General Textile Strike Recommended by New England Unions
In Boston Sunday, sixty five New England textile union representatives voted unanimously to urge a general strike in all cotton mills until wage disputes are resolved. The action follows a suggestion by President Gompers to the Federation of Labor. A three member committee will organize the plan and a full meeting was set to confirm definite action. If enacted, about 147,000 operatives could cease work, threatening a major national strike and a standstill in cotton goods manufacture.
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Boston
Mass
New England
Gompers
Federation of Labor
Wells Memorial Hall
New Bedford
Taasnineh
Steamer Veendam Sinks After Collision at Sea
The Holland America Line steamer Veendam sank after striking wreckage off latitude 49 35 N, longitude 20 01 W on February 6. All 118 steerage passengers and 85 crew and 9 cabin passengers were saved by the nearby steamer St Louis Rabble, which arrived in New York from Southampton. The Veendam’s wreckage was burned to prevent navigation danger.
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Rabble
New York
Southampton
Veendam
Stenger
Rotterdam
St. Louis
Veeendam
Senate Passes Indian Appropriation Bill With 8 Million
Washington report says the senate resumed debate on the Indian appropriation bill and passed it after amendments. The key change by Senator Pettigrew would restore the free homestead law for Indian lands ceded to the United States, delaying payments by settlers. The bill carries total appropriations of eight million dollars.
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Senate
Washington Dispatch
Ensign Breckenridge Drowns After Being Washed Overboard
A cablegram from Consul General Lee in Havana reports Ensign J. R. Breckinridge of the Cushing was washed overboard and drowned before the vessel reached port. The body was recovered and preparations are under way to embalm and send him home.
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Staff Department
Lee
Havana
J. R. Breckinridge
Cushing
Congress Debates Kansas Pacific Sale Amid Pension Bill Delays
In a Washington special, Friday session of the House focused on private pension bills while filibustering stalled the private calendar. Amid the dispute, discussion intensified over a proposed sale of the Kansas Pacific railroad. Mr Fleming and allies pressed for presidential authority to bid full debt, principal and interest, while Mr Powers argued the aim was government operation of the road. A bill to broaden rights of way for tramways, canals, and reservoirs passed, extending access beyond mining and irrigation.
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Washington
House
Committee On Claims
Fleming
Powers
Pacific Railroad Committee
Georgia
Vermont
Senate
Battleship Maine to be relieved at Havana by Marblehead or Detroit
Washington dispatch reports the Maine will be relieved from Havana within days. The navy plans to move the ship across the strait, as its crew prefers not to stay long in the Havana harbor. Marblehead or Detroit likely take Maine s post, both better suited to Havana’s climate.
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Detroit
Havana
Washington Dispatch
Maine
Navy Department
Clarksville
Mobile Postoffice Muddle Settled by Parker Appointment
The senate confirmed Prelate D. Parker of Alabama as postmaster at Mobile, ending a protracted dispute. Former incumbent John L. Rapier had resisted handing over the office, arguing his four year Cleveland appointment runs until December and removal requires Senate consent under the tenure of office act.
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Sonata
Mc Kintley
Mobile
Als
Senate
D. Parker
Alabama
John L. Rapier
Barker
Rapier
Cleveland
Test Of Egyptian Cotton In Texas Shows Promise
Washington dispatch reports the department of agriculture fiber investigations in Cuero Texas conducted an official roller gin test on Texas grown Egyptian cotton. The test achieved highly successful results, overcoming seed lint separation issues with a special gin designed to minimize damage to the cotton.
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Washington
Office of Fiber Investigations
Department of Agriculture
Cuero
Tex
Texas
Quarantine convention gathers in Mobile with 300 delegates
The south Atlantic and gulf states quarantine convention met in Mobile Alabama on Wednesday. About three hundred delegates attended representing medical sanitary scientific transportation commercial and administrative interests from southern states and many from other states. Distinguishing figures from Chicago St Louis and New York also attended.
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South Atlantic
Gulf States
Ala
Chicago
St. Louis
New York
Estate controls road in Alabama railroad case
Chancery Judge Tudge Dowdell in Asheville on Saturday issued a decree in W. C. Brown ing and other bondholders versus the estate of the late Eugene Kelly of New York. The ruling places $625,000 of the receiver's certificates bought by Kelly ahead of all other claims against the property.
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East and West Alabama Railroad
Tudge Dowdell
Chancery Court
Asheville
W. C. Browning
Eugene Kelly
New York
Kelly
Cuban insurgents pull in U S toward war policy
Washington reports three proposals before the senate on Cuban relief and recognition of belligerency. Allen of Nebraska seeks a neutral recognize and rights of belligerents in U S ports. Cannon proposes a Cuba independence demand with a March 4 deadline. Mason plans to address the Senate as Congress debates Spain’s withdrawal and U S recognition. De Lome denial adds diplomatic tension as rumors of a validating letter swirl.
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Senate
Allen
Nebraska
Committee On Foreign Relations
Spain
Cuba
United States of America
United States
House of Representatives
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Cannon
Utah
Republic of
Western Hemisphere
Cuban
Kingdom of Spain
Republic of Cuba
Mason
Illinois
Receivers File Report On Southern Mutual Building and Loan
Judge J A Anderson and Mr W A O By rne receivers in Atlanta filed a report with Clerk Tanner detailing business from November 1 1897 to January 31 1898 The cash on hand at January 31 was 28328 96 total disbursements for the period amounted to 17269 24 The statement covers Georgia Florida and Mississippi receiverships with sources of revenue and an itemized expense account.
