22 Jul 1902
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1902
Page
1
A notice from Brooklyn indicates burial of a 10 year old on American soil with date to be decided. The brief specifies location Brooklyn and imminent arrangements awaiting date confirmation.
The body of John W. Mackay of San Francisco will be moved to Greenwood Cemetery Brooklyn for interment with funeral plans pending the London arrival of his son Clarence who sailed from New York last Saturday. Mrs Mackay lies prostrate with grief. An American gathering at the Carlton Hotel in London issued resolutions offering sympathy and regret.
P H Lannan of Salt Lake City recounts a forty year friendship with John W Mackay. He praises Mackay as unostentatiously generous, American in spirit, and devoted to others, noting charities approaching a quarter of a million dollars and a steadfast defense of his good name. He recalls Mackay’s London loan episode and says the late magnate spoke proudly of his health and plans before dying abroad.
J W Mackay died before the final link was laid for the Pacific cable project. A London to New York cablegram, sent minutes before his death, assured associates that the work would continue and be completed by July next year if the United States government funds the survey by Nero Cook.
New York July 21. All of Clarens Mackay's many thoroughbreds in training will be scratched from entered events due to assistance from Mackay’s father. His calls will not appear on the tracks again this year, though one of his best horses may be transferred.
James L Flood and Attorney G W McEnery filed deeds signed by the late John W Mackay for all his San Francisco properties. Deeds favor Marie Louise H Mackay and Clarence H Mackay who will share equally. Consideration listed as love and affection with a nominal amount in the third parcel. Mackay aimed to ease heirs administration of his estate through Flood.
Flags fly at half mast across the Postal Telegraph building the merchants exchange and many downtown business houses today to honor the memory of the late John W. Mackay.
Denver July 21 F H Newell chief hydrographer of the United States government spoke to the Commercial club and local real estate agents on irrigation under the act He urged apportioning water by technical rights rather than priority rights to ensure justice for all farmers and communities The Commercial club pledged to back the irrigation commission and promote arid lands irrigation in Colorado and tributary areas
Gen William H T Barnes a famed Pacific coast lawyer and orator died of lung hemorrhage at 66 in San Francisco. He suffered throat trouble earlier and had a brief hospital decline, leaving behind wife and two sons. The veteran figure, once McKinley’s hoped minister to Japan, was praised for legal wit and versatility.
In New York on July 21 about 15 04 workers joined the 25 000 garment workers striking for higher wages and shorter hours. They demand a 56 hour week. Nine unions are involved and negotiations may take days due to the dull season.
Fox-Mayor Phelan wired £500 to John Redmond chairman of the Irish parliamentary party with a letter asserting evictions on the De Freyne estates were aimed at crushing the party and its nationalist fund support.
A violent tornado struck Baltimore yesterday afternoon causing immense property damage and at least li ve s lost. Churches including William Street Independent Methodist Holy Cross Catholic Trinity Episcopal and St Marys Star of the Sea suffered severe damage. Public squares parks and streets were littered with uprooted trees and debris as communications and commerce were disrupted.
Paris reports Dr. Carnault asserts his June 17 inoculation with bovine tuberculosis material caused human tumors, challenging Koch’s theory that humans cannot catch TB from cows. A July 15 second inoculation into his arm reportedly produced deeper lesions and killed a guinea pig within eight weeks.
On July 21 the government fleet sailed with reinforcements and provisions for General Bertico’s forces at Agua Dulce. Governor Salazar ordered the fleet to deliver letters to Bertico and, if possible, engage the rebel gunboat Padilla in a decisive clash. He predicts a major battle that could end the revolution if government troops win.
A severe storm in Chautauqua county caused two flood incidents. George Courtney drowned trying to ford French Creek after a bridge failed. Six year old George Singular was swept 1000 feet through a sewer but survived with severe cuts and bruises and found safety.
By direction of the secretary of war General Corbin wrote to Colonel Groesbeck asking for an explanation of the interview published this morning about Major Waller's court-martial. Groesbeck was judge advocate and the war department's view is that an officer should not discuss such matters.
Colfax Washington report says C G Raby former county auditor is sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary for stealing a warrant worth 1753 dollars issued to the American Bridge company. He plans to appeal with a four thousand dollar bond set.
Aachin Sumatra telegram says Dutch columns were surprised by the enemy. Lieutenant Bruyn and 11 soldiers killed. two officers wounded. The dispatch notes the enemy suffered 24 killed.
