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Newspaper
Fayetteville News
Location
Fayetteville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1903
Page
1
The Southern railroad reports for the year ended June 30 gross earnings of 42,354,059 dollars, up 4,641,811 dollars or 12.31 percent from the prior year, per a New York dispatch.
Orlando P Dexter prominent New Yorker financier attorney and geologist, shot while driving a horse on his 7000 acre Lake Dexter estate in Malone New York Adirondacks. Slain by a hidden shooter who fired twice from concealment in heavy brush.
Former Wississippi gubernatorial candidate FR Noel arrived in Atlanta on Sunday morning for examination and possible treatment at the Pasteur Institute after a dog bite in Ackerman Mississippi. The bite allegedly came from a dog suspected of being mad.
A wide array of incidents across the US South and beyond includes Worth County murders with five killed and one arrest, a $100,009 fire in McDonough destroying two blocks, Columbus's through line sleeper delivery, sheriff murder accusations in Saluda County, a jail escape in Kentucky, a prison guard double act in South Carolina, and a convict killing a jailer in a Georgia penitentiary escape attempt. Additional items note strikes in Brunswick and New Orleans, Booker Washington addressing a Philadelphia conference, a police chief shot in Evansville, frosts across midwest states, Dominican waters neutrality protest by Powell, a Georgia arson case in Eatonton, Judge Estes’s death in Gainesville, postal inspector arrest in San Francisco, and other regional disturbances and weather impacts.
The state case against James H. Tillman was postponed for seven days following a grand jury recommendation. A large Lexington audience included prominent lawyers and lawmakers as Tillman’s third trial ventures into uncertain prospects amid defense aims for a fair venue and witnesses. Richland county bears trial costs.
Government chemist Charles P. McLane warned of weevil damage in parts of Arkansas after two months of study but Arkansas cotton men, led by Little Rock traders, dispute the claim. Investigations conclude no boll weevils exist in Arkansas.
Two alleged confidence men swindled Ohio farmer John Kerr of East Springfield out of $3,000. The suspects A. Blake of Cincinnati and Charles Higgins of Pittsburg were captured Monday by farmers after a shotgun confrontation.
A Manila report states a new education law provides 72000 dollars for initial year expenses. It also grants 100 top students meeting 75 percent in each subject a chance to study in the United States at governor designated institutions.
Judge Frank B. Gary of Abbeville S C was chosen to preside in Lexington over the trial of J H Tillman for the assassination of N G Gonzales. The case will be among the first called with over 600 witnesses expected.
Directors of the Southern Interstate Fair in Atlanta announce a busy setup for October 7 to 24. Horse races will feature entries from Illinois and Kentucky, with top horses and daring auto stunts promised by Barney Oldfield and major manufacturers. The midway will be renamed The Pike, with new attractions including a high paracute monkey and Diavalo the loop specialist drawing crowds.
Reports indicate the state department received a long cable from Minister Leischman but provided no details beyond noting no alarming news. Drawn-out discussions continue on Macedonia, Bulgaria, and the Macedonian crisis as Austria and Russia respond slowly and no major policy shifts have occurred.
James Mooney of the United Mine Workers urged coal miners and mine owners at a Kansas City conference to join to push coal prices higher. He argued high prices would yield big profits for operators and high wages for miners, harming the public.
Chemist Charles P. McLane of the U.S. Department of Agriculture toured infected cotton areas in Texas Arkansas and Tennessee. He warns a grim future for cotton west of the Mississippi predicting near total failures in ninety six Texas counties and rapid spread of the weevil across the southwest within two years. He notes efforts to control the pest have failed and that the situation is especially dire in Hempstead County Arkansas.
In Jackson Kentucky Curtis Jett faces an assassination trial for James Cockrill. William Cope James Blanton testified Jett stood near the courthouse and fired from the courthouse window. Charles Green, the escapee witness, said he saw shots come from the courthouse and that Jett fired at Cockrill.
A London special reports Lord Balfour and Arthur Ralph Douglas Eliot have resigned, accepted by the king. The move creates four cabinet vacancies and one secretaryship at Premier Balfour's disposition. Austen Chamberlain Milner and Brodrick expected to fill exchequer colonies and Indian posts. war office choice awaited.
The Alabama Legislature passed a unanimous resolution naming the late Dr J L M Curry as one of two men to represent Alabama in the national capitol statue hall. The other representative is not yet chosen. A separate fire at Elizabeth City destroyed the steamer Alma and the Norfolk and Southern freight depot, with losses around 190000 dollars.
A dispatch from Essen reports the Krupp heirs command ten thousand workers tied to their firms to quit all unions or face discharge. Laborers respond with indignation and a strike may follow.
C. O. Slater, a mechanic of Olean New York, choked to death by a stiff high collar found Friday in a fence corner. His body was doubled with his head between his knees and his face blackened by the collar.
A damaged OCR fragment shows scattered numbers and stray words with no clear event or entities. No identifiable people organizations places dates or outcomes are readable to form a coherent news item.
The aged New York capitalist and lawyer Orlando P. Dexter offers five thousand dollars for the conviction of his son’s murderer. He vows to scour the Adirondacks and beat every foot of ground in the search after the ambush homicide.
In Cartersville mayor's court Akerman the postmaster pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was fined ten dollars and costs. Rev Sam Jones pleaded not guilty and presented witnesses who testified he was acting in self defense. the evangelist was discharged.
The American Brickmasons strike suspends brick construction at the Johnson City Tennessee soldiers home. It follows the dismissal of two union masons for alleged lack of diligence. This is the fourth strike at the site and may push the government to end the labor disputes delaying the project.
City council members voiced disappointment after the Atlanta Terminal Company announced the passenger station would cost less than 350000 dollars rather than the previously stated 750009. Some argued the lower price would have changed votes on reading the street grade adjustments.
In Rowan county Mount Ulla, Thomas and Carl White of Concord fatally shot Russell Sherrell after he refused to marry their betrayed orphan niece. The incident centers on alleged betrayal and a revenge killing tied to family honor.
A Twenty-eighth Infantry detachment engaged Moros on Toros Lake in Lanao on the 10th. Private O. Barnett was killed. a Moros priest who led the assault on a boatload of soldiers was also killed.
A mob of twelve to fifteen men attacked Chinatown in Tonopah Idaho on Thursday afternoon. They forced several Chinese residents to leave town at gunpoint and dragged others to the town outskirts told them to seek Sodaville.
The Bourse in Paris reports unconfirmed news that King Peter of Servia was assassinated. Servian bonds dropped about one franc, 70 centimes while the foreign office had no confirmation of the claim.
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