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Newspaper

Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jan 20, 1902

Page

3

Philippine Insurgents Surrender Reported Amid War Review

A Manila report notes 365 insurgents surrendered on Bohol after General Wade’s cable from Cebu, while a dugout canoe with eleven men from Company I reportedly vanished. General Bell operates in Batangas where an engagement wounded an American officer and killed a private. General Chaffee reports the southern and central islands as insurgent strongholds, with guerrilla warfare tied to terrain and local fear of informing on insurgents. Civil and military authorities are urged to cooperate for self governance progress.

Manila Company 'I Leas Wade Cebu Bohol Ebhol Laguna Eighth Infantry Aquedi Kahabsogan J. Franklin Bell Batangas Luzon Chaffee Batan‘gan Irlands Eers Company Ainth Infantry Batangiga Samar Sleyfreak Pitele -Tn Fudge Groesteck Ays Dudge Groesbeck

Massive mill explosion near Manresa devastates village

A boiler blast at a spinning mill near Manresa destroys half the village killing dozens and injuring many. The building collapsed with families inside. the dead include the mill manager and two sisters. Sixty feared dead and about one hundred injured, many not expected to survive. Emergency crews rush the injured to Manresa hospital as priests administer rites amid the ruins.

Manresh Lhiarseldna Man- Glenn Puente de Vilamara Lios Manresa Pergotig Desd

Stafford Heirs Seek Suit Over Cumberland Island Property

The heirs of Robert Stafford prepare to sue for possession of Cumberland Island property. The Carnege Companies have invested heavily in improvements, and salt interests drawn from many observers promise a notable dispute.

Stafford Cumber- Esland Island Wes Brungwick Robert Cumberland Lavid Pup

Cincinnati Couple Faced Double Tragedy At Home

In Cincinnati Ohio Annie Lageie a domestic attempted suicide by gas and left her baby unharmed in the cellar. Mrs Lageie later died and Mr Whittaker a leading Cincinnati lawyer faced the same day in Camden with their year old child left behind. The event leaves a distraught household and an unclear motive as doctors warn of possible death.

Cincinati Ohio White W. H. Whittaker Annie “Lageie Miss Laggle Ste Whittaker Cincinnati

Miners Arrive for United Mine Workers Convention in Indianapolis

Fully fifty delegates arrive for the annual United Mine Workers of America meeting in Indianapolis set to open tomorrow led by President John Mitchell. An estimated 900 to 1,000 delegates will attend as committees on resolutions wage scale and constitution are formed with wage increases discussed and a joint conference with operators planned after the convention opens.

United Mine Workers of America Indianapolia John Mitchell Mitchel

Manchester Cloth Market Sees Mixed Week Steady Prices

Manchester January 19 reports cloth prices held steady though activity slowed. Firms in position with confidence in values. cotton advances drew limited Indian business. Some low rate China offers appeared. Japan and eastern outlets showed inquiry. South American demand was weak. yarns remained quiet and steady with moderate business.

Manchester China Japan South America

Ten of the Mob Were Killed in Transylvania Riot

Officials in Transylvania faced an agrarian riot in Alsoldecs Maros Torda county. Gendarmes fired on assailants. ten men were killed and thirteen wounded. One more died later and four were not expected to recover.

Transylvania Budapest Alsoldecs Maros-Torda

Train collision near Parkersburg injures crew

A head end collision of two freight trains on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad north of Parkersburg West Virginia today killed engineer William Sorrel of Parkersburg and fireman Oscar Shank of Vin ton Ohio and injured brakemen J W Woods of Newark West Virginia and S V Shel vur ne of Radford Virginia. Sorrel was relieving a tired fireman and passed a siding without realizing it.

Hiller Parkersburg W. Va Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Here William ‘Sorrel Oscar Shank Vinton, Ohis J. W. Woods Newark S. V. Shelvurne Radford van Sorrel Vinna Atd~ding

Crnsaid Against Vagrancy Prompts Memphis Police Sweep

Memphis authorities launch a mandatory canvass after a surge of robberies and hold ups. Acting Chief O Haver orders all suspects found without visible means of support to report, as two men rob a saloon on Vince and Main, wounding proprietor W D Herron.

Memphis Tenn Po- Nce O'Haver W. D. Herron Vince and Main Streets Herron

Chinese Exclusion Debate Draws Southern Merchants

Georgia and southern cotton interests plan to press for modification of the Chinese exclusion plan before the Senate immigration committee. Southern mill men argue trade with China sustains jobs and profits, while warns that full bans hurt both southern and New England industries. President Roosevelt backs preventing harsh exclusion laws. officials seek a middle course until the 1904 treaty.

Washington Georgia Senate Committee On Immigration Orient Pacific Coast Congress Beto Pacific Slope San Francisco Dennis Kearney Jaime California China American Asiatic Society Senate Committee On Immigration E. A. Smythe John. H. Montgomery L. W. Parker H. H. Hickman South Carolina Alabama North Carolind Tt Ig New England South Milla Hay Senate Committee United States Roosevelt C. G. Howard Abon

Foot Severed by Engine In Georgia Switching Yard

Macon Georgia January 191. Foreman C Cunningham of a Central rail yard switch engine fell from his locomotive late tonight. The engine passed over his right foot severing it completely. He sustained head and body bruises and was taken to the hospital. Expected to recover.

