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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1906
Page
5
Ten carloads of Elberta peaches lie rotting in rain and mud at Adairsville as car shortages and ongoing heavy rains halt shipments. Local growers face thousands in losses with no refrigerated cars available despite prior similar crises two years ago. Legal action was suggested to address the transportation bottleneck.
A string of death notices and funeral arrangements from Macon Georgia and surrounding areas note Miss Mattie Lawson aged 55 dying at the Home of the Incurables with private chapel services, Miss Agnes Iola Pickett aged 2 dying at 223 West Fair Street with services and interment at Westrow cemetery, Miss Sasha Miller with services at Gartrell Street and interment in LaGrange, Miss Ethel May Hudson at Baptist Tabernacle with interment, and Mrs W A L Johnston aged 24 at Lakewood Heights with funeral plans to be announced. Plus J H Jordan of Macon dies at his uncle’s residence and burial planned in Barnesville, and a Georgia Bar Association meeting in Warm Springs highlighting Macon’s prominent lawyers.
Inside a Wisconsin insurance inquiry a justice of the supreme court, R D Marshall, is shown writing that there is no law preventing payment of a premium and noting a bank collection fee. The letters reveal rebating practices and raise questions about ethics and enforcement amid investigations and potential impeachment talk.
A cable from the Philippines governor general reports the surrender of Macarie ekry, Francisco Carreon, and key Filipino leaders to Manila authorities. The message credits Harry Bant for facilitating the surrender and notes Cabu’s Georges Camens secured surrender of remaining outlaw leaders. Complete peace is expected in Luzon aside from Filipe Salvador and followers.
Harvey Hill recalls the death of Walter Ormond as the ship neared Cape Hatteras. Ormond disappeared Tuesday night after the vessel’s rough sea lurch. Hill and Brown, traveling from New York to Atlanta, describe the shock and search efforts and the hope that Ormond might be saved if a ship found him.
Wood and Wiley arrested Quincy Taylor in Justice Puckett's court. The charge alleges Taylor's conduct led to his son Elbert’s drinking. The boy, visiting his father, drank beer at Faith Monor's and Columbia saloons, became comatose, and was hospitalized. Detectors investigated estranged parents and a history of drinking between them. The case set for recorder's court at 2:30 p.m.
Ohio Sheriff Groves moves to serve a warrant for John D. Rockefeller on landing in New York citing a misdemeanor under Valentine anti trust law. If served, Governor Harris would seek extradition from Governor Higgins of New York, though the info and warrant allege only a misdemeanor.
Gourdain, aiming to force recapture in Joliet, sought a writ of mandamus from the U S Supreme Court after returning to Joliet and attempting to appeal. He registered in Washington as Louis A Gourdain Illinois State Prison Joliet and pledged not to eat or sleep until his petition was heard. Clerk Maher refused the petition requiring open court presentation.
Halifax Nova Scotia postmaster general George B. Cortelyou visits with his family on vacation and hints a 2 cent postal rate to England may be arranged. He notes U.S. steps toward greater international mail facilities and cites a precedent in the United States and Philippines and Portugal routes. A New York byline adds a July 20 dateline.
A group of burglars raided I. A. Harts & Bros at 42 East Twentieth Street New York. A woman directed the operation from within guiding the thieves, loading a truck with about 1000 pieces including $3000 worth of skirts and raincoats. The robbery went unseen by Continental Hotel patrons across Broadway until the next day.
At Washington on July 20 the opening and classification of bids for the 30 million Panama canal bond issue began, with about 1,500 envelopes opened by noon and estimates of 2,600 to 5,000 bids total. The average price is not expected to fall below 103.85 as work proceeds in the loans division, with press correspondents allowed to witness the process. In Macon Georgia, attorneys and a judge sought approval to bond for condemnation money in a timber dispute, aiming to secure escrow deeds and options before a federal court ruling.
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