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Southern Mutual Building and Loan
J. A. Anderson
W. A. O'Byrne
Southern Mutual Building and Loan Association
Atlanta
Tanner
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
McMillin Urged to Enter Governor Race
Nashville special notes efforts to persuade Congressman Benton McMillin to run for governor. He has not indicated his decision and will decide before returning to Washington, once Mrs. McMillin is well enough to travel.
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Nashville
Benton McMillin
Washington
Mrs Nobles Sentenced to Hang on March 25
Mrs Elizabeth Nobles condemned for the Twiggs County murder and scheduled for execution March 25 in Jeffersonville. Judge Smith imposed the sentence after a formal hearing in the Bibb County jail transfer, with Nobles refusing to speak. Accomplice Gus Fambles, respited thirty days, awaits the outcome and anticipates potential commutation.
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Elizabeth Nobles
Bibb County
Macon
Twiggs County
Jeffersonville
Nobles
Sheriff Jones
Smith
Prison Commission
Gus Fambles
Woodford Dispatch From Madrid Sparks Cipher Telegram
A Washington telegram from Minister Woodford to the State Department discusses the DeLome letter issue. The 200 to 800 word cipher dispatch was translated Sunday but officials offered no public details. Assistant Secretary Day declined to comment, noting no new developments.
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Madrid
State Department
Washington
Woodford
DeLome
Senor Canalejas
Department
State Day
Dead Bodies Recovered After Pittsburg Fire and Explosions
Rescuers pulled eighteen bodies from Pittsburg ruin late Saturday night, most found in Mulberry alley. Among the dead were William Edward Finch, George Edward Newman, Will F. Doran, Prof. James Oxon, David Benton Wookerly, D. A. Gray, and John Contine, with thirty five still missing. The scene remains perilous as walls threaten further collapse.
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Pike Street
Mulberry Alley
William Edward Finch
George Edward Newman
Philadelphia
Will F. Doran
James Oxon
David Benton Wookerly
D. A. Gray
John Contine
Ess
Zola mobbed after Paris trial adjournment
A Paris special reports M. Zola was mobbed by a crowd upon returning to his residence after the trial adjournment Saturday evening. Police dispersed the mob quickly. Anti Zola agitators signal with a whistle to summon rowdies near the court. Concerns rise about Zola's safety as known criminals hover about the building, allegedly bribed to harm him.
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M. Zola
Zola
Observed Lincoln Day Banquet by New York Republicans
Nearly 300 members and guests attended the Lincoln Day banquet at Delmonico's Empire Room. Toasters included Abraham Lincoln by Albert J. Beveridge, The Republican Party by Charles A. Boutelle, The Mission of America by Henry D. Estabrook, and The Navy by Assistant Secretary Roosevelt.
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Lincoln
Delmonico's
Abraham Wincoln
Albert J. Beveridge
Indianapolis
Republican Party
Charles A. Boutelle
Mission of America
Henry D. Estabroo
Chicago
Navy
Roosevelt
Troops for Klondite Protect Life in Alaska Gold Fields
A Washington dispatch reports the cabinet decided to send two companies of troops to Dyen and Skagway Alaska to preserve order and protect life and property amid a rush to the gold fields. Advices say hundreds of lawless elements have gathered and troops are needed immediately.
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Washington
Dyen
Skagway
Alaska
Candler Replies to Criticism Over Gov Race Letter
Hon Allen D Candler publishes a public reply denying unfair and unwarranted use of his letter, insisting he aimed for no attacks on Governor Atkinson or his administration. He cites consulting Democrats statewide, seeking honest platform input, and unity through fair methods while declining to promise or dictate in a future governor's term.
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Allen D. Candler
Georgia
Groner
Atkinson
Clarke County
Evans
Congress
Savannah Port Society Marks 55th Anniversary Meeting
The Savannah Port Society held its annual meeting Sunday night at Independent Presbyterian church in the presence of a vast congregation celebrating fifty five years of activity and community involvement.
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Savannah Port Society
Independent Presbyterian Church
Louisianas Convention to Settle the Suffrage Question
New Orleans dispatch says the constitutional convention opened at noon in Mechanics Institute with Chief Justice Nicholls administering the oath and K. B. Kruttechnitz elected president. A rules committee was appointed as the body aims to settle the suffrage question before other business.
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New Orleans
Old Mechanics Institute
Nicholls
K. B. Kruttechnitz
Populist Congressmen Approve Address for Early Release
Populist members of the senate and house held a conference Saturday night to consider an address to the people of the United States. The address, prepared by Senators Butler and Allen with others, was approved and signed by all present after an informal discussion of its features.
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Washington
Georgia State News Highlights and Local Notes
The report summarizes Georgia affairs with figures from the annual accounts of a dispensary, crime rewards in Coweta and Carroll counties, bond news for Dr. Rodgers, a western colony seeking Ware county land, and enforcement of non-resident filing fees. It notes Pulaski court activity, a smallpox case near Clarksville, Macon Carnival plans, a stamp hearing in Atlanta, an Atlanta industrial progress convention, and the Georgia Tech textile school fundraising, led by President Lyman Hall.
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Carroll County
United States Court of Atlanta
W. T. Newman
Dr. Rodgers
Lumpkin
Atlanta
Supreme Court
United State Supreme Court
Georgia
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