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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1902
Page
8
Norfolk Central Union stands with strikers opposing nonunion labor in boycott conflict with Norfolk Railway and Light Company. Protests expand as militia is called, fine policies spread, and arbitration ruling rejected.
El Paso March 10 W R Martin division superintendent of the Southern Pacific returns to the city and says the immediate cause of the wreck is not yet determined. He notes the cars were piled on the engine and a part may have given way. A Alpine dispatch reports charred bones of three bodies under the chair car and many bones under the smoker. The coroner estimates about eight persons died.
Central City Loan and Trust Company plans to quit business in Macon due to the death of president Major William H. Ross who held stock worth about $30,000. The estate desires to dispose of this stock and the firm will liquidate under Ross’s successors I. L. Dunwody is cashier and R Jaques is vice president. Major Ross’s estate is about $100,000.
Capts S S Dunlap funeral held at his Plum Street residence at 2 30 P M with a large crowd including Mulberry Street Methodist church stewards Maron cavalry company and staff from Dunlap Hardware Exchange Bank and Union Savings Bank in attendance. Clergy Rev W W Ainsworth and Rev W W Pinson led services. numerous floral offerings. active and honorary pallbearers named.
At the Virginia Carolina Chemical Company plant in Macon Georgia on March 10 a worker named John Battle was killed instantly when a heavy iron piece fell on his head. The coroner was notified but no inquest was held as witnesses confirmed the accident.
Kansas politics rumor of fusion grows as Populists flag fusion with Democrats. A March 26 joint session of state committees is planned to decide on a union, led by J M Love, Democratic chairman, in Topeka.
Jackson reports four men scheduled for execution across the state, with Linsein County outlaw John J. Sasser to die at Brookhaven, Jake Gilmore hanged in Ellisville for murdering his wife, Calvin Williams to be executed in Aberdeen for killing Marcus Kingsley, and Jim Troublefield to face the scaffold in Tunica. Governor Longino takes no action, and more hangings follow in coming weeks across Aberdeen and Raymond.
Jackson Mississippi March 10 Special John Sharpe Williams has formally announced his intent to seek reelection in the Eighth Congressional District. His campaign has flooded the district with letters, drawing attention to potential competition from Pat Henry of Warren and others, while talk of a Senate run has cooled. The field may widen with Colonel WA Montgomery and Congressman Hooker entering, complicating the double primary strategy.
Bristol Virginia March 10 agitation by union labor organizers threatens a general strike in Wise county coal mines aimed at higher wages and union recognition. An order for guns and ammunition to Chief Kilgore signals potential trouble.
In the Virginia constitutional convention a resolution by Mr Braxton proposed granting women the right to hold the office of notary public. The measure was referred to the suffrage committee as delegates adjourned and a suffrage conference met in executive session. Senator John W. Daniel, returned after illness, was warmly greeted and is chair of the suffrage committee.
Roanoke Va March 10 Burnett Link ous and Claus Reynolds white pursued for raising checks in Montgomery county were surrounded by a sheriff posse in Giles county today. Both men resisted and Reynolds fired on officers. Officers returned fire killing Reynolds and capturing Sinkour.
In many Mississippi counties today assessors and deputies began preparing the 1902 enrollment of property. Following legislative action a land assessment and child census will be taken this year. State assessment believed to rise by at least $15,000,000 over last year.
With fine weather, farm work has begun in southern Mississippi especially among truck farmers. Early plants have moved from cold frames to fields and plowing for the cotton crop has become widespread across other sections.
General Wood of Cuba arrived from Havana and will rest before heading to Washington. He declined to discuss Cuba questions before reporting to the department, saying he would address congress afterward.
Deputy Marshal C. M. Tompkins was ambushed while escorting an alleged moonshiner named Albert Lovelace between Newville and Florence Alabama. Tompkins, shot in a desolate stretch, may have suffered a mortal wound as Lovelace, accused of violating revenue law, was to be taken to Florence. The attack appears to be an attempt by Lovelace’s friends to free him.
Governor Beckham refuses a requisition on the Tennessee governor for the return of Lee Turner owner of the Quarter House. The request rested on the affidavit of Frank Cucoil, linked to a Goebel murder conspiracy. Cucoil is described as a fugitive from justice. Indictments from January remain secret. Cecil reportedly sold his Bell county saloon and disappeared.
