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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1905
Page
6
The State Department wires from San Domingo detail Morales fleeing toward rebel bands near Santo Domingo as cabinet allies cling to power under Vice President Caceres. Morales seeks to regain control while Perez resists cabinet actions in Puerto Plata and Santo Domingo.
Vice President Caceras is urged to preside due to Morales secret departure on December 25. Fighting was reported last night 10 miles west of the city. American Minister Dawson and other foreigners have left their country seats and moved to town. The city is quiet but tense as arrests occur. Governor Perez of Puerto Plata resigns after dismissal and leaves peacefully.
St Petersburg reports a government claim that the Moscow uprising will be crushed within four days due to troop shortages and redeployments. Independent sources warn of continuing fighting, with casualties mounting and revolters aiming to widen barricaded areas despite reinforced troops.
Meridian Misa December 27 a pitched battle between a posse of white men and three negro desperadoes at Cross Roads Choctaw county Alabama left two of the outlaws dead and the third captured Kid George and Bob Berry were killed while Joe Johnson was wounded George is alleged to have murdered a white man on the Gulf and Ship Island railroad in Mississippi and Berry and Johnson were escaped convicts from Alabama The gang is said to have terrorized the area for ten days before being run down.
The report describes a threefold armed female and mixed force operating around the Sadovoe district and Jewish market, plus a large group between Brest station and the triumphal gate. It notes Moscow committee members escaped a destroyed school, Rostoff regiment joining the revolution, and widespread strikes causing barricades, martial law, and casualties across Kovno, Krementchug, Saratov, Kiev, and Tiflis as authorities battle uprisings and rail disruptions.
The Grand presented The Runaways with George Evans to lively laughter and light entertainment. Robins Hood and Raffles the Amateur Cracksman are highlighted for upcoming engagements with notable casts and scores. Bijou continues Across the Pacific. Millenaire Detective and other acts join Atlanta’s theatre slate.
The piece links health to digestion and eating, praises Tutt's Liver Pills as a cure for Sick Headache Dyspepsia Malaria and Constipation. It mentions a dramatic play with Robert Rose as broker and a banker's daughter amid a love story, with Eddie and Aline Morrison in comic subplots.
The Napoleon production at the Grand Opera House moves toward opening next week with 720 performers in daily rehearsal. Baggage and scenery arrived by rail and were stored at the theater as stage preparations and balcony platforms are reassembled for the large two night engagement.
A new Southern Railway train with a dining car begins service for Atlanta patrons. Officers found large sections too heavy to carry up stairs and used ropes to lift balconies to the second story. After midnight the last wagon load reached the Grand Opera house. "Professor Napoleon" is billed as a grand production with 72 performers on stage in Atlanta.
Macon man Clay Murphy of Macon Georgia was elected president of the Epsilon Province of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity during its annual conference in Birmingham Alabama. Also elected were Frank A Gamble Jasper Alabama second vice president Hugh Kirkpatrick Atlanta Georgia E B Wilber Birmingham secretary treasurer W W Brandon Alabama J B Pomeroy Atlanta Georgia and Thomas E Watson Thomson Georgia as honorary vice presidents. The Devotie memorial committee includes J Clay Murphy W E Kelly Birmingham and Lauren Foreman. The next meeting will be at Asheville North Carolina and the national meeting will be held in Atlanta next December.
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