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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1905
Page
1
Exposition 18 is now assured for Atlanta with organizers confirming final arrangements and venue provisions. Officials anticipate strong attendance and showcase events across multiple sectors as plans move toward completion.
Thirty three prominent Atlanta merchants and business men met in Commerce Hall to back plans for an Atlanta industrial exposition in 1910 or earlier. They formed a committee to organize a preliminary meeting at the Piedmont Hotel dining room and set November as the key date for Chamber of Commerce action.
Boston reports that the body parts found in suitcases in Boston Harbor have been identified as Susanna Geary, Cambridge chorus girl. Her sister Evelyn and Mrs Gerry visited Harvard Medical School in Cambridge to confirm the identification. New York reports two men, William Howard and Louw Crawford, were arraigned in police court on a charge connected to the disposal of the body and remanded for extradition papers.
Philadelphia chemist and coroner discuss opening organs from the body of Mrs Todd to analyze poison. District Attorney seeks full examination by local authorities. Case stirs strong suspicions of further developments and ties to a notable murder inquiry. Cotton Growers To Meet Jackson Vails Now 6 President Walter Clark calls Wisscon Cotton Association convention in Jackson on November 23 to plan better organization and methods.
The Rev Dr James W Lee defended Dr Bradley against an attack on evolution, arguing that belief in evolution fits modern thought. He contrasted anti evolutionists with modern thinkers and urged that creation by gradual processes aligns with a sane view of God and science. He cited Harte, Haeckel and Spencer to support evolution and warned that anti evolutionists seem stuck in the thirteenth century. US sources describe the sermon as asserting evolution as the tenable theory for religious thought.
In Lincoln Nebraska on November 6 state campaign headquarters for both parties closed to let officers and clerks outside Lincoln return home to vote. Governor Mickey planned to cast his ballot in Osceola and predicted the Republican nominee would win by 30000 to 35000 plurality. Democratic leaders offered no figures but said they were satisfied with the campaign and had spent resources on the effort.
In New York on November 6, Attorney Jerome exposed a plan to print counterfeit ballots bearing his name and directing voters to vote for Republicans, which would have invalidated most ballots for him. An employee in a printing shop, who alerted Jerome, thwarted the scheme. The incident stirred a sensation at Cooper Union as Jerome denounced the plot and urged voters to resist any manipulation of the ballot.
On November 6 in New York a scene unfolded as Tammany Hall distributed funds to election workers. Philip J Donohue, treasurer, oversaw cash handed to district captains via carriages and into safes, with amounts ranging from $1000 to $10,000 per district. The crowd watched as satchels bulged and plans for spreading funds was carried out amid guards at the door.
Philadelphia readers confront a city teetering on the edge of disruption as Mayor Weaver and Sheriff Miles issue rival proclamations pledging to uphold law. With intimidation fears, police deployment for election duty nears one thousand officers, and conspirators named, the tense eve of voting intensifies civic stakes.
As campaign work winds down in Maryland on November 6, factions rally voters with strong calls to back or oppose the suffrage amendment. Party leaders predict victory for their side, while observers note deep Republican and Democratic tensions and concern over turnout in Baltimore and rural areas.
In a city election billed as pivotal the outcome remains unclear with Mayor Watt and contenders McClellan Hearst Ivins watched by a divided public. The Hearst Movement and the Ownership League led by William Randolph Hearst inject unprecedented energy and influence into the race as final results loom.
The forecast covers multiple states including Georgia Florida and Alabama with cooler trends and showers. Northwest winds continue, with partial sunshine on some inland areas and scattered precipitation expected across the south and east regions Tuesday through Wednesday.
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