12 Jan 1901
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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1901
Page
1
From Vancouver January 12 The North China Daily News reports the Shensi province in refuge for the Emperor and Empress Dowager. In the market town they reside famine worsens and human flesh is hawked in the streets as deaths climb.
London reports Lord Kitchener controls all rail lines in South Africa and trains 30 000 irregular horse for future offensives. Cape Colony defenses tighten as Capetown fortifies with naval guns and volunteers surge while a Cape fleet brigade is readied for emergency landings.
In Concord New Mexico a druggist sues the estate of J H Pierson for $3000 claiming the storage of his amputated left leg in alcohol for 14 years. Pierson suffered an injury leading to amputation and had the leg preserved until his death. The leg was later removed from the alcohol and stored with its mate prior to burial.
Rev W B Crampton preached a missionary sermon at 11 AM from Why do the Heathen Rage. He stressed prayer in mission work and home church challenges. Afternoon featured China Q&A answered by Rev C W Pruitt and Miss Willie Kelly. No services tonight.
London reports claim Lord Salisbury may concede the railway from Min Chwang to Shan and the Yangtze to Russia while Britain gains the north, with uncertain compensation. Financiers cite the move as a graceless concession. the Daily Chronicle questions Britain’s ability to back diplomacy.
Capt A B Moseley received a cablegram that his brother Dr R A Moseley died in Yokohama and left the Orient on January 8 aboard the transport China. Mrs Moseley accompanies the body. the ship should reach San Francisco about the 22nd and the remains will be taken to Alabama for interment. The burial site in Alabama is not yet known.
In Atlanta on January 12 H A Thompson, a Technological school instructor, alleges Bass Frazer ran away to avoid expulsion. Union Springs official N H Frazer calls Thompson a liar and accuses him of protecting the school at the boy’s expense.
Tacoma dispatch reports from Japan describe subterranean disturbances in Yamanashi Prefecture near Mt Takabanze and Kikkotsu in Minami Koma district. Movements worsened after heavy August rains, raising fears mountains could collapse into the Oyana River and bury nearby villages.
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