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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1902
Page
22
Jury in the Jessie Woods case reportedly remained unresolved as defendants argued their motions, with observers noting a lengthy deliberation period and potential for a verdict outcomes. The proceedings extended late into the night amid tense courtroom atmosphere.
The jury failed to reach a verdict by midnight in the case of Jessie Woods charged with robbing Paul Legar of 280 dollars. Testimony wavered with conflicting accounts from Lizzie Hall and others as witnesses described the alleged theft in Pleasant alley and near the Arizona street club.
Judge W. C. Spear lectured on reincarnation at the Butte Theosophical Society, explaining its essential role in evolution and the ascent of the soul. The speech defended theosophical views on life, matter, and the progression from plant to human forms under a guiding universal power.
The text argues evil stems from the animal soul within humans and recurs through reincarnation. Progress comes from aligning with the spiritual life, while following base instincts yields suffering until the ego learns its lesson. Evil ceases when physical embodiment no longer requires animal nature.
Sheriff S R Prescott of Missoula county registers at the Finlen. John S M Neill of Helena registers at the Thornton. Mrs Charles Scharff of Boulder visits friends in Butte. Lieut L L Dietrich of Fort Keogh visits several days. Miss H C Myers of Livingston guest at the Thornton. Mrs C R Burkett of Pipestone Springs guest at the Butte. Mr and Mrs McKaskle and daughter of Pony, recently at Hot Springs Ark, guests at the Finlen.
Gen Samuel Pearson, ex Boer army, returns to Washington from New Orleans with charges that British authorities in Louisiana ran a covert military setup supplying troops, horses, mules and money to Britain for the South Africa war. He says 42000 American men aided the British, with 201197 horses and mules, and that muleteers and stable hands were recruited from the lowest classes and treated poorly.
Miss Margret Carpenter died at 108 in Philadelphia, famed as the oldest resident and faithful to a youth vow. Born aboard a transatlantic vessel, she grew up in Mt. Holly and Philadelphia, kept a pledge to James Moon on his deathbed, and remained active in Ebenezer M E Church for decades.
The Redwood Manufacturing Company sues in federal court seeking protection for workers from a month long strike by iron molders. Judge Baker orders strikers to appear April 15 to show cause for a restraining order and indicates damages may be sought regardless of property. The judge argues the workers should be kept insolvent until judgment.
About 1,600 brewery workers in Boston walked out demanding an eight hour day and 50 cents overtime pay. A 590 member bottlers and engineers strike threat looms within 24 hours as unions back the action across 24 local breweries.
Justice Gaynor in the New York Supreme Court Brooklyn refused an injunction sought by Frank Herzog and Louis E. Erbe to restrain J. L. Fitzgerald and others from patrolling and picketing streets near the plaintiff’s business to influence workers to join a strike. He called this not an advance injunction, noting no violence occurred and affirming equal rights of capital and labor to organize.
New York on April 3 a conference between Erie railroad officials and a delegation of firemen led to a revised wage schedule. The company has made concessions expected to materially increase wages. An official stated a schedule satisfactory to both sides would be agreed.
In Fiume on April 3 the dock laborers who had been striking accepted their employers terms and work resumed.
Pekin reports the Russo Manchurian convention is pending only the reception of any objections from other powers. The treaty, revised under U S and Japan pressure, calls for Russia to evacuate Manchuria in three six month periods. China may keep forces post evacuation and must repay Russia for railway policing and completion costs.
Dr. Henry G. Moore of Wabash Indiana displays a homespun linen battle flag claimed to have been carried by General Anthony Wayne during his 1790s Ohio and Indiana campaign. The 4 by 5 foot flag bears 13 red white and blue stripes and faded Anthony Wayne in the corner.
News from the Merchants' Exchange reports the whaling bark Kathleen of New Bedford sunk off the Brazilian coast after a collision with a whale on March 17. Three boats’ crews were saved and landed. one boat remains missing.
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