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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1902
Page
2
Rumors circulate that Miss MacLane plans to make Chicago her home soon. Reports note interest from publishing houses and magazine houses bidding for her future work, with a potential novel attracting strong attention in the coming weeks or months.
A two year old Indian tiger on a Goshen to Poughkeepsie circus train escaped its wagon and fought 30 draught horses in a passenger car. The tiger was found dead under a horse’s hoofs in Poughkeepsie after the clash, six horses badly scratched and ten bitten.
London observers witnessed the Trooping of the Colors on Horse Guards Parade and the presentation of colors to the Irish Guards in a lavish display. The King rode with the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Connaught as crowds, including the U S ambassador Joseph H Choate, watched from crimson stands. Later the King awarded colors to the Grenadier Guards and conferred the Order of the Garter on the Duke of Marlborough and the Duke of Bedford, in a ceremony emphasizing historic pomp.
Daniel Hill a wealthy Chicago Board of Trade figure told physicians today that he was shot by burglars. He criticized insinuations linking his wife Mrs Hill to the shooting and expressed greater respect for the burglars than for those making the allegations.
Secretary Moody reports from Cavite that Lieutenant Rask of the Marine Corps died at Bacoor on the 12th of cholera. A native of Minnesota, he enlisted in 1899. Also, Peter Gadina, a gunners mate on the General Aluva, was killed by a rifle burst near Romblon on the 19th.
Residents in the southern part of East Hampton felt a shock at 9:05 p m lasting about 30 seconds. Buildings jarred and dishes rattled but no damage was reported.
May 30. Chief of Detectives Seymour resigns to take a position with the Fair Estate company. Captain of Police John B. Martin is appointed to succeed him as head of detectives in San Francisco.
The Texas express southbound on the Colorado and Southern derailed two miles south of Trinidad Colorado when rails spread. Baggage, express, smoker and chair cars overturned leaving passengers shaken but with no deaths or serious injuries.
A Madrid dispatch says Senor Sabino Arana, Biscayan nationalist leader, sent a cable to President Roosevelt congratulating on Cuba’s republic. The Spanish censor allegedly suppressed the message and authorities pursued Arana, with Roosevelt instructing the Madrid legation to seek explanations. Washington officials deny knowledge of the dispatch and any US move to question Spain.
The United Association of Hotel and Restaurant Employes adopted resolutions urging independent political action and the creation of a cooperative commonwealth. Local units will ratify. H. B. Waters was elected president and J. B. Armstrong secretary treasurer. No Western Federation of Miners or Western Labor Union sessions were held.
Special Dispatch to the Standard Great Falls May 36 Captain M C Dutton has organized Scandia lodge of 3000 Templars with about 50 charter members and officers including Olaf Wickner as chief templar Anna Anderson as vice templar Andrew Sterner as secretary Alofina Thompson as assistant secretary Gilbert Krale as financial secretary G H Olson as treasurer Annie Larson as marshal Lewis Arney as deputy marshal Alof Nelson as guard Axel Steid as sentinel Selina Swanson as chaplain Ed Olson as past chief templar Charles T Anderson as lodge deputy
Washington dispatch reports strong Democratic confidence about winning control of the next House and naming a speaker. Potential candidates include Richardson, Hay, Underwood, De Armond, Clark, and possibly Sulzer, with Irish-leaning blocs and new members shaping leadership. