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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1902
Page
9
A Warsaw dispatch reports terror in Russia with banishment and imprisonment common in towns. Ekaterinoslav saw a deadly Cossack action killing twenty, wounding forty, arresting one hundred fifty, amid widespread repression.
The anti Morgan campaign continues in the British press with conflicting reports on relations among White Star Cunard and the shipping combine. Liverpool Ship Owners' Association chair E A Beaseley cites 2095 ships totaling 1,836,508 tons sold abroad and urges government aid to British lines to curb further losses. In Parliament an effort to widen subsidies inquiry is discussed, but Lord Camperdown's committee is urged to proceed.
Berlin May 8 A P dispatch from Hanover says Virginia Carolina Chemical Co and investors from New York and London are buying potash properties in Germany. They have acquired the Hohenzollern works and four other undeveloped properties tested by ords. Technical experts study potash fields in Hanover province Brunswick duchy and Thuringian states.
London May 6 A Times dispatch from Shanghai quotes widespread reports that increased taxation on Chinese is unjust and indiscriminate. The tax is said to fund the foreign indemnity, fueling antiforeign sentiment as the pretext grows weaker.
Governor Bockery receives a telegram from Secretary of State John Hay stating Mexico cannot extradite Charles Kratz without reciprocity from the United States. The embassy in Mexico reports the Mexican government has closed the incident and Kratz will not be extradited.
In a Castle Loo bulletin the Dutch queen’s obstetric emergency is described as grave but stabilizing after a difficult operation. Doctors report the queen’s fever subsiding and a cautious tone as the heir situation and Germany’s role are noted.
The Chicago Inter-Ocean recounts Charley White the minstrel tracing the origins of famous songs. It covers Star Spangled Banner music by Durang and others, Hunters of Kentucky, Kathleen Mavournee, Life on the Ocean Wave, Arkansas Traveler, My Maryland, Old Kentucky Home, and Shoo Fly Dont Bodder Me, with notes on publishers and profits.
A masked trio cracked a safe at Lake Shore flight depot in Cleveland and looted an unknown sum, about 500 dollars. In Cleveland 400 to 500 union painters walked out demanding 35 cents an hour, up from 27 1/2 cents. In New York, Croker letters to Tammany leaders hint at his return in late August. George J. Gould chartered and will sail the Taurus to these waters around May 20. Norfolk railway head W M Rosenborough resigns. R T Gunn named replacement amid suspected sympathy with strikers and other changes anticipated.
In Chattanooga on May 5 the Methodist Episcopal church bishops convened to form a commission to study consolidating its benevolent societies. The panel includes Bishops Fowler Foss Walden and other leaders. Societies slated for consolidation include the missionary, Woman's Foreign Missionary, Woman's Home Missionary, board of church extension, Freedmen's Aid and Southern Educational, board of education, Sunday School Union and Tract Society. The board plans to meet in Saratoga Springs beginning October 1. The first sessions of the day were held.
Reports from Monte Cristi and Santo Domingo describe rebels tightening control as Governor Deschamps resists surrender of Puerto Plata. President Jiminez, seeking refuge in the British consulate, faces mounting pressure while U.S. officials monitor the collapse of his administration and the rebel advance along with naval patrols to safeguard American interests.
Captain Hiram Pugh, who died in Bridgeton New Jersey, never slept in a bed since returning from the Civil War. His doctor ordered bed rest weeks before his death, but he resisted and died with his boots on, sources say.
Washington reports minister to Cuba H G Squires secretary of the legation at Pekin and General B K S Bragg of Wisconsin named as consul general at Havana. Supreme Court dismisses New Orleans Water Co v Louisiana for lack of federal question. Justice Peckham notes effort but fails to raise one.
Washington May 6 The senate approved a bill to build a Savannah river bridge from Aiken County South Carolina to Richmond County Georgia mainland across the river.
Washington May 6 The senate committee on public health and quarantine authorized a favorable report on the Perkine bill which renames the marine hospital service the United States health service. It provides for national supervision of quarantine matters in cooperation with state boards of health and has been amended to gain approval from both the board of health and the marine hospital service.
A science note describes how nerves are fat in their core and how fat nerves, hardened or softened, enable nerve action. It claims Scott's Emulsion nourishes fat nerves and helps nervousness and neuralgia. Free sample offered by Scott Rowne, Chemist, 409 Pearl St N.
Impure humors accumulate in skin and organs hindering care. They cause pimples boils genema eruptions poor appetite fatigue bilious turns indigestion headaches and many troubles across the system according to the text.
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills promise to remove humors, strengthen and invigorate the system. Testimonials of remarkable cures mailed on request from Hood Co., Lowell, Mass.
Chicago date May 6 Dr Ellington Aldrich who killed himself in Los Angeles to dodge a return requisition was wanted on perjury charges. He testified in Judge Chetlain’s court December 8 1900 claiming desertion as his grounds for divorce from Leonora Aldrich whom he allegedly married in Mineola Texas on December 4 1809. The decree was granted on his false testimony and Aldrich later faced a grand jury while his wife learned of the divorce months later. Indicted April 2.
Boston man John D Cassels was executed at 12 40 this morning in the Charles Town state prison for the February murder of Mrs Mary J Lane of Long Meadow Massachusetts. He remained fearless in death and pleaded for divine help for his family. Cassels, married, urged Lane to elope. upon her refusal he shot her, two bullets striking, she died two weeks later.
In Carbondale Illinois May 6 a new group named Amalgamated Common Laborers of America prepared to depart from the American Federation of Te Seven states Michigan Indiana Missouri Illinois Kentucky Arkansas and Ohio sent delegates after a heated convention vote establishing a permanent organization amid the contention.
The French mission to represent France at the unveiling of the Rochambeau monument in Washington sailed from Toulon on May. The group departed at 8 p m aboard the battleship Gaulots.
A New York Telegram item recounts a classroom guessing game about a birthday and notes a bright young teacher. The century of British steamships piece recalls Charlotte Dundas in 1802 and Henry Bell’s early steam efforts, detailing failed ventures and the first passenger steamer Comet of 1812.
Mitchell to submit concessions from Baer to the United Mine Workers executive committee on Wednesday. The twenty eight member panel will vote on striking in Scranton, potentially accepting the concessions and voting against a strike. Senator Hanna calls the situation grave after meetings with A J Cassett of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Vanderbilt interests agreed to take a block of shares for embattled speculators as Webb Meyer stocks see little trading. Offenbach Moore face suspension and ill health while assignees for Henry Bros & Co and Lockwood Hurd Co say mobilities and assets cannot be estimated. Rutland preferred stock paid in cash at 108 by Davis & Co. Wall Street traders seek clarity as banks loan the market heavily.
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