Governor Candler Pushes Ballot Reform and Tax Relief
The governor plans to recommend a constitutional amendment to restrict the ballot to virtue and intelligence, avoid race or property tests, and address ballot sale evils. He also urges tax relief, school reform favoring elementary instruction, and a labor statistics bureau within the agricultural department. He highlights crime, mob violence, and calls for fiscal restraint and crime policy reforms.
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Georgia
Candler
General Assembly
Tax Commission
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Agricultural Department
Macon Committee Wins Invitation for Dewey Visit
Admiral Dewey promised a visit to Macon and Savannah during the winter or early spring after receiving a delegation from Macon Georgia led by Representative Bartlett and Macon Chamber of Commerce President Smith. He could not detour during his Atlanta trip but will travel south later.
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Admiral Dewey
Central City
Washington
Macon
Bartlett
Smith
Democratic Marching Club Visits Kentucky Towns
The Chicago Democratic marching club of about 800 people traveled to Lexington Kentucky on Thursday with a band and parade in support of Mr Goebel. They heard speeches from Goebel supporters Thursday night and then proceeded to Paris Kentucky.
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Chicago Democratic Marching Club
Kentucky
Lexington
Goebel
Paris
Flannagan Makes Break From DeKalb Jail In Decatur Georgia
Double murderer Edward Flannagan made a bold escape attempt in DeKalb county jail Decatur Ga grabbing the sheriff's child as a shield with a knife. Sheriff Talley and guard Pillard restrained him in the jail office and recovered the weapon. The child was unharmed and Flannagan was returned to his cell.
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Decatur
Georgia
Atlanta
Edward
Flannagan
DeKalb County
Managan
Talley
Pillard
Flanagan
Flannegan
Pranagan
Funston Returns to Manila With Brigadier Command
General Frederick Funston accepts a brigadier’s command in the Philippines, after being offered the post while in San Francisco. He will return to Kansas with the twentieth Kansas volunteers, mustered out October 28, then report to Washington for duty in the Philippines.
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Philippines
Frederick Funston
San Francisco
War Department
Kansas
Funston
Kansas Volunteers
Washington
Blizzard Claims Nine Lives In Montana Sheep Bid
Advices from Great Falls report nine men perished in the recent blizzard. Five bodies have been recovered and authorities fear many more remain missing. The last recovered corpse is that of H. Harold, a sheep herder. his beard and clothing were eaten by the sheep. parts of his boots were gone.
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Montana
Great Falls
Mont
H. Harold
Troops Arrive as Fifty First Regiment Reaches San Francisco
The Fifty-first regiment Town volunteers with 46 officers under Colonel J O Goper arrived Sunday in San Francisco aboard the transport Senator from Manila. No sickness aboard. The Senator avoided the typhoon faced by the Empress of India by a southern route. Adjutant General Byers of Iowa, representing Governor Shaw and 300 Iowa citizens, met the ship at the Golden Gate.
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J. O. Goper
San Francisco
Manila
Senator
Byers
Iowa
Shaw
Golden Gate
Toga
Poisoned by Cheese Fatal for Russ Family in Warsaw
A dispatch from Warsaw Indiana reports J F Russ and his family were poisoned by cheese. The family were seriously ill, three cannot live and Mr Russ died soon after eating the cheese.
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Warsaw
Ind
J. F. Russ
Mr. Russ
President Delivers Last Speech on Tour at Youngstown
President at Youngstown arrives on McKinley special train and delivers final remarks of his tour on Wednesday evening in Ohio.
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McKinley
Youngstown, O
Admiral Dewey Cancels Visits Over Health Concerns
Acting on doctors orders Admiral Dewey cancels engagements to visit Atlanta Chicago Philadelphia and other cities. Lieutenant Caldwell says the strain on his health caused him to decline all invitations and withdraw from the Brumby celebration with Rear Admiral Schley also unable to attend. News of the change sparked telegraphic exchanges between Washington and Atlanta and widespread disappointment in Atlanta.
