04 Jan 1901
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1901
Page
1
Lee Allen markets a vast holiday assortment for Christmas gifting. The shop promotes a superb stock including Toilet Sets, Cut-Glass, Shaving Sets, Portfolios, Leather Goods, Manicure Sets, Fine Vases, and more. The copy urges buyers to choose gifts for him or her to secure favorable impressions.
J R Hudson reports a new phase in California wine history as powerful merchants form a leading combine to control seven eighths of the state's wines. Principal financiers include I W Hellman Antoine Borell and Daniel Moyer with stakes extending through California Wine Association American Swiss Agricultural Colony Lachman Jacobi OC Shilling & Co. Aggregate capital rises to 8 million dollars.
Rebels are attempting to break out of Mount Arayat as General Frederick D. Grant reports from the front. Two rebels killed, water scarce, food runs low, and troops claim further captures of armed men in Cavite area. A US relief ship laden with supplies is ashore near Guam after a tempest, with some crew lost overboard and widespread hunger in outlying Guam districts.
Governor Samford urges Judge Moors to prosecute two recent lynchings in Perry and Henry counties. One victim was killed after a barn theft allegation, the other a key theft case where a Black man was executed after acquittal by a magistrate. Seven mad dog bites reported in Stevenson with two hydrophobia deaths. Cement deposit found near Chattanooga with partners forming a consortium to develop a Georgia quarry.
New York stock trading opens the new year with brisk activity as buying orders push prices higher across leading issues. Pennsylvania St Paul and other favorites see large blocks traded, while some gains give way to profit-taking and mixed declines. Sugar refiners cut prices, aligning sugar grades after industry movements. Arbuckle follows the trend, matching refiners.
MISSING SINCE LAST SUNDAY Warren Clay, son of Jasper Clay of Jasper County Georgia, vanished after visiting a neighbor Sunday night. Reports say he was known to carry large sums of money. searches patrol woods for his body, and possible suspects. Other local items note a Memphis rock club denial about extending a spring meet, a gas outage in Tonevo, and a fatal ax assault in Lyxen svra Tennessee. The scattered details reflect routine, unverified police and weather-related notes from the region.
Washington Jan 2 reports indicate the Chinese emperor accepted the Peking agreement and promised compliance with its conditions. Indemnities and reworking of commercial treaties loom as major hurdles, with emphasis on equal terms among powers to avoid biased advantages and future disputes. The expected punishment of Boxer leaders is anticipated soon.
In Astoria Oregon January 3 reports say the British ship Andrada vanished after a fierce storm drove her north from the Columbia. Pilot Cordmer was boarded before the loss. The Perry searches for Andrada as the Rathdown remains overdue near Yokohama.
A. J. Welch, superintendent of the fifth division railway mail service, announces a daily mail connection between Monterey and Emory Gap, four miles, replacing the star route. The new service operates daily except Sunday, improving direct mail flow between Monterey and Nashville.
Pat Crowe the alleged abductor of Edward Cudahy is captured near the Nebraska South Dakota line on Pine Ridge reservation after a wild chase. He drove a team backboard and tried to outrun detectives who halted him with six shooters. Diamonds Found Near Capitan New Mexico Mining men excited by four diamonds unearthed by J J Blow at Capitan in Otero County after insect carried fragments surfaced. Lentz Contest in Ohio John J Lentz gives notice of contest against Emmett Tompkins seat in the House alleging bribery and fraud in ballot counting.
In Melton Mississippi last night a Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad head-on crash between two freight trains killed five men and badly injured one. Both engines and many cars were destroyed due to alleged disobedience of orders on train No. 47. The dead include engineer William Watson and engineer Fred Grief.
Nathan Daniel an allegedly mentally impaired 19 year old shot his brother in law W B Chisholm at Marion Junction after a struggle over a pistol. The confrontation left Chisholm with a head wound from buckshot and his wife Mrs Chisholm sheltering inside a house as the assailant fired through the doorway.
James Gibbons, nephew of Cardinal Gibbons and medical student, was shot near Claiborne Street as two highwaymen attempted a robbery. He died hours after at Charity hospital. Two bystanders were with him when the attack occurred.
Baranyan January 2 Tybee reports Jacob Gable under coroner’s jury surveillance for striking William Smith with a pitcher Sunday night. Dr Elton Osborne's post mortem found Smith died from brain blood clots caused by the blow. Also notes robbery and assault sprees by highwaymen in Portsmouth and a fatal accidental death in Alabama. Albert Wheeler Tillery mentioned as a cousin of Joe Tillery, Mechanicsville resident.
A delayed final settlement follows illness of Sir Ernest Mason Satow as Chinese ministers prepare for talks. Li Hung Chang, vigorous despite fever, expresses openness to meeting ministers at a suitable venue. Emperor of China emphasizes compliance with powers and halt to expeditions, while military presence along the coast remains a factor. In related news, Von Ketteler's killer is executed and disputes over including Lachlan Root’s report delay publication.
Federal officers report a gang of counterfeiters flooding Johnson City Tennessee with silver and currency. Large quantities have been calated and seized in the area. Investigators say about 3000 dollars in fake notes have been linked to the operation. Local experts remark the scheme is widespread and ongoing.
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