gulfport
West Point
Miss
Laurel
Jow County
Paulding
Jasper County
Jasper
Newton
Nashoba
Winston
Oktibbeha Counties
Southern Railway
Cantorn, Aberdeen and Nashville
Mobile and Ohio
Head Breaks Hammer Handle In Street Brawl
In Augusta Georgia on February 28 Will Spires a Black man was struck on the head with a sledge hammer wielded by a Blacksmith. The hammer handle broke about two inches from the head but Spires remained conscious and walked to hospital for treatment. He was arraigned before the recorder and fined. Physicians say the blow would have crushed an ordinary person.
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Augusta
Will Spires
Wealthy Woman Found Dead in Mexico City Room
Marie Jesus Negrete de Guzman sister of General Pedro Romolo Negrete was found dead in a crowded quarter room. Police found $25,000 in cash and securities and a Guatemala bank book showing a $50,000 deposit. The woman was long known as a miser as authorities investigate.
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City of
Mexico
Marie Jesus Negrete de Guzman
Pedro Romolo Negrete
Guatemala
Italy to Fund Excavations at Herculananeum
Rome February 28. Senor Rava minister of public instruction announced that excavations at Herculaneum will be financed by Italian government money after consultation with Premier Cr recién Clolitti. Foreign experts like Professor Charles Waldstein offered advice but funding will come from the state.
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Wiil
Rome
Senor Rava
Public Instruction
Clolitti
Herculianeum
Charles Waldstein
Distillery Plant Burns in Vincennes Fire
A fire at the Old Vincennes Distilling company partially destroyed its plant in Vincennes Indiana on Wednesday. Estimated loss ranges from 150000 to 225000 with insurance coverage.
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Vincennes
Ind
Child Fatally Burned in Evergreen Log Fire
The three year old son of C. A. Fussell of Evergreen was fatally burned when clothing caught fire from a burning log heap. The incident occurred in Fitzgerald Georgia on February 28.
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Fitzgerald, Ga
C. A. Fussell
Evergreen
Salvatoran Donation Affair Stirring Defense and Rejection
The national assembly of Salvador refused a 500 000 donation of North Carolina bonds amid a report that a New York syndicate headed by Bird Coler bought the issue at about two cents on the dollar. Washington says the bonds were offered to states and other governments as leverage against North Carolina. In South Dakota a bill to return 30 000 in gratis bonds failed 25 to 16.
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New York
Bird Coler
Salvador
San Salvador
National Assembly
North Carolina
South Dakota
Pierre
S. D
Senate
Bond Broker Pleads Guilty in State Bond Theft Case
Columbia reports bond broker T. J. Gibson, 74, found guilty of receiving stolen goods. The verdict includes a mercy recommendation. Co-defendant Daniel Zimmerman pleaded guilty earlier to stealing bonds valued at 12,500 from the state treasurer's office. both await sentencing.
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Columbia
T. J. Gibson
Gibson
Daniel Zimmerman
State Treaurer
Explosion at Elizabeth furnace injures and kills in Pittsburg
An explosion at the Elizabeth furnace of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company on Second Avenue near Hazlewood in Pittsburg Thursday morning left several injured and one man dead. The blast is attributed to a so called slip.
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Pittsburg
Elizabeth
Jones and Laughlin Steel Company
Second Avenue
Hazlewood
Famous Tenor Engaged by Opera Manager
New York reports Oscar Hamerstein announced that Giovanni Zanatello, a La Scala tenor who created Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly, has been engaged for five years and four seasons. The arrangement was completed by cable.
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New York
Oscar Hamerstein
Giovanni Zanatello
la Scala
Pinkerton
Cable
Typhoid Epidemic Reported on Battleship Connecticut
Washington February 28. Wireless from Captain Swift reports a serious typhoid outbreak aboard the battleship Connecticut. Of 35 cases, 32 are in a critical condition.
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Washington
Connecticut
Navy Department
Swift
French line to build larger and faster steamship La Picardie
The Compagnie Generale Trans-Atlantique announced plans to construct a passenger steamer larger and faster than La Provence. The new vessel will be named La Picardie.
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New York
Campagnie Generale Trans-Atlantique
French Line
Henry White Holds Farewell Visits in Rome
Henry White the American ambassador paid farewell visits in Rome to Premier api and the presidents of the senate and the chamber of deputies. They expressed friendly feeling toward the United States.
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Rome
Henry White
API
Senwe
Chamber of Deputies
United States
Potential Central American General Conflict Looms
From Panama on February 28 advices indicate a broad conflict across Central America unless friendly intervention by the United States and Mexico proves effective.
