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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1902
Page
9
Fragmentary OCR notes advertise subscription rates for Peoria and Atlanta areas. Mentions Nichols & Holliday as advertising managers for all territory outside Atlanta. Rates indicated: 2.00 and WEBEELY one year with proportional three months rates.
Atlanta July 16 1902 a fiery column rails at the stalled plan to build a union station on state property Governor Candler and the railroad executives clash over timing and funding while the public endures dangerous depot conditions. The piece contrasts Chaffee and Kitchener reception and critiques Senator Hanna and Major Waller amid wider political quips.
Raleigh July 15 Special report shows funds paid by black residents for schools and what they receive. 1900 blacks paid 118000. total school outlays 223000 with white schools costing more. Statement aims to rally support for constitutional amendment tying funds to race. Also notes A B Andrews return to office, Simmons at Green'sboro convention, and guardsmen dispatch to Fort Riley with 600 florists attending Asheville convention July 19.
Flashes from the cable report tremendous blasts at the Waimanga geyser Rotoroa New Zealand reaching heights of 800 to 900 feet. Other items note Japan crown princess delivery and peace visits, land sales to Americans near Vera Cruz, cholera disinfection rules to Hawaii and America, a Russia river sinking, engineers joining the Mexican Central railway, Nagasaki arrival for St Louis exposition, and Marconi wireless signals with Cornwall Denmark routes.
The New Surgical Wing of St Joseph infirmary opened with dedicatory exercises at 4 pm. The event features Fathers Bazin Gunn and Colbert and a lawn party from 5 to 6 pm. After today the wing will receive patients and bazaar leftovers will be sold.
Mrs Samuel Sturgis, wife of Union County mine operator Captain Sturgis, was shot from the riverbank while rowing with friends on the Ohio River opposite Schochoh mines near Caseyville Kentucky yesterday. No arrests have been made.
A New York medical expert in Munsey's July issue argues chloroform cannot induce sleep without awakening, debunking claims of a sleeping burglar using the anaesthetic at 257 West Mitchell Street. The article notes repeated clinical tests show awakening before anesthesia, and includes a New York Sun anecdote from a retired burglar.
Charlotte July 15 Special. Former Southern man Mr Richardson of J Harper Poor & Co discusses yarn contracts at last year’s prices to May, warns finer goods need skilled labor, and questions merger viability. He notes 75 percent advances on yarns and limited stockholder appetite for combined firms, stressing no authority for cotton mill trusts.
Morton W Baker of Virginia is appointed acting assistant surgeon by the secretary of the navy. John Wils Baer resigns as secretary of the Christian Endeavor Society to become assistant secretary of the Presbyterian board of home missions, starting October 1. A Louisiana Purchase pavilion arrives in St. Louis from Charleston. Neptune Bkinmore of Brooklyn is killed in a trolley carriage collision. Charles Van Houten N Van Houten Edward Van Houten and James Lott of Brooklyn are seriously injured. Lott and Nathan Van Houten likely to die. Charles Reeves, secretary of the joint committee on legislation and state and territorial exhibits, returns from the East with news Philadelphia may mount a municipal exhibit at the fair including Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell.
Louisville and Nashville officials report the Mallory steamship line will soon relocate from Galveston to Mobile. The move appears tied to Southern Pacific freight business shifting to Texas from New Orleans to Galveston, with Mallory opposed to competing with Southern Pacific over Galveston as a southern terminal for both lines.
Captain H. W. Sprague of the schooner John H. Butterick was shot by steward William Hassell, a West India negro, after the steward left the vessel without permission following a reprimand. The wound, though painful, is not fatal and was treated by Dr. A. C. Blain. Hassell was arrested and imprisoned.
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