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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1902
Page
1
Alice Roosevelt performs a ceremonial bottle break and releases a yacht from its greased moorings. The event marks a traditional admiralty style launch as the vessel glides into its native waters.
Prince Henry of Prussia visits New York as representative of Emperor William. The Kaiser's yacht Meteor is launched and christened by Miss Alice Roosevelt with President Roosevelt and family aboard. The ceremony includes a city hall address granting freedom of New York, large public ovations, a Manhattan Club dinner, and an opera performance to conclude a day of high diplomacy.
Prince Henry of Prussia and President Roosevelt witness the christening of the Meteor at Shooters Island. Miss Alice Roosevelt names the vessel with a champagne bottle as the Kaiser’s envoy witnesses the ceremony amid a large gathering.
The sentence notes that Gardiner along with two others received clemency and pardon. It reports an act of executive clemency affecting multiple individuals.
In Washington on February 25 the senate president pro tem Frye ordered the clerk to restore the names of Senators Tillman and McLaurin, signaling possible action to suspend them for a set time. Debate centered on precedent, with Burrows appointed to draft a suspension resolution to be considered by thePrivileges and Elections Committee and then the full senate.
The Steamer Tees arrived in Vancouver with news that Walter Lee, an American mining man, drowned at Skeena. The Tees also reported passing the steamer Bertha near Union, with the Bertha moving under her own steam at five to six miles per hour. The Trader is carrying the Bertha’s cargo to Seattle.
In Red Lodge Montana the Bilant murder case moves toward a jury after nearly 200 talesmen were examined. The state plans to rest, defense calls eight witnesses, with trial expected Thursday or Friday. Witnesses testified of a saloon fight five weeks earlier and the fatal hammer beating of Dave Davidson. Bilant expressed a desire to be hanged, while showing interest in the proceedings.
Reports from Helena State that East Helena smelter workers face discontent after a furnace shutdown on February 1. Union men reassigned or dismissed amid tensions with the Western Federation of Miners and Western Labor union organizer Philip Bowden. Possible future trouble with management noted.
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