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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1900
Page
1
Austin and surrounding counties face catastrophic floods after a Colorado River dam collapse. More than 39,000 people lack water and power as the plant wreckage disrupts heat, light, and sanitation. Rail lines and farms suffer widescale losses with extensive property damage across Williamson Bastrop and surrounding counties.
A Rio Grande City special reports the lower Rio Grande bottom lands flooded with all corn destroyed. The river rises to forty feet at the Colorado, backwater submerges Gosley’s Creek bridges, and communities from Tobin to Webbersville brace for more damage as trains run late and roads wash out.
An April report from Houston notes Texas rivers are still rising in places with major floods. Crops suffer extensive damage though farmers may replant. corn replants after one planting. Bridges washed out disrupt rail traffic, and over 500 acres of bottomland crops near Cameron flooded ten to fifteen feet. Losses exceed $50,000 with no reported drownings.
A group of twenty five tourists heading to California and twenty five Tyrol immigrants bound for the Hawaiian Islands were halted by a storm on the Southern Pacific railroad west of Devil's River. They returned to San Antonio and were rerouted via Fort Worth and the Texas Pacific. The journey left them in a wild area with six washouts to San Antonio and nine to El Paso, while damage to the line was placed in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The Brazos River near Waco Texas began falling after steady rainfall since Wednesday. Reports say water levels receded six feet as tributaries slowed and rain ceased, but washouts remain on central state railroads and traffic recovery will take several days.
W J Bryan arrived in Los Angeles today from Fresno as guest of ex Senator White. A large crowd cheered at the depot, and a committee of Democrats escorted him to a hotel for a reception. He plans speeches tomorrow in Santa Ana and in San Diego, continuing the tour.
The American Plate Mirror Company is chartered in Harrisburg on a Saturday with a capital of $50,000,000. Leaders include E. Steinman of Cincinnati, A F Muller of Milwaukee, F W Von of Louisville, W. L. Kann, W L. Clause, and F J. Klingler of Pittsburg, with ties to the Pittsburg Plate Glass and Standard Plate Glass firms as well as Ford Plate Glass.
Carnegie company, awarded the Kansas City convention hall iron contract by Gillette Herzog of Minneapolis, began shipping structural iron. Several cars loaded will go west tonight or tomorrow, signaling on time completion from the Carnegie side.
Charleston reports a scandal at the custom house where about $1,000 worth of fine Cabinet rye whisky was dumped into sewers as state constables pressed officials. Thirty nine barrels overwhelmed the system, portions flowing into drinking cisterns and tainting water. A special dispatch notes continued investigations and escalating pressure on authorities.
Officials refused to drink as water tests showed liquor in the cistern. Clerks at Clyde Steamship mixed drinks using sugar and bitter, drawing crowds from the water front. The contaminated cistern caused complaints and a plan to drain and clean the source.
Five men garroted yesterday were buried in the potters field. Relic hunters tore up the execution platform, carrying away fragments as souvenirs. Some photographs of the execution were said to be secured. The garrotes and executors were later returned to San Juan. Paupers overrun the city. this morning a woman died of starvation in the plaza.
Frankfort april 8 the grand jury will continue the investigation of the goe bel assassination this week about forty witnesses have been examined and more on the list yet unheard no report expected before week end several witnesses have testified but their names and evidence are being kept secret habeas corpus proceedings in the case of tatlow dick a negro suspect are set for Tuesday before judge cantrill no light is expected from that hearing on the case a rumor of fighting between Middlesboro political factions reached here with democrats asking governor beckham for troops as assistant adjutant general murray has not received official word of any disturbance
Ex governor Robert Pattison of Pennsylvania avoids confirming or denying rumors of a vice presidential bid. He says he has not been informed of any movement and does not know who is backing it. He declines to say whether he would accept if offered.
Preparations are complete for tomorrow's measured course trial of the torpedo boat destroyer Stringham in lower Chesapeake Bay. The vessel has waited in Norfolk as mechanics finish tightening every nut and bolt while Rear Admiral Rogers leads the official trial board from Washington arriving tomorrow morning. The navy expects the Stringham to surpass the speed of any ship in service.
Chicago April R Judge Kohisaat in the United States circuit court overruled demurrers in a case where a defendant sought to evade payment on a contract by arguing the plaintiff is a trust The court held that the anti trust statute cannot be invoked in collateral proceeding after direct proof the plaintiff is a trust The case La Fayette Bridge Company versus the city of Streator Illinois involves recovering 310000 for a bridge over the Vermilion River.
London April 9 Capetown correspondent reports charges of insubordination and pilfering against the crew of the foundered British steamer Mexican after collision with the Winkfield. They appeared incapable and unwilling to do duty and many rifled passengers belongings, treating travelers with scant consideration. Cape Times calls for a searching investigation.
