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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1899
Page
5
Chemist Pratt explains a novel method for producing sulphuric acid that promises large cost savings and efficiency gains. The process has attracted multiple patents and installations across mills from Louisiana to New Jersey, with sites at Newnan Georgia and Mobile Alabama highlighting rapid adoption.
Industry leaders discuss sound patents and full rights for plant use at Bayonne New Jersey and Chicago while planning a Georgia gold deposits iron and ore project. A two hundred ton per day Atlanta smelter is outlined to consolidate ore treatment and streamline payments within forty eight minutes of delivery.
Postum Co. advertises Grape-Nuts as easily digested with no prep time and urges households to serve them for better breakfasts. The piece notes grocery availability and promises rich returns next week. A separate notice from Alexandria, Virginia, reports Rev Theron H. Rice of Central Presbyterian in Atlanta unable to return home due to severe weather, with plans to visit Atlanta next Wednesday. Exercises in his honor are set for Friday at the church auditorium followed by refreshments and social time.
H E W Palmer deposition sought in Woods White versus Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway Company. Culberson and Willingham notified Palmer to appear before Commissioner Parry next Saturday morning. Likely questions on the bill for injunction. further witnesses may be heard.
Judge Calhoun appointed D O Smith official stenographer in his court yesterday. Mr Smith is well known in the city and is regarded as one of the fastest and most accurate stenographers. He will assume duties at once. Terminal business was heard and many cases were disposed of by Judge Calhoun and Solicitor O Neil. The court will continue for the remainder of this week and next week the civil docket will be taken up.
Miss Dolly Hudson aged twenty three died yesterday afternoon at 2 o clock at her father J H Hudsons residence 51 Cooper street from consumption after a lengthy illness The death is described as a great shock to friends and funeral arrangements will be an early notice.
Rev Dr A C Dixon preached a forceful sermon at the Tabernacle Baptist church with many converts and platform alight with new names. The conference opened with Rev Sam C Dean and Dr Broughton assisting as Nelson and Dixon led successive sessions, with plans for Dixon to preach tomorrow and next week in Brooklyn.
Captain Oscar J. Brown of the First Cavalry and former colonel of the Second Georgia Volunteer Infantry departs this afternoon at 4:20 to join his command at Fort Meade South Dakota. The regiment is expected to stay at Fort Meade for some time as no immediate duties are planned elsewhere. Brown, a native Georgian, is honored for his service to the state troops and his military leadership.
Riot involving Eight Tesmunes task force injures multiple people in Chattanooga. Inspector Harkins and officers wounded but survive. Three soldiers shot on a Southern Railway train. assailant fled to Athens. Also reports the marriage of Charles Austin and Minnie Jack at First Christian Church with reception plans for Kenwood and Church Street.
Special from Chattanooga reports more than fifty African Americans were arrested last night amid post muster disorder at Chickamauga Park. They faced Recorder court today, with net cash fines totaling three hundred dollars and orders issued for restoration of peace as quiet returns to the city.
Michael Key was fined for insulting four young ladies on the street after a judge heard a defense claiming a Salol and whiskey mix along with the grip caused temporary insanity. Witnesses described Kelly guiding women away, while doctors testified the medicine might affect sanity. The case led to a further charge of assault and a short hold in the stockade before bond.
Secretary of the Treasury forwards a strong protest from Superintendent Pritchett of the Coast and Geodetic Survey over the arrest of two high standing officials, Mr Phelps and Mr Frisby, on pick pocket charges in New Orleans during Mardi Gras. They allege harsh treatment, vile cells, and indignities while jailed. Call for inquiry and dismissal of involved officers is urged.
A trio of notices reports the deaths of Mrs. Winter wife of Rev L P Winter in Winterville Ga after illness and two other deaths Mrs Robert M Ganter of Huntsville Ala at age twenty four from consumption and Mrs Martha Patio wife of Dr C T Patio of West Point Ga from appendicitis. The piece notes their survivors and burial plans.
Grateful women in Virginia and Louisiana credit Pe r una and Hartman services with relief and health gains. Letters praise recovery from serious illness, colds, and female ailments, urging others to use the medicine and the physician’s guidance.
Washington reports a split between Mrs Kaward Wolcott and her husband Senator Wolcott of Colorado as divorce proceedings loom over incompatibility. The couple, once seen together, now live apart with Wolcott at the Arlington Hotel and Mrs Wolcott in family quarters. Attorney Charles C Beamon is listed for Mrs Wolcott.
Reports claim Senator Walcott and his wife Mrs Bass Wolcott faced trouble about a year after their marriage. Once seen as a loving couple, rumors arose as improvements at Walhurst paused and quarrels over estate and finances surfaced. Mrs Bass, widow of Leman Bass, had left an estate of about 32000, now valued at roughly 300000.
The safety of M. Bonbin the French explorer missing in Thibet and the Interior of Ching has reached Ghanghal. He arrived at Yachow in the Sze Chuen district after many adventures with Chinese companions, traveling from the Sterlin line to Tong King.
Madison and Morgan counties urge an exhibit at the Atlanta state fair with optimism about its success. Various papers predict a grand show as Atlanta plans substantial funding and effort, while others tout Georgia counties like Calhoun and Polk as deserving and capable of strong participation next fall.
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