27 Aug 1901
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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1901
Page
1
Reports from Ittsburg and Philadelphia describe conflicting claims over a strike settlement effort and Carrie Nation’s vaudeville debut. Amalgamated officials deny knowledge or official sanction of any peace move. Nation uses anti violence stance but lips controversial stunts amid crowds and police warnings.
War wrecks of a London flame scandal surface as generals and officers face harsh claims. Only two doctors passed 10,000 men after examiners charged five shillings daily, five times regular pay. War Office panic orders rushed enlistment, accepting nearly any candidate. Contact R. O. Watson for coal, stove wood, or drays.
Fort Worth dispatch reports severe destitution in Zapata County Texas as drought devastates the area. In Carrizo the county seat a mother and three children died of starvation and a body of another mother was found along a road two miles from home. Mayor Hicks of San Antonio launches a relief drive as water dries up and cattle perish. the famine area lies fifty miles from the railroad.
H C Compton says lingering hostility remains after the Ashville courthouse shooting when a mob attempted to seize Jim Brown inmate for criminal assault. He notes no lynching will occur if Brown is returned to Ashville for execution, though a large crowd is anticipated for the public hanging. Also mentions Silver Ash cigar promotion.
Two men, James Smith and John McDaniels, died while attempting to shut off a massive oil gusher at Block SS Spindle Top heights in Beaumont Texas. The Palestine Beaumont Oil Company well exploded in a flood of oil and steam, threatening the surrounding prairie and drawing heroic efforts from workers.
Enoch Henderson a black farmer from Moulton Heights used a scythe to deter a 25 man masked white mob swelling to avenge a prior dispute with Noel Graham. Graham was seriously injured by a brick thrown during the confrontation.
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