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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1899
Page
3
The fragmentary OCR notes a constitutional or political item featuring Clark Howell and W. 4 Hemphile in leadership roles. The text is garbled but indicates a formal declaration or early editorial context related to constitutional matters.
Augusta mourns ex Senator Patrick Walsh a devoted Democratic leader and influential editor of The Augusta Chronicle. The beloved figure rose from humble beginnings to US senator and Georgia party pillar, guiding conservatism and public service with selflessness. He served as Augusta mayor at death, inspiring widespread sorrow among friends and allies.
In Atlanta an exchange to connect moneyed investors with business ideas is urged by the Business Men League. The plan would let idle capital seek suitable ventures and help ideas find backers, backed by the league to ensure credibility and drive local enterprise.
The Constitution urges residents to beware of curbstone brokers and high interest loans. Banks offer 8 percent temporarily, while three to five year borrowings come through northern agents at 6 percent or 7 percent. The piece notes lenders are easy to locate and urges fair rates when money is cheap elsewhere.
Confederate veterans debate sponsors and maids of honor at annual reunions with critics arguing the events have shifted toward entertainment by sponsors. United Daughters of the Confederacy call for limiting sponsors to one per state, while Adjutant Moorman laments the loss of veteran focus and contemplates a banner tribute to Southern women.
A miscellany of poems and poems about editors and publishers appears in The Advertiser. Florence L. Tucker of Atlanta is cited for a poem. a man’s tale of selling verses for patent medicines is recounted. a Texas poet pleads for timely print. A column on war-era manuscripts and a protest on weather round out this literary snapshot.
A Cuban scene portrays General Gomez’s fall from power as the assembly disputes his role and the U S. stance. The piece contrasts Cuban citizens demonstrations with U S recognition, noting tensions over governance, the army, and the pending fate of salaries and reconstruction amid protests at city halls and the palace.
March 19 report on Windsor hotel ruin shows heavy debris, burning rubble, and a dangerous six story wall being dismantled. Fire remains hidden. 16 dead and 44 missing as 40 plus men fight mud and steam. Dynamite used on chimneys. many injured in hospital with some improving. Names of missing listed as effort continues to recover victims.
The bulletin lists injured individuals from a hotel fire and tram accident. Many suffer burns or shock with varying recovery, including Simmons and Nellie, Price Miz Alice, Macon Gary with fractures, Bellevue Shackleton, Tre-ovting, Wheeler, Mrs C P and Dorothy, Boyce, Willem S, Duke John hotel staff, and others. Several are described as improving or favorable, while some remain in critical or grave condition.
Report from Philadelphia notes novelist Gunter was not lost in the Windsor Hotel fire. A witness describes escaping guests including Haworth and Mrs DeMorest. Cleveland and journalist Josh Hin provide updates from Atlanta. Fire authorities confirm others reached safety.
President and Mrs McKinley sent flowers for the coffins in New York as Mra Warren Leland, wife of M Leland, proprietor of Windsor House, died of injuries from the war, with Mrs Abner McKinley and several friends present. There were two large bouquets near the caskets and a forest of gifts at the service.
Baltimore authorities and relatives of Miss Dora Hoffman who stayed at the Windsur hotel during the Windsor fire have given up hope of finding her alive. Her nieces Misses Lane returned to Baltimore after luncheon elsewhere in the city. Ro Curzon Hoffman, former Seaboard Air Lines president, went to New York hoping to confirm a death, but now believes Miss Hoffman may be among the ruins. He recalls a Mrs Auze seen with Miss Hoffman on the hotel portico minutes before the blaze, and fears both may be lost.
Baron von Merenklem, former Russian ambassador to France now living in Pas, denies rumors he sold secrets. He calls the French and Russian reports a friendly fabrication and says the charges aim to avert a public scandal exceeding the Dreyfus affair.
A crowded scene recalls the Hote Windsor disaster with notices of Archibald Clavering Gunter and James A Burns of Grant alreet Beave iy. Several locals in Atlanta read dispatches about Cuba and Florida connections, including Esther L Gunter and reports on Mr Bird in Guanajat a near Havana. Minor military and professional moves are noted in Atlanta society, with Lt FW Benteen arriving from Cota and Fred Miles seeking work as an electrical engineer in Cuba.
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