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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1904
Page
4
A Manchurian conference directs drafting a list of all army and navy reserves and essential civil staff. Officials claim reserves total 60,000. Port Arthur fleet ships concentrate near harbor as naval stores rise, while shipowners resist neutral shipping. Naval authorities discuss moving non-combatants by ship.
Detectives captured two men, identified as Jap and M Petty, in Starkey Bradford County, following the January night Seaboard Air Line passenger train robbery near Sanderson. They rode in the train cab for about two miles and had dynamite in possession. Home base listed as Folkston, Georgia. U.S. authorities plan federal charges for firing into a mail coach and risking the mail agent’s life, carrying potential life sentences.
The Russian Times correspondent reports intensified military activity at Black Sea ports with trains loaded with military stores and private freight sidetracked to speed shipments. Five transports carrying 26 000 tons of cargo and troops will depart soon, carrying guns and ammunition for Port Arthur as rivals weigh arrival times ahead of hostilities.
New York report tells of Frederick T Thrush a lithograph er attempting to kill his wife and son in a vestibule on Fifty fourth Street after his family fled his temperance issues. He shot his wife and son then killed himself in the street, the mother and boy expected to survive. Portland book contract lists Lewis and Clark exposition volumes to be printed for distribution in east and Europe. Manila report says Lt Campbell W Flake killed and Lieutenants Roberts and Floyd wounded on a Mindanao scouting mission. Alabama governor offers 250 reward for Martin Ready slaying. Croup remedy note endorses Chamberlains Cough Remedy with local sale listings.
Robert M. Blankenship general manager and superintendent of the Old Dominion Iron and Nail Works was found dead in the forebay of the water wheel at the Richmond plant. He reportedly slipped from the forebay top while inspecting timbers and was drawn into the wheel, the body mutilated by the machine’s revolution.
W Mc Coy a prominent Knoxville businessman and undertaker was sentenced to three years in state prison for false pretense connected with fake pauper burials in the county cemetery last February. He held county burial contracts and allegedly buried coffins with nonhuman contents while charging the county. motion for a new trial was entered.
A report from Chateau Bay says Leonidas Hubbard Jr of the Outing magazine expedition died from starvation in Labrador on October 18. His remains are en route to Quebec by dog train with other expedition members, expected to reach Chateau Bay in March.
Gar nett Lanienc is killed as a window is fired upon. The coroner sits as jurors hear that Childs may be guilty of homicide. A bond of 560 is set for a witness while towns Clarkesville, Chirkosville, and Ayeooville react to the violent incident and the young wife’s death.
New York dispatch reports Harbin plagued by nightly murders of Russians by Chinese bandits and several suspicious fires. The Herald cites ten a a est weekly incidents, leaving streets unsafe after dark.
A man and woman were jailed after a child was nearly killed when a woman held her over a burning fireplace. The infant was hospitalized as police investigated. A separate incident saw Mrs Chaynski robbed of a satchel containing $10 after a pickup near Central Station.
A vintage advertisement touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with a full money back guarantee if not satisfied after two thirds used. It claims relief for la grippe coughs colds croup and whooping cough and says it prevents colds from turning to pneumonia. BR Palmer & Sons W. J. Smith & Bro.
New York reports a third fire in two weeks at the Grand Palace hotel at North Clark and Inediana streets. Fire discovered early by guest Edward Bartlett and clerk Crersehulz, with 150 guests evacuated. damage deemed inconsequential as investigators seek the cause of the trio of blazes.
Wilmington line to operate steamers on the Santee and Congaree between Georgetown and Columbia, a 200 mile route. T. D. Love will start the all water line within two weeks, using Cape Fear river fleet steamers. Columbia backers expect lower freight costs and flood new trade with New York via Georgetown.
A Raleigh area murder report from Wake County describes a woman and her two children aged 4 and 6 found bludgeoned by an ax. The husband, Bob Bridgera, discovered the bodies near their home after returning from Raleigh. Police pursue a suspect named Will Adams amid racial tension reports.
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