Mob In Hall County Jail Murders Si Smith In Cold Blood
Sheriff Mundy awakens to a jailbreak in Gainesville as masked men pose as a Gilmer County sheriff seizing Si Smith from the jail cage. Firearms erupt, six bullets strike Smith, who had killed William Bell near Sogue, Habersham, leaving a mob at large and a county shaken.
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Si Smith
William Bell
Habersham County
Hall County
Gainesville
Wm. Bell
Atlanta
Mundy
Smith
Bell
Munday
Gilmer County
Mundy Cooly
Hese
Tuat
Sheriff Mundy
Georgia
William D. Bell
Sogue
BJ Smith
Hab‘ersham
Habersham
Three-Cent Car Fares Sweep Detroit Streets
Three-cent streetcar fares were announced in Detroit on banners along streetcar routes. The move, supported by Governor Pingree and Tom L Johnson, aims to teach residents what to expect if plans to sell all Detroit street railways to the Detroit Municipal Railway Company advance. Five tickets cost 15 cents and can be used or withdrawn at any time.
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Detroit Street
Pingrea
Tom L. Johnson
Detroit
Detroit Municipal Railway Company
Railway Statistics Forty Five Roads Relieved of Receiver Ships
The 1898 railway statistics report shows eleven roads went into receivers, while forty five were relieved. Receivership mileage fell by 6,166 miles operated and 5,183 miles owned, with capital stock in receivers’ hands dropping by 221,927,230 dollars. Total railway mileage on June 3, 1898 stood at 247,092 miles, up 4,088.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Admiral Dewey Dispatch Reports Olympia in Quarantine
Washington dispatch cites Admiral Dewey sending a cable from Port Said on July 14, 1899. It states Olympia is under voluntary quarantine and will proceed to Trieste for practique and recuperation for officers and men once coal is loaded. Dewey signs as "Dewny."
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Admiral Sands
Long
Port Said
Washington
Admiral Dewey
Port Baro
Secretary of the Navy
Olympia
Trieste
Cashier Jailed Over Bank Shortage in Perth Amboy
York dispatch reports George M. Valentine, cashier of Middlesex county bank at Perth Amboy, N J, surrendered and is jailed on a shortage estimated between 165000 and 200000 dollars. Bank closed Friday and caused consternation among local businessmen. Panic followed as residents crowded the Perth Amboy Savings institution with same officers as the Middlesex bank.
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Middlesex County Bank
York
George M. Valentine
Perth Amboy
N. J
Middlesex Bank
Eternal Hills
Cape Colony Parliament Opens in Cape Town
A large crowd gathered outside the parliament building as Sir Alfred Milner, the British high commissioner and governor, arrived to a cheer. The governor’s speech noted friendly relations with the states colonies and territories of Africa, with no reference to the political situation.
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Cape Colony
Cape Town
South Africa
Sir Alfred Milner
Africa
Mexico Is Satisfied With U S Banda Reception
Favorable reception of the Mexican government banda in the United States impresses financial circles in Mexico City and suggests Mexican enterprises will seek more support from the neighbor republic than Europe going forward.
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Banda
United States
Mexico
Europe
Bryan explains Philippine policy in interview letter
W. J. Bryan urges independence for the Philippines, arguing for ratification with a declaration of policy and Bacon’s independence promise. He condemns forcible annexation as criminal, says the occupation should be temporary, and vows to protect the Filipinos from outside interference while they build a stable government.
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W. J. Bryan
Atlanta Constitution
Hemrnney
Nev
Constitution
Philippine Islands
Cuba
Mexico
South
Central America
Trolley Strike Ties Up Brooklyn Lines
A Brooklyn strike by motormen and conductors over ten hour rules and overtime pay began at 4:30 AM. Leaders Parsons and Pines led the stoppage on Brooklyn Rapid Transit lines, challenging timetable revisions and demanding 20 cents hourly overtime.
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Brooklyn
N.Y
N. Y
Brooklyn Rapid ‘Transit Company
Parsons
Pines
Brooklyn Traction Company
Traction Company
Desperate Clash Kills Two in Alabama Miner Strike
A Birmingham Age Herald dispatch from Ishkooda Alabama reports a one sided battle between striking miners and importation of Black workers to replace them. Two Black men died on Friday night, including Richard Cobb from Atlanta, while a coroner investigates the killings amid ongoing labor turmoil.
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Colored Minera
Alabama
Birmingham Age- Herald
Ishkooda
Ala
Knights of Labor
Georgia
Dallas
Richard Cobb
Atlanta
Old Subject Revived Wheeler Seat In Congress
A Birmingham dispatch reports renewed talk of declaring General Joseph Wheeler's seat from the eighth district vacant as Wheeler is ordered to the Philippines. The Montgomery Journal sparked the question, signaling possible gubernatorial action and shifting public opinion.
Cotton Mill for Montezuma to Cost $100,000
A Montezuma Georgia committee led by J W Haygood W M Lewis J W McKenzie G Lippman and Hon J J Easterling visits mills in middle and north Georgia to gauge prosperity. If mills show strength Montezuma will begin to raise funds to build a factory costing 100000 dollars.
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Tory
Montezuma, Ga
Cotton Mill Committee
Messrs
J. W. Haygood
W. M. Lewis
J. W. McKenzie
G. Lippman
J.J. Easterling
Middle
North Georgia
Montezuma
Southern Men Remembered in Volunteer Army Appointments
The president announced numerous volunteer army commissions across Georgia Alabama and Tennessee listing ranks from lieutenant colonel to second lieutenant with names including Robert W. Leonard Francis Ward Solomon Avery Jr William B Gracie Walter F Randall James M Liddell Samuel A Price Granville Seyier Devereaux Shields John W Abbott Garrison Bull James H Blount Jr Holt A Bradford Ed win Broussard Ursil A Ferguson John T Ryan and others plus medical officers and engineers. Officers ordered to join their regiments at their stations.
