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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1904
Page
22
Portland January 18 The National Live Stock convention endorses forming an independent packing-house combine to compete with the beef trust and restore cattle prices. A plan to form an $8 million corporation with $250000 already subscribed aims to raise funds and place management in the hands of stockmen to run the new plants.
Everett Ferrett of Waynesboro Mississippi a telegraph operator was taken to Grady hospital yesterday afternoon in a desperate condition from an overdose of laudanum He was out of danger by last night and expected to recover He is about 25 years old Everett 18 is believed to have taken the poison in a personal crisis He was in the Western Union Telegraph office yesterday and said he intended to end his life He told another operator that he was in danger of death and had been without employment recently An open bottle of laudanum was found in his pocket
January 13 in Gadsden Specta reports Frank Stapleton superintendent at A and J Stove Works was fatally injured while ascending a ladder in the mounting room. his coat sleeve fouled a screw, pulling him into a shaft at 350 rpm. He suffered extensive injuries, remained conscious for hours, and left a widow and three children.
A mutiny erupted in the Van garrison in Turkish Armenia due to pay arrears. About five hundred armed soldiers looted shops and attacked the garrison, forcing the commander to flee across adjacent roofs.
A daylight train from Atlanta to Jacksonville and St Augustine connects with the Florida Limited via dining car spur. The route features the Chicago and Florida Special and Southern Railway service, promising a scenic daytime journey through multiple rail lines.
Sheffield displays a striking assortment of trays in round and oval shapes. The borders feature rich grape motifs with Rococo and Renaissance styles highlighted in the collection.
Birmingham Alabama January 4 fire at Pratt City jail burned five inmates to death including Jack Kelly and four imprisoned African Americans. Twenty others escaped and officers and citizens tried to recapture them.
Indianapolis January 13 William J Bryan addressed a vital audience at Tom Union ball. His talk stressed political foresight and faith in doing right, avoiding specific policy pledges. He praised St Louis as the convention site and said he would join Nebraska’s delegation, while declining to dictate party actions.
John Harris, a confessed murderer of Policeman Drashach, faces execution promised for Friday after the Supreme Court denied a mandamus nisi. Lawyer 8 C Crane failed to delay or retry. Remaining options include appealing to the pardon board and Governor Terrell.
Mercury in catarrh ointments can destroy smell and upset the senses. Use only on prescription from reputable physicians. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F Cheres & Co Toledo contains no mercury and is taken internally. Be sure you get the genuine Wall's Catarrh Cure, taken internally and sold by druggists for 75 cents. Alabama Supreme Court decisions listed for Montgomery, Gadsden, Mobile, and other counties follow.
Stockholders of the Greenville Banking Company met yesterday and declared a dividend of 10 percent. Forty five hundred dollars was added to undivided profits. R D Reider was reelected president, RJ Alkinson vice president, J L Pinkston cashier, and R D Bender RJ Atkinson RF McLaughlin B O Hill J Le Render Le Bender and J O Tigner elected directors.
Washington January 13 Attorney General Knox transmits two to the house the reply to a resolution seeking information on expenditures from the $500000 anti trust appropriation A detailed statement shows 252985 disbursed with payments to Day Purdy Collier Todd Morcock Graves Watson and others and 972 in expenses The report outlines future cases including Northern Securities railroad injunctions Jacksonville Wholesale Grocers Association Salt Company and various interstate actions detailing proceedings and the need for a permanent force increase
Representative Maddox discussed suspensions at Rome post office with Post Office Department officials. Captain Williamson admits opening a life insurance circular for Doctor Mixon and drinking with physician approval, while another entry relates to drinking and entering the building to obtain a coat. Parker, a gro clerk, is linked to robs with decoys tied to an arrest and likely non reversal of his suspension.
Florida offers Fest and recreation opportunities described as a quick nine hour ride to Jacksonville via Southern Railway. The notice markets travel options and leisure activities in the peninsula noting convenient rail access and warm winter climate.
At the Bijou last night the Knickerbocker s was hailed as clever musical comedy with operatic flair and strong cast led by Little Chip Otis Harlan and Marty Markle. Rose Onghlan headlines The Greatest Thing in the World at the Grand while Denman Thompson stars in The Og Homestead with a careful, authentic production planned for Wednesday and Thursday.
Two freight trains collided head on near Deering Georgia early today. Engineers Louis Davis and Henry Dowing escaped by leaping clear. Fireman Ed Johnson was injured but not seriously, and Giles Drake the brakeman sustained minor injuries. Both engines left the tracks. several livestock cars wrecked, many mules killed or injured. Rolling stock damage was heavy and the track blocked for hours.
In Knoxville on January 18 the will of Lewis C Varwuxem, who died recently in Philadelphia, was probated. The entire estate valued at 1,020,000 is left to William Kennedy of Knoxville, an uncle of the deceased. Varwuxem was born in Enorviils forty three years ago.
Judge H E W Palmer ordered the county commissioner's office closed today as a mark of respect for General Gordon. The action reflects the community's affection for the late distinguished citizen who died recently.
The estate of the late George Washington Collier has been appraised at 748 950 by the appraisers Judge WH Hulsey Thomas Northen and R Turman They carefully reviewed all property and reported the figure as the correct value Administrator Judge John T Pendleton will file their return in the ordinary’s court soon The appraisal covers all city and country estate holdings and plans for a spring administrator’s sale of some Peachtree street lots are anticipated with strong prices.
An ad promotes a new game titled Trail at the Columbian Ebook Co in Atlanta Georgia. It alludes to pricing and gilt edge editions while mentioning Whiteball Bt.
The run on the First National Bank of Superior continued from yesterday morning until 1:30 this morning when the last savings depositor was paid and officials locked the doors. Businessmen express surprise at the sudden run on a northwest financial institution. Cashier Benson said the bank received 150,000 in currency from St Paul and 200,000 from Chicago overnight and would reach us today to meet every demand.
Tiny bacillus with a long name intervened between Hear Foster and the hingmana noon. The microbe found its way into the wound of Thomas Gentleman of Fremont whom Foster shot. Death followed a matter of course for the bacillus known to science as Bacillus diphagatatus aerogenus. Fremont hospital surgeons say Gentleman had one chance in a thousand of recovery. that chance vanished when the microbe appeared, prompting the county attorney to withdraw murder charges. Mozley's Man Hot Drops, 25 cents.
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