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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1901
Page
1
Buildings burn like tinder as a fire rips through structures. A fast moving blaze injures crews and destroys multiple properties. Firefighters battle flames amid smoke and shifting winds, containing the inferno after hours of effort.
A disastrous Missoula fire destroyed the cold storage and stove warehouse of the Missoula Mercantile company and the Murphy Henley Tevis grocery warehouse. Losses exceed $50,000 with partial insurance. Fire started under the Mercantile platform, may have involved a tramp or locomotive spark. Firemen battled the flames amid poor water pressure until containment failed.
A July fire in a Pennsylvania avenue tenement in Pittsburg killed Mrs Sophia Ratzia and three children Viola Razia Kashner Ratzia and Wabock Ratzia. Francis Ratzia the husband was badly burned as the blaze from spilled breakfast oil ignited the stove and exploded.
The largest Northern Montana woolmen meeting met at Ellis hall in Great Falls to form a state association. Ex Senator Thomas Power chaired as temporary leader with committees named for permanent organization and finance. The group urged unity, discussed freight rates, and planned a formal bylaws and bylaws committee with a Great Falls headquarters and officers to guide a statewide wool growers federation.
The Pittsburg strike scene centers on Wellsville and McKeesport where Dewees-Wood and National Tube mills did not restart. Strikers, mostly peaceful, blocked rail and river routes while police dispersed groups at 3 AM. Amalgamated warns against drinking and urges workers not to expect permanent mill closures.
Reports indicate Amalgamated ties to Vandergrift are secret, with officials hopeful for a conciliatory settlement. Tin plate mills in Mennessen run on three shifts, while organizers struggle to enroll workers who vow not to join the union, raising fears of clashes and enforcement actions under W. H. Donner.
In San Francisco a noon strike shuts down drayage with nearly 1,000 teamsters idle. Freight piles on docks and rail shipments lag as farm products plunge in price. Officials report 12,000 union-affiliated workers tied to the broader stoppage, while cooks and waiters add roughly 225 to the strike tally.
In St Louis 160 conductors brakemen and switchmen walked out of the St. Louis Terminal associations employes strik e. Management says some men have returned and all trains run on time. Letters to Governor Dockery Mayor Wells and Police Chief Hawes explain the strikers position. Acting Grand Master Lee says grand masters of other orders will arrive within 24 hours for undisclosed purposes.
The house of lords reversed the appeal court and dissolved an injunction granted August 30, 1900 by Justice Farewell in the high court. It barred General Secretary Ball and Organizing Secretary Holmes of the American Society of Railway Servants from watching and besetting Great Western railroad stations to induce action.
A report notes heat records broken or smashed at a location identified as Register 128. Details are limited but imply unusually high temperatures recorded or reported. The item presents a brief, plain-phrase note on the event.
A blistering heat wave in Kansas City and surrounding areas sets new records with temperatures around 106 in the city and 128 in streets. Dozens prostrated and at least nine to fourteen deaths are reported over two days. Cattle sales spike as water runs short and grain prices rise amid drought. Thunder showers offer minor relief with limited rainfall.
Topeka reports three deaths and ten prostrations as temperatures peak and humidity soars. The hot spell halts work across much of Kansas with crops blighted, corn yields forecast at about a quarter of normal, and livestock values pressured by scarce feed. Water shortages burden towns statewide.
Omaha report shows 83 at 7 a.m., 144 at 4 p.m., with eight deaths and four prostrations recorded for the day. A refreshing 5 p.m. breeze offered slight relief. PMID
A severe wind storm in Naples Texas early today blew down several small buildings and crushed Henry Bryant to death. The storm caused extensive property damage in the town as firefighters and residents assessed the wreckage.
Rainstorms of great proportions swept through Phoenix and surrounding stock ranges on July 22, aiding pastures and livestock. Fire and weather services tracked the heavy downpours as farmers reported improved conditions for grazing and crop prospects alongside rising water levels.
Heavy rain in the mountains north and east of Phoenix arrived in time to save cattle and sheep ranges and halt several large forest fires in the San Francisco and Mogollon mountains. The Gila River rose over its banks, delivering water to the Indian reservation and preventing widespread drought suffering.
Temperatures hit or exceeded 100 degrees across Illinois, Iowa, and neighboring states with multiple cities reporting all-time highs. Dry thunder storms offered no sustained relief, and forecasts suggest little relief for the next two days amid continued hot, muggy conditions.
Helena records the hottest day of the year with a 4 PM high of 96.2 degrees and lingering humidity. Officials see little relief tomorrow as barometer remains steady and locals report a record hot night.
Leavenworth Kansas reports a 108 degree high at 4 p m the hottest in the current heat wave. Post adjutant Capt R H Allen at Fort Leavenworth was prostrated and five more prostrations were logged with the police department as authorities battle the extreme temperatures.
On July 2 Indianapolis endured its hottest day on record with an official high of 106 at 2 pm. Street thermometers reached 110 to 112 in business districts as two people died and three suffered heat prostration.
Chicago report notes ten deaths and five prostrations from yesterday’s heat. one man driven insane and today’s cooler weather under 80 degrees tempering the impact.
Weather bureau reports 107 degrees in St. Louis the highest on record. In 24 hours six deaths are attributed to the heat and 25 people were prostrated.
Intense heat grips Austria with Vienna recording 95 degrees. Sunstroke cases spike as high temperatures persist across most regions.
Pittsburg and New Mexico capitalists incorporated the Santa Fe Central railway company with 2,260,000 capital to build a 120 mile line from Santa Fe to Pine Wells linking with the Denver Rio Grande and Rock Island. The Albuquerque Eastern Railway company is capitalized at 1,500,000 to run 45 miles from Albuquerque to the San Pedro coal fields connecting with the Santa Fe system. Both lines have been surveyed and will cross and connect with the Santa Fe system.
The president named nominees for State and War posts. State picks include Richard L. Sprague as consul at Gibraltar and Edward A. Greevey as consul at Glau chan Saxony. Samuel Smith is named consul at Moscow and R B Reynolds Hitt as third secretary in Paris. Treasury assigns John V. Wild deputy revenue cutter service. War lists Eben Swift Jr and George P. Marrow as lieutenants in Porto Rico provisional regiment. Henry W. Scott as second lieutenant artillery.
The Rev Henry Root Avery a pioneer Presbyterian minister who organized the First Presbyterian church in Corvallis Oregon in 1859 died in San Jose today aged 73 His work helped establish early church presence in the region.
A Montana dispatch reports the International Council of the World in Seattle offered 500 dollars for the capture and conviction of each person involved in the alleged mob killing near Judith Landing. The names linked to the murder are Bucking Bill Fred Comme and Peter Waller and the governor has acknowledged the offer.
The International Mining Congress begins its fourth meeting in Biose Idaho with 400 delegates arriving. Bradford L. Prince of New Mexico leads the group as president. California displays its mineral exhibit in the senate chamber and plans for extensive delegate entertainment. Judge W B Heyburn of Wallace Idaho will present a paper on mining law.
The Noveats notes a copper company in St. Petersburg backed by United States Senator W. A. Clark and Kieft capitalists. Planned capital is 20,000,000 roubles with 3,000,000 from Kiev and 4,440,000 from Moscow. Ascension mines near Zempilatinsk reputedly rich. Subsidy from government cited as 2,100,000 roubles. Clark to visit Kiev this autumn then Siberia to inspect mines.
The United States transport McClellan reached Gibraltar on July 2 carrying the congressional delegation set to inspect the general administration of the Philippines.
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