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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1906
Page
5
A grand funeral in Washington honors Brig. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, with a ceremonial procession from the Capitol to St Thomas Episcopal Church. Officials, veterans groups, and national figures attend as a lengthy service and military honors mark the tribute to the late Civil War and Spanish-American War leader.
Bartlesville reports orders from Standard Oil to limit mid continent purchases as Attorney General Hadley of Missouri seeks to halt Standard from transporting petroleum. An 8,000 barrel daily production is at risk as dealers organize to back a ration to Missouri, threatening to cut off oil supply if Standard is ousted from the state.
Reports detail clashes as insurgents seize rail lines and bomb barricades in the North Caucasus and Pyatigorsk. A revolutionary army forms from soldiers and locals, conducting campaigns against garrisons, while authorities move to disarm troops and restore order. The scene shifts to Vladivostok and Kulis with sporadic encounters, and a note from Peking mentions the dowager empress sending gifts to Miss Alice Roosevelt Roosevelt.
Frank Drevick, a native of Polenl and longtime Montana control worker, was killed when an engine backed onto the track as he attempted to cross. Witnesses say he stepped between a rise and the moving wheel while his companion tried to restrain him. Still unclear how the accident occurred, but the train operator had already warned him to stop. Drevick leaves a wife and six small children in Great Falls.
A French bark is drifting one mile from shore in heavy swell as a late afternoon calm settles at sea. No tug nearby. the vessel believed to be the Central Courbet bound for Port of Wameren, New York, after leaving San Francisco. Meanwhile Charles Henry Francher, president of the Irving National Bank of New York, died after a two year illness in Hijahou, Vottkers.
The text appears as a corrupted international news fragment discussing war era politics, leaders, and international relations. It references Seoul, ministers, empires, and cross national tensions involving Korea and broader powers, with unclear names and dates due to OCR errors. The passage suggests instability and strategic pivots amid shifting alliances.
Geneva N Y reports a new comet discovered by William Brooks director of Smiths observatory and professor of astronomy at Liberty College. The object lies northwest at 6. east 14h19m70s and 47d10m declination with moderate motion toward the northwest.
Fragmentary text mentions individuals and a city event but lacks coherent details or dates. Reading is hindered by misreads and omissions, making it impossible to identify a clear subject, actions, or outcomes from the readable portions.
A blaze at Ganseys Harbor destroys Admiralty naval structures including detention and workshops. Fire destroys boats and equipment, with three youths saved by central insubordination efforts. Firefighters and marines rescue two boys from the sea. the frigate Constellation narrowly escapes destruction.
In Great Falls on June 28 a dead infant was discovered by boys beneath a sidewalk in the red district. The baby, born within 48 hours, was wrapped in garments and a towel stuffed in its mouth and throat. A physician judged the infant to be stillborn. identity of the mother remains unknown.
A Winnipeg dispatch relays claims that Louis Riel was hanged and died quickly on the scaffold, with witnesses from Regina describing the moment of fall and burial details. Serjeant Allfrey and others recount that the body was buried, later exhumed, and that bones and gravesite lore circulated among Cree and Manitoba communities.
The Frisco Limited bound for Kansas City derailed one mile north of Dora Alabama after leaving Birmingham at 10 20 Saturday night. A broken rail caused the accident, tipping the mail and baggage car and derailing the second class coach full of negro passengers. The express messenger postal clerk and several passengers were injured, none seriously.
Flint's new federal freight and passenger agent for the Pan American pathway, D W, has been appointed and will continue duties into February.
The Bill G a 15 ton pinkie schooner from Bamfield is reported lost with all hands off Vancouver Island near Carmanah. The vessel, seen Tuesday near Carmanah Point, reportedly turned turtle amid a gale with rumors of wreckage and survivors uncertain.
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