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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1905
Page
8
A meeting on November 13 at the Wesleyan College chapel aims to organize a large scale music festival in Macon in the spring. Dr Eugene Ey of Wesleyan will oversee the event featuring vocal and instrumental artists from across the country.
A Houston and Texas Central line wreck near Ennis Texas left brakeman Glenn dead and engineer Davenport and fireman Trailer fatally injured. A passenger train derailed after an engine explosion, seven coaches left the track, road bed torn up for hundreds of yards, but no passengers seriously hurt.
W D Stevens, former Greenway postmaster, faces federal charges for mail fraud tied to a large scale green goods scheme. Inspector H J Gregory traced letters and telegrams, showing extensive swindling among Georgia farmers. Stevens bonded at 660 dollars and awaits the Savannah federal court term.
Baron Speck von Sternberg, the German ambassador, was received by President Roosevelt in Washington on November 3. He delivered verbal expressions of friendship from Emperor William and conveyed congratulations on the president's intervention for peace and humanity at a luncheon.
Governor refuses to send troops to aid Baldwin County coroner to arrest the sheriff and suggests the coroner may summon a posse. The move is a rare request to use troops against a peace officer. Lee J. Bryan is reappointed U S marshal for four years amid opposition from referees but support from Judge Jones. federal court has heard over fifty witnesses in the case against Old Nick Williams Distilling Company for operating a distillery and refinery to defraud the government.
Lawson writes a provocative foreword in Everybodys Magazine November issue by Charles Edward Russell. The piece contrasts the broad public demand for a fair Square Deal with a few thousand seeking political favors, framed as a dramatic and powerful argument for the common good.
Albany Ga November 3 Special Mrs Cordelia Milner returned from Alabama will appear in Baker superior court Monday along with her son Quentin Milner in a high profile murder case. The dispute centers on who killed the husband with both offering competing versions while Lee county also schedules seven murder trials. Emma Menke elected librarian of the Carnegie Library in Albany widow of Jake Menke noted for traveling sales.
Macon Georgia November 3. Lee Rayfield a well known Negro soldier and Civil War veteran of the Eighth Georgia regiment died today. For fifteen years he served with the Macon Hussars and was wounded in the Spanish American War. His old wound led to a breakdown and he was carried from the armory in an unconscious state yesterday. The Hussars will hold a military burial tomorrow.
At a meeting in Columbus Georgia on November 3 United Confederate Veterans delegates from Camp Benning were instructed to vote for General C M Wiley of Macon to lead the Georgia division, succeeding General P A L McGlashar of Savannah.
New York November 3 William Astor son of William Waldorf Astor paid a $2 alien tax on his arrival from Liverpool aboard the Cedric the tax collected under immigration law for each alien landing. Astor claimed English residency while Waldorf Astor long held real estate in New York and later became a British subject. Inspectors enforced the tax more strictly after learning foreigners aboard the liner had evaded it by claiming American citizenship. Sir Casper Purdon Clarke also faced the tax as Metropolitan Museum of Art director.
New Orleans reports one new yellow fever case and one death by 6 p m total cases 339 deaths 449. The fever shows no new downtown spread with fifteen cases under treatment though officials say only one active case remains. Dr White and Dr Sanders discussed the Alabama coast situation and expect quarantine measures soon.
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