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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1901
Page
1
A scene describes a perilous capture where targets are surrounded at Narrow Gulch. Rugged terrain traps advance units as they seek to secure the perimeter and seize the individuals within. Tactical maneuvers unfold under tight constraints and uncertain visibility.
Sheriff Griffith says Great Northern train robbers are cornered in People's Creek gulch with a surround plan spanning Great Falls to Lewiston. Guards, posses and volunteers from Malta Glasgow Chinook Harlem Malta Lewistown and Cascade County Nations assemble to encircle the spur and capture the bandits.
Report of an outlaw surround and a posse call from Great Falls stirs the city as residents rush to gather rifles and saddles. Sheriff Griffith claims the men are surrounded but locals doubt the claim given the long gap since the crime and fear the desperadoes may have fled to a secure hiding place.
Special correspondence reports Bozeman officials order no gambling citywide. D. C. Stevens was arrested for running a poker game with six players, bonds set at 400 dollars. Officers pledge further action while other local misdeeds and weather conditions are noted.
Vancouver dates July 10. Striking Fraser River salmon fishermen vow to drive out Japanese rivals after union meeting. They claim canners funded Japanese arms and warn whites and Indians to prepare for civil war. About 8 union patrol boats will be out tonight. Japanese reportedly fishing as usual under heavy rain.
Miss Mabel Montana Gormley died suddenly at Columbus hospital Great Falls at 2 a m after a post operative complication of appendicitis. A renowned elocutionist and educator she taught in Montana Michigan Holland’s Institute Virginia and Denver. She leaves her mother sister Mrs Collins and brother County Attorney Gormley.
Special dispatch reports Gov J K Toole in Chicago with no return date given. He was delayed by a washout on the Northern Pacific in eastern Montana, then continued to Billings before traveling east on the Burlington.
At the Ohio state Democratic convention in Columbus the Kilbourne ticket for governor and related posts won support while Monnett suffered a decisive defeat in the attorney general race amid platform and tax reform debates. The body adjourned without naming a chairman, with Kilbourne’s camp needing cross‑faction cooperation to control the executive committee as Johnson and McLean factions loom.
A disaster in Alton leaves sixteen people dead and sixteen others injured as responders rush to the scene. Authorities await full details and confirm initial casualty figures.
A two-section passenger and freight collision two miles west of Norton causes six immediate deaths and many injuries. Relief crews and doctors rushed to aid victims as trains burned and embankments collapsed. Names mentioned include Mrs. Dickson of Wilmington and Miss Lulu Rider of Kent, with charges and hospitalizations reported.
Helena July reports the state treasurer received 126 in inheritance tax from two estates. Sixty dollars came from the estate of the late C. G. Birdseye of Avon and six dollars from the estate of the late C. T. Young of Butte.
Washington July 10 preliminary returns from the department of agriculture show a 5 percent drop in corn planted compared with last year, with 12 of 22 states at or above one million acres reporting decreases totaling about 1.3 million acres and a 900 thousand acre gain in the remaining states. Wheat conditions improved with winter and spring yields mixed, oats and barley show varied trends, and winter rye and spring rye maintain high averages. Potatoes acreage down about 60 thousand. hay reports mostly unfavorable. pastures down in several states but California reports excellent conditions. Apple and peach crops show shrinking apple prospects but peaches hold promise. grapes remain excellent and the wool trade notes an average fleece weight of 6.15 pounds versus 6.17 in 1909.
After years of delay Turkey agrees to indemnify the United States government over massacres. The payment concludes a long dispute tied to wartime acts and their consequences. The settlement involves Turkish authorities and U.S. officials securing financial restitution.
The State Department has received ninety five thousand dollars from the Turkish government as American indemnity for claims against Turkey. The funds were placed in the Ottoman Imperial Bank via the American legation at Constantinople and drafts sent to Washington. Distribution will be handled by the department after claimant lists are prepared, with emphasis on losses by American missions and schools in Turkey.
The state department hails the settlement of numerous claims against Turkey including the case of Lent the Pittsburg cyclist killed by Turkish soldiers. Diplomats note decades of effort by Secretaries and ministers in Constantinople who finally secured payment and improved bilateral relations.
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