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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1901
Page
8
The readable fragments suggest a troubled health or care note with phrases about being healthy or sick and possible mentions of a patient, symptoms, and care references, but the text is severely garbled with no coherent events, dates, names, or institutions to identify.
A partial OCR shows a legal notice fragment involving a minor’s name, guardianship or succession action, and references to a representative or executor. The text is garbled, with missing dates, places, and clear parties, preventing full reconstruction of the case.
The Southern Association of Elocutionists meets in Atlanta this afternoon with Mims delivering a welcome address at 2:30 PM. The event, running through Saturday, features speakers from Mississippi Alabama Georgia and Tennessee. Notables include Miss Ada Evelyn Lewis Miss Daisy Badger Lucius Perry Hills and William Chilton among others.
Washington reports Spalding denounces New Yorker tampering with truth and defends his stance as National League president secretary treasurer. He accuses Freedman and associates of misquoting his letter and asserts he will await court decisions before trial. Also notes Zeigler defeats Hart by knockout in a Florida bout.
The Times reports an editorial claiming Russia blocked European intervention in the Hispano-American War, insisting Britain did not prevent intervention and inviting documentary proof to counter a damaging legend. The piece argues against the spread of that narrative.
Adiron Ohio December 25. A bank employee named Wheeler was found dead in front of the Citizens' National Bank vault this afternoon. The death appears caused by an electric shock from contact with a hand socket of an incandescent lamp opening the vault door.
In Tallahassee on December 25, brothers John and James Moody clashed over custody of Annie Moody, leading to a brutal street fight near city hall. James, chronically ill, was savagely bitten by John before bystanders and a physician intervened. observers fear further trouble between the Moodys.
The first of the lands to be condemned for the Pearl Harbor naval station was awarded to the government by a U S district court jury at a price below owners demands. Widespread reaction notes President Roosevelts policy as adverse to plantation interests in Hawaii. Attorney General Dole plans a Washington trip to appeal an Hawaiian legal question on grand jury indictments. Marine officials fear for several Pacific coast vessels, including the D Carlton forty four days out of Tacoma.
Cheyenne December 26 Eighty soldiers of Company F Eighteenth Infantry were poisoned at breakfast with about half placed in danger of death. The post surgeon treated them with an antidote after examination pointed to beef as the poisoning agent. Forty first diners were severely ill, later recovering. one man remained in critical condition.
A house fire on Wyandot Avenue, Philadelphia, killed four year old Mary Connelly and severely injured her parents. Two other children were lightly burned. Firefighters found no immediate sign of the blaze source and the parents’ recovery was uncertain.
London December 2 Daily News reports a government plan for an Irish land bill allowing tenant purchase at seventeen and landlord sale at twenty years' purchase with the state covering the three years' gap.
The Standard reports an unprecedented naval review at Spithead for the coronation with a large scale ceremony. Foreign warships are expected to be invited to participate in the event.
The Southern Educational Association holds its eleventh annual convention in Columbia beginning today with State School Commissioner G R Glenn as president. An elaborate three day program has been prepared with many noted speakers and a large Southern education leadership presence expected.
Prominent college presidents and state education officials will address the regional convention, featuring Walter B. Hill of Georgia, Lyman Hall of Georgia Tech, Charles W. Dabney of Tennessee, and others. The program runs December 2 to 28 with speeches on rural schools, supervision, art in public schools, and summer meetings at Lookout Mountain.
Sergeant John Abbott and Bicycle Officers Moss and Blackstone were on Rhodes street when a negro named John Daniel fired a pistol. The bullet struck a post near Abbott. Daniel was captured after a pursuit and will be tried by the recorder after.
James O Neill returns to the Grand with a lavish Monte Cristo staging invested with about seventy thousand dollars in scenery and costumes. The audience packed the matinee and night shows, with strong company performances by DeBelleville and Keating, and Robson’s Henrietta to follow. Rose Coghlan, San Toy, and The Bondman are also slated with full houses and elaborate productions at the Columbia and Daly venues. The Prairie sails to Port of Spain, Venezuela, after leaving Tompkinsville.
Vincennes Indiana December 23 Colonel George M Taylor traveling passenger agent for the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroad is dead at his home from blood gossening following a minor surgical operation He was a Louisville man and will be buried in Baltimore Maryland among his boyhood friends and early associations
T B Cabaniss of Forsyth named permanent receiver for the Barnesville Savings Bank as Judge Reagan departs Barnesville. Local counsel Col A A Murphey and Col J Redding to protect depositors while a seven member reorganization committee led by F M Farley J J Rogers F L Kennedy Dr J L Fogg Dr J P Thurman W W Lambdin and F M Stafford works to propose a plan that could enable full payment of the bank's debts and possibly resume factory operations. The largest debtor is Barnesville Manufacturing Co, also under receivership by Co B Willingham of Macon. If the reorganization succeeds, creditors and depositors may be paid in full.
In Grand Saline Texas on December 25 a freight wreck derailed fifteen cars near Silver Lake. The Texas and Pacific Cannon Ball engine detached and sent to assist was derailed on returning from the wreck, four men were injured, none fatally.
In San Francisco on December 25 the Market Street railway system changes hands as the Baltimore syndicate, holding an option, pays the first installment on the purchase price. The system serves the city’s main avenues and streets.
Lima December 25 reports congress closed without approving arbitration treaty on the Peru Bolivia boundary dispute. Secret sessions sanctioned a contract with a Bolivian company formed in London to lease territory in Acre.
Emperor Wilhelm II walked near Potsdam and handed money to several workmen. He continued his charitable giving, noting that this year he has doubled his usual subscriptions to charitable funds.
The Greek Catholic monks plan a bazaar opposite the Church of the Holy Sepulchre as excavations reveal a medieval church 40 by 30 meters with three apses and capitals. Finds include a silver shrine and relief sculptures. the cradle of the Knights of St John is identified among ruins. Sectarian tensions may threaten preservation of these historically significant remains.
A London New Penny Magazine piece surveys stage animals and their builders. It notes how moving eyes tails and trunk tricks reveal backstage mechanisms with wires pulleys and hidden motors, and explains fake creatures like sea monsters and rats used in performances. It also reports the King urging a name change for a hospital fund to King Edward's hospital fund for London.
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