General Roberts Near Johannesburg in Transvaal Advance
Lord Roberts moves rapidly toward Johannesburg with reports of Klip River fighting and French cutting Boer lines. British forces push 16 miles toward the capital as the Free State is annexed and the Orange River State formation is announced.
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Loxpoy
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
Johannesburg
Opporenta
Transvaal
Zeerust
Klip River
Geni- Frongh
Hamilton
Tor AnHey Eee
Orange Empire
Cape Town
Robert E
Bar River
Bri
French
Caps Town
Heidelbang
Boksburg
Free State
Oare Town
Orange River ‘State
Change of venue eyed for Floyd County murder case
In Atlanta May 29 strong probability that Jack Moran detained in the Tower will not be tried in Floyd county. Judge Henry of the time circuit may grant a change of venue and hold the trial in Atlanta. Also reports of threats to city police and a fatal shooting in Savannah Tennessee.
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Jack Moran
Floyd County
Atlanta
W. M. Henry
Candler
Atlanta, Ga
Confederate Veterans of
Miss Gordon
J.L. McCullum
H. H. Gordon, Jr
BR. B. Ridley
G. W. Bull
Frank Gordon
Sponsors
Sons of Veterans
Drain Corps
Atlanta Fire Department
Marketing Cotton Crop Planters Seek Better Prices
The Georgia Planters' Association has adopted a constitution and by-laws, set salaries for officers, and aims to organize counties and call conventions in other cotton states. Funding will come from county assessments, with minimum memberships and dues guiding the association's official work to improve cotton prices.
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Macon
Georgia Planters’ Association
Bacon May Go to Cuba as Investigator in Cuba Scandals
In Washington on May 1898 it is probable Senator Bacon will be named to the committee on relations with Cuba to investigate Cuban scandals. Republicans resist some service while Democrats insist Bacon and others join. The outcome will hinge on committee assignments and duties.
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Wastington
Bacon
Cuba
Committee
Ely
Pena Bacon
Big Industrial Movement in Augusta Growth Efforts
Augusta Ga May 24 The industrial movement here shows about a dozen ventures nearing successful issue A standout project is expected to attract wide attention in the south Others are local but significant for Augusta’s broad development M P Walsh plays a central role in many efforts though he has shifted to politics in Georgia and remains focused on southern development, like his uncle Patrick Walsh.
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M. P. Walsh
Augusta
Yill
South
M. P. Walshig Xeon
Georgia
Patrick Walsh
Estate of Hugh M. Comer Appraisal Sets Value
Inventoried estate of the late Hugh M. Comer, president of the Central of Georgia Railway, filed in Savannah court. Total estimated value is 1,268,026.08 with 1,669,000 personal property? and 98,940 real estate. The filing lists all assets and appraised values.
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Savannah
Hugh M. Comer
Central of Georgia Railway
Com Ys
Mito Real Ese
Comer
Senate committee backs Cuba postal inquiry and post office bill item
Senate action includes a conference report on the post office appropriation bill and approval of an investigation resolution into irregularities in Cuba. McDonough notes a patent issue for a collar button design. Atlanta reports an elderly man, William Williams, arrested for assaulting a married woman.
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Wasuhington
Senate
Wolcott
Gallinger
Cuba
Atlanta
William Williams
Veterans Move On the Falls City for Confederate Reunion
The advance Confederate veterans arrival fills Louisville as crowds gather for the reunion. Delegations from Southern states, including Texas and Georgia, prepare to host and celebrate with leaders and dignitaries attending in structured ceremonies.
Grand Jury Urges Extradition Legislation Contrast
United States grand jury in Avavars Georgia urges Congress to pass a law requiring U S judges to extradite citizens charged with crimes across states and from Cuba to the United States. It condemns selective extradition for high value embezzlement and calls for uniform removal procedures for crimes against law.
