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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1900
Page
6
Eleven year old Abie Link was shot in the thigh when a parlor rifle misfired while he and Frank Hope were near the Oconee bridge. The bullet lodged in his thigh and was dressed at home. The doctor says the wound is not necessarily serious and the boy rests, with x rays possible if the bullet remains a problem.
Clarke County Commissioners ordered all county bridge repairs to be done at once. A new iron bridge with a fifty foot span will be erected over Cedar Creek beyond Mr W W Paryear's residence, to be started soon. Also plans for steel cells in the county jail are now completed and work will begin this month.
Miss Roan Woodberry chairs a committee endorsing Miss Fannie L. Mitch ell's Georgia Land and People as a historic tale of Georgians. It covers settlement, Revolution, statehood, Reconstruction days, and southern patriotism. A proposal urges school adoption and sales at 1.25 per copy. Estimated cotton area shown as 35, scorer, up 2,080,000 acres.
A listing from The Tradesman for the week ending June 9 highlights new ventures across the South. Entries include bolting and broom factories in North Carolina, canneries in Georgia, coal mines in Alabama Texas Virginia and West Virginia, a coal briquette plant in Texas, cottonseed oil mills in Louisiana and North Carolina, cotton mills in Georgia Louisiana and Virginia, flour mills in North Carolina and Tennessee, a Tennessee foundry, a Virginia furniture factory, Texas granite quarries, Tennessee handle and spoke works, a North Carolina hardware company, a Georgia knitting mill, Arkansas lead and zinc shoes, Alabama limestone quarries, lumber mills in Alabama Florida Mississippi Texas and West Virginia, Mississippi machine shops, a Virginia paper box factory, rice mills and irrigation works in Louisiana and Texas, a North Carolina West Virginia telephone exchange, a 875000 woolworking plant in Georgia, and a Virginia woodworking machinery manufactory.
General Lacret urged Governor Wood to form a Cuban navy starting with 60 vessels to protect fisheries and deter smuggling. He asked for naval property under Cuban control and a large staff at the arsenal. Wood favored a minimal force, suggesting 12 small revenue cutters via customs, leaving Cuban naval independence contingent on Cuba's status.
Dispatches report Russian troops landed at Tien Tsin and another force marching toward Peking as Boxer violence continues. Dowager Empress reportedly fled to the Russian legation in Peking. foreign legations increase guards. International guards arrive, while Britain claims no consultation on a broader Russian landings plan.
Telegraphic links to Peking severed as forces from Britain Germany and France deploy. About 600 men travel by train after Chinese engine driver flees. Crowds threaten tracks. troops using bayonets clear rail line. International force presence expands as ships arrive and communications open with Peking.
June 11 report from Loupon notes Boxers revolt spreading as Russia presses to build a railway line from Kiah Eta to Peking, threatening regional balance. Russian action may provoke war with Japan and European tensions without a unified policy. Russia ready to act independently, with 20,000 to 90,000 troops near Peking and possible reinforcements from British and colonial forces.
The United States limits its intervention to protect American lives and property in China. Admiral Kempf and Minister Conger act under official discretion, keeping options open only if China fails to comply and risks broader European instability. Other nations may act first, but the U US will restrain its involvement to necessary protections.
The article discusses unsettled international implications of power shifts along the Chinese coast under the open door framework. It notes limited possibility of foreign forces from Peking to Pao Ting Fu, while Chinese troops are promised protection for missionaries. Also reported are Oklahoma army worm damage, Waycross Line expansion plans, and an 1890s patent medicine ad for Green's August Flower.
General Joe Wheeler, after meeting the president, noted he may command the eleventh in the northwest with headquarters in Portland and expects retirement around his 64th birthday on September 10. Otis Reports to War Department and Meets President McKinley Cordially in White House library.
The Southern railway began regrading the Knoxville and Asheville division from Asheville to Chattanooga. Initial work near Newport will cut 80 feet to ease the grade. Newmarket will have a zero foot cut. A freight cutoff around Morrinown aims to remove grades, with total project cost around $500,000. Cotton mill plans progress in Calhoun Georgia with stock subscriptions. Lancaster cotton mill to raise capital to $1,000,000, expanding from 12,000 spindles and $150,000 capital to 69,000 spindles overall.
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