Georgia to publish Good Roads bulletin to aid convict labor plan
State geologist Professor Yeates launches a drive for statewide road improvement in Georgia. Governor Atkinson backs the effort as a way to employ convicts on roads, with McCallie overseeing data collection and field inspections. The bulletin will detail materials like red shale near Rome and chert, present methods, and promise farmer distribution.
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Yeates
Georsia
Tate
Hin Plang
Yontos
Georgia
Yentea
Atkiston
Yentas
McCallie
Atte Pacheiet
Rome
Bulletin
Union
Furniture Works Destroyed in Large Cambridge Fire
Keeler and Co furniture factory in East Cambridge Massachusetts burned on Wednesday night. Top floor housing J Reed Whipple’s La Tonne Boston hotel furniture destroyed. Loss about 25000. insured. Beneath, Cobb Bizzel and Co stored furniture with 5000 loss. Also Trinidad Colorado arrests for murder: six men and two women detained. deputies Green and Kelly killed while pursuing wattle thieves in 1896. two suspects still at large.
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Cambridgey
Mans
Keeler & Co
East Cambridge
Mass
Furnitura
J. Reed Whipple
New Boston
la Tonne
Cobb, Bizzel & Co
Trinidad
William Green
William Kelly
Railroad Officials Clash Over Rates in Fiery Bout
A heated confrontation on Wednesday between W. D. Evans, chairman, and H. R. Thomas of the state railroad commission ended in a fist fight and glass paperweight clash. Thomas opposed higher rates on certain articles. Hyans called him a gentleman insult, leading to punches and bleeding as Hyans hurled a weight and Thomas struck back.
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Columbia
Anya
W. D. Evans
H. R. Thomas
State Railroad Commission
Thomas
Hyans
Wound for the Gold Fields and Passengers Sail North
The North American Transportation Company steamship from Beattie Washington to Alaska departed Thursday afternoon with 128 passengers, including a number of women. Passengers will transfer to a Yukon river steamer at Go.Bt Michael and proceed to the Klondyke gold fields.
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Kaimor Lefives Beattie
Alaska
North American Transportation Company
Portland
Beattie
Wash
Michael
Yukon
Phon Werg
Debating Conference Report Moves Toward Final Tariff Vote
Senate leaders pressed to fix a date for the final vote on the tariff conference report as Allison warned of a protracted Friday session. Debates featured Chilton, Jones, Patti..ew, and Aldrich defending the report while Turley took the oath. Tillman clashed over export bounty. a House resolution urged investigation into tobacco exclusion under the Tagio system. Executive session followed by adjournment.
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Senate
Allison
Chilton
Texan
Jones
Atkinson
Pattipt
South Carolina
House
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Yeasals
Yessela
Bose
Vessela
Cardiff
Wales
Mexico
Alabama
Tennessee
Messrs. Underwood
Wheeler
Alajamin
McMillin
Tennesaca
Ridgely
Kansas
Lynchers Kill Oscar Williams in Griffin mob action
A mob estimated between 800 and 400 men seized Oscar Williams on a Central train in Griffin Georgia early Thursday morning. He was lynched within twenty minutes after arrival, after fleeing from Macon to Atlanta for safety and avoiding further violence elsewhere.
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Kacaya
Oscar Williams
Campbell
Donath
Griffin
Williams
Griffin Han
Central
Macon
Atlanta
Editors to Be Prosecuted for Sedition in Poona District
The government of India will prosecute several Poona editors noted for publishing seditious articles aimed at stirring native opposition to British rule. The move targets newspapers prominent in publishing anti-government content.
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Government of India
Poona
Brunswick Crew Wins Naval Reserve Boat Race
Brunswick naval reserve crack boat crew defeated Savannah boat crew in a two mile course from the sea buoy to St Simons sound buoy. Lieutenant Taylor of Brunswick promoted and refereed both races as two thousand spectators watched officers of the reserves and the Wilming ton aboard the gunboat Wilmington.
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Savannah
Brunswick
Naval Reserve
Wilmington
St. Simons Sound
Taylor
Row boat tragedy off Sugar Island claims three lives
Three Detroit youths, William W. Shier, Frank E B Russell, Edwin Stubenskay, and Russell’s father and brother, perished when a rowboat capsized near Sugar Island at the Detroit River mouth. All four survivors made it ashore, narrowly escaping.
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Detroit
Sugar Island
Detroit River
William W. Shier
Frank EB
Russell
Edwin Stubenskay
Tariff Bill Becomes Law After Historic Session
The tariff bill passed its final legislative stage 40 to 80 and was signed by President McKinley at 4 04 PM sealing the act. The extraordinary session closed with adjournment shortly after nine in the evening as Dingley and Hager delivered the bill for the president's signature.
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Ollock P.m
House
McEnery
Jones
Nevada
Stewart
Herrin
Turner
Teller
Allen
Butler
Kyle
Pettigraw
Thal
Senate
Harris
Union Pacific Railroad
Morgan
Hobart
Dingley
White House
McKinley
Washington
Hager
Gage
McKenna
Gary
Wilson
Explosion wrecks mill in Cortez killing one man
A boiler explosion at the Kipp & Kiser lumber mill in Cortez Pennsylvania Saturday evening killed Pete Duff and seriously injured ten others. The mill was badly wrecked and a forty-foot piece of boiler was hurled about 400 feet. About two hundred men will be thrown out of work.
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Kipp & Kiser
Cortez
Pete Duff
Hungarian Women Face Death Over Wholesale Poisoning
In Budapest a trial of twelve women and two men ended with six sentences. Four women received death, one life penal servitude, and one six years imprisonment. The Hodmezővasárhely crimes spanned years, with married men murdered by wives for insurance money.
