Georgia State News – Reward Offered in Allen Strickland Case
The governor posts a $150 reward for Allen Strickland’s arrest after he killed Alexander Merritt in Polk County on November 21. The report covers pensions, farm sales near Sylvester, the Golden Chain lodge meeting in Atlanta, a mistrial in Gainesville, planned railroad sales, and local industry notes. It notes pensions distribution starts March 12 and a sunshine recorder added at Atlanta weather office. It also mentions Noah Parker’s pardon, pharmacy exams, and Georgia gold mining potential.
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Allen Strickland
Polk County
Alexander Merritt
Madagascar Wonders and Oddities in Natural History
An overview of Madagascar’s unique fauna and flora noting contrasts with Africa and India, including aye aye lemurs, giant bird eggs, and peculiar cuckoo groups. Also reports on farming near Burbank, horse pig growth, a Georgia theft case, and Cuban naming customs.
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Madagascar
Delates Canon Tristram
Africa
India
New England
Meuritius
Mascarene Islands
Trenton
Calumet Woolen mill resumes after six months
Bridgeport Conn large mill reopens employing about two hundred operatives. A Clyde Ohio chemist, Dr A A Hutchins, suffered severe injuries including loss of both eyes during experiments in a wrecked building. A derailed Illinois Central train near Durant Mississippi caused many injuries as passengers plunged down an embankment. The Keppler will probate details reveal a $500000 estate. Governor Patterson plans a Florida visit with several officials in tow.
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Heckla
Calumet Woolen Company
Bridgeport
Conn
A. A. Hutchins
Clyde, O
Illinois Central Railroad
Durant
Miss
Joseph Keppler
Pauline
Udo
Louis C. Ruegeter
Edward Stieglits
Patterson
Pennsylvania
Florida
Philadelphia
Harrity
Greenland
Hensel
J. Henry Cochran
Williamsport
E. de W. Morrel
Rollin H. Wilbur
Bethlehem
Fusion
Democratic State Central Committee of
Kansas
Topeka
Georgetown
Col
United States
National Electric Light Association
Washington
E. A. Armstrong
Camden
N. J
Mexico
Colorado
John Bibbelup Martin
Victoria Woodhall
British Museum
Martin
Joseph Donlan
United States District Court
Baltimore
Stevenson
Morris
Don Jan
Edinburg
Mr. Gladstone
Lord Roseberry
Earl Spencer
Brooklyn Tabernacle
Talmage
Tabernacle
Salvation Army
England
Chiapas
Booth
World sugar plantations produce six million tons annually
The article states that globally sugar plantations yield about 6,000,000 tons of sugar each year, highlighting the vast scale of production across major growing regions.
Rumors of War on the Russian German Frontier
Rumors in Moscow speak of a border clash between Russian Dragoons and Prussian Uhlans. A frontier post display of arms drew fire after a Russian demand to cease. A skirmish ensued with casualties on both sides and pursuit by Russians to some distance afterward.
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Moscow
Drift of Her Progress and Prosperity Briefly Noted
A North Carolina fire at Hilton's steam saw and planning mills in Wilmington destroys the planing mill and factory, with losses around 25000 dollars and 15000 dollars insured. Judge Key vows life tenure as U S judge. A Dallas bank embezzlement case ends in acquittal after two weeks. Alabama Odd Fellows plan a widows and orphans home, likely in Jasper. Charleston court of sessions opens with 145 criminal cases, 46 under the dispensary law. Commercial bodies in Alabama push for a state organization meeting in Birmingham on April 25. Freight rate war erupts near Memphis after L and N exits Southern Railway and Steamship Association. Starr county Texas faces mass hunger with depopulation and deaths. water must be hauled long distances. Fifty Chinese laborers from Mexico head for Texas via Pedras Negras to cross the Rio Grande for jobs at $50 per head. A Raleigh case revisits Josiah Turner vs Holden over $8,000. Turner sues Holden's widow. East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad wage cuts: 10 percent for some, 5 or 10 percent for others, effective April 1. Southern Association of wholesale druggists selects officers in Memphis and plans next year's Atlanta meeting.