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Avavars
United States District Court
Hmary Spoor
Green
Gaynors
Brown
Extravista
New York Stata
United States Court
Cuba
United States
Congress
New York
Georgia
Grand Jury Recommends Tougher Gambler Sentences in Savannah
Savannah grand jury in Superior Court urges harsher penalties for gambling offenses. They say the current plan to close gambling rings fails to curb vice and call for longer jail terms or special trials. The panel also supports June investigations and potential new measures to enforce anti gambling laws.
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Chatham
Savannah
BRR
Canene Oy
Whipped by Operatives in Edgefield Mills Incident
Macon upholsterer J M Mc Laughlin, living in Edgefield, recounts an alleged assault by several men tied to a cotton mill crew. He was whipped after being approached for work, robbed, and told to leave town. he fled to Augusta seeking protection.
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Avavsta
J.M. McLaughlin
Macon
Edgefield
8. C
Old
McLaughlin
Merc
Augusta
Girl Guns Father in Cascade Settlement Slaying
In Atlanta on May 25 a 14 year old girl named Lillie Young shot her father Green Young using an old army musket after witnessing him whip her mother. He was severely wounded with an arm torn away and bullets in his body near his heart. Police arrested the girl and the father was taken to Grady hospital.
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Atlanta
Lillie Young
Green Young
Laneoroney
Cascade Settlement
West End
Grady Hospital
Louisville and Nashville to Build Oneata Attalla Railroad
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad company plans to construct 85 miles from Oneata to Attalla to form the Oneata and Attalla railroad. The line will link the Birmingham Mineral Alabama Mineral systems, completing a circuit across the Birmingham and Anniston districts and touching major ore coal and mineral plants in Alabama including the Sheffield district.
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Bimoanenam
Ala
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Oneata
Attalla
Birmingham, Mineral
Alabama Mineral Systems
Birmingham
Anniston
Sompleker
Alabama
Sheffield
Eclipse of the Sun Observations From May 98 Expedition
Reports from Yale leader W H Pickering describe a near perfect view of the eclipse at Wasa Hineron with seven hours totality. Observers used multiple cameras and assistants to document the corona and intra-mercurial phenomena while noting corona shape and satellites search efforts.
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Wasa Hineron
Sao Dessa
Fessor
W. H. Pickering
Yale
Camsbri LivErAing
Aley
Venta
Baa
Wainsword
N. C
Olen Tata
Smith Institution
Wyaditatan
Cupital Astronomical Realihy
London
Charleston
Arleston
Sone Agomibal Society
Baleen Ath
Margury
Eclipse Noted Near Atlanta During May 28 Event
At AmiANTA 40 miles from totality the sun’s corona dimmed briefly during totality. Government weather bureau data recorded temperatures every 15 minutes from 0:25 to 9:10 central time showing a variance of about 1 degree.
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Atlanta
Amianta
Government Weather Bureau
Montgomery
Ala
Total Solar Eclipse Observed in Multiple Cities
Reports from Font Mannon Virginia and several Southern towns describe observers noting totality and near totality during the May eclipse. Observers in Lambert's Point Norfolk Washington Pinn Hurst Thomaston Monroeville Montgomery Galveston Columbus and Savannah report brief totals and atmospheric phenomena with varied viewing conditions.
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Font Mannon
Font Tnt Anit
Lambert's Point
Norfolk
Keargarge
Bay
Washington
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Tenn
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Hugh Hinton
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McDonolck
L. H. Brooks
Falls City
Louisville
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Hi Honor
Jefferson Street
Seat
Buffalo
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Memphis
General Gordon
Bloomington
Texas
Alvin Steele
Dallas
General Cabell
Kate Cabell Currie
Cat Daughters of the Confederacy
Miss Jones
Texas Atinton
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Bessie Wathen
Sterling Price
Lone Star
United Bans of Confederate Veterans
W. T. Colquitt
Arlanta
Atlanta Rapid Transit Company
Collins Park Ga Belt Pine Company
Commsus
Muscoges County
Grand Jury
Gaynor Cais
J. M. McLaughlin
Oneata and
Attalla Road
Hoelipse
Pinn Hurst
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Galveston
Columbus
Coltimnus
Smoam
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