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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1906
Page
11
The piece savages the Russian czar and his ministers while joking about the douma and Cossacks. It lampoons figures like Uncle Joe Cannon and President Roosevelt and mocks financiers, reformers, and big scandals. It notes a marriage ceremony delayed for eleven days and hints at unsettled trusts and oil magnates.
The opening of Russia’s national assembly at St. Petersburg under Nicholas II marks a pivotal shift from absolutism. Witte’s influence tilts toward constitutional government, while the czar's distrust and late concessions shape the douma’s uncertain future amid wartime distress and mass unrest.
Governor Beckham issues proclamation calling all Kentuckians abroad to return home for a state home coming festival between June 13 and 17. The appeal urges former Kentuckians across the United States to recall memories and ties to the state and participate in the event, reinforcing kinship and historical ties.
Memorial services for General Joseph Wheeler were held in Courtland near Wheeler Station with large attendance from the fifth district. Captain Milton Rames urged erecting an equestrian statue in Huntsville by Wheeler admirers.
All socialist members of the chamber of deputies resign after the chamber refuses to discuss their bill regulating police and troop use of arms. They present an address to the country on May 1.
A fragmented textile of poems and anecdotes from Georgia lore. It blends Revival songs and folk wisdom with musings on life, happiness, and resilience, quoting a Georgia philosopher and a colored elder on wealth, luck, and joy. The piece references authors and doctors and includes lines about life’s trials and hopeful endurance.
Memphis May 11 Routine business was transacted by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers convention all reports will be released after delegates view them The registration bureau lists 8228 delegates and visitors and an excursion to Mammoth Cave Kentucky is planned for May 19 McClure Sole Owner in McClure Phillips Co Oscar Brady elected treasurer of both McClure Phillips Co and McClure a Magazine Co to replace John Phillips
The Southern Railway Company files a deed of trust for 200 million dollars with the Hamilton County Tennessee county register. The pledge is to Standard Trust Company of New York to secure bonds backing a program of extensive improvements to the railway system. May 1. Addressed to pave the way for the projects announced.
Despondent Harvard MIT football player Malcolm McLeod, 22, killed himself yesterday with a revolver at his mother’s Back Bay home. He was a possible varsity candidate and his death shocks the campus.
Supreme Court upholds state law requiring railways in Appling to keep water supplies in passenger coaches. Court also denies Montgomery tax for Toombs court house, sustains Hargrove conviction, notes reform school near Milledgeville nearly ready, populist call to meeting in May, and Capitol brief notices with state officials traveling and visiting.
The Macon Telegraph condemns Atlanta Journal for attacking the Democratic Party in Georgia. It accuses the paper of impeaching the Democratic Governor, assailing state officers, condemning courts, attacking railroad and school commissions, and urging white voters to influence or disrupt Democratic primaries. It defends party loyalty and warns against sowing division with Republicans and Populists.
Mrs F Pushaw claims her husband LT Pushaw was never away at night and has always acted as a gentleman. She asks for publication of her letter to defend him after a court record shows a fine for mistreatment. The May 10 1906 letter insists she was not struck and sought equal prominence in reporting.
American consul in Progresso reports that Mexican coast guardsmen arrested for poaching were released under Minister Thompsons pledge to ensure their appearance. Prominent lawyers in Yucatan have been hired to defend the fishermen as the case proceeds. Also, John G. Lavar of Marion Ohio, agent for Marion Manufacturing Co., was arrested at the union station on embezzlement charges. A preliminary probe indicates a misappropriated amount around 3280.
Newburyport Massachusetts treasurer James B Felker was arrested last night and today admitted his accounts are short by not less than 85000 dollars. Mrs Davis is much better in New York. The report mentions a poker incident and related details in a separate note.
The Atlanta Journal urges mass meetings in every county to protest changes by the state Democratic executive committee drawing party lines in a primary. It condemns disrupting party unity and urges white voters to rejoin the party while warning against rebellion and factionalism led by figures such as Hoke Smith and Gray. The piece accuses the Georgia delegation of overreach and predicts lasting damage to Georgia democracy.
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