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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1907
Page
3
The North Alabama Presbytery met at First Presbyterian Church to finalize the installation of Rev. J. G. Anderson as pastor. Services are set for Sunday March 31 with Rev. Dr. W. E. Mellwain presiding and Rev. R. D. Carmichael preaching the sermon.
At a congregational meeting last Sunday four new elders were elected to increase the board by four. They are G. H. Norwood George Cater C. W. Cathrane and R. W. Miller W. H. Weatherly remains chairman with J. Houser and D. B. Cater as other members.
The funeral for William D. Snow was held at 10 am at his niece Mrs. Mary Privetop’s residence in Oxford. Rev. T. K. Roberts led the service with moving tenderness as mourners offered prayers, music, and the hope of resurrection. Pallbearers included G. W. Fichelberger, W. R. Norton, J. D. Staples, A. J. Williams, Thad M. Gwin, and J. P. Wakefiell. Flowers adorned the bier.
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight with a partly cloudy sky and warmer temperatures. Thursday is expected to stay mild with continued warmer air moving into the region.
City officials including Street Overseer Parker and Patrolman Hill faced suspensions for failing to stop a whipping of Bud Corsey on Fifteenth Street. Warden Alley and Chief Dill were reprimanded for allowing an intoxicated prisoner to work on city streets and for overstepping duties. The mayor and two committees led the investigation amid talk of a broader city hall shakeup and resignations.
The home of Mr L M Pruitt at the corner of Nineteenth street and Moor avenue was damaged for several hundred dollars by a fire at 2 30 this afternoon. A defective flue is believed to be the cause. Pruitt's household goods were removed and the fire department's prompt response prevented total destruction.
A Wilmer Avenue public school smoke drill caused alarm as smoke poured from the furnace room into classrooms. Superintendent Murphey explained the furnace leaves burned in the basement produced the smoke via a fan system. Pupils evacuated calmly, while one boy was trapped briefly after a fall near a newly built chicken wire fence.
In Culpeper Virginia March 6 attorney R Walton Moore opened the defense for the Strother brothers in the murder trial of William Bywaters. He described Bywaters as a derelict and argued the killings were a response to seduction of the Strother sisters and claimed the defense rests on law given and God given right.
The ex hausted crew of the steamship Vanda Lia reports a fierce battle with a fire on the frozen sea after discovering wire in the held. The engines were stopped and the ship labored three days in a gale tossing the vessel. Two hundred chests of tea were lost and damage to the steamer and cargo was $250 000. No lives were lost but the crew suffered exposure.
A St Petersburg dispatch reports the headmistress of a girls school who recently died was male. He led a quiet life but was well regarded by parents and pupils for his teaching. Years ago he fled a political offence in Siberia, obtained a female passport, and adopted women’s attire and lifestyle.
New York report notes the sale and demolition of three-blocks of buildings between Center Street and Park Row to clear space for the Manhattan terminal of the Brooklyn Bridge. The Staats Zeitung building is a landmark in the lot slated for removal with work to start after April 6 to ease bridge traffic congestion.
Dorsey testified he was intoxicated when moved from prison to Fifteenth Street and Glen Addie Avenue and forced to work with a pick though he offered a shovel. Parker allegedly beat him, stamping, kicking, and beating with belt while others restrained him. Cooper called Parker’s conduct the most brutal he had seen after 21 years of slavery and four years of war.
New York March 6. Leading authorities reassess criminal insanity as a defense after the Thaw case. Dr Sachs argues that anyone mentally ill at the crime time cannot be guilty. New York statutes echo this view. Judge Gildersleeve instructs juries to acquit on reasonable doubt of sanity.
A New York Medico-Legal society figure argues about insanity in capital crime cases. Some say murderers are mentally ill, but law and public safety favor extreme measures to prevent further harm and protect the community.
William Foster was arrested by Officers Jirels and Hawkins after Mittie Heath, his stepdaughter, accused him of beating her Sunday afternoon to prevent her from coming to town.
The notice promotes discounted carts available for ten days. Trigg Steele Co sponsors the sale noting limited stock and a short sales window.
At the Thaw murder trial in New York Battling Nelson drew attention in court. Dr Wagner testified with vigor on Thaw’s sanity and knowledge of the law, while Jerome questioned whether Thaw had sound mind during key letters and his marriage. Mrs Thaw, Harry’s mother, was expected to be called next.
Charges filed in the treasury department allege Standard Oil swindled Uncle Sam in the Philippines with about $20,000 involved. John D. Rockefeller’s agents plead innocence and seek trial in the Philippine courts, accused of evading duties on 20 000 cases of oil shipped from the United States to the islands in 1901 under a high tariff.
Clarksville Ga March 6 Logan EF Bleckley former chief justice of the Georgia supreme court died this morning in Clarksville aged 80.
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