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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1903
Page
3
Russian foreign office says no US representations needed after Kichinef massacres. Ambassador McCormick inquiry asked if American money and supplies would aid sufferers. Russia resents anti Russian agitation in America blamed on English press.
The Jewish World editor in London offers 250 dollars to any American charity named by Count Cassini if he can prove that Kichiner unrest stems from usury by money lenders to the satisfaction of three prominent Americans.
Berlin reports the Russian government answered Ambassador McCormick on aid to Jews in Kichinef. German funds collected through the Commercial Disconto bank totaling about 60,000 dollars are being distributed locally through a Berlin firm in Kichinef with no official objections.
In St Petersburg on May 19 the czar confirmed the dismissal of Lieutenant General Raaben, governor of Kichiner where a massacre of Jews occurred a month ago. An imperial ukase dated May 17 dismisses the Naral, and authorities have shut Volny and banned street sales of Novosti for press regulation violations.
Rev Dr N Mosessohn of Portland asserts he witnessed 26 massacres and riots in Russia and criticizes authorities for failing to quell massacres before Jews were plundered. He argues taxes and bribes drive oppression and notes Jewish agricultural colonies exist but laws bar Jews from owning or tilling land beyond those colonies.
Washington May 19 Some resolutions adopted by mass meetings reach Secretary Hay. They will be considered and a possible way found to convey the substance of the resolutions to the Russian government as U S feeling is shown.
In the House of Commons Lord Claiborne stated the killed figure is about twice the Rus report. He said the disturbance began after the alleged murder of a Christian boy, wrongly blamed on Jews, prompting a mob assault on Easter Sunday and Monday that killed about a hundred Jews and injured many.
Joseph Potts has purchased the T. A. Wickes property in western Boulder comprising a house a barn and 11 lots. He and his wife now live on a ranch in the Big Hole valley Beaver head county but plan to move to Boulder and leave their sons to run the ranch and stock interests.
Mrs Barnett arrived from Chestnut Sunday evening and went to the valley to see her daughter who was thrown from a horse. The young woman lay unconscious from Monday to Friday and has since shown gradual improvement and will soon resume teaching at the valley school.
Reports from Denver Chicago New York and Cheyenne detail clashes boycotts and suspensions as unions push for wage gains. John C Driscoll travels to urge settlement while workers in NYC face police action and a 2000 plus workforce on the subway line.
The Boston and Montana smelter at Great Falls will be supplied as the company increases coal output. A new boiler house is built at the mine entrance and four boilers are installed including a 250 horsepower engine and a 12 horsepower engine. The plant adds a 24 inch compressor six Ingersoll drills six coal cutters and two pumps. Many workers are engaged and the management expects to produce 700 tons of coal daily.
Frank A. Vanderlip former treasury assistant secretary and City National Bank VP wed Miss Narecissa Cox at Christ Reformed Episcopal church. Bishops Cheney and Mosher officiated as a crowd of newspaper men and university friends attended. The couple will spend summer in Europe after a reception for 300 and a voyage from New York.
London agrees with Washington to accept China’s indemnity settlement on a silver basis for a term of years with a bond reserve to cover any deficiency if later a gold basis is decided. The move strengthens the U S position.
A Daily Mail Pretoria correspondent reports a widespread belief among Rand magnates in Pretoria that German division leaders plan to sway public opinion toward importing Asiatic labor. The motive is tied to a depressed South African share market.
Land Coulee, May 19. The Gerber mine at this place is making preparations for ongoing operations. Local officials have not released full details, but workers are reporting timetables and safety steps being followed as mining activity resumes.
May 19 dispatch reports Cascade County trades unions endorsing affiliate all labor groups under one head. Resolutions urge sending delegates to pressure national conventions for unified federation and to inform President Gompers and officials of major labor bodies. Copies to journals and public press are requested.
May 19 Big Timber report from Harlowton places Michael Finn in town days ago after escaping from a Bismarck North Dakota penitentiary. He swapped prison stripes for citizen clothing signaling possible outside help. W. R. Stokes of a steamfitters’ supply firm said he saw a man matching the warden’s description.
White Sulphur Springs reports a weekend storm from Saturday through Monday with about a foot of snow and freezing temperatures. Drifted snow reaches winter depths and a heavy loss of lambs is expected due to the harsh weather on stock.
Boulder reports about five inches of snow on Sunday. Officials say the ground will not trigger losses to stock and will instead help grass growth and provide a robust summer range. The relief is seen as beneficial for cattle and sheep grazing in the region.
