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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1902
Page
12
Hathar Jones delivers a poised address stirring lilies with eloquence as observers note measured rhetoric and poised cadence during a formal gathering. The event highlights Jones as a prominent speaker shaping cultural discourse and public reception.
Indianapolis July 12 The coal miners convention declares no general strike will be ordered and that the effort will likely end today with President Mitchells recommendation adopting the plan subject to amendments on assessments. Mother Jones praised the delegates while urging opposition to government by injunction in elections.
The United Mine Workers propose authorizing 500 of national treasury funds for benefit officials in anthracite districts, plus district and local union assessments, clerks to Secretary Treasurer Wilson, and ongoing appeals for outside contributions. They call for a July 16 start, direct union payments, and an addressed public appeal to the American people.
Funeral service set for Monday at 3 oclock from the Roberts residence 249 Spring Street. Mrs Mary Roberts widow of Captain E M Roberts real estate man died at 11:30 p m at the family home after a lingering illness. She leaves four children sisters brothers and her mother. Interment at Oakland. The deceased was a longtime member of First Methodist Church in Memphis Tennessee and was 56 years old.
July 19 Chicago special report says deposits totaling about 33000 vanished from the Magonic temple safety vaults. Bookmakers led by George Rose and N. Murphy allege missing cash plus two certificates of deposit. Cash holders include Rose 12389, Murphy 36780, Sturgeon 2094, Laudemann 4176, Rainey 8000. others unnamed. Vault room visited by cashier Norvall at 2.20 am confirmed emptiness. Police not officially notified. vault officials offer no confirmed loss. The case drew race track interest at Washington Park.
London July 19 Russia’s project for an anti trust conference remains in the foreign office commercial department. Russian financial agent Serge Detguscheff says American trusts do not threaten Russia and the movement targets German trusts, with broad participation from signatories to the Brussels sugar convention and possible invitation to the United States.
Havana July 19 The auditors office of the US military government of Cuba finished checking accounts up to May 13 The final balance certified May 10 to the new government was 1 613 868 dollars Of this 697 170 was in the treasury while the rest lay with disbursing officers of the fialand About 100 000 dollars was debited to the military government for estimated or possible claims.
The American line steamer Belgenland bound from Philadelphia to Queenstown and Liverpool had its shaft broken near the Western Islands. Tow boat Schoolar towed the disabled vessel to Halifax where passengers remained calm as repairs failed. Most first class passengers were sent to Liverpool. rest to Halifax or Boston per Thomas Cook & Son arrangements.
Fred Hammann, selected from 100 cases by The New York Journal, traveled to Vienna to be treated by Professor Hoff and returned completely cured. Hoff's prescription and a 24 page handbook are being offered free to sufferers of bronchitis asthma and catarrh through The Journal Research Society in New York.
Two infants, one dead and one alive, were found yesterday in West End and at Bluff and Wells streets. An officer recovered the dead baby from an old pack. coroners held an inquest and ruled the newborns born alive and suffocated. The living infant was taken to police barracks and then sent to Carrie Steel Orphan asylum. The Whipple torpedo boat destroyer achieved 29.44 knots over a measured mile in its Chesapeake trial, with bursts at 30.2 knots and an hour rate of 271 2 knots, meeting contract requirements.
An exhibition titled Summer Photos opens at Condon Art Gallery located at the corner of Alabama and Whitehall. The show features diverse photographic works by local artists and runs through the month with public reception planned.
W. R. Wells, condemned for the Frederick Pearce slaying, faces execution tomorrow morning between 10 and noon. Governor Candler will not intervene, and Wells, in cheerful defiance, awaits the end with his family and guards watching closely. The private hangings will include Wells’s chosen friends and fall officials.
A Scimitar special from Columbus Mississippi reports Pridmore and Reese mill at McCrary Mississippi destroyed by boiler explosion this morning. Both proprietors and two other men were killed.
Former Atlanta resident Mrs Annie B Bothwell widow of Samuel E B Bothwell died at Milledgeville Ga at 6 80 yesterday morning of organic heart trouble She lived at 9 Baltimore block and moved a week ago Survived by three sons and a daughter burial planned in Augusta with body to be transported from Milledgeville to Augusta for interment
Prominent Columbus lawyer Hon Francia D Peabody aged 47 dies after jaundice and Brights disease. He leaves a wife two brothers and two sisters. A cousin of George Foster Peabody of New York he will be buried in Griffin Ga. School trustees and Columbus bar hold special meetings to act on his death.
Washington July 1 A general order from the war department retires major general John O Brooke who will be 64 on Monday the 21st instant He is the only active Civil War brigadier general aside from Miles remaining in the army at that rank
The schedule lists Central of Georgia Railway arrivals from Jonesboro Savannah Macon and Hapeville with times 6 16 am 7 25 am and 5 40 pm. Western and Atlantic shows Nashville Marietta Memphis and Nashville routes with 7 30 am 2 40 pm and 7 30 pm. Atlanta and West Point notes Montgomery and Germa departures. Air Line lists Norfolk Clinton Washington and Norfolk times. Georgia Railroad shows Augusta Covington Conyers and Lithonia timings. Atlanta Knoxville & Worthy Rail Road details daily service to and from Knoxville with some limits.
Train listings show Southern Railway services from Atlanta to Cincinnati Brunswick Columbus Charlotte Chattanooga Washington New York and more with through sleeping cars dining service and express options. A separate Houston note reports shopmen strike settlement for about 750 workers at 8 percent increase, not covering El Paso or San Antonio.
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