Former Anniston Man Dies After Carbon Hill Shooting
Fletcher Webb a former Anniston resident and Auburn civil engineering graduate was shot by a white man named Johnson at the Galloway Coal Company office in Carbon Hill Monday night. Webb died about 9 pm after an operation at the Davis infirmary. Johnson was arrested and jailed in Jasper. Webb, unmarried, moved from Anniston years ago and will be buried in Greenville.
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Fletcher Webb
Anniston- 1
R. O. Waton
Galloway Coal Company
Carbon Hill
Johnson
Young Webb
Firmingham
Davis Infirmary
John
Webb
Jonson
Jasper
G. A. Webb
Marvin Hill
Auburn
Greenville
Defense to Call Moyer to Testify in Haywood Case
The Haywood defense plans to call President Moyer of the Western Federation of Miners as a witness for Secretary Haywood. Moyer is expected to begin testimony late Saturday afternoon and may close the defense case. Cross examination of Eugene Eagley, Colorado attorney general, resumed with a statement denying need for troop deployment during the Cripple Creek strike.
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The
Star
Boise
Idaho
Haywood
Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Eugene Eagley
Colorado
Engley
Cripple Creek
Car collision injures thirty near Washington
Washington July 3 nearly 30 passengers en route from Falls Church Va to Washington were injured in a head on collision between a street car and a freight car about three miles from Washington. No one was killed at night but two or three deaths are expected among the badly injured.
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the Star
Washington
Falls Church
Roosevelt declines Fairbanks cocktail controversy
Oyster Bay July 3 President Roosevelt will not discuss the Fairbanks cocktail fight and says it would be in poor taste to comment on the charge. He neither confirms nor denies the accusation of drinking a cocktail.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Ying
Evangelical Alliance Conference Opens in London
The eleventh national conference of the Evangelical Alliance met in London today and will stay in session for five days. Several hundred delegates attend from the United Kingdom Canada the United States Australia and other English speaking regions.
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Star
Ondon
the Evangeli
Alliance
London
Veral
United Kingdom
Dada
United States
Australia
Weather forecast for Anniston and vicinity
Forecast for Anniston and vicinity calls for fair conditions tonight and Thursday. Mild temperatures expected with light to moderate winds.
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Anniston and Vicinity
Chicago Telegraphers plan July strike at Western Union
Chicago July 3 The executive committee of Local Union No 1 Commercial Telegraphers Union of America voted for a strike against Western Union Telegraph Co on July 8. the local union is expected to ratify. A monster mass meeting is set for Sunday to push for immediate action unless operators quit beforehand.
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The
Star
Chicago
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
Western Union Telegraph Company
Western Union to honor promises despite San Francisco strike
President R C Clowry announced that Western Union will carry out all concessions promised to Commissioner of Labor Neill despite the San Francisco strike. Earlier he had said the concessions would not be honored because of the dispute.
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The
Star
New York
R. C. Clowry
Western Union
Neill
San Francisco
Clowry
Frisco
Two Candidacies Set for Anniston Fire Chief
At a meeting of Anniston fire department companies Ray P. Smith acting chief was unanimously nominated by Daniel Tyler Glen Addie Ward Five. West Anniston backed D C Rainwater 15 to 8. The city council will elect July 11. Smith remains acting chief until then.
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Anniston Fire Department
Ray P. Smith
Daniel Tyler
Glen
Census figures show silk industry gains and labor shift
Special to the Star from Washington reports the census bulletin showing over 35 percent more capital invested in American silk factories from 1900 to 1905, totaling more than 109 million dollars. The five year span also shows a shift in labor with fewer men and boys and more women employed in the silk industry.
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The
Star
Washington
Census Bureau Today
United States
Alabama Supreme Court Affirms and Reverses 570 Decisions
The Alabama Supreme Court, in session ending yesterday, handed down 570 decisions from Calhoun Etowah Clay and Talladega counties. Decisions affirmed include Grissom vs Atlanta & Birmingham Air Line and Birmingham & Atlantic vs Louisville & Nashville. Denman vs Carrie Payne was reversed and remanded. Rehearings were overruled or continued in several Calhoun Etowah cases.
