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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1901
Page
2
The February 1901 internal revenue report shows total collections of 22,600,437, up 1,850,101 from a year earlier. Spirits led at 9,677,764 with a 1,876,243 rise. fermented liquors brought 4,287,499 with an 18,561 drop. miscellaneous was 3,508,003 up 520,862.
Ed White near Union Point faces trial for illegal whisky sales but attempts suicide by hanging himself from a cherry tree. In Charlotte North Carolina Andrew Carnegie funds a $20,000 library, contingent on local donations. Sheriff returns to Lafayette, Alabama with Dan Slaughter, a Black man who killed John Woods in 1807, after Woods identified the assailant.
General MacArthur approved the sentence of the military commission that tried the leader of the Mando-Ducat secret society who murdered Quisimimg, the native president of Calamba town. Five ringleaders were to be hanged at Ostampa on April 5, one given life imprisonment and four others 20 years. The Mando-Ducat movement in Laguna province is waning as residents rebuild after terror.
Dispatches from Constantinople say affairs are rapidly worsening. Turkish finances falter with six to eight months of salaries overdue and war material debt over a million pounds. Military expenditures rise amid Yemen and Macedonia rebellions as Mohammedans and Christians are arrested and shipped to Asia Minor.
Thousands of cattle sheep and horses lie dead across western Nebraska and eastern Colorado as a severe blizzard leaves corpses in ravines dry beds and on ridges. Rail lines report carcasses piling up along the Burlington and Union Pacific routes as farmers lament the loss.
A Utica division Lackawanna and Western passenger train derailed a mile east of Norwich due to undermined track and waterlogged earth. The engine and coaches plunged into the Chenango river. engineer fireman and two passengers reportedly injured amid high flood conditions.
A horrific crime in New Orleans on Percito street left John Favalona and his daughter found dead in their house after burglars raided and killed them last night. Neighbors entered the home this morning to discover the bodies and the crime scene.
Secretary Long ordered Admiral Rogers on the cruiser New York at Tangiers to sail to Manila to adjust Morocco claims without force. The move shifts the U S stance to diplomacy and avoids using the fleet for coercion. Gummere the Consul General was to depart Tangiers for Masagan, with a later overland return planned.
Secretary John Pugh announced a state Democratic committee meeting in Birmingham on April 3 to coordinate delegates for the constitutional convention and prepare a vigorous campaign in key counties ahead of the April 28 special election.
March reports from Lonpox and Peking indicate an imperial decree forbids signing the Manchurian convention, dates conflicting with Russia. United States envoy Rockhill warns travel is unsafe. foreign troops guard districts near Tien-Tsin where Rev. Stonehouse was killed, and authorities debate indemnities delaying negotiations.
Wa Ting Fang the Chinese minister who visited New York argues that Russia may seize Manchuria and fears partition of China if others permit such losses. He asserts American intervention at this time would be the most effective aid for China though he has no new official word on foreign powers' stance beyond newspaper reports.
Reports from Carr Town and Ospe Colony describe indecisive encounters at Tarkastad Heuningfontein and DeWetelorp with light casualties. A 200 strong force under Commandant Fourie dispersed, while plague concerns grow in Cave Town with several Europeans affected. Wages fall in northern England as iron prices drop. miners gain small schedule boosts April 1.
The Spanish war claims committee led by former Senator Chandler has received from the state department a list of American claims against Spain arising from the Cuban insurrection. Total claims about 40 million dollars include five cases over 1 million, with John W. Brock claiming 3,162,514 for property losses and Mrs. Ruiz seeking 75,000.
March 27 reports wide news: President McKinley pardons Wright Lancaster for a Forsyth murder linked to Georgia land battles. Havana sees Rathbone bond talks as he faces rearrest while a Michigan mine fights fire and layoffs. Rockies snows and Marseilles docks calm despite strikes. cashier Henderson jailed. Carlson seeks Rice millions. Dixon pursues new trial amid parole or jail risk.
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