Peculiar Antics Result From Spirits Sleep Fight
A strange scene unfolds as individuals clashed in the name of a famed prudist while spirits reportedly influenced their behavior, producing unusual and puzzling actions.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1911
Page
9
A strange scene unfolds as individuals clashed in the name of a famed prudist while spirits reportedly influenced their behavior, producing unusual and puzzling actions.
In Sumpter Oregon a 16 year old German boy Gustave Fender, living with the Boyer family, cannot speak English and claims to be under influence of an old time German general. He reenacts battles in dreams using real knives and a lance, imagining French soldiers and a knightly melee for hours while seven local businessmen observe and weigh the troubling events. A departed soul allegedly contacts him and identifies a known local person, though observers offer no explanation.
The article notes a predicted defeat for the amendment as key lawmakers signal opposition. Uncertainty remains about final passage but momentum points toward failure if current sentiment holds.
Washington June The Wood pulp and paper schedule amendment to the Canadian reciprocity bill is likely to be defeated before adjournment. Democratic and many Republican opponents foretell a wide tariff debate as insurgents press for further reductions. The direct election of senators and the territories bill also loom as part of a busy week in Congress.
A man is held in connection with the deaths of two young girls believed to be from his partner's household. Authorities say the children, both under ten, died under suspicious circumstances as an investigation continues.
In Globe Arizona a 46 year old prospector Kings levy Olds was jailed after claiming to be attacked by a Mexican or Indian. Two girls Mula and Myrtle Goswick aged 11 and 12 were found drowned in Salt River near Globe. Olds suffered a shot away lower jaw and is believed to have attempted suicide. A posse found no corroboration of his claim.
Denver June 25 The defense plans to argue that bullet holes would not have killed the deceased if an internal hemorrhage from a severed femoral artery had been stopped earlier. They seek to introduce threats by von Phul as motive, contingent on establishing von Phul as aggressor in the May 24 shooting at the hotel.
On orders from the war department the Mosby band insurgents held at Fort Rosecrans were released in San Diego after being brought by government boat. About 90 were transported to the city. Mosby Adjutant Laflin and Adjutant Reed were not released due to neutrality law violations.
In San Francisco Raymond Hanhanan a newcomer from Chicago to the city to play with an amateur team was fatally injured this afternoon. He traveled to Redwood City with the team when struck by a pitched ball and suffered a fractured skull.
On Nantucket Mass June 25 Thomas Kerr of New York and Thurlow Weed Barnes SI of Albany remain in a critical condition from burns suffered when a fire destroyed the boathouse of William Barnes Jr father of the injured youth last night There was reason for hope.
In Vega de Metzitlan Hidalgo a German engineer Franz Reiter says revolutionaries forced him to remove shoes and serve them barefoot. He claims other indignities and an attempted shooting, with a company warehouse sacked and burned. Germany demands reparation from Mexico and investigation is ordered.
Los Angeles June 25 Two special trains from Chicago today bring the first large quota of delegates to the annual convention of the American Medical Association opening here next Tuesday. More than 2000 are expected. meetings will include the house of delegates led by President William H Welch and the American Medical Editors session. The American Academy of Medicine held a preparatory conference on the sociology of the Orient with speakers from New York Philadelphia and China.
In Aniston Alabama on June 25 Policeman John L Cunningham is dead Chief Nathan Glasson is seriously wounded Officer James Glasswood is shot through the wrist and W S McGuffin a pipe molder, in a hospital, is charged with killing the man and wounding two officers after resisting arrest on a charge of intoxication.
Francisco I Madero made his second public appearance in Mexico City as he reviewed a flower parade arranged in his honor by the Aquiles Zordan club. He was greeted with applause but received less wild enthusiasm than on his arrival in the city less than three weeks earlier.
A man matching bandit Hugh Whitney was arrested about 7 am in the mountains 29 miles north of Dillon. He gave name J E Dunn and had Silver Bow county tax receipts. He is jailed in Dillon awaiting investigation. Dunns in 1911 directory show no match. Police say tax receipts could belong to any miner or employee.
The Stanley hotel in Estes Park Colorado suffered partial wrecking from a gas explosion. Eight people were injured and one seriously. A worker named Elizabeth Wilson was thrown from the second floor breaking both ankles. The west wing was destroyed but guests were not harmed as none had retired for the night.
Milwaukee dated report states Louisville Kentucky was selected to entertain the next Saengerfest of the American Saengerbund in 1914. Charles G Schmidt of Cincinnati was reelected president.
Princess Clothilde widow of Prince Napoleon Bonaparte died in Turin on June 25. She was an aunt of King Victor Emmanuel. The press notes her nickname Plon-Plon from the Crimean war era and records her as a royal relative linked to the Italian throne.
A hot south wind drove temperatures to record highs in Kansas City and multiple Kansas towns. Salina and McPherson hit 114 degrees, with other readings including Manhattan 113 and Abilene 112. The heat killed one person, Mrs. Susan Bailey, 84, of Kansas City Kansas, and left five others prostrated. Slight cooling expected tomorrow.
Salina Kansas on June 25 recorded a government thermometer reading of 114 degrees breaking the six year heat record. The previous hottest day was July 16 1910. Several prostrations were reported but no deaths occurred.
Oklahoma reports the hottest June day since weather bureau inception with 103 degrees in Oklahoma City and heat widespread across the state.
John Be Atkins, a seaman from the U S cruiser Saratoga, was sentenced to five years imprisonment for killing John N Saunders of the New Orleans. Atkins, tried by three Japanese judges on June 23, admitted the row stemmed from intoxication and said he could not recall stabbing Saunders.
The Missoula primary election to select candidates under the commission plan will be held tomorrow. Active campaigning by many contenders marked the days leading up to the vote. The mayoral candidates listed are John M. Evans, Co. H. Finley, Co. L. F. Kellogg, S. H. McCall, R. Mercer, J. M. Price, W. H. Reid, and James J. Wellane.
Gen. W H Bixby on arrival in Tampa says the Maine wreckage will never reveal whether the ship blew from within or outside. He notes the forward magazine likely exploded and deterioration prevents identifying the cause. Without torpedo fragments no outside agency link can be made. No human remains expected. crew compartments have disappeared.
Willie Bouldin two years old, son of Mr and Mrs C A Bouldin, residing on a ranch south of Missoula, drowned in an irrigation ditch near their home this afternoon.
Winnipeg reports farmer support for reciprocity with the United States solidified in Alberta and Saskatchewan. R L Borden and aides pressed campaign against the border deal, while United Farmers of Alberta asked parliament supporters to halt obstruction. Borden withdrew lieutenant J G Bergeron after a Moose Jaw speech referencing Samson and Delilah.
Catholics gather in England for a royal TS celebration marking a century slate as the first English Catholics join the event in two centuries. King George referenced in prayers as church and state mingle.
Dorchester House hosted a brilliant luncheon for John Hayes Hammond and guests including Crown Prince Frederick William and Princess, with diplomats and dignitaries from many embassies. Ambassadors and their spouses attended Stratton House lunch, then moves to Windsor and Rothschild garden party. English Catholic services marked the coronation amid historic tolerance. The king and queen plan further galas including opera, theater, and Crystal Palace events.
In Sacramento on June 25 Rev. Franklin Baker of the First Unitarian church defended Sunday baseball. He argued the 15 million dollars spent last season on baseball is better than foreign missions and called the sport America's mental shower bath. He noted high player salaries and the public's amusement spending while tracing the game's rise over 50 years to national status.
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