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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1902
Page
5
Fragmentary excerpt discusses belief shaped by superstition during famine. It argues that some deny food shortage as systemic, attributing illness to non-scientific causes. Reflects tension between traditional practice and medical understanding amidst starvation.
In a lengthy session in the senate office, subcommittees revisited the local option plank amid vigorous debate. Key figures like West and Jowell pushed for the plank’s local control stance while others urged restraint, aiming for a broad majority endorsement by the convention and primary.
The Fifth District convention in the Senate chamber nominated Hon. L. F. Livingston for congress after tabulating primary votes showing Livingston 8,03 and Branan 3,452. Delegates from multiple counties elected five on resolutions and an executive committee for two years while A. P. Anderson was named permanent chairman.
The convention debated a proposal to strengthen local self government language in the party platform, voting 9 to 5 against Hall’s amendment. The committee adopted the platform as reported, with West’s motion to strike the question defeated. Senator Clay’s nomination for US Senate was certified as the party sought to place his name before the General Assembly.
Fragmented OCR text promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best medicine for all tumors and inflammatory stomach issues. It claims complete radiation and warns readers to ensure ther purity, despite garbled wording and unclear context.
In Bowie Texas, J T Kilgore shoots his wife during a funeral across the street for Dr J D C Mitchell and then dies by suicide. The man, former chief of police of Chattanooga Tennessee, left no stated motive. The scene unfolds beside two cotton bales and amid a gathered crowd.
Minneapolis July 2 Populists name Spurgeon Odell for secretary of state as part of a ticket with Thomas J Meighen as governor. The platform calls for public ownership of utilities direct legislation government money issues and full legal tender currency. They denounce trusts the Fowler banking bill and the administration’s colonial policy.
Rome reports King Victor Emmanuel will depart for St Petersburg via Berlin on July 9 accompanied by Foreign Minister Prunetti. Plans for meetings with the czar and Emperor William are not fixed, but all three monarchs may visit Rome in return. This would mark the first Russian emperor to visit the Italian king.
In Chicago on July 2 Harry Lough, 12, and six other children tried to imitate a fire swallower. He poured burning gasoline on himself and others, risking several deaths. One girl escaped unhurt by leaping from a 30 foot porch. The boy’s mother was severely burned while removing the flames from him. neighbors doused the blaze and stopped the fire.
William M. Billigon of Virginia files in district Supreme Court against Secretary Shaw and others to stop payment of Davis interest from a Court of Claims judgment except Shaw. He seeks appointment of a receiver to collect and dispose of proceeds per court directions after hearing all claims.
Washington July 2 Following is a list of presidential appointments to office during last session of congress upon which the senate failed to act George R Koester collector internal revenue district of South Carolina Postmasters Kentucky Samuel G Hanson Berea North Carolina Jonas W Muten Charlotte South Carolina J F Murphy Bamberg Landrum Padget Pelzer Jefferson D Richardson Greenville George D Shere Sumter Louisiana Posey Baton Rouge Georgia A M Smith Brunswick There also was a large number of army brevet nominations which failed to secure favorable action of the senate Motormen May Carry Arms Pawtucket R I July 2 By a decision in the district court today the district railway men in a strike have a right not only to protect themselves but also the passengers and the property of their employers by the use of firearms against the violence of mobs Five motormen and conductors of the Pawtucket Street Railway Company arrested on the charge of carrying concealed weapons were ordered discharged.
Major Harry Cooke Cushing died of heart disease at his Newhoule home after ten days illness. He descended from a notable family and was a cousin of Lieutenant Cushing, famed for the Albemarle incident. details are scarce as a late obituary notice.
In Luzerne county Pennsylvania a series of hearings focused on riots at coal mines. Four men from Freeland faced magistrate Foljock with $500 bail, while seven laborers at the William A. colliery were jailed on $1,000 bail after arrests by county detectives for gunfire during a clash near Old Forge. Pickets at Drifton were jailed after a scuffle with guards leading to sheriff intervention.
A poem by W. T. Revill recalling Joe Terrell as the only pupil who avoided punishment from Professor Revill. The convention featured Revill seconding Terrell’s gubernatorial nomination with a Democratic, uplifting tribute praising Terrell’s merit, public service, and Georgia leadership.
The czar plans private audiences with over 200 Russians from all ranks including professors and editors to probe social problems and motives behind ministerial assassinations. He aims to learn how to avert threatened revolution and ease lower-class distress through peaceful means.
Shanghai dispatch reports Viceroy Chun says Boxer rising in Sze Chuen was crushed. Leaders captured and executed. Earlier reports noted a rebellion damaging a Methodist chapel and killing ten Chinese converts.
French embassy officials in Washington would not confirm a Paris dispatch suggesting M. Jules Cambon the French ambassador here might be transferred to Berlin as part of a French diplomatic service reshuffle. Cambon, who has served in Washington since 1898, was en route to Paris today and his replacement would mark a notable shift in France's diplomatic lineup.
In Denver on July 2, 20 year old Pauling Davison of Lawrence, Kansas, killed herself with chloroform after failing to become an actress. She left a photograph and a note to newspapers saying she would die to gain notoriety and urging others to seize a good opportunity.
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