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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1906
Page
11
fragmentary columns note bribery chatter in Massachusetts state house and Senate aims for early adjournment while Aldrich Cannon cliques pace Washington. references to figures like Rockefeller and Aldrich mingle with satire on czarist Russia and U S railroads as debate and gossip swirl through an anxious public sphere.
Rev. Crawford Jackson of Atlanta announces John D. Rockefeller will donate about one million dollars to found and enlarge reformatories and training schools in the south and north. The move aims to reduce crime by early juvenile intervention, supported by The Constitution as a nationwide effort, with Georgia voices urging broader implementation and continued funding.
The piece outlines Russia’s political crisis as the Duma pushes for constitutional and popular governance. It notes the clash between the czarist regime and reformists, the risk of upheaval, and the potential impact on Russia and Europe. It mentions broad demands for equal administrative power, the ability to overthrow ministers, and wide amnesty to quell unrest.
A mosaic of dialect poems and brief vignettes appears, touching weather, hope, and everyday life in Billville. Topics range from summer heat and drought to a colorfully told joke about rain, with snippets on literary figures, plays, and the mood of readers as immigration policy is debated in Washington.
The treasury department predicts the current fiscal year will end with a surplus of no less than 20 million dollars. A prior 24 million dollar deficit has vanished, and since March the surplus has grown. Revenue gains from import duties and taxes on cigars snuff beer and liquors drive the improvement, while tariff receipts have been steadier. reduced congressional appropriations push the deficit down, with February showing a small deficit and March closing with a positive balance after accounting for Panama Canal expenditures.
In Washington on May 29 the minority of the senate committee on inter oceanic canals submitted to the senate a detailed report advocating a lock canal across the Isthmus of Panama. The Spooner act is cited as showing Congress intended a lock canal, though decision authority rests with the president.
The Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee today approved a favorable report on Esch bill limiting railway train employees to eighteen consecutive hours of work with a minimum ten hour rest period. The action supports stricter labor rules for railroads.
Willemstad May 29 report that the Venezuelan gunboat Progresso with a dozen officers ammunition and barbed wire left Maracalpo May 26 and is proceeding upriver. An interior disturbance in Venezuela is reported to have occurred.
Reports from southern Berks county near Chester county indicate a building event with dramatic alarm this afternoon as conditions and details remain unclear and unresolved.
Prominent loysiness men like Bad Schaffer of Toccoa visit Atlanta for the Kirn ball, with doctors and business leaders from Kentucky to New Orleans in attendance. Longtime physician Dr Clarence J Muncher of New Orleans recounts his career shift from medicine to cotton trade and back, while others from Trenton Ohio Wheeling and Newnan register at local hotels. Irwinville’s temporary sheriff McInnis appointed after Sheriff Day McInnie’s death as county awaits election.
In Cuthbert Georgia Clark Howell drew strong support from Randolph County leaders and voters as he campaigned for the Democratic primary. Local officials bankers and lawyers voiced confidence they would carry Randolph for Howell, praising his speeches and integrity.
The exposition executive committee announced yesterday the addition of twenty five members to form a new committee. The group will meet tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o clock. Governor Joseph Terrell and Asa G. Candler join prior members as part of the continuing committee. Subscriptions received that day included Frank & Cox and Charles L. Chasewood as totals rise toward funding for the exposition.
A three day dedication program begins at Winthrop Normal College Rock Hill S C with Rev D G Phillips AvANiz addressing Sunday audience and students of sixty women in the junior senior class. Featured events include library presentation to South Carolina by Andrew Carnegie. Covington Lodge Red Men from Covington Ga established No 82 with officers elected including Digurd Gunn junior sagamore and Wampum keeper William Boyd.
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