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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1900
Page
1
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Advertises rich oxford gray worsted suits priced at 22.90 with luxuriously trimmed styles. Notes exclusive tailoring options and a 625.00 reference price.
W A Clark of Montana and New York and former Governor Hauser met in New York to discuss Clark s intention to run again for the U S Senate. Hauser said Clark would fight to the last ditch and become a candidate for re election by the next Montana legislature if his seat were vacated.
Houston hosts the eleventh annual Trans Mississipp i Commercial congress with full western state representation. Speakers include George H Maxwell J W Springer L B Bradford Prince and William A Bates among others discussing irrigation prosperity mining and territorial statehood as Colorado leads with a 50 member delegation aiming to shape the next congress.
In Logansport Indiana April 15 a gas main explosion caused by excessive pressure and a defective pipe killed Michael Elliston and injured six other workers. Twelve men were in a trench near the leak when the 1000 pound T fitting blew loose, throwing debris and gas, with one man unconscious and others bruised. The blast damaged ground for 400 feet and was heard for miles.
The Daily News editorializes on the China open door correspondence, praising the United States for a firmer, more impressive stance than Lord Salisbury's prior notes to Russia and Germany, and suggesting Salisbury shows incapacity to respect partition tendencies.
From the grave Detroit April 15 ex Secretary of War Alger criticizes Admiral Dewey in an interview. He says Dewey overreached praising him and will face a melancholy disappointment in his presidential aspirations.
Frostburg Md April 15 It was announced today that in connection with the miners strike in the Georgia Creek region all laborers in the district will be called out. Men were sent to Midland and Klondike tonight to urge workers to stay away from the mines tomorrow.
Organizer Dilcher said tonight that the region stayed quiet while the men remain determined to hold out for the 60 cent rate.
A Chinaman in Wu chang says he is the emperor after escape from the palace. He bears documents with Pekin court seals and claims incognito travel. British surveyors clash with Chinese robbers. 80 killed and many wounded. In Pekin, a large boxers battle in Yen Chin province ends indecisively with heavy casualties.
In Santiago de Cuba on April 15 General Gomez arrives en route to San Domingo. The black party Cubano Libre meets the steamer Maria Herrera with a tug and escorts Gomez to the landing, while the white party is largely ignored and officials are not recognized. A crowd gathers on a fragile private wharf and it collapses, drowning one person as police act to prevent rioting.
Helena April 15. Dr. C. B. Miller, badly injured by another physician, remains in critical condition but survived the day. Reports vary, yet it is said he will probably pull through as hopes for recovery persist.
The handsome Easter edition of the Standard drew large street sales in Helena today with the half tone supplement praised as especially fine.
Rev Dr Charles Parkhurst urged a new creed at Madison Square Presbyterian Church. He criticized the Westminster confession as cramped and argued for a brief Saxon statement of core Jesus Christ themes. He called for placing the old creed in a museum rather than revising it.
Ex Governor Altgeld in Chicago comments on the suggestion of nominating ex Governor Pattison of Pennsylvania as Bryan's vice presidential candidate. He argues Pattison lacks consistent positions on key issues and warns such a nomination would harm the party, echoing 1896 misgivings.
The speaker argues the democracy must nominate a vice presidential candidate with the same character conviction and aggressive force as the head of the ticket. He respects Governor Pattison but says many worthy men cannot be chosen without betraying the party’s mission this year.
Rufus Wright, rubber tire magnate, died from a gunshot after a struggle over a revolver in Mrs. Louisa Lottridge’s hotel room at the Leland. Police expect the inquest to close the sensational case. Lottridge claims Wright asked to see a revolver, then grabbed it during a struggle.
Buffalo report profiles Louise Lottridge born in Fort Erie with maiden name Bacus. She married about twenty years ago and lived at Black Rock. Her husband was a railroad man. divorce rumored but not verified. She is noted for interest in horse racing. sister Mrs William Dunn lives in Fort Erie, another sister in Montreal.
