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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1902
Page
1
fragments indicate a weather story with mentions of winds, cold temperatures, and a near term forecast. references to Ada ir and Nobles hint at local places or teams in a period voice. main action centers on a storm system and wind shifts affecting a Saturday period.
Reports from Norfolk describe not a soul escaped the Wesley M. Olers wrecked near Hatteras inlet in a hurricane that blew 60 miles per hour. The Ida Lawrence drifted off Ocracoke after losing her rudder, two schooners and several craft driven ashore. Lifesaving crews battled surf as debris and damaged craft filled the harbors from Hampton Roads to Beaufort. One drowning reported near Mich’s Store. others injured, boats torn from moorings, and wrecks along the coast amid severe winds and rising seas.
President ready to name John Barrett of Oregon as minister to Japan and Australia after the Buck funeral in Tokio. Barrett has built strong Asiatic ties and gains support from China and Japan while facing Republican opposition and business voices wary of the Far East posting. Buck died of heart paralysis during a hunting trip near Tokyo. funeral plans and Arlington interment are set with Japanese honors.
London reports the board of agriculture intends to lift the embargo on cattle from New England ports once the American department of agriculture confirms outbreak suppression. Seattle lands under restrictions from the Irishman, with other ships due in from Boston. Importers note the ban mainly affects routes through Boston, not Western shipments. Meanwhile Governor Stone moves to lift Pennsylvania’s quarantine on cattle due to no local foot and mouth disease since 1882, challenging Illinois Governor Yates’s order.
Washington dispatch reports former Speaker Thomas B. Reed remained in critical but improving condition after a nausea attack early tonight. Doctors say recovery will be slow but ongoing, with oxygen and saline on hand as precaution. A late bulletin notes temperature normal, respiration 26, pulse 88, nourishment retained, mind clear, and abdominal symptoms abating.
Lawyers for mine workers pressed the strike commission in Scranton Pa as witnesses testified to blacklisting and refusals to reemploy strikers. Injured miners blinded by underground blasts were also brought forward. Reverend Curran defended the miners, while discussions of outside settlements and possible sale of independent mines to major operators dominated the day.
Washington December 5 The House Republicans back the Littlefield publicity measure to expose trusts and curb giant combinations. The bill requires interstate corporations to file annual detailed financial data with the Interstate Commerce Commission, including names, capitalization, assets, earnings, expenses, and owed taxes with enforcement against noncompliant firms.
Vienna reports from Korea say harvest failures drive women and girls to be sold in public markets or at parental homes. Merchants cry out for cheap girls as prices vary by age and beauty, with younger children fetching as little as 2 1 2 yen and teens 13 to 14 years old from 30 to 40 yen.
Washington reports a possible shuffle in South Carolina federal offices to place Crum in internal revenue and Jenkins as collector of internal revenue, enabling Roosevelt to appoint a white port collector in Charleston. Crum seeks federal office, facing opposition based on color and business ties. fate hinges on Senate action and party strategy.
Five thousand workers met and voted to spurn owners proposals as insulting. The union pressed government to stop navy sailors manning steamers and warned it would not guarantee order if strike rights were curtailed. Meanwhile schooner Herbert Taft went ashore near Bedkin Point and was reported anchored at the Chesapeake mouth with probable no damage.
In Breslau the German emperor denounced socialists as lying about workers needing their party for improvement. He praised the working class but warned them against agitators who, he said, terrorize and enslave workers to gain power, urging the class to disavow the socialist movement.
Fair, cold Saturday with rising Sunday temperatures and light winds. Georgia issues include a reduced sanitarium fund to 516000 and a new trustee for the Georgia Soldiers' Home. Savannah and Waycross reports of floods and bridge losses. Paccolet Manufacturing names Victor Montgomery president after his father’s death. Domestic storms and a perjury conviction in St. Louis are noted along with protests in Korea and a labor speech by Emperor William.
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