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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1899
Page
2
A devastating storm sequence blasts through Madisonville and Walton County, killing livestock and injuring residents. Structures including barns and homes are razed, a major barn fire crops up after a lightning strike, and a prominent local jeweler is injured. A relief drive begins as towns gauge the widespread damage across Monroe and surrounding areas.
The passage extols Dr. R V Pierce as a thirty year eminent specialist and chief consultant at the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo. It lauds his staff and institute as among the world’s greatest and notes patients’ letters praising his Coramon Sete Medical Adviser.
A string of late winter storms hits Bremen Georgia Quitman Lavonia Opelika Walhalla and Rome with high winds and heavy snow. The Southern Methodist Church in Bremen was blown to a wreck damaging the structure and nearby buildings. Other houses fences barns and crops suffer losses across multiple Georgia towns. No deaths reported, but property damage runs high with fruit and melon crops threatened by frost and cold.
Leadville reports warm weather but ongoing heavy snow with only four non snowing days in fifty-six. Snow depths reach six feet and drifts twenty feet in places. Miners head out on snow shoes to Kokomo with food and mail as rail lines struggle to open. Union Pacific trains tied up in Cheyenne as westward routes iced and wind returns.
Ohio River at Cincinnati rises about three inches hourly and is expected to reach fifty six feet by six o clock tomorrow morning. Weather officials warn of continuing rise as flood conditions persist in the area.
Floodwaters sweep Kentucky with rising rivers threatening bottom lands and livelihoods. Fatalities reported near Fort Frankfort Richmond and Mount Sterling as residents move to higher ground. Louisa gauge shows fifty four feet, highest since 1862.
Captain William Davis sails from Norfolk for Cuba aboard the sloop Nellie with a crew of four. Icebound in February, he survives a perilous voyage and lands at Norfolk, Virginia, on a perilous journey blunted by cold and wind.
President Corbley of the Hamilton County Fruit Growers Association reports the recent cold has not only spared the berry crop but may improve it. If the cold persists a week or ten days, officials predict the largest crop yet seen in the United States, though prospects for peaches are weak in the larger region.
A fire in West Point destroys the Mary Holmes college an industrial school for colored girls. The blaze spreads to the cotton press yards reducing five thousand bales and several cars. Weigher R. McDaniel is burned to death while trying to save papers as insurance total stands at about 92 000.
A sunnytown area farmer near Sun ny Side died in his brother in law’s barn after a nap following a morning visit to the plantation. The inquest found heart failure as the cause. He was about fifty, survived by a wife. Also reported: Mrs R C Carter of Gurley Ala died of meningitis. Miss Ella Mayes of Huntsville Ala died of pneumonia. Kathleen Matilda Wesley of Waycross Ga died of measles and pneumonia. Cadet John Glenn of Auburn Ala died after a long illness Peritonitis while a cadet at Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
The War Department announced the apportionment of 101 second lieutenants created by the army reorganization among states and territories. Twenty appointments at large were issued, based on population, with Southern states receiving several posts including Georgia.
A nurse at Mary's Hospital discusses infant effects from foods eaten by nursing mothers. The report cites W B Cheadle, aged, and references cod liver oil and feeding of infants. The fragment suggests dietary influence on infant health and acknowledges a doctor or researcher’s comment.
The city council held a four hour long session yesterday afternoon with extensive business. An appropriation of 40 a month for the police matron at the station house was adopted, with the matron to be appointed by the police board. Various ordinances were passed including public place loitering penalties, trash receptacle requirements, and street widening reports. Debates over sewer bids ended with a split vote and further advertising planned.
John Gilbert of Enterprise Kansas confessed in county jail to murdering his wife and four children last Tuesday. He said mounting debt and fear of losing them drove the act, and that his wife kept him in debt, spurring a plan to leave town. He sought $5 from her and claimed he could not move the family after the killings.
