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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1902
Page
1
In a terse note the court charges Adler with a municipal case. Sam attends the hearing as the request for extradition or related procedure moves forward. The record cites an undertaking and references Jae G Stra in connection with the action. The details remain limited in this fragment.
Fragmentary forecast snippets note unsettled conditions with mentions of fair periods and variable winds. References to days and temperatures are garbled, yielding unclear outcomes and inconsistent literals.
Fragmented text references aiding efforts and tracking top performance with unclear names and dates. It mentions a person in a center area and a possible years phrase, but the readable facts are limited and no definite event, organization, or outcome can be confirmed from the legible fragments.
Northbound Express crashes entering the Waggoner yards at high speed injuring three. Engine derails and overturns. two killed and five injured. Victims include Fireman Wetherbee and Mrs Margit Sundar. Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe collision near Ardmore results in two crew killed and several injured as orders misinterpreted.
The tenth national irrigation congress began in Denver Colorado with President Roosevelt sending a congratulatory message. The event marks irrigation’s national role after legislation directing state land sale proceeds to irrigation projects. Colonel Alexander Rose Piper sworn as second deputy commissioner of police in New York, replacing Major Obstein who becomes first deputy after NSB Thurston’s resignation.
A Richmond man Eli Baskett killed his wife at home in Alleghany county then shot himself. The couple, married five years with no children, appeared content. Earlier Lifton Forge, Va resident Lewis Lee murdered Sallie Hughes with an iron and then killed himself. A Washington official noted bond purchase proposals up to 6,060,000 would be considered at low rates.
Cardinal Gibbons passed through Atlanta yesterday afternoon for about an hour in a private car en route to New Orleans. He spoke of the coal strike’s effect on the region, expressed hope for a fair plan to aid affected workers, and recalled his December visit to Atlanta. He praised the city’s prosperity and health, noting it as enterprising and well regulated. He will stay in New Orleans about ten days before returning through Atlanta.
Senator Hanna challenged Mayor Tom L Johnson to a tariff debate on economic grounds. Johnson telegraphed consent and pledged to debate anytime. Johnson to be in Cleveland October 17 before election day to fight cholera as insular government allocates funds for cholera in provinces.
Two convicts John Reagdon and E Crosse at the southern Illinois penitentiary near Chester cut off three fingers from each right hand with a rusty hatchet to avoid work. They claimed poor health and were treated by the prison surgeon, then forced to stand on a block in the yard for the rest of the day.
London dispatch reports The Times Copenhagen view predicts a small Danish majority in favor of the sale treaty with the United States for the Danish West Indies. In Guthrie Oklahoma Dr W H Dunn a leading physician and cattleman was dragged to death after his carriage horses bolted, he was born in Ohio.
William Randolph Hearst, running in New York eleventh district, urges public ownership of key utilities starting with railroads and telegraphs. He calls for government possession of anthracite coal mines and supports popular election of U.S. senators to curb monopolies and high prices.
In Palatka Florida on October 6 a dispute over nets led a gang to beat fisherman George Parker and his son to unconsciousness then throw them from a boat into the river 37 miles upstream. They were saved by thick water hyacinths and both men remain in precarious condition with fractured skulls. The elder Parker shot and killed Will Bellamy, an assailant, during the incident.
About 200 medical students clashed with police in Kansas City on October 6, smashing windows at two medical colleges. Dozens of windows were broken and several students were hurt, but none seriously, as riot calls prompted police to intervene and arrests were not completed.
New Orleans October 6 mayor Capdevielle urged the New Orleans Railway Company to run cars after suspending demand for lines. A tentative deal offered workers 20 cents an hour for ten hours daily. union rejected it. Police to guard barns as talks continue and legal moves loom. Glens Falls reports troops requested as street unrest grows.
Alfred W. Hew a Philadelphia resident dropped dead in the Adams and Ohio railroad ticket office in Washington today his wife witnessed the collapse but he expired before she could reach him He was 11 years old they had arrived yesterday from Florida where they visited their daughter Barbarian Baron Dead Butte Mont October 6 Advices from Phoenix Ariz tell of the death of Robert Lee Barbarian Brown a noted West figure During the amison raid in South Africa he acted as mediator between Kruger and the raiders In 1493 he went to Chicago and with Coin Harvey launched the publication Con Subsidy for Cunard Line Hamburg October 6 Hamburg Nachrichten says no conferences between the Imperial government Hamburg America and North German Lloyd Lines about the Cunard subsidy The paper denies German plans to raise second class fares and confirms Holland America to be incorporated into the International Mercantile Marine Company
Philadelphia and Wilkesbarre dispatches report President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers met Carroll D Wright Roosevelt’s labor representative in Philadelphia for about six hours. Mitchell returned to Wilkesbarre declining to discuss the Philadelphia visit or identify others present. A possible Roosevelty message to end the strike looms, as district leaders and many miners await developments.
Nine dollars a ton is the price of soft coal in New York with soft coal scarce due to railcar shortages. Anthracite lists no fixed price as sales occur at varied rates. mines halt when cars aren’t provided. Separate dispatches cover federal manufacturers talks in Buffalo on coal supplies during the miners’ strike and subsidized imports for American Woolen Company mills.
Governor Stone ordered the entire Pennsylvania National Guard to duty in Luzerne Schuylkill Carbon Lackawanna Susquehanna Northumberland and Columbia counties. The move aims to restore public peace after riots mob violence and intimidation thwarted work in coal mines and delayed trains. Guardsmen will protect workers trains and property and arrest violators while maintaining civil order statewide.
Northwest winds and mild 66 degree high forecast as Georgia news headlines a nationwide rundown. Reports note coal strike discussions in Atlanta en route to New Orleans, plus a farmers congress in Macon and a southern nut growers meeting. Railroads plan joint operations, state and local officials push sewer and water projects, and court terms activate amid labor unrest. Foretold events include a city council bench election plan, a national guard deployment in Pennsylvania strike zones, and a New Orleans streetcar deadline. Foreign news highlights a Newcastle coal sale to the United States and a Guam earthquake swarm damaging the island.
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