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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1906
Page
1
A disastrous typhoon hits Manila and nearby islands causing great damage and loss of life. Cavite arsenal and shipping suffer severely with vessels driven ashore including the gunboat Arayat. Telegraph lines to the interior are slow delaying casualty and damage reports.
Special to the Star notes football rules revised for 1906 and tested in early games among minor colleges. The piece describes several new plays including crisscross backs with a forward pass, shifts around the backfield, pass sequences to ends, and coordinated runs to outflank defenses as coaches and players await the season’s progress.
At a city school board meeting chaired by A. L. Tyler Jr and D. R. Murphey the board voted to add two teachers to Leighton Avenue and Pine Avenue schools to prevent turning away students. An extra teacher was placed at Leighton, with Pine Avenue awaiting council action on seventh grade addition. The board was told to press the city council for funding, as Mayor Kilby urged timely action to relieve overcrowding.
Westbury Sept 22 American made racing cars contested the Vanderbilt Long Island cup course for a spot on the American team of five for the international race. Loco-mobile driven by Tracy led with 11 38 45 time. LeBlon 115 hp Thomas was second. Harding in Haynes 260 hp third. Five machines qualified. race halted by spectators on track.
Jellico near Knoxville braces under near martial law after a dynamite blast wrecks many downtown warehouses and hotels. About 20 firms face losses totaling hundreds of thousands as Mayor Baird appeals for troops. 12 dead reported, stores supply food to the homeless.
A man identified by aliases appeared in court this morning to answer charges of trespassing and loitering brought by his landlady who testified to his conduct. The article notes the defendant's recognized persona and the legal action in progress.
Synodical College leads the Baracas by 47 523 votes in the Merchants' library contest as the close of voting nears. The past week shows lively interest and strong support for the leaders with Synodical College ahead by a wide margin.
Gadsden Alabama coroner’s jury names Marion Campbell Lee Lawson King Lawson and Inger Soll Uptain as those responsible for John Davis’s murder at Mountainboro on September 13. Campbell released from jail moments before verdict. Uptain felled on Sand Mountain road. Lawson brothers remain jailed on conspiracy to murder federal officers Hill and Battles.
Colorados Springs prepares a week long 100th anniversary celebration of Pike s Peak discovery. The event schedule includes military pioneer historical and Colorado day activities with a 1000 voice chorus and a granite memorial unveiling in Antlers Park.
The schooner Charles F. Tuttle, sailing from Charleston on September 16, was lost at sea. Captain George Heath and seven crew members were rescued by the steamer Serguranica from Havana, found clinging to the chain plates on the overturned vessel after nearly 50 hours adrift.
Pain from a burn promptly relieved by a dressing for sores bruises and is Chamberlains Salve is all that be desired It is soothing and healing in its effect Price 25 cents For sale by J L Wikle.
Reported remarks show the great leader did not invoke government ownership in his speech at this place yesterday morning and only touched the topic lightly in Atlanta. Observers debate whether time or party unity guided the omission and whether he should embrace the issue to bolster credibility.
News agency preview notes a busy week with the New York state nominating conventions for both parties, Democrats in Buffalo and Republicans in Sarow oga, plus Pike’s Peak centennial celebration at Colorado Springs with Vice President Fairbanks attending. Bryan tours the South and a three day League of American Municipalities convention in Chicago focuses on municipal ownership. The new naturalization law takes effect next Thursday and major Eastern college football opens the season next Saturday with Princeton West Point and Pennsylvania among others.
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