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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1902
Page
3
Twenty thousand workers idle as strike spreads through rail, coal, and brewing sectors. Governor Crane and business leaders press for settlement while railroad officials insist on handling all freight. Local unions plan meetings to possibly expand actions, affecting Lynn factories and city services.
Collins Boston telegram notes proposed mediation by good offices. Noddle Island and Charlestown longshoremen assemblies join strikers, adding 1,400 to the work stoppage and halting the city water front. Expressmen's union 30 with 920 drivers orders all members to strike tomorrow.
New York on March 12 Ralph M Easley said he planned to travel to Boston to meet Frank M Sargent of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen Daniel J Keene of the International Longshoremen's Union Charles Francis Adams and others invited by the Massachusetts state board of arbitration to discuss the strike question and seek a settlement
New York observers report Boston freight handlers and expressmen strike causing baggage delays for arriving passengers. The Boston action also halted perishable freight, leading to a shortage of fresh fish in New York and general disruption of services.
Secretary Hay and Secretary Root left Washington aboard the president's naval yacht Sylph for several days of rest. The vessel will cruise Chesapeake Bay and they expect to return by Monday at the latest.
El Paso March 12 reports that C. W. White an eminent attorney was cremated in the Southern Pacific wreck debris near Sanderson last week. White was traveling from Mobile to Washington state and his name is not listed among the casualties.
Report from Heilbron Orange River Colony says General Dewit and ex-President Steyn crossed the main river line during the night of March 9, four miles north of Wolvehoek and moved west.
Brig. Gen. David S. Stanley U.S.A. retired lies dangerously ill at his Washington home. The ailment is chronic Bright's disease and the report notes his gallant and distinguished service in the war of the rebellion.
Glenn keeper of the House of Representatives died at 3 30 this afternoon in Washington of acute inflammation of the lungs. He was a resident of New York.
A Wichita man named William Campbell of 318 West Central testifies he was troubled with eczema for 25 years and found relief after using a medicine. He offers the statement for publicity to help others and for personal satisfaction.
Washington supports absolute exclusion with penalties for noncompliance. The measure keeps restrictions on Chinese entry and detention, permits limited Chinese crew shipment in emergencies, and extends exclusion to merchants students and similar entrants who become laborers.
Washington March 12 David P Barrows chief of the bureau of non Christian tribes of the Philippine Islands testifies before the Senate committee. He divides Filipinos into cultivated and subordinate classes noting the small upper cultured group and a large educated deficit among the masses. He says small garrisons irritate towns and that education efforts continue while eradicating old dialects is neither possible nor desirable.
A man arriving in town this afternoon said his father murdered his mother and two younger sisters a few miles from Winslow, beating them to death with a club.
A cyclone swept through Copiah and Lincoln counties in Mississippi this morning killing at least seven people. Montgomery in Copiah was worst hit with four bodies under debris. A railroad camp nearby lost three men, and a Illinois Central passenger train suffered extensive damage with every coach window blown out.
General Frederick Funston is greeted by Chicago crowds including the Press club, Marquette club, and board of trade. He tours stock yards, attends a matinee, dines with packers, and watches George Ade’s The New Sultan of Sulu before heading to New York.
Chillicothe Mo March 12 Charles Adams a state representative from this county died yesterday evening from heart failure He was 60 years old a prominent Republican and a well known local figure in politics and business
Belva A. Lockwood, famed Washington barrister and former presidential candidate, writes for the Peruna Medicine Co. praising the remedy for colds and catarrh. She cites cures and endorsements from actresses and other users, urging households to obtain Peruna and a free book on catarrh from Columbus, Ohio.
Washington reports overtures to settle the tariff dispute with Cuba. The proposal would apply 20 percent cuts for two crops, this year and next, amid mixed opposition views. Leaders say talks include Payne and Dalzell and a later arbitration plan. Also noted are three federal cases: Vadnais for smuggling, Housman for assault on an Indian, and Carr for whiskey import.
Toronto report states Mrs. Ross wife of Premier G. W. Ross died very suddenly today after a period of good health and a recent return from Ottawa.
