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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1905
Page
1
Report notes mass killings attributed to loyal Russian forces in a brutal sequence marked by violent strikes and hymns. Details are limited, but the event is described as a large scale massacre with widespread fatalities and disruptive reprisals.
Descriptive telegram reports widespread killings and looting in a city, with thousands feared dead or wounded. Cossack patrols and loyalist mobs clash, Jews targeted in streets, and emergency measures including infantry and artillery deployed. Count Witte urged action while chaos continues.
A fragmented telegraph report from November 2 notes IEL players or staff out due to strikes. Details are incomplete, but the item references a disrupted communications chain and ongoing labor action affecting coverage.
Widespread student-led protests ease under heavy rain as police arrest three strike committee members. A Berlin and Geneva backed movement under a 23 year old mathematics tutor spreads, with amnesty anticipated to free about 15,000 prisoners and allow many banishees to return home.
Chicago November 2 Official announcement from Illinois Central Railroad Co to extend a 218 mile line from Jackson Tennessee to Birmingham Alabama. Construction bids have been advertised and the line is expected to be in operation within eighteen months at the latest. Rostoff on the Don Russia November 2 rioters control the town with looting widespread. Wiring in the streets. Numerous deaths and injuries reported.
Mount Vernon Ohio November 2 authorities probe the train death of Stuart Pierson a Kenyon College student. blood stained rope cotton fragments found near a culvert suggest chloroform and binding before the fatal encounter. grand jury to hear evidence as threats to prosecutors surface and coroner ignores a five page intimidation letter from alleged Kenyon alumni. Dr Workman shifts position on Pierson position relative to the tracks inquest underway behind closed doors.
Peaceful celebrations of the imperial manifesto granting Russia a constitution were dispersed by Cossacks and troops in Tashkend Russian Turkestan on November 2. Three volleys fired. many people killed or wounded.
Birmingham Alabama November 2 President Abercrombie of the University of Alabama was informed by Dr George R Parkin of London that there will be no Rhodes scholar elections in the United States next year. Parkin regrets vacancies as no candidates qualified from nineteen states and territories last year though nine were carried over. Ten seats are vacant including Alabama. Also reported riots at Radom with mobs throwing bombs and troops firing on rioters.
Government lawyers report complete immunity claims by J Ogden Armour and co defendants charged with promoting the beef trust. They argue testimony to Secretary Garfield could grant rights and immunity equal to sworn testimony, suggesting an un Subpoenaed oath link. The assertion startled prosecutors as they pursue the case in Chicago with the November 2 report. A separate item notes the state chartering of the High Point and Winston-Salem railway in Raleigh with $450000 capital, largely subscribed by C C Vetter of Philadelphia.
Annapolis November 2. A royal dinner aboard the Mayflower joined Admiral Evans and Prince Louis with officers from his squadron. HEALTHS were proposed for President Roosevelt and King Edward. The day featured a midshipman review and parade, a British American officers reception, and a reception by Annapolis mayor. Tomorrow Prince Louis will depart for Washington by special train for a three day visit.
A wedding story from Acon Georgia reports Mr and Mrs James R Smith of Willacoochee Georgia married in Macon with Dr W S Atwater officiating. Annie Smith of Hamilton Pennsylvania became Mrs Smith after a courtship sparked by Smith Day notices. couple planned reunion and departed for home.
New York November 2. A southern farmer was arrested by a post office inspector on a charge of fraudulent use of the mails. Charles Barry, known as a veteran “green goods” man, was apprehended after a prior bail of 3500. Barry was remanded in default of 50000 jail. A Dalton Georgia citizen, J H Gardner, received a circular and handed it to the postmaster, triggering the sting that led to Barry’s capture.
Macon Ga November 2 p Stevens is held by federal authorities as a green goods man tied to New York swindlers. He was arrested near Wadley on a warrant from last August. Efforts to link him to several green goods schemes in Georgia will occur before US Commissioner Erwin tomorrow. Former postmaster at Greenway he is accused of introducing New York operators to local targets. Mrs J R Price Flippen Ga death reported yesterday.
San Francisco dispatch says the whale ships Monterey and Alice Knowles arrived from Hakodate Japan with news that most of the Arctic whaling fleet is trapped by ice and its imprisoned crews may lack provisions. The Monterey captain says on August 10 ships were near Gravely islands about 600 miles north of the farthest American port, with boats provisioned for two years and sharing supplies with companions. Captains Bowhead and Earlock and their wives accompany them amid government efforts to reach the fleet.
Two men, William Howard and Louis Crawford, are jailed in Boston over the Susan Geary case. Howard allegedly confessed to helping discard a dismembered body from Tremont Street hospital, with the head and other parts dumped from ferries into Winthrop harbor. Authorities expect further arrests as Chief Inspector Watts travels with witnesses.
Mrs Maude Broadwick wife of carnival aeronaut fell from a balloon in Anderson as the ascent began 200 to 300 feet up she struck the ground and died instantly about 1000 spectators witnessed the incident her husband Charles Broadwick later suggested it may have been an accident and not suicide Cincinnati is listed as home, with the couple active in balloon work for fifteen and eight years respectively.
The forecast from Washington lists Georgia as fair Friday with possible showers in the north, warmer Saturday. North Carolina expects fair east and showers in the west, warmer Friday, with Saturday fair to showers in the east. South Carolina anticipates showers in the north portion and warmer Friday, with Saturday fair and winds shifting. Alabama, western Florida and Mississippi expect partly cloudy Friday and Saturday fair with light to fresh south winds. Surface data includes temperatures and precipitation amounts, with a note of regional mean and normal values.
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