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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1901
Page
1
In Lincoln Nebraska a midnight fire at the state penitentiary damaged the warden’s living quarters and cut the prison phone line. Warden Davis ordered a safe evacuation with double guards and stockade watch. Origin of the blaze remains unknown.
Thomas Wolsoncroft and Davis C Cooper have consented to run for the Fifth ward city council seat formerly Oxavna. Friends urge H H Constantine Harry Powell and John Fitzgerald to enter the race with announcements expected soon.
Johnston Bound Over in county court on burglary charge. John Walker also charged and is being tried at 3:30 this afternoon.
Washington March 1 an order from the war department places Brig Gen James H Wilson and Brig Gen Fitzhugh Lee on the retired list of the army.
Mrs A Buchanan of 5 Spring Street was forced at gunpoint to surrender money by a burly black assailant who entered her home while she was alone. Her condition was reported critical amid city excitement.
In Birmingham on March 1 Colonel FR L Higdon is urged as colonel candidate for the Third Regiment Alabama National Guards to replace Col T O Smith. Maj T T Huey’s candidacy is announced with supporters claiming sufficient votes. Maj W J Parkes, ranking major, backs Huey. Capt W F Tebbetts may take a vacant major post if Huey wins.
London reports Sir Ernest Satow and Mr. Conger, after consulting missionaries, reject the Chinese proposal to act as representatives of the powers on missionary questions. The Times Pekin correspondent notes Russia presses Li Hung Chang to push the Manchurian convention and that several powers oppose negotiations at St. Petersburg while peace talks linger. The editorial in Pekin News questions China policy and cites McKinley preferring peace at any price.
Governor A. H. Longino and a group of about forty Mississippi dignitaries traveled in his private car, stopping for breakfast at Anniston on their trip to the McKinley inauguration in Washington.
Dr and Mrs T W Ayers and their four children will depart Arniston for San Francisco and sail to Hwang Hien China on March 15th. Warm wishes follow the family to their distant post as local friends send farewell. We guarantee satisfaction with every suit J N Boyer Co.
Washington dispatch states William Rublee, former editor, to succeed Wildman in the State Department. The note appears on the front of today’s paper with a continuation on the last page.
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