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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1902
Page
6
At the National American Woman Suffrage Association conference delegates discuss regional remedies and press involvement. Clara Berwick Colby condemns sick leave cuts for clerks and Catt urges voter parity. The group contemplates next meeting cities as New Orleans favored. amendments to voting rules provoke debate.
A plan to unite major New York traction interests under a securities company emerges as Metropolitan Street Railway stockholders are asked to ratify a lease. Metropolitan Securities Company, capital 30000, has secured control of Inter-Urban Street Railway Company with 20000000 capital. Lease terms include cash to Inter-Urban and stock issuance at par with debentures up to 4 percent. Key incorporators include Baldwin, Berwind, Cravath, Haven, Hyde, Julliard, Schiff. 600000 shares underwritten at par, contingent on ratification of the lease by Kubu, Loeb & Co. Details on other plans remain undisclosed.
Helen E Nolan wife of James Nolan a Pasadena mine owner sues John W Farwell and Michael P Monahan for 250000 alleging her spouse disappeared soon after their Chicago marriage due to influences from the defendants. The suit claims misrepresentations about the marriage and that Nolan consented after a brief Chicago acquaintance.
Susan B. Anthony chaired the gathering as delegates from each country were invited to send three representatives to a convention to be held at an undetermined time and place. The afternoon session resumed with amendments to the constitution and voting rules while a trio of male speakers led an evening program titled an evening with W T Newman, including Oswald Garrison Villard and Dan Dudley Fowlke who discussed suffrage and political campaigns.
St Petersburg officials say they accept the entente with equanimity and are happy that England and Japan pledge to preserve China's integrity and Korea's independence. They caution Russia will take necessary measures to safeguard interests if peace in the East is threatened. France cautions that the alliance may heighten Far East tension.
Trieste Austria February 14 riotous strikers control the city as factories close and stores shut. Streetcar traffic halts and police guard Austrian Lloyds headquarters while troops occupy squares. A Piazza Grande demonstration ends in street fighting with troops firing. six rioters killed and twenty wounded.
Colonel Pope chief surgeon of the division of the Philippines died in Manila today from Bright's disease after a two week illness.
Lord Rosebery received a large ovation in Liverpool as he attacked the Irish demand for an independent parliament, urged joint effort to solve the Irish question, criticized Gladstone’s bills, and urged inquiry into the remount scandal while warning against rushing the Anglo Japanese alliance.
Berlin February 4 The Reichstag Customs Committee split after disturbances and a resignation. Baron Von Kardorff, Agrarian leader, stepped down as the committee adopted a motion to activate the tariff bill by January 1, 1905 at the latest amid liberal motions and protests. Count Von Posadowsky-Wehner resisted the suggestion.
Manila February 14 Panay scouts under Captain Walker captured seven rifles and many bolos in Samar. They killed several Filipinos and the renegade officer Winfrey, a deserter from the Forty third regiment, whom Americans hunted for months. Long, who deserted with Winfrey, remains with the Filipino forces.
In London February, parliamentary secretary Lord Cranborne told the House of Commons that Lord Pauncefote convened a meeting on April 14 1898 as dean of ambassadors to discuss a telegram to their governments. Opinions expressed were personal not official, the plan to forward an identical telegram was agreed, Britain objected as imprudent, and two days later Pauncefote was told no action would be taken. No government attitude from the United States was known at that time.
Havana reports the Pan American sanitary congress will meet to discuss the mosquito theory of yellow fever and quarantining methods. A free dispensary treats consumptives, and a sanitary department targets the disease with 1,485 city cases noted. Cigar factory conditions are being investigated to curb transmission among workers.
A St Petersburgh dispatch reports the large Trans-Caucasian town of Shama7a wiped out by an earthquake. No details have been received yet. In London the British Naval Estimate for 1902 8 shows a total of 31 255 010 pounds versus 30 875 000 last year. Planned naval construction includes thirteen new battles, twenty two armored cruisers, two cruisers, two third class destroyers, ten torpedo boat destroyers, five torpedo boats and eight minor craft.
Santos Dumont narrowly escaped death when his airship balloon collapsed after entangling with a rope and wind gusts in Monaco Bay. Spectators and Monaco's Princess Alice rushed aid as the envelope tore and the motor sank, with Dumont calling the trip postponed but promising to try again.
Reports from St Peterburg clash on Count Tolstoi status. The Moscow Courier declares hopeless condition while the St. Petersburg Viedomoastok notes gradual improvement since February 6 with hope for recovery. Vienna gossip cites unconfirmed death rumor.
London February 14 The war secretary Mr Brodrick told Commons he cannot promise a debate if Commandant Kiitenger, captured by General French last December, is executed before the sentence is carried out. He will not interfere with Lord Kitchener's discretion.
Stockholders of United States Cotton Duck Corporation meet in Jersey City to approve reducing capitalization from 60 million to 30 million dollars and direct payment of semi annual interest on first mortgage bonds. No income available to January 1, 190%, interest payments at risk.
Constantinope reports the ransom for Miss Elen M. Stone and Madame Tsilka has been paid. Delivery to American agents is hourly expected though the time limit has not yet expired. Sofia notes Bulgaria’s official statement that Turkey has opened negotiations with brigands for Stone’s liberation on Turkish soil.
New York February 14. Bradstreets notes a surge in destructive fires since the start of the year, with Waterbury and Paterson cited. The article predicts an advance in insurance rates as companies face repeated losses and discusses fire-proof construction and better fire control as remedies. January fire losses surpass the liabilities of corporate failures in both 199 and 101, with the fire losses exceeding total failure losses by about a quarter in those years.
A United States judge holds that Chickasaw and Choctaw tribal courts have jurisdiction except in criminal cases, where tribal courts may hear after initial tribal filing. The ruling preserves tribal laws until March 4, 1906 under Atoka agreement. Also notes Booker T. Washington chosen as commencement orator by University of Nebraska senior class.
A Lahore dispatch to The Bircadge Telegraph reports the plague surge in Pune Jail under new regime of non intervention. Daily fatalities and illnesses are noted as authorities struggle to contain the outbreak amid deteriorating conditions.
A Boston announcement describes a new shipping combine of Dominion and Leyland lines of Boston with White Star Atlantic Transport and American lines of New York. The pooling controls 120 vessels of all sizes with tonnage distributed by demand, presided from London by Henry Windlass. City boosters see great advantages for Boston.
Chicago February 14 John W Gates John J Mitchel and Isaac Ellwood and allies who run the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company appear to have sealed another rail road venture They purchased a controlling interest in the Colorado and Southern railway a Denver to Texline line 356 miles with branches bringing total operated mileage to 2142 They also hold a majority of Denver and Fort Worth stock and half interest in the Colorado Midland while Rio Grande Western controls the other half of Midland notes
St Paul February 14 The senate passed under suspension of the rules the house bill reserving Treasurer Joseph Bobleter from further liability for loss of state funds on failed banks. Colonel Bobleter and his bondsmen had wiped out nearly half the bank's holdings and the measure relieves the former treasurer from technical liability while reimbursing him for part of the amount he has paid.
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