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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1903
Page
2
The store promises the best quality boys clothing in Butte with a Monday special that offers suits at about the cost of material. Gans & Klein claims no other shop in town carries 48 good quality boys wear at such prices.
A terse note from an Oyster Bay bulletin accusing an unnamed offender of abusing the president resident. No further details are provided in the visible text.
At Oyster Bay on August 2 President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt faced profane abuse from local resident McCann as they arrived at Christchurch for morning services. Secret Service removed McCann. the president, annoyed but later chose no action.
In Charlotte jail, Roseboro the alleged attacker and slayer of Mrs. D Beavers in Iredell County remains under guard after Sheriff Summers transferred him from Polk to Asheville and then to Charlotte. A mob formed in Statesville but was thwarted as Summers concealed the prisoner and proceeded by private conveyance. In Rocky Mount Mrs Long reports an assault with the suspect named Till Black. Wilford authorities note capture is certain.
A head on collision between two freight trains on the Cincinnati Southern near Chattanooga Tennessee killed three firemen from Somerset Kentucky and injured two engineers. The crash occurred at a dip in the track as trains of two locomotives each met at high speed. The dead are D A Phillips J Walters and J Price all of Somerset KY. Engineers Duke and Fitzgerald were injured.
Mrs. Samuel Parker reports jewelry theft worth 90000 dollars, mainly diamonds rubies and solitaire studs. She wore the pieces at a hotel opening reception Saturday night. hours later thieves entered her home and took many gems from her display. Parker is the wife of Col. Samuel Parker a Hawaii magnate and widow of J E Campbell who left her one third of his 4 000 100 estate. She married Parker about a year ago and her daughter wed Prince David the same day.
Dispatches report an earthquake destroying houses in Vilattierra and Mulazzo in Tuscany. Vilattierra is a town of about 2 400 inhabitants and Mulazzo has around 4 400.
In Anton Massachusetts on August 2 Hiram Poole a baker was stabbed to death on Sherman street by one of three Italians. The assailants fled and have not been arrested.
King Edward issued a formal address to the Irish people from Cowes after arrival of the Victor and Albert. He expresses warmth for Ireland and hope for a brighter day, urging self reliance, education, and cooperative growth to secure peace and prosperity. The note is dated August 1, 1903, with copies to be posted in Ireland. The royal visit includes public receptions and yachting week activities.
The pleasure yacht Floradera was struck by lightning off Point Cleary Mobile bay this afternoon killing LEPYA'D SCOTT former foreman of the university at Kosigma Japan Bruce Granville Lincoln an English investor and WILLIAM BREWTON the yacht pilot. Scott's daughter and Charles Baldwin the engineer were burned but not fatally hurt.
Victoria B C Auglicos of the steamer Tacoma report that Japanese ports supply bean cake and are storing provisions and war munitions at Port Arthur. Troops are hurried westward and an imminent conflict seems possible as inquiries to pilots hint at an ultimatum or declared war.
Special Dispatch notes articles of incorporation filed for the Rattlesnake Irrigation and Water Company with $9,000 capital in 100 par shares. The firm owns Elser Lake and plans a dam to store 2,500 acre feet of water and stock the lake with rainbow trout as a private fish preserve. Incorporators met but officers had not yet been elected.
The Japanese cabinet was reshuffled with Marquis Ito named president of the privy council and Count Matsukata and Marquis Yamagata becoming privy councilors. The changes, approved by the mikado, are viewed as temporary until a new administration forms in case of war.
The last will of Gen Cassius M Clay, dated March 8 1901 and revealed by Dora Brock, directs Whitehall lands of 360 acres to remain intact as a public park in trust for inhabitants, with coal mines to fund the park and legacies. Proceeds from other lands and paintings, manuscripts, and art works are allocated to Dora Brock, others, or institutions as specified. The May 12 1900 will will also be probated tomorrow.
Atlantic City August session of the American Federation of Catholic Societies reports a rise in federation membership from 4 to 4% with 26% county federations and states. Fifty-three church leaders including 3 cardinals and 33 bishops back the federation as a bulwark against infidelity. divorce is cited as a major societal flaw while civil courts uphold economic contracts but easily break marriage bonds.
At 6 o clock about 50 000 people fill St Peters Square awaiting the papal election. Sunlit domes and scarlet student outfits mark a tense throng as officials watch for ballets burning and a chosen cardinal to emerge.
Four Idaho Springs Miners who were driven out by local citizens have written to Sheriff of Clear Creek County asking for protection to return home. The move follows Governor Peabody’s advice to apply for civil protection first, with troops to be considered if needed. An answer from the sheriff is awaited.
Continued from Page One. Possible the convicts got away eastward along the creek. It is thought the plan of the convicts is to shoot pursuers from ambush and take chances of getting away afterward.
Two convicts at Folsom were surrounded and a fight broke out in Cal August 2. It is believed Glen Woodridge fired hitting one convict and Woodridge himself wounded in the hand by the others.
Worcester dispatch reports Frank Foss heard screams near Grange Hall and found two bodies by the sidewalk. Police say F P Egan and Mrs Sadie Booth of Spencer were killed. Mrs Booth aged 21, throat cut, a rag under her, and Egan also died by throat cutting. Authorities theorize a murder suicide.
Rev. Dr. George M. Vanderlip a founder of the YMCA in America a long time Baptist representative and a founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art died at his Brooklyn home. He was 87 years old.
Dilion August report tells of Tom Call chasing a cinnamon bear cub on horseback after grabbing the cub from a tree. The mother bear injures the horse as Call flees to fetch his gun, returns to find the bear family gone. The horse is injured but not crippled.
The third trial of former Secretary of State Caleb Powers for accessory to Governor Goebel’s murder begins in Georgetown at a special Scott county term. Both sides claim new evidence. Powers seeks freedom while prosecutors push for a first degree verdict. James Howard also awaits a new trial.
In San Francisco on August 2, Superior Judge Cook sentenced Bernard Whitelaw to life imprisonment for the March 4 robbery assault on Mrs. T. V. Matthews. Mike Nolan received 25 years, Dora Nolan already had eight years in prison.
Buckner Hill dispatch reports the coroner's jury verdict accusing Mrs Ida Guiler of the crime in the death of Ewart Meore Cheeksfield. Gilber Guiler's wife already held on a state warrant sworn by the boy's father.
United States Geological Survey data show total petroleum production in 1903 at 8 894.59 barrels valued at 4410 31 dollars and six cents per barrel in a preliminary statement from Washington dated August 2.
Sheriff Smith of Cole county served subpoenas in St Louis on Sunday for witnesses for the grand jury in Jefferson City to continue the boodling investigation in the legislature.
A fitness article describes waist, back, and shoulder shaping through posture and stretching. It advises standing against a wall, drawing in the stomach, and lifting arms to straighten the back. Repeated routines aim to refine curves and improve overall figure.
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