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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1905
Page
7
A garbled column mixes references to Beck, Ty General Tinevitch, and the Jaye with remarks on the Japs, Russia, and Japan. It notes potential cotton price effects, mentions Colonel Bryan, Rockefeller funding, and hats, plus a jab at Meagsachusetts tax cuts and a stock of political opinions.
The piece urges southern farmers to diversify beyond cotton to stabilize prices and ensure food supplies. It warns against breaking pledges to restrict cotton production, stresses maintaining the 25 percent reduction, and notes risks from rising markets and speculation. It also contrasts agriculture with Russian military leadership changes in a periodical blend.
A Moscow dispatch reports General Kuropatkin has been dismissed as commander in chief by the czar, replaced by General Linievitch. The move, framed as a disgrace, follows criticism of his defense and suggests the imperial court will not defend his record.
The Senate, led by Senator Bacon, opposes ratification of the Santo Domingo treaty. Democrats’ united opposition and Republican indifference derailed the measure, avoiding presidential responsibility for a potentially historic foreign policy precedent. Bacon’s decisive resolutions and speeches kept public attention on the risks of rushed approval.
Reports from the Mukden battle suggest about 225000 total losses across Russia and Japan. Russian casualties are estimated 150000 to 175000 with many prisoners. Early fighting saw Japanese heavier in losses, but Russian forces suffered severe slaughter as their retreat continued.
The report tallies Japanese and Russian losses in Manchuria and the Port Arthur siege, with prisoners and naval deaths. It estimates total war costs at hundreds of millions, far exceeding battlefield figures, and laments widows and orphans. It urges peace through international arbitration to end the carnage.
Greensboro Ga March 17 Special Chairman James E B Park, Greene County Cotton Growers Association, urges unity and action. He calls for raising home supplies, reducing cotton acreage, and forming a unified front to stabilize prices. The appeal stresses rotating crops, improving finances, and coordinated reporting to county and state leadership.
Governor hopeful notes Greene County pride as he urges county cooperation to become the banner county. The Atlanta Constitution discusses tributes to Dan Sully and references The Georgians by Will N Harben, praising Delton region characters and upcoming installments in the Constitution.
A collage of humorous sketches and verses from a Georgia milieu. References to Huth, Haeckel, and Riley mingle with moonshine jests, tax woes, and a pastor’s quips. The piece weaves Georgia dialect, literary nods, and country satire into a playful regional snapshot.
Col. Goodyear outlines the Atlanta and Birmingham Railway as an independent line to connect Atlanta Brunswick with deepwater port potential. He touts Brunswick’s 26–30 foot depths, healthy sewerage and drainage, and calls for a Georgia immigration commission to fuel South Georgia growth. He notes census gains, sugar cane expansion, and the railroad’s assured success from Brunswick to Birmingham. Brunswick Ga March 16 1905.
A new organization the Cotton Planters Commission and Holding Company forms in Louisiana to retire surplus cotton. Harvie Jordan of the Southern Cotton Association notes the March 10 11 meeting in New Orleans perfects the charter with officers and directors from several states. The plan aims to stabilize prices near 9 to 10 cents and distribute stock to cotton growers merchants and bankers while delaying active work until $10,000,000 paid in.
Dublin Georgia schedules the fourth annual Dublin Chautauqua for the week of June 8. Dr Thomas E Green of Chicago will headline with two lectures and a German service. His past talks drew crowds around 5000, with many turned away.
The collier Ajax under Captain Fiuytchisen reached Norfolk navy yard from the Asiatic station. After two years at sea she brings a largely Chinese crew except for the engineering officers, marking the first time a navy vessel here has a Mongolian crew.
Limkous Wainkous, 56, was hanged in Roanoke on March 17 for the murder of his wife and their adopted son on Christmas morning. His neck was broken by the fall and he did not speak after the drop. He maintained his innocence to the end.
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