Atlanta Honors Rear Admiral Schley Hero of Santiago
A large Atlanta crowd welcomed Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley, hero of Santiago, and Mrs Schley after their arrival from Washington. He listened to speeches at the capitol and at the auditorium, received a civic salute, and attended a city reception before departing for Birmingham. Georgia officials and local leaders lauded his naval service with cheers and a university of Georgia salute.
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Atlanta
Clvern
United States Navy
Winfield Scott Schley
Santiago
Schley
Miss Letterman
Felix Agana
Louis Garthe
Washington
Georgia
Danville
Yhermooth
Maryland
Sid
Trengunse
Greensboro
Charlotte
Kimball House
Capitol
State House
Supreme Court
Congress
Representative Hall
General Assembly
Dodson
Senate
Admiral Schley
House of Representatives
Senate of Georgia
Fair Grounds
Woodward
Candler
The
Georgia Agricultural Society
Col. J. Pope Brown
W. A. Homphill
Admiral
Capital City Club
Royal Arcanum
Birmingham
Alabama
Collision Causes Suit Over Kerry Boat Damages
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company filed a libel suit in the U S district court in New York seeking $10,000 from the City of Angusia of the Savannah line for damages to the ferry boat Chicano sunk after a collision. The suit alleges Angusia was at fault for keeping too close to the pier line, traveling at high speed, failing to back or go to starboard and not taking proper precautions to avoid the crash.
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Savannah Steamship Line
Kerry
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
United States District Court
New York
City of
Angusia
Savannah Line
Fider
Angista
New York Pier
Collins Park Belt Railroad files condemnation notice in Atlanta
The Collins Park Belt Railroad company of Atlanta filed with Fulton county’s ordinary on a Friday morning a notice to the Atlanta Railway and Power company proposing to begin condemnation proceedings for use of certain tracks under grants given to Collins Park and Belt Railroad.
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Atlanta
Collins Park Belt Railroad Company
Fulton County
Atlanta Railway and Power Company
Collins Park and Belt Railroad Company
Cave-in at mine near Mahanoy Plane kills four workers
A cave-in at the Lawrence and Brown mine near Mahanoy Plane Pennsylvania Sunday killed four men named Geo Boxshees Michael Borsky Joseph Boxshees and Michael Drabig. Two others John Guerry and Michael Hansas were believed fatally injured.
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Willne
Critics Condemn General White Blunder at Ladysmith
The London Morning Post, Standard, Daily Chronicle, Times and others harshly assess General White's actions at Ladysmith. They fault lack of cavalry, poor communication, and detachment from the main force, noting the column was sacrificed and surrender seemed near. The Times hints at possible Boer tampering and broader strategic failure.
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White
Ladysmith
London Morning Post
Acton Homes
Carleton
Morning Post
Pretoria Hill
Daily Chronicle
the Times
George White
Cape
Masons Elect Officers at Georgia Grand Lodge Meeting
At Macon on Wednesday the Georgia Grand Lodge of Masons re elected all standing officers during its final session. Newly named officers include W A Davis as grand master and James W Rushin as grand treasurer among others with the grand ruler appointment pending.
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Georgia Grand Lodge
Macon
Grand Lodge of Masons of Georgia
W. A. Davis
Max Mayerhart
J. D. Harrell
Thomas A. Jeffries
James W. Rushin
W. A. Wolshin
W. Hubert
Henry Banks
B. EF. Thurman
George M. Napier
W. B. Haygood
James B. Clements
A. H. Woodruff
Georgia Prohis Meet Endorses Voter Reform Resolve
The Georgia Prohibitionist convention in Atlanta on Wednesday adopted a resolution urging enactment of a law to remove ignorant and purchasable voters. Delegates shared experiences on whisky trade and how to stamp it out, with Colonel R. Pringle presiding.
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State of
Georgia
Atlanta
R. Pringle
Louisiana Board Pushes Quarantine Talks With Texas and Alabama
The Louisiana state board of health urges Alabama and Texas to lift quarantines at New Orleans, noting Mississippi has already eased restrictions. Dr. Blunt of Texas refuses to lift until weather conditions justify it. Several Louisiana towns also refuse to lift the embargo.
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Louisiana State Board of Health
Alabama
Texas
New Orleans
Hat Miesiesippi
Blunt
Louisiana State Board
Louisiana
Wire Company Loses Heavily in Waukegan Fire
The American Steel Wire Company at Waukegan suffered a heavy loss Saturday when a portion of the Washburn and Moon Wire Establishment burned. Insurance coverage is listed at 314 000 with reported damages around 2 500 000.
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American Steel Wire Company
Waukegan
Til
Washburn and Moon Wire Establishment
Texas Lifts Quarantine for Passengers and Freight
The state announced Sunday that all quarantine restrictions on passengers and freight have been removed. Travel through Texas will be unrestricted, ending a period that reduced interstate movement and affected commerce and travel within the state.
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Texas
Ask Negroes to Revolt in Philippines Appeal Found
Advices from Manila report Colonel Smith at Angeles sent a placard in Spanish to General MacArthur. Found nailed to a tree outside the line, it urged colored troops to join the insurgents for freedom and referenced Sam Hose and Gray, whose blood calls for vengeance.
