30 Mar 1902
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1902
Page
1
The jury acquits the suspect identified as Levi Johnson’s slayer on the eighth ballot. The panel found limited desire to punish Thomas Wilson for shooting the ex sheriff, indicating a cautious verdict amid voter ambivalence.
Thomas J. Wilson is acquitted of murdering Levi C Johnson on November 27 after eight ballots in a jury trial. The verdict was unanimous, with self defense argued by counsel and no eyewitnesses. Wilson to Missoula tomorrow. Johnson’s friends express dismay though evidence supported acquittal.
Miss Ellen Stone the American missionary reached London and expressed deep thanks to her American friends. She described Macedonia as troubled and said the government must determine who must make amends for her capture. Stone, exhausted and nervous, hopes to return home soon while reflecting on the public response and her role as godmother at a Tsilka baby baptism.
Governor J K Toole designates Tuesday May 13 1902 as Arbor Day and urges observance with at least one tree planted in memory of President William McKinley. He quotes the law and calls for patriotic civic pride and the lasting good of planting trees.
The Carpenters union session in Missoula and Bonner members discussed Vanderberg’s possible discharge. A committee will seek Superintendent Ross's decision by Sunday night at 8. If Vanderberg stays, Bonner mill workers may strike, potentially affecting 200 men across several towns.
Reporting from Little Rock and across the state, Clark leads Jones in the Democratic primaries for United States senator, governor, and other offices. Clark’s camp claims 86 to 90 votes on joint ballot and carries 50 of 55 counties, while Jones disputes the tally. Governor Davis leads Clark for governor as polls close at 7 p.m.
London readers publish a letter signed One Who Knows asserting F R Thompson Matabele Thompson deserved credit for the Rhodesia concession. The 1888 letter claims Rhodes trusted Thompson to secure the charter and concession, citing Thompson's months of effort at Bulawayo and warning of Rhodesia without his work. The piece notes Thompson’s prominence and cites Telegraph estimates of Rhodes’s South African holdings at over £15 million.
The schooner Frank W. Howe docked in Honolulu on March 19 with two crew members afflicted by scurvy. Out 110 days, the vessel was en route from Port Lewis to Port Townsend when it called at Honolulu to land the two sick sailors.
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports George Botz and Carl A Speith named to the Bozeman post office civil service board. Dr R S Freund appointed pension examining surgeon at Butte.
In Deer Lodge Montana a renewed bid to save Clinton Dotson from the gallows emerged as 481 petition signers and letters from his wife and 12 year old daughter were sent to Governor Toole. Attorney Joseph C. Smith forwarded the materials, arguing Dotson’s possible non participation and urging commutation to life imprisonment.
A rumor from Savannah on March 29 reports that a Black man accused in the assault of Mrs. Fountain and her son at a store west of Savannah was captured and burned in western county. The report is unverified, though many believe it true.
Everett Washington March 29 The steam schooner Albion River was launched today after three attempts to slip her into the water She will load lumber here for San Francisco.
Julius Seefelt a 15 year old worker was killed at the Donohue and Pearsall shingle mill in Everett Washington when he was caught and crushed by a revolving shaft this morning authorities said the injury occurred in a routine cutting operation with officials and witnesses reporting a tragic accident.
Washington, March 2. Mr. Dickinson has lost his position as diplomatic representative to Bulgaria after strong representations he made to the Bulgarian foreign minister. He remains consul general to Constantinople with a $5,000 annual salary, and the Bulgarian government has no representative here. The U.S. may refrain from sending another agent to Sofia but keep open demands related to the Stone case.
Captain Charles L. Howard, former Helena public schools superintendent and 11th Michigan infantry veteran, died of pneumonia in St. Louis. He was a Montana Grand Army member and active in Masonry including the Shriners.
A fresh snowstorm snarls travel as eastbound mail is rerouted around flood trouble. Officials shift trips to Helena and the Great Northern while a special train carries eastbound passengers west today to return them east by Burlington from Billings. Another heavy snowstorm rages tonight.
President transmits General Miles request to be assigned to the Philippines. Miles proposed conferences with Washington officials and Filipino representatives to ease military actions and explain U S aims. War Secretary disapproves, citing success of Chaffee and the Philippine commission and favoring continued governance and sovereignty.
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