Burial at Sea Ceremonies Mark Last Requiem
Ten mourners gather as waves murmur over a burial at sea marking the last rites for the deceased. Family and officials attend the service noting the quiet dignity of the ceremony.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1905
Page
1
Ten mourners gather as waves murmur over a burial at sea marking the last rites for the deceased. Family and officials attend the service noting the quiet dignity of the ceremony.
Survivors of the disaster act as guard of honor as 47 Bennington sailors are laid to rest in a single trench on Loma point above San Diego Bay. Military and civilian mourners from Fort Rosecrans, the Navy reserves, and local groups attend the solemn ceremony ending with a last bugle call.
A late Associated Press tally lists 59 dead, 50 injured, and 16 missing. Forty nine bodies were moved to the cemetery with two redirected for shipment. Ensign Perry’s body is embalmed for shipment to Annapolis Naval Cemetery.
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports Louis Anderson a Finnish rancher jailed in Carbon county charged with murder for the shooting of neighbor Andrew Truikka in a dispute over a shared ditch. Truikka died after being shot as he fled. Anderson claims self defense. Coroner to impanel jury. witnesses from Roberts area expected.
Ninety Greek and Italian laborers on the Montana Central, brought from St. Paul to lay steel between Butte and Bernice, struck and occupy two coaches in Great Falls yards. They demand free transport to St. Paul, but the company refuses. Officials warn of possible trouble as talks fail.
Capt F J Drake of Mare Island Navy Yard says Rear Admiral Rae's speculation on high explosives is incorrect. He asserts no high explosives were aboard and credits the boilers as described by Captain Young. He calls the incident an unfortunate accident with no satisfactory explanation.
In San Francisco on July 23 it was announced Chinatown will publish an eight to ten page morning daily in Chinese. It will be the only such paper outside China and will follow American lines with illustrations. The publication supports a new political party formed in China and in this country.
Six year old son of Mrs James Vandescherson of Portland Ore was found beside a Northern Pacific work train near Belgrade after falling from an express. He died en route to Belgrade hospital despite prompt medical care. An inquest was held as investigators determined the cause and source of the fall remain unclear.
A Danish mother, traveling to Belgrade, learns her child dies in an accident near Butte. Conductor and oilers console her. bartender William Radmacher offers understanding. In Belgrade she plans to take remains and reunite with her husband in Portland after nine months apart.
Paris reports Minister of Marine Thomson will lead a squadron to visit the United States at the end of October. This diplomatic naval gesture aims to strengthen Franco American ties and display maritime strength.
In Lewes Delaware on July 23 four crew members of the yacht Markeete are believed drowned after it sank off Brandywine shoals during a stiff east storm. Dr Hobart A Hare and Lucius S Landreth of Philadelphia were rescued and later reached Philadelphia.
Washington July 23 The grand jury of the District of Columbia will tomorrow take up allegations of jugglery in the cotton crop statistics reports of the department of agriculture with a view to possible indictments. The move follows disclosures that led to the dismissal of Edwins Holmes the associate statistician. The district attorney Morgan H Beach issued the statement announcing the meeting as part of efforts to investigate criminal practices in an executive department. Leach declined to identify the department but it is linked to agriculture.
Baron Komura, envoy to the Russo Japanese peace conference, arrived in St. Paul at 2:45 am aboard the Great Northern. A few hundred locals including officials and businessmen welcomed him at the station before the party departed at 8 40 pm on the Burlington to Chicago.
The John Paul Jones expedition commanded by Rear Admiral Sigsbee completes its mission with the body of Admiral John Paul Jones to be landed at Annapolis. The fleet, four cruisers and four battleships, forms a guard of honor as the body is placed in a hearse and moved to the naval academy vault.
Albert Meyersick 21 drowned last evening while swimming with friends in the Missouri river at Rocky Point near Lewistown Montana. He was a son of William Meyersick, a local rancher, and Ada Meyersick, county superintendent of schools. The body will be brought to Lewistown for burial once recovered.
Governor Folk ordered city police to crack down on Sunday saloon openings in St Louis county. Fourteen saloon men were arrested on the charge of keeping places open Sunday, with warrants later securing. Most were released on bond in the day and held at Clayton.
Paris reports the death of Jean Jacques Henner a renowned painter born in 1829 in Alsace. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and held membership in the Institute of France while serving as a grand officer of the Legion of Honor.
Lamont, Lamont, Lamont died at his Millbrook home in Dutchess County at 9 15 PM. He served as secretary of war during Grover Cleveland's second administration. Heart failure caused his death after a day of apparent health. Wife Mrs Lamont and daughters Frances and Bessie were with him, along with guests.
In New York on July 23 a bare death announcement was released by the Lamont family. Earlier messages to Dr. Joseph D. Bryant reported the impending death and summons to Millbrook. Bryant could not be reached. Lamont leaves a widow and two daughters and was a member of several New York clubs.
Daniel S Lamont born February 9 1851 in Corteland County New York rose from farm roots to Union College then politics. He worked his way through school, held clerkships in the New York legislature, aided by Tilden and Cleveland, and later served as private secretary to Cleveland before returning to business and finally becoming vice president of the Northern Pacific Railway in 1897.
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