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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1901
Page
10
The Jacksonville fire devastates the city, drawing urgent sympathy from Atlanta. Officials report immediate fundraising and widespread support, urging every resident to contribute and join the relief effort for the stricken community.
A historical survey argues there is no cause for discouragement in foreign missions. It notes vast progress since early restrictions, the Boxer upheavals, and widespread acceptance of missionaries, insisting Christian outreach has expanded even amid hostility, with renewed zeal across many nations.
A long editorial argues the Democratic tariff reform stance offers the party a clear election opening in 1904. It notes Republican protectionist policies empower trusts, praises reciprocity in principle, and predicts Democrats must press tariff reform while urging Christian missions as moral support for foreign outreach. It highlights figures like Hanna, Beveridge, Babcock, and Beveridge's stance as reflective of party interests.
New light on the Crook case emerges as word spreads that the Chicago professor is to marry. The possibility he was a fraud has been considered, with lingering doubts about his true identity and intentions.
A cable report notes a shift in English sentiment as returning soldiers once feted now face cooler public support. Private aid wanes and the war office must curb private comforts to protect troops in the Transvaal winter. Weekly war costs rise to about 7.5 million dollars, reflecting the burden of public opinion and policy.
In Kansas City the radiant Jim Butter and famed boxer Jim Jeffries clashed after a tense misunderstanding. Crowds watched as Butter, a St. Louis congressman-elect, faced the legendary pugilist in a moment that echoed past ring ferocity and public uproar.
Restored to consciousness Jeffries sought details and learned a St Louis statesman used a beer device to end his rise. Congress sees Joan Buller marked in political intrigue while John Levtz Jim-Ham Lewis and H. Clay Sulzer fade from gallery admiration. With Jim Butler in the house and Roosevelt in the senate, strenuous statesmanship returns in earnest.
London news notes the king’s tithes and honors expand across empire with titles spanning Great Britain Ireland and colonies many regions noted. The piece suggests Canada as a valued part of the empire and weighs wisest course. A separate item cites Bishop Arnett urging action to curb lynching by tackling root crime.
Letters from the People discuss moral law and the method of punishment. The author cites Theodore Munger, Robertson, Shakespeare, Sophocles, and biblical verses to argue that earthly sins reap eternal consequences, with capital punishment and life imprisonment serving as signs of hell on earth and in the afterlife.
A collage of verse from a Georgia column features a loving letter from Mary crossing oceans of longing, amid satirical jests about town life in Billville. It blends affectionate poetry with jokes on library funding, race rumors, and local pieties, ending with a humorous note on literary fame and a reunion theme.
North Georgia peach growers report huge gains from new marketing methods as W J Summerour claims 65 carloads yielded 23000 dollars net and predicts 10000 trees will ship next year. The North Georgia Horticultural Society meets in Calhoun, urges continued cultivation, fertilizing and scientific study to expand output and protect against pests.
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