28 Sep 1903
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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1903
Page
1
A southbound fast mail train on the Southern Railway plunged from a 75 foot trestle on a sharp curve near Danville Virginia. Nine men were killed and seven injured as four cars plus the express car left the track. Two children nearby escaped serious harm. Rescue teams aided by division clerks noted the damaged but salvageable mail.
The Salvation Army holds its annual harvest festival to fund extensive charitable work across 730 corps and shelters, 24 food depots, industrial homes, and relief efforts nationwide. It notes yearly expenses to serve the poor exceed large sums, with hundreds of thousands aided and thousands of women reclaimed or employed.
Mollie Williams, about 35, was found dead in East Lake with two bullets in her head. The body showed signs of decomposition and had been in water about sixty hours. Coroner Paris ordered Charles A. Kelley, described as a painter and seen with the woman, held for further investigation.
In Lacrosse Wisconsin Herman Rossow shot his wife three times at the doorway of a German Lutheran church during services and then shot himself. Mrs Rossow is gravely ill while Rossow is severely wounded but alive. He was arrested and taken to a hospital.
Police pursue Henry King after Mullin is shot at a barbecue stand on Second Avenue between Twenty sixth and Twenty seventh Streets. King allegedly drew a weapon as Mullin tried to detain him and both fired as they moved, leading to Mullin’s death at the city jail. Police and sheriff’s offices widen manhunt.
The funeral for Mrs William Kernodle, who died at home from heart failure, was held at 9 30 this morning from her Twentieth and Noble street residence. Rev G L Jenkins officiated, with burial in Edgemont Cemetery. She leaves four children including Fred Kernodle, a Louisville and Nashville railroad engineer, and daughters Birdie Lula and Lillie Kernodle.
Montgomery Sept 28 The legislature has three days left and faces major work as both houses met late Saturday and plan to reconvene Tuesday. A pivotal bill to create a state bank examiner office and require frequent bank inspections faces opposition from small bankers but has backing from larger banks and includes an $1800 annual examiner salary. The senate already passed it and it sits in the house adverse calendar awaiting action. The legislature is expected to adjourn Thursday.
Attalla events report Chief of Police Jenkins killed while attempting to quell a saloon disturbance. Patrolman W. H. Blanenship and John White were seriously wounded. John White later taken into custody..
Sept 28 at Tuscaloosa the University of Alabama sophomore class elected officers for the year with W R Cunningham as president H H Wyatt as vice president W J Holt as secretary and treasurer Miss Armstead as historian Miss Merrill as poor W Oates as football manager H Austill as football captain KR Ledbetter as baseball manager and T V KK Mathews as baseball captain. You can save money by buying your next winter's supply of coal from R O Watson.
Mrs. Martha Williams, an elderly white woman, was struck and killed yesterday afternoon by Western and Atlantic passenger train No. 2 in Dalton. The engineer tried to stop the train but could not prevent the fatal impact.
Julius Levy advertises cleaning or pressing services with a fixed price of 24 dollars for the requested suit treatment.
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