B F Warren formerly of St Paul is placed in charge of Yegen Bros Savings Bank opened at Gardiner days ago. Warren has many years in banking and lately worked with Scot Bros at Junction in this county. He moves with his family to Gardiner.
The United States Rubber Company reports total earnings of 51,888,757 and total net income of 2,774,508 for the year. After deducting interest and bad debts, a surplus of 1,342,448 remains.
Thirteen hundred slot gambling machines valued at 125000 dollars were burned today by order of Philadelphia Director of Public Safety Smyth after raids. The event occurred in Philadelphia on May 19.
President arrives in Sacramento amid warm receptions as Nevada capital towns greeted him. The tour continues through the day with stops across the region before heading to Portland.
Sacramento on May 19 reports F M Woodson arresting a man who warned that one has died and another might just as well. The captive gave the name Randleman and carried a six shooter with two extra cartridges. He held no explanation and showed a Sacramento to Shelby smelting works ticket with $27 in his pocket.
Sacramento Chief of Police Sullivan dismisses Frank Woodson s account of a threat claim and notes Charles Randleman was jailed on concealed weapons charges after appearing as a workingman and being intoxicated. Randleman denies the alleged remark. Roosevelt arrives in Sacramento with a large crowd, tours the city, speaks at the capitol, then continues toward Oregon.
President Theodore Roosevelt arrived in Reno at 7 30 am and rode the Virginia and Truckee line to Carson City. He greeted crowds from his car back platform then spoke briefly at the courthouse and at the state university where 409 students listened. He also met H J Barton and was presented with river trout and Nevada honey as his train continued west.
President Roosevelt reached Carson City at 9 oclock amid gala decor with Gov Sparks and Mayor Mackey meeting him. A platform at the state capitol hosted his address under arches and a Nevada banner applauding the hero of San Juan.
Governor Sparks’s farm hosts a mass welcome as 15 000 people line the streets for the president. He speaks 20 minutes on irrigation and forestry, lauds Nevada’s irrigation law, and receives thunderous applause before a city tour and departure by a six car train pulled by three locomotives.
President Roosevelt halted in Truckee California for about 15 minutes this afternoon. He spoke from a platform near his train as a large crowd cheered after the address accompanied by a marching band.
In Grass Valley and Nevada City crowds of about 20 000 gathered to greet President Roosevelt as his train arrived from Reno at Colfax. Superior Judge Nilon presented a draped truck loaded with quartz specimens, which the president accepted before delivering a brief address thanking the assembly for their courtesy.
Boston May 19 The Boston merchant George B Raymond accused Harry C Foster of Gloucester a state senator this year of demanding money to save a measure. Foster testified about 20 minutes admitting he visited Raymond to give advice on the pending bill and suggested ex Senator William Butler as counsel.
Sanderson Texas May 198. Justice of the Peace H S Biggs and Ed Bell were killed tonight in a shooting affray at the post office. Deputy Sheriff C McMahon was shot in the arm and seriously wounded. Much excitement prevails, but no one knows the exact cause of the trouble.
Sofia May 19 The new cabinet formed by General Petroff yesterday published a programme outlining foreign policy to seek best terms with all powers especially Russia while safeguarding national interests. The government will pursue a democratic policy with strict reform of laws referencing all citizens without party distinction.
Nashville Tennessee May 19 Governor Frazer refused to honor Ohio’s requisition for Mrs Elizabeth McCormick of Memphis charged with sending a poison package that killed an Adams Express employee in Cincinnati Frazer notes she was not in Ohio when alleged offense occurred and has not fled the state
North bound Rock Island passenger train No 46 was struck by a wild engine from Caldwell yards a mile south of Caldwell Kansas. Wilbur Burkett of Caldwell was killed and several others were badly injured including Postal Clerk Myers. The engineer and fireman escaped serious injury by jumping. None of the coaches left the track.
Land Coulee May 19 The Nelson Coal company has not yet resumed work and will not until the labor trouble is settled The Trades council and the Miners union will take up the matter and adjust the differences between the company and the men likely soon
A Panguitch Utah message dated May 16 reports the Hatch on the Panguitch branch of the Sevir river reservoir broke in the early morning of May 16. The damage is heavy but no deaths. The reservoir was for an irrigation system. Panguitch sits in extreme southern Utah about 50 miles from a railroad with no cause details available.
Smallpox patients formerly in isolation on Tongue River were released yesterday after confinement.
