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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1903
Page
2
President Roosevelt commends Indiana Governor Durbin for standing against lynching and mob violence. He argues that crime must be punished swiftly by due process, stressing law and order, protection of rights, and the dangers of mob vengeance.
Dispatches report large insurgent forces in Djisuri district with massacres in Djivuri near Kastoria. Villages in Monastir vilayet attacked, many captives taken and some buried alive. Greek minister Maurocordato and Russian consul Rostavski increased diplomatic pressure. Rostavski reportedly murdered, suspect arrested. Turkish officials express regret to Russia.
J E Brown a Garfield real estate dealer fatally shot Thomas Turnbow on a Garfield street at 7 30 am. Turnbow died soon after but Brown surrendered in Colfax jail to avert lynching. Turnbow survived briefly and was to be moved to Spokane for an operation. he lay paralyzed from the waist down.
Special Dispatch reports Thetias Smith, a Black man aged 64 in Miles City, died today from heart trouble. He left about $100 and other valuable property among his effects. Remains will be shipped to North Carolina for burial.
Special dispatch reports wool clips from Farnum Tusler Farnum Rae and Smith ule and Beaver shipped today. Earlier shipments included Wool clips from Wilson and Selway RR Belleway and HH Kohimeier made yesterday.
Sheriff receives tip locating five armed convicts at Ben Meiss ranch east of Grizzly Flat. The group led by Miller Theron and Murphy seized shoes and clothing, took provisions, and turned a horse loose to mislead pursuit. Hounds and posse trail the fugitives toward Leak Springs with intel on routes toward Coral Gap and Silver Lake.
Mrs. Andrus wife of the mayor and portmistress Miss Bennett with Miss Grace Ireland and Miss Fudith Whalen sail Monday from Seattle to Alaska aboard the City of Seattle. The party will spend the rest of the summer in Briagway for a pleasure trip.
A Times dispatch from Sofia dated yesterday reports Kru shevo, 23 miles NW of Monastir, held by insurgents for two days before withdrawing after severe fighting in which 16 were killed on both sides. The committee forbids insurgents to touch peaceful Mohammedans of either sex.
Philadelphia reports five more fatalities from yesterday's baseball park disaster. Two hundred citizens sought hospital care and about one hundred more were treated at nearby drug stores. Coroner Duggan opened a thorough inquiry as the left field bleachers were roped off.
The Rev. F. Becher merhorm, a Presbyterian missionary stationed in Billings, led services at the Episcopal church today. Large attendance and strong interest followed. Rev. Schermerhorn reports high likelihood of a Presbyterian church in Billings soon, likely on the south side where he is focused work.
A. G. Stephens of Carter White Lead Company Chicago Omaha is in Libby to conduct an examination for his firm. He expects to stay in the Libby district until sometime in October.
A new two story school building will be erected at Howard in Miles City as soon as the contract is awarded. The design includes cloak rooms and a library on each floor, with a main school room. The structure measures 38 by 26 feet.
In Cheyenne Wyoming Tom Horn and Jim McCloud escaped the county jail after overpowering Deputy Proctor but were quickly recaptured as armed residents formed a mob. A brisk pursuit, gunfire, and a chase through the jail yard followed, ending with Horn and McCloud back in their cells.
A Cheyenne dispatch reports Tom Horn and Jim McCloud escaped jail at 8:25 AM but were soon recaptured. They overpowered Jailer Proctor at breakfast, forced him to open the cafe safe, and a gunfight followed. Proctor was wounded, Horn lightly, McCloud captured nearby amid a general alarm.
The article details two suspects held in connection with a dynamite plot against the Northern Pacific railroad. It outlines alleged negotiations in the Northern Pacific yards, a claim of prior robbery, and motives being sought as officials pursue a possible bridge or train-wrecking scheme. Rewards total four thousand dollars. Investigations reference incidents near Livingston and Bozeman with dynamite and damaged railway infrastructure.
William E. Dodge, New York philanthropist and founder of the Union League Club, died at Stanwood in Bar Harbor Maine. In poor health for months, the financier was 71 and survived by a widow and three daughters.
Glasgow August 9 The jury in the Walsh murder case found Walsh guilty of murder in the second degree after one hour of deliberation. He faces sentence at 10 o clock Monday morning with a probable term of 23 to 25 years. Walsh wept after the verdict and accused the jurors of cowardice.
In Helena on August 3 the Fort Harrison team defeated Fort Missoula 18 to 16 at Central Park. Fort Missoula’s Tytler Anderson Thompson and Fort Harrison’s Richards Briggs were the noted battery pairings.
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