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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1902
Page
1
A garbled snippet references Roosevelt, weather, and wartime notes. It hints at forecasted warmer and colder periods, northern areas and possible mentions of international events involving Britain and Germany, with president-related context. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
President Roosevelt and Secretary Hay considered Britain and Germany proposals to arbitrate the Venezuelan dispute. Roosevelt has not yet decided and is pushing for a swift result. Germany favors arbitration and Italy signals openness, while details remain unclear as Washington awaits the president's final direction.
December 24 near Trinidad Colorado six men died in a freight wreck on the Colorado and Southern railroad. The dead include J Fox and M Dermott, plus engineer J W Goldtraps, King, and two unidentified crewmen. An extra train ran without orders and collided with a regular freight train carrying fourteen cars.
Dispatches report a 40 mile wind and rapidly falling temps across Minnesota and the Dakotas. Red River valley temps reach 12 below zero, likely below 20 by morning. Train service crippled in South Dakota. in Huron the 8 am express from the east is delayed. Milwaukee and La Crosse face widespread ice and snow with heavy traffic delays.
Witnesses testified in San Juan before United States Commissioner Anderson in the smuggling case against Lieutenant Commander George W. Mentz and James Grennan. Evidence included a whisky case from St Thomas and twenty cases of liquor carried on the Unecas, with names of involved officials and contractors.
Special report from Columbia, December 24 describes Charles Tillman, a Negro employee, fatally scalded after falling into a large slop vat at Richland Distillery Co. He was rescued within two minutes but died from severe burns. Temperature of the liquid neared 200 degrees. He was taken to the hospital. Roosevelt slated to visit Denver mid March per Republican committee chairman N. B Fairlie.
Six people were injured when the Kentucky and Indiana Bridge and Railway Company electric train trailer collided with a Big Four freight on the Water street trestle in Louisville. The trailer was thrown 18 feet to the ground. occupants escaped death. Injured include James Williams and others from New Albany plus Big Four switchman Black Spicer. None are reported to die. The crash arose from signal miscommunication as the train prepared to reverse for return trip after discharging Louisville passengers. Christmas shoppers witnessed the event.
In Greenville South Carolina on December 4, Ben and Freeman Epps sons of Landrum Epps were seriously shot four miles north of Marietta while serenading Mr and Mrs Arthur Bishop who were married the previous afternoon. A party of uninvited youths visited Henry Pace residence and fired two loads of shot at the Epps brothers injuring them. The wounds are painful but recovery expected.
Principal witness against Bucklin and Canfield's alleged gamblers, Detective Joseph Jacobs, turned himself in at Yorkville court. He is held on $1,600 bail for examination Friday after warrants charged him with perjury in recent gambling arrests.
Former Creek Nation chief Isparahacher died suddenly at Okmulgee Indian Territory at age ninety. He had long been a leading figure in Creek affairs and participated in major treaties with the United States. Recently he was chosen to represent the tribe in Washington on important Creek matters.
An announcement from Chattanooga Tennessee states that wages for all engineers, firemen, conductors, trainmen and station employees of the Alabama Great Southern have been increased from 5 to 10 percent, effective December 1. The raise affects about 1,500 workers.
A Tidewater Alabama report says Lewis Beavers was killed by Bud Logan after a quarrel as the two men, both drinking, rode in a wagon. Logan obtained a gun and shot Beavers, who died instantly. The incident occurred yesterday afternoon.
A cellar explosion at the Pool Room and turf exchange in Hot Springs Arkansas wrecked the building. More than 100 people were present and thirty injured with several in critical condition. Names include R C Chambers and Willie Metzger among the seriously hurt. Police and fire crews assisted in rescues as investigators considered gas ignition or a gasoline tank incident as possible causes.
A man and two girls were killed and a woman was fatally injured when a New York, New Haven and Hartford passenger train collided with the vehicle carrying them in Fall River on December 24. The incident occurred tonight as the train struck the vehicle, authorities reported.
