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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1906
Page
1
Alexander Walker, charged as one of the rioters who fired on County Officer Heard, was found guilty of murder. The jury recommended mercy, and Walker received a life imprisonment sentence in the state penitentiary.
After a lengthy dispute with the International Typographical Union the Methodist Book Concern has instituted an eight-hour workday for its workers. The change takes effect immediately at plants in Cincinnati San Francisco Pittsburgh Detroit New York Chicago and Kansas City.
Chicago, Nov. 1 The Central passengers association enacted a 2 cent fare across its eastern territory where states lack a 2 cent law. Local rates drop in Indiana and Western Pennsylvania, while Michigan and Ohio already have 2 cent limits. Interstate rates north of the Ohio river and west of Syracuse fall, risking large yearly railroad losses unless traffic surges. officials doubt further 2 cent cuts would sustain excursions.
Montgomery November 1. Preparations complete for the Gulf States Y W C A annual convention to be held here in the coming days. Delegates are expected from Texas Alabama Louisiana Mississippi and other states within the association territory.
The great international New Zealand exhibition, funded by the government, opened today in Christchurch with strong representation from the British Empire and Canada.
In Sheridan Wyoming a skirmish on Bittercreek sees 100 Utes surround a detachment of the Tenth Cavalry after capturing 50 ponies. The troopers fire to stop the stampede, five ponies die, no shots fired by Indians, and troops withdraw outnumbered.
The president plans a message to Congress emphasizing limits on great fortunes and support for an income tax and inheritance tax. He urges federal oversight of transport and life essentials, centralization to avoid mass discontent, and more robust rate laws. The Cuba situation remains reassuring with no intent to seize the island and Santo Domingo treaty expected.
In South Chattanooga a laborer named Will Hurd shot and killed Officer Obe Musgrove during an arrest attempt and gravely wounded Assistant Dave Drennon. The incident occurred last night as police confronted the suspect.
In Cordova yesterday a switch engine wreck on the Southern railroad killed flagman Jake Davidson and injured others after cars were thrown off track by a calf. A Baptist minister Rev Steadman was killed by a train near Dora last night and torn to pieces, placed in a three foot box for shipment.
In Augusta Georgia on November 1 Dr Julian P Thomas narrowly escaped when his balloon hooked on trees while being towed to fair grounds. He cut free the basket and the balloon rose to an estimated 5000 feet before a damaged valve forced a rapid descent. He shed clothes to slow the fall and was dragged across a cotton field before freeing himself with only scratches.
Advance reports in the Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index highlight $3,000,000 railroad bond issues, 15 new company incorporations with $715,250 minimum capital, and a $1,000,000 Scottsboro cement plant. Projects include a $250,000 Montgomery office, Bessemer steel plant planned by March, plus various plants, depots, schools, and waterworks across multiple cities in Georgia and Alabama.
The United States will deliver letters from New Zealand prepaid by a penny or 2 cents per half ounce without extra postage. Previously New Zealand mail to the U.S. required 5 cents. mail to Canada or Britain using the same vessel was 2 cents per half ounce.
A carload of terra cotta pipe for a larger sewer system has arrived and will be unloaded today or tomorrow. The new line starts at Fifteenth Street and Walnut alley and extends north about one mile.
Birmingham officials report the coroner's jury concluded the Third Avenue boarding house fire that killed ten white men was accidental in cause and not due to foul play or deliberate acts.
Newark NJ November 1 The Public Service Corporation which runs trolley lines and electric and gas lighting in northern New Jersey announced reduced streetcar fares across a large portion of its system. It also signaled possible cuts in electric lighting and gas prices as municipalities prepare to vote on building their own lighting plants next week.
Washington reports the government contemplates establishing a large breeding station in Vermont to perpetuate the Morgan stock famed for endurance activity and intelligence. The horses are valued for agricultural work road use and have served notably in cavalry.
October records closed and a new book opened for November while fines against city violators topped $2,000. Of that amount $1,534.75 has been collected and several offenders are at work on the streets.
Philadelphia bank Real Estate Trust Company reopens after a suspension on August 8. George H. Earl Jr. leads revival, receiving praise from business leaders and financiers as it resumes operations this morning.
Panama November 1. Locomotive engineers refuse a $45 monthly wage rise. They were offered a $20 increase but rejected it and talk of a strike looms. A strike could paralyze canal operations.
Atlantic City inquest into Sunday railroad disaster heard that a Philadelphia paper’s claim the railroad would be blamed by the jury was false. Foreman Senator Lee stated this. most witnesses today were railroad employees.
London municipal elections were held today with incomplete returns suggesting continued Progressive control. Despite a heated campaign and rising calls for reform, voters have yet to unseat the incumbents as results remain unclear.
Dr. N. A. Prete, famed Atlanta chemist and Civil War era Confederate army chemist based in Augusta, was struck by a train at Decatur, Georgia, yesterday and died two hours later from injuries.
Beusder's tariff schedule goes into effect with reclassification and reductions on some US imports. Flour and lard duties remain unchanged, continuing as Ecuador's chief American exports.
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