Georgia News Summary and Local Notices 1903
Georgia and Southern markets and legal notices detailed from Atlanta. Reports include armory rent payments due, a temporary injunction against A. B. Baxter & Co., a governor accompanying Shriners on a pilgrimage, and railway freight depot petition inspections. Also noted are pneumonia death of Dr. Virgi Harden, a fatal lumber accident involving Jessa Todd, and embezzlement charges against J. Perry Greene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Franch
Sixteenth
United States Infantry
Corbin
Division of the Atlantic
Georgia State
A. B. Baxter & Co
B. H. Hill
Cocaiver
Atlanta
Milledgeville
Terrell
Adjutant General of
Loulavilla
Mashville
Jessa Todd
J. P. Todd
Bereau Avenue
Cotton Quotation Collapse Sends New Orleans Prices Plunging
New Orleans February 2 heavy selling lit the cotton exchange with a dramatic price collapse. May and other months fell roughly a cent per pound, trading volumes hit about 2,000,000 bales, and a brief rally followed after bull support reappeared. Dan Sully reportedly planned a two week vacation as the market tumbled then steadied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cotton Exchange
Daniel 3. Sudy
Ita
Strom
Sullp
Shorts
Dan J. Fully
Liverpool
Bear Houses
Sully
New Orleans
Audi
Gree
Colombian Troops Said to Fight Indians on San Blas Coast
Reports from Panama claim Colombian troops clash with Indians along the San Blas coast near the Isthmus of Panama. Confirmation is lacking, but rumors of a planned invasion persist. A Bancroft voyage was canceled amid the signal of coastal fighting. Captain Torres reports crossing to the Atlantic side, raising confusion over who engages whom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanama
San Blas
Panaman
Colombia
U. S
Bancroft
Colon
Bocas del Toro
Torres
Chepo
San Blan
Blacks Barred by Hanna Club in Cloverly Ohio
In Cleveland February 2 special report says the Tippecanoe Club, Ohio’s largest Republican group, barred Black politicians. Senator M A Hanna controls the club, provoking anger among prominent Black Republicans. George Meyers and other Black Republicans were repeatedly denied club membership and invitations to a McKinley day banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Tippecanon Club
M. A. Hanna
Tippecanoe’ Club
Eubanks
Cuyahhoga County
George Meyers
Meyers
Republican National Committee
McKinley
Peace at Cripple Creek Ends Martial Law in Teller County
Governor Peabody revoked the December 5 proclamation of martial law in Teller county as civil authorities resume control. Prisoners in the bull pen were turned over to civilian officials. Congressman John W. Glover faced district court on December 29 charges, pleaded not guilty, and was released on bond. Sherman Parker of the Western Federation of Miners, repeatedly rearrested, also was released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peabody
Cripple ‘Creek
Col
Teller County
Verdeck Berg
Bull Pen
John W. Glover
Missouri
Dittemore
Smith
Sherman Parker
Westterm Federation of Miners
Felder of Atlanta Visits Macon on Legal Busines
Hon Thomas B Felder a leading Atlanta attorney arrives in Macon to conduct legal business as reported in Match Georgia on February 4. Felder travels from Atlanta and the event highlights his prominent status within the state legal community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Fonds
Wilitera Jackson
Macon Veoterdey
Thomas
Tom B. Felder
Con
Match
Thomas B. Felder
Atlanta
Macon
Legal Buseae
Whitney Succumbs After Surgeon’s Knife
Former Secretary of Navy Whitney dies after appendicitis operation. Death occurs as surgeons prepare for a second procedure. The event highlights the era’s medical risks and Whitney’s prominent government service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitney
Whitney death after failed appendicitis operation at Fifth Avenue home
New York society figure Whitney secretary of the navy Charles Whitney dies at 4 PM at 871 Fifth Avenue after a second operation for appendicitis. Attending were his son Harry, daughter Dorothy, and Dr. Bull. Funeral at Grace Church planned with Woodlawn interment. visitors include Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt and Sec. Root.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New, York
