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Newspaper
Atlanta Georgian
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1906
Page
1
Cronstadt rebels are court martially shot dead as the regime tightens control. The czar refuses to permit a non bureaucratic element to enter his cabinet, signaling a power consolidation amid upheaval and a bold move against dissent.
Representative J Randolph Anderson led the prosecution and described the committee findings as valid. The panel condemned Cheatham based on his own admissions, with Anderson noting the committee acted within its power and authority.
A dispatch from Stockholm quotes the steamship Ulienborg reporting 450 mutilated bodies along a seashore near Helsing ors as it neared its halt from halted ports. In St Petersburg the Aug 3 reports note a general strike and clashes with police, with mutiny and executions in Cronstadt and Sevastopol. Women joined mutineers at Cronstadt, and plans for a broader revolt faced swift suppression.
In a cable, St. Petersburg reports growing concern over the mutinous Asia. The ship is said to be steaming toward Helsingfors with the crew reportedly divided about the next steps. authorities monitor the situation as details remain unclear.
The investigating committee condemned Richard Cheatham secretary of the Southern Cotton Association for using his official title in private checks under aliases. The panel found no resignation offered and noted no public developments after releasing a report to President Harvie Jordan.
A committee investigation finds Cheatham disapproved for dealing in cotton futures while secretary of the association. It condemns him and assistant Fairchild for similar conduct and misleading checks signed with the secretary designation. The finding states the strongest disapproval and applies to both individuals and their roles.
Police arrested Robert Langley after a scuffle at MP Luckie street. Langley said he and his wife were merely playing with an open knife in his hand and accidentally cut himself. A young woman witness, an old sweetheart of Langley, denied the accusations.
About 300 lithographers in Buffalo walked out on August 3 8 forming a picket with the International Lithographers Protective Association. The strike affects a large portion of local printing work and may disrupt production for the near term amid union solidarity actions with Canada.
Graf Waldersee, with more than 1,000 passengers, narrowly escaped four collisions during its Hamburg to New York voyage. Departing Dover July 23, heavy fog and a four master sailing vessel loomed ahead near the English Channel. In fog near Newfoundland, the liner narrowly avoided schooners and the French fishing fleet, requiring swift seamanship to avert danger.
Newport Aug 2 The battleships Alabama and Illinois suffered serious damage from a collision in the vicinity of Breton Street Light causing flooding below the water line. The Alabama then listed and leaked after the impact.
Paterson N J Aug 3 William H Belcher former mayor of Paterson pled non olet to six indictments charging embezzlement and was sentenced on each count in the court of special sessions to two years in Trenton penitentiary at hard labor. The total sentence is twelve years.
President Roosevelt designates Charles P. Neill as acting secretary of the department of commerce and labor. The move, tied to Chicago investigations and cotton planter interests, follows requests from lawmakers and signals trust in handling state depositories and related affairs with clean hands.
William A. Marcus was hanged at 11:05 a m in Charleston rail yard for the murder of his bigamist wife on Sullivans Island last April. He stabbed her forty two times with an ice pick and left behind a widow and five Cincinnati children. Marcus died in the Catholic faith after declaring readiness to meet his God, while his deserted wife pleaded for funds to reach him for a final farewell.
An improvised probe by a special committee, led by Walter A. Taylor and veterinary surgeon Jolly, found all visited local slaughterhouses unsanitary except Sachett, with Bettis’ place closed after the inspection. The panel aims to draft an ordinance to regulate meat sale and sanitation while promising public-health improvement despite the absence of a central slaughterhouse this year.
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