Score Added To Death List Now Fifty Three
A tally shows the death list rising to fifty three with no further details provided. The brief notes the count update and remaining items unknown.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1907
Page
11
A tally shows the death list rising to fifty three with no further details provided. The brief notes the count update and remaining items unknown.
The Baltimore & Ohio wreck at Terra Cotta last night leaves at least five dead and scores injured, with many expected to die. Investigations are planned with officials holding the engineer and Takoma block operator to account as inquiries begin.
A lively New Year greeting arrives with a bold shout from the Glad club, celebrating the season with enthusiasm and festive cheer. The message emphasizes goodwill and communal celebration as the year begins.
Hundreds gathered in Butte streets at midnight to greet the new year with cheers and whistles. Salvation Army services at barracks and a Grace Methodist Episcopal church watch night service featured sermons, prayers, and consecration, with ministers and townspeople alike hoping for a prosperous year ahead.
Boston, Dec 31. After District Attorney Moran criticized police Sunday enforcement, Police Commissioner O Mara ordered strict enforcement yesterday. Officers cited workers in moving scenery trunks fruit stands stevedoring washing windows and cleaning buildings while some street cleaning in market business and water front areas was left undone. Superintendent Cummings refused to risk prosecution.
Denver reports Simon Guggenheim won Republican caucus backing to succeed Thomas M Patterson as Colorado senator. The 39 year old heir to Meyer Guggenheim wealth promised to serve as a plain citizen, not to represent any company, and aims to honor his independence and public duty.
Goldfield December 31 A draft settlement proposal from mine owners seeks to resume work on the old wage scale of four dollars per day for ordinary and surface labor, four fifty for sinking and raising, five for skilled labor, with a potential store in which owners and miners would own at least half. The miners deem it a first practical compromise though short of their demand for a dollar scale.
Charles Spade of Salmon City Idaho made an unsuccessful suicide attempt in Dillon after a dispute with his wife over moving away. He inflicted neck and wrist wounds and a heart area stab, but all injuries are not life threatening. Dr Poindexter treated him and he was later taken to a lodging house to recover.
Snow blanketed Bakersfield and Porterville in Tulare County marking the first snowfall there since 1897, with additional flakes reported in nearby areas.
London reports Israel Zangwill proposing a propaganda effort to direct Jewish emigrants from Russia to Galveston Texas rather than New York. He says no colony is planned and an information bureau would guide migrants to trades and outward rail links, noting many would depart for Galveston immediately.
In Bareilly British India during the missionary jubilee, visiting American clergymen baptized 523 Hindoo converts in the afternoon while 2,000 more refused baptism for next summer. The session ended with a watch night service welcoming the new year.
Police decoy leads to the capture of more than a hundred leaders and members of the St Petersburg military organization of the social democrats. The raid includes the editor of The Barracks and 25 soldiers with several women, plus a list of 27 high officials sentenced to death. Police claim to have thwarted a plan to blow up participants at a future conference. The crackdown targets the army and navy propaganda, split between majority and minority factions, with the latter now stronger in numbers.
Mrs Lillian Breslin claiming widowhood of George H Pullman disrupted a New York juvenile court session over her son Edmunds commitment to the juvenile asylum. She shouted for the judge and was removed after pressing to see him. Judge Olmstead affirmed the commitment following proper investigation and refused release.
Teheran reports the shah endured a very bad night with unclear details of his condition or cause, leaving government circles tightlipped about the health and his routine.
A New Year gift totaling three million dollars is announced for Chicago University. The gift is expected to support research and scholarship across multiple departments and expand endowments for future generations.
John D. Rockefeller contributes nearly 3 million dollars to the University of Chicago increasing his total bene factions to about 19.4 million. Most funds go to the permanent endowment with securities valued at 2.7 million, while 217 thousand covers the year's deficit and raises instructor salaries by 40 thousand annually.
Heavy rain worsens the crisis on the lower Colorado as the Gila and Sart rivers feed the river. Ten trestle beams washed away delaying dam work by about a week or ten days. The Imperial and Coachella valleys face a dire outlook unless government aid arrives. The threat to about 10 000 residents heightens calls for drastic measures to tame the river before summer floods.
C. C. Morris, Burlington night agent, fought two robbers in York at dawn. One stood guard while the other looted a cash drawer. Morris struck the guard, wrestled the drawer robber, and chased the pair as they fled. A wounded bandit left a blood pool on the floor. Morris was uninjured.
Six men die and three are mortally wounded near Parral Chihuahua Mexico when two boxes of dynamite explode at an excavation site. The cause remains unknown.
London reports on December 31 that James Bryce, newly appointed British ambassador to Washington, is expected to be offered a knighthood in recognition of his diplomatic service. The announcement reflects high-level consideration for his role and contributions.
Secretary Shaw cautions against alarm over finances while noting 1906 receipts of 626 million and expenditures of 666 million, leaving a 59 million excess. He cites prosperity and real estate speculation as factors behind money shortages and argues independent treasury relates little to stringency.
Helena district court nears verdict in the Schmidt murder case as defense experts testify on insanity. Dr William Treacy suggested in cross examination that some unfaithful wives might deserve killing, while other doctors disputed the claim noting insanity.
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