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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1910
Page
9
A man was shot by his son while defending his wife amid a domestic incident. Police report details are sparse but indicate an injury occurred as the altercation escalated with gunfire directed at the father. Investigators urged caution as they compile statements from witnesses.
Thomas Tracy, 18, allegedly shot his father Robert Ellsworth Tracy at the mother’s home on South Utah avenue after a dispute over a revolver. The father, wounded in the lung, claims Tom did not shoot him and that he himself fired during a scuffle for possession. Detectives held the youth pending prognosis. Mrs. Tracy had just secured divorce on grounds of brutality.
Two women lose husbands soon after marriage as firearm violence ends their unions. A local tragedy unfolds with investigations under way, naming the deceased and the surviving spouse, amid questions of motive and safety.
In Yuccataun the Mexican government imposes strict measures after a rebel uprising. Three men were executed by firing squad in Vallodolid prison, while others received prison terms. Two couples wed in the penitentiary moments before executions. The sentences followed trials by the war department for sedition and murder.
Missoula June 26. Mark Le Roy a Bonner mason aged 60 to 70 drowned at 3 pm in the Big Blackfoot river between the electric railway and Northern Pacific bridges. Boys saw him go under. August Tinkermann and Carl Sohn recovered the body after about 30 minutes. Coroner Kendrick suspects cramps. trousers slid off his waist. He leaves a mother and sister in Michigan and resided in Bonner since last fall, previously known at Bonita and Clinton.
The government weather bureau forecasts general fair weather with no extremes across the country for the coming week. Local showers are expected mainly in the central valley, lake region, and southern states, with warmer conditions in the plateau regions and the interior of California. No extremely high temperatures anticipated in the Middle West.
Bradford Pa June 26 Harold Bagkus a 22 year old chauffeur was killed when his car crashed into a telegraph pole. Two companions were injured in the same accident reported from Bradford.
La Crosse Wisconsin June 26 three persons die and about three dozen are injured when the Acme Packet steamer J S burned between Victory and Genoa on the Mississippi river 24 miles south of La Crosse. Dead include Mrs Emma Randall New Albion Iowa and John Plane Waukegan Iowa with an unidentified woman drowned. The ship sank after the fire and 1 500 passengers were saved with many losing clothing money and valuables.
Oyster Bay June 26 The embargo on political news from Sagamore Hill remains in place with no new developments on the planned conference involving Governor Hughes and potential talks with President Taft. Colonel Roosevelt’s hints suggest possible Beverly or Cambridge meetings this week as civic life resumes with his family and church visit.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr and his bride depart San Francisco for Los Angeles tonight. They will set up headquarters there as they tour Southern California on their wedding trip.
In New York Chinatown on June 26 a tong feud flared into gunfire during a banquet for the Society of the Four Brothers. In 90 seconds three Chinese men were shot, two fatally, with 49 shots fired and multiple arrests soon after as police mingled with a restless crowd. Authorities noted rival tong factions, including Hip Sing, Ong Leong, and Four Brothers, and the violence began near Pell Street amid guards and pacing streets.
Kansas leader Murdock declares insurgents in the house passed vital laws during the recent session. He credits the railroad rate bill and other measures to the break in Speaker Cannon's grip, noting the era of free government with broad member involvement and less ring control.
Miss Jane Adamson, a ranchwoman in Silver Creek country forty miles northwest of Pueblo, rescued lineman Joseph Pfeiffer of Pueblo Traction Co after he was knocked unconscious by a 25,000 volt electric shock and left suspended from a telegraph pole. He may die.
A synopsis of legislation backed by presidents and passed or sought by Congress. It outlines railroad regulation, a stock inquiry into railroads, postal savings banks, a mines bureau, Arizona and New Mexico statehood, land withdrawals for conservation, naval expansion, tariff cost studies, economy commissions, suppression of the white slave traffic, irrigation bonds, safety rule extensions for railroads, and federation power over courts. It notes Republican pledges at Chicago 1908 and Democrat aims including rail regulation, telegraph and telephone oversight, statehood, resource conservation, and public-expenditure economies.
Rebels advance on a capital stronghold as military actions intensify amid growing tensions. Commanders report strategic gains while civilian areas brace for potential clashes and evacuations. The situation remains fluid with no confirmed casualty figures or timelines.
Bluefields Nicaragua June 26 A provisional column under Gen Arzuno Cruz has captured La Libertad and Juigalpa in Chontales as Gen Mena moves within gunshot of Acoyapa. Celon takes San Ubaido while Vasquez is encircled and provisions blocked. Reports also say Venus and San Jacinto bombarded Prinzapoloa with heavy guns causing property destruction.
A four year old, John Skelton, was dragged 40 to 50 feet under a South Main and Second Street car in Butte. Motorman Harry McIneyre and Conductor Bes Ivey failed to notice the child as the vehicle began the return trip. The boy died at Murray's Hospital after regaining consciousness briefly. His father D. G. Skelton, at work nearby, learned of the accident and rushed to the scene. The mother, distraught, witnessed the horror from her home as the child whispered "Daddy" before dying. The cause remains unclear. Continued on Page Five.
New York June 26 Porter Charlton in Hudson county jail cell collapsed nervously as cellmate Willie Burke described him as crazy moaning and gabbering. Warden summoned Dr William J Arlitz Hoboken who found Charlton in a terribly nervous condition and noted he clenches fists painfully and laughs oddly while clearly not in his right mind. The physician also said Charlton likely has tuberculosis with one lung badly affected.
Representative Butler Ames of Massachusetts released a formal statement launching his candidacy for the U.S. Senate and delivering a sharply critical attack on Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. He accuses Lodge of serving railroads banks and manufacturing interests and of blocking direct primaries.
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