18 Jul 1907
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1907
Page
1
Waterworks announces receipt of forty two pieces of thirty six inch main and projected progress of 500 feet laid in 22 days. A committee, including Aldermen Hirsch and Bevell, will review water management following a council report on pump selection and potential further investigation. The city urges conservation as the river-to-reservoir work continues and delays in equipment purchases are debated.
The Korean emperor faces a cabinet demand to abdicate after sending a delegation to The Hague. Premier warns of grave consequences and Japan’s growing control as four potential successors are eyed. The emperor, aged 56, ascended in 1864 and faces political pressure amid regional tensions.
Federal Judge Pritchard clashes with North Carolina authorities over the state railroad rate law. Green and Tayloe face indictments for selling tickets at old rates. Habeas corpus petitions race through Asheville and Raleigh as cases shift between state and federal venues.
An investigation into Leon Maile a naval reservist who fired a revolver at President Fallertes on Pars streets last Sunday shows he is mentally unbalanced. He has suffered chronic alcohol abuse and harbors persecution delusions believing the state should restore his lost identity.
Secretary Taft will deliver a political speech in Oklahoma City on August 24, traveling from the east to the Pacific coast, then sailing from Seattle on September 10 for the Philippines.
Texas merchants plan a meeting for tomorrow to seek an extra legislative session and repeal of the new antitrust law. The statute declares sale of certain goods a felony, covers employees and merchants, and prohibits exclusive agency for any character. Business leaders fear strict enforcement will paralyze trade in the state.
The pope issues a sixty five article decree condemning modernist interpretations of the gospel and scriptural reading. It calls for return to Trent era dogma and targets modernist writers whose names are not given. The move fuels claims of liberal Catholic groups and alleged links to a secret international league.
Smite Henson, a 17 year old boy who disappeared from his Rome home in March, returned yesterday to his parents. His body was found in April along the Coosarie in Lawrence, Alabama, but he recounts wandering experiences including about three months on a southern Georgia farm. He had been presumed dead by relatives for months.
A Brooklyn pump inspection trip by a subcommittee and water board raises questions of funding. Alderman Quillen says he will pay his own way if needed, Councilman Taylor favors city funding, and President Rice notes he was thrust onto the committee amid protest. An appropriation of 1000 was made for pump investigation. only 500 has been paid to experts. The group argues the Brooklyn visit was arranged at Mr Hurt s request to inspect a centrifual pump. The council must decide if the funds may cover the trip or if a new appropriation is needed.
Washington July 17 The Southern Railway Company approves purchases of fifty locomotives seventy five passenger coaches four dining cars six combination mail and baggage cars six cabooses and two hundred new coaches to meet current and future needs lighter locomotives will be used on secondary lines Emeline Davis of Columban Ga reports the decision.
The steamship Allegheny bound from Savannah to Philadelphia caught fire two miles from Tybee Island. All thirty two passengers and crew were saved, but cargo and baggage were destroyed. the vessel drifted toward the beach before burning out. Captain Freeman and officers abandoned last as the hull burned. salvage was limited to a few suitcases. Built in 1881 at Cramps Shipyards, Philadelphia.
Testimony in Birmingham Alabama on July 17 shows dairyman N Darby charged with selling milk injurious to public health. A physician testified that 24 of 30 abdominal fever cases in the infected South Highland district traced to Darby’s Glen Irig cows. City bacteriologist Duncan reported milk bacteria counts far above the permissible 50,000 per cubic centimeter, with samples at 6,600,000 2,320,000 and 29,920,600 respectively. Authorities say the fever is largely under control though tracing the exact source continues.
A chaotic excerpt reports a lynching of a brakeman on a Missouri Kansas and Texas line near Osage Oklahoma amid a mob action. It splits to Columbus new homes on North Highlands and a Switz spinning mills plant nearing completion. A Georgia remnant mentions W E Roberts of Solfochsile and a short Atlanta death with a funeral in BulloBye.
Governor Hoke Smith sent a special message to the Georgia General Assembly urging that railroads be taxed by the state on the same valuation they use for freight and passenger rates. He cited the Southern and Central of Georgia as examples, noting discrepancies between reported property values and actual reproduction costs. The governor argued current practices allow railroads to resist state taxation and called for sworn arbitrators to set values under oath.
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy conditions in Washington and Georgia today and Friday. Expect occasional showers in the southern portion tonight with fresh winds and a mainly southwest breeze.
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