Georgia Legislature Opens Busy Session in Atlanta
The Georgia legislature convened at 10 a.m. in Atlanta with a flood of bills, including tax reform measures and Hardwick’s ballot reform proposal. The governor urged retrenchment and tax reform, warned against unrestricted ballots, and proposed pay and retirement changes for state officers and militia. The session spotlighted the tax commission report and the governor’s messages to both houses.
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Atlanta
Joint Tax Commission
House of Representatives
Tax Commission
Hardwick
House
Joint Commission
Senate
Dodson
Geological Department
Assembly
Gross
General Assembly
Steed
Brumby
Kell
South
Candler
Commissioner of Pensions
Prison Commission
Board of Pardons
Geological Survey
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Agricultural Department
Northeastern Railroad
Governor Candler calls for calm on race tensions in Georgia
In a message to the Georgia Legislature Governor Candler condemns mob violence and crime, blames meddling outsiders for the race problem, and urges order-loving elements of both races to restore harmony, noting hopeful signs ahead.
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Georgia
Candler
Soldier Returns From Philippines Describes Skeleton Crew
Sergeant L L Richardson, after 14 months in the Philippines, lands in Pensacola en route home to Chipley. Enlisted at Fort Barrancas in 1895 and served with battery G Third artillery. He says over 80 percent of his regiment suffered dysentery and other diseases, leaving them skeletal.
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L. L. Richardson
Pensacola
Fla
Chipley
Fort Barrancas
Islands
G. Third Artillery
Richardson
German Paper Denies Interference Pact With France and Russia
Berlin Tageblatt reports no German government involvement in any plan to intervene in the Transvaal. The paper rejects Paris Clair's claim that Germany promised aid to France and Russia for intervention and emphasizes Germany did not participate in any such combination.
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Tageblatt
Clair
Paris
Germany
France
Russia
Transvaal
Ottmar Mergenthaler Dies Inventor of Linotype
Ottmar Mergenthaler died in Baltimore on Saturday morning of consumption. Born May 10 1854 in Germany, he invented the linotype machine which revolutionized printing and was widely adopted by major city papers. He sold the invention to capitalists while reserving repair rights at his Baltimore works. The linotype is regarded as the greatest invention of the century.
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Ottmar Mergenthaler
Baltimore
Germany
Mr. Mergenthaler
Linotype
W. B. Stubbs
Louisiana
General Assembly
Georgia
Sinubbs
South
Stubbs
Assembly
Papers of
Rochelle
Wilcox
Thomas L. Holton
Gate City
Abbaville
D. B. Nicholson
Abbeville
Andrade Victorious Venezuelan ex President Sails Abroad
News from Ponce Porto Rico reports the successful revolution in Venezuela and says ex President Andrade and his staff are aboard the steamer Caracas, which left La Guayra for New York via San Juan and Ponce.
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Ponce
Porto Rico
Andrade
Caracas
Guayra
New York
San Juan
Georgia House Shelves Anti Pass Bill In Friday Session
In Georgia Friday the House defeated two favored measures. One bill by Hall of Bible would ban passes for all state county and city officials and was tabled 63 to 1. Senate plan by McLester calls for a people’s convention to revise the state constitution with delegates chosen by population and a $30,000 funding appropriation.
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Georgia
Georgia House of Representatives
Hall
Bible
McLoughlin
Meriwether
Senate
McLester
Columbus
Admiral Schley Plans Southern Visit and Sanctioned Home Hope
A Washington dispatch reports Rear Admiral Schley will visit Atlanta on November 4 and 5 then Birmingham on the 6th and 7th. He avoids extra invitations and will later command his time. Local committees push for a home in the capital with hoped funds around one hundred thousand dollars.
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Atlanta
Birmingham
Washington
Schley
Ala
Maryland
Safety Vault Company
South
Lave
Tross
Hig Furnace Changes Hands In Tennessee Purchase
A Mt alls Alabama dispatch reports J. P. Hoffman of Milwaukee Wisconsin and W. H. Weller of Gadaden Alabama bought the Jenifer furnace property near Chattanooga Tennessee for 200000 dollars and will begin operation immediately.
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Mt.alls
Ala
J. P. Hoffman
Milwauke
Wis
W. H. Weller
Gadaden
Chattanooga
Tenn
Bewey Is Thankful Expressing Appreciation of Home
Admiral Dewey expresses gratitude for the house presented by Americans and asks Frank A. Vanderlip to convey thanks to the home committee for the deed and efforts. The note, dated October 26, states the comprehensive appreciation from Dewey to the committee and to Vanderlip.
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Frank A. Vanderlip
Dewey
Washincton
Grouas Dewey
General Henry Dead Ex Porto Rico Governor Dies in New York
Brigadier General Guy V. Henry United States Army former military governor of Porto Rico died at his New York home Friday morning at age sixty. His wife and other children were at his bedside except his son Captain Guy Y. Henry Jr. who is serving in the Philippines.
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Porto Rico
New York
Guy V. Henry
United States Army
Guy Y. Henry, Jr
Philippines
Cotton States meet adopts weights and classification plan
The association of commissioners of agriculture for southern cotton states ended its Atlanta session with a plan to push standard weights and proper classification for cotton. They limit members to southern states and territories and aim to promote agricultural education and farmer institutes while inviting capitalists and manufacturers to invest. A Caracas dispatch notes Venezuela will not recognize Castro's government without higher approvals.
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Atlanta
New Orleans
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Texas
Louisiana
Missouri
Mississippi
Florida
North
South Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
General Assembly
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Stevens
Castro
Caracas
Venezuela
Furniture Prices Advance Across Grand Rapids Trade
The Grand Rapids Furniture association announces a price increase of 10 to 20 percent on all grades of furniture including parlor chamber extension table and desk pieces, with effects to begin almost immediately.
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Grand Rapids Furniture Association
Georgia cotton crop estimates stir debate at Atlanta meeting
South growers fear a high cotton yield forecast by the Georgia agriculture commissioners may be too large. O B Stevens defends the estimate as a careful state-wide consolidation. Other items note summer instruction at the state university, new depot plans in Atlanta, and a Georgia Tech philanthropy visit.
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South
Commissioners of Agriculture
Atlanta
O. B. Stevens
Stevens
Toansider
Brumby Returns to Georgia Amid Massive Welcome
Lieutenant Tom Brumby arrived in Atlanta from Washington amid cannon salutes and a huge public crowd. He then traveled to Marietta to be reunited with his mother Mrs. A Brumby, who had recently been ill, and spent Wednesday resting before attending a Capital City Club reception marking the honor.
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Tom Brumby
Atlanta
Marietta
Georgia
Brumby
Leutenant
W. S. Heyward
Washington
Capital City Club
Milner Denounces Orange Free State Proclamation
Sir Alfred Milner and W. P. Schreiner issue counter proclamation declaring the Orange Free State claim null and void. Milner warns British subjects in the Cape Colony of their duties to the queen amid the asserted transfer of Cape territory to the Free State.
Towne Touring Nebraska on Free Coinage Speeches
Ex Congresssman Towne of Duluth Minnesota begins a touring schedule in Nebraska with billed talks on free coinage. He is slated to speak in Omaha on November 2 in a joint appearance with ex Governor John P Altgeld of Illinois.
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Towne
Duluth
Minon
Nebraska
John P. Altgeld
Illinois
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