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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1905
Page
3
After a two week sales surge the business thanks the public for patronage. The store continues to offer a wide line of furniture and stoves and house furnishing goods. They guarantee all items and invite further patronage.
Branch Lewis Jr the son of Branch Lewis and a former city council member was killed Monday night when struck by a 4 cylinder Oldsmobile driven by a mechanic employed by Oldsmobile company on Wa ton street near C street. The boy died at 11 after his skull was fractured and he lingered for hours as surgeons attended.
One man died and 27 people were injured when a northbound flight train on the Alabama Great Southern collided with the Blocton accommodation at Woodstoge crossing. Confusion over right of way caused the engine to crash into the rear coaches, severely damaging them. Conductor H. H. Harburry of the accommodation train was killed instantly. Among the injured were sixteen whites and eleven Negroes.
President C Barrett announces Farmers Union Day at the state fair on Oct 12 with public exercises on Oct 12 and Oct 16 in Atlanta. The Georgia division notes about 40 000 members and 1 000 lodges will send delegates while leaders attend a Tuesday meeting and a Wednesday state convention at the car. Officials include Father Gresham Meyers O P Pyle Duckworth Graves and Jerome Jones of the Journal of Labor.
Five Omaha city councilmen Dyhall Fach Byvans Huntington and Schroeder were sentenced to 29 days in jail and to pay court costs after passing a gas franchise extension ordinance despite an injunction. Judge Sutton had enjoined the ordinance, and the men were cited for contempt the next day.
Seattle report by Yorudsa Cho bo editor Kagehara says most Japanese people oppose the peace treaty. Komura will not be received with funeral rites or acclaim in Tokyo. He predicts the cabinet will resign as the emperor attends memorials to the throne.
A four story Waite & Co printing house at 525 Gravier Street in New Orleans burned. The blaze began on the fourth floor where about 30 girls worked. they escaped unharmed. Losses totaled 74 000 on stock with 40 000 insured and 15 000 on the building.
Montreal September 27 Two United States officers are due to escort Messrs Gaynor and Greene to Ravannah Ga their case now rests with Ottawa minister of justice who must order their delivery to the receiving officers It is unclear if their counsel will seek further measures to block extradition
Telegram dispatch from Muskoge Illinois reports a wreck on the Missouri Oklahoma and Gulf railroad at Grandview ten miles south of Muckoge where two men were killed. Conductor C. W. Williams and engineer Eugene Mein headed a construction train that collided with a drove of carts causing the engine to overturn and both men to perish.
Philadelphia agent William Fr. Kirkpatrick of the Northwestern Mutuel Life Insurance Company was found with a self inflicted bullet wound in his apartment bathroom. He had faced ill health and is believed to have taken his own life after shooting Kinkwell during the night.
Bloomington Indiana issues a health proclamation forbidding all children from street use day or night until a diphtheria epidemic ends. A heavy fine is set for violators. Cats are ordered exterminated and dogs must be tied up.
Franklin Superior Court opened in Carnesville with Judge R B Russell presiding. The murder case of Mrs Cobb over the alleged killing of her husband will likely occupy the grand jury early. Cobb is under seven thousand dollars bond for voluntary manslaughter per coroner's inquest. Speculation runs on the case outcome.
London officials report the brutal killing of Mary Motley on a train, with a long item wedged in her mouth. Police believe she was murdered in the compartment and her body thrown from the air car as the train halted at Redhill. doors remained shut, deepening the mystery.
New York police and a physician concluded Christine Grossman suffered only mental hallucinations after she was found unconscious from a supposed robber attack. A demand for 400 dollars written on her mother's picture and a 200 dollar note on her own picture matched handwriting from Christine's school copy book.
Berlin reports no new cholera cases or deaths from noon yesterday to noon today. Total figures remain unchanged. Newspaper correspondents in Bromberg and Mariewerder had reported cases that were previously documented by officials.
Dr. P Holbrook Curtis disclosed that the Duchess of Mark Lore formerly Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt underwent an operation not for throat trouble but to address a nasal difficulty. The procedure aimed to remove slight deafness caused by a fall she suffered in youth.
St Louis and San Francisco officers report the Meteor derailed near Claremore while the eastbound train traveled at 40 mph. no serious injuries, engine tender mail car and two chair cars left the track but remained upright.
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