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Athens Weekly Banner

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Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1903

Page

7

Turbulent Balkan Situa tion deepens after Turkish insubordination

In Constantinople August 19 Russian demands over the murder of Russian consul Rostkovaki at Monastir are presented. Russian naval show of force may push Macedonians toward intervention. Turkish troops show marked insubordination and shootings of Bulgarian workers occur near Uskub. Italy signals readiness to intervene with ships near Lemnos and Sicily as tensions rise.

Ynstantinople Turkey Monastir M. Ros Zovaki Russia Rusete Pornatance Uskub Mbnastir de Mantet Falonica Salonica Galesien Macedonia Italy Rome MI. Nervy Lemnos Aegean Sea Remberto Agosta Silescia Ottoman Cagiiari Sardinia

Turkish Officials Mnerry and Russia Tensions Rise

Constantinople reports alert as a Russian squadron heads to the Dardanelles Bay of Melia and discussions over Macedonia intensify. Turkish officials show growing concern over potential Russian demands and possible moves to protect foreign interests amid unrest. Besieged areas and Benjevian arrivals indicate rising violence as Albanian and Bulgarian villages burn and fears of a massacre grow.

Russia Constantinople Miadia Europe Turkey Burgas M. Zlenoviei Macedonia Austria Murole Ruselanen Patton Prince of Yakub Virgil al 'Vitans

Joint Naval Demonstration Could Tie Powers With Russia

Reports from Metal quarters indicate a Russian naval squadron ordered toward Turkish waters may be joined by France and Austria in a broad European display. If agreed, the action would involve fleets from multiple powers with Turkish interests and could be staged near the Bosphorus.

Russia Balonica France Austria Tukey Constantinople

Fitts Sentenced to Chaingang for Street Speaking

In Atlanta on August 19, Socialist J L Fitts was sent to the city chaingang for 20 days without a fine option after speaking on the streets without a permit. The decision, by Mayor Howell, was appealed via bond and may go to the U S Supreme Court. Fifteen deaths in Pacasmayo plague cases grow alarm.

Chaingang Atlanta J. L. Fitts Howell Ete Alonzo Fields Amos Fox Fitts Socialist Party Supreme Court of the United States

Veterans Welcome at Grand Army Encampment Largest Yet in History

San Francisco hosts 21 000 eastern visitors and 35 000 from California for the Grand Army of the Republic encampment. Receptions and open houses abound as trains continue bringing veterans and delegates. Two days of excursions planned to showcase interior points and major cities prepare receptions.

San Francisco Grand Army of the Republic California Post Army of Veterans California

Man Hurt by Train Near Augusta After Lying Beside Tracks

Mose Bell a brickmason lay by the Southern track near Augusta on Saturday night. The engineer could not stop the train in time and struck him, badly injuring his head. Doctors Wyman and Croft attended. an operation offered a slight chance of survival. A second item notes brewing mergers in Greater New York aiming to close smaller breweries and standardize beer prices amid overcompetition.

Mose Bell Augusta Aiken Mose Ball Southern Wyman Croft New York Brooklyn Moses Rockewell Crow State Hospital Wards Island Ward's Island Crow Grand Rapids Mich West Chester County

Opposed Marriage Sparks Cleveland Double Tragedy

In Cleveland last night William Lent Leutbecher 28 shot Martha Faoharich 22 during a walk and then killed himself after family opposition to the engagement. The suspected motive was the Faoharich family's opposition to the courtship.

Parente Cleveland William Lent Becker Superior Street Martha Dacharich Weimar Street Leutbecher Faoharich Martha Mian Faehnrich Two Ives

Robbery Mystery Solved at Southern Depot

Chief White and two road detectives solved a depot theft involving a drummer’s trunk and a negro porter Jim Knox at the Southern depot in Gadsden. A school teacher’s trunk had vanished and later dress goods were found hidden. Knox held keys aiding the theft, and an alleged organized gang is suspected. Also noted are a piano company incorporation in Trenton and a Port Arthur dynamite magazine attack.

Gadsdep Southern Depot White Drummer Town Creek

Fall of Big Meteor Destroys Mendon Bridge

Detroit report says a large meteor struck Mendon Michigan last night, damaging the St Joe river bridge. The impact buried a crater nearly 20 feet deep and produced a screeching noise and a loud earthward report heard at a distance.

