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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1903
Page
3
A lightning strike in the Mobile Bay area killed three people and injured two others. Emergency crews responded to the scene to aid the injured and secure the area as investigators began assessing the incident.
Mobile, August 2. The pleasure yacht Florodora was struck by lightning off the Point Clear wharf. Leonard Scott a former professor at Kagajima Imperial university Bruce Granville Lincoln and William Brewton were killed. Scott died instantly while the others died later. Scott's daughter and engineer Charles Baldwin were burned but survived after medical care.
Chattanooga Tenn August 2 A head on collision between two freight trains each drawn by two engines killed three firemen all of Somerset Ky The engineers Duke and Fitzgerald also Somerset were injured badly but survived The crash occurred on the Cincinnati Southern about 16 miles from Chattanooga when a dip in the track caused the high speed impact Delays and road blockage followed until after 4 PM official report cites failure of the dispatcher to deliver orders as the cause
Official reports on Philippine trade for March 1908 reveal total merchandise value for nine months ended March 31 amounting to 46,989,455 dollars, with imports nearly flat from 1903 while exports rise notably in hemp and coors. The gain stems from increased shipments of exports, implicating hemp and coors as key drivers in the archipelago's commerce outlook.
At the Muscogee County Board of Education meeting resolutions were adopted opposing state wide textbook standardization. The board, whose members oppose uniform textbooks, had recently contracted for school books for another year. In Canton Massachusetts, Hiram H. Poole was stabbed to death on Sherman Street by one of three Italians. the assailants fled and a dispute preceded the attack.
Crowds along St. Peter’s Square compress to watch the conclave. At 6:40 pm a thin stream of smoke signals an election, but a thick plume follows and no pope is named. Officials note mass for cardinals and ongoing provision shipments while rumors spread of communication attempts and suspicious lights in cardinal cells.
Sir Thomas Lipton rode a special train from Niagara Falls after a day of yachtwatching and a Royal Canadian Yacht Club reception at Niagara on the Lake. He toured falls and Sister islands, then traveled to Lewiston by steamer, where Canadian yachtsmen brought their defender Starthcona to Niagara on the Lake. Lipton praised Americans as good sports and said he hopes to bring the cup to Toronto after the races.
Two men discuss a boy harmed by a teacher’s harsh discipline as they recall the Philippine War’s end and its impact on students. The dialogue suggests strain from military conflict entering civilian life and schooling.
A cloudburst near Lindaborg northwest of Ellsworth floods valleys and damages crops across Kansas. Twelve miles of Union Pacific track washed from Brookville, trains rerouted, and water depths reach basements in Camerio and Bavaria. North Topeka experiences citywide flooding as sewers fail and the state insane asylum is cut off.
San Francisco recorded a nearly thirty second quake at 10 50 pm with light damage feared. Other California points felt the tremor and Stanford University noted a forty five second duration. The piece also reviews Russia’s Interior Minister Von Plehwe and his grip on power, press, and police.
At Atlantic City August 2 the American Federation of Catholic Societies meets as Anthony Matre reports more state federations and 264 county groups across 40 states. Bishop Kelley presides at a pontifical mass while leaders lament Leo XIII and call for unity amid infidelity and divorce.
The owner of a young alligator explains that captive alligators eat only about once a month and prefer moving food. He notes worms attract them, raw beef helps, and a stringed piece of meat can stimulate movement. Proper housing with sand moss and sun aids comfort.
Detroit News-Tribune recounts a Metropolitan Street Railway President H Uh Vree land’s father Rev A H Vreeland recounts a Sunday school anecdote about Jacob’s ladder. A girl asks why angels with wings need a ladder and a boy suggests they are molting.
A flirt tells a matron she prefers not to marry because she would lose attention. She says she has the attentions of half a dozen men, while marriage would give her only one. The matron retorts that she wouldn’t even have that.
War begins at daylight with battleships Indiana Texas Massachusetts and destroyers Lawrence Whipple sailing to Atlantic positions. Admiral Sands commands the fleet with two days more ships to follow and station along the coast to monitor enemy approach. Admiral Barker moves his flag to the Kearsarge. Kearsarge Olympia Ida Anolg and Praris fitted with wireless telegraphs.
Reports from Rouen July 4 1908 describe a sharp rise in cotton prices and a shrinking supply, hitting French mills hard. The text links high raw material costs to reduced output, factory closures, and a push for colonial alternatives as Europe seeks independence from American cotton.
The report surveys cotton margins at mills, noting 5 to 10 percent over last season and larger Brock cotton stock. It cites Austrian and Swiss conditions with high class American yarns marginally unprofitable, while consumption runs at full mill capacity. Rhodesia plans a cotton syndicate, Rhodesian samples fetch high Liverpool prices, and African labor supports a year‑round harvest from May to April. Imports at Corunna list US shares by product, and Siberian asbestos prospects are reported near Kutal. The German inventors’ association promotes patent sales at Nuremberg with vast but underutilized patent stock.
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