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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1903
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard announces its publication details with daily and Sunday editions. It lists subscription rates and office contact information for the Standard Block in Anaconda.
Branch offices listed with addresses in Butte Missoula Great Falls New York Chicago and western cities. Newsstand locations across major U S cities include New York Chicago Minneapolis San Francisco Denver Salt Lake City Ogden Spokane Tacoma Seattle Portland Kansas City and more. General correspondence should be sent to the Standard Publishing Company in Anaconda Montana.
Report of an assassination threat to the U S vice consul at Beirut prompted President to order the American fleet from Nice toward Beirut. The alert proved a cipher error but Washington kept the readiness stance and Admiral Cotton was told to be prepared for action if needed.
A New York Herald analysis traces Diaz’s bid for an unprecedented seventh term and the clash between Jose Ives Limantour and Bernardo Reyes. It says personal ties cooled, rivals emerged, and forces beyond their control forced Diaz to run again to keep the republic at peace.
Advocates for Diaz’s re election argue for republican rights while others attack Reyes and favor Jeves as army hero. Limantour, French born and rich, is seen as elite and out of touch. The piece weighs public sentiment, military influence, and the looming question of Mexico’s leadership after Diaz.
Outside Sandy Hook spectators watch the sixteenth Futurity at Sheepshead Bay with a $67 000 purse. About twenty two two year olds, led by Keene stable entries Delhi Kohinoor and Israelite and Whitney runners Stalwart Mercury Leonidas, contest the prize. Ham burg Belle is favored among fillies as Saturday’s race looms.
Portland Aug 28 report on Cape Elizabeth engagements says Two Lights signal station captured this morning. Major Duval abandoned Williams battery and his command fortifies trenches as 2,500 enemy threaten. Six hundred sent to Fort Preble and Meeting House Hill, 4 destroyers reported engaged and knocked out near Two Lights.
Helena reports from Fort Harrison that stray cows entered the military reservation and may lead to a prosecution for cruelty to animals. The developing story centers on alleged shootings by soldiers within the fort grounds.
The report notes Hamburg Belle likely to secure a clear start with rider Fuller and 114 pounds. It cites previous Futurity winners The Butterflies and L'Allouette as only fillies to win in the past fifteen attempts, and references Sir Thomas Lipton’s stance on lifting the cup.
Report states three soldiers fired on cattle, wounding them and leaving them to fend for themselves. Otto Schoenfeld, secretary of the State Humane Board, is in Helena and attention has been called to the incident.
Virginia City Aug 28 Franz Cumley 5 year old son of W L Cumley Aldery was severely burned about the eyes while playing with a can of carbide. It rolled into a creek and water formed acetylene gas triggering a terrific explosion. He was near the blast and burned but not seriously hurt.
A cloudburst near Toledo on the Great Northern railroad washed out 300 feet of track. Water surged from a coulee on the north, delaying passenger trains by about three hours. A wreck was narrowly avoided when a ranchman flagged the train.
Nebraska flood toll rises as Fort Crook City floods five feet deep in homes three boys die Jefferson Sheep Edgar Hamilton 10 11 drowning in South Omaha and Willie Paulsen in Council Bluffs cellar flood. Missouri Pacific bridge over Papio river washout halting eastbound traffic as railroads rush repair crews and relief tents set on hill sides.
Widewater Va Aug 28 The Langley airship houseboat drifted two miles down the Potomac after losing moorings in a gale. The small craft and three support boats were lost. Tugs could not reach them and the search resumes Saturday. The experiment likely postponed for repairs.
Reports from Sofia dated August 28 describe continued alarm in the vilayet of Adrianople as insurgent bands destroy Turkish posts along the frontier. Turkish forces allegedly threaten retaliation and a mass evacuation is underway toward Asia Minor while Macedonian groups plan larger actions. details also emerge about a Budapest train bombing aimed at severing line between Adrianople and Salonica.
About 2,000 insurgents near Vocena ordered to concentrate in Movihovo mountains. They plan to attack Tikvesh and Shevgheli. On Aug. 25 insurgents attacked Neveska where 240 soldiers stood. 200 were killed. Earthworks built. seven battalions of Turkish troops arrived and bombarded the defenses.
Sefia August 28 The government has sent two regiments to the frontier to reinforce guards and enable vigilance amid anticipated attempts by additional insurgent bands to enter Macedonia.
Miss Josephine Cook of Mansfield Ohio arrives to teach vocal music in the Bozeman city schools and serve as soloist and choir leader at the Presbyterian church. Rev Thornton A Mills, who has filled the pulpit of the local church, is noted in the same item.
Aug 28 dispatches report church plans to resume sermons before departure, J H Shalley to replace a shop position, Clarkson to move on. Haviland arrives to lead bridge work on Boulder river. Typhoid cases in Billings stem from rural residents. Fort Belknap journal donated to Historical society. Montana militia trains for possible state team. Volume measurements for irrigation streams underway.
John W Wade of the State engineer's office will lead gating studies in cooperation with the state experiment station at Bozeman. Data from the project will aid future irrigation works. Havre Aug 28 Michael J Healey returned from Wild Horse lake on official business reporting 2000 tons of hay stock across the line for American ranchers at four dollars a ton duty.
At the American Bar association meeting in Hot Springs Virginia on August 28 officers were elected James Hagerman of Missouri president John Hinckley of Maryland secretary and Fred F Wadham of New York treasurer all selected during the morning session.
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