Tower crowded with Chinese laundymen in raid on East Hunter street
Twenty five Chinese laundermen were jailed after a gaming raid on the Leotg Vick Merchandise Co. on East Hunter near the courthouse. Officers, led by Chief Turner, found four or five gambling tables in the basement with opium fumes and a chaotic stampede as detainees tried to flee. Cards and dice bore Indian imagery and odd markings, a bank with around 490 dollars was seized, and several suspects were charged with keeping a disorderly gaming house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Leotg Vick Merchandise Company
East Hunter Street
Court House
Fan-Tan
Lee Chug Lee Sing
Low Youh
Harry Ling
Lim Lum
Joe Sing
Loo Dow
Poy Hue
Lee Ling
Sam Lees
Ching Lee
Joe Guin
Loo Lee Ching E
Charley Chong
Lam Lee Wang Tah
Choo Sing
Charley Len
Lee Tong
Sam Lee
Sam Kee
Mow Chey
Boo Sing
Loo Jim
John Corrigan
City Criminal Court
Iris
Turner
A Q Turner
Dunbar
Wright
Cheshire
Poole
Heard
Corrigan
Jackson 18 Promoted Prominent Telephone Man Named District Superintendent
M O Jackson promoted to superintendent of the fifth district of the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company with Savannah as headquarters. The district covers eastern Georgia and Florida east of the Apalachicola River. Jackson, long connected with Atlanta as chief clerk and later an expert agent, is praised as a promising young man in the electrical field and is expected to advance rapidly under W T Gentry’s management. Savannah will become his home and base of operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. O Jackson
Atlanta
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Savannah
Georgia
Florida
Apalachicola River
Jackson
Bis
W. T Gentry
Stephen C. Harris
Memphis
Harris
Havana
The
Constitution
Tenn
Stephen C Harris
J W. Ball
the Constitution
Harris & Sims
New York
Furniture Commercial Agency
Cincinnati
Lawn festival in West End benefits Catholic Ladies Guild
The Catholic Ladies Guild of West End will hold a lawn festival this afternoon and evening at Mrs. Joel Chandler Harris’s residence, 312 Gordon Street. Children are invited in the afternoon and older folks in the evening, with a musicale directed by Professor J Lewis Browne and the Sacred Heart church choir assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic Ladies’ Guild of
West End
Joel Chandler Harris
Gordon Street
J Lewis Browne
Sacred Heart Church
Confederate Soldier I T Grey Dies at 0
J T Grey long time Atlanta resident and Confederate veteran died at 25 Houston Street at 3 am. Funeral at his home at 4 pm conducted by Rev Dr Quillian with Odd Fellows present. Survived by wife three daughters and two sons. He was 0 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. T. Grey
J. T Grey
Atlanta
Houston Street
Mr. Grey
Army of Virginia
Lodge of Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Quillian
Paynes Chapel
Fishermen Return After Wynn's Pond Trip
A group of nine fishermen including A H Van Dyken A J Johnson and John A Erdman arrived in the city after a trip to Wynns pond in Coweta county to camp and fish They claimed they took about 100 pounds of fish and enjoyed water melons and barbecued meats They swear not to tell fish stories though a few tales may surface soon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wynn's Pond
A H. van Dyken
A. J. Johnson
A H Etterly
M. B. Turner
W W. Crocker
A. P. Phillips
John A. Erdman
C. H. Essig
Henry M. Wood
Ttack Watton
Wynns Pond
Fish Circle
Newnan
Coweta County
Thomas Wilkinson
Dudge
John R. Wilkinson
Fulton County
Will Come with Chaffes to the United States
Manila July 2 Acting Governor Wright Secretary Ferguson and Generals Belling Bisbee will accompany General Chaffes on his return to the United States. The party will board the United States transport McClellan in September 60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaffes
Manila
Wright
Ferguson
Belling Bisbee
United States
Tansport McClellan
Honor to General Walker Monument Dedication in Atlanta
The Walker Monument Association prepares a public dedication for a five cannon memorial to General W H T Walker who fell at Atlanta on July 2 1864. Distinguished guests include General O O Howard and Governor Candler with speeches by Julius L Brown Major Joseph B Cumming and General Clement A Evans. A barbecue at Brownwood follows, and a Kimball reception hosts Walker family and other guests. The event features a march from Pryor and Decatur streets with U S troops from Fort McPherson and Georgia guardsmen participating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. T. Walker
Atlanta
Walker
Walker Monument Association
Julius L. Brown
Brown
Lon Livingston
Janet MacLean Walker
Joseph B Cumming
Augusta
Cumming
Clement A. Evans
Brownwood
J. B. McPherson
Grant Park
O. O. Howard
Howard
Candler
J. Gid Morris
Polk
A. P Stewart
W. T. Smith
W. M. Durham
W. D. Ellis, Sr
C. 8. Arnall
W. A. Dodson
S H. Landrum
J. W. Morrow
J B. McFadden
W. T Gary
Henry Hurgess
Fort McPherson
Monument Association
Pryor and
Decatur Streets
Walker Monument
Wheeler's Cavalry
General Walker
United Daughters of the Confederacy and Ladies’ Memorial Association