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Robert W. Leonard
Twelfth
New York Volunteers
Francis Ward
William B. Gracie
New York
Walter F. Randall
Mississippi Volunteer Infantry
Solomon Avery, Jr
Georgiaa Volunteers
Philip $. Golderman
James G. Hannah
John J. Kennedy
Theodore 8. Pulver
Theo B. Taylor
Oscar D. Weed
Wilson G. Heaton
James H. Blount, Jr
United States Volunteer Infantry
Willliam Tplark
Georgia Volunteers
Willis O. Davis
Wilson G. Henton
Jas, M. Kimbrough, Jr
Jones Longstree
Two Hundred
Ursil A. Ferguson
First
Hilden Olin
Seventy-first
John T. Ryan
Lee D. Fisher
Seventyfirst
United States Navy
Robert I. Stillman
Astor Battery
William 8. Wells, Jr
Alabama
Frederick Hadra
Auegeon
William Bowen
Richard 8. Griswold
George P. Reed
Volunteer Army
Sheriff’s Posse Slays One Attacker of Judge Singletary
Sheriff Martin and a posse killed one assailant named Frank Arsenell of Alabama during a Seley county confrontation with Judge Singletary. They wounded and captured the other man, Harry Burke of Houston, who may recover from gunshot wounds to the right side and back. Burke confesses to the Singletary robbery and is found with some stolen silver.
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Judge Singletary
Martin
Seley County
Harry Burke
Houston
Frank Arsenell
Alabama
Burke
Singletary
Otis Seeks 2600 Cavalry Horses for Philippines
A Washington dispatch cites General Otis requesting 2600 horses to form a cavalry brigade for the Philippines at the end of the rainy season. Secretary Alger plans careful selection from northern districts, favoring tough wiry mounts not too heavy, after trials with Manila and nearby stock failed.
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Votary Alger
Staten
Washington
Otis
Philippines
Manila
Alger
Secretary of Navy Considers Maine Bell Metal Request
A Washington dispatch reports an American citizen building a chapel in Mexico has asked for 100 pounds of metal from the battleship Maine to cast a chapel bell. The request will be granted if deemed expedient.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Mexico
Maine
Morgan for Harmony in Democratic Need for Unity and Silver Plan
A Washington interview with Senator Morgan of Alabama presents a strategy to unite the Democratic Party may come through a presidential candidate who will not veto a future free coinage bill if party support demands it. Morgan suggests a leader who follows party will in Congress to secure votes and restore Democratic harmony amid gold standard and silver coinage debates.
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Washington
Morgan
Alabama
Bryan
Democratic Party
East
North
South
Tama
Lanner
Congress
Georgia Editors Reelect Officers of Weekly Press Group
In Dublin on Wednesday the Georgia Weekly Press association re elected President Walter S. Coleman first vice president James R. Brown second vice president McAlpin Thornton secretary W A Shackelford and treasurer J W Anderson. Elberton chosen as next meeting site. members then moved to Tybee Island for sessions ending there after a raft of seaside leisure and city tours hosted by Pleasant A Stovall of The Savannah Press.
Two cannon for Atlanta to grace capitol grounds
A Washington dispatch reports Secretary Alger ordered two dress cannons captured in Cuba sent to Atlanta for placement on capitol grounds. Representative Livingston and Georgia senators had pressed for more cannons. Alger also ordered regimental flags of the First Second and Third Georgia to be returned to Georgia for display in the state capitol.
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Gate City
Alger
Washington
Cuba
Atlanta
Livingston
Georgia
Capitol
State
Stark Cotton Mill Directors to Decide on South Mills
A Manchester New Hampshire dispatch reports Stark cotton mill directors will soon meet to decide whether supplementary mills will be erected in the south. The agent and treasurer return from a southern inspection tour and will present a report at the board meeting.
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New Hampshire
Manchester N. H
Stark
Filipinos Reject Autonomy in Aguinaldo Speech
A Manila copy of The Independencia reprints Aguinaldo’s Tarlac speech urging continued fight for independence. He denounces autonomy as deceit, defends national sovereignty, blasts McKinley administration, and calls for unity and three cheers for independence.
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Independencia
Manila
Aguinaldo
Tarlac
Tropics
Spain
America
Philippines
Democratic Party
McKinley
Americana
Matica
America Offera
Arma
Ex Senator Pugh Objects to Morgan Interview on Bryan Nomination
Former Alabama Democrat Ex Senator Pugh rejects Senator Morgan's interview on Bryan's nomination. He says he does not doubt Morgan's sincerity yet feels no duty to defend the Democratic party or the country and protests Morgan's remarks.
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Glyes
Morgan
Pugh
Alabama
Senator Morgan
Bryan
Washington
Indians Will Dance in Spite of Government Efforts
Advices from Guthrie Oklahoma Territory report that the Indians remain largely engaged in dancing despite federal attempts to halt the practice. At Greyhouse the Big Hill Osage band entertained guests with a weeklong dance in honor of the Pawhuska band, presenting near $5,000 in prizes.
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Flan
Detroit, Mich
Railway Statistics
DEWEY
Capetown
Tennessee
Ulstaire
Morgan For “Harmony
the Georgia Editors
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