Reported from Singapore and Manila, American forces gather strength for the Philippines. The Sixth U S Infantry, Ninth Infantry, Thirteenth Infantry, Twenty-first Infantry, and Sixth Artillery join reinforcements totaling about 7,500 men under orders to proceed to Manila by mid May.
L B Wheeler a prominent architect who helped design Atlanta landmarks and later worked in New York, died at his brother’s Danbury home after a brief illness. He trained under William Halsey Wood and partnered in Wheeler & Parkins later Wheeler & Downing, contributing to the Kimball House and Constitution building, with other notable residences. He lived in Atlanta briefly, then Decatur, Nashville, and St. Louis before settling in New York and finally passing away in his birthplace. The quiet, reserved figure left a large, valued collection of architectural works.
Arthur Swalm, a young man, was shot by a burglar yesterday morning at his Winston Street home in Huntsville. Swalm confronted the intruder who pressed a pistol to his chest and fired, striking Swalm in the hand as he tried to strike at the weapon.
Mr and Mrs J L Adier aged 63 and 62 died within four hours of each other at their Brownsboro Alabama home yesterday morning after long illness with ectope They were buried in the same grave Mrs Adier died at 9 pm and her husband at 1 am in the same time frame of mourning marked by their joint burial plans
A transport named Conemgugh will depart Francisco on Thursday carrying miscellaneous cargo and a force of 590 mules and 150 pack animals. The shipment is described as including various items beyond the stated animals.
A man dressed in soldier’s clothes broke into the Groodzinsky residence at 169 Gilmer Street, slashing two men with a knife and slaying in fear. Patrolman Crim found a bloodied bedroom floor and the burglar fled, leaving a cloak and a sword marked with number 10 and letter L. Victims Groodzinsky and his son suffered serious cuts, while Mrs Groodzinsky fainted from fright. Police aim to track the suspect by hat and cloak as investigation continues.
Hon Thomas B Felder of Anderson Felder and Davie is appointed counsel for National Surety Company in Georgia Tennessee Florida and the Carolinas with headquarters in Atlanta He will direct local affairs for the five states and report to Mr Felder, who heads the company’s territory work. The firm has significant capitalization and is a leading fidelity risk carrier in the south.
The Savannah sleeper line runs between Atlanta and Savannah on the Cincinnati and Florida Limited. Pullman sleeping cars depart Atlanta at 10:50 p.m. and reach Savannah at dawn, with return departures from Savannah at 7:30 p.m. and arrivals in Atlanta at 6:09 a.m. The service provides fast through connections via Atlanta to Savannah, Birmingham, Chattanooga, and beyond, with sleepers occupied in Atlanta at 9 p.m. and returning until 7 a.m. George B. Allen and G H. Hardwick, assistant general passenger agent, Atlanta.
An afternoon session at the Young Men's Christian Association discussed important matters for the organization. The executive board met at 10 o clock, followed by a regular session, with many members attending. A mass meeting is planned for next Monday at 11 in YMCA rooms to arrange a temporary home for working women, with several homes offered and dues expected to fund the operation until a permanent home is ready.
The United States transport Thomas formerly the Minnewatka sailed from Port Yan at 3 o clock this afternoon bound for Fort Leavenworth. On board are the Twenty third Kansas colored troops commanded by Colonel Sree. The ship’s course is in the Chesapeake and Obie area with expected arrival tonight around 6 45.
Receiver Joel Hurt, in the Marion My Jashoun case, advertises a public outcry sale of the Suwanee Canal Company's real and personal property. The sale covers extensive lands across Pierce Camden Clinch Ware and Chariton counties in Georgia, plus mills, dredges, trains, and stock. Bids require twenty thousand dollars cash or certified funds, with preferential bond terms available, and conveyance free of liens. The property includes thousands of acres, railroad assets, and equipment up to $80 acres in Chariton and vast holdings in multiple counties. The sale is set for the first Tuesday in February at the courthouse door in Folton, Georgia. Details available from Receiver Joel Hurt in Atlanta.
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