The Texas Supreme Court sends Weld and Neville v. State Railroad Commission back for hearing by the Third District Court of Civil Appeals after the Court of Appeals dismissed it. The dispute concerns lower cotton shipment rates for round bales versus square bales and who should grant relief, with the commission as the sole rate maker. The ruling preserves an important question for the appellate court to decide.
Major Knight, engineer in charge of Tennessee river improvements, has orders from Washington to survey Chickamauga Park and surrounding country as a site for an army camp of instruction. The War Department reportedly plans to use land adjacent to the park as a camping site for troops.
Frank Sackett Kellog of Chicago Illinois filed for bankruptcy in Knoxville declaring liabilities of 41225.39 and assets of 875. He lists 150 creditors in Chicago and 21 in Knoxville with total local debt of 454. Largest claim is 5200.83 to Dewitt Hubbard & Co.
The Morgan Hine steamship Excelsior reports on March 10 that about 42 miles southwest of Tortugas she passed heavy logs adrift and a submerged wreck just awash with Avanta on its upper bulwarks. The wreck lies in a busy navigation track and is a dangerous obstruction.
Wizened little bodies and big brains or big strong bodies and no brains neither one of these makes a good combination. To produce big healthy bodies and big healthy brains take Scott's Emulsion. Childhood is the best time to commence. Scott's Emulsion contains food for bone and nerve and flesh and blood. Scott's Emulsion promotes growth and proper development. Just the thing for weak children. Send for Free Sample Scott & Sowne, Chemists, 409 Pearl St., N.
Pennsylvania capitalists will begin building an electric street car factory in Birmingham with a $50,000 building cost. The Commercial Club provides land maps for three properties. When running, about five hundred skilled mechanics will be employed. Projectors, who remain unnamed, plan to produce electro cars, autos, business wagons, and top grade electric carriages.
Chester Pearce of Henderson Georgia writes Mayor Drennen alleging the deceased Henry Clay Pearce found in the Stewart building may be his brother from Bartow County left 38 years ago in Arkansas. He states Henry would be about 47, six feet tall, around 200 pounds and uneducated. mayor to investigate.
Norfolk March 10 Mrs Lattleton T Waller of this city reports a cable from Major Waller United States Marine Corps at Manila who is to be court martialed on the charge of executing natives without trial The cable says I am all right Mrs Waller cannot confirm if the illness or the court martial is referenced in the message
Senator Thomas Co. Platt of New York arrives with Mrs Burney and Mrs Janeway en route to Havana. Miss Alice Roosevelt will arrive at 10 30 tonight and join the Cuba voyage tomorrow on the steamer carrying the Platt party.
Washington reports Brussels sugar convention requires no action by the United States as the country produces no bounty aided sugar and was unrepresented. Indirectly, the results may influence the Cuban customs problem and treasury receipts by abolishing countervailing duties.
Governor Richard Yates of Illinois arrives with staff officers and Peoria Mayor Bryan to open the Illinois state building at the exposition. A harbor excursion, Fort Sumter visits, and a Cooper River naval site tour precede a big parade and auditorium speeches by Yates and others.
Session of the Tuscaloosa city court opens with many cases listed. Plaintiffs include J W Sanders suing the Alabama Great Southern for 5600 over a mill fire, L and Herring vs Water Works for 25000 over pump house injuries, and May Blackburn for 30000 against the railroad over back water damage. Also three cases against Bryce Insane Hospital by former miners suing for 5000 each, plus suits against the belt railway for fatalities and other smaller actions.
The funeral of James H Peek Jr was held at 10 am with Masonic rites in Covington after his death Saturday at a nearby home. Also noted were obituaries of Hon T J Perry of Cuthbert and a pneumonia death in Alexander City, with services and survivors listed.
In Bufaula Alabama on a Friday afternoon, senior and junior players faced sophomores and freshmen in a nonpublic lawn football game watched by many. Final score 15 to 1, with lineups led by Miss Petry and Miss Foy as captains. Costumes of short shirts and billowed skirts are planned, and invitations will be sent for a rematch next Friday on the same ground.
A home wedding in Carrollton Ga yesterday joined Hon Leon P Mandeville and Mrs Wither Sturdyvant at 10:30 am. Rev W E Dozier officiated at the bride’s Maples street residence. Guests included E G Kramer and families, J E Driver, D G Wilson and daughter, and others. The couple will reside at Maples street and plan a spring or early summer extended tour.
A mysterious shooting on Maple Street ends with one man dead and another fatally wounded. Only identified is H. F. Nestor of Marshall Texas, shot through the brain while partially conscious. Justice Henry Ion aids inquest.
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