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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1909
Page
9
Captain James Crook former president of the Alabama Railroad Commission was in the city Monday and predicted the amendment would pass by a margin beyond the most sanguine expectations. He said at age sixty eight he has voted in every election since reaching voting age and calls this the most important vote he has ever been called upon to cast.
In North Adams Massachusetts on October 4 Lieutenant W Baird of Beaumont Texas killed himself by poisoning after fearing army discharge due to dissipation. In Vienna on October 4 Albert Pulitzer brother of the New York World proprietor died by shooting himself in a hotel after a prolonged illness.
H. C. Bales and Tom McKinney white men were convicted Monday of selling liquor and fined 102.70 each plus half a year on the streets. Hiram McCarter’s case was continued to Thursday. Witnesses J. F. Taylor and C. H. Cobb testified, saying the sales occurred Sunday on Brown Street, with details of buying and drinking. Both defendants planned to post $300 bonds and appeal.
Rumors of Moors from Fez enlisting in the Rif War surge in Spain as unrest grows in Catalonia. Madrid reports gloom over victories and the cabinet debates extending military dictatorship across the country.
San Francisco reports diver Towers broke his neck during a high dive into a shallow tank last night. A large crowd witnessed the fatal accident at the chutes.
In Frankfort on October 4 Governor Willson addressed tobacco planters asking whether to pool their crop or rely on militia protection. He urged organizing Liberty Leagues and killing nocturnal invaders, adding he will pardon anyone who uses violence to defend their home.
Representative Parson, president of the New York Republican committee, accuses Tammany hall and lower house leaders of pressuring Democrats who bolted in March to defeat rules reform. He says upstate Republicans promised Albany to kill a registration bill in exchange for Tammany votes in the House.
The second week of the City court term opened with new jurors. Warnock vs Phillips proceedings ended by noon and submitted to the jury by 2 p.m. Bryant vs Whisenaut et al trustees of a rural Wellington school was dismissed for the term by nonsuit, with an appeal noted.
Dr. J. H. Foster, pastor of the able Street Presbyterian church in Petersburg Virginia, will succeed Dr. John W. Stagg as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church Birmingham. The congregation approved the committee report to extend a call after final action at the 11 oclock service. Foster, Alabama born, has long served Tennessee Mississippi and Virginia religious circles and is a Clarksville Tennessee Theological College graduate.
Cambridge Mass Oct 4 The inauguration of A Lawrence Lowell as Harvard president moves toward completion with three day ceremonies starting tomorrow. A large 8000 seat rostrum is set up for the induction program at University Hall with officials from 125 institutions expected to attend and John D Long presiding.
Five thousand necktie makers walk out in New York today protesting sweatshop conditions and long hours. Organizers expect about two thousand more to join tomorrow, demanding shorter hours and better sanitary surroundings.
A special trial team of the New York Supreme Court met in New York City with Justice Wheeler of Buffalo presiding to hear indictments against the American Ice Company. The charges allege misdemeanors for restricting competition in a common commodity, violating the Donnelly anti trust act, pending since July 1908.
The government bulletin shows 2 962 880 bales ginned through September 25 up from 2 590 029 last year. The September 25 crop condition stood at 58.5, down from 63.7 a month earlier and 69.7 a year ago.
Aberdeen D C Oct. registration begins for the Sheyenne River and Standing Rock reservations as government opens lands to settlers. Registration points include Aberdeen Pierre LeBeau Mobridge Lemmon and Bismarck with details still to come.
An explosion at a Roslyn Washington shaft of Northwestern Improvement Company killed eight and injured several others. The blast resulted from gas ignition in the shaft and occurred yesterday.
County commissioners reelected W. J. Dale as keeper of the almshouse and named delegates to the good roads convention in Birmingham on October 14 and 15. Delegates include Geo S Phillips Beat 1 A P Weaver Beat 2 Chas H Snider Beat 3 L N Downing Beat 5 James Cherry Beat 8 8 J W Comer Beat 15 Rk HW Burnham Beat 10 J G Borders Beat 11 Dr R L Hughes Beat 12 Manning G Christian Beat 13 J B Story Beat 14 J L Wikle Beat 15 J T Main Beat 15 Joe H Privett Beat 1 Jas A Weatherly Beat 17 A Tarvin Beat 18 Thos Heathcock Beat 10 John M Snow Beat 21 Dave Cowden Beat 15 John H Noble Beat 15 L W Grant Beat 1 A L Young Beat 3 Chas PD Martin Beat 1 Henry Burton Beat 13 Dr A W Ligon Beat 13 Thos M Aderhold Beat 2 T S Gray Beat 18
An outline of future university governing policies is described. In the afternoon men dine in Memorial Hall and women guests in Bertram Hall. A Boston Symphony Orchestra concert in Sanders Theater closes with a student demonstration in the Stadium.
The monthly forecast notes the hottest day on the 11th at 90 degrees and the coldest on the 28th at 40. Average temperature was 73 with just over an inch of rain. Winds averaged 5.9 mph, peaking at 25 mph on the 21st. Ten clear days, fourteen cloudy and six partly cloudy. seven thunderstorms recorded.
Cleveland Ga Oct 4 Pat Powers shot his brother in law Bob Barrett at Tate on Friday. The injured man was hospitalized as authorities investigated the incident.
On Oct 4 Wilbur Wright flew from Governors Island over the Hudson River, looping above the river and landing near Castle William after 34 minutes of 20 mile travel. The crowd cheered as winds reached 18 mph and a life preserver and canoe rode with him for safety. He planned another flight that afternoon.
The county commissioners' court met at 2 p.m. today to transact October term business, focusing on routine matters this afternoon.
Oct 4 report from Shreveport describes Benn Bennett and brothers Charles and Thomas Sloan killed in a gun fight at South Shreveport. Thomas Sloan killed Bennett after Bennett fatally shot a Sloan brother, as a feud continued from prior killings. Powers, involved in a related altercation, was drinking and drove to Barrett's home, then fired before leaving town.
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