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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1902
Page
7
In Reidsville Spartanburg County January 9 a Black man named B W Hughes from Greenville attempted to assault two white schoolgirls and then Mrs Fowler. He fled after being chased by Mr Fowler and was captured after being struck in the neck with a public safety item. He is held in Spartanburg and to be brought there tomorrow.
North Carolina federal officers show unease amid the contest for the U S district attorney post between Her ward the incumbent and Harry Skinner. Ex Senator Marion Butler opposes Skinner with Senator Pritchard backing him. Protests against Skinner arise and officials fear disruption of the administration if complications arise.
Ciniste, Love and Heyworth’s boat the Dorge lies bottom of the river at the landing after a leak worsened when the relief hand departed. The craft drew up flood gear for the quarry and requires days to raise as water is pumped out and the boat leaks.
Birmingham reports Blanche Walsh stars in La Madeline at Jefferson theater as Melbourne MacDowell sues Clarence M Bruce for $500 and seeks to bar reprinting Sardou plays. MacDowell claims drugging in New York led to a signed contract while intoxicated. Walsh cites his drinking as the cause of their separation. MacDowell was once married to Fanny Davenport.
The Mississippi Good Roads Association drafts a new road law to overhaul the system of road work and seek state aid where counties hesitate to fund. Clarke County official Johnson proposes raising road duty salary to 375 per month and mandates eight workdays annually per levy officer. Five Chinese men arrested on exclusion act charge, two freed as merchants, three bound for court. Tuscaloosa fire department elects officers and approves purchase of 506 feet of new hose.
Jackson Mississippi January 3 Special Warden Parchman keeper of the penitentiary replies in writing to charges of wholesale fraud and corruption. He defends current administration while pointing to past wardens Jenkins McZaurin and McNair, asserts labor payments and cotton seed accounting. Legislature notes his firm stance and may seek wider inquiry into prior administrations.
In Chattanooga Tennessee on January 9 medical students at Grant University unanimously urged trustees to dismiss Rev R L Cooke professor of historical theology for attacking the Daughters of the Confederacy in a religious paper. The piece likened the Daughters to Emma Goldman and Herr Most accusing them of treason. Law students added a resolution condemning the article and distancing the law department from the professor's utterances.
Warren Richardson, young white man charged with killing Porter at Hampton county game preserves, was released on bail by Beaufort circuit court for the next Hampton county term. Porter, said to be from Georgia, was shot after trespassers raised guns as Major fal Richardson and son confronted them. coroner's jury ruled self defense.
Richmond January report on the Virginia constitutional convention shows the judiciary ordinance adopted and sent to the final revision committee after two hours of filibuster blocking a vote on electing supreme court judges by the people. The suffrage debate narrows to two plans as minority plans withdraw, awaiting amendments.
Jackson January 9 Special reports a legislative push to boost the common school appropriation from 1,000,000 to as high as 1,600,000 a year for the next two years. A house bill by King of Rankin and a senate measure for 1,200,000 per year have been introduced. Superintendent Whitfield seeks a large add. Several education committee members favor higher funding.
A new gusher reportedly brings in at the Keyser Mound field three miles from Columbia in Brazoria county Texas about sixty miles from Galveston. The Hoge Underwood or Equitable Mining Company well is eight inches, 700 feet deep and now spouting about 60 feet with uncontrolled flow. Also: Herbert Gray arrives from Boston to ship thirteen head of Lawson trotting stock to Dreamwold near Boston marking Lawsons retirement from racing to focus on breeding.
Birmingham January 8 The dispensary system in Alabama shows rising profits and a notable drop in crime. Counties adopting the plan report strong revenue and lower crime, influencing upcoming legislature elections and temperance political strategy statewide. The temperance movement gains momentum with local option support and the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union poised to play a key role.
Durham NC reports J B Duke has ordered an Italian sculptor to design a heroic bronze statue of President McKinley. The plan is to place the memorial in Trinity College's college park in Durham as the south's first tribute to the martyred president.
Cleveland January 9 The pass agreement among the Central Passenger Association lines is broken Allies plan to send out annual pass lists but not as many as before The Wabash is cited as directly responsible President Ramsey telegrammed other presidents saying Ohio river line competition forced action.
Knoxville reports General Manager Elliott and Messenger C. H Smith of the Great Northern Express Company identify Harvey Logan as a man involved in the Wagner Montana bank robbery. United States officials plan to depart for Knoxville with requisitions for Harvey Curry alias Harvey Logan, a suspect linked to Wilcox Wyoming and the Wagner case. Percy Charlton, traveling agent for the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway, died in Chicago after surgery for appendicitis.
Charleston on January 9 marked Liberty Bell day with closures, a grand parade, and a salute from thirteen guns. The Philadelphia bell arrived from Philadelphia on a splendid train, escorted by a military and civic procession through Calhoun and Meeting streets. Thousands gathered as schoolchildren led a patriotic program, with speeches from city and provincial leaders and a final chorus of The Star Spangled Banner and Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow.
Port Townsend Washington January 2 to 3 The steamer Bristol struck the Gray Island reef near Dixon entrance. Twenty one survivors were brought from Alaska aboard the Topeka. The Bristol sank after attempts to abandon ship as lifeboats escaped with fourteen, four, and others. All hands reportedly stayed aboard until the vessel broke apart.
The official inquiry into the Walla Walla and Max collision off Cape Mendocino on January 2 began today. Captain Benoist of the Max testified that his mate was on watch and that lights were burning on his vessel. He lit a torch to signal the other steamer but saw nothing fifteen minutes after the crash and assumed it had gone on. Burned by Can Explosion in Tuscaloosa, Mrs Holchholdzer badly burned by an airtight can explosion Friday.
A nostalgic survey of Yuletide traditions across Scandinavia England Russia and France notes shoes placed in rows to keep peace, Yule logs burning for twelve days and mistletoe in English folklore. It also recounts French stockings gifts, Russian village carols and Parisian festive dinners amid a broader look at 19th century holiday rituals.
A Chicago court hears a lawyer request to restrain police from peering at a defendant at work or touching his tools of the trade. The judge questions the need but allows the injunction given the man’s nervous temperament and disturbance by surveillance.
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