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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1903
Page
1
The Bath rouses adjourned until Monday afternoon after no meeting yesterday to consider the Harney case. The recount of the Silver Bow ballots shows only trifling errors and the game bills faced a narrow escape from death in the Senate.
The Montana house pursued Harney impeachment detail as the judiciary panel adjourned without meeting. Clerks counted Silver Bow precincts while a junketing committee planned visits to Deer Lodge and Warm Springs. A friction over clerks and bills arose, and women suffrage bills moved toward printing with 4,100 signatures supporting passage.
In Helena on January 30 Miller of Lewis and Clarke protested the hiring of 80 extra committee clerks, but faced no backing. The body already employs 33 clerks beyond ballot counting, signaling retrenchment battles amid reform efforts.
Berlin reports recount alleged ruse by 57 year old Countess Wesierska Wileicki to pass off an illegitimate child as an heir to the Wroblewo estate in Posen. She is said to have had two high rank accomplices and to have obtained the baby from an Austrian railroad worker’s daughter and hidden it for two days before claim.
Four seamen from the British bark Veronica were remanded on murder charges in Liverpool after arriving by the Bruns wick. The men are accused of killing Captain Shaw two officers and four seamen. Two suspects implicate others, while American William Smith asserts their statements are false.
In an Ormoc encounter, eight ladrones and one constable were killed with a daring constabulary charge securing victory. One hundred fifty ladrones surrendered the next day as the district seeks pacification. Malanga, a noted bandit, was among the dead and directed the fight. the Americans who died at Bolinae were buried in the same actions.
A fast express from Wilkes Barre to Philadelphia collided head on with a freight train near Lotty nine miles south of Hazleton. The freight engineer and fireman were killed. The passenger engine and fireman and a colored porter were severely hurt with seven passengers slightly injured. The killed: Robert M. Over and Fred Gearhard. Seriously injured: Israel Carey John Smith Harry Hayward.
Berlin dated report says Lieut. Werner von Grawert son of Lt. von Grawert shot Dr. Aye a Flensburg lawyer in a duel at the Crunewald forest January 16. A military court sentenced him to two years imprisonment in a fortress. Trial held behind closed doors.
Montana mayors and attorneys met to draft briefs for legislature to justify proposed saloon license law changes. They argue cities should receive a larger share of license revenues to cover police and fire protection costs, while warning against raising overall charges that could drive saloons out of business.
A cave-in at the Telegraph mine in Bingham Utah swallows half of miner James Johnson's home. Two sons aged 3 and 5 are killed instantly while the father, mother, and three other children escape unharmed.
George Peterson aged 28, a coal miner, was killed near Lewistown when dynamite thawing exploded. The blast shattered an anvil, severed his hand and foot, and a fragment pierced his head. He died about three hours later at the camp, with funeral arrangements to be led by the Red Men lodge.
Near Constantinople January 30 a detachment of Turkish troops defeated a band of Macedonians near Lake Ukbrida Aloanin The Russian Embassy works on an Austro Russian plan to improve Macedonia as ordered for presentation to the Porte.
Washington reports secretary Moody attended a cabinet session with all members present. The discussion covered Venezuela and the Philippines, and Congress actions to strengthen coast defenses and modernize naval and military establishments were approved. The administration stressed it seeks no treaty but will stay prepared for any situation.
Washington reports no reply from allied powers to Bowen’s latest proposition. A British cable to Lord Lansdowne hints at potential action if preferential treatment for blockading powers continues. France may protest any interference with its Venezuela settlement, while The Hague arbitration remains a possible path if Bowen fails.
Two coroners juries in Tucson wrestle for jurisdiction as they hear evidence to identify 14 unidentified victims from Wednesday's wreck. Operator Clough remains missing, feared to have fled to Mexico, while officials assess responsibility for the fatal collision between westbound No. 7 and eastbound No. 8.
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