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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1900
Page
2
A southbound passenger train collided with freights near Jimalco Mexico, killing engineer Reeves and firemen Harveson and Ross. About 60 people were injured, with 20 seriously hurt. Survivors fled an angry crowd threatening lynching as wrecking trains and surgeons moved bodies to Jimalco.
El Paso reports engineer Ross and firemen Reeves and Harve gon killed as a freight train collided with a passenger train near Jimalco. Most victims were Mexicans riding in adjacent cars. Eleven dead and many injured as trains on the main line ran at high speed. Edward Risch of San Antonio adds details of another Mexican Central railway wreck last Thursday near a valley between hills fifty miles south of Jimuleo, between Tamanacha and Simon, with 11 dead and 69 injured.
A construction train with 150 men and a freight train of 55 empty cars collided, leaving three engines and 40 cars piled in a debris heap 380 feet high. Many dead and wounded are buried. two American workers escaped into the United States. Risch offers scant details, calling it one of Mexico's worst wrecks.
The Post reports a potential deal to transfer consolidated Washington Traction properties to the Boston Street Railway syndicate led by Stone and Webster. Bondholders meet in New York this week to discuss terms with Boston representatives. Jacob Firth and A W Albin are involved. Washington Traction says it has no knowledge of the deal.
A Tai news dispatch reports a massive powder magazine blast in Nan king China after a thunderstorm. The explosion obliterated a valley, mangled bodies found, and rescuers recovered 100 bodies the first day. The heir apparent Prince Chin was reported dead amid palace turmoil.
The Northern Pacific railway bought 34 acres of Tacoma tide lands near deep water and seeks to lease harbor rim lands from the state. The expansion would give the railroad control of the western Tacoma shoreline with 4 acres of tide land in deep water. Plans by engineers call for warehouses coal bunkers and a $1 000 000 terminal complex to serve oriental shipping and other roads.
Early today a fire engulfed the grocery store and dwelling of Robert Roberts at 1006 Wighta Avenue North, destroying the building and contents. The family escaped with their lives. authorities suggest a lamp left burning started the blaze. Loss estimated at about 1.4 thousand dollars with small insurance.
A jury awarded Editor McBride 700 in damages after suing 40 residents for 20000 over the destruction of his newspaper plant. Ten defendants were released from the judgment as the plant was wrecked by residents offended by articles in the paper.
In San Francisco on December 2 two more injured victims Ellie Crandell aged 12 and E. P. Tice died. Nine others were buried today.
List of visitors and brief arrivals in Butte include Simon Peppin of Havre Miles from Missoula A M Hull and M H Gerry from Helena J H Calderhead J C McCartney from Chestnut and others. Officials S H Frasier and H KH Melton are noted in connection with state business and education meetings.
Washington reports Professor Moore pledges a special North Atlantic forecast system linking Lisbon Azores and New York with wireless telegraphy. The bureau aims to include Bermuda western Europe ports and to extend barometer reduction to 3500 foot plateaus. The service has strengthened forecasting for tropical storms cold waves frosts and heavy snow with several hurricanes tracked.
Professor Moore of the Weather Bureau cites a Richmond appeals court ruling on vessel master liability for rain damage to cargo at Charleston. He argues the decision endorses heed to storm warnings and notes one in five forecasts fail verification, yet no major marine storm in six years lacked prior warning.
Advertising copy claims the tablets stop the cough and work off the cold in one day with a no cure no pay offer. Priced at 25 cents.
A New York Evening Post piece surveys the marine junk trade. It describes shore yards from Jersey shores to Brooklyn where veteran sailors barter ships on shares, haggle with captains, and extract labor costs, leaving many hulls to rot or be sold, with masts and rigging varying in value.
Dr Morrison writing from Pekin reports that French and German authorities and Count von Waldersee's police destroyed two centuries old Jesuit astronomical instruments on Pekin walls. Half reportedly sent to Berlin and the rest to Paris. He condemns the act as vandalism and argues the instruments should be hidden from potential damage as Pekin loses its status as capital.