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Panama
Central America
United States
Mexico
Odessa Situation Improves Amid Political Moves
Odessa reports to embassies that the situation has improved following prime minister Jupin's orders. Actions to quell disorders were taken in the name of the acting governor. General Kapibera, governor of Ciiense, has been recalled.
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Odessa
St. Petersburg
Jupin
Exgielett
Kapibera
Ciiense
Man on trial for life in Georgia murder case
Will B. Lee stands before Clayton county superior court charged with the murder of Will G. White, the Central of Georgia day operator, shot October 14 in the tel graph office and died in Atlanta the following Tuesday. Dr. Cyrus Strickler testified to the gunshot wound and death cause.
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Jonesboro
Will B. Lee
Will GC. White
Clayton County
White
Lee
Cyrus Strickler
Atlanta
Defense Wins Round in North Carolina Immigrant Case
In Greensboro on February 28 the defense blocked government evidence about promises by immigration agent Costello to alien witnesses. Judge Boyd ruled that in this penal case a conspiracy must be shown, limiting the agents role. Only two to three witnesses testified, with government counsel to pursue a new approach.
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North Carolina
Greensboro
N. C
Charlotte Mill
Costello
Boyd
Smith & Sargent
Postmaster in Alabama City reports threats after thrashing
Assistant postmaster Joseph E Franklin, a debt collector by trade, was assaulted at Southern Steel plant by two deputy sheriffs who then barred him. Franklin, who prosecuted Grace Robinson for 45 cents, says threats have been made against him from several quarters as he filed a complaint with Washington authorities.
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Alabama City
Gadeden
Ala
Joseph
Franklin
Southern Steel Company
Washington, D. C
Grace Robinson
Walker Missing Bank Treasurer Heads to Orient Detected in Portland
William F. Walker of New Britain Conn. remains missing. A detective agency traced him to the Portland hotel in Portland Oregon on Feb 18 using the alias W D Sether. He told an acquaintance he was bound for Vancouver and then the Orient.
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Walker
Orient
New York
William F. Walker
New Britain
No Senator Yet Elected in Rhode Island Ballot
Rhode Island legislators failed on the twenty-eighth ballot to elect a United States senator, matching a 28 ballot record. Voters gave Colonel Goddard 41, Colonel Colt 37, Senator Wetmore 30, and ex-Governor Utter 1, as the chamber continues the prolonged contest.
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Providence
R. I
United States
Rhode Island
Ambrose B. Burnside
Goddard
Colonel Colt
Wetmore
Utter
Romantic May-December Marriage Stuns Douglasville
In Douglasville Georgia on February 28 H C Hunter aged 85 married Mabel Page 15 in a union described as love at first sight. The bridegroom young at heart and the bride said to be devoted to him despite their 70 year age gap.
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Douglasville
H. C. Hunter
Mabel Page
Mr. Hunter
Dankers Will Meet In Macon
Georgia bankers will attend the state convention in Macon on June 5. J R Reynolds Rome J K Ottley Atlanta and L P Hillyer Macon made the decision to accept, with plans for a three hundred banker turnout and ample entertainment.
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Dankers
Macon
Georgia Bankers
Executive Committee
J. R. Reynolds
Rome
J.K. Ottley
Atlanta
L. P. Hillyer
Tragic accidental shooting ends life of 14 year old Hendricks
In Columbus Georgia a 14 year old, LiBeral Hendricks, son of Marion Hendricks, was accidentally shot north of the city. The bullet entered through the heart when his gun discharged while crossing a wire fence. He crawled to the roadside but died shortly after.
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Columbus
LiBeral Hendricks
Marion Hendricks
Topa
Japanese cruisers depart for Jamestown with high officials present
En route to James Yokohama on Thursday morning the Japanese cruisers Tsukubaba Chitose sail at 11 o clock for Jamestown Virginia. A formal send off featured Naval minister Prince Admiral Salto Admirals Ito Incuaye Tego the naval attaché and Consul General Miller with local Japanese officials attending.
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James
Yokohama
Tsukubaba
Chitose
Jamestown
Prince Admiral
Salto
Ito
Incuaye
Tego
Miller
Married Soldiers Bring Greater Courage, Major Says
In a Commons debate on the army bill Major See Ly, a Boer War veteran, stated that married soldiers showed greater courage than single men. He noted a similar pattern in the Russo-Japanese conflict.
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London
House of Commons
Seely
Negro Kills Another in Athens Yard Shooting
James Sims, a Black man, shot and killed Charley Drake in the yard of the Central railroad in Athens Georgia. Sims surrendered claiming self defense and alleging Drake had persistently harassed him and his wife.
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Athens
James Sims
Charley Drake
Central Railroad
Sims
Drake
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Mount Joy Church
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Fitzpatrick, Thompson
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Will C. White
Citizens Bank
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