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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1903
Page
4
In a striking wartime report, thirty three women, labeled as field laborers, suffered burn injuries in an incident attributed to Russian forces. The account notes civilian casualties amid ongoing conflict and calls for investigation into suspected attacks on workers.
London dispatch reports near Schalajifka in the Don district a barn fire killed 33 female field laborers. Male laborers, accused of molestation, reportedly set the blaze and fled as flames consumed the structure, with bystanders later noting the victims’ screams.
Yokohama reports Russian minister to Korea Pavioff objected to the Seoul to Fusan telegraph line built before the Russian one. The Korean government asked Japan to remove the line, but Japanese Minister Hayashi declined to do so.
An accommodation train on the Vandalle road struck a well fired electric streetcar near Lansdowne, three miles north of East St Louis, killing four men and injuring several. Engineer John Roy of Vandalia and Fireman Vincent Higgins died after being trapped in the wreckage. Lenhart and Beatty were killed on the streetcar platform.
Rev H H Proctor preached at the First Congregational Church colored church service marking the anniversary of the Endeavor Society, with 100 members. He urged the youth to keep body and mind clean, obey parents and laws, love and do right, and to sow good seeds as they are in the morning of life.
Bar Harbor Me July 26 United States battleship Kearsarge arrived at 2 42 pm crowds thronged the shore to see the famed ship Captain Hemphill said the voyage from the Needles to Mount Desert Rock covered 2400 miles in nine days at an average of 16 miles per hour with peak speeds over 15 knots and delays for icebergs and fog the vessel left New York fifty three days ago visiting Germany Denmark and England amassing 8200 miles at sea twenty four days in action ready for maneuvers after refueling and coal intake for a voyage of 4000 miles at full speed the crew praised the ship’s condition and hospitality along foreign waters
Columbus Ga July 4 Special for several days a circulating rumor says Hon G Tigner member of the house from Muscogee is considering entering the race for the Chattahoochee circuit judge against incumbent Judge William Burlington Butt Butt has served about twelve years and is popular but Tigner is also well known and at one time served as court stenographer Tigner has not publicly declared his candidacy and the report stems from conversations with friends in Columbus Butt is a Marion county native who has resided in Muscogee for years and was appointed to the bench Mc Tiguer has lived in Muscogee since boyhood.
In Oyster Bay July 26 the president Mrs Roosevelt and most children attended Christ church service. Dr Hageman preached on Pope Leo's death uniting Christian denominations and advancing Christian unity. The president spoke with the pastor after the sermon and spent the day with his family.
Death reported for Robert H Foerderer congressman from the Fourth Pennsylvania district Philadelphia a large leather goods maker and president of Keystone Telephone Company. Randolph County Ga census shows 6030 public school age children this year up from last census with 1 percent white illiteracy and 12 percent among Negro children reflecting solid county schooling gains.
The Columbus baseball team, owner of a 42 wins in 39 games record, leaves for Augusta after a seven inning game this season. Columbus fans expect two evenly matched games as the teams prepare to face each other this week.
A terse courtroom exchange questions the reasons for a marriage. The judge wonders why she wed him while a defendant or speaker concedes she was not deceived, signaling a plea for reform or reflection on motives.
Carrollton telegram reports John T Meador longtime Atlanta merchant and pioneer, aged 33, seriously ill at his Dixie Street home after eight months of heart trouble. His sons D Meador J Frank Meador Robert Meador and Charles C Meador of Atlanta are at his bedside. Meador Bros once a leading wholesale grocery and tobacco firm.
London markets faced widespread selling and weaker stocks as Wall Street influence and Far East tensions dampened optimism. Home rails lagged, foreign securities steadied in Paris, while Japanese declines and Spanish gains shaped the week. Manchester cloth trade also slowed with thin demand and scarce inquiries.
Vienna July 24 The Universal Bi h e publishes a sensational story of a plot to unite Servia and Bulgaria. It claims a Belgrade secret meeting of Bulgar ian parliamentarians Macedonians and Servians approved a plan including a military convention and customs union. The plotters allegedly aim to use legal means such as a Bulgarian parliamentary vote to resolve the Macedonian question and threaten Turkey with a united kingdom.
Washington reports Captain Oberlin M Carter, convict accused of conspiring to swindle the government, will be discharged early next December under the three fourths law due to good behavior. He plans to go to Arizona as chief engineer for his uncle’s copper mines after release. The theft totaled about 800000, with nearly half recovered by the government. Carter must live on bare support until settlement of claims.
Montgomery July 26. Special report: Tom Bradley and Charles James are dead and Will Wimberly a refugee from justice after a fight over a craps game Saturday evening that involved ten cents.
In Cuthbert Georgia on July 26 prospects for a knitting mill look bright as a group of young men form a committee led by A. D. Hansell W. B. McWillie and R. L. Moye The group has been soliciting and more than half of the needed funds have already been subscribed.
In Columbus Georgia on July 26 special notes the consolidation of county tax returns is not yet finished. The up town district shows much higher assessed values and valuations as the process continues with expected further increases.
In Danville Illinois on July 2 a deadly clash left two dead and many wounded as a mob attacked the jail crowding the streets with farmers and miners. State militia arrived to restore order while Sheriff Whitlock described exchanging shots to defend the jail and family.
Vatican reports discuss the lost fisherman's ring used as the pope's seal. Tradition links the ring to St Peter the fisherman rather than Peter himself. Upon a pope’s death the ring is broken and a new one forged from the same gold with the preserved stone.
Harvard Professor James predicts that Negro lynchings and burnings will occur soon in Cambridge and Boston public spaces. He argues prejudice against Black people is as strong in New England as in the South and that a negro could be used as a central target for a bonfire near Faneuil Hall, in a warning about rising racial tensions.
Heavy rains and high tides flood southern England causing London underground lines and printing rooms to flood, delaying Sunday editions until late afternoon. Guards report no anticipated attack while agloons close indefinitely. unrelated riot and sheriff defense notes follow.
Robert Cawthorne and Mrs. R J Tucker face a special term murder trial in Eastman Georgia starting Monday August 2 with the state chemist report on strychnine key to the case Tucker allegedly gave his husband a fatal dose while Cawthorne claims she did the killing The public favors orderly court proof over mob action and the case draws local attention
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