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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1883
Page
1
Fragmented text mentions Hawkinsville Macon and Atlanta with several names and agencies. References to divisions or routes and a superintendent suggest a transportation or highway notice. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR with many misspellings and missing context. Entities repeatedly include Hawkinsville Macon Atlanta and various surnames.
Macon June 1 Henry Wimbish and John Bailey were executed on the jail gallows for murder. The crowd packed Fourth Street watched as Father Colbert led prayers and the devices of the scaffold were prepared. Bailey spoke briefly, then Wimbish addressed the crowd before the trap dropped. Both men died within minutes, with details of the event and aftermath recorded.
Disaster in Michigan reports a fatal boiler blast at the Turner shingle mill eight miles from East Sacanaw. Killed were engineer Will Turner, fireman Hiram Golding, night watchman John McDowell, and others died or badly injured. Damages put at 5000 with several missing near the Muskegon river. A separate Grand Trunk wreck at Stratford near Gorsam, caused by a wind blown freight car, left engineer and fireman dead and a injured brakeman expected to recover.
Robert Henderson, who murdered his wife near Oxford North Carolina by beating her, was hanged at Oxford. The private execution drew a large town crowd and bitter feeling toward Henderson who narrowly escaped lynching. He was tried in April and sentenced at month’s end. The victim was nearing motherhood at the time of the murder.
In Bovcoro New Mexico Texas murderer Jim Curry clashed with a bartender at a saloon over a misunderstanding. The bartender armed with a repeating rifle fired through windows, wounding several inside including Curry who hid behind a barrel. The incident follows a Knoxville delivery system note and a fragmented later item on demographics and postal service.
The first comptroller of the treasury rules Congress cannot apply Georgia’s direct tax quota as offset against state expenditures, confirming that the 1861 direct tax law remains in force. The May debt statement shows a public debt decrease of 4.8 million dollars and key treasury balances. A rehearing is allowed for Alabama Chattanooga railroad land grant case, while a Langley post office is established in Emanuel County. Merrick continues address to jurors on the fifth day.
Week of business failures reported by R. G. Dunn & Co shows 157 failures across regions with Buckly of San Antonio a major concern. Havana firms suspend but reopen to meet engagements. River commission members praise Providence Reach revetment work and Delta Point stability, while New Orleans reports on Comstock’s favorable assessment of river navigation improvements.
June 1 reports from various towns detail riot-related convictions where thirty four defendants were fined 25 dollars and costs each, with stays granted on good behavior. Also noted are horse racing results at Louisville and Brighton Beach, a string of baseball scores across New York and Boston, and commentary on the New York bridge disaster with blame directed at crowd control and police preparedness.
A London dispatch outlines debates in Parliament on imperial governance and the Tonquin affair. Gladstone warns against office offers to France and China. O Kelly defends his honor in a dispute with McCoan, while Madagascar questions draw no U.S. intervention. Cardinal Ledrobowsky and Baron VanSchloezer clash over Vatican talks as Prussia plans May law modifications.
The Gaulois reports Captain Riviere died after leading 150 marines from a fort near Hanoi during a surprise Annamite assault. The rearguard arrived too late. Riviere and fifteen marines were captured and later impaled. Other notes mention ships built for China, not Germany, to sail next week and French bombardments along Madagascar's northwest coast impacting British and other goods.
Turmoil in St Petersburg as Monday riotors trample imperial colors and authorities ban illuminations. A May 24 letter from a Nihilist claims the czar faces no coronation danger, while reports from Moscow note foreign representatives feasts and regalia moved to the Kremlin. In New York police assign eight officers to the Brooklyn Bridge route during peak hours.
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