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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1903
Page
6
Coroner Egan contemplates autopsy after mixed testimony on the Ortoff jail beating. Under Sheriff McGarvey denies brutality while officers dispute witness accounts of kicks and assaults. Public viewing of Ortoff’s body continues as investigations proceed.
London reports on aristocratic affection for dogs led by Queen Alexandra with royal pets and portraits. The piece notes historical etiquette among nobility and mentions the Ladies Kennel association and celebrated canine favorites in high society.
A wagon carrying Sisters of St. Peter's big school and Indian girls overturned about 15 miles from Cascade Montana. Sister Enecleta, about 40, had severe internal injuries and was taken to Columbus hospital in Great Falls. an Indian girl suffered a broken jaw. Others were scratched or bruised.
An earthquake was felt at 3 54 in the morning in Alton causing plastering to loosen in the Methodist Episcopal Church. East Alton reports bricks shaken from chimneys and several windows broken. The tremor lasted about eight seconds according to available reports.
An earthquake shock lasting several seconds was distinctly felt in all parts of St Louis at 3 53 this morning. Houses shook and many persons jumped from their beds in fright. No damage has been reported.
J. H. Farrell and Fred Leclaire, self confessed assailants of Isaac B. Seeley, New York manufacturer, were captured in Providence today. The incident involves an August 16 attack by the two men on Seeley, who is a prominent figure in industry.
Neder Smith fell from car number 90 near the corner of Aluminum and Arizona streets late last night and suffered a slight facial laceration.
The article describes how common clay pipes are produced in Woodbridge New Jersey, tracing the process from raw clay digging to the final molded pipe. It explains soaking to 12 hours, pug milling to dough like stiffness, shaping into rolls, drying, and molding with iron and brass dies to imitate wooden styles.
Detective tale recounts the 1878 arrest of Billy Forrester and Hans Janssen, second-story crooks linked to a New York murder. Forrester confessed but faced Illinois prison for a prior sentence. Janssen, an emigrant from Berlin, was drawn into crime after a coercive encounter with Forrester in New Orleans.
Forrester recruits Janssen a light agile student to carry out a grisly grave robbing scheme in which a corpse is disinterred and transported to a medical college. The chase ends with daylight exposing the crime and Janssen’s later decline culminating in suicide in a New York police station. Forrester vanishes from police attention.
The St James Gazette profiles Mohammed Abdileh known as the Mad Mullah of Somaliland. It details his early occult training, multiple pilgrimages to Mecca, rise among inland tribes, claim of living Koran, harsh edicts, and a feared campaign aided by a feared lieutenant including rumors of an English naval officer.
A South Carolina women’s clubs convention debates the wife’s right to independent income and an allowance from husbands. Delegates discuss percentages of income for personal spending vs household expenses, highlighting independence and self reliance alongside cautions from a renowned figure on receiving support.
The text presents opposing opinions on a wife’s access to her husband’s earnings and the ideal of equal partnership. One view argues for a mutual share and financial independence within marriage, while the other warns against fixed allowances, urging equal ownership of all income for the wife. The discussion questions whether men should decide when wives disagree and how a wife’s finances should be funded.
The Brooklyn Eagle recounts a heated debate over who owned a dying man’s body. A bereaved brother, his wife, and another friend argue whether the corpse belonged to John, his surviving brother, or John’s wife, highlighting flawed logic and a jab at Mill.
The article foresees rapid advances in aerial navigation and predicts a successful evolved flying machine in 1904. It notes competing inventors, including American and foreign builders, racing for a prize at the St. Louis exposition, and envisions airships and airplanes traveling fast and controllably through the sky.
The Philadelphia Ledger describes the Kaaba Black Stone as a 7 inch irregular boulder set in a silver band. It is reddish brown, broken and repaired by nails, with theories ranging from lava fragment to volcanic basalt. Muslims believe it was a hyacinth from heaven given to Abraham by Gabriel.
Copenhagen hosts the world championship cycling races with Dutch rider Dikenman winning the 10 kilometer professional event in 1 hour 28 minutes 28.8 seconds.
A Silver Bow Trades and Labor assembly resolution denounces Harper's Readers from the American Book Company as non union and asks the school commission to adopt union labeled books. The measure follows a city school board move to use Harper Readers, which cost about $8000 to the district, and the group notes recent meeting hall relocation.
Northern Pacific carried twenty one crowded coaches from Butte to Helena for the annual Woodmen of the World outing. About 2,000 people rode on two special trains leaving at seven and eight in the morning. The return arrival in Butte came by eleven and twelve o'clock. The party enjoyed Central park luncheon and local Woodmen hospitality at the capital. The excursion was declared a grand success by participants.
The Florence Crittenton circle will hold a regular session this afternoon at 2 30 o clock at the home of Mrs E J Bretherton 653 Dakota Street.
Herman T. Coates escaped from guards aboard the steamer Monroe two miles off Sea Girt and jumped into the ocean to avoid trial for the 1902 murder of a coachman in Rockland County. He was rescued after sinking from view and brought back aboard.
A Cripple Creek report says work may resume on the El Paso draining tunnel tomorrow morning. Fear mounts that confrontation could erupt between striking miners and non union workers, but officials hope a settlement with the tunnel committee leads to completion.
Portland August 16 regatta committee received telegram from Rear Admiral Glass. Cruisers Concord and Marblehead under Commander Perkins will arrive tomorrow afternoon. Training ship Alert expected from San Francisco may arrive about the same time.
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