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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1905
Page
3
Nov 12 report from New York outlines a contested gubernatorial race with Hearst and Higgins influencing city politics. The Times notes potential dual control and militia concerns amid unrest as Hearst forces gather support and requests for safeguards at polling places.
New York November 13 Tribun says Hearst forces may push court battle over the mayoral claim into next year. McClellan remains firm and vows to oppose the rival. Legal steps to validate Hearst’s title must occur within fifteen days. Confirmation from Hearst was not obtained.
Baron Komura reached Pekin and will meet with the Chinese government to settle details of the Manchuria peace treaty. Japan was granted 18 months to withdraw troops from Manchuria, a period China calls excessive and protests the presence of Japanese guards on the railway.
Bries Pfeiffer, 16 year old orphan heiress, was kidnapped from a school playground in Prairie Du Chien Wisconsin during recess. A closed carriage arrived, two men seized Pfeiffer and fled. Police have no leads on the abductors or their motive.
Baroness Speck Von Sternberg wife of the German Ambassador to the United States has nearly recovered from the operation and plans to travel to the United States aboard the gala performance in honor of King Alfonso. She sails for the United States according to present intention.
Washington November 15 The Panama canal form will be chosen as either a sea level or lock canal within a few days. The board of consulting engineers has returned and will meet daily this week to reach a final conclusion. A brief report will follow outlining the nature of the decision. Many foreign delegates will then return to their countries in the month’s end.
Banished Turkish noble Chaban Bey, targeted by the sultan for alleged revolutionary ideas, arrived aboard the White Star liner Canopic in Boston. He traveled to appeal to the American Board of Foreign Missions for funds to establish a boys school in Arabia, noting only two girls schools exist and fearing closure.
Atlanta reports Fifteen cent cotton is the slogan of the Southern Cotton association based on USDA findings and farmer correspondents. President Harvie Jordan argues the crop maximum of 16,000,000 bales should not be sold for less than 15 cents, aiming to keep the whole crop with spinners at a cent amount.
The Carnegie Institution of Washington has published 68 works across archaeology ethnology medicine mathematics and astronomy with three more in press. These titles fill reference needs in libraries though they appeal to specialists rather than popular readers. A handbook of learned societies and Dr Fletcher’s index to medical literature are among the new issues. Monument to Pocahontas in Richmond Virginia plans unveiled by Jamestown Exposition directors. A western man named Davis will erect the shaft. his wife is Virginian and a descendant of Pocahontas's Powhatan lineage.
Harry C Campion, 65, head of J. W. Campion & Co wholesale drugs and Union League member, died after being run over by a trolley car in Philadelphia. He attempted to alight as the car moved and fell beneath the wheels.
All powers decide to withdraw troops from the Cafe province. Although the United States has no troops there, Washington informs other powers as a courtesy of the agreement reached.
Charles W. Barron's counsel says Judge Wentworth will issue a warrant for Thomas W. Lawson on criminal libel charges stemming from a magazine article. Hearings over weeks preceded the decision as to arrest.
G H Malone cashier swears the accompanying financial statement is true to the best knowledge. It lists assets including cash due from other banks and certificates of deposit, and liabilities such as bills payable. The oath was sworn before Notary Public W R Watford on November 14, 1905, with attestations from directors W A Newton Ed Nix and Robi Boyd.
Police thwart a mob seeking vengeance on a white man accused of assaulting a black girl. Chief Jennings orders detention of the suspect and brother, ages 14 and 23, while authorities recount a desperate attack at 14 Grow Street near Lula Beavers aunt's home. investigation proceeds in DeKalb county.
The grand jury may examine the death of Stuart Pierson and the Kenyon College burglary of J A McGaverry of Oklahoma found bound and gagged in his room at Bexley Hall. Authorities suspect the robbery was not the motive and believe McGaverry provided information to the coroner. A note on a student's clothes warned of worse acts if they return.
The first Scottish Rite Masons reunion in Georgia opens in Savannah November 15 under dispensation by Inspector General J Nunn. Degrees from the fourth to the thirty second will be conferred with guests from Alabama Tennessee Florida and several Georgia cities including Atlanta Macon Columbus and Brunswick. About fifty members from Mobile led by Dr J H McCormick arrive for special work.
A joint District of Columbia Confederate groups committee will meet to plan funds for a monument in Arlington cemetery honoring Confederate dead. A yet unnamed sculptor has offered a design with estimated construction costs at 15 000 to 20 000 dollars, funded by Southern Confederate societies. The monument would be placed in the Confederate dead section of the national cemetery.
Western money shows satisfaction as high eastern rates push funds westward. The New York market may fear a further withdrawal while Chicago and western commercial borrowers benefit from the favorable money flow.
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