Famous English Statesman Dies
A prominent English statesman dies at an advanced age. The report notes his long political career, notable roles, and impact on parliamentary history. Further details are sparse in the fragmentary text.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1914
Page
1
A prominent English statesman dies at an advanced age. The report notes his long political career, notable roles, and impact on parliamentary history. Further details are sparse in the fragmentary text.
London July 3 Joseph Chamberlain died of heart failure after a long descent since Tuesday. Family kept condition private until hours before death at his London home. He was a leading tariff reform and imperialism advocate in Britain, serving Birmingham in Parliament for 38 years. Austen Chamberlain, his son, stood by his side as the end came at 10:20 PM. Chamberlain’s health had collapsed after a yearslong struggle with paralysis and political campaigns for protective tariffs. Continued on Page Five.
In Yorkville Illinois a masked burglar who robbed the Grimwood home was killed by 69 year old Joseph Grimwood and his wife. The man fought with an ice pick and was choked as the couple held him until the rope was fetched. Coroner ruled the couple exonerated. The burglar carried board of trade slips showing $4,000 to $5,000 in profits. The incident followed reports about Albanian affairs and a department of state clarification on a minister's remarks.
A severe electric storm during a picnic in Sallisaw Oklahoma claimed the lives of Hooper Neill, 14, and John Wart, 12, with many others injured. The gathering, set to host United States Senator Gore, was disrupted as the senator was not present.
Democrat visitors from New York reportedly meet with Colonel Roosevelt and discuss future political activity after Roosevelt’s return to public life. Mayor Mitchel leads the delegation while Senator Penrose’s pledge to publish letters from the former president adds intrigue to the exchanges. The Liberty of Pacific exposition resolution is passed by the Descendants of the Signers in Philadelphia.
Vienna July 3 in the presence of Emperor Francis Joseph and the new heir Archduke Charles Francis Joseph a large gathering including archdukes duchesses cabinet diplomats and military leaders attended funeral services for Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife Duchess of Hohenberg. The brief service in Hofburg Chapel featured a single anthem sung by the court. Later the children of the Archduke and Duchess with Countess Chotek prayed beside their parents coffin.
A July Fourth excursion train on the Georgia Southern and Florida railroad collided head on with a Macon and Birmingham railroad passenger train seven miles south of Macon Georgia. Six people were seriously injured and more than twenty hurt. The wreck occurred on a 30 foot trestle as both trains, each speeding over twenty miles an hour, left the tracks. Both houses of Congress adjourned until Monday to celebrate the Fourth of July in Washington.
In a chaotic incident the mayor was stabbed during an attack in hin efes, yet he fired at his assailant arklar who was killed by a elderly couple. Officials issue statements as investigative details emerge amid tributes and public notices across S-Amaconda and SCSport regions.
Erik Lantala attacked Mayor Duncan with a knife but Duncan fired, wounding Lantala and saving his own life. Lantala, a Finnish socialist, was restrained by Alderman Davis and Van Horne. The mayor, severely wounded but recovering, was treated at the hospital as police questioned the assailant and the city reeled from the incident.
A confrontation in the city clerk’s office escalated when an assailant confronted Mayor Duncan’s staff. The attacker produced a knife, struck the mayor, and was wrestled to the floor by aides Henry Davis and Van Horne before police arrived. The wounded mayor was taken to hospital.
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