John Jacobs a Massillon coal operator with extensive land and manufacturing interests died today at old age. He was aged 0 and had held significant local business holdings. Funeral plans were not available in the report.
A Daily Mail correspondent in London cites a Vienna cable claiming a Warsaw court martial condemned Russian Colonel Grimm for passing military secrets to a foreign power. The rumor says aristocratic Polish ladies were arrested as his accomplices and Grimm was shot within two hours of the sentence.
A Mineral Hill mine fire near Patterns Wash damag es $20,000 in property this morning. About $15,000 worth of new machinery was ruined while buildings and sheds burned. The boarding house and sawmill survived. No insurance. Connecticut capitalists own the mine and Dr. Jacob May of Bridgeport is a major stockholder. Operations to resume once new machinery and lumber arrive.
A Brussels cable reports General Botha arranged a treaty with the Swazi queen last year allowing Boer forces to enter Swaziland if pressure from Britain increased.
Capt Charles A Hiess, tobacco specialist and Cuba cigar expert, chats with friends in a Broadway restaurant about proper cigar storage. He praises Waldorf Astoria vaults where cigars are kept in sand-lined rooms to preserve aroma and aging quality, noting separate vaults for imported and domestic cigars. He says proper keeping increases value, while bad storage lowers it. The Waldorf stores goods worth more than $100,000.
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports that F. P. Sterling Montana McKinley memorial fund treasurer received 380 dollars from C. W. Cook Fergus county fund treasurer as part of the fund drive.
A Winslow Arizona dispatch reports that a son of Indian Jim, a full-blooded Sioux, is living in the area near Winslow. The note appears in a Denver news service filed March 12.
Special Dispatch to the Standard from Helena on March 12 states Deputy Marshal Wall brought four federal prisoners to the county jail. Among them is Henry Henault an Indian charged with taking whiskey into the Blackfoot country.
The Ledger profiles Z. A. Andrews chosen to manage the Tacoma baseball club this season. A long travel from Peoria to Rush Medical College and various minor league stops are noted, including a 1899 injury ending a season and later roles with Des Moines, Minneapolis, New York, Buffalo, and Des Moines again before moving to Tacoma in 1912.
A night robbery in Titusville area reports the Farmers bank vault in Townville blown open. Thieves stole between 7000 and 8000 dollars in bills and coins. No crew was identified and no injuries reported.
Manila reports Lieutenant Hage Dorn, quartermaster of the 28th Infantry, placed in confinement amid embezzlement accusations. The action follows internal inquiries into misused funds and supply discrepancies. Authorities have not released further details pending investigation.
Former Illinois governor John P Altgeld has died. The report quotes officials praising his intellect and economic insight while acknowledging criticism from opponents who feared his policies.
Chicago march 12 Mrs Altgeld widow of the former governor died today and is prostrated by the shock news from Joliet grave apprehension for her welfare is felt as she has been in delicate health for two years the decedent leaves no children.
The body reaches Chicago and lies at No 3225 Madden Avenue after a train arrival. A plain black casket covered with flowers is met by about a score of associates with bared heads as it is moved from the station to the hearse and home.
Washington reports the clash between Russian soldiers and the US steamship Vicksburg at Newchwang has been settled satisfactorily after the Russian commandant apologized to Captain Berry, commander of the Vicksburg.
The Norfolk Railway and Light Company cars ran today without guards as strikers and company officers continued correspondence and a compromise is believed likely.
The Isaac Perry Coal company of Butte was incorporated by D. Doriaig, John A. Stromberg and O. Chevrier in Helena on March 12. Capitalization is $100,000. The firm will engage in buying, selling and developing coal lands.
Helena March 12 special dispatch reports Judge Smith ordered attorneys in the long running water right case of Edmund Whitcomb versus the Helena Water Company and numerous defendants to submit all evidence by March end. The matter has dragged through Department I of the district court for two months.
Edward Singleton son of millionaire John Singleton and part owner of the Yellow Aster mine at Randsburg died by self inflicted gunshot in Los Angeles late tonight.
London reports that Cecil Rhodes lies critically ill as dangerous symptoms persist, with the Cape Town correspondent noting labored breathing and mounting dangers to his condition.
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