28 Aug 1899
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1899
Page
1
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Darien Georgia reports a tense night as Captain Sinclair leads McIntosh dragoon detachments toward Lower Bluff mill. Dragoons patrol swamp areas around Hilton and Dodge Hill after gunfire at the jail. Deputy Sheriff Townsend’s murder case center of rioting. Troops return to Savannah later. Special Term of McIntosh Superior Court opens Wednesday to prosecute thirty five rioters and Delegal suspects.
Havana reports growing eucalyptus as an anti malarial agent under General Brooke orders. Observations note success in Campagna di Roma and moist marshlands turning dry in Mexico and Jamaica. Santiago de Cuba requests thousands of slips. yellow fever hospital staff plantings thrive. Authorities foresee benefits from broader trials under Brooke’s direction.
A morning blaze at the St. Anne's Sisters of Mercy orphan asylum in Sparkill Orange County destroyed a three story frame building housing about 1000 children. Dozens burned or suffocated as flames spread rapidly before help arrived. Fire sparked by kerosene lamp explosions is suspected.
Colonel Lawton lauds Lieutenant Leonard for bravery, discretion, and diplomacy in securing Delegal and aiding Townsend’s killer capture. Hopkins and other witnesses affirm Leonard’s worth and duty, while a separate report notes lightning fatalities near Sultan Moroccán during a thunderstorm at a prophet’s birthday ceremony.
Orizaba near Mexico City reports fever cases. authorities suspect yellow fever and have declared sanitary suspicion. The superior board of health investigates as Orizaba, once a healthy highland town, awaits official results with interest.
A major blaze at the Standard Oil refinery near Whiting with a bottom-leak ignition caused a massive explosion. Three tanks of partially refined oil, totaling 2.20 barrels, burned as flames spread to two more tanks. The fire injured three people and threatens eight remaining tanks with substantial losses estimated around 1000.
Philadelphia dispatch reports Sheriff Sell of Camden county New Jersey with deputies raiding fifty saloons in Gloucester and seizing four hundred slot machines. The operation, planned by Dr. Gibboney secretary of the Law and Order Society, left many hurt in clashes with officers and men.
Rio Janeiro August 21 Dr Campos Salles president of Brazil said Brazil would take part in the Pan American exposition at Buffalo General Roca president of the Argentine Republic would visit the United States for the same occasion Salles spoke in an interview this morning and said Argentina would participate in Buffalo events.
Democratic state convention in Zanesville begins Tuesday with no contest over resolutions. The party will endorse the Chicago platform and Bryan, while contests on credentials arise from Summit and other counties. McLean and Kilbourne remain top gubernatorial candidates amid a crowded slate for lieutenant governor and other offices.
Denver dispatch reports Hon. W. J. Bryan and his family will travel by the Rio Grande road to California, intending to spend a month in Yosemite Valley. Bryan arrived in Denver at 4 a.m. and reunited with his family, who had been in the mountains nearby for a week.
Near Rushville Indiana three people were seriously wounded by shotgun fire from an unknown shooter. William Searcey was at Mrs Elizabeth Wortch home when shots began hitting him and Mrs Ruby Powell who lost an eye. A window shot injured Mrs Wortch. Powell’s husband Grant Powell, divorcee, was arrested on suspicion. A Chattanooga Tennessee report states Rev Thomas Payne a Baptist minister was charged with moonshining after a federal arrest near the North Carolina line.
At Hankow, 700 miles inland on the Yangtze, a land dispute between Jardine Matheson and Russian concessions led British consul Hurst to aid workers who were ejected by Russian consulate Cossacks. The gunboat Woodlark positioned within firing distance while bluejackets guarded the tract, Esk is en route, signaling Britain’s insistence on protecting its rights.
Scranton reports coroner prohibits burial of six months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Reibert until a jury decides if parental neglect by Christian Scientists contributed to the child's prolonged illness and death from cholera infantum. Coroner Roberts will investigate the case in August.
Enrico Malatesta, an Italian anarchist who escaped a prison and fled to the United States, addressed a French anarchist meeting in Paterson New Jersey and later spoke to about 200 Italian anarchists in New York. He claimed Italian and Spanish workers are preparing for a revolution and that he will stay about three months to organize groups in major cities.
Madrid reports bubonic plague case at Oporto prison. A soldier in the Sanitary Cordon at Pontevedra province was killed today by a bullet from Portuguese territory.
Acting Secretary of the Navy Allen told the New York Dewey reception committee that the department finds it inexpedient to include the old frigate Constitution in the naval parade. The ship is deemed a valuable relic and should not risk the Boston to New York voyage.
United States cruiser Olympia rests at anchor in Nice harbor as Admiral Dewey spends August 27 aboard the flagship. More than a thousand residents welcome the warship with expressed admiration and pleasure during the public call in Nice.
Government plans to prosecute The Eclair for the canaiste de Dreyfus document to uncover its source, possibly Colonel Du Paty de Clam or General Gonz. Rumors of arresting General Mercier and a Jersey flight are unconfirmed. Gendarmes outside General St Germain’s Rennes residence indicate he remains at home amid the trial.
Rennes August 28 General Mercier attended the courtmartial of Captain Dreyfus in the front row of witness seats as the fourth week of the trial began this morning. M Jafay Laval, the draughtsman, resumed testimony with a blackboard aiding his refutation of M Bertillon's arguments.
Beleaguered Parisians receive food through an underground passage to Jules Guerin and his anti Semite group at Rue de Chabrol headquarters. A man was arrested for attacking republican guards on the cordoned street as troops tighten security. Authorities crack down on media contributors and a Petrie director for printing a perverse document linked to the Dreyfus case.
New York August 17. The Dewey reception committee received two letters from Admiral Dewey. He asks for a good large military band to lead the land parade in Naples by August 7 and states a small band would be inadequate. He notes he will reach the inner day on September 1 and anchors for the official arrival the next morning.
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