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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1909
Page
5
The article describes Zelaya's crackdown on a revolution in Nicaragua, the claim of American agents being involved, and charges of mass pillage and corruption. It notes opposition within Nicaragua and suggests the United States may intervene to restore order, with various figures and events tied to the turmoil.
Wandlington Der reports 12 Senor Castrilla, a representative of the Nicaraguan Infectionists, received a telegram from General Wins, amid claims of assured success in the revolution.
A northbound Chicago and Northwestern passenger train struck a newly elevated track defect in northern Chicago. Two immigrants were killed and four others injured including three men and a woman. The accident damaged the cargo area and wrecked several cars. engineers and firemen escaped unharmed.
Reports from Mechlin indicate King Albert III remains gravely ill after a fortnight of severe abdominal distress and alleged intestinal involvement. Doctors, private secretaries, and the cabinet convened as physicians warned of the danger while preparing for imminent contingencies.
In Constantinople on December 12 M. Blériot, famed French aviator, was seriously injured when his aeroplane crashed during a public exhibition before a large crowd. The machine overturned, he fell to the ground, and suffered possible internal injuries. the craft was wrecked.
Havre December 12 Three strike breakers started to work this morning in the Great Northern yard as the company provided sleeping and boarding cars for them. Passenger and freight trains are now running close to schedule time.
A loud cry in the Majrath Theater in Cleveland tonight triggered a panic as a woman fell in the balcony. The crowded house saw many women and several children crushed or injured during the scramble to exit.
Brine Po Nee reports a Lake Erie ferry disaster with nine men found frozen aboard the Bessemer & Marquette No 4. Commodore Perry scoured the lake for two days, locating the yawl and recovering the bodies. The crew and passengers, from Conneaut and nearby towns, included Albert J Weis and William Sollars among the dead. the vessel carried 32 people in a ferocious storm that sunk mid lake near Conneaut and Port Stanley.
London reports state Viscountess Churchill wife of Viscount Churchill disappeared after arriving at St Pancresse with her children on November 28. Advertisements seek her whereabouts as rumors swirl that a spirit medium advised departure from her husband. Pittsburg metals labor talks loom as AFL and Amalgamated press push for steel plant dispute discussions.
New York reports say there is no truth to claims the Utah Copper and Boston Consolidated Copper companies plan a merger with Nevada Copper. The rumor centers on a potential enlarged company with annual copper output near 200,000 tons, about 15 percent of domestic production, excluding foreign output.
Detective work on the double throwing here may have yielded no trace of the perpetrator. The home of Harry Wandell city editor of an afternoon paper was bombed on the front porch with windows blown in but no injuries. Wandell fainted from the shock and remained confined to bed. A man was seen fleeing the scene.
Lowlaville, Kyi Pte. reports no clew in the disappearance of Alina Kollyer, a child from Loptavile, who vanished from home Wednesday morning. Police say the case remains open with no definite suspects or location found to date.
The Northern Pacific did not vote to return to work as a heey, while a lodge of Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen members who went back to work in Butte would act individually. Great Northern leaders will confer with the Railway Conductors to shape the larger stance, with Copper City lodge claiming a victory for their side.
A special car bearing sinker-breakers to replace striking switchers at the Missoula yards of the Northern Pacific arrived this afternoon. The crew will work two shifts, night service starts at 8 o clock. Guards are in place to prevent trouble, though no incidents have occurred.
Arbitration hearings begin in Chicago between the general managers conference committee and the entrance committee of the awaiting union. Mediation under the Erdman act is expected. leaders include S Haberling for the switchmen and O Matcher for the GM committee. A related rail dispute between the railroad telegraph era and the Illinois Central is also under review by commissioners and Labor Nelson AG.
Washington reports that a broad program of appropriation bills may be prepared and pushed before Christmas adjournment, with leaders Tawney and Payne aiming to finish budgets and possibly the army bill. Expect limited action on referendistation, antitrust, and railroads with emphasis on appropriation bills this week. Congress remains split on policy areas including conservation postal shipping and merchant marine.
Chinese minister Ching Yin Tang to the United States, accompanied by his wife and three secret members of Is party, departed for Washington by the Overland Limited. A delegation of Chinese merchants escorted the party from the hotel to the ferry building as a drum corps greeted them. Before leaving the boat, the minister placed an $80 check with the clerk to remember all who aided him during his stay.
A derailment on the Tanvete Chicago east bound line of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad near Exeter caused two passenger cars a engine and baggage car to topple from the track. Several passengers were injured with one severely hurt. Rails near Northwestern crossings were referenced as the site of the crash. Railroad officials investigated and arranged relief trains.
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