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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1902
Page
1
Aboard the schooner Fred J. Woods Captain Jacobson was killed in a struggle with a Japanese cabin boy he had just reproved. The incident occurred at sea during a dispute that turned deadly. Investigators prepare reports as crewmates recall the events.
Honolulu dispatch details the killing of Capt. J. J. Jacobson aboard the lumber schooner Fred J. Woods after a cabin boy stabbed him with a butcher knife on July 30. The Japanese cook is charged as an accessory before the fact. Mate Meyer helped prevent a mob vengeance. Mrs. Jacobson and two young children were aboard.
A furniture store blast on the ground floor of a double tenement at No. 35 Essex Street started a blaze that killed three children and two women. A man and a woman were hospitalized with injuries. others suffered burns and fractures. The loss to the building was about $5,000.
At the Knights of Pythias session in San Francisco the supreme lodge adopted a statute reducing the supreme tribunal from five to three members and deposed current members. A new board will be appointed before the biennial session ends. The body voted down a proposal to bar appeals from subordinate lodges and to bar rehearings after acquittals, 69 to 48. Elected to the supreme tribunal were John A. Alexander, Tully Scott, and John A. Helcher.
Steel president Charles M. Schwab arrives in New York with brother Joseph and secretary. He states he is not ill but will rest and has no intention of resigning. Mr. Perkins of J P Morgan & Co says Schwab is not ill and will travel to Europe for rest and meetings before an extended Europe trip. Schwab later reveals a trip to France for nervous-nerve treatment, staying in Loretta without Mrs. Schwab.
A mob surrounded the jail in Jefferson Ohio as they threaten to lynch John Grooms a black man accused of assaulting Harriet and Sabrina Hopkins two elderly women. Grooms allegedly bit and mauled one victim and ripped flesh from the other with his teeth as hysterical bystanders urged swift revenge.
Morrisville Vermont August 19 Secretary Leslie M Shaw was the principal speaker at a Republican rally. He said he supports tariff readjustment but questions pledges from candidates and noted changes in tariff laws are common as industries evolve.
In a parliamentary style speech a speaker argues that removing the protective tariff on cattle and meat would not restore butchers to business and could harm farmers. He cites packers expanding into South America and a 1902 Chicago stockyard dip in cattle and hogs as evidence for reconsidering tariff policy and urges a swift bipartisan simplification of the schedule without prolonged debate.
Joseph Anderson a farmer east of Salina Kansas drowned his four children three girls and a boy in a cistern then killed himself amid despondency caused by financial troubles. The crime occurred while the mother was away and left a note directing her to the cistern location. The oldest child was six the youngest four months.
Washington August 19 The Paul Jones the last torpedo boat built by the Union Iron Works has been accepted by the government.
Captain Ryan faces criticism for defying General Chaffee yet Defense of his actions is voiced as he administers the water cure to Rufino. The controversy centers on methods used during pacification campaigns in the Philippines.
Washington reports Manila papers describe changes in Luzon and Mindanao including the switch from cascoes to steam barges, trials of Captain Ryan and Lt. Hickman, and Pershing’s diplomacy with Moros. General Chaffee and others discuss the Gardner investigation as troops move toward Lake Mindanao and Mindanao defense.
Port of Spain Trinidad Aug 9 Mrs Zoilo Bello Rodriguez wife of former President Andrades ex prime minister and four children arrived aboard a Royal Mail steamer after Venezuelan President Castro expelled them within 24 hours. Venezuelan policy previously treated women as neutral.
The California limited on the Santa Fe eastbound collided with an eastbound freight at Casmro ten miles east of Flagstaff. Engineer Williams suffered a broken leg and arm, the fireman escaped injury, and four freight cars plus the caboose were demolished. Gustave Swanson aboard a coal car was badly hurt. The crash was caused by the freight train delaying to take a siding.
Chicago reports Congressman R R. Hitt, who fell seriously ill in the city last night, is today pronounced out of danger and in stable condition.
Mexico City reports growing excitement in the Yucatan peninsula as petroleum has been discovered in the region. Local officials anticipate economic impact, with plans to assess the extent of the find and potential development. The announcement broadens prospects for energy resources in the area.
Petter Power arrives from Montreal with attorney George Lamb as he faces a contempt sentence for refusing to testify in a suit to block the transfer of Northern Pacific stock to Northern Securities. A hearing was delayed as efforts to release him failed and Judge Lacombe was delayed.
Knoxville reports an armed posse surrounding two men on Bay Mountain summit in the killing of Wat kin Newman Jefferson county's wealthy bachelor. The suspects threaten to resist capture and the house is set to burn if needed as more evidence shows Newman was mortally wounded during the assault before being bound to a post and burned alive.
Chicago mourns William A. Holla bird Jr known as Manny who died at Evanston home from typhoid fever. A famed amateur golfer, he claimed 11 years as a standout and held an unmatched Glenview links medal score.
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