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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1913
Page
20
Excerpt discusses expenditures on art objects within a private collection and private museum. It lists valued works and high prices including Raphael pieces, tapestries, bronzes, and other treasures owned by financier William Morgan, reflecting art’s financial scale beyond private passion.
The passage chronicles John Pierpont Morgan starting in a merchant banking setting, his early disinterest in formal meetings, and his rise to Wall Street prominence as a financier. It notes his sobriquet the Sphynx of Wall Street, his family connections, and his eventual leadership in American finance. It sketches his education, early ventures, and personal traits including wit, sociability, and a fondness for good meals, wine, and cigars.
New York stocks opened mixed with minor declines but soon steadied as investors absorbed news of J Horice Morgan’s death. Amalgamated, Paton Pacific, 151 percent, Steel, 8 percent showed early moves, while trading briefly softened before buyers supported prices. London telegrams had hinted at a bear move, but the market quickly stabilized.
In White River floodwaters a body is found of Mrs Mary 1 in her bedroom. A seven month old son of Mr and Mrs Alec Olerton dies from exposure. The town records five flood fatalities in West Thilatiapolla as waters rise and recede.
Trading remained quiet on the Paris bourse with only fractional price changes as news of J. P. Morgan's death circulated. Markets showed little immediate impact though observers debated its probable longer term effect on American securities and leadership.
Special Dispatch from Billings reports floods caused by ice gorge breaks on the Little Bighorn rivers washing out hundreds of feet of Burlington Dear Crow Agency and Northern Pacific track near Custer. Burlington line was at a standstill until late tonight while Northern Pacific trains detoured via Milwaukee. repairs expected by tomorrow.
Philadelphia March 31 New high run and best average records marked the present tournament as He completed a 400 string in the twenty third inning of a match against J F Cope Morton of Philadelphia whose total reached 233 Conkitts average was 12 Mayer and Collins impressed with their best games of the event Brooklyns Cuclsts set a 106 run in the seventeenth inning but the match stayed tight until the final inning when Mayer finished with an unfinished run tally 106 and his average 14 22 37 Collings high run was 79 average 129 26
Great Falls dispatch reports Albert Weller a retired U S Army minder died in his room at Fred Engelke's ranch 22 miles south of town. County coroner Dr J H Irwin said death was natural with no inquest. Weller to be buried in Highland cemetery veterans lot. In Arkansas Springfield, March 31 Boston Americans shut out Pittsburgh 2 0 series win 3 2 with one tie. Boston leaves for home after training.
As floodwaters surge, residents flee to higher ground and levees are reinforced. The Dayton area mobilizes the flood committee to close stores and shelter residents, with looters reportedly shot. Relief funds are solicited from the public while farmers deliver milk and produce to starving families. Several rescues recount harrowing escapes from rising waters across Riverdale and Dayton.
Dee South Dayton Ohio reports residents spent day shoveling mud after the disaster. Orville Wright and family sought refuge on high ground as relief organizers and the city council designated 360000 in relief funds for Red Cross aid and essential needs.
Indiana reports show fifty seven lives lost as relief boat Scotia delivers provisions to Lawrenceburg, Aurora and nearby areas. Militia patrols called after widespread flooding disrupts towns including Vincennes and Leavenworth while water levels recede in Vincennes and Peru reports. Public utilities slowly restored as authorities confirm missing person cases and ongoing searches.
Optimistic outlooks reported on food relief and disaster response across the flood area. Officials said accessible regions were reached or near completion and that abundant food and relief supplies were available. Shipping costs and international sympathy were noted, with no current state emergency cited.
At a parliamentary inquiry into Britain’s wireless contracts, suffragists triggered a disturbance as Chancellor Lloyd George testified, shouting about the principle of equal rights. An interrupter was ejected while others challenged his statements and accused him of betraying women.
Muncie Indiana March 3 thirty quarts of nitroglycerin, believed buried by Ortie McManigal, a confessed dynamiter, were unearthed near a road and lake Erie and Western bridge east of the city. Investigators noticed peculiar cans and recovered additional explosive cans after McManigal confessed to hurling the stuff into a cinder pile near Hig Four railroad.
Report notes a fleet including torpedo boats within three miles of the Montenegrin seaport of Aotivari. A contingent of infantry has boarded the training ship Zara for a southern voyage, likely toward Amt var.
A tall man, about 30, entered the city jail last night and asked to be locked up for a few hours. He spoke of wanting to end his life, cited family loss, and said fear of self-harm drove the request while his better judgment urged him to resist. Jail staff considered the request to avert a potential tragedy.
Special dispatch notes a Bozeman gathering of Gallatin Valley motorists to discuss recent legislative bills on auto licenses and taxation. Attorney General Kelly and lawmakers may attend to review general license and related laws, with organizers planning a pamphlet summary of the bills for the meeting.
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Fragmentary notes discuss uncertainty over registration law and clerical responsibility during recent primaries. The text questions whether proper procedures were followed and hints at county clerks and journals as authorities, indicating potential noncompliance and disputed steps.
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