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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1903
Page
9
Minister Lewis J. Duncan argues in a Good Templars hall lecture that early peoples viewed God as a distant monarch whose will governs all, while modern thought sees an immanent universal energy guiding all phenomena. He cites progress from arbitrary divine power to an evolving God consciousness in humanity.
The Great Northern engineers' team will face the clerks in a three game series next week with stakes set at $100 a side. The match promises competitive play and local interest in the competition.
Two Union Pacific freights collided near Harper's station west of Laramie Wyoming just after 4 am. Fireman Sealill of Cheyenne was killed, Brakeman H S Weick of Laramie seriously hurt, and Engineer J D Rinder of Cheyenne injured. Two locomotives and several cars damaged, eight hours of traffic delay. Blinding storm blinded signals. conductor opened brakes in time to limit disaster.
Edward Powers, a produce merchant, was killed this morning when a highwayman attacked him on a city street near his home. Powers' body was discovered at daybreak by a police officer.
A report from Laredo Texas dated January 11 states a severe earthquake shock hit Jamilop tec in Mexico. Significant property damage occurred but no deaths were reported. Subterranean rumblings have been heard in that area for some time.
In Providence Chinatown a coal gas leak at a Chinese boarding house left eleven men overcome. Don Doe the proprietor of a Chinese grocery died at the scene. Two others were in critical condition at Rhode Island Hospital while the rest were expected to recover. The poison gas originated from a basement furnace as he sat at his desk.
Detroit mayor W C Maybury arrives from Chicago where he attended the permanent committee meeting of the Detroit get coal convention. He chairs the committee and will issue the convention call in Washington within ten days with the exact date to be announced soon.
Midshipman Robert A. Pearson of Concord New Hampshire suffers a broken jaw after a lower classman fight at Annapolis Md Francis G Blasdel of New York is jailed following the incident Pearson fainted during hazing and fought through five rounds before a first classman halted the match The naval authorities plan further arrests and Pearson Sr Edward W Pearson secretary of state of New Hampshire will not intervene
Storm King holds sway as a furious blizzard grips Lower Michigan. Heavy snow and high winds disrupt travel, blanketing roads and closing schools. Meteorologists warn of ongoing hazard with drifting drifts and whiteout conditions across multiple counties.
A Michigan snow storm shuts Lake Michigan shipping and delays trains from Benton Harbor to Grand Rapids. Detroit reports five inches of snow, a 30 mph wind, and forecasts zero or colder. Brisk sleet ice coats Louisville streets while a Billings divorce filing cites habitual intemperance and non support.
Special Correspondence reports C R Robinson who robbed the Progress restaurant at Geat Falls of 70 dollars and broke jail yesterday was recaptured last night by City Marshal A C White. He hid in a Great Northern ice house until Chief Cook of Great Falls arrived to return him.
Pittsburg dispatch reports a fire at the American Shea Company wood plant in McKeesport nearly destroyed the oldest section. The blaze started from a broke pipe and will put about a ninth of the workers out of work and shut 9 of 16 sheet mills for a week with losses not yet estimated.
May meet with Chicago and Alton railway officers in Chicago tomorrow as the grievance committee discusses possible talks to resolve labor tensions. Bloomington station report dated January 11. The committee says a conference with road officials may occur in the near future.
An English traveler describes a Russian evening from arrival to dawn. Hosts force multiple drinks and courses, theater viewing with liquors, continual smoking, late suppers, music, then card games and gambling. By 5 am the visitor finally retires, exhausted by Russia’s famed hospitality.
A Havre picked team challenges a Great Falls squad for a January 25 meet in Great Falls. A night earlier Burke's alleys hosted a match between Great Northern machinists and clerks, won by the machinists by 128 pins.
At a Brotherhood of Paper Makers meeting in Appleton 300 workers discussed peace or war with employers. Indications point to a refusal to return to long hours and possible conflict. President Mackay attended to address the dispute. Havre reports a new labor wage scale effective immediately with painters at four dollars and various trades at two to four fifty dollars per hour.
South Haven Michigan residents report a large blaze that destroyed the Colonial hotel and several other buildings, causing an estimated loss of fifty thousand dollars. Firefighters battled the flames through the night.
Leghorn Italy January 11 Mme Gari Baldi widow of the patriot is reported dangerously ill at her home.
In Butte our daily sales boast old fashioned ham and bacon with no factory taste. Home made sugar cured bacon sells for .20c, eastern hams skin on .1ave, eastern bacon in pieces .15c. Smoked beef tongues 65c each, smoked calf tongues .25c, lard prices from 1.30 to .40. Shoulder roast veal and mutton cuts at low prices. Prime rib roast 12 1/4c, chuck roast 10c, leg mutton 12 1/4c.
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