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Washington
Dewey
Preas
Caldwell
Atlanta
Chicago
Philadelphia
Brumby
Schley
Santiago
Secretary of the Navy
Brown
Southern Railway
Writ Dismissed In Carter Habeas Corpus Case
Judge LaCombe Taena dismisses the writ of habeas corpus in the Carter case. Oberlin M. Carter, sentenced to five years for conspiracy to defraud the government in contracts, sees the decision uphold court martial findings. Carter may await appeals and bail proceedings rather than immediate imprisonment. First appeal to the Court of Appeals, then to the Supreme Court, is anticipated.
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LaCombe Taena
Carter
LaCombe
United States Circuit Court
New York
Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
British transports sail to South Africa with first troops
The transport Yorkshire, carrying the first troops of the special army corps for South Africa, cast off at Southampton Friday afternoon. Other transports followed at intervals. Public crowds cheered from outside the docks as trains moved away, bidding farewell to departing soldiers.
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South Africa
Yorkshire
Special Army Corps
Southampton
Schley Elevated by Masons in Washington Reception
Rear Admiral Schley received the degree of Masonry in Washington Saturday night from Judge Free and Accepted Masons Benjamin B. French. A reception followed with an ovation, attended by over a thousand people.
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Washington
Admiral Schley
Benjamin B. French
Bryan Campaign Opened With Mass Louisville Rally
Twenty thousand Democrats gathered at Churchill Downs in Louisville for the state campaign kickoff. Speakers included ex-Senator Blackburn and William Gobel as Bryan stumps and barbecued fare fed the crowd. A separate Chicago fire damaged a business block and the Grand Central Hotel, causing extensive losses and injuries.
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Louisville
W. J. Bryan
Churchill Downs
J. O
Blackburn
William Goebel
William J. Bryan
Chicago
Forty-Fifth Of For Manila Signals Philippine Deployment
The Forty-fifth volunteer infantry under Colonel Dorst left St. Paul Minnesota on Sunday for San Francisco to sail to the Philippines under orders.
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Manila
Forty-fifth Volunteer Infantry
Dorst
St. Paul, Minn
San Francisco
Philippines
Georgia State Fair Opens With Splendor and Crowd
The 1890 Georgia State Fair in Atlanta opens amid parades and speeches by Chancellor Walter B. Hill and J. Pope Brown. Thousands crowd Exp isition Park to view exhibits, Midway attractions, and a grand opening parade.
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Atlanta
Georgia
South
Walter B. Hill
J. Pope Brown
Whitehall
Peachtree
Mitchell
Fourteenth Street
Proposals to General Otis From Pio del Pilar Reported
Manila dispatches say General Otis received messages from Pio del Pilar offering to shed light on surrender terms and even deliver Aguinaldo to the Americans. Offers include $50,000 to refrain from attacking Manila and $250,000 to surrender after a mock battle, with rumors of Pilar attempting to break American lines. He is thought to command 1,800 to 8,000 men near the San Mateo valley and has been linked to the La Loma attack.
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Ilpino
General Otis
Manila
Otis
Pio del Pilar
Aguinaldo
Briai
la Loma
San Mateo Valley
Huntsville Attracts Major Cigars Plant With Wealthy Investor
A deal in Huntsville Alabama secures a large cigar manufacturing plant at a cost of 330000. A Carthage Missouri capitalist will start the new industry and will be joined by a Georgia producer later. It will be Alabama's largest plant, employing many workers with operations starting immediately. Also New Orleans reports one new health case on Thursday with no deaths.
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Mahomna City
Twuntaville
Ala
Carthage
Georgia
Alabama
New Orleans
Lawson Engages Rebels in Advance Guard Action
Special dispatch from Manila reports General Young's advance guard of General Lawton's column departed Cabigo and reached San Isidro by 10:30. American casualties were one killed and three wounded. One Spaniard and fifteen insurrectos were captured.
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Manila
Young
Lawton
Cabigo
San Isidro
Bryan in Ohio Crosses Kentucky Border for Ohio Tour
A Greenville Ohio report covers William J Bryan and Mrs Bryan joining a special train from Bovington to Dayton and Greenville Darke county where Bryan spoke to a large crowd. John R McLean introduced Bryan and defended the income tax and the party platform while outlining the money question and Spanish war revenue efforts.
