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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1900
Page
2
The United States seeks $245,750 plus damages from South Carolina in a Supreme Court case. The state is summoned to appear in Washington on October 4, 1900, to answer in a debt action tied to Mexican War era claims and other old war expenditures.
Justice Alden Chester hands down the decision in the American Ice Company case allowing Referno Nusbaum to continue his investigation of the company’s officers. A headend collision on the Seaboard near Ox Leady, Georgia injures Engineer Neal, with a train wreck on the main line. A shooting affray at the Mayor hotel in Baton Rouge leaves two wounded, a bystander shot in the leg. Texas delegates dispute presidential preferences with several backing different candidates. Also noted are charcoal dealers in Mavana facing yellow fever concerns and regional curiosities about Athos Macedonia and ancient alcohol origins.
Obscure advertisement claims deep seated poison can be cured by B B B or Botanic Blood Balm. Describes symptoms including patches mouth throat eruptions sores skin and hair loss. Offers trial bottle free and full bottles for sale at one dollar or five dollars with directions and address in Atlanta Georgia.
Allied forces and foreign legations held firm as bombardments raged near Peking. Dispatches from Amoy, Tien Tsin, and Shanghai note guards granted entry, subsequent requests for relief, and evacuations toward Shanghai and Men Tai. Casualties reported among soldiers and missionaries amid relief column movements.
Desperate fighting around Tien Tsin ends as 9 000 international troops including 150 Americans breach the Chinese defenses. The assault leads to rapid capture of the arsenal and near victory by the allied force with Seymour’s relief efforts and reports of ministers’ safety still unfolding.
James Hart, who served 11 of 15 years for a crime now admitted to be unfounded, was pardoned by Governor Tyler. He had proclaimed innocence since the start, endured lengthy imprisonment, and was released after the commonwealth attorney noted the prosecutrix now admits the trial was a persecution.
Etta Wilbanks a sixteen year old from Gainesville Ga shot herself with a 38 caliber pistol at the Gainesville telephone exchange. She wrote a letter to her Atlanta cousin expressing despondency and grief before her death.
The St James Gazette argues China teaches America the need to guard distant interests not to exploit distant lands. It contends Britain and Washington must protect their own interests, and implies imperial actions leave lasting dust from the Celestial Empire. Taylor and W S Taylor are noted as arriving from Indianapolis with police detectives.
Fragmentary ad for Allen's Foot-Ease claims relief for tired feet and blisters. Mentions application, walking comfort, and lasting rest, with scattered garbled phrases and a product name.
A testimonial from Mrs. C Aurenter of 253 Grand St Brooklyn outlines relief from female weakness dizziness headaches and nervous distress after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter notes shared use with friends and daughter and highlights the volume of similar letters received in 1897 as proof of effectiveness.
Reports from Nour Alaska describe a major strike at Tupakiak near Nome with fortunes up to 25000 per person and rockers yielding 1000 daily. A beach stretch 600 by 60 feet is cited as having produced 475000 recently amid other gold finds and ship arrivals.
A June cyclone ravaged Eutaw Alabama destroying the Baptist and Presbyterian churches and uprooting trees. Homes and fences were wrecked, crops drowned in flooded bottoms, and residents fled to work elsewhere as heavy rains persisted. Crops suffered severe losses across nearby towns and counties.
The Bricklayers and Stonemasons union voted to withdraw from the Building Trades council, breaking the backbone of the Chicago strike. The move paves the way for 50,000 idle workers to reach work as arbitration ties with the masons’ association are set to extend to April 1903. Bricklayers boast a 3,000-strong membership and may trigger others to quit the council.
In St Louis the May 8 strike shows little sign of ending despite 900 extra police and boycotts. Care on all lines mostly continues, with patrons shifting to wagons and taxis run by ex streetcar workers. The battalion of militia remains off duty as leaders say no settlement progress is evident.
A shooting near La Place Macon county Alabama ended with J OC Pinkston wounded twice as Lawton Boyd and Addie Boyd fired 15 shots after Pinkston halted. Pinkston and his son and a youth named Letcher were driving when the Boyd pair, armed, ordered them to stop and a quarrel led to gunfire. Pinkston’s injuries were painful but not serious.
Claims that Peruna and Man-e-lin cured Bright's disease and kidney catarrh are supported by testimonials from J Brake of Petrolea Ontario Canada J N Howard of Marble Arkansas and Mary A Shear of Jennings Louisiana The ad touts Peruna as a universal cure insisting it treats kidney catarrh early to prevent Bright's disease urging readers to send for a free catarrh book from The Peruna Drug Mfg Co Columbus Ohio.
Graphic dispatch from Victoria on June 27 describes engineers from American, French, Belgian forces trapped by Boxers at Phaeng Tai. Surviving fighters formed a hollow square with women and children inside as they fled toward Peking, aided by Marines and volunteers.
A Boxers society member testified about the murder of Rev. Ellis a London missioner and a Chinese Christian teacher near the river. The two missionaries were attacked during a boat crossing. their arms and heads were severed and their bodies cast into the river. The report notes widespread outrages and contains an unrelated advertisement for Prickly Ash Bitters promising revived strength.
A Southern wreck tale recounts conductor William A Barclays death and a palm reader who allegedly foretold his demise within a year. Mrs Barclay visited the palmist with friends and was told her husband would die in a fearful rail road accident. He dismissed the warning, yet later news confirmed his death.
This morning's returns from North Dakota Manitoba and North Minnesota report total crop failure due to four hot winds. The situation worsens across South Dakota and the northwest. Farmers may need to buy wheat next spring as two thousand acres have been plowed to fodder. Grass east of the Missouri River is destroyed.
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