Ferocious jail revolt in Decatur ends with sheriff shooting guard
Sheriff Talley and eight inmates battled in DeKalb county jail after a sawed padlock escape attempt. Howard Flanagan was wounded by a pistol shot as the sheriff and janitor Jim Smith repelled the attack and secured the prisoners. Hiram Sharpe had secretly given the sheriff an iron bar beforehand.
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DeKalb County
Decatur
Talley
Howard Flanagan
George Bankaton
John Pendley
Ponder
Atlanta
Flanagan
Innagan
Jim Smith
Finnagan
Hiram Sharpe
Lithonia
Sharpe
Sud Donf
Tha Aheriff
Noaro
Flanigan
Sheri
Mr. Talley
Jim
Sheriff Talley
Hoe
Sheriff Tally
John Ruskin Dies in London Influenza at 81
A London dispatch reports the death of John Ruskin, famed English critic and essayist, on Saturday afternoon from influenza at age 81. It notes his dramatic divorce from his wife and the entangled relationship with painter Sir John Millais, who pursued Ruskin’s wife.
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London Dispatch
John Ruskin
Sir John Millais
Millais
Boer losses to date from Rensburg reports
Advices from Rensburg Cape Colony Friday state that compiled figures from reliable sources show Boer losses to date about 6 425 men with 2 000 casualties during the siege of Ladysmith after verification from several investigated sources.
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Rensburg
Cape Colony
Ladysmith
Bryan Address in Baltimore Dominated by Free Silver Wing
Hon William J Bryan spoke in Baltimore Saturday night on current political questions to a full Music Hall audience. The Maryland Democratic Association organized the event as part of the free silver wing of the party, while the regular Democratic organization stayed aloof from the affair.
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William J. Bryan
Baltimore
Maryland Democratic Association
Democratic Party
Pension Bill Passed Amid Attacks on Pensions Commissioner
The house approved a pension appropriation of 145 245 250 on Friday. Northern Democrats launched an attack on the pensions commissioner over alleged rigidity in law administration, while a large cross party group defended him.
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House
Uprising in Negros Involves Autonomous Officials and Troop Deployments
Mail reports from Manila detail a Negros uprising last month on the island's southern part. Lieutenant A. C. Yedyard of the Sixth Infantry was killed as officials of the autonomous government, elected with ceremony in November, are jailed on treason charges. The revolt, led by prominent local figures, aimed to overpower Americans but failed. reinforcements from the Twenty-sixth Infantry arrived at Bacolor. Some officials have been released on bonds, others remain imprisoned, with expulsions anticipated.
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Manila
Negros Island
Tieutenant A. C. Yedyard
Smith
Autonomous Government
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Tloilo
Bacolor
Negros
Island
Roberts Committee Report Details Roberts Expulsion Case
The special committee report on Brigham H. Roberts of Utah was presented to the house. It narrates hearings and Roberts refusal to testify and states the committee believes he ought not remain a member. A majority favors exclusion. a minority supports sworn testimony followed by expulsion by a two thirds vote.
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Special Committee of
Brigham H. Roberts
Utah
House
Bately
Taylor
Roberts
House of Representatives
Longo
Mod Hangs Murderers In Kansas Mob Lynching
Half brothers George Silbos and Ed Meeke, convicted of murder, were hanged by a mob in the county jail yard at Ft. Scott Kansas. The bodies were left dangling as authorities were surprised. Accomplice Amos Phillips was later convicted of murder in the first degree in connection with the Edlinger killing.
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Ft. Bontt
Kansas
George Silbos
Ed Meeke
Scott
Kansas City
Leopold Edlinger
Edlinger
Bates County
Amos Phillips
Silkes
Sifire
Phillips
Honors accorded Davis in Transvaal visit
President Kruger of the Transvaal granted Webster Davis assistant secretary of the interior a private day in Lourenco Marques. He called on Governor General Alvaro Da Costa Ferreira who welcomed him and asked him to convey friendship to President McKinley. The Transvaal government said Kruger's carriage would take him to Pretoría.
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President Kruger
Transvaal
Sonda
Webster Davis
Lourenzo Marques
Pretoria
Alvaro Dacosta Ferreira
McKinley
Davis
Kruger
Pratoria
Australians Ambushed by Boers Near Renaborg
Advices from Renaborg Cape Colony report sixteen men of the New South Wales Lancers and South Australians ambushed by the Boers on the 16th. Two escaped to reach camp. The following morning one dead Australian and one wounded man were found at the scene along with Boer dead. The Australians made a gallant stand before surrender.
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Lancers
Renaborg
Cape Colony
New South Wales Lancers
Count Boni de Castellane loses three million francs
The Paris Matin reports rumors that Count Boni de Castellane, husband of Anna Gould, has lost three million francs by unlucky speculation on the bourse. McLaurin’s condition improves in Jackson Mississippi where ex governor and senator-elect McLaurin is now out of danger according to attending physicians.
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Paris
Boni de Castellane
Anna Gould
McLaurin
Iackton
Miss
Anya
Senator McLaurin
Senate Agrees on Vote Date for US Standard of Value Bill
In a swift Senate session on Wednesday an agreement set a final vote on the bill to fix gold as the standard of value in the United States. Senator Aldrich proposed February, with Senator Jones of Arkansas naming February 16, date accepted. Debates continued on related war and information resolutions with Pettigrew condemning administration censorship. the reanation was passed without division.
