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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1901
Page
5
The notice lists daily and weekly subscription terms with varying durations and proportional rates. It states postage rates for United States Canada and Mexico for 10 to 12 page papers and 16 to 24 page papers and 28 to 36 page papers. The Atlanta Georgia notice is dated August 9 1901.
President Berckmans of the Georgia Horticultural Association urges active steps to replenish forests lost to destruction. The piece argues widespread forest removal harms soil, rainfall, and prosperity, citing Georgia’s pine degradation and a Georgia farmer switching from forest to cultivation, boosting land value but harming long term timber. It praises Berckmans’s national impact and calls for action against woodcutters.
Georgia peach shipments drive northward from Fort Valley to Plainville and Dalton. The industry shifts from a few large operators to widespread growers, turning peaches into a staple production and broad market activity across north Georgia from Marietta to Dalton.
Across the Southern corridor from Atlanta to Chattanooga small orchards multiply as larger growers and brokers create market access. A five thousand tree orchard is within reach for many farmers and midsummer peach sales have yielded large profits, with multi-thousand acre profits shared among dozens of growers. A cautious, businesslike approach can create steady yearly returns without harming other work.
The Constitution highlights prompt and courageous female revolver use against intruders in Georgia and New Jersey. It cites a Georgia mother arming daughters for target practice and a Newark incident where Miss Rodman delivered decisive blows to fend off a footpad, arguing pistol and sparring skills boost confidence and safety.
The piece argues for widening American cotton exports to southern China and other markets, noting a global gap in U S merchants and rising Central Asian cotton production. It cites Consul McWade and Consul Stith on Russia, bales too large for buyers, and brokers in Liverpool harming packing. The author laments an inefficient intermediary system hurting both producers and consumers.
The article argues that U S farmers have suffered losses by relying on Europe as a middleman and should develop mercantile instinct to reach better conditions by selling directly to their own customers rather than paying profits to middlemen responsible for the losses.
The empress dowager’s death ends a life marked by royal birth and imperial promise. She rose from British aristocratic circles to marriage with a German prince, endured unmet ambitions, and faced personal sorrow with the loss of her husband. Her happiness as princess royal contrasted with later courtly constraints and political duties.
An order on a Pennsylvania railroad requires English as the day language for all crew conversation citing a near collision caused by unclear Pennsylvania Dutch. Editors view the rule as an assault on a cherished language and speculate about ulterior political aims while noting the rule aligns with English in rulebooks.
A reflective piece questions literature as a business and the value placed on poets by magazines. It contrasts historic figures with modern publishers, cites a laboring poet who longs for dollars, and suggests arbitration on compensation. The column touches Tampa politics, Long's naval orders, Hanna for president, elm beetles, and the resilience of farmers and the American Ch inaman.
A flood of editorials from the Brunswick Times Call and Savannah press discuss Governor candidates. Mentions include J H Estill, John S Batl, Dupont Guerry, John Brantley, and W G Grantley. Georgia voters face a crowded field as parties seek a decisive nominee and balance regional support.
A compilation of scattered claims about Atlanta drawn from Georgia papers. Mentions 500 blind tigers operating Sundays in Atlanta, wild behavior blamed on heat in Macon, a winner in an Oklahoma drawing, women arming themselves against crime, municipal campaigns, weather notes, Labor Day prep, and street railway control questions across several Georgia towns.
Oceanic reports collision with the Waterford steamer Kincora off the Irish coast in dense fog. Kincora sank amidships. seven crew and passengers drowned. Oceanic brought seven survivors to Queenstown. damage limited to minor dents. Collision occurred around 1 30 a morning near Tusker, all Oceanic passengers sleeping at the time.
Washington August 8 authorities publish exact phases of the Chinese negotiations to correct misapprehensions about delay in signing the Pekin protocol. Negotiators agree on tariff details converting ad valorem into a specific zone at 5 percent. Free items join new specific schedule. A commission will define further specifics, likely in Shanghai. Prohibition of firearms and materials for manufacture was settled earlier, with warships seizing vessels carrying prohibited articles and each government may act to curb export of arms and supplies to China.
Luke Ford, jailed for burglary, overpowered Jailer Poole and seized his pistol during a jailbreak near Americus Georgia. A posse, aided by dogs, closed in a mile away and recaptured Ford. Jailer Poole and officials pursued, with further arrest of the fleeing man.
Remains of Dowager Empress Frederick placed in a coffin at dawn. Funeral at Friedrichshof conducted without music. Bishop of Ripon and Worcester canon presided. Emperor William in Black Hussars uniform led the family procession with Hussars stationed around the castle. No torchlight procession mentioned in the late empress’s directions.
John Foley, a Harvard graduate employed by the government, died en route to a hospital after a rapid decline from consumption. The incident began in Beaton, with a Boston to Claremont and Chicago journey ending in tragedy as he collapsed while being transported for care.