Diplomatic representatives press Field Marshal Count von Waldersee to stop removing astronomical instruments from the Pekin observatory. many are labeled for Berlin or Paris and over a year old. Chinese objections are reportedly dismissed as futile by Li Hung Chang’s staff. The Boxers’ return is tracked, and a limited railway service resumes with a line from Tientsin to Pekin ready for wider use around December 15.
Washington officials say a common ground for a satisfactory Boxer outrages settlement is near. The state department coordinates with Pekin and European court representatives to push a note to Chinese plenipotentiaries aligning with the United States position that China should meet only feasible imperial demands. No further word has come from Mr. Conger.
Report from Tientsin dated December 2 states Russia will transfer control of the railroad to the Chinese government as part of a negotiated settlement. The decision follows discussions over railway ownership and strategic influence in the region.
New York December reports Miss Georgia Cayvan the actress has been ill for weeks at Sanford Hall San itarium in Flushing L L suffering nervous prostration and near total blindness. Her health has declined since an 1895 operation. she is a native of Bath Maine.
Crowds gathered in Crookston Minnesota to file on lands of the White Earth reservation opening for settlement Tuesday morning. Officials expect about six filings per claim amid tense anticipation and potential violence following the long wait.
A notable gathering of musicians from many cities attended funeral services for J Thomas Baldwin the bandmaster at the Columbus Avenue Universalist Church. Masons chaired the arrangements.
The Juarez bull fight drew over 2,000 Americans from El Paso as bulls from the mountains fought fiercely. Two horses were killed under picadores and two men injured in the event December 2 in Juarez Mexico.
The promoter announces willingness to back Terry McGovern again for a YW round bout with any purse size. If Broad lasts all rounds he will award him the entire purse.
Members of the Royal Canadian contingent attended a service at Westminster Abbey in London December 2 and later toured Buckingham Palace and other sights. They were greeted with enthusiasm during the engagements.
Two Pittsburg towboats the Tom Dodsworth and Volunteer collided two miles above Huntington West Virginia today. The accident involved nearly half a million bushels of coal and caused about 100 dollars in damage.
The body of Colonel Liscum was removed from the transport and brought to the Presidio in San Francisco where it will lie until it is sent to Washington for burial.
The Chattahoochee Brick Company plant in Atlanta burned today causing about $6,000 in losses.
Berlin reports the death of Herr Spinola a councilor and director of the charity hospital. The official notice confirms his passing and notes his leadership role in the hospital.
Emmet Riordan aged 12 and Ralph Riordan aged 14 drowned while bathing in the Banta Inez river at Lompoc California Ralph died trying to save his younger brother who was seized by cramps The incident occurred today with both boys as victims and authorities reporting the tragedy as a local drowning casualty.
Ex Governor Joseph W McClurg aged 88 died in Lebanon Missouri today from stomach hemorrhage. He was elected Missouri governor as a Republican in 1886 serving one term and also served in Congress from 1862 to 186? through 1883.
New York reports the body of Policeman Patrick McGlinn recovered from the East River tonight after he was assigned to guard duties at the House of the Good Shepherd. McGlinn had served on the force for 25 years.
William Gibson, convicted of burning his two year old step daughter to death with a poker, has been captured at Rush Kentucky. Miners demand ten thousand dollars before they will surrender him to the sheriff.
Sam Harris is noted in Milwaukee on December 2 following broad events linked to McGovern. The brief item lists Harris as a subject of the unresolved timeline in the political scene.
A high school graduate in Kansas City fought back when a robber demanded her pocketbook on a suburban boulevard last Saturday night. She struck him with the strap-holding pocketbook, delivering a solid blow that sent the assailant sprawling. He recovered quickly but fled, leaving the scene without the loot.
A man demanded a pocketbook from a girl who struck him in the jaw. He fell, then the girl fled to her home where she was greeted by her mother and sisters. She laughed loudly and dismissed the incident, defying expectations.
A. W. Combs of Oakland learns from Judge Cutler that two of his hounds, missing during a mountain trip near Crescent City in Del Norte county, were found guarding a bear nine days later. The miner who found them reported the dogs had protected their quarry until relief arrived and the bear was killed.
In Yonkers Statesman style humor, Gyles asks why the carriage is called a trap. Styles replies that his wife needs help to exit, eliciting a light punchline.
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