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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1903
Page
6
Tokyo dispatch reports from London that Japan denies any imminent rupture with Russia. Negotiations over Manchurian and Korean questions are proceeding normally, and there is no basis for alarmist reports.
Reports from Port Arthur detail a large Russian force with 7000 soldiers, maneuvers intended as an object lesson, and fears of heightened war tensions. Separately, New York officials rule that some cotton component goods may qualify as manufactures of cotton, altering tariff classifications. A boy dies after a game cock spur incident in Wilkesbarre following a prior tease incident.
John M. Lowe of Galveston Texas son of Colonel R. G. Lowe of the Galveston News wed Miss Ethel Oxley of London at the Church of St. Mary Abbotts. Also Prince Ahmed Bedr-Ed-Din, a son of the Sultan of Constantinople, died of pneumonia yesterday.
Walter Jackson, convicted of killing Fanny Buck a 6 year old boy, was seized by about 75 masked men at Hamilton jail. He was hanged from an electric pole rope without a shot fired. Sheriff removed his mutilated body to the morgue as the mob dispersed.
Booker T. Washington, fresh from a European trip, is greeted by about 8,000 African Americans in New York. He praised U S education and labor opportunities, noted European poorer classes contribute more money, and urged adapting Normandy dairy studies to Tuskegee.
Nelson Griggs a nonunion black man was shot in the abdomen and fatally wounded at New Orleans while a group of nonunion workers fled after firing on the tug Wi mot as it approached land. Joe Bernard a strike, is charged with the shooting.
London reports the signing of a bilateral arbitration treaty between Great Britain and France. Foreign Secretary erowne and the French ambassador M. Cambon inked the agreement, detailing new dispute settlement procedures. The ceremony occurred in London on October 14.
In Lexington D C October 14 Colonel Croft resumed defense in the Tillman trial as General Bellinger wrapped up for the state. Senator Tillman attended. Judge Gray began his jury charge detailing murder degrees and self defense standards requiring preponderance of evidence of fault and reasonable fear of serious harm.
The eighth annual convention of the American Association of Passenger Agents ends in New Orleans. Old Point Comfort Va is chosen as next year’s site with bidders Detroit Chicago Cleveland Put-In-Bay and Chattanooga. Jan 27 set for the exposition invitation acceptance. Special rates anticipated and H Hardwick named orator for 1904. Resolutions mourn James Barker. Agents take Morgan steamer Excelsior ride this afternoon and attend theatres this evening.
Four men forced entry into the Farmers' State bank in Berwick Indiana on October 14 and secured 2800 after tampering with the vault. The blast awakened residents who were ordered away while the robbers loaded the loot into a buggy and fled east. No trace of the suspects has been found.
Ex-President Kruger held a small family fete in the Transvaal marking his seventy eighth birthday the first such celebration since the war. Ex-President Steyn lives near Cannes with paralysis of the limbs and limited rest. Textile strike ends as Dyers and Mercerizers union allows workers to return in Philadelphia where 120000 workers had been idle since June.
In Charlotte North Carolina on October 14 the jury acquitted Ernest Haywood of murdering Ludlow Skinner after a brief deliberation. In France rioting preceded by a frightened Armentieres crowd the city lay in ruins and terror after a strike action was proposed.
Laredo Toledo the Insurrectionist surrenders with ten of his men and several guns. Manila dispatch notes Taft will intervene over the dispute involving George Tracey Wes and the Insular Printing Bureau. Other items report a 10 percent import duty on caribous to the Chinese government.
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