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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1902
Page
6
Petersburg dispatch notes czarina pregnancy announced months earlier but miscarried. Court accoucher Prof Ott and court surgeon Hirach report no complications and normal vitals. The news brings sorrow across the empire as all royal children to date were girls, with the czar deeply grieved. Copenhagen reports czarina in serious condition but no immediate danger expected.
News from Tiflis reports a August 17 landslide near Mount Kasbek in Transcaucasus Russia triggered by seismic glacier movement. A 12 mile valley was blocked by rock, ice, and earth up to a thousand feet deep, destroying twenty villages and causing about 700 deaths as bathers fled the hot springs at Tmenkau.
A Richmond report details accusations against Dr. J C Murray, Gammon Theological Seminary professor, of immoral conduct with a 14 or 15 year old girl, Ange Melden. The case involves Clark University president Charles M Melden and amid tensions the two Atlanta institutions separate yet nearby.
Madrid September 3 King Alfonso insists on marrying an American heiress not a European princess. At a royal reception in San Sebastian he declared Americans are the most beautiful and richest women. The queen mother rebuked him with a stern look and urged him to be prudent.
The emperor and empress reviewed troops in Posen after new colors were presented. About 11 000 children lined the ground as the emperor, riding amid cheers, softened his rigid facial expression and saluted with his baton. German settlers from Prussian Poland watched. Fortifications around Posen, begun in 1928 at a cost of about 50 million dollars, will be demolished and replaced by a ring of thirty one forts beyond the city to deter Russia.
Athens Ga September 3 A new position has been created at the Athena dispensary that of cashier George T Murrell has been elected Cashier Murrell will handle all the money and issue tickets for intended purchases The cash and tickets will be balanced daily officials say this will bring more systematic management
A committee of ministers continued work late and will render a verdict tomorrow. Rev Dr Murray, in the city and before the committee, is defended by friends who expect charges to be unsubstantiated. If substantiated, a trial will be held. otherwise the matter ends. Concerns of spite and an effort to oust him from Gammon seminary are noted. News access is restricted until the board decides.
Dispatches report mobs wrecked houses and sacked Servian properties in Agram as rioters battled troops. Captain Vitas was seized and beaten while his wife fled. Martial law orders and battalions were posted, shops burned, and arrests made as peasants arrive to aid Croatians. In Rochefort Bur Mer laborers faced police and gendarme violence during a ship discharging dispute.
A 60 N. Seventh St. Kansas City Kansas claim praises Peruna for curing seven years of chronic illness linked to neglected colds. The letter cites kidney and bladder catarrh, digestive system disorders, and long doctor costs before Peruna use. It includes a Congressman's endorsement from J B Crowley Illinois and invitations for free medical advice from Dr. Hartman.
In Castries, the Mont Pelee eruption mirrors May destruction near St Pierre, racing 5 miles eastward. About 1,060 killed and 150 injured per Martinique gendarmerie. ships evacuate coast villages while inland evacuees seek Fort de France as survivors describe the fiery showers.
London reports violent gales across the west coast of England disrupting Blackpool steamship services and damaging hoses at Rhyl. Belfast endures floods as business halts. Great Northern station and the opera house flood. Devon crops suffer. artillery camp fonts blown away. Detonations heard as far as St Kitts. Soufriere volcano erupts. detonations heard around Trinidad islands.
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