The archbishop's order banning the Passion Play on Good Friday was observed in the Valley of Mexico amid protests from masses. In Yautepre Morelos villagers gathered at a priest’s home demanding the usual costumes and led to reports he was driven from town.
The St. Louis Sunday School union plans a mass sing for Admiral Dewey with 10 000 school children at a reception in May. The event is set for the exposition coliseum on May 4.
Victory reported for Senator John T. Morgan over Governor Johnston in Alabama Democratic primaries with returns showing an overwhelming lead for the United States Senate seat.
London reports no official war news but Bloemfontein dispatches show a confident mood and winter approaching. The army fronts stretch from Aliwal North toward Rouxville with routine movement. censors allowed Churchill remount dispatches, and Kruger reportedly visited Kroonstad and Brandfort as rain falls.
Sir Alfred Milner reports to Joseph Chamberlain that rising visitor numbers in South Africa burden military and civil operations, inflate living costs, and divert scarce accommodation from front-line duties and invalids. Lord Roberts agrees with the assessment.
Lord Roberts protests to President Kruger over Boer treatment of colonial officers and troops held as prisoners at Preto ria. He cites 90 cases of fever and dysentery, lack of medicine, open veld bivouacs, and exposed sick in sheds until a doctor threatened resignation. Four oath-taking farmers signaled to Boers at Karee Sid ing and were moved here.
St Helena reports Colonel Schiel and two Hoer prisoners landed at the citadel following an escape attempt. Schiel allegedly bribed a boatman to carry a letter to a Dutch cruiser but delivery went to the British Niobe. A large knife was found on one prisoner. Schiel walked to the citadel without a carriage. London dispatch notes Kruger and Boer commandants weighing withdrawal north of the Vaal.
Warrenton reports Frank Smith a noted mine owner was captured by Boers while driving toward the Frank Smith diamond mine from Barklewest. News notes his fate and location remain unclear.
Aliwal North reports that over four days of action at We pener the British suffered 18 killed and 132 wounded as officially recorded.
Aliwal North April 14 reports Colonel Gren fell wires causing casualties among Wepener garrison. Quartermaster Williams Lieutenant Halford and Lieutenant Puncan are among the wounded plus 15 men. Sir Godfrey Langden, resident commissioner at ...
Maseru reports no shelling from the power direction today as a British infantry regiment and an artillery battery arrive. General Brabant's headquarters note all mounted troops have departed for Rouxville.
Sir Godfrey Langden reports from Maseru that 3,000 Basuto guards back British lines at Wepener while Colonel Dalgety fortifies a strong position. Shelling and sniping continue for six days as Boers, tired and hemmed in, attack the northern British post. casualties remain unconfirmed. Ambulances stay behind border to mask losses.
The Northern Post reports Rouxville disaster sent 1,000 recruits to the Boer forces after last week’s invasion. Five hundred Boers forced Irish rifles to evacuate Rouxville. a former landrost offered to prove himself a true Free Stater at the front. Nearly all Free Staters took the oath again. About 7,000 Boers are said to be at Wepener. Fourteen British sympathizers are imprisoned. The paymaster with 1400 pounds was captured.
John C. Farrar teller at Waterbury National Bank is missing amid a $25,000 bank defalcation. Casheter Charles Wells alerted authorities Friday. Farrar vowed a books error then vanished. He held about $7,500 as village treasurer and had stock losses in recent broker collapse Knott and Claussen of Burlington.
Washington reports say Long signaled willingness to accept the vice presidency if offered, upsetting expectations of other candidates. Lane declined to detail his stance, noting the honor of the office, while Long himself deflected questions on Dewey and praised the admiral as the navy’s honored man.
Moses Fowler Chase of Lafayette Indiana sails for Europe next Wednesday. His attorneys will petition the court to transfer control of the estate to Moses Fowler, the name of his grandfather, while he is away. A father has been arraigned on lunacy charges pending litigation over the estate.
Word reaches Cincinnati that Senator Manny is seriously ill with grip at Old Point Comfort and may miss the Ohio Republican state convention in Columbus next week. President McKinley and other Republican leaders are expected at Point Comfort for conference and recreation this week.
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