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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1902
Page
1
The article reports a presidential address to the people at the Exposition praising national reunification and a separate ceremony where the president presents Major Micah Jenkins with a ceremonial sword.
President Theodore Roosevelt is greeted by thousands in Charleston South Carolina during a grand procession to the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition. He reviews troops, delivers remarks on unity after the Civil War, and receives a ceremonial sword for Major Micah Jenkins.
In Brussels on King Leopold’s birthday socialists mobbed his arrival, shouting for a republic and universal suffrage as red flags waved. Spanish republican deputies were expelled. interpellations and anti Catholic riots followed in Liege and Ghent with injuries and arrests as gendarmes and troops were deployed.
Mrs. Shepard R. Bucey of Everett shoots and kills her husband and 4 year old son before killing herself in a domestic tragedy at the family home. The event occurred after 7 PM with Mrs Bucey still holding the smoking revolver when help arrived.
Charles Lewis of Berlin Ottawa county is in a dying condition at home after being treated in a Grand Rapids hospital for injuries from a Modern Woodmen initiation that allegedly required amputation of a leg. If he dies, his heirs will continue the $5000 damages suit against the Woodmen society.
A young girl was hurt by a sharp object on Brutal Street in what witnesses describe as a serious assault. Police investigated nearby scenes while the victim received medical attention. No further details on suspects or motive were released.
In Detroit an unidentified young woman, about 20, is stabbed and bludgeoned to death on Thirteenth Street near Antoinette and McGraw. Harry Jewell witnesses the attack, the assailant returns to strike the prostrate body. Police search for the killer with no progress by 2:30 AM. Coroner notes the victim was delicate, none identified.
Paris reports that about a month ago the king of Siam allegedly tried to tax Cambodian island residents during a pleasure cruise. French gunboat Comete pursued the flotilla, halting the enterprise and blocking a Bangkok estate sale to a French legation. The move is linked to British influence.
Despondency is named the probable cause after Godfinnon assistant cashier at the First National bank Falls City Neb shot himself in the head last night. Authorities report no other persons involved. The incident is being investigated by local officials.
Salt Lake April 9 Clyde Felt a 15 year old youth confessed to cutting the throat of Samuel Collins at his solicitation Felt pleaded not guilty in circuit court preliminary examination waived and he was remanded to the sheriff custody Bail not asked for defense possibly temporary insanity
An explosion at the Austin Powder company plant near Glen Willow southeast of Cleveland killed two workers, Lemuel Evans and Charles Yonkers. About 3,000 pounds of powder detonated, wrecking the mill. cause under investigation.
The Neihart diamond case features testimony from Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Roehl about ownership of a ring and a gold band. Mrs. Roehl claims a plain band was given. witnesses recount expensive support and travel costs. Judge Race dismissed charges against Ira F. Davis and George Roehl with a decision pending on Mrs. I F Davis.
Miss Maud D. Talmage wed Clarence Frederick Wickoff in Washington at the bride's home. The couple's wedding tour timing depends on the condition of the bride's father Rev. Dr. T. De Witt Talmage, whose brain congestion and grave illness threaten the trip.
Lee Gallaher a paying teller at First National Bank of St Joseph Missouri was arrested on a charge of embezzling about two thousand dollars. President Jacob Ford swore to the complaint. Gallaher is 99 years old, married and well connected and refused to comment while confessing to the embezzlement.
Brig. Gen. Frederick Fanston the new commander of the department of Colorado arrived in Denver with his wife and baby. He was greeted at the union depot by his aide Lieut. Burton J. Mitchell Gen. Wilder A. Metcalf of Kansas and a party of friends. Fanston to assume command tomorrow.
Maj. Gen. B. M. Young, who planned to speak at a Grand Army gathering in Pittsburg tonight, fell ill in Philadelphia on his way here. He is suffering from a severe cold and cannot attend.
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