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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1900
Page
6
A garbled report hints at ongoing Senate debate and procedural moves. It mentions votes, hearings, and potential delays connected to a military appropriations bill and related actions in the House, with references to unnamed senators and procedural shifts affecting the timetable.
Teachers at Boys High protest the erection of a carshed on Gilmer Street opposite the school arguing noise will disrupt study. A special Board of Education session at 10 am in City Hall will consider a protest to the Atlanta Railway and Power Company and possibly a council appeal.
Post B of the Travelers' Protective Association held a Kimball meeting to elect delegates for the state convention in Macon in April. General Clement Evans chaplain and Attorney James Mayson spoke on trusts and commerce. A nominating committee was chosen for the state convention with delegates to be elected March 17.
King Stanley will perform a famed blindfold drive in Atlanta this afternoon. A committee of prominent locals will deposit a letter in a locked box at 2:30, while Stanley remains blindfolded near The Constitution office. He will locate the hidden key, fetch the letter from the post office, and deliver it to the addressed recipient amid a breakneck ride through city streets.
Jeff N Tolerson a Foote trunk factory worker, in a despondent fit on Saturday night took a large quantity of morphine for self harm. He was found asleep in a deep stupor by his wife and neighbors and rushed to Grady hospital where doctors saved his life. He resides at Bedwood avenue and Poplar streets.
The Decatur courthouse, built at a cost of 50000, will be dedicated at 9 am with ceremonies. Afterward Judge John B. Candler will organize the DeKalb county superior court for the term, with likely remarks from county officials and the building formally received by Judge Candler.
Tolerson was given heroic treatment and declared out of danger two hours later. His wife reports he was low in spirits and had no identifiable trigger beyond a troubled mood. He is described as a steady worker with a happy home and many children, having apparently swallowed a large quantity of morphine.
Garment Workers Union plans an invitation affair at Federation Hall tonight with readings, speeches by Mayor Woodward and labor leaders, and a varied programme of recitations solos and duets. Governor Cartier expected to speak upon return from the north. Mrs Dorman presides and Jerome Jones hosts.
The DeKalb county dedication marks the opening of a new stone courthouse costing about 50,000 dollars. Rev. Mr. Johnson delivers the opening prayer. The old courthouse, once hosting the Edward Flannagan murder trial, was razed after its historic use with dynamite.
In Hogansville Georgia Flora Jones is appointed to replace Isaiah H Loftin the black former postmaster after a prolonged local boycott. The dispute drew protest from residents and the Georgia delegation with Loftin recently shot in an ambush and now employed in a Washington department.
Atlanta contractor George Hinman arrived to start extensive additions to the Dallas cotton mill. A new building of about equal size to the present mill is to be completed by October 1, with 25 000 spindles and 120 looms and a 1500 horsepower engine in the old engine house. The project costs about 700 000 dollars and includes a public library for mill workers and a park. About 200 new tenant houses are likely to be awarded soon. Memphis policeman killed in shooting on Main Street.
Laredo Texas February 2. Excursionists headed to Monterey for Washington's birthday events found lodging scarce as crowds swelled. Governor Least of Nuevo Leon ordered the Mexican National Railroad to divert hundreds for temporary quarters in state buildings to accommodate travelers and ensure everyone finds lodging.
Solicitor Eugene R Black of Atlanta City Criminal Court begins active duties after taking oath last Saturday A longtime courthouse custodian John A Corrigan also assumes responsibilities today In other news Milley Terrells sues Atlanta Paper Company for damages over a death caused by a falling elevator at their building on the 5th Architect Archibald Butt directs government property to the Lenox for transport to the Philippines Captain James Neymoyle leads Morro Castle construction in Santiago de Cuba The city ordinance committee met with no major items Bethany Mission at 562 Decatur Street opens tonight offering refreshments and an evening program
Havana reports on independence day celebrations noting harmony among Cuban Spanish and American flags and respectful reception of Monsignor Sbarretti. Despite rumors of trouble, General Gomez maintained influence, and General Wood urged restraint.
In Santiago Cuba February 3 the Wood holiday honoring the revolution drew large crowds. Speakers urged US support for a Cuban republic and discussed funding soldiers. Marine hospital service planned April 1 yellow fever quarantine, but merchants protested, saying the risk is minimal. Major Barbour resigns. Major Carr becomes sanitary inspector amid alleged department irregularities.
Six tenement houses owned by New York parties burned to the ground in Bridgeport Alabama. A nearby warehouse storing hundreds of bushels of corn and hogs also burned. The fire, thought incendiary, started in an unoccupied house, destroying adjacent structures and contents.
Prominent attorneys will represent Charlton and Wayne counties as Secretary of State Phil Cook hears the boundary dispute. The act makes the secretary final arbiter in such cases, with Charlton contesting the 1924 survey and arguing for the 1812 lines to restore the prior map limits. The hearing tomorrow centers on which survey correctly marks Buffalo Creek and the Charlton Wayne border, a decision affecting a vast land area and local political influence.
Dr A R Wright of Buffalo New York a leading homeopathic physician dies at St Josephs hospital in Chicago. Edward Kearney a New York sportsman and Tam political figure dies at Palm Beach aged sixty nine. Mrs Phil Townsend of Macon Georgia dies after illness. funeral planned. Captain Montmorency a British officer killed near Sterroom noted for his Victoria Cross at Omdurman and valor in rescuing a comrade. body recovery risk and Dervish threat highlighted.
City and county authorities buy the Plummer estate consisting of a house and twenty five acres two and a half miles from Huntsville to house a pesthouse for smallpox patients. Dr Alexander has arrived from Birmingham to oversee treatment of all cases.
Personal notice seeks the return of a lady's gold watch engraved inside case with Frand 1890 and a cornucopia pendant fob chain. Reward of twenty dollars offered. Contact A. McD. Wilson for return.
Subscribers in Moultrie Georgia met to organize a new cotton mill company. W C Vereen was elected president, G H Clark secretary treasurer, and a five member building committee chosen. $75,000 in local capital subscribed. charter awaited. The town expands with six brick buildings rising and hotel ambitions noted.
Knoxville Tenn February 25 The mass meeting of miners at Jenia not held due to extreme cold weather. There are no signs of trouble, but a heavy guard remains on Proctor Mining Company property, and mood among workers is depressed.
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