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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1903
Page
22
A former Butte correspondent in Mexico writes that Americans jailed there deserve their fate and blasts peers who refuse help. She recalls harrowing railcar extortion by Americans, shows sympathy for Mexican victims, and recounts rescuing wounded peons while condemning other Americans’ cruelty and prejudice.
In San Francisco on December 2 Proper the favorite won the Christmas handicap at Ingleside before a large season crowd. Falconbridge followed in second after a late move, while Divinia beat Claude for third. The race card carried a $4,640 purse with $3,615 to the winner. Other races saw Lurene, Soufriere, Mountebank, Saintly, and Ada N. claim victories in shorter events.
New Orleans track results list winners by race: Crescent City First race seven furlongs selling Gus Lanka won Latuka second Odawahaha third. Times shown for each race include 1:25 for seven furlongs. Mayor Johnson, Tioga, Bard of Avon take other top places across the card with times around 1:24 4-5 and 1:43 9 5. Little Elkin and Sidney Sabbath win later legs with Adelante third in that race. W. J. Deboe leads the final one mile selling event with Teckoner second and Class Leader third.
In Los Angeles on December 25 a selling race saw Little Margaret win with Sir Christopher second and Madam Bishop third in 1 17. Eugenia BK won the second race over Quest and Colonel Bogey in 1 21. Ocean Dream topped Clawson course with Bragg and Beautiful and Best in 1 11. Hollywood handicap winner was M F Tarpey with Nitrate and Haviland in 1 4tg. Moor won the fifth race with Jim Hale second and Erne third in 1 48. Orsina led the sixth over Fortunatus and Cloche dOr in 1 30.
A dense listing of race entries with horses and numbers across six races. Conditions note a selling event in several races and a purse race, with weather described as clear and track fast. Names include Pat Bulger, Alma DuFour, Bill Curtis, Tioleta, Macana, Geisha Girl, and Sir Hugh among many others.
Five horse races listed with weights and runners across distances from one mile to seven eighths of a mile. Notable entries include Nancy Blake 105 and Bourke Coch 112 in the first race, and multiple sire and horse names across subsequent events. Weather noted as cloudy with a sloppy track.
Weather clear track fast. First race seven eighths mile selling Mythrox 107 Jingler 107 Lou-
Muldoon McDonald, a colored heavyweight, was shot dead by W H Atkins at the Wisconsin hotel in San Francisco on December 25. Atkins says McDonald tried to steal $1.35, prompting the deadly shooting after three shots were fired. A second man, Julius Anderson, was lightly wounded by a stray bullet.
Paris observers report very little excitement over the Dreyfus ruling with the government predicting fatigue as the cassation court takes up the appeal. Dreyfus remains tight lipped while supporters like Joseph Reinach praise the development as a potential step toward vindication.
Mexico Missouri December 25 G W Blodgett of Bussy Iowa who was hurt in the wreck of the southbound Wabash near here yesterday died at the Windsor hotel today R Lamont of Sandusky Montana who was also hurt is believed to be in a dying condition
Hopkinsville Kentucky December 25 threats of mob violence forced nine Black men charged with murder to be moved to Madisonville for protection. A confession linked the unknown victim to robbery and murder by the group, including the prisoner who admitted participating in the crime.
Pasadena Calif Dec 2 William Coggswell one of the country s best known and oldest artists is dead in South Pasadena at the age of ? years.
Tokio reports an extraordinary cabinet meeting where a decision was made to issue an emergency ordinance. The brief note notes the formal action and aims, but details remain sparse in the fragment. The move signals heightened government measures amid ongoing events in December.
A guarantee of the principal and interest on an issue of ten million yen debentures for the Seoul Fusan railway is anticipated, with completion expected before the end of next year.
Rome report that Professor Giovanni Livi director of the state archives at Bologna has uncovered a 1323 parchment with two pen drawings showing Dante crowned by Bologna. The find promises to aid scholars seeking an authentic portrait of the poet.
Baron Rothschild chaired a joint meeting of the foreign committee and the board of deputies of the Anglo Jewish association. Attendees included Rev Dr Hermann Adler. They reviewed reports of renewed anti Jewish outrages at Kishinef and urged Foreign Secretary Lansdowne to seek joint Britain United States government action to avert further persecution of Jews in Russia.
The Omaha grain exchange filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state in Lincoln on December 25. The capital is $259,000 and the articles are signed by 102 men of the exchange.
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