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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1900
Page
8
Police pursue Sunday blind tigers run largely by Negro women with runners and stool pigeons. Raids catch two women selling whisky as detectives shadow runners entering homes. profits from Sunday sales remain high despite arrests and court arraignments.
The Seaboard Air Line showcased a deluxe Florida West India Limited on a Washington to Atlanta run, with solid service planned New York to Jacksonville via a new short line. The train boasted a veiled black exterior with gold trim, a mail car, upgraded baggage and express car, smoking car with Russian leather drawing room, two first class coaches with drawing room apartments, and a Pullman buffet drawing room sleeper.
The Marlborough Hotel on Broadway between Market and Thirty seventh streets is praised as a modern, palatial structure blending national hospitality with twentieth century urban elegance. It is described as a grand, Egyptian‑scaled beacon of style offering exquisite appointments and superb cuisine attracting visitors including Southerners.
America's great actor Joe Jefferson brings Rip Van Winkle to Atlanta this afternoon on a brief five week southern tour. The matinee follows with a double bill of Lend Me Five Shillings and Cricket on the Hearth. Jefferson is famed for Rip and theatergoers expect a strong performance today.
Two odd police reports recount April Fool incidents. A Black man named Jim Bender, drunk, jokes about chickens and a prank that ends with a pint of corn whiskey seized and a laugh. In Decatur and Bell streets a woman finds a baby in a basket, but officers discover three kittens instead, while a crowd gasps at the misheard scene and a drumbeat of rumor follows.
A Chicago report says US Southern Railway aims to secure control of the Monon lines and has already secured cams of the Louisville and Evansville road, with Morgan syndicate reportedly backing moves. Pending litigation over Beattyville bends stalled final closure, but if completed Southern would be first southern line to control lines north of Ohio. Stock moves indicate Morgan influence, as passenger services seek better comfort and value. Santa Fe also arranged to provide California Limited passengers with twice daily stock quotes via library car hooks.
Professor Genitry's famous dog and pony show will hold a street parade at 10 o clock this morning starting from the show grounds. The procession will travel the principal streets featuring dogs ponies monkeys and even tiny elephants with a military band. All the children are urged to attend as the display promises to be the prettiest ever seen in the city.
Patrolman Will Turner found a large box of new slippers on fire late Saturday near a West End culvert beyond Whitehall street. The box had been tossed from a railroad train, possibly from the Central or Atlanta and West Point line, and some slippers were scattered and burned. The officer noted the name Kiser and the number 179% on the box, suggesting it was discarded to destroy its identity during a theft attempt.
An advertisement urges readers to save and deposit funds at Germania Savings Bank located at 378 Pryor Street. It claims wealth will grow from prudent saving and steady deposits. The message emphasizes accumulating riches through disciplined financial habits.
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