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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1902
Page
1
Washington scene shows leaders preoccupied with talk. Senators Alison Jones Frye weigh tariff strategy and trust legislation as Congress opens. Public pressure and Sherman Act loom, but time and partisan stances limit action.
Dr H Y Link and his wife are due arraignment in recorder's court this afternoon on cruelty charges involving their 22 year old child. Neighbors report the couple forced the child to stay outside at night in damp cold as police note the act and witnesses describe the child left on a porch in distress. The case at 93 Foundry street drew mixed remarks from residents with Dr Link contesting police authority and promising to raise his children his way.
Washington November 30 Special Senator Hanna says there will be no tariff or trust legislation this session as he leaves the White House after a conference with the president. He urges ships built in American yards with American crews and materials. Hanna denies resigning from the Senate or from the Republican national committee chairmanship and says he will serve his term and await convention direction.
A Baltimore and Ohio express train eastbound collided head on with an open switch at Carson Pennsylvania. Engineer Howard Bradley was killed. Injured include Walter Maller Townsend Frank Miller. Both engines and the express car wrecked. Passengers shaken but unharmed. Also reports Gallimberti to establish wireless telegraphy Genoa Buenos Aires.
Mrs Hattie Whitten arrested on a charge of poisoning her 9 year old daughter and the elder child, both deaths linked to arsenic and strychnine. In custody, she hanged herself with towels. Autopsies confirm poisoning as a cause in the younger girl. insurer sums noted. Coroner’s jury previously attributed the deaths to poisoning by the mother.
New York reports 12 deaths and 35 serious injuries in the 1902 football season, up from 8 deaths and 75 serious injuries in 1901. Colorado armor on display at Denver Athletic Club includes a heavy heart shaped breastplate, a Fowler hand protector, and iron inserts in shoulder pads, blamed for injuries and prompting safety concerns.
Chicago reports a diphtheria tragedy linked to the Home for the Friendless Dogs and Cats as a father sought aid for his infant daughter. Details reveal arsenic and strychnine purchases in a coroner’s case while authorities urge emulation of the home founders and better hospital care for contagious diseases. Mrs. Whitten, 45, from Dover, Maine, faces questions over medical attention to her child.
In Savannah on November 30 a possible duel between Captain F C Wilson and John Bullivan Schley looms after Thanksgiving friction in Charleston. Both have chosen seconds and witnesses were asked to stay silent as a Savannah board of honor mediates to avert deadly weapons.
New York reports Lemuel F. Burnett, an author, disappeared after leaving coat and hat on Highbridge edge as evidence of intent. Police deem he jumped Wednesday night. Miss Mary Burnett seeks him, citing a life of literary struggle and a failing book. List of dead and injured follows from various incidents.
Special dispatch from Savannah announces the death of Hon Joann E Ward aged eighty eight in Dorchester Liberty county Ga He fathered John Montford Ward NY corporation counsel died after returning from New York where he practiced law since 1866 He once chaired the Democratic national convention in Cincinnati 1856 which nominated Buchanan and was a vp candidate option and later served as minister to China before resigning in 1864 The funeral is set at the old Midway church Liberty county.
The Southern Pacific plans to invest over 100000 in the next five months to colonize southwestern Louisiana and southern Texas. A Harriman representatives meeting, ongoing through tonight, includes J C Stubbs Ben Campbell and S F B Morse. Colonel Morse says ten year growth in the region will surpass any equal area, noting land selling at 100000 acres per month.
Investigators probe cause of Swift & Co boiler blast in Chicago on November 29 13 workers dead. Officials hint Water Tender Owens blamed for negligence. Mechanical specialists from city and private interests work to uncover details amid shock and delay. Andrew Carnegie improving Louisa report notes recovery progress.
Savannah police and Atlanta detectives arrested Mamie DeCris, famed as the “Diamond Queen” of Savannah, after she admitted stealing diamonds worth 1300 from Jeweler Theus and other stones from Jeweler Desbouillons. She was transported to Savannah, protesting the arrest as investigators present warrants and proof.
Weather notes predict Georgia will be fair and colder on Monday with a warmer Tuesday and breezy west to northwest winds. The article also mentions a string of local and national items including arrests in Savannah, duels, and political and social updates.
Announcement tonight that documents filed in Trenton establish the East Cape May Company aimed at developing Cape May as a premier year round resort. Pittsburgh capitalists have acquired over 4000 acres, bought the electric light plant for 160000, and plan a new city with deep waterways, hotels, and cottages aided by government and railroads with an estimated ultimate cost of 31000000.
Dr. George F. Parkin, Rhodes scholarships commissioner, says about two hundred scholarships will be distributed across the states and colonies. He notes Oxford has twenty one colleges, each seeking control, with 2500 a year for three years per award. First beneficiaries in fall 1904, with final awards early in that year.
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