President's Peace Trophy Adjou to Jekyl Island
President McKinley returned to Thomasville from Jekyl Island on Wednesday evening, bringing a Spanish flag as a trophy of his Brunswick visit. The flag, presented by Rosendo Torras via H H Reymond, salutes the peace with Spain and will be displayed among other wartime trophies. The party’s departure from Jekyl featured a sail in a Colfax revenue cutter and a smooth return to Thomasville.
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Thomasville
Jekyl Island
Brunswick
United States
H. H. Reymond
Southern
Mallory Line
Rosendo Torras
Torras
Raymond
William McKinley
Spain
Tafalla
Barcelona
Jekyl
jJekyl
Sound
Turtle River
Colfax
Tom Reed
Bliss
N. K. Fairbanks
Teller Talks on Democratic Taurses and Bryan
A Cleveland dispatch reports Senator M. H. Teller of Colorado predicting the next presidential campaign will center on the financial issue. He says Bryan will be the Democratic nominee, and defends Bryan’s stance in the Belmont dispute, labeling the Belmont group as Republicans masquerading as Democrats and praising Bryan for declining their invitation.
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Cleveland
M. H. Teller
Colorado
Teller
Bryan
W. J. Bryan
Perry Belmont
Mr. Bryan
Ex Governor Pierpont Dies in Pittsburgh Father of West Virginia
Ex governor Francis Pierpont, known as the father of West Virginia, died Friday night in Pittsburgh at his daughter’s home. He led the union government formed in Wheeling at the war’s start and opposed secession, sparking the division that created West Virginia.
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West Virginia
Francis Pierpont
Pittsburg
Pierpont
Virginia
Wheeling
Sherman aboard Chicago Ex Secretary Said Dying Well
A Santiago dispatch reports former Secretary John Sherman was moved from the Paris to the US cruiser Chicago. Dr Grail on the Paris side says Sherman's lungs are practically clear and he is progressing well aboard the Chicago.
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Santiago
John Sherman
Paris
United States
Chicago
Grail
Sherman
Bryan Addresses Legislators in Tennessee Speech
William Jennings Bryan addressed the Tennessee legislature in Nashville before about twenty thousand visitors. Introduced by Gov. McMillin, he delivered a non partisan speech denouncing corporations as enemies of farmers and warning against lobbyists using public money. He urged treating corporations as fictitious persons and urged limiting private influence in lawmaking. Bryan concluded by noting his departure for Birmingham that night.
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William Jennings Bryan
Tennessee
Nashville
Mr. Bryan
Birmsham
Georgia fruit growers hold grief meeting in Macon
The Georgia Fruit Growers met in Macon with twenty five leading fruitmen from across the state in attendance. Colonel D M Hughes chaired the session as crop conditions were discussed and a few speakers urged dissolving the association to merge with the Stayt Horticultural Society. A vote on dissolution is slated for the first Wednesday in May. A letter from ex Governor Northey requesting state fair cooperation was also read and endorsed.
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Georgia Fruit Growers’ Nation
Dublin
Suthwestern
D. M. Hughes
J. M. Stubbs
Fruit Growers’ Association
Stayt Horticultural Society
Nome
Horticultural Seq Cnty
Mergin
Horticultural Society
Northey
Ceera
Woodmen of the World vote to build sovereign camp home
At a Memphis Tennessee meeting the Woodmen of the World passed a resolution for a sovereign camp home costing 60000 dollars. Ten cities will bid for the location and the sovereign commander's salary is fixed at 7500 dollars per year.
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Tenn
SmokedPowder Blast Kills Three at DuPont Works
A massive explosion at the DuPont powder works in Carney Point New Jersey destroyed more than three thousand pounds of smokeless powder. Three workers Isaac Lyman William Ford and John Magill were killed instantly and several others injured. The blast shattered glass for miles and the cause remained undetermined though it began in a drying house where Lyman worked.
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Dupont Powder Works
Carney Point
N. J
Isaac Lyman
William Ford
John Magill
Arkansas Legislature Bans Cigarettes In State
A Little Rock dispatch reports the house passed a bill prohibiting manufacture importation sale or gifting of cigarettes or cigarette paper to any person adult or minor under penalties from 500 to 5000 dollars by a two to one vote.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Third Georgia Volunteers Return From Cuba to Savannah
General Carpenter telegraphed from Cuba that the Third Georgia United States volunteers, 46 officers, 921 men, 21 civilian employes and 15 horses, sailed from Havana for Savannah on the transport Logan. They reached the Savannah quarantine station at 12 50 Sunday and underwent fumigation. The regiment will likely be mustered out at Augusta per Colonel Berner. Four regiments go to Augusta. eight others to be mustered out in Savannah. The Third Georgia was unloaded immediately and disinfected. all clothing was fumigated, and the men were 건강 in good condition with no sickness.
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Cuba
War Department
Georgia
United States Volunters
Nenvitas
Savannah
Logan
Augusta
Griffin
Robert L. Berner
South Carolina
Virginia
Trilinois
Roosevelt Roasts Beef Ration Controversy In Inquiry
In New York City a army court of inquiry on General Miles accusations convened with Governor Roosevelt as a key witness. He described Rough Riders organization, ration issues aboard ship at Tampa, noting a soldier named Ash from Kentucky rejected the beef, and that the ration was regular though ill received by volunteers. He pressed officials about the matter and recalled noting the beef unpalatable.
