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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1902
Page
9
The uniform annual rate for The Daily Constitution six days weekly is set, and $7 per year for The Daily Constitution and The Sunday Constitution and The Sunny South applies without exception. No traveling agent or solicitor is authorized to take subscriptions at inconsistent rates.
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Atlanta July 22 1902 The Maine new battleship tests show potential speed near 20 knots surpassing contract 18 knots and doubling old Maine in displacement power and armor. Experts note heavier battery 12 inch guns vs 10 inch and improved secondary guns while crew skill remains crucial. The piece frames progress since the Spanish American War.
The article argues for an official postal currency to replace riskier money orders and currency transfers by mail. It notes the rapid growth of mail order business and rural free delivery increasing the need for a safe, easy payment method, urging invention of a formal satiny postal currency.
A call is made for extending safe money remittances by mail through every post office, arguing government should not ignore the millions who rely on easy transfers. The piece urges merchants and the public to inform their congressman so the measure becomes law promptly.
The Catholic Citizen debunks charges that Manila officials and island teachers seek to proselytize Filipinos. Witnesses including Rev. Fitzgerald and Bishop Michaud deny anti Catholic motives by Atkinson and Stone. Archbishop Ireland notes prior slander, and the refutation is deemed complete.
Social philosophers argue the US system preserves a perpetual moneyed class while avoiding a fixed aristocracy. Wealth rises with production but continuity of wealth is lost as fortunes move across generations and through social circles, with Dooley’s quip about money's movement. A Montana Senator Clark anecdote highlights wealth and perceptions of value in society.
The senator’s remark traces wealth through generations, noting Charley like sons and rich fathers. It argues fortunes endure only in few families, while many Prosperity holders support indulgent habits, yet civilization profits from wealth and work alternating social extremes.
General Merriam foresees the 1910 population of the United States and dependencies reaching about 100 million, with Hawaii Porto Rico and the Philippines included. He expects a 12 million growth this decade aided by immigration and improvements from a permanent census bureau.
A collage combines songs and poems reflecting on faith in Georgia, optimistic dawns, harvest imagery, and political wants. It includes lines about rainbows as divine promises, laborers in fields, and personal pleas for love and resilience amid fate and hardship.
The fourteenth annual convention of the American Boiler Manufacturers of the United States and Canada opens in Atlantic City for three days. Also reported are wage gains after a Chicago glove workers strike, a national union move by gold beaters, Arkansas monitor trial date, a stock broker's death by gas, bankruptcy property rules in St Louis, three drownings in Aurora Indiana, and AOH moves to incorporate state divisions with Dolan as agent.
A Cowes dispatch reports Emperor William will visit Fern Edward before returning to London. In San Juan Puerto Rico a largely attended federalist convention reaffirmed opposition to the Foraker law, expressed confidence in President Roosevelt, renamed the party the American Federal Party, and pledged support to the U S administration and Republican Party.
Chicago July 21 A hold up near the auditorium annex ended in the death of Frank Murphy and the capture of Mack Ray after a running revolver engagement with special police officer Robert BE MacMahon. Ray denied intent to rob. Murphy died behind a hotel as McMahon pursued the suspect to Harrison Street police station.
A reader complexly questions The Chronicle's Atlanta Constitution quote that General Walker was the only Georgia general killed in action. The letter lists nine Georgia generals who died on the field, including Bartow at Manassas and Walker at Atlanta, praising their sacrifice and urging remembrance.
The Louisiana Purchase exposition sets a grand prize of 100000 dollars for the aeronautic contest, plus four minor prizes totaling 9500 dollars. The course runs 10 to 15 miles in an L shape within the exposition grounds, with three captive balloons marking turns. Contestants must complete three trips, average at least twenty miles per hour, and trials occur June through September with judges determining starting times and distances.
Washington July 21 A war department board chaired by Major General Corbin and others approved plans to expand army posts across the United States to shelter troops from Cuba and the Philippines and to add new coast artillery and cavalry facilities. Initial bids will be invited with Chickamauga Park as the first project at about 500000 dollars plus 50000 for Fort Myer quarters.
Washington July 21 General Corbin wrote to Colonel Groesbeck asking for an explanation of the interview published this morning about Major Waller's court martial. Groesbeck was judge advocate, and officials believe an officer should not discuss such matters.
President designates Colonel M. O'Reilly as surgeon general of the army to succeed General Forwood who retires September 7. O'Reilly, from Pennsylvania, entered as a medical cadet in 186 and is a University of Pennsylvania medical graduate. He will serve as surgeon general until January 1900.
Washington July 221 The president appoints Hugh S Southon as superintendent of the United States mint at New Orleans to succeed Boothby who has resigned.
The United States and Mexico named their arbitral teams for the Plus fund claims case. United States picks Edward Frye and F de Martens. Mexico selects Pagans Guinas Chelli and Savornin Lohman. A fifth member will be named, with The Hague assembly set for September 1. Jackson H Ralston of the city named U S agent. Mexico's agent likely Senor Amelio Pardo.
Secretary Boot will leave Washington for New York tomorrow and sail for Europe next Thursday with General H Porter ambassador to France. He travels to Carlsbad to bring home Mrs Root and some children for their health and expects to return September 6. Assistant Secretary Sanger will run the War Department in his absence.
The schooner Herman sailed for the South seas on July 21, ostensibly a pleasure trip but in truth to search for buried treasure claimed to total 37,000,000 hidden on an island by a mutinous Japanese ship crew. Captain James Brown, a retired Atlantic coast mariner, leads the voyage with five eastern friends aboard the Herman, which cost 15,000 to outfit.
William De Jap was shot in the shoulder and robbed of 1109 dollars and a gold watch on the outskirts of LaFollette Tennessee late last night. He was riding through woods when he heard the Odd Fellows distress signal and responded. Three men accosted him and fled. He will recover.
New York July 21 Russell Sage narrowly escapes serious harm when boarding a Broadway car. His foot slips as the car moves, he is dragged 15 feet before it stops. His secretary helps him to his feet. he is unhurt but badly shaken.
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