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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1901
Page
1
Washington reports Vice President Gannon says strike incident is closed with many machinists returning to work. Atlanta shows no change as workers stay out. Knoxville notes 142 strikers reduced to one helper plus a few returns and 100+ applications for machinist positions.
Hazleton Pennsylvania June 4 Michael Malojoske a track worker calculated over three weeks how long to earn President Schwab's annual salary at $1.05 daily He announced it would take 3052 years 9 months and 5 hours Then he vanished and is believed to have died by his own action in a possible suicide case.
Addie Perry, wife of Will Perry, describes the night of King Farmer's murder last Friday. She says Perry fired a loaded musket from about thirty feet, then hid the gun, moved the children, and told her he planned to kill himself afterward.
In Huntsville on June 4 Jim Whitecotton, wanted for murder in San Jacinto County, was captured after Rev. Will Atkins and a companion tracked him to the mountains. A $300 reward prompted the Cumberland Presbyterian minister to pursue the fugitive, leading to a pitched battle and Whitecotton’s arrest without bloodshed. The report notes Atkins’s local ties and prior residence.
Mayor and commissioners issue an appeal for help to rebuild Bakersville after a May 20 storm destroyed the town and damaged mills stores and dwellings. Authorities estimate around 500 lives lost or missing and county damage near one million dollars. town damage alone near 100000. Road access to rail is washed out and relief is urged.
Imme diate possession advertised by O H Parker & Co. at 22 typed line. The notice lists a seven room residence on Tyler Hill for immediate occupancy by prospective tenants.
Montgomery June 4 The constitutional convention was in session one hour yesterday with 49 members absent from 155. Discussions covered voter literacy and poll tax requirements, exemptions for certain voters, and a proposed scheme for special school taxes. Governor Oates objected to timing and aspects of the measures.
Atlanta June 4. H L Mindell and his wife were arrested on a charge of starving their 14 month old child to dwarf it for sale to a museum. Neighbors notified police after a physician reported the child dangerously undernourished at about five and a half pounds.
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