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Greenville
William J. Bryan
L. C. Anderson
John BR. McLean
McLean
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Chicago
Democratic Party
Ohio Democracy
Supreme Court
Kentucky
Excitement in London Over War News From Front
London observers report heightened interest at the war office as Fifth Lancers are said to be engaged near Kaartoum. Rumors claim a train with picers captured near Elandslanagto and Commandant Joubert’s northern column at Dannhauser. General Sir George Stewart White shifts troops, with no decisive Boer attack anticipated.
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War Office
London
Gordon
Kaartoum
Fifth Lancern
Piocers
Elandslanagto
George Stewart White
Joubert
Dannhauser
Natal
Pickerts Indicted in Atlanta Grand Jury Session
Fulton county grand jury at Atlanta Ga Thursday returned indictments against A I Pickert and his son Vincent Fr Pickert. A F Pickert charged with receiving stolen goods and his son with burglary. Witnesses Will Etheredge Sam Wilkes and detectives Hewitt and Wooten testified leading to the true bills.
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Fulton County Grand Jury
Atlanta
Vincent Fr. Pickert
A. F. Pickert
Will Etheredge
A. BF. Pickett
Sam Wilkes
Hewitt and Wooten
Anti Imperialism Meeting Heard in Chicago Center Hall
Bourke Cochran of New York delivered the principal address at Central Music Hall Chicago objecting to imposing a government on others. The hall was filled and the remarks were met with approval as he argued the people lack the right to force governance.
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Chicago
Bourke Cockran
Central Music Hall
New York
Cochran
Five Die in Mississippi House Fire Near Saint Ann
Mrs J N Cambrill and her four children perished in a blaze that leveled their home at Saint Ann, twenty miles east of Janton, Miss., on Thursday.
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Msalasippi
Saint Ann
Janton
Miss
J. N. Cambrill
Charleston Invites Dewey to Visit Harbor
A Charleston committee representing the city business groups and German bodies left Thursday to meet Admiral Dewey and extend a formal invitation to visit Charleston.
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Charleston
Admiral Dewey
British Army to Be Augmented in South Africa Crisis
In the British House of Commons Lord Balfour presented a royal message announcing the embodi ment of the militia and call out of the militia reserve to meet emergency in South Africa. A planned 85 000 reserves and a £10 000 000 war funding were noted. Debates followed with criticism of Chamberlains policy and Jameson raid questions as the session adjourned.
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House of Commons
London
Treasury
Arthur J. Balfour
South Africa
Desma
Europe
Balfour
Mr. Chamberlain
Samuel Thomas Evans
Glamorganshire
William Vernon Harcourt
West Monmouthshire
Liberal Party
Chamberlain
Editors Visit Georgia State Fair Opening
A hundred or more Georgia editors from the Serge Press association and the Weekly Press association attended the Georgia State Fair opening in Atlanta. Presidents H. H. abaniss and Walter Coleman spoke of a social visit with no business credit. The group toured the Midway and enjoyed barbecue with Sheriff Calloway before joining the opening exercises.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Serge Press
Weekly Press Association
Kimball
H. H.abaniss
Walter Coleman
Sheriff Calloway
Writ of Habeas Corpus For Captain Carter In Court
Counsel for Captain Oberlin M. Carter, confined at Castle William Governor's Island, obtained a writ of habeas corpus from Judge La Combe. The writ directs Major General Wesley Merritt and Captain Benjamin Roberts to produce Carter in Tukgs LaGormbe's court at 11 o clock Wednesday morning.
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Carter
Oberlin M. Carter
Castle William
Governor’s Island
United States
Judge la Combe
United States Circuit Court
Williams Elected President of Florida Central & Peninsula
At the annual meeting of the Florida Central and Peninsula Railroad Company on Thursday J Skelton Williams president of Seaboard Air Line was elected to succeed W H Duval who resigned No other business of importance was transacted Williams announced plans for through vestibule trains between New York and Tampa.
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Florida Central & Peninsula Railroad Company
Florida Central and Peninsula Railroad Company
J. Skelton Williams
Seaboard Air Line
WH. R. Duval
Williams
New York
Tampa
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