09 Aug 1899
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1899
Page
1
A garbled OCR snippet hints at weather data including temperatures for Florida and western regions. Readable elements mention days, temperatures, and varying conditions, but many words are jumbled, masking precise readings and locations.
An OCR damaged clipping mentions a police case and trial timing with partial names and dates. It references detectives, a policeman figure, a year long delay, and a burial note amid scattered fragments, offering limited readable facts.
Ex Governor William Yeates Atkinson died quietly in Newnan after a brave battle with dysentery. The text recalls his public service, his family at the bedside, and the community’s mourning as telegrams of condolence poured in from across the state.
Representative Brantley of Brunswick urges the secretary of war to assign a warship to Georgia’s Brunswick naval reserves. The Georgia unit pledges funding for a practice ship, citing enthusiasm after a recent Prairie cruise. Rhode Island and Florida reserves will relinquish two ships soon, aiding the Brunswick effort. Brantley also pursues Brunswick’s new public building and extends condolences on former Governor Atkinson’s death.
Police details line the Lycee approach as Captain Dreyfus departs under guard. Infantry detachments form across the doorway while spectators, many from nearby towns, crane for a glimpse of the prisoner amid gendarmes and red kepis. The march is swift, with Dreyfus keeping eyes front as he moves past the guards.
Washington reports Admiral Dewey will go to Rome for an audience with the pope and then visit London on the way home. Navy department has not been informed of the exact plan but officers would be pleased by a London stop due to cordial Anglo American military ties and expected warm reception.
Henry Labouchere, writing in Truth, states William Waldorf Astor cannot be made a peer due to a law from William II limiting naturalized aliens from peerage. He notes a baronet or knight title is possible if Astor is willing to pay, but a peerage is blocked by statute.
Washington August 8 Fifteen naval officers have been promoted to new grades by department order T A Barryhill surge 1 J R Waggoner and T M Streets medical inspectors E P Stone A B Culver A Gove D W Coffman D P Perkins H T Mayo W I Chambera W M Lean and J J Newton lieutenants commands J H Ogden G P Howe and Ji Cowie commanders
Berlin August 8 The Cologne Gazette publishes an editorial urging German commercial circles to accept the invitation to be represented at the Philadelphia exposition. It argues that although American relations are strained, avoiding Philadelphia would worsen them and that Afghan merchants could gain from mutual advantage at the fair.
Senator Tillman kept quiet until a Sumter picnic where W C Smith spoke and criticized state government. Smith pledged free speech and hinted at campaign contrasts with Tillman, while Tillman’s silence drew attention to his upcoming re election plans. Governor Tillman defended administration amid the exchange.
Three weeks after farmer Patrick Bowers was shot near Lexington, a reward led to arrests. Ten men rode into town with officers, all in their own buggies, as Sheriff Caughman and deputies gathered custody. The case, initially blamed on Black suspects, now centers on a group of ten men linked to the crime.
Court martial reviews part of a secret dossier with General Chanoine explaining unclear points to Colonel Jouaust. Dreyfus remains weak and guarded, while a large crowd gathers outside the Lycee to glimpse him as gendarmes clear the area. Witnesses list family members and officials connected to the case.
News from Fort Scott Kansas reports J I Green a local college student and former Cuban army major killed in a duel at Sancti Spiritus Cuba after a March Havana dispute with a Cuban officer Green accepted a challenge but the Cuban initially declined then both met again and Green was fatally shot The report also notes Carnegie's 1000 pound gift to a Keighley diary and critiques of Winthrop and Clemson Colleges dispenaary reform and education access with no clear relief for poorer students Continued on Seventh Page.
Manila reports General MacArthur's force of 1H men advanced five miles and defeated a Filipino force of 1x thousand. The enemy retreated with many dead and wounded. American losses totaled twenty killed or wounded. Paris dispatch notes M Mallet Prevost continuing the Anglo Venezuelan boundary arbitration presentation arguing the Dutch never claimed territory.
At a Carnegie library board meeting the sale of the current Marietta street site was approved by a narrow majority. The move, supported by Mitchell and Slaton after earlier opposition, aims to auction or privately sell the property to fund a new building site.
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