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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1892
Page
7
Washington May 5 Speaker Cris sharply declines invitations to attend celebrations including the Memphis bridge opening and Mecklenburg Revolutionary event. He says he cannot leave Washington until final adjournment and must stay to fulfill duties, despite many urging from Georgians and other groups.
A compilation of recent scores from the Southern and National Leagues with results from Atlanta Chattanooga Birmingham Macon and Louisville plus Cleveland Chicago and New York games.
May 6 reports say Edward Hal linger the Jer sey City wife murderer who faced two hanging sentences and was saved each time by lawyer Charles J. Peschall will be sentenced in Hudson county courts for overall terminer in the afternoon. The unusual proceeding aims to bar further appeals after the United States Supreme Court set aside one appeal.
Republican leaders in New York near week’s end plan key conferences with anti Harrison factions in Washington to block nomination. Aimed to test Harrison bid within thirty days. Blaine letter response under consideration as final by some, others oppose.
Dana Nebraska May 6 ten thousand Omaha people packed the conference hall with Bishop Warren of Denver presiding. Debate over seating records and minor motions ended with tabled items. Bishop Foster read the long report praising growth to 2,292,614 communicants and 442,000 added souls in four years. The Epworth league praised. church calls for Americanized franchise and tougher foreign language limits. opposition to Chinese exclusion. wealth centralization condemned. total abstinence urged and state prohibition pressed. North and south church union seen drawing closer with open arms.
Baseball scores from Macon, Chattanooga, Birmingham, Atlanta, Chicago, Pittsburg, Louisville with rain postponements. A noted woman dying report on Anna Dickinson in New York. Also local reports from Minnesota election landslide, Underwood illness, and a fatal fire accident in Barnwell, South Carolina involving Miss Lola Langley.
De Has Not Taken. May 4. The Alliance conference in session here has taken no political action. Members seek to counteract politics’ moral impact on the order while remaining united for the November polk march. The aim is to preserve the Alliance’s integrity amid partisan influence.
Atlanta May 4 The railroad commission has not ruled on the 2 cent rate and the 1000 mile excess baggage bar petitioned for drummers. F Brannan chairman of the railroad committee expects both petitions granted after close progress with the commission.
Reports from Knoxville recount Charles Miller tied to a tree and killed by Buchanans brothers after being held by them in Blount county. A Santa Fe wreck near Fort Madison kills seven with twenty three injured. The world’s largest horse dies in Fort Worth, while a severe hailstorm despoils Desison area. Mrs Roe improvise shows improvement and hopes for recovery.
Detailed reminiscence of the Battle of Gettysburg focusing on Longstreet's corps, Hood and McLaw’s divisions, and Pickett’s charge. Describes formations, numbers, and the heavy casualties, noting 4,529 men left on the field and the heroic assaults against Cemetery Ridge. Concludes with a postwar reflection and a brief note on contemporary newspaper consolidation and legal actions in Knoxville.
Prohibitionists in Aversia plan a daily newspaper run during the campaign with no telegraphic news. John M. Weigle may publish using the old Weekly Progress printing materials and Rev. W. W. Wadsworth is expected as editor. Ordinary Walton may call July elections as gambling inquiries continue before Augusta grand jury.
In Savannah Georgia Elijah Shuman was convicted of first degree murder in the Butler killing. His three sons J B John and Cyrus Shuman are charged as accomplices. Cyrus confessed alleging the father urged the attack and helped arrange the ambush on the road. Elijah killed himself in jail after taking poison as authorities moved to custody. Evidence centers on threats and orders to kill Butler and reload muskets with larger shot.
The Georgia political scene discusses who will chair the state convention in Atlanta on the 18th. Prominent figures like W Y Atkinson and Hoke Smith are favored for leadership, with a large Alpharetta rally on the 11th featuring Atkinson Candler Smith and Peeples. Other notes mention possible congressional opposition and endorsements for the Chicago convention delegate.
The rendition of Tom Sawyer by Athens public school children at the opera house delighted a refined audience. Gus Witcher as Tom Sawyer and Lesser Wolff as Huck Finn drew high praise. Becky Thatcher and Aunt Polly performances also praised. The show cleared about seventy five dollars for Branson School Library.
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