John Redmond MP provided a signed statement to the Associated Press detailing the Dublin rotunda disturbance at a meeting in support of the Irish parliamentary fund. He says women led the disorder and were not restrained, protesters numbered 30 to 40, but order returned after speeches and fund subscriptions. Lord Mayor Harrington received an ovation on returning to the street. The disturbance, he adds, was planned by an irresponsible Dublin junta opposed to peaceful prospects for Ireland.
The Missouri Supreme Court reversed the two year perjury sentences for Julius Lehmann and H A Faulkner, former St. Louis delegates, remanding for a new trial. The court found error in the lower court's jury instruction on the $75,000 doodle fund and ruled the indictments valid.
In St Louis on May 19 Emil Hartmann ex speaker pro tem of the house faces trial in Judge Ryans court for selling his vote on the city lighting bill. The case arises from a 47500 deal involving money distributed to delegates at Julius Lehmanns home. State witnesses include former delegates John K Murrell John Holmes Otto Schumacher George F Robertson E F Murrell and William Tamblyn.
A U S court of appeals upheld the Pennsylvania railroad right to remove Western Union poles and wires from along its right of way. The decision affirms a West Pennsylvania judgment and reverses a New Jersey circuit court ruling granting an injunction.
News from Campus West Virginia reports a log house used by lumbermen burned. Two men were killed and five injured as the blaze trapped occupants who struggled to escape. The incident occurred in Campus, West Virginia, with rescuers rushing to the scene.
Grass Valley California May 19 William Sickles burned to death and his aged wife severely injured as their home burned. The tragedy occurred today near here and left the wife in critical condition. In separate items Washington May 19 A patent issued to John I Larson of Butte for a dresser. Postmaster salary at Marysville Montana raised. Pension granted to Joseph Shepard of Helena.
Deputy Marshal Wall Post Office Inspector Beatty and Chinese Inspector Hampton left Kalispell tonight with six Chinese men charged with being in the United States illegally. They will be taken to Helena for a hearing. Two of the men have lived in Kalispell 12 years without papers, causing unrest in Chinatown.
Tom Moore a sheep herder well known in Billings will be examined by a board of commissioners tomorrow morning as to his sanity. The man was arrested that night by the police charged with disturbing the peace. His condition is believed to have been influenced by whiskey and drugs.
The first annual meeting opens with F D Hornbrook presiding and nearly 500 delegates in attendance. Mayor Schmitz welcomes attendees as committees review communications and reports. Officers will be elected tomorrow and next year’s venue may be St Louis. Sanitary plumbing laws advance in 12 states. Delegates enjoy receptions, balls, and trips to Camp Taylor and Mare Island.
Denver May 19 no opposition to re election of P P H Morrissey as grand master of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen at its biennial convention in Denver Other grand officers expected to be chosen without contest A communication from Manhattan elevated railroad trainmen asked for affiliation with the order during today’s session
The National Federations convention open in Indianapolis shows 22 000 members and 30 local unions. A treasury of 11000 dollars and a new committee on foreign relations will handle music events at the St Louis exposition.
Indianapolis May 1 reports and committee appointments dominated the session of the Switchmen Union of North America. M Kiley of Seattle and F E B Donah ham of San Francisco named to the salaries committee.
Buffalo May 19 second day of Women's Baptist Home Missions society session adopted resolutions opposing Reed Smoot seating in the U S Senate and urging an amendment to make polygamy a crime. The 15 member committee on consolidating missionaries reported unfavorably and all officers will be re-elected.
In Pittsburg the Order of Railway Conductors closed its 29th biennial convention to over 500 delegates and visitors. Portland, Oregon won the bid for the 1904 gathering after votes favored the Oregon city over Boston. F G Smith of Detroit was reelected grand inside sentinel and U Ferguson of Ogden was reelected grand outside sentinel. The ladies auxiliary likely closes with tomorrow’s session and reelects Mrs. J H Moore of Toledo as grand president.
A 15 round Marquis of Queensbury bout is set for the Glendive opera house tomorrow evening between Frank Bersal of St Paul and Edward Russell of San Francisco. The contest draws local interest and features two prominent featherweight contenders.
A marriage license was issued this morning by the county clerk to J W Powell of South Boulder and Stella M West of Jefferson in the southern part of the county.
Washington May 19. Treasury department reports total value of bonds received for exchange into 2 percent consoles reaches $61,177,880. The mix includes percent and 4 percent bonds being converted as part of the program.
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