Boston on July 21 Rev Walter Calley pastor of the Tabernacle Church Bowdoin Square will assume the role of general secretary of the Baptist Young People's Union of America, a position recently offered to him.
London reports from Rome that the pope plans a formal protest likely via encyclical against France's efforts to suppress religious associations. The move signals tension between church and state amid ongoing policy debates.
The Hamburg steamer Primus with 185 on board was cut in two and sunk by the tug Hansa on the Elbe near Blankenz and Nienstden. About 50 drowned, 13 bodies recovered, divers and Dolphin rescue 60 more. captains surrender as survivors recount the disaster.
About 166 claims were filed with eager applicants. The township contains the finest timber and agricultural land on the reservation. There were only eight conflicting entries.
Special Dispatch reports in Big Timber July 21 that May rorman a 20 year old former housekeeper living in the Tenerloin district took two grains of morphine at 6 pm and died at 8 30 pm despite medical efforts. She had threatened self harm earlier and had recently divorced her husband Guinan though she had lived with Annie Woods and returned to her former residence. Her mother resides in Chicago.
Special Dispatch from Virginia City reports the death of Thomas Devarmon at his sister’s home in Horton Kansas. Born November 18 1834 in Kentucky he was a printer by trade and participated in the border troubles Kansas and the Mormon suppression expedition. He helped spark Colorado's Pike’s Peak rush, served as sheriff of the county in 1871, founded the Madisonian in 1875, later moved to Sheridan and ran a store until ill health forced retirement.
Matthias Jarrout, bound over to district court on a charged attempted criminal assault, was brought from Wibaux to the county jail. He allegedly attacked two girls aged 12 and 14 while they hunted cows on horseback, pulling one from her horse and dragging both down before they escaped. Jarrout pleaded guilty before Justice Huel and remains held for district court. residents of Wibaux view him unfavorably.
A ferry boat sank while crossing the Volga at Berenski today, drowning 58 harvesters. Rescue operations are underway as officials investigate the vessel's loss and attempt to recover the victims.
Oregon City on July 21 reports the opening of township eight south range nine west comprising 23 040 acres on the Siletz Indian reservation in Lincoln county to settlement. The U S land office was thronged with would be settlers and officials.
Henry Eastey of Augusta arrived in Helena with a broken shoulder after a fight at Craig where he and another man toppled from an embankment during a scuffle. Local residents found him and arranged medical aid.
The Russian battleship Retvisan, built in Philadelphia, arrived in St. Petersburg recently and a water-tube explosion killed five crew members during the voyage. Yesterday two more were killed when they fell from scaffolding into the dry dock while painting the ship's keel.
Charles Kaubeick and his brother Duffy leaped into the Calumet river to escape a gasoline tank explosion on a launch. They drowned last night after the tank edge struck a bridge abutment at One Hundred and Forty-first Street.
Victor Rouillot 51, a stockbroker, killed himself by inhaling illuminating gas at his Germantown residence last night. Recently convicted of conspiracy in a stock transaction, authorities believe the conviction factor prompted the act.
London July 21 The final Irish census survey shows over 3,000,000 people migrated from Ireland in fifty years and about 80 percent of emigrants went to the United States.
Chief Justice Brantly writes the opinion in the Miles Finlen versus F Augustus Heinze case. The court denies the injunction, framing it as a potential refusal of justice.
The Montana supreme court compels a $300000 indemnifying bond to stay mining at the Minnie Healey claim while Miles Finlen vs F Augustus Heinze and associates on appeal proceeds. The Heilze defendants may perform only work to prevent flooding or cave-ins as the mine is shut pending further orders.
In Helena on July 21 a stipulation for dismissal was filed in George M. Brown vs. P. W. Francis. Brown claims he advanced $200 to locate oil lands in Flathead County and was promised a one fifth interest. At Belton the location was set without Brown’s knowledge, and the lands were divided among others, denying him any stake.
Twenty five cars of cattle shipped by D A Floweree of Helena sold on the Chicago market with Rosenbaum Bros. as commission men. Average price around 3.00 a hundredweight and top quotes near 5.75 for light stock, 8.20 for heavier weights. Prices show a substantial rise over last year. Floweree’s sale parallels last season’s early Montana range sales.
The Kansas supreme court issued a writ ousting the American Book Company from the state and barring it from acting as a corporation until it secures a charter. The order followed Shawnee County's petition in the school book supply contract dispute affecting public schools statewide.
The Cicely owned by Cecil Quentin of England won the Dover Ostend yacht race today. The Clara owned by M Guiltenmoe finished second and is subject to protest.
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