Washington Letter on Senate Debates and Cuba Annexation
The Washington Letter reports on Senate debates and the Taft era Philippines policy. Senator Hoar rebuts Platt’s criticisms while discussing free schools under the Taft Commission and governance of provinces. It notes a March inauguration change and a bill protecting the President and succession from anarchists. Newlands discusses a Cuban reciprocity resolution and annexation prospects with tariffs and potential statehood delays.
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Hoar
Connecticut
Philippines
Patrick Henry
Taft Commission
Ile
Platt
Committee On Judiciary
Secretary of War
Cheif
Ways and Means
Cuba
Newlands
United States
Mr. Newlands
Thesr
Watlington
Lyceum Entertainment at the Vienna Opera House
The Vienna News reports the Lyceum troupe led by Amos Edwin Dake and Collins and Collins will perform a lively show at the Heard Opera House on February 12. They promise rich melody and clean humor with banjo acts and Dake’s character impersonations in a 15 to 25 cent range, plus reserved seats. The paper notes prior praise and discusses publicity value and press relations.
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Vienna News
Heard Opera House
Lyceum
Opera House
Jal
Amos Edwin Dake
Collins and
Collins
Mr. Dake
Billy
Edwin Dake
Peavy Respite Delays Georgia Death Sentence
Governor Candler grants a 31 day reprieve for John Henry Peavy, postponing the February 1902 execution to March 21 1902. Cols Hall and Busbee secured the stay in Atlanta while the prison commission weighs commuting to life and Peavy may disclose information tying others to crimes. The rope and gallows were prepared in Macon as officials test the apparatus and await court actions on admissibility of his testimony.
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John Henry Peavy
Peavy
M. P. Hall
J. M. Busbee
Atlanta
Macon
John Henry
Col. Mid Bushee
Candler
Dooly County
Superior Court
John’ Henry Peavy
A. D, Candler
Wise Words and Witty Maxims From a Philadelphia Record
A collection of aphorisms on vice and virtue, sympathy and pity, fear and courage, truth to children, philosophy and hunger, and the gulf between condolence and comfort. The quote attributes speak to human folly and moral contrast with a wry tone.
Free baths at Hot Springs mocked as hellish and corrupt
Bill Arp condemns Free Baths at Hot Springs where thousands of the impoverished bathe amid filth and stench. He contrasts with a nearby grand hotel and elite revelry, noting no doctors or towels and many use assumed names. He cites large numbers processed and alleged cures amid moral decay.
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Hell
Gurns
Also Mentioned on This Page
Washington
United States Senate
Teller
Massachusetts
Colorado
Jesse Ford
Vienna
Perry Road
Ford
Findlay
Old Cross Roads
Co. M. Hitch
Executive Department
Philadelphia Record
Bill Arp
Atlanta Constitution
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