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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1911
Page
22
Thayer, president of Anaconda Copper Company, sails to Europe for two months amid talk of a improving copper market. He cites lower production costs and rising sales, with weathered investor confidence as a key influence on future demand and prices.
The eastern stock market was weak with selling pressure from professionals and little support. Butte & Superior traded on the Butte exchange while the rest showed caution. analysts expect potential gains if rains improve crops. Taft urges reciprocity, Erie interest questioned, and rail activity declines noted.
A deadly Fourth as fireworks mishaps cause fatal blasts. Joseph Sennelli, 16, dies in Philadelphia after exploring a mortar core with a jackknife. Two other boys burned and wounded. Across the day, gunshot incidents rise, and heat deaths tally 11 in Philadelphia. Many drowned in rivers near the city. In New York, a Rockaway-to-Long Island City train collision injures 14 holiday travelers.
Colorado Springs July 5 Jim Fields 19 has confessed to killing Peter Jackson an aged recluse at Himah Sheriff Birdsall says Fields shot the man as he entered his home Saturday and then smashed his skull with an axe He says he secured several hundred dollars Fields is taken to the crime scene to corroborate his story
Attorney General Simpson announced that Western Union Telegraph Co will pay Minnesota $108,407 to settle claims for back taxes interest and court costs tied to a $1 125 000 property valuation in the state.
All savings accounts opened on or before July 19 at Miners' Savings Bank and Trust Company will receive interest credit starting July 1. The policy applies to existing accounts and emphasizes timely eligibility and processing.
New York July 5 Justice Page in the state supreme court granted a certificate of reasonable doubt in the case of Joseph Reichmann former president of Carnegie Trust company Reichmann was convicted last week of making a false report to the state banking department and sentenced to four and a half months in the penitentiary He was released on 19900 bail and his case will go to the appellate division of the supreme court
Four men from Superior were killed and three seriously injured when a gravel train and an engine collided on a Soo line bridge a few miles from the city. The impact set the bridge on fire. victims and injured were all local residents.
In Los Angeles approaches, 10000 holiday crowds faced delays as strict 16 hour rail rules kept suburban lines from returning workers to shore. Extra crews and cars were dispatched after early morning delays. In Pittsburgh three dead and 45 injured marked the holiday with burns from firecrackers and stray bullets. a 60,000 dollar fire loss was reported.
In Malden Washington two men were injured probably fatally and a third badly hurt when a runaway horse charged into the crowd during a Fourth of July street race. The rider was uninjured as the horse bolted into spectators yesterday.
Des Moines reports a spate of holiday mishaps. In Davenport Ros sane McCosher, 10, died from powder burns and a rifle accident injured Mrs Dorothea, 70. In Burlington Frank Dewey died from a premature powder explosion and Harold Ashway is not expected to recover from a similar accident.
Galesburg Illinois reports that Robert Armstrong, age 11, was struck in the face by a rocket last night and died today. The tragedy occurred in Cameron with authorities investigating the airborne projectile incident. Local officials offered condolences as residents recall the event.
Auburn Wach July 6. Seventy persons are seriously ill and five may die from drinking infected lemonade yesterday at a picnic Black Diamond. It is supposed acids used in concocting the drinks acted upon the zinc vessel from which it was served.
Washington reports President Jara of Paraguay, who seized the presidency in a bloodless coup months ago, has now proclaimed a dictatorship and martial law nationwide. Telegrams to the state department from Montevideo citing Buenos Aires dispatches note that congress members and students have been involved, signaling wider unrest.
In Brussels on July 5 delegates from nine nations including America Canada Germany England Belgium Italy Austria and Spain met to prepare for forming an international steel association similar to the American Steel Institute. Judge E H Gary of United States Steel Corp presided.
The Portuguese government dispatched several thousand troops to the northern frontier after a plot to restore the monarchy was uncovered. The conspiracy is believed to have originated with certain Portuguese army officers at Valencia across the border from Tuy.
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