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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1903
Page
32
At 5 35 oclock the subject, surrounded by his party and secret service men, was shot from the hotel to the Thornton as a large crowd dispersed, marking a dramatic incident amid ongoing security measures.
The speaker praises Montana citizens, urges a strong navy and prewar preparedness, and urges unity, courage, honesty, and sane governance. He recalls service members, invokes the Monroe doctrine, irrigation law, and the future of the nation, stressing ideal civic character and national strength.
President Roosevelt rode from the Thornton hotel to the Columbia Gardens in a rapid, lantern-lit procession led by rough riders. The fleet of 25 carriages and the North Dakota-led escort rode up Parrot flat then canyon to the garden, where he spoke 35 minutes amid cheers, roses, and a copper gallows gift for Mrs. Roosevelt.
After speeches at the Finlen the president greeted local ladies, paused with Senator Kohrs in the Thornton lobby, then rested in room 209 before attending a lavish banquet hosted by Mayor Mullins. The dinner extended beyond the planned hour as the presidential party departed for the gardens.
The president arrived at Coumbila gardens around 2:20 PM to a crowd of about 7,000 filling the grant cans and bleachers at the ball grounds. Manager Wharton of the street railway company had set up benches in front of the grand stand for better view as the president spoke from a special covered stand near center field.
President speaks to wage workers in Butte on liberty under law and equal treatment. He condemns wealth-based privilege, urges law enforcement against greed and violence, and stresses self guidance and brotherhood for civic success.
Butte displayed vast patriotic displays as President Roosevelt toured the city. Main street and Broadway were lined with red white and blue bunting flags and banners on business blocks and the courthouse stood adorned. The Finlen hotel stand hosted the address amid white and national colors with evergreen trees nearby.
Il Wood, business manager of the Anaconda office of the Butte Miner, was robbed by three men on a Columbia Gardens streetcar last night. They grabbed his long pocketbook containing a $2,000 draft and seven $25 checks, then vanished. Witnesses cried out but police had no arrests by late hour.
A vivid portrait of the Salpetriere hospital in Paris celebrated for its association with Professor Charcot. The piece portrays the hospital as a city within a city and describes modern science probing the brain’s hidden recesses with patient, advancing inquiry.
While traveling toward the Finlen hotel a laborer with a dinner pail stepped into the street near the president’s carriage. The guard grabbed the man and pushed him back through the crowd. The man protested but was hustled away. Police kept watch over the pail’s contents as a precaution.
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