Mendon Mich Detroit Free Press St. Joe River

Tribal War Reigns Among Chilkat Indians in Alaska

Reports via Princess May detail a Chilkat Kiulu wan tribe conflict in the Chilkat valley with witchcraft cited as a cause. One Indian killed, many injured, reign of terror described amid tribal turmoil.

Alaska Vancouver B. C Skagway

Train plunges through weakened bridge injuring fourteen

A Denver and Rio Grande passenger train No. 1 plowed through a flood weakened bridge near Northrop eight miles east of Buena Vista Colorado injuring fourteen passengers. Names listed include Mrs Hopkins of Albion Ohio Mrs Lather of Pittsburg and Mrs Knapp of Milwaukee among others. A baggage car and sleeper section toppled into a ravine while a dining car became a hospital.

Buena Vista Colo Denver and Rio Grande Denver Nothrop Here Hopkins Albion J. P. Knapp Milwaukee Riser San Francisco Mr. Bennley Corydon Iowa C. Conley Eldorado Kansas J.D. Smith Muscatine B. O. Brown New York City Naville Washington Ita Colorado Schwanders

Russian fleet sent to Turkish shores over Monastir murder

Russian foreign policy notes show a squadron from the Black Sea fleet ordered to sail toward Turkish waters to demand full punishment for the murder of M. Rostkovaki, the consul at Monastir. The move signals Russia’s demand for immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of Turkish officials and resolution of the Monastir incident.

Rasta Rostkovski Balonica Galonica Qasan Aviation M. Rostkovaki Turkey Macedonia Russia Austria St. Petersburg Black Sea Foot Sebastopol Constantinople Foreign Office Monastir Lamsdorff Minovieff Constan Unople Ahmen M. Rostkovski M. Cherba Comaul Mitrovitza Jamedort Zinovief Vilayet Monsatir Dief Uskub Kossovo Ismail Hakki Hilmi Pasha Salonica Prianend Maredonia Sofia M. Hostkovsk

Vast Yellowstone Canyon Color and Scale Painted in Century Review

R. S. Baker describes Yellowstone Canyon in vivid terms, detailing its yellow orange red and blue hues, towering red abutments, green river, and pine forests. Viewers are urged to brave ledges and gaze from guarded outlooks as the canyon stretches northward past the falls and creates awe through massive, sculpted rock forms. An unrelated note reports a Monmouth County court ruling favoring a tenant in a rent dispute caused by bedbugs, a rare case in court records.

Firettia Falla Baker New York Monmouth N. J County Court of Common Pleas

Water fraud probe hits city losses of one million

Water Commissioner Mars Joe reveals evidence of broad fraud in the water department. Three inspectors are suspended as authorities uncover careless management and embezzlement concerns threatening city funds. A chaotic text fragment follows, mixing unrelated jokes and notes.

New York Mars Joe Water Department

Rosina Encounters Hurricane Off New Orleans

The British steamship Rosina under Captain Henry from Cetba Honduras entered the harbor after a hurricane at sea. One man lost overboard and crew report ventilators and davits damaged. All deck cargo of oranges washed away by the sea. Cargo to Vaccaro Bros Co. expected.

New Orleans Rosina Henry Cetba Honduras Vaccaro Bros. & Co Saae

Encampment of G A R at San Francisco

More than 2,000 GAR members and allied groups arrive for the thirty-seventh annual encampment in San Francisco. Gen John C Black, a leading candidate for commander in chief, travels with the Illinois delegation and Adjutant General Partridge. Spanish-American War veterans boost reception plans as parade will include every local veteran with an honorable discharge. General illumination and decorative arches proceed for the event.

Francisco Grand Army of the Republic Nations Partridge Illinois Department G.ar United States Army Navy

TUG MERSEY FOUNDERS NEAR QUEBEC

August 15 The steam tug Mersey foundered off Outarde Shoal about 140 miles from here. Eight aboard, five drowned. The vessel departed Sunday for Seven Shoals then returned after boiler trouble. Details unclear and last heard near Rimousky two days later.

Quebec Mersey Ness Outarde Shoal Here Rimousky

The Right to the Theatrical Angel and Bunions Advice

A Chicago Post quotation questions a performer’s claim to stardom and cites a theater world stance. The clipping then offers medical tips for bunions advising seamless footwear and cautious treatment including iodine and copper sulfate cauterization.

Chicago Post

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