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Hilton
Wilmington
N. C
Judge Key
United States
Tennessee
Key
President
Orphars
Jasper
Ala
Court of Sessions
Charleston
S. C
Drudge Townsend
Birmingham
Mobile
Montgomery
Huntsville
Tuscaloosa
Alabama
Memphis
Louisville and Nashville
Southern Railway and Steamship Association
Starr County
Texas
San Antonio
Mexico
Pedras Negras
Rio Grande
Raleigh
N.C
Josiah Turner
Sentinel
North Carolina
Orange County
Holden
Turner
National Capital Notes on Congress and Hawaii Policy
Reports from Washington detail secretive Democratic caucus deliberations, pension disputes for Judge Long, Bland bill fate, and naval updates on the Nictheroy and Rio harbor. Also covered are life saving incidents, Sickles pension rights, cadet football policy, and a congress review of Hawaii diplomacy with Morgan leading a broad majority report and Republican dissent on five points.
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Cox
Equity Court
Charles D. Long
Michigan
Senate
State Department
Thompson
Rio de Janeiro
Lops
Sapo
Desterro
Navy Department
Boham
Nictheroy
Rio
Bahia
Congress
Dole
Willis
Gresham
Kimball
Washington
Dodies
North Carolina
Florence C. Megee
Philadelphia
Port Tampa
Florida
Baltimore
Secretary of War
Mansur
Sickles
Lamont
Herbert
Annapolis
West Point
Students Missionary Congress in Detroit Draws Delegates
The international students Missionary congress convenes in Detroit with the Students' Volunteer Missionary Society composing volunteers from 30 colleges nationwide. About 1000 delegates attend as they prepare for foreign missionary work.
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Students’ Missionary Congress
Great ‘International Students’ Missionary Congress
Detroit
Students’ Volunteer Missionary Society
Governor threats extra session over river relief law
A prominent man near Omaha Nebraska reports receiving a letter from Governor Frank D. Johnson of Iowa stating that if the Iowa legislature does not repeal or modify the prohibitory law to provide relief for the river counties he will call an extra session. This marks the governor's first public statement on the issue.
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Omaha
Neb
Frank D. Johnson
Towa
General Early Dying in Lynchburg Home
A report from Lynchburg Va says General Jubal A Early is sinking at his home and cannot live many days. General Fitzhugh Lee General W H Payne and General Dabney H Maury with Senator Daniel visited him and he recognized and spoke to General Maury during a brief interval of consciousness.
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Lynchburg
Dubal A. Early
Fitzhugh Lee
Rockbridge
W. H. Payne
Warrenton
Dabney H. Maury
Richmond
Daniel
Maury
Seigniorage Bill Passes By House Vote
The Bland silver seigniorage bill passed the house at 5 o clock Thursday afternoon by 168 to 129, a 39 vote majority. The measure funds coinage of seigniorage and Sherman law silver purchases, with treasury notes redeemable in silver. The victory signals shifted sentiment toward silver and comes as the house prepares to take up appropriation bills and tax repeal for state banks.
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Committee On Rules
House
Trade Woes Highlight Week of Discouraging Business Review
B G Dun and Co reports a waiting business climate with weekly fluctuations meaningless until the future clarifies. Orders appear but overall activity shrinks, prices drop in wheat silver and other goods, and exports rise while manufacturing and spending falter. Clearinghouse payments fall, silver and cotton move lower, and iron and steel show limited gains amid fierce price competition. Failures rise in the US and Canada. India debates mint reopenings as Europe seeks funds via exports. Italy’s total assets are noted at 526000000000.
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B. G. Dun & Co
New York
Clearing House
Ellison
Treasury
United States
Canada
Bengal Chamber of Commerce
India
Europe
Fifty Third Congress Daily Summary of Routine Business
The House discharged the Ways and Means committee on Hatchs anti option bill and sent it to Agriculture for report. Bland pushed unlimited debate on seigniorage. quorum issues delayed votes. Bland’s bill eventually passed with 168 yeas to 129 nays, and a $45,000 hearseage appropriation followed. The Senate opened with Hawaii relations input, then adjourned for caucus.
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HOUSE
Committee On Ways and Means
Hatch
Committee On Agriculture
Boutelle
United States
Willis
Honolulu
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Bland
Kilgore
Crisp
Cummings
New York
Texas
Tracey
Pracy
Yeas
Naya
Distiller Headly Fled to Mexico Amid Forgeries Claim
William H. Headly of Headly and Peck Distilling Co. of Lexington Kentucky is a fugitive in Mexico. A letter from him says he has duplicated warehouse receipts and will reside at Don Carlos hotel in City of Mexico. The amount of the forgeries cannot yet be estimated, while Lexington banks claim security.
