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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1908
Page
6
A second series of cyclones caused widespread damage across Guthrie Hennessy Enid Wrederluk Cashtin Duncan Welestka and Tulsa. Nine storms brought floods and high winds leaving five people injured and farms damaged. The Cottonwood river rose threatening low areas and telegraph lines were down statewide.
Tobacco beds near Hathaway in Boone CountyKentucky were destroyed by night riders from a group of about thirty men. The incident occurred along the Tecm Ert road near Hising Sun with riders seen working through the area. Local authorities have opened inquiries into the attack.
Concluding argument in the Inman receiver contest resumes in Judge Pendleton's court. Attorney Alex King for the plaintiff wraps up, then Judge Pendleton will render the decision. The high profile case has spurred daily sessions over two weeks of affidavits and arguments.
A military dispatch notes fifty three engagements in May during the Japanese campaign against Korean insurgents and rioters. Insurgents suffered five hundred forty nine killed or wounded and many captured, while Japanese losses were thirty killed. Insurgents outnumbered Japanese forests five to one, with the fiercest activity in Ham Kyando and Kwang Wando. many insurgents are surrendering.
Eighteen new trolley cars have appeared on Atlanta streets, built by the Georgia Hallway and Electric Company at its Fulton County plant near Inman Park. Local workmen and all materials were used except patented items from outside the state, with preference for Georgia workers in staffing the assembly.
Montgomery Alabama May 20 special the people of the cradle of the Confederacy mourn the death of General Stephen D Lee whose visit during the November legislature strengthened Alabama monuments at Vicksburg. Telegrams of regret came from Confederate veterans groups and historians. Flowers will be sent to the grave as local memorial societies plan a condolence message. Havana May 29 the British minister presented a request for indemnity to the family of William Herriman, a Nassau Bahama native and crew member of the schooner Ezpertaent, shot by the Cuban revenue cutter off Cayo Coco after being intercepted in Cuban waters.
Detroit speech at the Mallec Boilermakers banquet forecasts steel production reaching 40 000 GOD tons in ten years, up from 25 000 GOC in 1907, asserting that nothing could slow the United States progress and prosperity.
Paris reports intense satisfaction in official circles over President Fallieres’s English reception. Officials say no formal alliance is needed, as an alliance in spirit already exists between France and Great Britain. The trend may extend to Russia, with visits involving King Edward, President Fallieres, and Emperor Nicholas possibly shaping a closer three power alignment for European peace.
Mc Walkerey, premier of the French republic, wrapped up a four day stay in London and departed by train to Dover. A formal farewell was avoided but Edward the Prince of Wales and Cabinet members appeared with diplomats at the station to bid him adieu, while crowds cheered as royal salutes sounded from Dover forts. The French president then sailed to France aboard a French steamer under guard of British ships.
A severe storm hit Arkansas with heavy rain and lightning. Lightning struck 27 oil tanks at the Salem pool, each holding 600 barrels of oil, causing significant loss estimated at 528000 dollars.
A partial collapse of the Lithuanian Church of Our Lady of Vilna in Chicago occurred as a large congregation was leaving last night. A number of people were thrown into the basement and panic spread. none suffered more than cuts and bruises according to initial reports.
A Georgia third district political storm unfolds after the Dodson and Hughes campaigns report theft of dozens of letters from Dodson’s office files prior to May 19. Hughes plans to use the stolen letters in campaigning while Dodson denounces the crime and hints at publishing correspondence. Candidate Hughes speaks at Hawkinsville on Saturday as interest swells.
In Arkansas heavy rains flood thousands of acres of cotton. the Mississippi backwater slows river rise below Little Rock. Levee below English broke, water nears top levels with many acres submerged. Planter John M Granler reports all but 1000 acres under water. no fatalities yet though more breaks possible.
Adjutant General Bibb Graves of the Alabama National Guard dispatches 2400 Springfield rifles to units, sixty per company. He is in Washington arranging the encampment of three infantry companies at Chickamauga Park and a general rifle range in Montgomery set for June 15.
Princeton police pursue a homicide theory in the death of Bertha Vanderbilt assistant at Princeton University Library. Prosecutor Herdine questions burial hastees and notes Vanderbilt’s Amsterdam NY jeweler father, with her body transported there for burial. He cites apparent appt with someone nearby and questions how the body reached the canal.
May 29 in South Bend Indiana a rare miniature tornado struck overnight and again at 4 50 this morning wrecking small buildings and uprooting trees. Wind and rainstorm flooded businesses and homes, leaving one area heavily damaged and scattered debris across streets.
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