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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1902
Page
1
Washington July 27 Special Roosevelt invites cabinet to aid in campaigns while pursuing the presidential nomination. Griggs leads Democratic drive with bold tactics and strong anti trust material. West dissension signals uneasy Republican ranks and possible party revolution.
Charles M Schwab president of United States Steel Corp staying with family at a cottage in Atlantic City says he is only slightly ill. After a brief illness he rose this noon and sat on the porch before resuming rest. He expects to return to his New York office in two or three days.
National Secretary Anthony Matre reports the second national convention of Catholic societies in Chicago August 5 to 7 will be the most representative gathering yet. The event opens with pontifical night mass at Holy Name Cathedral led by Rev. Bp Muldoon with bishops Messmer and McFaul among dignitaries. Letters of approbation from archbishops and twenty bishops, plus Pope Leo XIII blessing, will be read. The federation seeks fraternal union and Catholic interests, education, and charity, denying political party aims.
Manila July 27 The anti-friar demonstration the city government warned about proved unimportant as police barred a procession and reserves were kept ready. A Zorilla theater meeting was held with little attendance due to storm, but the crowd dispersed peacefully.
Berlin reports say warnings to Emperor William for September army maneuvers in Posen have led to a strictly military display with windows closed along the procession route. The measure aims to limit public festivity during the royal visit and march through Prussian Poland.
The Young People’s Missionary conference at Silver Bay N Y plans three similar gatherings next year in Silver Bay the south and the middle west to gather leaders for study classes on mission work both home and foreign The text also notes Republican splits in Minnesota Michigan Ohio and on the Pacific coast with potential Democrat gains if good candidates run and warns of veteran Republicans threatening administration policies and voter indifference in tight districts
Baltimore observers discuss a circulating rumor that Atlantic Coast Line may absorb Louisville and Nashville, controlled by Morgan & Co. Bankers, including Walters and Jenkins, weigh a $150 per share price and a $9 million cash requirement, with possible legislative reactions in Tennessee.
Massachusetts holds an official old home week with fifteen hundred Georgia natives among the returning sons and daughters. The event was made permanent by a winter legislative act and towns have prepared elaborate programs with reunions and special appropriations.
General Colin with 3,000 troops departs Port au Prince to oppose General Jumeau who backs M Firmin. Commander Saint Foix Colin leads the division in the district. Expecting a decisive engagement today as tensions rise over the political contest.
Subterranean roarings, resembling thunder, are heard in San Jose and Alajuela, about 11 miles apart. Believed caused by Poags volcano 19 miles northwest of Quin, ashes reported at San Pedro Village near the volcano.
The pope sends thanks through Bishop Thomas O Gorman of Sioux Falls for Roosevelt s congratulatory messages and gifts. The pontiff also notes satisfaction with Taft tied negotiations in the Philippines, praising U S efforts and pledging a souvenir in return.
Manila reports during the last forty eight hours ending this morning one hundred fifty fresh cholera cases. No reports from provinces due to the storm. Central Luzon floods and damage from a typhoon cripple telegraph and telephone lines.
Three girls Annie Cousart Jennie Nelson and Mamie Nelson ages 8 12 and 11 were killed when struck by an engine on a Seaboard Air Line trestle over Richardson's Creek near Charlotte hours after rain washed away a wagon bridge. They walked the trestle seeking safety and were crushed as the train arrived.
Senator Thomas C. Platt will arrive at Oyster Bay next Wednesday evening aboard the war yacht Mayflower. He will be accompanied by Colonel George W Dunn, chairman of the New York Republican state committee, as the presidential site remains quiet amid local debate over the newly opened village post office.
W. J. Bryan left Bridgeport this evening aboard a yacht owned by Lewis Nixon of New York. The party will cruise through Long Island Sound and will stop at New Haven harbor tonight and Block Island for several days of rest starting Tuesday.
General Fitzhugh Lee said the Cuban crisis is over and the Cubans must prove they can run the government and secure property and order. If they fail, Cuba may become part of the United States or a dependency of the country, he warned in Indianapolis.
