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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1902
Page
5
The Daily Constitution will cost 5 per year for six days weekly and 7 annually for both The Daily Constitution and The Sunday Constitution plus The Sunny South. No traveling agent or solicitor is authorized to collect subscriptions at any rate.
United States and Canada mail rates referenced with daily and weekly newspaper options. Advertisements from Wichols & Holliday at Constitution Building outline advertising management for Atlanta territory. Mentions yearlong, semiannual, and quarterly pricing structures in old style small print.
The Atlanta editorial urges restraint after Senator Tillman’s recent Senate outburst. It argues his attack on Republicans is familiar, urges him to stop provoking the party and to focus on aiding Democratic aims for a future majority in Congress and the 1904 presidency.
The piece discusses Edmond Rostand’s fate in a legal dispute over a Cyrano de Bergerac adaptation. Samuel Eberly Gross of Chicago identified the resemblance to his own revived and Gaelicized version of the play, noting a duplication of dramatic portrayal.
The Chicago builder Samuel Eberly Gross pursued legal action to claim the Cyrano de Bergerac rights from Rostand. He proved Rostand’s version used his work and secured a verdict allowing production only with Gross’s consent. Gross gains royalties and a $250,000 potential claim, shaping a sharp contrast with Rostand.
The death of British ambassador Lord Pauncefote removes a diplomat of distinguished ability from public service. He shaped diplomatic thought with masterful efficacy, remained conservative in negotiation, and fostered Anglo American unity. His steady conduct elevated U S England ties and earned broad respect here.
The New Orleans Picayune supports an education reform aimed at providing every child with reading writing and arithmetic. It argues public funds should fund sufficient primary schools with trained teachers to produce competent citizenship. Officials should perfect the system as urged by Georgia's constitution and summer conferences focus on funding.
The Cuban congress moves to grant general amnesty for Americans accused or convicted in the American intervention. Unlike Latin American precedents granting amnesty to political offenders after regime changes, this measure targets criminals of robbery embezzlement and related offenses amid a broader move to a new administration.
A column reviews Rathbone and Neely Cuban post fraud cases and President Roosevelt's stance on Cuban justice, then lauds Rochambeau's heritage and U.S. debt to France. It notes Republican conventions endorsing Roosevelt, remarks on Philippine policy, and various political jests and observations about figures like Taft, Beveridge, and Harper.
A mosaic of clipped verse and civic musings from Georgia town pages. Readers seek classic Georgia verses while editors joke of dialect and literature. Poems touch faith, rural life, and seasonal scenes with a humorous editorial aside on dialect translation and local taste, alongside reflections on notable literary figures and Indiana monuments.
Washington May 5 Special Mr Wu Ting Fang Chinese minister denies fears of a ping pong pang after a writer claimed he suffered from the condition. He calls the disease a fad and says he has read about it but has never had the pang nor played the game much, preferring golf and walking for exercise.
Minister Buck reports a Japanese diet move to establish at the industrial experiment station a model factory for window glass. Japan will import artists from abroad to teach, with plans for a private factory program and potential foreign experts. The note cites cost comparisons and upcoming diet funding.
A New York Times item notes J Pierpont Morgan and Charles M Schwab at Morgan’s kennels admiring prize hunting dogs. Schwab asks the dog’s name. Morgan replies the pointer is Russell Sage saying he never loses a scent. A Chicago Record-Herald vignette portrays a social gulf with a conductor versus a musician and their doomed romance.
Colonel Livingston cannot leave Washington before the June primary due to pressing duties on the house appropriations committee and matters for the fifth district. He campaigns have been sidelined as he advances the public buildings bill, the Atlanta park and post office expansion, while pressing rural free delivery routes and immigration reform for national and district benefit.
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