Canal talk for Senators during week gains attention
Ongoing weeklong discussion around a potential canal project draws attention from Senators. Officials weigh strategic and regional implications as public interest grows.
11 Dec 1905
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1905
Page
1
Ongoing weeklong discussion around a potential canal project draws attention from Senators. Officials weigh strategic and regional implications as public interest grows.
Washington action centers on the canal emergency appropriation bill with debate over restoring 88 5 million cut by the house. Some predict quick passage, others defer action until next week. Senate leadership expects little other legislation before Christmas as reorganizations and committee announcements set the stage for the new session.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Birmingham and an engineer of the south with a rider and fare figures. Content is garbled, unclear actions, and lacks coherent event details to confirm a distinct news item. No verifiable names, dates, or places beyond Birmingham appear.
London date reports a new Liberal ministry with Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury. Key figures include Herbert Henry Asquith as Chancellor, Edward Grey as Foreign Secretary, Gladstone as Home Secretary, and Lloyd-George as President of the Board of Trade. A note lists ministers not in the cabinet and records King Edward VII’s approval this evening. A separate item notes the schooner James Dowell arriving in Charleston after leaking off Frying Pan Shoals.
Mrs. Cora W. Jones, about forty two, killed herself with a pistol in the home of her sister at 31 Pavilion avenue near Grant park after a period of nervous illness. The husband slept nearby. the inquest cited health problems as likely cause. Coroner’s jury concluded self-inflicted wound, funeral planned for Barnesville.
Newport R I December 10 The Nantucket south shoal light ship No 58 chained offshore was flooding from a fire room leak as a gale raged. Wireless reported extinguished fires and a helpless vessel. Relief ship Hist blocked by steering failure. Azalea from New Bedford to reach the vicinity by morning.
The newly completed battle ship Louisiane was delivered to Newport News yesterday and prepared for a test trial next Tuesday. The vessel was scheduled to be fitted for sea duty after immediate trials amid tight security.
Savannah December 10 The naval stores war has ended and producers are promised a higher average price than in recent years. The Naval Stores Export Company holdings will be taken over by the Big Four led by J. P. Schooner and allied interests. About 2.5 million dollars buys 45 000 casks of spirits of turpentine. Florida ports except Pensacola have opened markets and a minimum price is to be maintained. A general relief spreads through naval stores circles as prices stabilize, though rosins may not reach prior wartime highs.
A Chinese Christian elder Kung Hon, died in Atlanta after a Columbus death, was honored with Christian services led by Rev. A B Holderby. About thirty to forty Chinese Freemasons attended, wearing ordinary clothes and white gloves. Pallbearers placed the coffin in the hearse, and at Westview the gloves were tossed into the grave as the ceremony ended.
In Birmingham Alabama on December 10 a black man died after drinking forty eight drams of corn whisky in a local saloon he tried to disrupt. The mayor ordered the saloon closed and the proprietor to be prosecuted.
In Washington December 10 the Postmaster General outlined appointment criteria based on merit and incumbency records, signaling Blodgett’s renomination. Opposition from some Republican lawmakers persists as calls grow to replace incumbents with political allies.
Richard Cheatham, secretary of the Southern Cotton Association, states that growers in the south, united with the association, are winning a major struggle against manipulators and securing prices. Loyal farmers who followed January guidance to set 10 cents per pound helped lift prices before the current harvest. By December 1, a short crop confirms the policy’s impact.
A tense exchange drives warnings of renewed confrontation as Russian authorities face a mounting crisis. Leaders threaten decisive action to avert further bloodshed amid rising domestic and international pressure.
Chaos grips Petersburg as the telegraph workers strike spreads amid arrests of leaders Krustateff and Knystaleff. Cossacks and police clash with rioters outside the council headquarters, two strikebreakers killed, and threats of a general nationwide labor uprising intensify.
December report from Mexico City notes pilgrims headed to the shrine, with a group of 2,500 travelers forming part of a broader ecclesiastical exursion. Apostolic visit under Ridolfi is mentioned as overseeing the pilgrimage. Continued on Page Three.
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