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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1902
Page
8
London September 18 Just before sailing for America the duchess of Marlborough sat for a London photograph praised as her best since marriage. The duchess is cautious about photographs and many published ones were altered. This is the first printed copy and she reportedly prefers it to all others.
Names of officers and members shown, with past chancellors and grand lodge reps. Lodge stats include 1% in good standing, over 31,00 in treasury and invested, weekly benefits of 5 and 100 funeral expense, meets Tuesdays at Bell's hall. Also includes a piece on Newman Laser's Fraternity philosophy.
A roster lists ill members across several fraternal groups in Atlanta. Entries include Masonic associates at multiple addresses such as Leo Fresh and J T Hardman at Grady hospital, plus Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Red Men, and U A M affiliates with names and street locations.
Berlin 1902 socialists form a newspaper trust designating two existing dailies and one Sunday paper as the press to support, forbidding any new socialist paper without party permission. Subscriptions to the Sunday paper do not relieve the duty to maintain a daily. The ukase aims to win about a hundred seats in the Reichstag at the next election.
Count Mattachich, lover of Princess Philip of Coburg, plans a life story accusing King Leopold and the princess’s husband of cruelty. He relates their flight, imprisonment, and alleged mistreatment, claiming the husband already fought one duel with Mattachich and was wounded in the leg after allegedly stealing his ware.
London September 18 The Wellcome portrait of George Washington as a Mason unveiled by Ambassador Choate in the Freemasons Hall is the first printed image. Artist Hardie researched sources in America England and France to ensure accuracy showing Washington in regalia given by Madame Lafayette. Unveiling featured Earl of Warwick and the American ambassador praising Washington as a liberty champion. The painting will stay in the Masonic library for months before gallery placement. Princess Henry of Pless hailed as belle of London season at royal and social events.
The French government has banned a mild series of postcard caricatures of European sovereigns and war figures, after years of highly provocative images. The move follows widespread lurid and violent depictions in Paris papers, though the suppressed cards are considered comparatively innocuous and humorous by some observers.
Special correspondent William A Haygood reports from Port Elizabeth on August coronation day events. The parade shows strict caste order among Europeans and varied displays by Malays, Indians, and Kaffirs, with a Hindu Sepoy cavalry detail impressing most. Fireworks, torchlight shows, and feasts follow amid rain and lively public revelry as English and American observers comment on drink and spectacle.
Paris reports the governor of Cochinchina says the Annam university is near opening. Built to educate native physicians and study tropical diseases, it will include a Pasteur institute bacteriological facility and an agricultural laboratory. European illness in the colony may be addressed.
Paris on September 27 reports two American cracksmen suspected of entering the Bank de France vaults and stealing several sacks of gold coin totaling 220000 francs. Three and a half milliardes were left behind, challenging the notion the robbers were American.
Special Cable report from Constantinople dated September 27, 1902 states the sultan will treat the Egyptian khedive as a mere guest, requiring him to stay in a hotel and use ordinary cabs, after his decision not to recognize the sultan's control over Thasos Island due to reliance on England.
Special correspondence from Le Mans recounts the Voisin case. A soldier condemned for the Madame Adam murder years earlier on his mother's testimony was freed after Langlois, an ex sergeant, confessed on his deathbed. The jury's verdict favored Voisin amid lingering local doubt and strong prosecutors' push.
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