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Wiliam H. Headly
Headly and Peck Distilling Company
Lexington
Mexico
Don Carlos Hotel
City of Mexico
Miners Endorse Jeffersonian Platform in Birmingham Meeting
Representatives of the Birmingham district miners met in secret all day and endorsed the Jeffersonian populist plank opposing convict labor in mines. They declined to endorse the state ticket and nominated John A Loyd and C R Bray, both miners, for the legislature.
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Birmingham
Ala
John A. Loyd
C. R. Bray
Will Gladstone Resign Over Failing Vision
London papers publish articles suggesting Mr. Gladstone may resign soon due to rapidly failing eyesight. The reports claim his condition could obstruct vision if he delays retirement from active political duty.
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Gladstone
London
Corbett Acquitted In Florida Prize Fight Case
Jacksonville jury acquits James J. Corbett of violating Florida prize fight laws after 4:07 pm verdict. Charley Mitchell attends, signaling a practical acquittal for himself as a similar case looms. Court warned against audible reactions. four women in attendance waved to Corbett despite judge’s禁止.
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Jacksonville
Florida
Mitchell
Eace and Dignity
James J. Corbett
Corbett
Phillips
Charley Mitchell
Judge Grosscup rule cripples interstate commerce prosecutions
Judge Grosscup's decision in Chicago renders it nearly impossible to convict for rate cutting under the interstate commerce law as grand jury witnesses James of Lake Shore and McLeod of Merchants' Dispatch refuse to answer citing the fifth amendment. The ruling, welcomed by railroads, draws sharp criticism from government lawyers A G Safford and Interstate Commerce Commissioner Morrison, who say it hampers prosecutions though evidence from non parties remains unavailable. Commissioner Veasey echoed Morrison's concern about future convictions.
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Grosscup
United States District Court
Chicago
James
Lake Shore Road
Gordon McLeod
Merchants’ Dispatch Freight Line
McLeod
United States
Grossenp
A. G. Safford
Commission
Interstate Commerce
Morrison
Interstate Commerce Commission
Veasey
Reorganization of Atlanta Consolidated Street Railroad
Boston dispatch reports a reorganization absorbing the Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway. Joel Hurt, the company president, oversaw the deal creating a sound financial basis. Shareholders have paid off floating indebtedness and over ninety percent of bonds are deposited with trustees to be stamped. The road is freed from floating indebtedness.
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Atlanta Consolidated Street Railroad Company
Boston Dispatch
Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway Company
Joel Hurt
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Georgia State News
Tip Harrison
Sylvester
Supreme Lodge of the Order of the Golden Chain
Vitteburg
Atlanta
J. M. Ponder
McCutchen
Keck
Gainesville
Henry B. Tompkins
Marietta and North Georgia Railroad
Agricultural Department
The
Weather Bureau
Noah Parker
Newton Superior Court
Parker
Georgia State Board of Pharmacy
State Capitol
O. B. Hartzog
Atlanta College of Pharmacy
BR. C. Hood
Harmony Grove
L. C. Newman
W. M. Caldwell
Chipley
H. T
Daily Railway Times
Marietta
North Georgia
Norfolk and Western
Norton
Knoxville
Marietta and North Georgia
South
Georgia
California
Pacific Coast
Piedmont Park
Cotton States and International Exposition Company
Piedmont Exposition Company
Macon
McDonough
Comer
Justice Jackson
Worth County
Early County
Jim Ross
Colomokee Creek
Joy Moses
J. H. Wade
Blakely Bank
Levi Mosely
Animal Wonders of
Ey Ranch
Burbank
Cal
Whitfield County
Cuba
Southern
Samuel Spencer
C. M. McGhee
Henry Fink
East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Road
Southern Association of Wholesale Druggists
P. P. Vanvleet
D.D. Phillips
Nashville
M. A. Falls
F. W. Schumacher
Waco
Tex
A. G. Cassells
Vicksburg
J. C. Lyons
New Orleans
Senate Committee On Finance
Voorhees
Jones
Arkansas
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Hawaii
Morgan
Blount
Sherman
Frye
Delph
Davis
Lowa
Business Review
Alf
Italy
Committee On Foreign Relations
Mr. Mills
Finance Committee
Vance
Hoar
Mills
Slugger Mitchell
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