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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1900
Page
2
Washington December 16 The senate will devote most of the week to considering the Hay Pauncefote treaty to push ratification, with ship subsidy and army bills delayed until after holidays. Lodge hopes for a pre holiday vote, Money and other opponents to speak, and more speeches promised on the subsidy bill if time permits.
The house will adjourn over the holidays on Friday under a concurrent resolution. Little business is expected unless the river and harbor appropriation bill comes up midweek. Tomorrow features brief suspension work and likely passage of several districting and Lanham Texas claims bills, with private pension bills to follow. District of Columbia business set for Tuesday.
Mexico City's Minister Lman tours reports a coming year revenue of 61,691,000 and expenditures of 41,677,990. He notes monetary stringency and that a large surplus is not anticipated, outlining the present financial situation and economic phenomena.
The minister notes a sharp cash curtailment from silver export, reducing circulating silver to about 50 million and triggering paralyzed transactions. Credit expansion and overproduction followed, as new stock issues saturated markets. yet most enterprises rest on sound calculations and security, and the report leaves a favorable impression.
Washington reports no settlement on indemnity from the Ottoman Empire. Britain’s push for compensation is seen as hindering progress in ongoing negotiations between the United States and Turkey, despite earlier dispatch impressions.
Emily Leslie daughter of ex Governor Leslie was buried after a funeral at 11 o clock from the residence at Broadway and Raleigh. The rites were led by Rev. J F McNamee and Rev Mr Clark. Interment occurred at Forestvale.
Manitowoc Wis Dec 16 The steamship Manhattan arrived with W H Shields and William McAuley lighthouse keepers on Squaw Island and the bodies of Mrs Shields and her niece Mrs Mary Davis. They were lashed to an overturned yawl after a squall capsized their boat on Friday. Lu c ien Morden of Montague Mich drowned earlier. The two men were frostbitten and may lose their lower limbs. The party had been en route to the mainland when the craft capsized in frigid lake waters. The survivors were rescued Saturday afternoon by the Manhattan and treated for exposure. The report includes a lengthy account of the terrible ordeal.
Advertisement promises relief from a cold in one day using Promo-Quinine Tablets. It claims a laxative ingredient and offers No Cure No Pay with a price of 25 cents.
Report from Manila says American troops advance north and west with detachments active near stations. Insurgent losses in 10 days: five killed, seven wounded, 40 captured. American losses two killed, three wounded. Elsewhere battles in Southern Luzon, several captured. In Washington, Taft says tariff rates likely around 40 percent revenue oriented. kerosene duty cut to four cents. some foods admitted free. broader reductions expected.
Secretary of state for war William St John Broderick forms a committee to address reform inclinations toward decentralization and faster operation. Clinton F E Dawkins chairs the panel with Sir Charles Glynne Bart Welby Ernest Breckett and William Mather as members. The group will meet in January amid debate over whether the move delays urgent reforms.
Peter Cooper Hewitt son of former Mayor Abram Hewitt has completed experiments promising a revolution in lighting. His laboratory is high in the Madison Square Garden tower. He declined to reveal details, saying he would share them with the public when ready.
The Independent charges a $35,000 payment to Governor Poynter to pardon ex State Treasurer Joseph Bartley, jailed 20 years for embezzling $500,000. The report claims large sums funded silence from three state dailies and $55,000 cash, with agents aiming to push a Bartley bond relief bill through the legislature.
Terre Haute Ind December 16 John Owen alias John Radcliffe faces execution at Paris NL in two weeks. He rejects defense testimony and pleads guilty laughing as sentence is read claiming no one knows his name. Mary Owen of St Louis suspects him as her husband. The note adds July 1899 sentence for accomplice William Daley, 40 years for murder on a Big Four freight train.
The Rev Henry Tesnow formerly of the First Reform Church in Denver resigns by request amid accusations of mismanagement of church finances and general discord. He allegedly exposed his view of city evils, absented from home, threatened his wife with a revolver, and fled to Chicago then New Jersey while writing imploring letters to his wife and church officials.
Postal clerks are warned of a new counterfeit $2.50 or $5 silver certificate bearing an Indian portrait of Onepapa. The photo lithographic note uses fair paper with dispersed fibers and carries treasury number 2415 0m, plate numbers, and a B check letter. Distinct flaws include white spots on the right cheek, a glassy left eye, a smiling mouth, and color differences in the left numeral, right seal, and back shading.
