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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1902
Page
1
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a personal crisis and public notices near a city desk. It references a writer at a desk and several scattered names and times but lacks coherent details. The text evokes a newspaper setting with a typewriter, a Friday through Monday span, and a mention of a warning or life event without clear facts.
Philadelphia December 1 Mrs Kate Hassett aged 18 leading woman of Keiths Eighth Street Theater Stock was shot and killed by actor Barry Johnston who then killed himself in the same attack. Johnston waited at the stage door after failing to see her and opened fire, the first bullet piercing her left breast. He then shot her arm and turned the weapon on himself, the two dying while rushed to Hahnemann hospital. Police cite jealousy as the motive. both were married but living apart. Hassett had joined Keiths Star Company three weeks earlier and was playing Marjorie in Broadhursts What Happened to Jones. Johnston had acted with Richard Mansfields Julius Caesar company in New York.
In Jackson Mississippi December 1 special report Congressman Joan Sharpe Williams of his district is urged to seek leadership of the minority in the next congress. He says he will not scramble for a place and would accept if offered but declines air from the Democratic members. Letters from prominent Democrats press support. The item notes his prominence and potential role in the party.
Savannah crowds followed Miss Mamie DeCris as she arrived in custody from Atlanta. She claims she acted alone in the diamond theft, contests the Atlanta confession, and seeks to avoid prosecution. Jewels recovered, some from BE Mohlberg pawnshop. Investigation links items to Van Keuren & Co. and suggests no confederate.
New York December 1 A sensational raid led by District Attorney Jerome with police stormed Richard Canfield s famed Forty fourth Street gambling house. Entry through basement windows found no recent activity and Canfield reportedly returned from Providence. Simultaneous raid on The House With the Steel Doors on West Thirty third Street uncovered a secret passage and gambling equipment including roulette and card tables. Two men were arrested, a doorman and a relative of Frank Farrels.
Richmond December 1 Special. A Virginia House bill would punish kissing with a fine. Dr R B Ware of Amherst sponsors the health measure aimed at preventing promiscuous kissing, but it risks stoking jest like the earlier anti flirting bill. The law would require proof from a family physician that the woman kissed has no contagious disease, raising questions about enforcement and chivalry.
Huntsville Arkansas, county seat of Madison County, was nearly wiped out by a Sunday fire. The blaze consumed the courthouse with county records and four business buildings including the Madison County Bank, leaving the town of about 600 residents with heavy losses. Details are scarce as Huntsville lies 15 miles from the railroad.
An early year event titled a Get- Together Conference will be held by various participants. Details about the host organization and exact date were not clearly provided in the available text.
Washington dispatch reports a planned big democratic harmony conference to replicate Greystone’s success in Grover Cleveland’s nomination. Prominent Democrats, including Olney and Gorman, aim to secure endorsements from eastern southern and western leaders, reducing factional lines to back a unified platform and candidate.
Washington December 1 Special Republicans started the first day of congress with a plan to force a congressional probe into Virginia election conditions and the new constitution. Carter Glass is the first newly seated Virginia member, with Wise and Crumpacker guiding opposition. The proposal seeks to examine election legality, registration, and racial rights under the Virginia constitution, inviting an elections committee inquiry.
Georgia's full delegation attended the opening of the second session of the fifty-seventh Congress. The Capitol buzzed with crowds, officials, and former Speaker Reed visiting as Senator Hawley weakened, and the Senate held a brief twelve minute session in respect to James McMillan's death. The day featured lavish desk flowers and long lines at visitors' galleries.
Washington reports Hay negotiates with Nicaragua and Costa Rica for a ten mile wide strip across the Isthmus, giving the United States control. Panama appears out, Colombia pressed to act. Concha ousted, Herran to take over canal talks, signaling faster treaty progress with Colombia. Admiral Walker welcomes changes, expecting stern push for a treaty with extended powers.
Specials parties led by Mrs. Brett of El Paso Tex propose installing an independent telephone exchange in Chattanooga at a cost of 240000. An ordinance granting the franchise passed one reading on both city council boards tonight.
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