St Louis wire reports Major B S Foster a Civil War veteran and prominent city figure has died in Oakland California from an old wound. He was 66. Foster held many public offices of trust and served nine years as editor of The St Louis Journal The Times and other papers.
A Pennsylvania Limited passenger train crashed into a Leetsdale accommodation car near Quaker Valley at 55 miles per hour, chaining two cars together. Many were injured and some fatally. named victims include Charles Hopkins and John Strizeyer, with others seriously hurt. The locomotive front was damaged but the train’s engine crew survived unscathed.
The president and his family will spend Christmas at the White House without a tree and exchange presents in the library. They will dine in the state dining room with guests including Senator Lodge Captain and Mrs Cowles Mr John Elliot Miss Davis and Mrs Davis. The president will also present turkeys to White House employees.
Honolulu December 18 via San Francisco December 24 S Dickinson special agent of Commercial Pacific Cable Company returns from Manila with cable landing sites chosen at Midway Island Guam and Manila He surveyed Nero deep the deepest ocean trench 4500 fathoms deep and avoided laying cable over it Commissioners for a military post on Oahu report selecting the Kahuiki tract 17 acres with about 1200 acres of government land under lease purchase plans to Washington.
Rev Dr I P Mendes rabbi of Mickva Israel in Savannah may lose his sight after retina displacement damaged one eye and physicians fear the other eye could fail. The news saddens his many friends nationwide as a leading Hebrew minister faces possible blindness.
Birmingham reports the sudden death of Jacob Forney 35 a pedagogy professor at the University of Alabama in Springville where he and his wife and two children were visiting. A 22 caliber rifle discharged accidentally while he was amusing his children, the ball entering his nose eye and brain. He died almost instantly and will be buried in Jacksonville. Also noting hopes for Mr Vanderbilt’s recovery as Dr Flint said Vanderbilt has turned the corner and will get well.
December 24 report from Atoxoid City says General Bernardo Reyes, minister of war since 1900, resigns amid cabinet changes and La Protesta criticisms. Reyes, credited with building a reservist army, may become governor of Nuevo Leon. Francisco Mena expected to succeed as war minister.
A street duel in Richolls leaves one person wounded. Details on weapon and exact injuries are unclear from the brief report. Police investigations are expected to determine the sequence of events and identify those involved.
In Nicholls Georgia this morning two young white men Sama P Padgett and J C Buchanan married sisters fought an impromptu street duel. Padgett was shot through the chest near the heart and cannot recover Buchanan is seriously wounded. Reports of a race riot at Nicholls could not be confirmed.
Winnipeg Manitoba December 24 All women teachers in Portage La Prairie schools except one have gone on strike over wages. The board set a length of service based pay scale last summer, effective September 1 outsiders were hired for higher salaries instead of promoting current staff. Teachers sent letters seeking raises but were ignored. They are determined to stand by their action and are supported by most leading townsmen. Trustees are advertising for thirteen new teachers.
Count Stephen Bethien a Hungarian deputy and member of a noble family killed himself at Abaggia near the Gulf of Fiume. At dawn he rowed a boat out to sea tied to the mast to prevent his body from falling overboard after suffering nervous prostration.
Sam Scott was shot and killed by Lee Furrow at East Radford Virginia last night. The two men argued over a trivial matter and Furrow fled the scene after the shooting.
Chief of Police Ball praises a thoroughly orderly Christmas Eve in Atlanta. Postmaster Blodgett notes Christmas business in 1802 breaks all records. A charity give away supplies 1000 poor children with goods from the city tree. A pistol fight at Nicholls leaves Padgett dying and Buchanan wounded. A black man shoots two whites in Savannah. one escapes. Rome man arrested for street liquor selling. A Brunswick white man breaks a shop window and robs a quarter of a dollar. Green ville hosts an uninvited serenade. the bride’s father shoots two serenaders.
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