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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1904
Page
13
A mixed set of notes from the Georgia coast and interior reports show weather easing with winds fresh from the Atlantic and a 3 point gain near the coast while interior areas hold. Additional items include military and civic notes across Georgia and Alabama, with mentions of prison council findings, theater safety calls, and local public works in Atlanta.
Reports from Colon and Panama discuss rumors of the gunboat General Pinzon sunk by American ships, with ships like Mayflower and Chuparaloy involved, amid Colombia's internal political changes. Troop movements in Darien, US cruisers Boston and Marblehead on station, and Panama outposts at Yaviza and Real Santa Maria scaled back while canal politics loom. President Zelinga of Nicaragua sends New Year greetings to Panama.
In Beton Rouge Louisiana January 1 Tom Stancey a convict in the penitentiary made a desperate escape attempt this afternoon killing Charles Ariant captain of the watch with a pistol. Stancey had a new pistol and 260 cartridges. No source on how he obtained them.
After the Iroquoia theater disaster, Mayor Harrison ordered nineteen theaters and museums to close for failing to provide asbestos curtains. The shutdown targets popular venues including Howard, Sam, Jack’s, Marlowe, New American, Olympic, and others on Milwaukee Avenue and nearby streets.
A Louvre hotel blaze in Chicago on January 1 killed three guests and injured four more as nearly a hundred occupants fled. Heroes including hotel employee Miss Mary Corbett saved children from the flames while dense smoke blocked upper exits and rapid panic emptied stairwells. Loss estimated at 40000 dollars.
Chicago reports a succession of “most pathetic scenes” as theaters including Garrick OLYM theater and Globe museum close. Mayor Harrison orders asbestos curtains. church bells toll for victims as 582 bodies counted by midnight. investigation targets gas curtains and exit safety.
London and Paris dispatches report a glooming Far Eastern outlook with Britain’s Foreign Secretary Lansdowne losing hope for peace. Baron Hayashi says Russia rejected Japanese proposals and war is now deemed inevitable. A six or more armored cruiser squadron under Admiral Kamrulin is slated to sail from Seseho to Masamoho, Korea, as tension escalates.
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