Macon C. Cunningham Central

Murder of Bela B Brown in Rochester Jewelry Store

In Rochester New York a 65 year old jewelry dealer Bela B Brown was murdered in his store. He was gagged with a scarf and struck about the head with gashes in the scalp. The killer or killers escaped with no valuables except possibly a diamond stud. The body lay before a locked safe containing thousands in diamonds and jewelry. Police infer a forced attempt to obtain the combination.

Rochester Bela BE. Brown Mr. Brown

Stove Plant Now in Ashes in Memphis Fire Loss

The H Wetter Manufacturing Company stove plant south of Calhoun street Memphis Tenn was totally destroyed by fire with a loss of 250 000 covered by full insurance. The blaze discovered about midnight drew the entire fire department with efforts to save the plant proving futile. Origin of the fire unknown. Wetter was a large southern stove manufacturer with northern branch offices.

Memphis Tenn Wetter Company

Southern Interstate Good Roads Convention Set for Charleston

Charleston D C January 19 Director Martin Dodge of the Office of Public Roads Inquiries, United States Department of Agriculture, directs attention to the Southern Interstate Good Roads Convention to be held in Charleston February 7. Mayors, boards of trade presidents, road associations and other road improvement societies are urged to appoint delegates.

Charleston Martin’ Dodge Office of Public Roads Inquiries United States Department of Agriculture Boards of Trade and Road’ Associatons Ail

Fish Looking Over the Line In Illinois Central Tour

Memphis Tenn January 19 F President Stuyvesant Fish of the Illinois Central and his party arrived from Chicago for a tour of inspection of the Illinois Central Yazoo and Mississippi Valley lines. The party includes R R Barry Jr J T Harrahan J M Dickinson and D Leroy Dresser. They will depart for New Orleans tomorrow morning.

Memphis Tenn Stuyvesant Fish Illinois Central Chicago Yazoo Mississippi Valley Mr. Fish R. R. Barry, Jr J. T. Harrahan J. M. Dickinson D. Leroy Dresser New York Merchants Association New Orleans

Elective Judiciary Question Debated In Senate Next Week

Jackson Miss January 18 Special The elective Judiciary question will be debated in the senate early next week probably Tuesday. Senator Noel author of the amendment expresses confidence it will pass the required majority and again submits to the people at the congressional election in November marking the second time it has been before voters.

Jackson Miss Senate Noel Fouth

Mortuary notices and a child’s death in Georgia

Huntsville Alabama reports the death of Paul H Harrizon aged 45 after a lingering illness at his home near the city. In Lawrenceville Georgia Virginia Mays McNelly seven died this afternoon of diphtheria, daughter of W G McNelly a Constitution traveling representative. Eufaula Alabama Mrs B Rhody wife of former city marshal died at home and interment set for tomorrow. she was well regarded and survived by husband and several grown children.

H. Harrison Huntsville Als Ala Paul H. Harrizon Lawrenceville Virginia Mays McNelly W. G.mcnelly Constitution B. Rhody Eufaula Ale Bufauls

Tung Fuh-Siang Executed in Shen Sia Province

Shanghai correspondent reports Tung Fuh Siang the anti-foreigner leader was executed January 15 at the governor’s zumen in KanSu province after an order by the dowager empress. The dispatch cites trustworthy reports from Pekin and notes the event occurred in a border region.

Tung Fuh-Siang London Shanghai The Standard Tung Fuh Siang Shen Sia Kan Su

Strike Ordered by Wisconsin Paper Workers Unions

Kaukauna January 19 A general strike was ordered at a joint meeting of Appleton Kaukauna and Neenah lodges of the United Brotherhood of Paper Makare. The action aims to close twenty five mills in Wisconsin within less than three weeks, affecting about 3,000 workers.

Kaukauna Wis Appleton Kaukauria Neenah United Brotherhood of Paper’ Makare Wisconsin

Violinist Joseph Burke Dies in New York at Eighty Six

The veteran musician and actor Joseph Burke, famed as Jenny Lind’s accompanist during her 1850 51 tour, died in New York today in his eighty sixth year. Congressman Charles H Burk of South Dakota is his nephew.

Jenny Lind New-York Joseph Burke Iwho

Unclear OCR Item From Cape Colony January

Fragmentary line mentions Lord Bitcherfishes and a death note in Cape Colony with garbled text. No coherent event or names beyond. Reading is insufficient for a reliable summary or attribution.

Acheépers Grant Retadt Cape Colony Lord Bitcherfishes Dea

Four Detroit Buildings Collapse in Wholesale District

Four three and four story buildings in Detroit's Jefferson avenue Shelby to Griswold block collapsed on a Sunday night. The fire prone blocks housed Maddocks Glove Company Imperial Cap Company FP Neuhofe & Co and Crusog Bros wholesale grocers. Losses total about 152000 with 40500 on the buildings and 107000 on stock. No deaths or injuries reported as no one was present.

