Fitz Lees Son Injured by Insurgents
Report from a frontier region states Fitz Lees son was injured amid insurgent activity. Details remain sparse with limited confirmed facts and ongoing inquiries.
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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1901
Page
1
Report from a frontier region states Fitz Lees son was injured amid insurgent activity. Details remain sparse with limited confirmed facts and ongoing inquiries.
In a clash at Lipa Batangas Lieutenant Anton Springer of the Twenty first Infantry was killed. Captain W H Wilhelm and Lieutenant Fitzhugh Lee Jr plus five enlisted men wounded. Lieutenant Charles R Ramsey also wounded.
In Scrubgrass township Franklin county a mysterious visitor hypnotized George P. Parker and his wife during a two night stay while discussing a farm sale. The couple and their son reportedly developed violent insanity and were sent to an asylum while the involved party vanished.
In Selma on Saturday night or early Sunday a fire damaged the unfinished Dallas County court house. The blaze struck the dome, destroying it, while the main structure was saved. Investigators label the incident as arson and note the handsome new building suffered heavy losses.
Investigators report hundreds of rocks were hurled at an excursion train, prompting a safety review and inquiries into the incident. No injuries are confirmed, but crews inspected cars and documented damage ahead of service resumption.
A Birmingham sourced report to the Chattanooga Times describes an excursion train from Anniston attacked near Sylacauga and Calera. Windows were broken and shots fired into a passenger car. a woman from Anniston suffered facial cuts and shoulder injuries, and a black man was shot. Several passengers fled the excursion and rode home on a regular train.
James Buckler of the Anniston Carpet Co launches a campaign for rustic benches on central residence avenues and business streets. Two experimental seats will be installed on Fourteenth Street before long in front of Anniston College, inviting public view and support for more seating around the city.
Mrs. Lizzie Cooper of Twefth and Pine streets drank an ounce of laudanum yesterday noon. For hours she faced possible death. Dr. B. K. Moon attended and fought to save her life amid unclear motive.
L Mallory and wife sell lot 10 block 19 west Leighton 70 feet by 190 feet to J W McElreath for 1000. F M Nixon sells lot 1 block 254 Fourth and Palmetto streets for 500 to Ed McDonald. James C Pace and wife sell lots 9 and 10 Cooper and Eighteenth streets for 1000 to O H Perryman. Allen Halverson of West Prairie Wis notes buyers travel ten miles for Foley's Kidney Cure and J A Spero of Helmer Ind calls it a medical wonder. McElreath Deng Co
Principal Booker T. Washington reports S John D. Rockefeller will provide funds for a new boys dormitory at Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. The item appears among local notices and advertisements including a reader testimonial for Banner Salve from McElereath Drug Co.
Delegates from commercial bodies across the South arrive in Philadelphia for the Southern Industrial convention opening Tuesday at 10 AM. H. H. Hargrave, president of the Southern industrial association, will call the opening session to order. Anniston’s Howard W. Sexton attends as delegate, appointed by Judge James W. Lapsley of the Anniston Industrial association.
Washington June 10 reports a slight improvement in Mrs. McKinley’s health, with growing hopes she may recover from the current attack. The progress remains minimal and does not alter the overall severity of her condition.
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