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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1902
Page
3
Miss DeCris admits stealing jewelry from Savannah stores with forged orders and forged names, implicating M. C. Crutchley alias George Stephens of Baltimore. She explains luring a rich haul via notes to jewellers and describes pawn transaction and plan to avoid capture.
A vintage advertisement touts Blesser a Catarrh Cure as the best medical science remedy to prevent consumption by curing catarrh and cold. It claims high success, quotes testimonials from residents like T. B. Teel and J. Mitchell, and offers samples and a trial treatment mailed for a fee. Blosser Company, Atlanta, Ga.
Savannah November 30 special reports Solicitor General W W Osborne said Miss DeCris, a total stranger, called on him to borrow twenty dollars after a diamond robbery incident. She asked if he could procure the money for her.
A woman named DeCris allegedly used forged notes bearing Mrs. J. P. Williams and Mrs. Henry Blunt names to obtain diamonds from Theus and Despoisions. Detectives confronted her after Mr. Osborne, reading about the case in The Constitution, traced letters of fictitious marriage and a runaway accident to her. Murphy was directed to secure the letters and arrange the arrest in Atlanta.
Lockport New York November 20 C Staithewsite jailed for forgery under the name John Daley. He broke jail on Thanksgiving by sawing a bar and sliding down blankets. He surprised guards by returning last night. Jailer Foley asked who’s there and a voice said Daly has come back to stay his allotted time. Young Braithwaite and his father discuss going to Toronto for Thanksgiving but decide to return to serve out time.
London reports a surge in world population over seventy years nearly doubling from 57 million to one billion. Europe and Asia rise sharply with Russia, Germany, and the UK showing major gains. Royal Statistical Society notes concentration of power in few centers as empires Brit ish and Chinese hold half the globe. A cold cure ad closes.
Philadelphia officials arrested John W Williams and his wife after a chemical analysis supported a physician’s theory that poison killed Annie Williams nine and Josephine Williams aged about six. The parents deny involvement as police take custody of three other children.
A conference of the mine strike commissioners will be held Tuesday night here to plan a statement on the purposes and results of the ten day recess and the commission position. Sixpert accountants from both sides are reviewing company books to settle mathematical contentions, especially wage figures, ahead of Wednesday hearings.
The Prograrc views of leaders on the work ahead suggest substantial talk but little action. In Washington the mission of territories and the appropriations bills imply limited legislation forthcoming. the outlook remains cautious despite early optimism.
Washington November 20 The House reconvenes for the short session with a flood of trust bills expected. Leaders anticipate action mainly on enforcement of the Sherman act or related appropriations. Speaker Cannon and committee chairs plan swift action on pending measures and the code strike commission funding.
Congress opened with debate on tariff changes and possible creation of a tariff commission. A strong push for anti trust legislation, including Knox style amendments to the Sherman act, was noted. Judiciary committee aims to reconcile differences as Democrats pledge no obstruction. Holmes nomination expected early, with other constitutional cases await a full bench. Georgians Judge Gober of Marietta and ex Senator Wilcox of Irwin headed to New York for opening congress activities.
In Paris two sisters long separated after their parents split up were fortuitously reunited after a knife attack on a rival lover. The man Georges Riguet and both women were arrested as detectives unraveled their shared past and the sisters embraced in a moving reconciliation.
Captain Pershing and sixty men completed a march across Mindanao from Camp Vickars to Tugán visiting Maddya and Mara hui to address 500 Moros about American friendliness. He will arbitrate tribal disputes between Nato and Hoceyutan upon return. No hostility reported. Meanwhile Zambales constabulary notes a brutal Ladron attack amputating a friendly’s tongue and blinding eyes during pursuit.
Berlin reports British government seeks to attach $650,000 in Boer gold bars said to have arrived in the country from South Africa. Gold intended for Kruger and Leyds, allegedly hidden in northern Transvaal. Botha demands surrender. Leyds refuses, citing future Boer use. Britain may pursue legal action to seize assets of the Transvaal.
The obituary notes pneumonia developing Saturday night and the death of a 76 year old woman yesterday morning. Survived by two daughters Mrs J W Westmoreland of Atlanta and Mrs L M French of Chicago plus a son in Birmingham. Funeral plans not yet made. Also mentions J Knapp died at home on Cherokee avenue at 2 this morning, survived by wife and three children all in Memphis. Funeral arrangements to be announced later. Presentations of Little Lord Fauntleroy at the Grand received hearty praise with proceeds for Carnegie library children’s department.
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