Taylor C Wood, 34, son of Leadville coal owner T S Wood, committed suicide by shooting himself in his Mentone Hotel room at Dearborn Avenue and Erle Street in Chicago. A former sergeant in the First Colorado Volunteer Infantry, he recently returned from the Philippines and had been employed as a clerk by the Mlingis Central Railroad Company. Despondency over illness is suspected.
Porto party figures confront rising unrest as leaders are blamed for the swelling revolt. Officials acknowledge accountability while protesters demand action.
Washington dispatch reports growing Republican indignation over Porto Rican treatment and tariff policy. Illinois Rep Warner notes four fifths of Illinois Republicans oppose the tariff and demand equal under the flag. Dewey candidacy collapses into a political mockery as backers waver and Dewey’s Cleveland affiliation draws scrutiny.
A jumble of political critique and court battles follows a naval figure's public outburst and land troubles. Judge Addison Brown defends his removal decision, noting no discharge order was signed and suggesting prosecutors are better positioned. Separate debates touch nepotism in army appointments and Brunswick commerce gains aided by deep-water access led by Colonel Goodyear.
At the Baltimore conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South Bishop Candler preached the ordination sermon at Mount Vernon Place church. Surviving members, mostly young at the time of the division, gathered for a love feast. In the evening Josiah Ringer William P Weinkle G W Richardson and W J Thomasson were ordained elders.
Late last night two masked men forced entry to Mrs James Warrick’s home five miles south of Barnesville. They shot and killed Clarence Warrick, grandson of Mrs Warrick, then bound three women and ransacked the house. Bloodhounds were set on the murderers’ trail as daylight came and one woman freed herself to raise the alarm.
John Wright Dean, known nationwide as the Quaker evangelist, died in Pawtucket Rhode Island today from pneumonia at age seventy. He was a prominent religious figure based in Washington DC and widely active across the United States.
Two Chicago men, W. B. Conkey and M. Glenn, arrived in Washington to confer with Admiral Dewey. They arrange for a meeting tomorrow about entertaining him in Chicago on the second anniversary of the Manila Bay victory. The city planned a grand ball at the Auditorium to honor him.
Admiral Dewey refused a campaign style trip though the Baltimore and Ohio railroad offered to arrange 50 speeches as part of a grand parade inviting governors from all states. Dewey stated politics had no place in the voyage and he would not use the outing for campaigning, traveling through Ohio and Indiana by day if desired.
A circulating report claims Mrs. Dewey has joined the Episcopal Church after leaving the Catholic Church. Father Macklis, who married the admiral and his wife and is rector, declined to discuss the rumor.
Tense scenes in Middlesboro as Chief of Police King Mosely and ally WII Sullivan confront a released suspect. Special policeman Mose ly shot deputy Charles Celell and was killed by unknown assailants. Warrants issued for King, Mosely’s brother, amid long standing factional strife.
Evangeliste Joly, a Montreal painter and decorator, was arrested in Joliet Quebec yesterday charged with three burglaries at the Canadian Pacific railway station. The thefts began in 1895 with 6000 dollars taken from a safe, a 350 dollar theft followed a year later, and a third robbery in August 1899 saw 37 00 stolen along with a bundle of Dominion one dollar notes bearing known numbers. A circular publicizing the numbers led to Joly’s capture. police found revolvers, a rifle, and a large knife on his person and at his residence.
A demonstration at Thomas Addison's laboratory in Orange New Jersey showed iron melting in exactly five seconds using a secret chemical compound combined with powdered aluminum. Louis Dreyfus of Frankfurt demonstrated the process to Mr Edison, claiming it achieves unprecedented heat. The method promises applications in welding steel rails and tubing.
Fred Titus owner of the depot restaurant in Peru was likely fatally stabbed and his brother Steve severely cut today by two unknown men after a dispute over a lunch. The intoxicated assailants refused to pay, were driven away, then returned. both strangers escaped and remain at large.
A severe wind and rain storm swept through Chattanooga this afternoon. Awning and hanging signs were blown away, several small houses in the suburbs were unroofed, a telephone wire fell, and an electric light wire was blown across a main street. Pedestrians were shocked but unharmed before repairs.
Three men rode into Clay City with plans to rob the Clay City National Bank. They entered the vault and reached the large time safe before a neighborhood alarm was raised by a woman awakened by vault explosions. The robbers fled with their tools as Charles Scott, vice president of the local bank, travels to Clay City to investigate.
An immense Washington audience heard Webster Davis ex assistant secretary of the interior defend the Boers as freedom fighters and condemn British greed over South Africa. He traced Boer history from 1806 to present noting Cecil Rhodes era and alleged British aims in the gold fields. The crowd included notable senators and representatives who applauded his critical stance toward Britain and support for Boer liberty.
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