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Senate
United States
Aldrich
Finance Committee
Tones
Arkansan
Hoar
Massachusetts
Ape
Pettigrew
Lodge
Hale
Maine
Philippines
South Dakota
Bonth Dakota
McKinley
Waa
House Debates Over Treasury Probe and War Funding
The House conducted another session over Secretary Gage and the sale of a New York equity. Speakers from New York, Pennsylvania, and Mississippi clashed on the treasury transactions, the Philippines war, and a $46,000,000 army appropriation, with tensions rising as Cannon and Terry sparred and Terry denounced the war as patriotic rhetoric.
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New York
Hepburn
Iowa
Sulzer
Cannon
Williams
Mississippi
Terry
Arkansas
Philippines
Criminal
Torry
Clark Bribery Inquiry Resumes After Recess
Senate committee on privileges and elections resumes its bribery probe into the Montana senatorial election. The inquiry centers on charges tied to the election of Hon. W. A. Clark to the senate.
Lost ship Helgoland identified by damaged life buoy
A dispatch from St Johns Newfoundland reports a magistrate recovered a damaged life buoy from Bt Mary's bay bearing faint letters resembling Helgoland. The wrecked steamer's name appears partly legible as algoland, suggesting Helgoland as the vessel.
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Wousel
St. Juhine
Helgoland
Johns, N. F
Mary's Bay
Lattera
Algoland
Prohibitionists of Georgia Rally Against Willingham Plan
The Georgia Prohibitionists Executive Committee met in Macon to denounce Willingham’s policy of forming a prohibition party outside the Democratic fold. They vow to work within the Democratic Party and push for state prohibition, urging a statewide campaign to nominate and elect a candidate committed to enforcing prohibition laws.
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Georgia
Prohibitions of Georgia
Macon
Prohibitionist Association
Am Prohibition Party
Willingham
Stary
Prohibition Party
Prohibition
Eac
Atate
Audh
Pial Cense
Ball
Friends of Prohibition
Peg Leg Williams Appeals for Liberty in Federal Court
The emigrant agent known as Peg Leg Williams seeks release through a federal habeas corpus petition. Judge Newman ordered Williams brought to Atlanta for a January hearing after Judge Hart denied the initial petition in Union Point. The case argues Williams is detained illegally in Greene County jail and challenges Georgia’s emigrant act as unconstitutional while noting accusations he enticed enslaved workers from Georgia plantations and sent them to Mississippi.
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Williams
Newman
Spegleg
United States Court
Hahons Corpue
Sherrif O
Oliver
Greene County
W.T. Newman
Atlanta
United States
Tuer
Hart
Union Point
General Assembly of Georgia
Pegleg” Williams
Greene, Morgan
Mississippi
Georgia
Bryan in Cincinnati Declares Farmers and Laborers Cannot Afford Republican Ties
Col W J Bryan told about 5000 at Music Hall Cincinnati that no farmer or laborer can afford to be a Republican. He said the party had changed front and cited Lincoln’s 1859 Boston letter and his first message warning against monarchial tendencies in the republic.
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W. J. Bryan
Music Hall
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Bimetallic Council
Lincoln
Boston
Republic
North Rome GA School Board Dismissed by City Council
The North Rome city council fired the entire school board and elected new members claiming the old board was incompetent. They cited the hiring and retention of ignorant colored teachers, and the discharged board has taken the matter to court.
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Rone, Ga
North
Rome
Demon Snell Before Court in Brutal Murder Trial
Benjamin H. Snell of Georgia faces trial before Justice Clabaugh for the murder of 13 year old Lizzie Welsenberger on August 6 1898. The case details show a long pattern of disturbing conduct toward the child and a grim courtroom scene as witnesses and relatives react to the proceedings.
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Washington
Enus
Benjamin H. Snell
Georgia
Clabaugh
Lizzie Welsenberger
Anguat
Snall
Little Worm
Sneld
Snell
Shell
Charles Weisenberger
Nineteenth Strest
N. B
Weisenberger
Nineteenth
G Streema
Lyell
Tager
Bladingburg Road
Waisenbergers
Liga
Spell
Buell's
Lisa
Spells
Boull'a
Ity
Pension Bureau
Vermont
Montgomery
Ala
Ocones
Charles W. Snell
Bandersville
Statue to Webster Unveiled in Washington Ceremony
A distinguished gathering including President McKinley and the cabinet attended the unveiling of the colossal bronze statue of Daniel Webster on Boott Circle. Earlier ceremonies of presentation and acceptance were held at the Lafayette Opera House with lawmakers, judiciary, and public officials in attendance.
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Washington
McKinley
Senate
House of Representatives
United States Supreme Court
Daniel Welster
Boott Circle
LaFayette Opera House
Counterfeit Ring Busted as Ashland Woolen Mills Burned
Rutherford county authorities unveil a counterfeit gang active for at least two years. Brothers John and Andrew Edwards, Will Mercer and Will Wright are jailed with others under surveillance. Ashland Woolen Mills in Oregon, a historic industry, burned Sunday causing about 65 000 dollars in losses.
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Rutherford County
Tannesses
John
Andrew Edwards
Will Mercer
Will Wright
Ashland Woolen Mills
Ashland
Ore
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Bryan
MOD
Dannon
Demon Snell
Webster
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