A sharp earthquake shock rattled Santiago de Cuba last night during a grand ball at the San Carlos club. A dull mine-like sound preceded two shocks, creating panic as guests fled to the streets. At Morro castle a liberty ball continued with American ladies noting curiosity rather than fear.
Definite instructions from London reaching Sir Ernest Mason Satow demand a modification of a point in the joint note. The objection is kept secret but ministers acknowledge the change will entail extensive diplomatic procedure and further delay as each government must respond.
Washington officials are puzzled by a reported change demanded by the British minister to Pekin before signing the joint Chinese note. The alteration is said to be a stylistic language change only, not shifting the agreement’s principles, and the note’s presentation to Chinese plenipotentiaries is expected soon.
Dr Morrison reports Li Hung Chang thanks the czar for Manchurian protection under Russian guarantee. Ukhtomsky completes mission in Pekin. Shanghai notes renewed Boxer activity near Pekin and Tientsin with foreign connivance rumors. Russia consolidates power. Morning Post cites Boxer leadership largely punished as danger subsides.
A public welcome in Berlin honored German troops returning from China. Emperor William, Empress, Prince Henry, Prince Rupert, and high officials led the ceremony at the arsenal. The Kaiser saluted the wounded and decorated and declared the army and navy as one in his address.
A new rebellion in Kwangtung province claims aim to replace Manchu rule with a Western styled government. Rebels number about 30,000 with several towns in their grip and eight of ten reported battles won.
A Ninth United States Infantry private, while searching for stray mules near Hosiwu, found a rapid fire gun with 5,000 rounds of ammunition and later recovered two loaded Winchesters two magazine rifles and 1,700 rounds of ammo at a mail station.
A town resident was fired upon while leaving the area. A village five miles southeast of Ho siwu experienced two Chinese shellings within a half mile of the mail ration point.
Reports from Pekin describe armed bands of native Christians from Soura Noons moving about the countryside and levying blackmail. The bands, said to be Catholics under a French missionary, Wearng Chinese clothing, threaten districts around Pekin under local command.
The Official Messenger prints a Russian government view denying illegal actions in the Yangtsunhan kwan line. It says military needs justified Russia’s hold, declines recognizing British ownership, admits British finance influence, and promises restoration after foreign troops leave Chili province.
A Tacoma dispatch to the Times states Canton suffered a blaze on November 16 with about 2,000 shops and houses burned and roughly 40 natives killed. Governor Nieh of Kiangsu sent silks satins and embroideries valued at 60,000 taels to the empress dowager in honor of her birthday.
Vancouver crowd learns of pugilist Jack Morrison badly hurt at Rowing Club smoker. Hit with a solar plexus blow by local Ted Sharp, Morrison has been insensible since and is not expected to recover.
Chicago reports Wolfe, a retail clothing firm, has filed for bankruptcy. Liabilities reach 250000 with assets around 120000.
From Price Utah a report to the News notes an alarming smallpox rise across Eastern Utah with most cases among foreign miners in coal camps and warnings of further spread if unchecked.
The report notes a general epidemic of the plague reducing coal output. About 100 cases at Schofield, with Winter Quarters and Clear Creek contending with the disease. Sunny Camp reports six new cases today.
Helena December 16 Typographical Union No 95 opposes the state owning a printing plant. A meeting selected a delegate for a January 7 printers meeting to draft a bill for a state printing department. The Helena union declined to elect a delegate and passed resolutions against state printing.
Dunkirk N Y Dec 16 five more victims of the Norman school fire were recovered bringing the total to six found in the ruins. The bodies were charred beyond recognition and were discovered at the foot of a fire escape where debris had piled them.
A violent wind and rainstorm hit Astoria on December 16 with gusts reaching 95 miles per hour at the river mouth. No damage to shipping was reported.
Chicago December 16 The boxing match between Joe Walcott and Joe Choynski scheduled for December 1 has been postponed indefinitely due to the unsatisfactory bout between Sam Gans and Jim McGovern on Thursday.
A Leavenworth dispatch reports that tri fling repairs on the Cascade tunnel roadbed require Great Northern trains to avoid the tunnel until Wednesday. Local Seattle notice confirms the delay affects service and operations through the Cascade corridor.
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