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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1901
Page
8
A private East telegram proposes staging Fitzsimmons versus Jeffries in Butte as a scientific exhibition with a £20 000 purse. The plan hopes to avoid law issues while drawing a profitable crowd. Ike Heilbronner leads the committee and invites further contact.
The Montana Society of Engineers held a banquet at the McDermott last evening with about 60 attendees. Eugene Carroll served as toastmaster as speakers and guests entertained with witty remarks amid a string orchestra and a lavish menu. C H Moore praised the President of the United States and F L Sizer received hearty applause for the Montana Society sentiment.
The Montana Society of Engineers held a banquet at the Mc Dermott where Frank L. Sizer of Butte was praised as speechmaker. W H Williams spoke on the Morrill grant and W A Haven received a toast for past service while President Sizer read a reflective address about leadership and building enduring work.
J R Connors, separated from his wife, says he was cut by Jack Ryan also known as J B Nichola after a dispute over domestic matters. Connors suffered a two inch gash behind the left ear and a two inch plus cut on the right cheek. Ryan was accused of using brass knuckles. Officers responded and Connors went home after treatment.
Salt Lake reports the republican house caucus named William Glessman of Ogden for speaker and M. H. Steele of Garfield for clerk. Democratic senate caucus chose A. J. Evans of Lehi for president and Noble Warruo for secretary as the session begins Monday.
West Point announces the mental examination results. four Wing cadets among others are found deficient in concrete studies and discharged. The list includes Third class B. Mr. McCroskey of California fourth chief Thomas Duncan at large F A Gorges of Nevada and J A Stover of Idaho.
The past three days of rain have swollen grip cases across the city. Deepstales are congested and the outdoor poor superintendentate has ordered no more admissions. Dispensaries are crowded all day as staff prepare medicines for the afflicted.
Brussels dispatch reports the Russian government ordered Novoe Vremya to stop its attacks on the French government and on General Andre, the French minister of war.
Rome gossip column Note: the Observatore Romano publishes a Latin poem by the geope dedicated to Christ to inaugurate the new century. The piece lauds faith and the dawning era with solemn tone and classical verse.
In Indianapolis on January 12 rumors spread that letters received by close political allies suggest a developing controversy. The fragment indicates intrigue among trusted figures but offers no concrete details or names.
It is learned that A. C. Harris of this city, minister to Austria, will become the new attorney general in President McKinley’s cabinet, succeeding the current holder of the post and signaling a notable elevation within the administration.
The Tillamook, a U S mail steamer between Juneau and Dutch Harbor, wrecked Nov 27 on Wood Island reef near Kodiak Alaska. Thirty aboard reached Kodiak in lifeboats. Captain Hughes stayed with the ship and later joined survivors in Kodiak. The Alpha and the Senator assisted in rescues. both vessels suffered damage. The Tillamook is a total loss. passengers include N Gray of Alaska Commercial, Mrs Hugries of San Francisco, and Mrs Lyall and Emily Lyall, with the full passenger list held by the purser aboard the Alpha.
Special Dispatch reports the Neihart train from Great Falls remains stalled six miles northwest of Belt with no ETA. A derailment, snowdrifts, and a snowslide caused multiple track incidents. crew and passengers are being moved by teams as rescuers inspect the site.
Paris reports claimed ex president Kruger near death but Berlin dispatch says he is completely restored. Doctors Vinkhuysen and Doesxt confirm health, though a divine service will be held at his hotel due to cold weather.
The steamer Mariposa arrived from Sydney two days early, completing the voyage in 20 days and 3 hours. The ship carried an insured cargo valued at about 7 million dollars.
Lincoln Nebraska January 12 W J Bryan says the first issue of his paper the Commoner will appear on Wednesday January 23 at Lincoln Nebraska in the early 1900s era tone.
During revival services in Shelten burg Pennsylvania a snake crawled under seats. A woman felt it cross her shoe and then realized it was a snake. The crowded church panicked as the reptile raced between rows while men chased it. It was captured and services resumed.
The oldest furniture house in the state promotes a third week of 20 percent off for cash on most items and ships a large trainload of furniture Feb. 1. Prices are marked in plain figures with the store promising confidence of the people and delivery free of charge.
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