26 Oct 1903
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1903
Page
1
A fragmentary local notice reports Baptists of the First Church advocating the purchase of the Phe church Site at the corner of Pollen and qual Phaetheer yets. It mentions West End Pres beckoning leaders to decide whether to accept the sale amid broader regional religious and civic activity.
St Louis attorney James L Blair, famed for public reform stances, lies near death at his home as grand jury probes accuse him of embezzling about 340000 from Dick Bros and misusing 63000 of their funds. Roberts asserts ten years of fraud with forged notes and high living while Blair's defenders call the charges false and politically motivated.
A circulating report that a schooner was stranded on the Dam Neck beach near Norfolk is false. The vessel, of unknown name, anchored offshore and continued to proceed this morning without incident.
Jesse McClure a farm hand murdered his two sons aged 5 and 7 this afternoon near Marton Indiana. A mob formed to lynch him. he surrendered in Marion after driven toward the city. He admitted the murders saying he killed them in revenge after his wife left him. Deputy Sheriff Williams moved him to Indianapolis to avoid mob violence.
In New York on October 25 Dowie delivered three services marking his ongoing campaign against press coverage. He denounced Masonry and Catholicism and promised a forthcoming speech that would surpass his prior outbursts.
Professor Robert H. Thurston director of the Cornell College of Engineering died suddenly at his Ithaca home inside the university campus library. He was 64 and had been in apparent good health after a brisk walk. Heart disease was given as the cause. He was to host a birthday dinner for distinguished guests including Andrew D White.
In Monteregro, Calif, Mrs Leisel Iverson, long deranged by religious frenzy, strangled her three children and killed a seven month old baby at Pacific Grove. She claimed a supreme power compelled her and later said the children were not dead. The surviving son escaped to Salinas to tell his father.
The second creditors meeting will be in the U S courthouse at Mattanogg Tenn on October 26. President Jacquette of the bankruptcy firm will answer questions over alleged questionable transactions. Treasurer Jackson and others are to address irregular notes and related sanctions with Export Storage and Security Warehousing tied to the case. Notes totaling 505000 are alleged to have been issued without director Brockaway knowledge, held by National Steel Car Company of Pittsburgh, Pa. Proceedings are expected to be sensational.
At Port Riley Kansas October 25 officers and guardsmen faced a pay delay as regiments prepared to break camp. Adjutant General Mayer intervened to certify facts, ensuring the National Guard units would receive pay before leaving for home. The maneuver for tomorrow centers on attacking and defending an entrenched position with the Fifty Iowa Regiment leading the action while others break camp.
Vienna reports say Bulgarian condition worsens as insurgent bands return from eastern Macedonia. Insurgents fill Sofia streets begging for food and shelter while fears grow of Turkish attacks around Bulgaria’s upcoming elections and mobilization reluctance among the government.
Captain Brown arrives in Funchal on Madeira aboard the 19 foot Columbia II after a solo voyage from Boston begun August 11. The craft capsized September 6 in a gale, Brown was thrown overboard, survived hours adrift, and was later rescued by the British steamer Green Brier. He restarted the voyage with limited provisions before continuing toward his destination.
United States consul general Robert Pskin Her leaves for Naples with Mr. Wales and Dr. Pease aboard the Balkan to seek diplomatic ties with Abyssinia. Captain Thorpe will join in Naples on the 27th to merge stores to Machias. The expedition begins near Naples then heads to Abyssinia as Emperor Menelik is fluttered by the gesture.
In Rome on October 25 Pope Pius spoke before about 2000 Venetians in the court of San Damiano. He addressed them in Venetian dialect, saying it made him feel younger and recalled his life from childhood to the papacy. Hymns were sung and addresses delivered as the crowd gave an ovation.
Creditors of the Porto Rican paper serve an attachment on The News for 86100 after a fierce anti-government issue. The paper did not publish today as receiver Hobart F. Bim moves to collect. Editor Hobart F. Bim begins two months in jail after an appeal for habeas corpus. The News, socialist and anarchist leaning, faces suppression while Porto Rico mayors ban black flag drapery except for funerals.
London October 26 Joan Redmond Irish leader spoke at Killarney and arrived to launch a campaign against emigration. He argued exaggerated prospects lure Irish youths to America and condemned Andrew Carnegie’s Waterford speech, saying Kerry’s poorest laborer is happier than many Irish workers in the United States.
Chicago October 26 The Illinois Steel Company laid off about a thousand laborers in the South Chicago mills. No notice was given. workers were told there would be no more work for them for the present. The affected men were employed in the slab and plate mills and the open hearth mill.
Reports from October describe a 70 man liberal rebel group moving from Catalina toward Penonome with expected reinforcements that failed to arrive. Governor Ubaldia notes leaders Barrrera Lugo Caicedo Barrera, tied to the 1901 Colon capture, while Major Tuscon pursues the insurgents. Arrests of liberal leaders widen unrest as Panama Panama Canal politics and election pressures escalate. Venezuela amasses troops on the Colombia frontier amid heightened government security in Bogota and Cartagena.
A runaway electric car on the Chicago and Joliet line plowed down a steep hill killing two men and injuring others. Motorman Bonn y fainted, passenger Anna Westberg escaped with bruises, and bystanders reported a dramatic crash that wrecked a dwelling and damaged nearby property.
A heavy gale sweeping Great Britain drives ships toward shelter ports. The North Star yatch under Captain Simpann from New York to Greenock stops at Queenstown for coal. The Red Star liner Finland from Antwerp to New York arrives at Southampton with steering gear repairs due.
Reports from Yokohama describe a conference among Japanese cabinet ministers and elder statesmen on the Far East crisis. Names cited include Yamagata, Oyama, Matsukata, Komura, Tearauch, Yamamoto, Kataura, Ito, and Baron Kōmura. A landing dispute at Yongampho involved Hugh-iwara Shutchle and party.
A chaotic mob gathered near Buttes Chaumont after rumors of a swindle tied to a newspaper report. A crowd confronted a man claimed to be employed by the paper, formed a lynch mob, and burned a contrived item while police struggled to restore order.
October 25 report states Broekian named Yo in a grapnes message received today. Rishioners of Tremont Temple have decided to accept the call, appointing Him as leader.
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