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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1902
Page
6
A scrambled excerpt describes tensions between mine owners, workers, and unions, debating wage terms, safety, sovereign rights, and enforcement. It mentions legal authority, concessions, and potential actions impacting operations, with references to leadership figures and regulatory pressures.
Mater and Berkele at 31 Whiteball Street advertise wedding gift items including flower jar bon bon designs and figure styles for a range of decorative keepsakes. The notice highlights silver deposit ware and coordinated floral pieces as gifting options.
Willard, a Western end Atlantic railroad foreman, barricaded himself in a house on Note Woe street and threatened to murder officers at daybreak. Police, including Officer Tibbs and Doyal, forced the door. Willard fled a window, was captured nearby, and claimed intoxication and craziness. His wife escaped with their two children. he faces recorder’s court at 2:30.
City council meets this afternoon with a special charter revision committee report expected to trigger discussion on submitting the charter to voters. Two elections are scheduled: a board of trustees member for Grad hospital to succeed the late Col Hemphill and a city physician for the first ward to replace the late Dr Bridwell. Other items will be acted on, but charter action and elections dominate.
Atlanta’s Southern Interstate fair doors open Wednesday to launch the city’s largest fair since 1905. Frank Weldon leads preparations with hundreds of workers, exhibitors from Boston and Pennsylvania, and a strong Atlanta manufacturers display. Horse racing daily draws crowds, outlawed horses barred, vanity fair amusements by Coley Anderson, a water carnival with a 40 foot sea serpent and Ascension demonstrations planned, running October 3 to 28.
The Atlanta horse show opens October 14 and aims for unmatched brilliance with unprecedented preparations. President Thomas Egleston leads efforts to attract top horses from Louisville and Canada, including Seventh Cavalry exhibitions and Pepper Canadian high jumpers.
La Soufriere near St Againt in Kingstown St Vincent woke briefly yesterday with a slight eruption at six in the evening. The volcano then returned to a state of quiet.
Lib erati and his renowned grand military band will perform at the Southern Interstate fair and the Atlanta horse show arriving in Atlanta on Tuesday October 24 after a Dallas engagement. J P Stoltz says the band arrives October 4 at 1140 am and proceeds to the fair grounds for the afternoon parade. The ensemble of fifty pieces includes eminent soloists on clarinets cornets horns and trombones and covers Wagner Rossini Weber Mendelssohn and popular tunes with equal vigor. The band plays nightly at the horse show and performs daily at the fair grounds with after show concerts planned.
A man from Canada named Truegood Albert Harper sought police help to mount a fake sideshow near the exposition grounds during the fair. He planned to hire an Atlanta Negro to impersonate a wild man from Borneo and feared mobs, warning Atlanta is unsafe for such deception.
Chief Ball vows full policing during the fair with fourteen extra officers and a special squad at the grounds. Detectives will watch for confidence men as the city braces for thieves. Meanwhile Minneapolis police warn thefts surge as $10,000 in loot has been taken in four days, including $2,000 jewelry from railroad magnate Thomas Lowry.
Emanuel Brown told police last night that a riot occurred among Negroes at Belt Junction. He fled his home claiming he would have been murdered by “mean, low-down South Carolina Negroes” if he had not run. No one was killed and investigators could not identify who participated.
A Bard Teacher outlines lessons from challenging title disputes and offers to examine and insure titles to prevent losses and suffering, promising guidance and protection through Title Guarantee and related services.
The marriage of William P. Hudson and Maria Dodgen took place yesterday at Rev. W. A Montgomery's home in Decatur. The couple, both of Atlanta, arranged a surprise ride that ended in a private ceremony with two friends as witnesses. Hudson is a Strickland and Co. employee and a Baptist. Dodgen is a Presbyterian, admired for character.
Samuel Pryor of St. Joseph Missouri founder of Pryor's band dies at 58 after a life devoted to music. As he died, big musicians played lively airs including his own pieces. The scene close to his own music, seen by friends as a fitting euthanasia.
George J. Fry a grocer in Syracuse invites the entire city by circulating a street directory and listing all neighbors customers and officials to attend his wedding to Emma Hanna at the county court house site on October 2. Fry notes his late wife died three years ago and Emma helped start his business with ten dollars from pawning her watch. He plans six women cooks and expects 500 guests and fine presents.
Policeman Courtney of the East Fifty first street station pursued a frightened girl across roofs north of Fifty fourth street. A mob of women chased the ragged figure as she leaped air shafts and dodged chimneys, threatening anyone who blocked her path. In Yorkville court the girl, who called herself Mary Jane Corne, offered little about her age or background.
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