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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1900
Page
10
A garbled OCR fragment references the river, bridges, and territorial questions across Indiana, Ohio, and surrounding areas. Mentions include a general, volunteers, a captain or colonel, and a discussion of interstate concerns and authority. The damaged text hints at strategic movement, governance, and possible military or civil planning across regions.
Georgia Democratic officials plan a single state convention to transact all party business with circuit primaries favored for judges and solicitors. Chairman du Bignon urged harmony and readiness to align nominees with strong majorities, likely timing the convention in Atlanta in June.
Virginia Democrats meet in Richmond with Chairman J Taylor Ellyson presiding. They fix May 2 in Norfolk as the state convention site to elect delegates to the Democratic National Convention. The timing allows the party to decide if a constitutional convention becomes a party issue before the popular vote on calling one.
Comptroller General JW AL Wright refused to grant Georgia Industrial Insurance Company a business charter, blocking its plan to operate a cooperative insurance business under a mutual charter. The recent organization, led by William Austerl of Atlanta and T J Brown with other notable citizens, may need major amendments before a state deposit is permitted.
A heated contest for the Twenty Third district seat in the state senate draws wide attention across Crawford, Houston, and Taylor counties. Potential candidates include W. J. Walker and Jack Johnson, with Joseph Taylor courted by supporters, and Dr. J. N. Smith rumored to enter as a fourth candidate. Ex-Senator Sanford and Matt Walker also loom as strong contenders, each backed by broad county support.
In New Orleans the National Editorial Association held two sessions. Thomas M. Patterson of The Rocky Mountain News spoke on Papert Trusts, noting paper prices rose in Denver from 2 to 4 dollars per hundred pounds and urging repeal of duties on white paper and wood pulp. Afternoon resolutions from New York were considered, with a Washington visit planned. The group enjoyed a trolley ride. delegates head to Biloxi and other Gulf Coast cities, with eighty planned to travel to California.
In Yoakum Texas at six pm a quarrel on the depot platform left W. Rankin with his throat cut and dead almost immediately while J L Pickens suffered dangerous wounds to both arms and body. Rankin ran a restaurant opposite the depot. Pickens is a train author with ties to San Antonio and a family.
Boston financier T Jefferson Coolidge arrives in Atlanta touting the city’s bright future and plans to invest more here. He will erect a fourteen story Empire building at Broad and Marietta, dooring further projects if it succeeds, and may fund additional office structures on the Westmoreland site.
Will Lucas, a Black man, was found guilty of murder in DeKalb County Superior Court and sentenced to life by Judge John 8. Candler after a brief jury deliberation. The case marked Lucas’s second trial and his lawyers indicated a motion for a new trial to be heard in Atlanta next Saturday.
Clarence Eddy ranks Theodore Thom beside Richter and Nikisch as a top living conductor. Thom’s Chicago orchestra discipline yields consistently refined performances, while his self mastery and string studies foster unity. His fifty years with major ensembles shape his strong, education‑driven leadership.
City officials plan a 10 oclock morning meeting in the mayor office with joint council committees and Atlanta Business Men's League members to discuss the Minchinnet resolution proposing a 2 percent water rate rise. The talks aim to craft plans, possibly through a bond issue, to avoid higher charges for factories and consumers.
Postal Telegraph Company opens four new North Carolina offices in Charlotte Salisbury Greensboro and Burlington as lines extend southeast. Atlanta branch moves to larger, handsomely equipped quarters.
The Fulton State Pardons Board yesterday recommended to Governor Candler that Lem and Julius Bone remain in prison to finish terms of ten years for robbery. Both men, long held at Coal City penitentiary camp, faced extensive defense arguing they were not guilty. Governor's action likely follows board recommendation, extending their stay at Coal City unless intervened.
In Lexington, Kentucky, after a six day trial, C. S. Matthews L. B. Frick J. J. Frick P. Connor John Connor D. J. Dehart and John Fulmer were acquitted of the assassination of Patrick Bowers a wealthy land owner shot on the highway last July. The dispensary closed during the trial to prevent trouble and reopened with the acquitted men treating their supporters.
Conductor F H Hursey, who killed a Negro on his train at Pinewood two months ago amid talk of a race war, was acquitted on self defense grounds by a unanimous jury. After the killing, the town marshal arrested Hursey and tensions rose among Negroes. Chattanooga automobile news follows.
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