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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1902
Page
5
The standard rate is five dollars per year for The Daily Constitution six days weekly and seven dollars for The Daily Constitution with Sunday and The Sunny South. No traveling agent or solicitor is authorized to offer lower rates.
Public notice from Constitution Publishing Co lists postage rates for United States Canada and Mexico and paper sizes. It names traveling representatives W Overby E Guinn W S McNelley and WM Pack and solicitors T Bunt L Loving urging readers to not pay anyone else. City collectors James F Carter and Claude A Virgen are listed as local agents with contact details.
Atlanta dispatch reports Boers surrender to the British in South Africa after a conference at Vereeninging and signing of terms at Pretoria. London jubilation follows as assess the cost and terms hint at amnesty and safe return for the Boers, with hope for amity and reconstruction despite uncertainty over surrender specifics.
A historical analysis outlines Spain facing a financial crisis and rising unrest under Alfonsist rule. It argues weak treasury, large costs of empire, and corruption erode support while Sagasta and Weyler sustain the throne amid growing revolutionary pressure.
A long passage discusses Spain's future under Weyler and the monarchy, arguing for firm order with a military-led republic if needed, while criticizing sensationalist press fear as unfounded. It shifts to a defense of press freedom, the psychology of news, and the role of newspapers in society, then rails against miseducation of African Americans and defends limited schooling plus self-sufficiency over expansive higher education.
A column surveys the coming campaign landscape in Washington, arguing Democrats will frame issues around trust reform and relief for overburdened consumers while Republicans defend their business allies. It notes tensions with Cuba policy, tariffs, and Santo Domingo politics, with references to leaders like Gates Hanna and Cleveland and rumors surrounding Maine governor prospects.
Senator McLaurin of South Carolina risks a protracted confirmation battle as Democrats and Republicans weigh political deal charges, with Mississippi's McLaurin pressing endorsements and Senator Tillman avoiding direct opposition to his colleague while Hoar's judiciary panel holds the line on merit and character.
A Vienna dispatch reports a clash between the United States and Turkey after two Armenian American citizens were wrongly arrested at Smyrna and Beirut, sparking diplomatic friction.
In Tillman Hampton county E G Box postmaster shot and fatally wounded railroad section foreman Jamey McCrory at the Baptist church. Box fled but was later captured at Ridgeland. The motive remains unknown.
In Laredo Texas on June 1 Catholic celebrants led a Corpus Christi procession with several thousand Mexican participants. The bishop blessed the Blessed Sacrament at improvised altars set up by residents along the route showing a distinctive outdoor observance.
Dr Buttrick explains the General Educational Board aims to boost public education in the United States without race or color distinctions. The board will gather facts, fund model rural schools, promote teacher training, and cooperate with other groups including the Southern Educational Board. It notes aid to Georgia institutions and plans for a state conference in Athens in September.
Washington June 1 1902 correspondence shows General Brugere of the French mission to Rochambeau statue exercises expresses gratitude for the cordial reception in the United States. Roosevelt replies that the welcome gave Americans pleasure and wishes for ongoing friendship and prosperity for France.
Americans and Frenchmen toast Loubet and Roosevelt at a formal dinner on the battle ship Gaulois in Boston. The Rochambeau mission, invited guests of President Roosevelt, Massachusetts and Boston, heard a toast uniting France and America in modern terms.
R Goodwyn Rhett, acting for Charleston city council, returned from Baltimore after urging Atlantic Coast Line officials to locate the general headquarters in Charleston after the Coast Line and Plant system consolidation. Mayor Smyth forms a special committee with business groups to back the bid, with Savannah, Wilmington, and Richmond also seeking the prize. Charleston, a junction point near the system’s center, could offer ample office space and nearby property for general offices.
In Columbus Georgia on Tuesday evening a large gathering will mark Jefferson Davis’s birthday at the Auditorium under the auspices of the Daughters of the Confederacy Lizzie Rutherford chapter Camp Benning United Confederate Veterans and the Children of the Confederacy. The program includes invocation by Dr A M Wynn music The Bonnie Blue Flag address by Captain Peter Preer vocal solos by Mrs Edgar Surta a sketch of President Davis by Miss Ethel Hrinson crosses of honor presented by Miss Anna Caroline Benning and the presentation closes with the song The Old Time Confederate and benediction.
Li Hung Chang funeral processed two miles long in Pekin with sixty pallbearers and a line of officials. The event featured many eulogistic tablets and officials in chairs. Nearby reports record Baltimore banker John A. Hambleton's death at 75 after illness, A. G. Corre of Cincinnati dying after a long hotel career, and the Meade transport bringing 28 officers and 834 men from Manila arriving in San Francisco after quarantine.
Washington June 1 under a unanimous agreement the senate will vote at 4 o clock Tuesday on a form of civil government for the Philippine islands and spend the intervening time on fifteen minute speeches. The day will include discussions of the Nicaragua canal, Spooner route proposals, and Cuban reciprocity while the House pursues anti anarchist, Pacific cable and irrigation bills with possible deferral for big appropriation measures. Engine jumps the rails near Carrollton Ga on the Birmingham vestibule train leaving Douglasville. no serious damage or injuries reported.
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