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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1901
Page
7
The gun club medal contest at gun range yesterday saw Walker defend the trophy against Merx and others. After rounds of 15 live birds, Walker and Spargo led, then Walker outshot Spargo in a decisive final mire to hold the medal as the best scores since Dan Jaeger a year prior.
The city hall clock, believed accurate for years, stopped at seven minutes to eight causing streets to stay lively as people misread the time and lingered out late, thinking it was just before eight.
The Paul Clark home received a donation from Senator Clark via a director letter. Mrs Av Leys Christie confirmed the gift and a monthly stipend of 1.50 for a year is noted. A 10.00 advance paid for one year of the Anaconda Standard with a premium art reproducer is also mentioned.
Erie Colo Jan 27 A mass meeting of miners in the northern coal district declared that men who had already returned to work in mines that granted the requested wage increase must quit again by tomorrow and remain out until the company concede the raise. Some independent miners had yielded, with President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers backing resumed labor, but the group planned further action to synchronize the district wide strike, with another meeting set for Tuesday to decide next steps.
Reported from Wilkesbarre that anthracite operators and miners face a stalemate as the United Mine Workers conference in Indianapolis discusses a possible ten percent wage increase. If operators refuse to meet, a lockout could follow, with district leaders warning of broad disruption in the Wyoming Valley and beyond.
Reports say a court decree mandates rice relief for Shansi natives amid famine while forbidding beggars, with punishment for violation. Envoys including Conger Satow and Pinch protest officials against such severe measures as soldiers enforce strict penalties across the empire.
King Edward VII honors his royal nephew the Emperor of Germany as mourning for Queen Victoria continues. The Nord Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung notes deep congratulations tied to the Emperor, while the Berliner Post recalls Victoria’s influence in German affairs in 1864 and warns Germans of dangers from an Anglo French alliance.
In Washington on January 27 and Epiphany church services, clergy like Dr. McKim and Dr. Talmage preached on the queen’s life and death. Lord Pauncefote and embassy members attended, while sermons highlighted virtue and national grief across British and American congregations. George was among the somber attendees.
Lord Roberts and William St John Hroderick attended morning prayers at Whippingham church with King Edward VII Queen Alexandra and royals joining later for the memorial. The simple service featured hymns by a school choir and organ solos by Sir Walter Parratt. The bishop of Winchester preached a panegyric praising Victoria and noting Britain and Russia softened ties by William’s deathbed actions. At the end all stood for the queen’s death march.
Memorial services for Queen Victoria were held today in 50 churches across the city. No coordinated movement occurred as each service was independent. Ministers praised the late queen and the belief that a permanent memorial fund would be established began withInitial contributions collected at Pacific Church.
In New York on January 27 sermons across churches memorialized Queen Victoria. Eulogies praised her character while Rev. Dr. McArthur at Cavalry Baptist criticized the city hall for not officially recognizing the public sentiment. The mayor's actions were described as a humiliation before patriotic Americans.
Jan 27 report from Cowes notes unclear programme for a great naval demonstration. The British fleet is expected to extend along the north side of the channel to Spithead awaiting formal preparations.
The body will be moved from Osborne to Portsmouth on the Alberta escorted by torpedo boats and royal yachts, with eight torpedo boats and the Hohenzollern. The body will stay on the Alberta overnight and proceed to London Saturday morning. The queen reportedly dictated detailed funeral instructions including music preferences.
United Kingdom observes a day of mourning as churches from St Pauls to Westminster Abbey hold memorial services. Princes, cabinet members, and foreign dignitaries attend, with many locales reporting large crowds and elaborate observances. Telegrams from colonies describe similar remembrances.
Memorial services were held in several St Louis churches with Caledonian society attending Temple Israel where Rabbi Leon Harrison delivered a eulogy. Temple Shore Emeth and Hyde Park Compton Hill churches hosted further services with eulogies by Rabbi Sale and Dr Boyd on the late queen's character and her role in Anglo American friendship.
Janixty skaters including many women and children broke through the ice at a pond behind Evergreen cemetery in Brooklyn. Two boys drowned as panicked crowds struggled, lifelines formed from planks, rescuers evacuated women and children, and police and ambulances arrived to recover the bodies.
The Hippodrome in Constantinople hosted a grand fountain inauguration. German embassy members, Ottoman Foreign Minister Tewfik Pasha, and Turkish cabinet officials attended alongside government dignitaries. Turkish troops lined the square as a long procession moved through the area. Abdul Hamid sent two silver ewers filled with water and sealed for Emperor William and an unnamed recipient.
London dispatch reports ongoing punitive expeditions in Manchuria as the allies under Count von Waldersee wage campaigns against brigands and Boxers. A new feature of the campaign is the intensified work of retribution and destruction of Chinese bandits.
In Chicago a teller named Barnard, four years with the private bank founded by John Alexander Dowie, has disappeared. His father, the cashier, and other bank members fear kidnapping for ransom, while police think he may have been held up and injured. his accounts are intact.
Kiel town council rejects Herr Krupp's proposal for vast floating docks near Krupp shipyards after objections from the chamber of commerce and the National society over harbor obstruction. Retired millionaire and pioneer Aendla, Shamokin, dies aged 2? also noted Madame Pauline Osson Caro, a famed literary figure born in 1834.
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