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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1906
Page
1
The city council failed to meet a quorum and adjourned without action. Mayor Kilby and six council members participated, while five others were absent. key items such as a school board budget increase and street paving remained unsettled.
C Simmons Ingersol Upton King Lawson Lee Lawson and Marion Campbell were arrested in Etowah County on warrants by A US District Attorney Standifer charging conspiracy to assault US officers W W Battle and B B Hill on September 13 at Mountainboro. Bonds set at 2000 each except Upton who bonded. They face a US hearing next Monday before US Recorder Pickard. They were brought to Gadsden as witnesses in the John Davis murder inquiry. Battle and Hill returned to the city and say the group showed no further violence. The coro ner jury evidence in Gadsden also implicates further.
CHICAGO Sept 19 Roger Sullivan Illinois Democratic national committeeman angrily denounces Chicago papers for an interview claiming he would support ousting him over Ogden Gas Co ties. Senator Bailey hotly replied, Bryan supported ouster, Sullivan denies misquotation and vows to send a telegram to Bailey correcting the record.
Special to the Star reports terrorists in Warsaw issued a proclamation announcing they would murder officers en masse. Five terrorists then shot and killed Colonel Nicolaieff, an artillery officer, as he walked the streets. the killers escaped.
The men in the Davis murder are to be presented before the grand jury now in session. Lee Lawson was previously bound heavily on a charge of murdering a man last spring. An inquest yesterday showed the owners of a destroyed still had gone to Davis days before the killing to offer brandy for sale, which he refused. Their property loss by officers led them to think Davis had informed on them.
A national music show opened in Madison Square Garden and will run for most of next week. Exhibits include rare instruments and famous collections of spinets virginals and violins.
Veterans gathered at the county courthouse for a prayerful reunion and pledge to memorialize the legislature for increased pensions. Judge Willett urged that Confederate service justified state aid, citing Civil War battles and state rights achievements as justification for broader veteran benefits.
Secretary Taft and party reach Havana aboard the Des Moines at 2 am. Reports say rebel negotiators refuse to drop demands, with observers fearing insurgents block progress to force Taft's involvement in Palma plans.
In Seattle on September 19 the Washington Republican state convention focused on nominating candidates for minor offices and party organization work as the state does not elect a governor this year.
Reports from the Rock Island wreck near Dover on the Cimarron river say only nine rode in the smoker and three are missing. No bodies recovered due to inaccessibility. Train 12 left the high bridge after the bridge swerved by driftwood and swollen currents.
The Creole, first American merchant vessel turbine equipped, launched today at Fore River Shipbuilding Company Quincy Massachusetts. Owned by Southern Pacific Railroad she is destined for the trade between New Orleans and California ports and marks a milestone in naval propulsion.
A hurricane deck type vessel measures 440 feet overall with a molded breadth of 53 feet and a depth of 37 feet from hold to upper deck. The route listed is between New York and New Orleans.
Democratic strength across New York edges Hearst toward nomination at Buffalo on September 25. Syracuse and Buffalo back Hearst staff while Murphy dominates Tammany. Republican primaries show Roosevelt Higgins Parsons leading over Odell Quigg with potential Higgins renomination.
The Jewish new year 9667 begins at sunset with rites observed by reform and orthodox communities. Shofar blows resume and orthodox attendees dress in shrouds to reflect mortality. Services overflow city halls, and many stores close for the holy days with charitable collections conducted by congregations.
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