Rgb
Fupzy Paw PW
Ae” Caltins “Whitney
the Havy
Fifth Avenue
Harry Payne Whitney
Dorothy Whitney
William T. Bull
Whitney
Metropolitan Opera House
Walter B. James
Bull
Woodlawn
Flora
Payne Whitney
Olive. Whitney
Mr. Whitney
Flora Payne
Paget
Grace Church
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Filhy Root
Thomasville
New York
Almerick Paget
London
The
Democratic Club
Seton Page
Maybrick Admission Bar Could Bar Aliens Convicted of Crime
New York February 2 Special Commissioner Williams has not received guidance from Washington on Mrs Maybrick nationality. She boarded the Oceanic from Liverpool last Wednesday and may face denial of admission if she cannot prove American citizenship. The case rests with Commissioner General Sargent in Washington and possibly the attorney general. Her whereabouts remain undisclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Wiiltims
Washington
Miaybrick
Oceanic
Liverpool
Maybrick
United States
Sargent
Solution
England
THREE MEN KILLED IN WRECK NEAR EL PASO
In a freight collision near Findisy east of El Paso three men died. The dead include Engineer Gillespie and Fireman Daniels of the Southern Pacific, plus a Texas and Pacific brakeman unnamed. A Southern Pacific freight derailed on a curve and was struck by a Texas and Pacific freight on the same track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern
Texas Pacific
Houston
Tex
Findisy
el Paso
Gillespie
Daniels
Southern Pacific
Texas and Pacific
Bond suit said to Carolinans
North Carolina faces a U S Supreme Court ruling that NC must pay South Dakota principal and interest on 1857 western rail bonds. Proposals, negotiations, and political figures figure in the dispute as Raleigh reacts with strong feelings and officials weigh next steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North State
South Dakota
Raleigh
N. C
United States Supreme Court
North Carolina
Shaefer Bros
New York
Shaefer
Tr Tg
Russell
United States
Marion Butler
Husnetl
Butler
Aycock
Etockhebdters
North Carolina Railway
Bryan's Visit Delayed Amid Bereavement in Birmingham
In Birmingham on February 2, Hon. William Jennings Bryan's planned visit was postponed due to the death of his sister John W. Tomlinson. He is now expected to arrive around February 14 and will give a lecture for the benefit of the free kindergarten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Corset Stays Said to Cause Death at Springfield Dance
Miss Katy Moriarky died here from heart failure after fainting at a dance. Doctors attribute the death to corset stays causing pleasure and a fainting spell, with her being removed from the ballroom and dying within minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfeld
Mass
Katy Moriarky
Batlroom
South Dakota v North Carolina Supreme Court Decision
The Supreme Court ruling allows states to sue other states in U S Supreme Court to recover debts from repudiated bonds. South Dakota owns the bonds via a gift and may seek judgments against North Carolina, potentially exposing other southern states to liability in the millions. The decision hinges on original jurisdiction between states and the ownership of the bonds as property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
South Dakota
North Carolina
Fria
Clarke
Arkansas
Senate
Panama
William C. Whitney
Navy
Colombia
Ele Phillipson
Baward Everett
Traders National Bank of
Clarksburg
W. Va
Jos. Ohl
Washington
Supreme Court
North Caprolina
Georgia
Hrewer
Justice Brewer
New Hampshire
Dakota
Solomon Sleicher
New York
United States
North Carolin
Salt
Supreme Court of the United States
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King” Cotton
North West
Pawtucket
Board of Managers Tabernacle Infirmary
Prowislong
Mtocka
T Sports
Sante Teresa
Bale
Sally
Beleves
Hanna Club
Tippecanse Organization
Obje
Cripple Creek
NAS
Justin
J. D. Mayfield
Gilmer
Ala
J. ¥. Joiner
Council of State
Thia
John Fowler
Massachusetts
Che Foo
China
Mississippi
William B. Martin
Indianola
Texas
Charles B. Bone
Beaumont
B. M. Sheldon
Pockport
Bryan
Alabama
Supreme Cour
North Catalina
South
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