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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1902
Page
8
An OCR fragment references sales and contracts with unclear names and numbers. The legible bits suggest a local notice about transactions or auctions, but essential details are missing to identify participants or dates.
Fragmentary OCR text references Monterey and Saltillo with scattered words about work and remarks. No clear event, person, organization, date, or outcome is discernible from the readable fragments.
Reports from the city council say Alderman LaHatte is favored for the mayor pro tem post with broad support and no evident opposition. The council plans to organize January first, and LaHatte's renomination and unanimous election appear likely given his popularity and prior service.
General Frederick D Grant commander of the Department of Texas arrives in Laredo from San Antonio for a border post inspection. He is met by Mexican army officers at the barracks in New Laredo headed by Consul Zamorano and the Ninth Regiment of Monterey. The welcome is extended by Mexican officials and troops. The scene marks a cordial frontier exchange amid ongoing border activity.
Engineering expert Rudolph Hering met with Atlanta officials including Mayor Mims to discuss extending trunk sewers to city limits and establishing purification plants below sewer paths. He recommends a cheapest system using tanks, chemicals for precipitation, and filtration with sand and small stones, possibly seven plants to cover topography. Hering will prepare a report after visiting Tremphill station, aided by City Engineer Clayton.
Funeral services for Dr I T Tichenor of Washville were held at Second Baptist church with Dr Lansing Burrows of Nashville delivering the sermon. The ceremony featured tributes from Baptist leaders, resolutions read by Dr W W Landrum, and interment at Westview cemetery alongside floral tributes from friends and officials.
A half hour blackout hit Georgia Railway and Electric Company street cars in the southern city area during the peak commute, triggering complaints about management. Patrons crowded corners in cold rain while delays stretched to over an hour as officials blamed an engine break at the big plant and schedules were disrupted across lines.
Councilman Ernest Kontz explains a 1902 financial stance advocating departments not exceed annual appropriations. He notes he advised private discussions urging boards to file only necessary December 1902 bills for hospital sanitation and hauling, to be settled by the 1903 council. Kontz asserts the next council will support expenditures and that revenue from Georgia Railway and Electric would cover deficits with no public harm.
Washington December 4 the senate committee on foreign relations authorized favorable reports on all nominations to diplomatic positions. Names include Robert McCormick ambassador to Russia Charlene Tower ambassador to Germany Bellamy Storer minister to Austria David E B Thompson minister to Brazil William B Sorsby minister to Bolivia J B Jackson minister to Greece Arthur S Hardy minister to Spain Leslie Combes minister to Guatemala Pesival Didge secretary to the embassy at Berlin R S R Hitt second secretary at Berlin Peter A Jay third secretary at Paris.
Railroading dispatch notes a series of personnel moves with Mr. Robinson becoming traveling freight agent for the Burlington in Atlanta replacing Ward. Other executives, transfers, and installations are listed, including Heyward moving to West Point duties, Lane visiting Atlanta, and multiple agent shifts at Chicago, St. Louis, and Cincinnati offices. Arkansas and Tennessee rail lines announce new lines and corporate changes, with stock subscriptions tied to Louisville and Nashville ownership.
The Georgia Railway and Electric Company faced five city court suits demanding about 35 000 in damages. Contempt proceedings against H V Haslett occupied Judge Lumpkin who used telephone testimony delaying a ruling until Monday. Bond of 2300 was ordered to secure Haslett’s appearance. Other actions include Mrs Della McMichael seeking 10 000 for injuries on a Walker Street car, Arnold and Arnold representing plaintiffs in two suits, Lizzie Matchell claiming 10 700 for injuries on Whitehall Street, Mrs Luginder Trouton seeking 7 500, and Byron Trouton claiming 2500. Ejectment against Brady Union Stock Yards and two new charter applications for Chandler Land Corporation and Southern Roofing Company were filed. Julia Hood was declared insane.
In Philadelphia on December 4 at a board meeting, E. B. Thomas was elected president of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company to succeed Alfred Walter who had resigned recently.
Jno M Miller Co promotes reading for boys with literature that entertains and keeps them home at night. Located at 34 Marietta St, the ad pitches adventure, travels, and fiction as suitable material for Emas presents.
Washington gossip notes Senator Tillman limping through cloakrooms with sore muscles from a well episode at his plantation. He recounted lowering himself into a 50 foot well to fix a stoppage after a doctor failed to diagnose the issue. Also reported: a post office clerk vows to quit her husband over salary, Carlisle not yet in Virginia elections case, and former Speaker Reed on the president's trust repression plan.
Williamson Ga December 4 Special Luther Pitts a young white boy accidentally shot a little negro this afternoon while hunting Amputation of the hand will be necessary A peculiar fate seems to hang around this family in regard to firearms The boy s mother committed death by own action by shooting herself His oldest brother shot his father mistaking him for a burglar His next older brother killed his younger brother accidentally with a pistol.
Berlin December 4 Secretary Shaw's report draws broad notice with long abstracts in major papers. The Zeitung, Berlin's leading financial authority, attributes the U S periodical money crisis to a lack of central note issuing bank. Shaw's measures to ease money tightness are viewed with tepid impact. Also included are local property transfers recorded by Deputy Clerk Alex Dittler totaling $14,265. deeds list matilda E Powell to Julia O Bentley for a Bellwood avenue lot valued at $465 and other transfers including Cynthia E Lyon, Cora B E Stider, Dora Hurst at Magnolia and Halsey for $2,500 and H B R Calloway to Lula B Calloway at 691 Piedmont avenue for $8,201 and affection.
In Savannah the mother of Mamie Dettrist swore out a writ of lunacy against her daughter at Thunderbolt. The writ was served on a jailer and the case moved from criminal court to the court of ordinary. The hearing is expected next Monday with several witnesses anticipated.
The New York Chamber of Commerce finance and currency committee released a report proposing a feasible measure to curb tight money. It calls for banks to retire circulation gradually and for the government to allow deposits and revenues to be directed into national channels under law, aiming to stabilize the monetary system and support banks and trade.
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