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Philippines
Aguinalido
Manila
Smith
Angeles
MacArthur
Sam Hose
Gray
First Report of Commission on Philippine Affairs
The Washington special presents the Philippine commission’s preliminary report to the president. It covers prewar events, the Spanish rule era, the insurrection, Dewey’s actions with Aguinaldo, and the Philippines’ capacity for self government, plus a Dewey memorandum on relations with Aguinaldo. The commission outlines its hearings and notes the absence of any joint US Filipino operations against Spain.
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Washington
White House
Philippine Commission
Admiral Dewey
Aguinaldo
Manila
Spain
Bian-Na-Bate
Augustin
United States
Auguain
America
Dewey
Anderson
Cavite
Bacoor
Parana
Merritt
Nebraska Sentinel
Rayselds
Philippines
Marconi System Demonstrated by New York and Massachusetts
The cruiser New York flagship of Rear Admiral Farquhar and the battleship Massachusetts returned to New York Wednesday night after three days of evolutions demonstrating the Marconi wireless telegraph system under varied practical conditions.
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New York
Farquhar
Massachusetts
Marconi
White Holds Position Amid Wartime Sympathy from U S
A Ladysmith telegram states General White is well and holding his position while Boer losses at Kimberley are said to be heavy after a late sortie. London papers praise American sympathy, noting the planned American ladies hospital ship and nurses valued in the Cuban war.
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United State
London
War Office
Ladysmith
White
Kimberley
Kekewitch
United States
St. James Gavotte
Atlantic
Boers Score Two Victories Near Ladysmith in War Dispatch
A Paris dispatch from the Hayas agency reports Boers win two battles around Ladysmith causing Afrikander jubilation. Milner is displeased, White’s forces suffer heavy losses and retreat is cut off at Colenso where Meyer’s Free Staters seize it. Mafeking reportedly besieged and possible surrender noted.
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Paris
Hayas
Brussels
Carn Town
Ladysmith
Alfred Milner
Qeneral White
Free Staters
Lueis Meyer
Colenso
General White
Tladysmith
Pietermaritzburg
Durban
Mafeking
Libel claim over Archbishops Sweden? and Funston wired suit
General Funston, en route home with the Twentieth Kansas, wired Topeka attorneys to sue Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul for libel and to begin action against The Monitor of San Francisco over claims of looting Philippine churches. A London dispatch reports twenty British dead and 100 wounded at Ladysmith, with 870 prisoners sent to Pretoria.
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Urings
Archbishop Ireland
Kaness City Star
Albuquerque
N. M
Frederick Funaton
Kansas
Topeka
Green, Ware & Green
St. Paul
Funston
Sawyera
Monitor
San Francisco
Chicago
Ireland
General Funston
Archbishop Tyreland
General Punston
London
Ladysmith
Pretoria
Pittsburg Tin Plate Plants to Close Indefinitely
The Pittsburg plants of the American Tin Plate Company plan to shut down indefinitely likely after Navy Day. About 700 workers face idleness as executives consider dismantling the Monongahela and Star works and consolidating operations at plants in Indiana and Newcastle Pennsylvania.
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Pittsburg
American ‘Tin Plate Company
Navy
Trust
Monongahela and Star
Indiana
Newcastle
Pennsyvania
General Henry Dead Ex Military Governor Dies in New York
Brigadier General Guy W. Henry US Army, former military governor of Porto Rico, dies at his New York home aged sixty. Family at bedside, except son Captain Guy V. Henry Jr., serving in the Philippines. His death occurs Friday morning with the kinship noted in the report.
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Porto Blas
New York
Guy W. Henry
United States Army
Porto Rico
Guy V. Henry, Jr
Philippines
Georgia House Passes Five Mill Tax Rate Bill
Georgia House approved a revised five mill tax limit bill after an amendment, with a 121 to 25 vote. The measure would amend the constitution to cap general tax levies at five mills, allow exceptions for war, insurrection, and invasion, and must be ratified by the people before taking effect in 1906. Governor Candler’s stance remains unnoted. Admiral Schley reception planned in a joint session, with a small bi‑partisan committee appointed.
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Georgia House of Representatives
Bilis
Bibb
Georgia
General Assembly
Mr. Ellis
Friends of the Bill
Senate
Candler
House
J.M. Norwood
Savannah
T. Reid
Jasper County
Selley
Slaton
Fulton
Admiral Schley
House of Representatives
Schiey
Work on New Line Begins
About 250 men were put to work Thursday on the Ohio River and Charleston railroad extension near Johnson City Tennessee. The completion of this road is to be pushed as rapidly as possible. It is believed in Chattanooga that the Southern road will scoop in this entire road as soon as the extension is completed.
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Johhson City
Tenn
Chattanooga
Bouthern
Aguinaldo Proclaims December U.S. Congress Meeting
A Manila special reports Aguinaldo issued a proclamation stating the American congress will meet in December to decide whether imperialist policy and the bloody work should continue. He urges his soldiers to act in a way that earns Congress’ regard for independence and calls on priests to abstain from politics and redeem the church from the friars’ misdeeds.
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Manila
Aguinaldo
Congress
Southern mills withdraw from proposed southern combine
Three of the largest milling companies in the south based in Chattanooga have pulled out of the New York driven plan to form a southern millers' combine. It is reported that mills in Louisville Kentucky and Sweetwater Tennessee have also withdrawn.
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South
Chattanooga
New York
Southern Millers
Louisville
Sweetwater
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