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Newspaper
Atlanta Georgian
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1906
Page
1
The Board of Education urged the mayor and council to approve $130,000 next year for two modern brick schools and a site to replace the Marietta Street school. Officials warn current congestion and basement and cellar rooms cannot house growing attendance, with 1907 showing rising enrollments.
Report from Mt Petersburg dated December 14 describes famine driven mobs in Russian provinces torching buildings, burning villages, and looting. Troops struggle to restore order in the Saratov and Simbirsk regions as wealthier families flee the area.
Fragmented OCR notes describe a robbery case sentence of ten years and separate weather phrases from Marshall and Mos Dec. The garbled text includes reference to Glasgow and Darlington train details and a Rock Island Limited schedule.
Special to The Georgian Sharon Ga Dec 14 A fierce blaze swept through Sharon destroying eleven stores two halls and the post office with an estimated 60 000 loss and 12 500 insured The fire began about 4 am with origin undetermined and left almost the entire eastern town section in ashes including multiple business properties and the post office locals faced extensive property loss in a small railroad town of about 216 residents.
Atlanta school children will tour The Georgian to observe newspaper production. The board of education accepted publisher F L Seely's invitation and will notify principals to arrange visits to the plant and see how a large up to date paper is made.
Education would benefit seventh and eighth grade children from 19 grammar schools. Principals will be notified and arrangements made for classes to visit The Georgian office after school hours to tour the plant and see its workings.
Special to The Georgian. Newnan Georgia December 14 The coroner reports the body of Jimmie Burns an old Irish man who lived alone in a hut near Sharpsburg Georgia. Details are scarce but officials suspect murder. He carried a sizable sum of money and died several days before discovery. Decomposition and damage by animals made the scene gruesome.
Washington report says Anna M Bradley slayer of former Senator Arthur M Brown lies on a cot in district jail under close guard amid fears of self harm. Warden Harrix assigns a special guard at her cell door as authorities reveal chilling details of the murder case and secrecy surrounding Mrs Adams arrival in Washington. Annie Adams, actress and mother of Maude Adams, has moved to the National Hotel under veil of secrecy amid speculation she and Senator Brown planned marriage.
Virginia report finds the Southern Railway block system mismanaged by youths. Rangoon and Sawyers operators under twenty and seventeen lacked independent responsibility. Mattox admits to two trains on same block. no criminal liability expected.
Paris reports no disorders as priests face legal action under the new law. The duke of Orleans plans a violent manifesto to defend church rights while trials begin for abbés and sisters accused of defying state orders. Proceedings target ecclesiastics for celebrating masses and resisting authorities.
A cable from Pokio reports General Nogi was thrown from his horse while returning from a palace visit. He suffered severe head injuries, was unconscious, and may die. He commanded Japanese forces at Port Arthur and earned many honors for his Russian campaign work.
In Macon Georgia today Finley was elected president of the Georgia Southern and Florida railway to succeed Saurer Spencer. Directors placed Finley on the board and passed resolutions on Spencer's death. President Finley left for New York and will be away several days. upon his return a new second vice president is expected to be named.
A coroner’s jury in Danville Virginias reports that Engineer Kinney died in the Danville yard collision involving Southern railway freight train No 2 and passenger train No 34. The verdict blames incompetent employees and reckless management by the Southern Railway system.
A Virginia state corporation inquiry into a daylong wreck on the Southern Railway near Lawyers, Va. found D. J. Mattox responsible but the hearing before General Manager and others was not resumed in Washington. Officials said the hearing was terminated and no date for resumption was given.
Stockholm reports King Oscar’s condition shows slow improvement after a night of coughing and slight temperature rise to 100.9 Fahrenheit. Pulse remains steady but lungs show no phlegm. general condition still unsatisfactory. Bulletins will be issued twice daily at 11 a.m. and 9 p.m.
Andrew Carnegie argued wealth should stay with the people who use it and oppose inheritance taxes, while endorsing heavy taxes on the transfer of fortunes to future generations. He urged graduated taxation on inherited wealth to curb pauperization and protect public interests.
J M Mont, named third vice president, is discussed as a potential president successor subject to board ratification. Details on other possible candidates remain undisclosed as directors consider the designation. The board may be convened soon to finalize selections amid railroad leadership changes reported in Northern's governance.
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