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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1905
Page
1
About 300 boys housed in the main building of the reform school were endangered when a fire broke out at 3 o'clock. The loss is estimated at $56,000 with no fatalities. Firefighters and inmates aided in rescue and containment. cause believed to be spontaneous combustion.
December 20 reports show the house committee on bills favorably reporting a bill admitting all Philippine products into the United States with free sugar and tobacco and 3 percent duties on others. Amendments were added to exempt no Philippine product from duties and to restrict warehouse exemptions.
Fragmentary report shows State Historian 8 urged York mayor to discuss a supposed blunder in a statue design tied to General McClelland and a Wade location. Legion members claim no headgear was worn by the figure in the plan, prompting calls for changes as police and civic leaders weigh options.
An elderly resident, Mrs Margar et Reinwater of Blandtown, was wounded by a gunman on Marietta street in front of Sharp's drug store as crowds filled the area. The suspect, Henry Clark, was detained by officers but claims innocence. Local tension rose as residents await findings.
A coffin with a corpse has sat uncalled for in Mayfield Kentucky’s express office for two weeks. It arrived on a northbound train from Union City Tennessee addressed to T McGee, who is unknown. Express charges were prepaid and the body may be buried if not claimed soon.
Wilkes Barre officials of the United Mine Workers prepare a statement clarifying that operators will not meet through intermediaries. Willard Connill of the coordination board would arrange talks with the action committee. A union official says John Mitchell will write a short request to the head of each coal company.
Miss Dooley a well known orangutan at Lincoln Park Zoo died at three years old after a fatal illness. She was described as good tempered and enjoyed grooming her fur with a mirror and comb. A post mortem will be conducted and her skin will be stuffed for preservation.
An earthquake shook Hancock in western Washington County with rattling windows and startled residents. The tremor was felt at Perekely Springs and produced a distant thunder like rumble, with a surge extending into Fulton County Pennsylvania.
Actor Arnold Daly was held in 700 bail in the Tombs charged with giving an immoral performance in Mrs. Warren's Profession at the Garrick theater. Garrick manager Samuel Gumperts was held on the same charge with 10 bail.
Three financial institutions in Memphis suspend operations and enter liquidation. Merchants' Trust Company with 200000 capital stock, American Savings Bank and Trust, and Mechanics' Savings Bank close doors. Joann P. Edmondson appointed receiver for Merchants' Trust. suspension linked to loan and discount issues. directors claim ample assets to pay dollar for dollar.
One Depositore Big Sum reports the Merchants' Tig company of Memphis owed depositors 500,000 dollars while the American Savings Bank and Trust Company of Memphis owed depositors 25,000 dollars according to recent statements.
Louisville public safety board orders strict enforcement of standing menace and blockading passage regulations in theaters after January 1. City building inspector to examine all scenery from theatrical companies and ensure it is fire proof before stage use.
A subcommittee of the general committee for the Presbyterian and Cumberland Presbyterian churches met in St Louis on December 28 to finalize preparations for the session of the full body on Thursday. The union of the two branches, already decided, has now been consummated.
In Spartanburg South Carolina on December 28 D M Hill Richard Rogers of Saxoi Hill and J F Stone of Cros Anchor were struck by a fast northbound Southern Railway train on a curve above the Brawley Street trestle. The three men were walking on the west track toward the depot and moved to the east track to avoid an oncoming train, but the two four and a half late engine struck them. Stone was a well to do farmer visiting to pay taxes.
In Birmingham on December 28, neighbors found Mrs. Alice Johnson dead with a bullet wound in her head at 529 Santa Twenty-third Street. A railroad man, A Cochran, lay mortally wounded nearby with a pistol beside his body, suggesting a double tragedy by suicide after killing Johnson. No motive has been found and Cochran is unable to speak. Mrs. Johnson was a widow.
Rear Admiral Cheater superintendent of the naval observatory returned to Washington from the Mediterranean where he witnessed the August eclipse. He says many good photographs were taken but the final results will take years to know as the photos are thoroughly studied and published.
Henry Jones, 18, was killed when a gun discharged accidentally while walking with his cousin Wayne Jones near Dunwoody. The hammer struck by an overhanging object caused the full cartridge to fire into his head, killing him instantly.
Thomas Kennedy, a Painters and Dec orators union delegate, was fatally wounded by James McGuire at a union meeting in Chicago after a year of enmity over control of the union. In Albany Georgia L N Pierce, a white man from Unadilla, fell 45 feet from a trestle, was struck by a switch engine, and sustained fatal injuries with multiple fractures and internal damage.
A Florence dispatch reports the Madonna del Popolo by Lippo Memmi stolen from Santa Maria de Servi has been recovered in Siena. The sculpture was found Monday at the entrance of a deaf and dumb typography establishment and not recognized until brought to the city hall.
Atlanta December 20 A Macon attorney represented J G Rawlings and his sons in the Valdosta murder trial. He served Governor Terrell and Attorney General Hart with a writ of error to the U S Supreme Court to stay executions set for January 6. The appeal contends denial of due process under the 14th Amendment. Support grows for life imprisonment instead of hanging for the two sons, Miles and Jesse. the elder Rawlings may still face the gallows.
A Santa Fe train No. 17 derailed near Reading Pennsylvania at Padger Creek Bridge around 4 o clock. The tender left the track causing cars to overturn and a messenger was killed. The engineer and two others were injured, with another person fatally hurt. No passengers were injured.
The fund for Hebrew relief shows progress with donations totaling $1,168. The largest contribution came from Orthodox towns of St. Paul Minnesota at $2,328. A benefit in Washington led by Samuel and Laura to aid distressed Jewish sufferers raised about $2,200, to be sent to Jacob Schiff.
State Treasurer Park handed certificates totaling about $212,600 for December school payments to State School Commissioner W B Merritt to be forwarded to county school commissioners and other entitled recipients on behalf of the teachers.
At the home of Joan A. McCall president of the New York Life Insurance Co a family member said yesterday that Mr McCall was not suffering from pneumonia and that aside from a slight cold he was in the best of health in New York on December 20.
Benjamin F. Chadsey a prominent Brooklyn lawyer and orator was sentenced to one year in prison for attempted grand larceny. He was arrested in Niles Michigan after Brooklyn police believed him dead for almost three years.
A major blaze in Ironton Ohio destroyed Memorial hall Brig s public Vicerary and the Seventh regiment Ohio National Guard armory early today. The fire started by a natural gas explosion caused about 50000 dollars in losses.
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