Georgia State News Highlights Local Developments
Fipp2n will gain an oase depot while Zebulon seeks a new court house. Sumter tax delinquency rises. Polk county uses all land. Perry plans an oil mill. Dublin eyes a 2500 can per day canning factory. Northen offers reward for arson at Franklin. new revenue and school circulars issued. Brunswick National Bank opens. poll tax enforcement widens. Atlanta hosts American Street Railway Association meeting. UGA medical commencement set for April 22. Georgia Midland and Gulf cuts Columbus to Atlanta service. Justice Jackson to transfer. Public notices include Summer Normal school funding and Camp Northen setup. Fifth Regiment band to perform. rail bondholder concerns prompt possible asset split.
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Griffin
Camp Northen
Fifth Regiment
Atlanta
Trade Review Shows Prices at Record Lows and Revival Signs
Dun and Co reports the past week sees more firms seeking revival in production while prices fall to the lowest on record, down about 11.5 percent from a year ago. Iron furnaces add capacity, Pittsburgh leads with most works operating, and US failures total 2 this week versus 150 last year in the US and 55 in Canada versus 30. Overall, few major troubles hinder the revival outlook.
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Dun & Co
R. G. Dun & Co
Pittsburg
United States
Canada
Houk Nominated After Gibson Vote Contested
Knoxville dispatch reports the Republican executive committee of Tennessee's second district declared John Houk the nominee after a two day session. Gibson led March 10 primary, but 1700 votes for Gibson and 200 for Houk were thrown out, leaving Houk with a 804 vote margin. Gibson will run per committee action.
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Gibson
Knoxville
Republican Executive Congressional Committee
Tennessee
John ©. Houk
Houk
Henry R. Gibson
Bondholders Protest Seigniorage Bill At New York Meeting
Purchasers of the $50,000,000 5 per cent United States bonds met at Union Trust Company New York to protest Bland seigniorage legislation. President Williams Chemical Bank presided as about twenty five leading New York bank presidents and private bankers adopted a resolution warning that coinage of silver seigniorage would endanger government finances and bring pernicious and unnecessary legislation with wide disastrous effects.
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Pland
United States
Union Trust Company
New York City
Williams
Chemical Bank
New York Bank
New York
Flood Damage in Mississippi Valley Widespread
Eight inches of rain swelled the Mississippi Valley causing extensive damage to bridges, homes, railroad tracks, and farmland. Memphis recorded heavy precipitation with eleven railroads affected by washouts. Prendergast received a respite until April 8 pending sanity review, prompting a tense courtroom scene as the judge granted the delay.
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Memphis
Prendergast
Chicago
Chetlaw
Tide of Southern progress noted despite storm and unrest
A storm hit New Orleans cutting telegraph lines and causing coastal damage feared inland. Reports from Beaufort say the British steamer Arco ashore at Cape Lookout may be floated if weather improves. Birmingham judges discharge a jury box for irregular drawing and may convene a new one. Chattanooga and Knoxville notices cover tax law cases, miner contempt sentences, and a Savannah rate war. Philadelphia pipe contracts delight local iron workers as Daughters of Confederate Veterans organizing efforts begin in Birmingham.
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Beaufort
8. C
Arco
London
Cape Lookout
Birmingham
Ala
Bruce
Chattanooga
Etowah Mining Company
Etowah County
Alabama
Peeples
Logan County
Frank Phelps
Kentucky
Peters Creek
Tennessee
United States
Savannah
City
Electric Railway
City Council of
Philadelphia
Nominations for Postmasters and China Treaty News
The President sent senate nominations for Henderson North Carolina and Palatka Florida postmasters. A cable confirms British Marines withdrew from Mosquito coast. tensions ease. Bissell’s postmaster record beats Wanamaker. Tillman meets Internal Revenue Bureau on liquor seizures. Missouri’s Blan notes committee stance on seigniorage bill. New York postmaster nominations constrained by senate fate. Senate foreign relations discusses a Chinese immigration treaty overriding Scott exclusion and Geary law to protect and admit Chinese immigrants.