Detroit Mich Jefferson Avenue Shelby and Griswold Steck Shelby' Atrect Maddocks Glove Company Imperial Cap Company Glove Company Maddocks Grnve Company FP. B. Neuhofe & Co Michigan Produce Company Loceupiea B Crusog Bros., Limited Shelby Street Ng Losa Nfe

Troops Bound for South Africa Set to Start From Here

Six thousand troops from various regiments in India are preparing to depart for South Africa from this station on January 19. The movement reflects wartime mobilization and regional deployment plans amid ongoing conflict.

South Africa Calcutta India

Prisoners Escape From McNeill Federal Prison

Eleven inmates led by Moriarity the counterfeiter escaped McNeill Federal Prison in Tacoma Washington by burrowing through a cement floor into the air pines. A large posse is in pursuit. Also noted Death of Infanta Christina in Madrid and a Washington Post criticism of a Maryland election manipulation involving Lincoln and democracy symbols.

Encapé Tacoma Wash McNeill Infanta Christina Madrid Infanta Maria Christina Don Sebastian

Mozart Skull Relic Moves to Salzburg Museum

The skull once linked to Mozart, kept after Professor Hyrti Keptdt’s death, has been moved between locations and now rests in the Salzburg Museum. An attempted forgery to swap the skull for Mozart’s relic was uncovered, with the fraud likely ending in punishment as authorities secure the true artifact.

Mozart Hye Oseum Hyrti Ives Salzborg

Dexter Pioneer Farmer Dies After Drinking Water

In Fairbury, January 19 a pioneer farmer named Dexter died near town at a ripe old age after years of hydrophobic abstinence. Doctors persuaded him to drink his medicines with water, and although he resisted for over forty years he finally yielded, and his death soon followed the water intake. Relatives attribute the prolonged thirst aversion to natural inclination and no other beverage preference.

Fairbury, Ds G.S Dexter

Health boom keeps Atlanta free of smallpox scare

The city of Atlanta maintains a strong health image as visitors praise its conditions while New York faces vaccination campaigns. Commissioner Ernst Lederle expands vaccination efforts in a bid to curb rising cases, focusing on schools, transport workers, and large firms while urging voluntary public cooperation. Meanwhile local residents note Atlanta’s relative resilience amid nationwide concerns.

Atlanta Cty New York Board of Health Ernst J. Lederle Lederle North Brother Island Health Department Fifty-sixth Street Sixth Avenue

Priest Frederick Krathardt Fatal Suicide in St Louis Hospital

In St Louis on January 15, Frederick Krathardt a Catholic priest of Josephsville Mo. reportedly hanged himself at Alexian Brothers hospital where he had been treated for nervous troubles after decades of clerical service in Jo ephaville. He was about sixty years old and had served thirty years in parish duties.

St. Louis Frederick Krathardt Josephsville Alexian Brothers’ Hospital Igkarnhardt Jo, Aephaville

Boer peace talks rumor swirls at The Hague rendezvous

Brussels reports Dr Leyds, Transvaal envoy, and Boer delegates meet again amid denials. Kuyper conference with Wolmerans and Kruger aide suggests potential peaceful movement. Kruger and Leyds wary to commit, while alleged British officials arrive in The Hague under assumed names for dinner with the British minister.

Brussels Leyds Transvaal Leyda Kuyper Hague London Wolmerans Kruger Great Britain

Local County Officials Listed in Handy Folder

Clerk Henry M Wood of the board of county commissioners prepared a folder naming all county officers and district road commissioners. Police report Arthur Warford the robber and petty thief, with prior thefts from porches and a hired theft of an overcoat. A Confederate veteran T J Howell has been missing for a week from his store at 326 Mariette Street. Citizens in the Third Ward complain of a short Grant Park line with poor service and long waits for transfers. Mrs Linnie Thomas Russell died at 87 McDaniel street at 8:55 pm, survived by husband T G Russell and four children. funeral tomorrow at the residence, burial in Nashville.

Henry M. Wood Board of County Commissioners Arthur Warford Watford T. J. Howell Mariette, Street Third Ward Grant Park Woodward Avenue Grant Street Woodward Capitol Avenues Capitol Avenue Linnie Thomas Russell McDaniiel Street Ruanéil Southern Railway Sel Ala Nashville

Riot at Terre Haute disrupts streetcar service

January 9 Terre Haute Ind. strike sympathizers clash with police as Central Labor Union boycott prompts violence. Non union motormen abandon cars on Third Street and Wabash Avenue while windows are smashed. A mob marches to the Ninth Street power house to protest non union foremen but is repulsed. more trouble feared if cars run again tomorrow.

Terre Haute Ind Terre Haute Electric Company Tte Central Labor Union Third Street Wabash Avenue Ninth Street

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