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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1906
Page
1
A motor vehicle crashed into a fence injuring several women. Police and emergency services responded as bystanders aided the victims at the scene. Investigators collected details as the driver remained at the location and traffic was halted briefly.
George Howard of 20 Ponce de Leon Avenue and three ladies were shaken and bruised when their auto collided with a fence while passing a buggy and rider on Peachtree road near Buckhead. A boy on a bicycle was injured lightly. Miss Hattie Warren suffered a dislocated shoulder. The party received aid from Edward Inman and James Gray, with Miss Warren taken to Zikin Cooper sanitarium.
United States commerce with Africa for the fiscal year 1905 aggregated about 30,000,000, with 11,322,000 imported and the rest exported. Earlier years show varying totals. Egypt and Cape of Good Hope figures are noted, while Africa's 1904 imports totaled around 465,000,000 and exports near 430,000,000.
A mob hanged Munrong Talers, a new arrival described as an African American, at Rosedale Kansas near Kansas City after he was found under a white woman's bed. Police intervened before he died, and he has since become violently insane from the ordeal.
A rowboat overturned on the Desplaines River near Willow Springs, about 20 miles south of Chicago. Charles Saenger Robert Heiden and Albert Brunke of Chicago drowned. Mary Rigney and Samuel Goldstein were rescued. The party’s rocking caused the capsize.
Madrid May 27 Princess Ena de Battenberg urged King Alfonso to pardon Ferdinand Levers condemned to death before his scheduled execution. The pardon arrived as the procession prepared for the gallows, sparking cheers as Madrid hailed the bride-elect’s humane intervention and the upcoming royal wedding.
Athens dispatch reports Greece will sever diplomatic ties with Roumania, recall its consuls, and entrust protection of Greeks there to Russian agents. The report notes this action follows Roumania's expulsion of Greek officials and asserts the area has been taken.
Rev Moore Sanborn of the Unitarian Church in Atlanta denounces Torrey's sermons as based on seventeenth century ideas about God and salvation. He says Torrey overstates terms of salvation, fears hell imagery, and claims Christians now reject such views. Sanborn defends a broader, more loving view of God and cautions against reverting to old doctrines.
New York May 27 Circumstances suggest murder as a young woman’s body was found on the Bronx Harlem river shore. The corpse, heavily dressed, bore a tightly fastened cord around the neck. Autopsy failed to confirm drowning due to the body’s condition, and the age estimated about twenty five years.
Reports from Sebastopol and St. Petersburg describe hazardous devices thrown during a troop review after the emperor’s coronation anniversary. Eleven killed and over a hundred injured, including officials. two attackers arrested. Guards, governors, and police were targeted. high dignitaries escaped. A prison warden was fatally harmed by an eight-year-old youth enacting a revolutionary sentence.
Montreal May 27 Captain Wunana of the Allan Liner Ionian reports that at midnight May 21 in mid ocean he rescued the master and crew of fifteen from the Norwegian bark Trio of Tonaberg. The Trio sprang a leak after masts were lost in a storm on April 12 while ballast for Chaléur, yet Captain Hana Thorassen and his crew kept her afloat until sighted by the Ionian. The rescued were landed at Quebec where the Norwegian consul took charge.
In the Tenderloin district Officer Slaymaker, attempting an arrest, was shot through the lung by his prisoner Behn Maxwell of Pittsburgh as a Chinese restaurant fight ended. Maxwell and a White woman were cornered. a burglary outfit was found on Maxwell at the station. Separate report: three men drown off Sheepshead Bay after a squall. Joseph Warrington of Brooklyn among the victims.
Mobile Alabama May 27 A thunderstorm struck during a ball game in an open field injuring twenty five spectators and killing five. Victims include Donald Touart 21 Stephen Touart 19 Arthur Moody 19 John Green and Charles Thomas. Two fatally injured were John Yockers and Fred Johnson. Injured were Fred Hurc Joe Doibear George Cleveland and about fifteen others recovered quickly. Bodies burned and a silver dollar melted on one victim. By 30 p m Johnson and Yockers were reported out of danger.
Attalla Alabama May 27 L M Dyke the president and W R Lawley the cashier of the First National Bank of Attalla were arrested by Deputy U S Marshal H G Ashley on warrants charging misapplication of funds from the bank closed by Bank Examiner Silas N L Cooper on April 24 Neither Dyke nor Lachey would comment beyond likely posting bond tonight Dyke is brother in law of Gordon Da Bose former president of the First National Bank of Ensley who was arrested Saturday on a similar charge
May 27 Louisville sparkled with enforceable dry laws as corner pumps without handles announced Closed. Authorities shut down saloons and most venues while one Hebrew park kept open, sparking arrests. Ball game halted as officials tested statutes in court.
The article notes support from Black community members for Senator Foraker's amendment to a rate bill, highlighting gratitude from African American residents for changes that address rates and perceived fairness. It references J. B. labels used previously for certain Black babies as historical context.
May 27 report from Washington notes strong southern support for Senator Foraker's equal accommodations amendment to the rate bill, aiming to curb Jim Crow practices in interstate travel. Northern negroes protest, arguing it federalizes Jim Crow and enables lawsuits, while southern letters applaud the measure.
Forecasters predict fair to cool conditions across Georgia Virginia and neighboring states with variable winds. Showers possible in North Carolina Mississippi Louisiana and Arkansas with cooler air spreading from the northeast into the Ohio Valley region and Texas expecting partial sun and cooler temps.
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