Frank Carlson and George Baldwin, both 19, fought over two girls in an unfrequented part of Portland. After two rounds lasting about twenty minutes, Carlson was struck in the stomach and died. Baldwin was jailed as the fight concluded.
London July 27 The body of the late John W. Mackay who died in London last Sunday will not be taken to the United States until September due to Mrs Mackay's health forbidding her earlier departure.
Washington report tells of Dr. Eugene Grissom once famed alienist and neurologist, a North Carolina native and Civil War veteran, who shot himself on his son’s front porch with a large army revolver. Dejected for weeks, he had sought life termination repeatedly and died within a half hour.
A St. Petersburg note states that Russia regards higher duties on refined sugar exports as a treaty infringement. The article argues such measures set a precedent for similar actions and justifies Russia's response to America’s sugar duty. It contends trusts have paralyzed treaties and hinder sound development.
Manila July 27 Commissioner Bess ward Moses head of the department of public instruction for the Philippine islands is perfecting plans for a college in Manila to train Filipino teachers. The plan envisions instruction of children by Filipino teachers and in the afternoon by Americans. The aim is to reduce American teachers and later extend the plan to other parts of the island.
In Woodsfield Ohio on July 27 Mrs Everet Spence aged 19 shot her husband, aged 28, while he slept and then killed herself with the same weapon. The couple had been married less than two months and were well connected. Authorities suspect temporary insanity.
The Jewish Chautauqua of the United States adjourned in Atlantic City New Jersey with officers elected President Jacob Gimbel Philadelphia Chancellor Henry Berkowicz Philadelphia Treasurer Louis Wolfe Philadelphia Secretary and director Isaac Hessler Philadelphia and about twenty vice presidents named Philip H Kumler Cincinnati July 27 Philip H W Aumiter aged 70 near to 75 mentioned in dispatches July 27 likely noting another item
In Springfield Missouri Charles Weyley 25 of Norwood shot and killed his former sweetheart Miss Josephine Sheridan at her home then killed himself. Four shots were heard as guests were in a back yard. Sheridan died of a heart wound and Weyley’s head was torn off. Jealousy suspected. the couple had been engaged until a month ago.
Special Cable reports from July 27 1902 claim King Edward's physicians see sea travel as his sole hope amid a slow recovery. An earlier rumor of improvement is contradicted by doctors who cite a fatal motor accident on the Windsor road worsening his condition. The king reportedly lost sixty four pounds and now may require an invalid chair at Cowes while a coronation remains uncertain.
A severe gale across England on Sunday caused widespread damage and many injuries from fallen trees and chimneys. Reports note a Belgian cyclone near Liege with canal navigation halted and crops ruined. Other injuries occurred at Aix-la-Chappelle and St Borg as tiles and chimneys collapsed.
Venezuelan revolutionary general Luciano Mendes learned of reinforcements for President Castro and blocked 1,000 troops under Leopoldo Baptista near Alto de Lapalma. After engagement, Mendes defeated the reinforcements and captured their ammunition, driving Baptista's forces back to Carache in Los Andes.
A severe storm swept from St. Thomas to Rochester Michigan tearing through 18 miles of countryside. Corn was leveled while wheat and oats lay tangled. Orchards lost fruit and total losses run into thousands of dollars. In Trieste waiters strike over wages and tips demands.
A dispatch reports that Spectator Largiair, who commanded police in the French Congo, was killed by natives near Libreville while serving in Brazza ville. The incident occurred on July 27 and is being covered by The Tempssa.
In Cairo on July 27 fifty two fresh cholera cases and thirty eight deaths were recorded. An English woman was among those attacked by the disease raising alarm over the outbreak.
Light variable winds and a rundown of local items including Fifth regiment returning from Wrightsville Beach, a possible Hiss House suspect captured in Sonola Georgia, a big shoot at Atlanta Gun Club starting today, and railroads asserting switching-rate rights. Brantley denounces Republicans in a congressional nomination acceptance, Calder's drowning rescue tale near Savannah, factional struggles in the Eleventh District, and a heated battle for the Democratic chairmanship.
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