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W. T. Cheatham, Jr
Henderson
North Carolina
W. P. Anderson
Palatka
Florida
State Department
Baker
Greytown
Mosquito Territory
Bissell
Wanameker
Wanamaker
Tillman
South Carolina
Miller
Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury Department
Blan
Missouri
Carlisle
Congress
New York Posthidstofa
New York
New York State
Postofficé Department
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Gresham
Heavy snow fall blocks lines across three states
A special from Omaha reports a tremendous snow fall in Wyoming South Dakota and Nebraska blocking railroad cuts and delaying traffic. At Spearfish South Dakota the thermometer is above zero with colder weather ahead. Union Pacific remains in good condition while Burlington is hampered with weather west of Pine Bluff reporting six feet of snow.
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South Dakota
Wyoming
Nebraska
Omahs
Speerfish
Union Pacific
Burlingtott
Pine Bluff
Senator Colquitt Improves in Washington Here’s Hope of Recovery
Latest advices report Senator Colquitt much better after his attack. He showed improvement early Thursday, took soup several times and drank milk. Though still unable to speak, his brain remains clear and he and family hope for continued progress, Dr. Walsh noting the improvement as wonderful. Mosby Aide Seeks Presidency. John I. Mosby quoted as a candidate in an El Peso dispatch.
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Washington
Colquitt
Walsh
Mosby
el Peso
Texas
John I. Mosby
Confederacy
Ferris Wheel to Move From Chicago to New York Sees Favorable Site
The World’s Fair spectacle to be relocated to Broadway between Thirty seventh and Thirty eighth streets in New York. Ferrin approves after reviewing the proposed site. Also notes suspension of New London and River Platte bank with capital stock £1,500,000 and £1,044,935 paid in.
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New York
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Thirty-eighth
Ferrin
London and River Platte Bank
London
England
Birmingham
Ala
Africa
America
Bishop Turner
Drexel, Morgan & Co
Richmond Terminal and Allied Companies
Memphis
Mississippi Valley
Ffotahiett
Jackson
Ils
Friends of Prohibition
Hinds County
Board of Supervisors
Santander
Sabo Machicaco
Columbia
D. C
Tillman
Washington
Hig
United States Revenue Officers
Miller
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Louisiana Lottery Company
Honduras
Aries
Bonilla
Bogratt
Cabell
Bogran
Republic
Nashville
Tenn
Anderson
J. M. Overton
Overton
Combine
Simonton
Charleston
Richmond and Carville Railroad
John E. Stinson
E. H. Rogers
Ee Tel Ph
Texas
Western Union
Suffragists Win in Massachusetts Legislature Vote
Boston dispatch reports a landmark victory as Massachusetts lawmakers pass the substitute for an adverse committee report granting municipal suffrage to women. The house, crowded with cheering supporters, moves the measure to a third reading after a lengthy debate.
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Massachusetts
Condensed Telegraphic News Roundup From The Era
Commodore William Whitting a retired U S navy died Monday in New York City. New York Chamber of Commerce urged President Cleveland to veto the seigniorage bill. Fire at Rump & Brothers mill in Kensington district Philadelphia caused 240000 in losses and left nearly 400 unemployed. Mourning for Kossuth spreads in Budapest with crepe on hats and black attire. Hungarian clubs barred from displaying black flags in Vienna. Detroit polygamist Janes Wellington Brown linked to 26 wives draws renewed notice. Italy theater bomb incident in Lincea box, bomb contained picric acid and other materials. authorities seized evidence. Denver Governor Waite ordered troops back from Cripple Creek amid arbitration talks. militia uncertainty noted.
