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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1904
Page
21
A jumbled editorial snapshot references Czar Nicholas, Korea, Japan, Germany, Russia, and Panama in a dated stream. It notes political shifts, a weather forecast miss, and society figures while lampooning press personalities and reformist labels.
The article traces a chain from the China Japanese war through to tensions in Korea and Manchuria. It argues a Russo Japanese war is likely and warns such a conflict could draw in Britain France Germany Italy Austria and the United States while advocating open door trade policy and criticizing Mr Schurz for interfering in U S electoral matters.
The New England democratic and independent papers strive to unite their state delegations for the national convention to nominate Richard Olney for president. They argue solidarity, Olney’s fitness, and a return to vigorous regional Democratic strength against Republican policies.
The Springfield Republican endorses reading Carl Schurza from McClure's Magazine who urges the southern people to live up to the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments. The piece recalls the Supreme Court's full text and tenure of those amendments and reflects on the history of race in the South.
Hamilton Douglas announces his resignation from the board of education where he has served seven years and led as president. He retires to focus on his legal practice, saying the public must accept his decision as wise, though the city loses a capable, trustworthy officer.
Democrats debate Judge George Gray as a national figure for the presidential nomination while Delaware loyalists question his party loyalty. Supporters praise independence and party fidelity, arguing Gray unites business and labor behind a campaign for unity and victory.
A fragmentary report notes a punitive expedition against natives in Porr Haven German New Guinea. November 14 rising, mass cred two Mororean engineers Dodell and trader Cnardt, a Chinese, and unfriendly natives. The land dispute sparked the clash. twenty five Nostiles fled.
A mosaic of verse and local snippets recounts New Year greetings, weather praise, and social rumors in a Georgia settlement. The piece mentions a New Year dance, a dynamite blast against bill collectors, church gatherings, and lighthearted dialect anecdotes about residents, with reflections on hope, hardship, and community life.
State Treasurer Paik disbursed 55 000 for quarterly department appropriations ending April 1904. Items include Georgia industrial college maintenance and state normal school funds. Board of health meeting set for Capitol Senate chamber at 10 AM with Dr Willy Westmoreland presiding. Supreme Court resumes work after holidays. conference on argued cases. jurists to hear Alabama Southwestern circuit matters in mid-January. Governor Lerrell posts rewards for felons in Decembers arson and murder in Stewart and Lake counties. Georgia Railroad depot at Thomson urged to stay open nightly. prison commission opens docket of minor cases. no capital cases. Major Robert Stiles Bell’s Four Years Under Marse Robert is received by Colonel W H Harrison.
Witness Michael Connally testifies in Savannah that his loyalty kept him in the Carter era. He says Greene and Gaynor claimed he was the only man who knew the case and that others were paid more to stay, while Mercer objects to the $6000 demand as excessive.
Hon Robert W. Fierman of Newnan was sworn in as judge of the Coweta circuit to succeed the late Judge Atkinson. Gov Terrell announced the appointment, with Freeman to preside first in LaGrange, where Troup County Superior Court convenes on the fourth Monday in January.
Roesk intended to use dynamite to blast open a jail to free his brother Cateago Tanusry and two others aged 21 and 33 were arrested. They faced charges for planning the act and were held on 2500 bonds. Police reports say the plot involved glycerin and a failed attempt near the cell. prosecutors said the men were linked to robberies in the region.
Montague vetoes Virginia legislature's state bank measure. The governor argues the proposal conflicts with national bank policy and public credit, urging preservation and refinement of existing authority rather than repeal. He cautions on taxation and notes circulation limits while emphasizing stability.
The Socialist convention in Chicago was settled on January 4 with 1504 arrangements planned for the commode clan of 500 delegates. The selection came by referendum ballot and the event will be held in the verse of the author’s volume. Captain WH Harrison, adjutant at Atlanta Camp, expressed pleasure signing his book and praised ongoing wartime loyalty.
Reports indicate President Roosevelt may accompany General staff to Atlanta when the army headquarters relocate from Washington to Peachtree Street. About 100 personnel and 30 to 40 officers and clerks would transfer, with monthly departmental business estimated at around 100000 dollars.
An Augusta city meeting recounts the resignations of fire chief and captains amid a push for new officers. Replacements to take effect Jan 4, 1903, as council plans elections and the major assigns action to the fire committee. A surprise party at ex Mayor Phinizy’s home marks the political shift.
A naval vessel from the Atlantic fleet cruised near Pensacola on January 4 after a wireless signal guided it seventy miles from Tompkinsville. The admiral ordered the ship not to anchor and to enter port, with the craft crossing the bar during the night.
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