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The
Star
Montgomery
Supreme Court of Alabama
Calhoun
Cleburne
Clay
Etowah
Talladega
G. W. Grissom
Atlanta
Birmingham Air Line Railway
Anniston City
B. B. Bates
State of Alabama
Cleburne County Court
James A. Denman
Carrie Payne
Calhoun County
I. E. Watson
Calhoun Circuit Court
John H. Barlow
J. M. Hamilton
Anniston City Court
First National Bank of Gadsden
Emma Glenn
Etowah Cir
Fourth in Anniston Offers Morning to Night Independence Fun
The Glorious Fourth in Anniston centers on morning and afternoon ball games between Anniston and the Birmingham Y M C A with strong rosters. The Oxford Lake Park celebration features a robust program and prizes likely to draw a large crowd. Gadsden and Jacksonville plan major events including a Sansom monument unveilings and races.
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Anniston
Birmingham
Gadsden
Jacksonvile
Sansom
Jacksonville
Prizes Announced For Huntsville Third Infantry Drill
Official notice lists many prizes for field day events at the Third Infantry encampment in Huntsville opening July 12. Awards include $50 for best drilled company, $20 for best wall tent team, and $10 to $20 for various guard, equipment, and shooting contests with strict participation rules and designated U. S. Army officers as officials.
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Third Infantry
Huntsville
Third Infantry Regiment
Caldwell
12Th
U. S. Cavalry
Breakfast tremor felt in New York quake report
Mr. L. H. Kaplan felt a distinct tremor at his breakfast table Monday morning, matching the earthquake recorded in New York and the East. He did not realize the cause until reading later about the quake.
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Mr. Kaplan
L. H. Kaplan
New York
East
Kaplan's Gift to Empress Dowager Returns Un Delivered
Kaplan sent a 200 check to Empress Dowager of Pekin China for famine relief. The registered letter with various postmarks was delivered back to him unopened at Anniston after traveling through China via the American legation. He seeks an explanation from the Chinese ambassador in Washington about why delivery failed.
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HM. Kaplan
Teen Haszi
Imperial Palace
Pekin
China
Mr. Kaplan
Anniston
Kaplan
Cmpress
Marky
Washington
Unable to locate John D Rockefeller at Tacoaie lodge
Pittsfield Mass July 3 Deput y United States Marshals Ruhl and Frienk failed to obtain any information about John D Rockefeller at Tacoaie lodge summer villa of K Parmelee Prentice son in law Prentice refused to comment saying I have nothing to say.
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Star
Pittsfield
Mass
John D. Rockefeller
Tacoaie Lodge
K. Parmelee Prentice
United States
Ruhl and Frienk
Prentice
John D
Liverpool cotton prices rise on New York advance
Liverpool market follows New York uptick as pessimistic government crop estimate pushes prices up 26 points.
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Liverpool
The
Star
New York
Timate
Entertainment Improves at Oxford Lake Show
The Oxford lake performance saw better quality than the prior night. J J Anderson was hired to sing illustrated songs replacing Ben R Sawyer. Tommy Wilkes the cowboy actor was retained and drew favorable response. Ludlow Allen returned to blackface work to audience enjoyment.
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Oxford Lake
J. J. Anderson
Ben R. Sawyer
Anderson
Sawyer
Tommy Wilkes
Ludlow Allen
Taft Leaves For Two Month Vacation In Canada
Secretary of War Taft departed with Mrs. Taft and the children for Murray Bay Canada for a two month holiday, confirming the summer retreat plan and travel on July 3.
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Taft
Canada
The
Star
Washington
Anniston Chamber reps at Selma meeting
Howard W. Sexton and W. L. McCaa joined the Anniston chamber of commerce delegation for the annual meeting of the state association in Selma last night.
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Messrs
Howard W. Sexton
W. LE
McCaa
Selma
Anniston Chamber of Commerce
State Associatiah
Progress of the Week in Alabama
The Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index reports active industrial expansion across Georgia and Alabama. New incorporations include a 12 million stock company for water power and mining, two cotton mill enlargements, fertilizer factories, an oil mill, Sumatra tobacco land purchase, and a 784 acre stock raising farm, with 13 new corporations totaling 12.488 million capital. Also noted are briquette and coal ventures, railroad plans to Pensacola, and various urban improvements in Birmingham Mobile Anniston and Auburn.
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The
Star
Columbus
Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index Saga
Georgia
Alabama
Montgomery
Birmingham
Mobile
Chattahoochee River
Pensacola
Fla
Anniston
Anniston & Columbus Railroad
Auburn
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Anniston Boys
D. H. Smith
J. Hugh Miller
JAS
W. Moore
C. M. Woodruff
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