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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1901
Page
2
A Texas tornado ripped through an unnamed area, leaving heaps of ruins and widespread damage. Four people were killed as emergency crews assessed the devastation and searched for survivors amid wreckage. Local authorities urged caution as the clean up begins.
A tornado struck Willis Point Texas at 11 this morning demolishing every building in its path. Four dead and about 20 injured while fourteen dwellings were ruined. The public school and cotton oil mill suffered severe damage as wires poles and fences were leveled and livestock perished. Estimated property loss around 30000 with many residents missing.
Governor Toole signed several bills in Helena on March 9 while holding the Geiger road law and gambling bill for possible action. Approved were bills amending foreign corporations law, funding for Burroughs’ machines, requiring a death certificate for burials, purchasing maps for Montana, preventing coal waste in streams, halting lump jawed cattle slaughter, forming a Torrens land transfer commission, adjusting school taxes, simplifying appeals to the supreme court, and changing district judge pay to monthly.
Helena March 9 Edward Meat Mrs William Hancock were arrested at Livingston the former on napro RA Hye.
The article notes a man and a woman awaiting trial in the county jail for marriage to a wife with a husband not legally separated, with the wronged husband vowing to pursue punishment and a hearing set for next week. The piece also mentions Kasson’s resignation and ongoing reciprocity treaty negotiations.
The Russian novelist Count Leo Tolstoi is formally excommunicated by the Holy Synod of the Greek church in St Petersburg. The circular condemns his anti church writings and separates him from church membership unless he repents, while praising his literary influence and moral philosophy.
Philadelphia March 9 coal operators in the anthracite region posted notices to extend the 10 percent wage increase and other concessions given last November until April 1, 1902. They aim to avoid a miners conference or union recognition, with notices posted at nine leading mines.
Great Falls reports a March 9 celebration for Paris Gibson’s election to the U.S. Senate. A parade by the Great Falls Flambeau club, fireworks, a Park Hotel banquet, and toasts honored Gibson, with speakers from Helena and Butte praising his work and urging federal aid to irrigation and land policy to spur Montana agriculture and industry.
Indianapolis March 9 General Harrison shows slight improvement after neuralgia attack. Friday night he slept well and today chest muscle pain was less than before. Dr Jamieson found him resting easily this morning and the physician said immediate improvement seemed in sight given his advanced age. No complication has appeared to alarm the family or doctors.
Boise March 9 The legislature remains in session with expectations of a Monday or Tuesday adjournment. The senate, by 11 to 7, approved a house bill to create Clearwater County from parts of Shoshone and Weiser and Idaho counties. Another senate session passed a house bill awarding a one cent per pound bounty on beet sugar.
In Great Falls on March 9 the Wertin murder trial heard equal numbers of experts for and against insanity. Both sides rested and opened statements were made. The court adjourned until Monday at 9 30 with Prosecutor Gormley to close, and the jury to receive the case around 10 oclock.
Thomas McIntosh was arrested last night for burglarizing a south side saloon and jailed. He escaped earlier by crawling through window bars and over a yard fence, mirroring a previous escape by Davis the ball player. He remains at large.
William Gartell, a Great Falls resident and engineer, died in a cab crash in Helena this morning. Married seven months ago to George Hopkins’s daughter, Gartell had worked for years in Great Falls and was well liked by local railroad men. Body brought back on this afternoon's train.
Special Dispatch to the Standard from Helena reports the state against Dr. Kellogg is under a hung jury. The 12 jurors began deliberations at noon and continued late into the night as uncertainty remains about the second degree murder charge.
Marie H. Jackson daughter of Capt J J Healey Montana pioneer was quietly granted a divorce today from Orie W. Jackson on the ground of message port. Nora cpaprrd A Pp HYES
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