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Army Court of Inquiry
Miles
New York City
Lee
Roosevelt
Davia
San Antonio
Texas
Tampa
Ash
Kentucky
War Treasury Dispute Over Quarantine Fumigation At Tampa
Correspondence between the War and Treasury departments centers on fumigation of baggage for 140 men of the Second South Carolina volunteers aboard the Olivette at Tampa Florida. Officers initially objected to fumigation while Surgeon General Wyman said Treasury officials agreed it should occur. Acting Secretary Meiklejohn supported Treasury’s action.
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Treasury Department
Tampa
Pla
Second
South Carolina Volunteers
Wyman
Meiklejohn
Tennesseeans to Return Home by Dixie Transport
A Washington dispatch reports the transport Dixie is ordered from New York to Trinidad to bring home the Fourth Tennessee volunteers. General Brooke is directed to have the regiment ready to embark when the transport arrives.
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Washington
Dixie
New York
Trinidad
Tennessee Volunteers
Brooke
Atlanta's New Depot Plan Aims for Twelve Foot Clearance
Atlanta city council agreed to railroad conditions for a new passenger depot on the existing site with elevated tracks. The six to 12 foot clearance at Whitehall Pryor and Loyd streets, along with upgrading Broad Street, could allow streetcars to pass under the tracks. Success hinges on railroad agreement and construction sacrifices.
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Atlanta, Ga
Whitehall
Pryor and
Loyd Streets
Whitehall Street
Broad Street
Pryor Streets
Pryor
Work of Fifty Fifth Congress Detailed in Figures
Enrolling clerk B S Platt releases a statement with figures on the last congress. Of 18 468 bills and joint resolutions introduced, 1 457 became laws. House presented 12 608 measures, Senate 6 855. Of laws, 942 originated in the House and 515 in the Senate. Only two direct vetoes occurred, one applying to a Senate bill and one to a House measure. Four bills failed to become laws due to presidential disapproval. The Senate passed 1 173 of its own bills. the House acted favorably on 417, less than half. The 1 081 House bills passed by the House the Senate acted favorably upon. More bills were introduced than in any prior congress.
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B. S. Platt
Senate
House
Firing at TMoilo In March Slows American Spearhead
Details from March 16 describe 400 rebel riflemen from Pania clashing with seven companies of the Eighteenth United States Infantry and a battalion of Tennessee volunteers near Jaro across the river. Supported by three two-inch Hotchkiss guns under General Miller, American troops faced heavy fire. One member of the Eighteenth was killed and fifteen wounded, with several sunstroke cases. Miller estimates fifty rebels killed and one hundred wounded.
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Pania
United States Infantry
Tennessee Volunteers
Miller
Jaro
Arkansas weighs coal before screening in miners aid bill
A Little Rock dispatch reports that the Arkansas House passed a bill requiring all mined coal to be weighed before screening. It would make noncompliance a finable offense for coal operators. Protests by coal dealers in Little Rock Pine Bluff Port Smith and other cities were ignored as the bill, introduced for striking miners, moved forward.
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Arkansas
Bryan Denial On Hot Springs Gathering Political Significance
In a Hot Springs Arkansas interview Colonel William J. Bryan said no conference of political importance occurred there and none will. He noted four prominent Democrats from across the country were present but they did not know of his visit and he did not know of theirs.
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Hot Springs
Ark
William J. Bryan
Filipinos Hold Malabar Stronghold In Trenched Defense
A Manila dispatch reports Filipinos entrenched along the Dagupan railroad, constructing diagonal earthworks and trench lines protected by stones and sheet metal. American forces under Otis Hale Wheaton and McArthur pressed the advance, taking trenches near Newennagan and Malinta with 7 killed and 25 wounded among U.S. troops and about 20 insurgent casualties. Forty prisoners were captured as fighting continued with guerrilla tactics and hidden positions limiting close exposure.
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Americana
Polo
Washington Volunteers
Pasig
Pilipinos
Malahon
Malalos
Dagupan
Malinta
Newenawayan
Harrison Gray Otis
Hale
Newennayan
Wheaton
United States
The
Georgia Ends Twenty-Year Convict Lease This April
Georgia will end its twenty year convict lease on April 1. More than 2,090 felons will revert to state custody and then be hired out to nineteen bidders who previously contracted for their labor. The move signals a major overhaul of state convict management and is expected to boost public revenues once the lease with lessees concludes.
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Nonring
New Hut Boon
Tnto Empct
Georgia
Labor Leaders Confer In New York To Form A Party
A meeting of labor agitators social reformers silver men and delegates from several bodies was held in New York on Wednesday. The informal conference discussed a plan to organize a national party advancing various social conditions.
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New York
Americanization of Santiago Gains Ground in Cuba
George Kennan reports on Santiago de Cuba’s rapid Americanization as locals adopt US manners, language, and customs. He notes street youths salute the Star Spangled Banner, a rise in neatness and schooling, and Major Baccardi’s proposal for 30 new schools to educate 1,500 more pupils.
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Santiago de Cuba
George Kennan
Santiago
Fifth Infantry
Major Baccardi
Board of Public Instruction
Days of the Horse Nuurhered and Lightning Fatality
The text satirically cites humor and predictions about lumoriat ideas, electric future, and medical cures. A Plymouth Mass man was killed by lightning while ringing a church bell. Also promotes Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters and Cunvive Candy Cathartic claims.
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Teefal Nolan
Plymouth
Masa
G. O
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