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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1903
Page
1
An assassination attempt on the vice consul failed and orders for warships to proceed remain in effect. The official report confirms the safety of the vice consul and asserts the launched operational directives continue.
Washington reports a correction on the Beirut incident. William Magelssen was shot at but not wounded, and reports of his death were false due to cipher errors. The incident eases tensions and may affect the European squadron’s Turkish waiters. Admiral Cotton plans naval demonstrations toward Beirut as Harpoot missionaries fear property loss.
President Roosevelt and Secretary Hay dismissed news of the assassination of Vice Consul Willen Magelssen in Beirut as erroneous. The two men met at Sagamore Hill to discuss Turkey unrest and ordered the European squadron to Beirut. Hay planned to return to Washington, citing the need for leadership amid Ottoman developments.
Sir Thomas Lipton stated he will not challenge again for the America's Cup unless Britain yields a yachtsman equal to Nat Herreshoff. He praised Reliance as the best boat and admitted despair at his loss, noting American design superiority and predicting a future challenge only after England matches it.
A train carrying soldiers collided with a freight train near Udine during king and queen royal visits. Fifteen soldiers and a captain were initially reported dead with 60 to 80 wounded, later revised to 20 dead and 8 wounded, including six officers. King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena visited the hospital as the pope sent telegrams of condolence.
Glendive Aug 28 A broken flange on a freight wheel derailed four cars into a ditch at Medora North Dakota last night A young boy known as a tramp was killed while stealing a ride. Passenger trains were delayed by the wreck.
United Mine Workers push for a wage scale that adds about 25 cents per ton and two hours less work for underground miners in Carbon county. The plan, discussed after a Livingston secret session, could raise local production costs and monthly payrolls, with mixed local sentiment and no final decision yet.
Special Dispatch reports the district United Mine Workers assembly No. 22 met to discuss rearranging the coal mine wage scale. The session concluded last Saturday in Blanchard Livingston. The district covers Montana mines and Sheridan county Wyoming.
A tourist sleeping car on an eastbound Burlington train from Laurel to Billings caught fire after Mrs. James Boyd of Fulton Oregon warmed coffee with an alcohol lamp. The bottle spilled, flames engulfed the mother and her 20 month old daughter, and bystander aid and emergency medical care followed as Burns covered the child and mother.
Special dispatch reports Gov. William H. Hunt of Porto Rico guardian of James L. Blair Buck son of Montana Supreme Court Justice Horace K. Buck received permission from Judge Clements to spend 1084 from the estate for the young man’s education. The petition, drafted Aug 20 in Grove, N. Y., notes Buck has qualified for Yale College admission.
The tomorrow edition of the Sunday Standard will publish in three sections with a full color part. It promises illustrative topics reflecting Montana’s daily interests and civic life.
A Chinese man is jailed on a charge of seducing a young white girl. The report notes threats used to keep silence, and mentions two white men accused of similar crimes with arrests potentially following.
Helena police report three teenage girls accuse three men, including Lee Sing, 45, a Chinaman jailed in the dungeon, of seduction related to a July 3 encounter near Last Chance Gulch. A second suspect, John Broad, 22, faces charges for leading a 15 year old to a life of shame, with her transfer to Great Falls. A piano player, William Hughes, 25, is jailed for pursuing a 14 year old girl with a marriage promise.
Special dispatch outlines Mary MacLane recounting her 14 to 18 age days at Butte high school in Montana. She recalls classmates, nicknames, and wild schoolyard tales, including love letters, whiskey at school, and a "lady tramps" clique, ending with reflections on her later life and smoking.
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