W. L. Calhoun
Frank M. Myers
Amos Foz
United States
Fifth Infantry
Georgia
Camp Walker Association
Uniform Daughters of the Camp
United Confederate Veterans
Confederate Veterans
Tige Anderson
Forty-second Georgia Veterans’ Association
A. Evans
W. H
Death and public affairs mix in Atlanta briefings
Short notices report Joen T. Bondurant’s death at his father’s West End home and list funeral plans. Other items include fines for cursing a police officer, a drayman’s lost lunch, a mill accident with a thumb severed, infant and adult deaths, small fire damages, weather shifts, a royal coronation visit cue, and multiple local public notices and gatherings. Local officials, families, and workers are named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joen T. Bondurant
Atlanta
R. E. Bondurant
Ashby Street
West End
J. O. Chambers
Suit Against Railroads Seeks 175000 Damages
A Georgia suit by Inman & Co Athens against Southern Railway Louisville Nashville Seaboard Air Line Atlantic Coast Line and Central of Georgia seeks 175000 in damages for alleged illegal handling of 10093 bales of cotton from Athens to Augusta. The petition cites Sherman Act violations and blames a railroad cooperation and the Southeastern Freight Association for restricting competition and inflating charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
United States Circuit
Inman & Co
Athens
Southern Railway
Leuinville and
Nashville
Seaboard Air Line
Atlantic Coast Line
Central of Georgia Railway
Atheny
Augusta
Elven
Louisville and Nashville
Georgia Railroad
Central of Georgia
Southern
New Church for Atlanta Swedenborgians Organizing Building Hopes
An Atlanta Swedenborgian group, the Church of the New Jerusalem, is forming a permanent organization led by Rev. R. H. Keep. Weekly services have been held at 407 Capitol Avenue and many adherents have enrolled. They preach Christ as God with no Father Son Holy Ghost distinction and plan to erect a church building soon after organizing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW Church
Atlanta
Church of the New Jerusalem
R. H Keep
Book Lovers' Library Association
Mr. Keep
Biggers Case Opens Week-Long Fulton Court Session
The Fulton Superior Court criminal division starts a special session at 3 45 a m led by Judge Fred Foster in Judge John Candler's absence The docket includes Willis Biggers and his brother in law Sterne indicted for the Mail Carrier William Simpson killing Other cases include Morris Greenblat charged in a Peters Street shooting The session aims to dispatch jail and bond cases with numerous witnesses and jurors summoned
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Criminal Division of Superior Court
Candler
Fulton Superior Court
John §. Candler
Fred Foster
Madison
Ocmulges
Bat Httle
Biggers
Willis Biggers
William Simpson H 1
Sterne
Reuben Arnold
R B Blackburn
Biggera
Morris Greenblat
Peters Street
Trial schedule shows numerous cases including Biggers murder
A list of cases to be tried during the week includes W R Biggers, H L Sterne, Morris Greenblat, and others for murder, larceny, forgery, and burglary. Prosecution stresses that stolen goods value under $50 could affect the Biggers case. July 3 Crescent Hotel Eureka Springs reopens as a year round resort under Frisco management after renovations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biggers
W. R. Biggers
H. L Sterne
Morris Greenblat
Earl Wilson
Claburn Milter
James L Strong
Jacob Ramur
Robert T. Tigner
Everitt Stanley
W A. Matthews
T I Bishop
Albert Weinfeld
J. W. Christian
Walter C McLene
T J Sasser
M. P Garner
M. P E Garner
Neilie Johnson
Fannie Price
T E Williams
P. J. Harus
Paul Q. Smith
Moses Wiliams
Carrie Gibson
George Brown
Bell Burton
J C Bone
Abbla ‘Howard
Minnie Cole
Willie Westmoreland
Walton White
Preston 8 Smith
Crescent Hotel
Eureka Springs
Frisco
Summer Excursion Tickets to Seashore Lakes and Mountains
Summer excursion tickets via Central of Georgia Railway are on sale daily at coupon ticket offices. Tickets are valid for return until October 31 190. W H Fogg T P A 16 Wall St Atlanta Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central of Georgia Railway
W. H. Fogg
Wall St
Atlanta
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Whitehall St
Trict
M Oo Jackson
Anyannah
Lawn Festival
Gen. Walker
M. Backus
Sutiles
Backus
Ed Patrick
W. A. Wallace
Yonge Street
Traynham & Ray
Helen Francis
Ruben. Maddox
Francis McCandless
Courtland Avenue
Clifford Street
McCannleds
William 8. Kelly
Keely Company
Queenstown
British Isles
England
Edward VII
Mr. Kelly
Atlanta Federation of Trades
Federatorn Hall
General Labor Day Committee
van Winkle Shop
Tige Annderson
Lizzin Dooling
W. F. Dooling
Stone Mountain
Mount Pearson
J. T. Bondurant
Ashby
T F Toon
Oakland Cemetery
Stephen Harris
States
Southeastern Freight Association
Empire Building
Garand
Paris
Talker
Ae caXor
Fougera & Co
Willam St
Simpson
Mepligos
Hirsch Bros
Whitehall Strees
Sanister’s Fine Shoes
Meme
Hess Shoes
Stuttgarter Underwear
AN Bros
Whitehall Cr
Eiseman Bros
Washington
B.C
Baltimore, Md
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