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Buda Pest
Hungary
Hodmezoo
Sultan Yields At Last Irade Sanctions Settlement Of Frontier
A Constantinople dispatch reports the sultan issues a proclamation sanctioning frontier settlement per the powers wishes. Italy is ready to fight and Greece and Athens are cited amid proposed coercive measures against Turkey.
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Constantinople
Italy
Athens
Greece
Ttaly Hina
Turkey
Lynchers to be Prosected After Talbotton Lynching
A Georgia lynching of W L Ryder for the murder of Miss Sallie Emma Owen sparks a conspiracy probe. Authorities name about fifteen mob participants, secret service notes and a Waverly Hall lead, with Governor Atkinson possible rewards. Judge Hart condemns lynching as cowardly and warns prosecutions will follow.
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Worrill
Secret Service
United States
Atkinson
Waverly Hall
Ryder
W. L. Ryder
Macon
Walden
John Hart
Talbotton
Supreme Court
Talbottom
West Virginia Coal Strike Outlook Shifts With Watsons Men
Dispatches from Wheeling report a changed strike front as the Watson mine force of 1,000 men holds leverage for the Fairmount region, threatening Monongah closure if they quit. Debs' failure to rally the Watson workers dampens spirits, yet organizers regroup for a new plan. Kanawha Valley committees press for an 18 cent per ton raise through year, risking wider action where sympathy wanes. Norfolk and Western sees little encouragement and overall state prospects grow murkier unless local sentiment aligns.
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West Virginia
Diggard
Wheeling
W. Va
Watson
Fairmount
Monongah
Debs
Reayesville
Kanawha Valley Miners’ Committees
Norfolk and Western
Fatal Opera House Fire at Paducah Theater
A blaze at the Casino summer theater in Ramona Park Paducah Kentucky Friday night erupted during a fireworks display. About 600 attended as panic caused trampling injuries with reports of over 100 hurt and three or four children killed. doctors treated the injured.
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Casino
Ramona Park
Paducah
Alabama County Allocates 100000 for Road System
Colbert county Alabama has appropriated 100000 to perfect the public road system. Bonds were sold to a Chicago syndicate and work is expected to start within a few days. Other Tennessee valley counties already have excellent roads, and the Golbert county valley upgrade will complete the area system.
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Colbert County
Ala
Tennessee Valley
Golbert County
Lynching fears rise as killers moved to Atlanta jail
Flanagan and Perry, accused murderers, were quietly transferred from Decatur jail to Atlanta Friday night under heavy guard. A five-deputy posse with revolvers and rifles escorted them, avoiding crowds and rumors as they traveled. the men were secured in Atlanta’s Frazier Street jail upon arrival.
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Edwards
Flanagan
Perry
Decatur
Atlanta
DeKalb
Eecatte
Austin
Frazier Street
Rock
Squall Wrecks Steamer Srihengana Off Malacca
A Singapore dispatch reports the Chinese steamer Srihengana carrying 190 passengers from Singapore to Malacca wrecked in a squall off Malacca on June 19. One hundred twenty people perished including the captain, while the survivors were rescued by a passing steamer.
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Singapore
Srihengana
Malacca
Lynching Near Madisonville on General Principles
Ephraim Brinkley of several miles from Madisonville Kentucky was found hanging from a limb near his home Thursday morning. A mob of about forty citizens lynched him in what they called an act on general principles, following the earlier assassination of Thomas Croullins reported weeks prior. Brinkley had been suspected due to his reputation but no proof tied him to the crime.
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Ephraim Brinkley
Madisonville
Thomas Croullins
Brinkley
Andrews Resigns Over Silver Utterances at Brown
President E B Andrews of Brown University Providence R I resigned his office in a letter to the faculty Thursday in response to a committee crafted by trustees and fellows in June. The committee had called Andrews to account for his silver utterances.
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Fred
E. B. Andrews
Brown University
Providence
R. I
Andrews
Lim
Last Session of House Ends With Tariff Act Signed
The final session featured the speaker signing the Dingley tariff bill and adjournment without a day. A currency commission proposal stirred debate as the Stone bill moved after hours, with Republican leaders prompt in responding to the president’s message. Committees were appointed and a congratulatory reply from the president followed.
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Howe
Sonata
Grosvenor
McKinley Urges Nonpartisan Commission on Currency Reform
President McKinley’s message to Congress asks for a special, nonpartisan commission to study banking and currency changes and report by November 1. He notes revenue needs, currency soundness, and urges early action alongside tax or revenue measures.
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Congress
Money Commission
McKinley
Senate
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Java
Governs ‘Ment
Turan McKiniey
Michigan Governor Pingree condemns tariff as unfair
Pingree wires a duplicated message to President McKinley Senator Burrows and Congressmen Corliss and Spaulding arguing duties on lumber hides and sugar are unrepublican and unpatriotic. He says lumber supports small homes and farms, laborers pay two shoes as the wealthy, and the poor should not bear per capita more tax than the rich.
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Michigan
Ana
McKinley
Pingree
Burrows
Corliss and
Spaulding
Date of Tariff Law Activation Question Raised
Treasury officials consider when the new tariff act took effect after midnight Saturday. They may rule it operative at 12 o'clock Saturday night though final liquidation gives ten days to decide.
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Treasury Department
Treasury
Department
Australia to ship gold directly to United States
A London cablegram to the New York Evening Post reports arrangements to ship a considerable amount of gold directly from Australia to the United States. The move, not generally known, coincides with anticipated gold movements from New York to London, likely creating significant interest.
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London
New York Evening Post
United States
Australia
New York
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BIATE
Renator Turley
Sultan
Flanagan and
Brinkley Beenan
Sunrepublican
America
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