21 Apr 1903
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1903
Page
1
A scrambled OCR snippet mentions music stores, a violinist, shipments by mail, and various numbers. The legible items include references to United States Cuba and Southern Ex, but no coherent event, date, person, or place is clear enough to identify. The piece reads as disjointed fragments rather than a complete report.
Senator Stone denounced daily papers as hostile to Democrats while defending his record on powder legislation and pure food laws. William J Bryan praised the conference and others spoke on the bribery probe. Mathews and Smith posted bonds in a bribe case related to baking powder legislation. A grand jury action in Missouri looms with possible perjury or bribery charges for state senators.
In Binghamton New York on April 20 Judge George W. Ray heard Gaynor seek to restrain a marshal from levying on and selling property tied to his case. Mayor Kirk of Syracuse met with Gaynor. Counsel contends to set aside the execution. A new action is to be tried with United States attorneys Curtiss and Fay present.
Jamestown reported eight dead and ten injured, three seriously, after Erie passenger train No 4 collided with a freight train near Red House. Identified victim Robert Hotchkiss of Meadville. several bodies burned beyond recognition. Fire followed wreck as passengers and crews tried to escape.
New York April 20 At the annual election of the Society of Tammany or Columbian order the following sachems and officers were elected for the ensuing year John F Ahearn Thomas Os Dunn Victor J Dowling John Fox Asa Bird Gardiner Randolph Guggenheimer Louis F Warren Patrick Keenan Charles F Murphy Daniel F McMahon George W Plunkitt John J Scannell Timothy D Sullivan secretary Thomas F Smith treasurer Peter F Meyer sagamore Bryan P Henry wiskinski John A Bert Senator John F Ancarn Victor Dowling Louis F Haffen and Timothy D Sullivan are the new sachems elected in the places of John F Carroll Mauricio Featherson John W Keller and George C Clausen.
Twelve inmates split from Castle Haynes stockade near Wilmington, resulting in one Black man fatally shot and another injured. A white man and a Black man were wounded but escaped. Four were captured. authorities believe seven remain trapped in a swamp near the Cape Fear river. The breakout, planned by H. Martin, involved convicts from Newbern, Columbus, and New Hanover counties. Rewards issued for Martin, Hughes, and others. sheriff's posse pressed the pursuit with road pickups and cordon lines.
The Wabash River rose to 18.6 feet in Vincennes as the flood tightens its grip on the valley. Authorities fear the worst flood in local history with thousands of acres submerged and residents evacuated from Illinois lowlands for a third time this year. Evansville reports the Ohio River rising to 34 feet amid weekend rains.
Baseball interest surges in Columbus Mississippi with fans practicing for summer games. A strong local team joins the season opening May 4 against Mississippi State Agricultural and Mechanical College from Starkville, with Decoration Day crowds expected from visiting cities.
Abbie Marahal an eight year old Hot Springs girl was kidnapped in Little Rock by two well dressed men. She escaped at union station and told residents she was abducted while en route to school. The child, living with her grandmother who runs a Hot Springs hotel, identified mentions of St Louis and “the others” but the captors remain at large.
Three seamen from the battleship Kearsarge were sent to the Boston naval prison for breaches of ship rules. A navy yard official reports serious trouble aboard with accusations that the ship is a prison. Crews complain steel rooms and turret design harm crewmen below when guns fire overhead. Desertions followed, with three men newly brought in from the Indiana joining the unrest.
Government forces bombarded Santo Domingo on Saturday causing heavy losses. General Cordero Alvarez and Quesada were killed, with over a hundred soldiers killed or wounded as government troops withdrew. Revolutionists seized prisoners, horses, and ammo while the rebel gun boat Independencia returned. The revolutionaries surround Monte Cristi.
The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company locks out miners across forty three collieries in the Shenandoah and Mahanoy regions, with about 30,000 workers affected. Baer refuses to discuss the action while United Mine Workers leaders meet in Wilkesbarre to address misinterpretations of the strike commission award and ongoing lockouts in the lower anthracite field.
King Edward reviewed 8,000 blue jackets and marines at Valetta and laid the foundation stone for a breakwater guarding Grand Harbor. A harbor water carnival featured floating vessel models from Noahs Ark to a battleship. The royal yacht Victoria and Albert departs tomorrow. A separate report from Spartanburg notes the killing of Carrie Williams by Jatte Macerson during a drunken quarrel.
Washington debutante Miss Florence Field at Mrs Page’s ball prompts criticism of inviting foreign diplomats. Mrs Page declines inviting any foreign legation member, citing hidden lessons in social circles. Miss Field, daughter of Thomas Nelson Page, inherits $60,000 yearly from her father’s estate and aims to avoid foreign alliances.
Summary of Georgia reports forecasting fair Tuesday and Wednesday with fresh north winds and varying temperatures. Noted are Peach crop forecasts, local government shifts in water and library posts, a bond election, resignations, and various criminal and market updates across the region, including winds in Harris and Talbot counties and railroad disruptions amid floods.
Carpenter Love, 45, fell headfirst down a brick stairway at 71 South Broad Street and died en route to Grady hospital. Three women were jailed on suspicion as police probe claims of a shove, while relatives mourn and coroner orders an inquest. Police and officers questioned five residents as detectives pursue outside force in a case framed as possible murder.
New Orleans April 24 Bonilla becomes president of Honduras as rebels gain ground. General Barahona and Maidenade attack government forces. Sista and Warened s fall back toward the capital. Sierra claims Bonita will bring prosperity amid upheaval in Central America.
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