Track Clear After Incident Resumes Traffic
A brief notice reports traffic flow resumed after an earlier blockage on the main track. No details of location or cause are provided. Drivers are advised to proceed with caution as lanes clear.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1909
Page
1
A brief notice reports traffic flow resumed after an earlier blockage on the main track. No details of location or cause are provided. Drivers are advised to proceed with caution as lanes clear.
Settlement of race question reported in terse item with uncertain phrasing. Note unreadable fragments and limited readable facts. No clear individuals organizations places dates or outcomes can be positively identified from the text provided.
Amid confusion after the Dotsero wreck, the track has been cleared and traffic resumed. 188 passengers were aboard, many continuing their journey. several injured are identified, including Mrs Mahan and Mr Peters, with updates on their conditions and efforts to locate others reported missing.
Pittsburg reports 1902 as the deadliest year underground with numerous disasters. A mining engineer cites three gases, fire damp being the only explosive, and notes lamp screens burn out and careless tamping often causes fatal blasts.
Three Dillon raised youths aged under 22 were jailed for 30 days for vagrancy as police crack down on opium use in Chinatown joints. Sheriff Gosman and Chief Stone raided Lung Che in Chinatown. one youth was lectured and released. Authorities note state law against selling or giving drugs labeled as poison.
A massive blaze in Boston destroyed the largest automobile storage and repair plant in the city, wiping out 348 cars valued at 750,000 dollars. The fire spread to the Park Square railroad shed and wrecked the bicycle track and a pavilion. Total loss estimates reach about 500,000 dollars for the building.
Seattle banker L. W. Seeley and his wife Mrs Kate M. Seeley and daughter Miss Rene Seeley were found dead in a bathroom at their home on Eighteenth Avenue. Police reported multiple head wounds and possible strangulation. authorities searched for a weapon but found none. The family, prominent in local circles, included Seeley a former Washington Supreme Court appointee, a long legal career, and connections to the Delta Gamma society and the National Society of Daughters of the Urban Revolution. A fiancé of Miss Seeley, and a friend, communicated with her recently before the tragedy. Authorities investigated financial motives and potential insanity theories as they reviewed the scene.
New York January 17 Mr and Mrs Cliffe Lond wnt Lady Clifford and daughter of Churchhead Devonshire England sailed from Liverpool on the Cunard liner for a month long visit. Clifford Lond, among England's wealthiest peers and Roman Catholic party member, came to America in the early seventies and worked surveying in the North Pacific, had encounters with Sioux and joined the Yellowstone expedition.
New York January 17 open shop will fight to a finish following a Hat Manufacturers meeting to discuss the hatters strike begun Friday. Manufacturers say the strike will raise hat prices. Samuel Mundheim estimates 15 000 to 20 000 strikers.
New York in a Sunday norwester the schooner Swallow of St John s Newfoundland sank near Fire Island as crew members were lost at sea. Beach wreckage was found along Ocean Beach Fire Island and rescue crews salvaged flotsam while search efforts continued. The Swallow likely sailed from Newfoundland to New York with herring cargo and was driven ashore by strong winds. The Caritt convention announced a round trip to the national convention with expected large attendance.
Havana reports say on January 28 at noon Cubans will assume control from the American government after years of intervention. The liberal party of General Jose Miguel Gomes will hold 60 percent of appointive offices, with Gomes inaugurated June 28. American warships will salute, but U.S. forces will not remain.
British naval leaders praise the fleet after a remarkable voyage around the world. Rear Admiral Potter, commanding the squadron, Captain Beatty of the Wisconsin, Captain Hunterson of the Kearsarge, and Curzon Howe dined with the British Mediterranean Armchief. The admiral praised the Meet’s new appearance and the crew’s conduct during the voyage.
Francisco January 7. After lively discussion among Western lines the initiative to reduce colonist rates to California for the coming spring has been adopted. A rate of 18 from the Mississippi River to the coast, is 85 lower than last year’s level, agreed upon by Western interests and California roads.
Chicago officials announce a settlement over theater deaths, stating that 730 per case will be paid after years of negotiations. The action stems from the Quois incident at the Roqlois building and involves compensation for victims.
In Dalem Oregon on January 17 a tense senatorial race centered on George E. Chamberlain. Republican opponents press pledged electors to break their vows to prevent his election and threaten recall if the pledge is violated. A report from Washington cites shifting administration attitudes and possible presidential influence behind the maneuvers as the ballot nears Tuesday.
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