Won't Have the Pardon In Jail
A terse report notes a person remains jailed and will not receive a pardon. Details on identity or charges are not provided in the readable text.
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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1901
Page
1
A terse report notes a person remains jailed and will not receive a pardon. Details on identity or charges are not provided in the readable text.
Mrs. Carrie Nation, jailed for thirty days and fined 100 dollars plus costs totaling 148 dollars, refused Governor Stanley’s pardon because the fine was not remitted. The commissioners offered monthly payments of five dollars, but Nation said she would stay in jail forever rather than pay.
The cotton crop in the Tennessee valley is the best in Alabama. From the Tennessee line to Sand Mountain the plant is average size and well filled with fruit. Some localities are poorer, but overall the valley reports good cotton. Corn also reaches the regional average.
Secretary of War returns from Washington and may establish four camps of instruction for troops. A board of officers will study sites and likely endorse Fort Riley as a war college location while considering Montauk. Montauk or Riley may be joined by other camps to balance regional access and avoid Congressional opposition.
The Tennessee Coal and Iron company ships 200 tons of coal to the Mexican Central rail road. From the Blocton mines the coal goes to Pensacola and then by chartered vessels to Tampico. Four vessels are at Pensacola leading the first 25,000 ton consignment after competition with Pennsylvania and West Virginia dealers.
It will bring relief to sufferers from asthma or consumption, even in the worst cases. One dose of Foley's Honey and Tar is worth a trial, as promoted by McElreath Drug Co. We also handle moving furniture and pianos carefully, with phone contact 72 and KR, O. Watson.
George Boltz, bartender on the City of Mobile, pried out a tarantula bite venom with a knife and carried poison from the wound. He sucked the wound and bound it before reaching a surgeon. Boltz, now at home in Mobile, is expected to recover from a notably poisonous bite.
George F. Washburn of the Commonwealth Club of Massachusetts sails for Europe to study co operative methods in England Belgium and Switzerland. He seeks to form a 50 0000000 cotton combination in the United States with headquarters in St Louis and central warehouses in Memphis to unite southern producers in a powerful cooperative trust.
Geological Survey bulletin on Texas and Western interior wells describes Beaumont oil having gravity of 22 degrees Baume with asphalt base and sulfur. Tests show light oils are very scarce, deeming it mainly fuel oil. Eleven wells 4 miles south of Beaumont center have produced as of June 15. Continued drilling details promised on page 4.
This morning the jail turnkey was surprised by two robbers at the West Toledo county jail. John Brown alias Topaka John Thomas Keegan James Stewart and David Morgan marched the inmates and the jailer out after holding him at gunpoint. They escaped and remain at large.
The castle hall of Oxanna lodge No. 265 Knights of Pythias is rapidly advancing and will be ready for bricklayers soon. An ice cream supper at Oxanna schoolhouse Thursday night invites all to support the lodge’s charitable project.
Disappointment and apprehension spread in Pittsburg as the Amalgamated Association’s executive board failed to ratify the New York peace proposals with Morgan Schwab and Garry of United States Steel. A prolonged session showed board unease with the compromise, especially the opening of mills to non union workers. The issue hinges on preventing employer moves to crush the union by discharging union men and hiring non union workers.
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