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Cleveland
Philadelphia
Rump & Brothers
Huntingdon Street
Palethorpe
Hancock Streets
Kensington Mill District
Kossuth
Budapest
Hungary
Vienna
Detroit
Michigan
Janes Wellington Brown
United States
Lincea
Italy
Denver
Waite
Cripple Creek
Orsnney
Growth of the South Industrial Outlook for the Week
A weekly survey shows Southern iron furnaces expanding activity despite low prices and little stock. Coal products stay steady with no production push. Textile industry prospers with new mills and upgrades. Lumber demand rises but profits falter on many listings. Merchants and financiers report solid demand and ample liquidity. Thirty seven new industries formed or incorporated, including The Traders Co. in Clarksburg West Virginia and the Mountain Valley Coal and Coke Co. in Birmingham Alabama, alongside numerous mills, factories, and facilities planned across the region in Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and Texas.
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Traders Co
Clarksburg
W.va
Capital
Fairmont Grafton Gas Co
Fairmont V. Va
Mountain Valley Coal and Coke Co
Birmingham
Ala
Fairfield Granite Co
Blair's
8. C
Tea Bros.’ Co
Alaville
Sap
Caps
Melon Valley
Bogereville
Pruitton
Als
Douglasville
Jackson, Tenn
Cton
Pelham
Thomston
Cedar Bluff
Westfarm
Tallahasses
Fla
Cordell, Ga
Sanfrd
N. C
Charleston
8.C
Etin
Knoxville
Huntington
Ashland
Savannah
Wraparoey
Galveston
Texas
Chattanoogs
Tenn
Rosebery to wed Princess Maud of Wales
A New York Sun cable reports authoritative quarters say Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales have approved the marriage of Lord Rosebery to Princess Maud of Wales. The official announcement may come any day, a move linked to ministerial negotiations surrounding Gladstone’s retirement. Louis Kossuth reported dead in Turin.
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New York Sun
Prince of Wales
Lord Roseberry
Princess Maud
Wales
Roseberry
Gladstone
Fifty Third Congress Debates and Ells on Hawaiian Tariff
The Fifty-Third Congress meets with routine business in both houses. In the House, a sundry civil appropriation is debated and amended, with changes increasing total appropriations to 32,521,124 dollars. The Missouri contested election case is heard, leaves are revoked, and adjournment is set for Thursday. In the Senate, the finance committee reports a tariff bill with shifts from highest to lowest duty, adjusts the sugar schedule, and addresses Hawaiian question provisions plus a death condolence resolution. A Nashville fever case reports several illnesses in Carroll County.
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Missouri River Commission
General Black
Illinois
Boards of
Patterson
O'Neill-Joy
Eleventh
Missouri
Yeas
Cox
Connecticut
St. Louis and Birmingham Railroad Company
Tennessee River
Clifton
Tenn
Tennessee
Waugh
Indiana
Yeas and Mays
Senate
Peffer
George
Voorhees
Finance Committee
United States
Carlisle
Mississippi
Hoar
Louis Rossa
Santander Dynamite Blast Kills Ten at Harbor
A late night explosion near Santander injures several and causes a fatality as a large Spanish vessel in the bay is blown up while crews search for missing men. Authorities say a loaded dynamite charge remained aboard. Ten are dead and thirty injured.
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Ajcci
Santander
Consig
Narrow Escape of Pupils From Four-Story Fire
A four story blaze north of Chicago forces pupils to leap from windows to escape flames. Thick smoke and fire hindered firemen but most students were saved. Dispatches note legal and political items amid a wide range of reports from floods to weddings and national news.
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Evans
Chi
Atlanta market corrected western prices and staple goods
The corrected market listing shows prices for coffee roasted and ground, spices like nutmegs cloves cinnamon and ginger, rice, dairy, white fish and mackerel, candies, soda, oysters, potash, starch, powder, shot, flour, corn, oats, wheat bran, cole seed, steam feed, stock peas, eggs butter poultry, Irish potatoes and sweet potatoes. It notes quantities, per sack, per bushel, and per barrel or other unit, reflecting a broad city market update.
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New Orleans
Singapore
Japan
Virginia
Star Liu
F. W.oyaters
Texas
Cole Seed
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