Anderson Indiana August 8 Three weeks after J M Washburns jewelry store was robbed of 15000 worth of diamonds the thief confessed to a Chicago priest and returned the loot. Father E A Murphy of St Marys Church confirmed the confession and the diamonds were recovered by Washburn after the pastor notified him.
Earl I. Bierach after a Lexington conference said Kentucky produced 4.5 million tons of coal last year, up nearly 100000 tons from the prior year, and nearly all was consumed. He warned of a shortage and price rise, citing higher miners wages as a factor and noting dealers bought little coal this spring and summer.
New York August 8 reports United States Steel Corporation has obtained control of the Shelby tube works with a mills complex producing high grade tubes. The Shelby mills employ non union workers and the combined operation will run about five thousand tons of tubes across various grades.
President McKinley approves the death sentence for Private Phineas Foutz of the Nineteenth Infantry. Convicted at Cebu by general court martial for stabbing to death Geneviva Torres a Filipino girl in her home in Mandgues Cebu on November 15 1900. Execution by hanging ordered.
Francis Seigle, an American citizen in Cuba, presents the second largest claim to the Spanish treaty claims commission totaling 872.47 dollars. He says his plantation was worth 1,000,000 dollars in 1890 but depredations by Spanish troops left him in want. The letter is dated August 5, 1901 from Americus, Georgia.
Senor Estrada Palma argues in a long letter that no honest patriot will run for Cuban president. He cites disjointed political factions and party loyalties based on local ties, not principles, and fears a president without congressional support will fail. He urges unity of effort to find a viable candidate and basis for agreement.
Mayor Mims rejects the Garrett-Pierce charter amendment to empower an occupation tax on public utilities in Atlanta while endorsing any move to tax their franchises. He cites legal opinion from City Attorney Mayson, who says the council’s franchise tax proposal is legal and targeted to the franchise’s outputs.
The comptroller reports a projected total property increase of about 17 million dollars across thirty counties based on early returns. By yesterday, 107 counties filed tests with a net gain of 12,792,000. eleven counties fell by 547,288, while ninety counties rose by more than 13,000,000. County gains include Coffee 5slid, Jefferson 84,591, Whitfield 38%, Twiggs 17,104, Tallaferr a 2,975, Sumter 235,133.
Archibishop Ireland delivered a short address before the Catholic Total Abstinence Society convention in Hartford and Augusta. He spoke at length on public morale and the origins of the work, highlighting the society's role in moral reform and noting the event's regional gatherings.
In St. Petersburg officials announce a policy capping Jewish students at three percent of all university enrollments countrywide. The exception is Moscow University where Jews are completely barred. The measure was issued in August and aims to restrict Jewish presence in higher education.
Rumor confirms Mr Kruger’s planned trip to the United States with a reception in Hilversum and ties to the Holland Society of Chicago. He denies certain accusations while stating possible European events may proceed.
In Philadelphia the National Afro-American council met with over 100 delegates and elected officers including Bishop Alexander Walters as president and T Thomas Fortune as first vice president. They urged Congress and the president to enact legislation to make the government answerable for lynching murders of American citizens and to consider constitutional amendments to empower federal courts to uphold the right to trial by jury.
Imman Hugh T and J W English plan three story brick stores on Broad Street adjoining the bridge. Total cost $40,000 with English at 8 and 11 South Broad and Inman at 1 and 9. Plans by architect W T Downing. Captain English store 37 by 100 feet, $15,001. Inman 77 by 100 feet, $25,000. Demolition of old buildings underway.
The city made its third payment on the Whitehall Street viaduct, signing a $20,000 check by Mayor Mims and delivering it to contractor Grant Willkins. Earlier payments totaled $22,000 and $60,000, with more funds expected, bringing the total toward roughly half of the anticipated project cost as steel and work advance.
Two Baltimore and Ohio excursion train sections collided near Confluence in Washington County Pennsylvania. Ten people were seriously injured and several others slightly hurt. Named seriously injured include Fireman Shannon P J Collins Mrs J H Lewis A G Shaw Helen Lemont Dora Harvell and J EB Stillwagon. Trains left Pittsburg after 6 am and collided as the second section struck the first at about 35 miles per hour.
A Lawton meeting of over one hundred homeseekers calls on the interior department to open three government reserves totaling about 637 500 acres in the Lawton district. They argue cattlemen can move cattle to other grazing areas this fall and homeseekers would buy the land outright from the government.
Knoxville residents say the street railway strike is quiet with all cars running on schedule until 7 PM. Passenger numbers are low due to a boycott by temperance supporters led by Carrie Nation, who was released from jail after fundraising. Nation plans to travel to Atlantic City next week. Dogs to be checked as baggage are being tested on western railways along with bicycles and carriages.
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