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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1906
Page
6
The Navy plans thirty days of wireless tests at various naval stations to determine why signals fail to send and receive at sunrise and sunset. Officers say repeated tests show the issue and note that navy operators first identified the phenomenon.
Dr Ott, Vienna physician to King Edward, publicly denies reports of ill health after returning from England. He calls the rumors malicious inventions possibly with political motives and asserts the king is in better health than ever. In Nashville, John W. Thomas elected permanent president and GM of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railway. Hal Smith named VP and traffic chief. Major E. C. Lewis to chair the board.
Washington senators form a finance committee sub group to probe W T Vernon of Kansas nominated as register of the treasury. Vernon, a negro, supported separate schools, with prior bi moral charges cited. Belle Meade to become Nashville suburb plans divide famed horse estate into lots. Deer and elk in park await fate after sale by Illinois Central officials.
The Alaskan steamer Dora of the North Western line, missing 54 days and declared lost, arrived at Port Angelus Washington blown 2000 miles from her course. She sailed into port with all aboard well and well supplied.
Washington February 2. The House approved the Dalzell bill to incorporate the Lake Erie and Ohio River Canal Company with an authorized capital of 66 million dollars.
A mob of about 1000 men and boys attacked the Springfield area known as The Jungles, burning and looting Kempner’s saloon and threatening Black residents. Ohio National Guard was ordered to respond as flames and panic spread, with homes battered and children rescued amid the chaos. A later note mentions rural mail routes to be discontinued March 31, prompting local disappointment.
The schooner Tat George M. Grant of West Haven Timberladen ran aground at Cape Henry. Attempts to shoot a line to the vessel failed due to high seas. Life-savers request a revenue cutter to send a boat from Windward to assist the schooner.
The American legation urges prompt official recognition for the Americas scholastic institutes at Beratea Syria to receive identical treatment as other regional schools. The move seeks parity in policy and rights across educational institutions in the area.
Fort Worth, Texas, March 1. Houston Thomas, a young Black man, was found guilty and sentenced to eight years hard labor by a jury for attempted assault on Miss Keel, a young white girl. The defendant pled guilty.
A blaze at LaGrange Texas destroyed the compress and 2435 bales of cotton along with lumber yards. The total loss is estimated at 200009 dollars. In San Francisco John D Spreckles is seriously ill at home with lagrippe and is in immediate danger.
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