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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1900
Page
5
A fragmented report notes medical standings on a new alk cure and its effectiveness. It mentions Dr. Hatha in Varbocele, RheusChronig, and other cases, highlighting selective bettoms and surders amid evolving treatment discussions.
A planned line from South Macon to the Outing Club grounds was suspended after a dispute between the line builders and the Outing Club officials. Officials expect a resolution this week and for work to resume. The article also covers local political races for solicitor general, county offices, and postmaster, with notes on remittitur in the Fuller case and assorted Macon news items.
The council approved a 30 percent rise and liberal assessments while granting Cannon & Co. a second turf exchange on the same terms. Helen F. Barclay married Lea Campbell, Strowger system manager, with an April date altered by the bride’s mother. Wyatt Barclay traveled from Darien for the family wedding.
Report from Valdosta Georgia describes a mob incident near Jennings Florida in which a Black man fatally injured two white men named Carver after an alleged serious offense. The accused was captured by the sheriff but mob action led to the man being hanged from a nearby tree.
Offerman and Western road crossed the Waycross Air-Line at Nicholls, after court wrangling and a recent supreme court ruling. Arbitrators settled damages to Air-Line owners. officials from Savannah and Waycross attended. John J. McDonough, president of Offerman and Western, spent the day in Nicholls.
The Coweta County grand jury completed its March term and read general presentments. It urged the county commissioners to pursue a new courthouse via direct tax or bond issue. Judge Harris and Solicitor Atkinson were praised for their efficient service as Harris marks his twentieth year on the bench.
Augusta Georgia March 1 Special The city’s new telephone fire alarm system recently installed was tested and proved perfectly satisfactory A telephone in each engine house connects to a central switchboard allowing the operator to ring all telephones at once The central receives the call and the chief designates which companies respond, foremen at their telephones.
The Central railroad buys three new Barney & Smith sleepers from Dayton. They arrive in Savannah and will run on the Savannah to Atlanta and Savannah to Macon routes. Numbers 19, 20 and 21 each feature twelve berths a drawing room smoking room and lavatories.
Colonel S J Boykin of Carrollton announces his candidacy for the Georgia lower house. A thirty year old lawyer with wide local ties and Democratic principles, he faces no announced opposition yet. He born and raised in the state and will enter via the Democratic primary.
Paris audience filled the Grand Opera house for the Comedie Francais first appearance since the old theater fire. Mlle Dudley received an enthusiastic greeting as handkerchiefs hats and bouquets flew to the stage. performances of Andromaque and Le Malade Imaginaire followed with acoustics better than expected.
The Modern Way commends an improved method to cleanse the system and break up colds headaches and fevers with a pleasant liquid laxative. Made by California Fig Syrup Co.
The Boston baseball squad will hold spring training in Greensboro North Carolina departing Boston around March 22. Playing dates begin in early April with the team preparing under coach and staff for the upcoming season.
Savannah reports a federal conspiracy case led by D A Tyson and associates. Wheeler and Jones deny connection, misidentifications trigger risks as prosecutors prepare for trial with about seventy five witnesses. Tyson faces bond issues and possible rearrest while authorities pursue the bona fide defendants across Georgia.
Savannah tale explains a joking start to a true invitation mix up as a South Carolina adjutant general list led to colored and white units being invited to Dewey day. A South Carolina colored captain checked the matter and warned others. Preparations for the carnival celebration accelerate with troops expected nearby and shops decorating ahead of March 21.
Savannah march 11 special Acting on Captain Gillette recommendation the war department designates two heavy rifle batteries at Fort Screven Tybee island battery Brumby and battery Habersham names to honor Georgia figures Lieutenant Brumby Admiral Dewey’s flag lieutenant and hero of Manila Bay and Colonel Joseph Habersham, Savannahian and Revolutionary era Georgian.
North Carolina politics report from Charlotte notes a Raleigh convention next month will nominate state officers and presidential electors and select delegates to the national convention. Four candidates seek the governorship Aycock Justice Cunningham and Davidson. Bryan is expected to be endorsed by April, with a solid delegation to Kansas City. The gubernatorial race and an August election for state offices loom large. The constitution amendment on universal male or white supremacy and franchise limits dominates, with unified Democratic support and some Republican opposition anticipated.
Sioux City Iowa March 11. News from a reliable source says Archbishop John Keane will succeed Archbishop Hennessy. The nation’s archbishops and the archdiocese reportedly agree unanimously to send his name to Rome for approval.
Oxford Ga March 11 Phi Gamma hall hosted the annual spring inter-society debate on whether England's claims in the South African controversy were justifiable. The negative won with Timmons of Few cited as best speaker. speeches by Peacock and White offered strong affirmative and counterpoints amid musical interludes. Rogers closed for the negative.
The article discusses opposition to England's demand to revise Transvaal naturalization rules, arguing the laws are generous and Uitlanders lack desire for citizenship. It notes a negative verdict by Professor Mansfield T. Peed, then shifts to the Sigma Alpha Epsilon banquet at Emory University celebrating the order's founding at Alabama and detailing toasts and chapter members.
Joliet March 11 Mrs John Gallagher fifty in a fit of temporary insanity last night rose from bed seized a razor and cut her husband’s throat from ear to ear He died before police arrived The demented woman is confined in jail.
Police seized at the American and European Express Company office several packages and a large trunk. The items are said to belong to the fugitive Phion, once a French marine official, suspected of offering French naval secrets to Britain and of knowing Boer agents movements in Europe.
Havana reports intensified checks on incoming steamers for bubonic plague with a marine hospital service vigil. No confirmed case yet on the Yecatan from Vera Cruz as three fresh plague cases appear in Sydney Nova Scotia. London notes a will leaving £1,297,881 to family and charities.
Addison C Rand president of Rand Drill Co and treasurer of Laflin Rand Powder Co dies in New York aged about ninety. Jasper N Dorsey a Ga lawyer dies after a lingering bout of consumption at Gainesville aged twenty five, to be buried tomorrow.
Special correspondence recalls a grim era when smaller vessels loaded cotton and shanghaiing crews thrived along the Charleston waterfront. Tales tell of drugging, kidnapping, and brutal captains who forced white and black sailors aboard, with one preacher later writing home about life at sea. A notable case involved a corpse hauled aboard for pay, while a brutal captain avoided recruitment locally after a Charleston scandal. The practice waned as larger ships arrived and enforcement tightened, and a police chief named Tommy Williams briefly figures in the era before Williams’ return to Charleston.
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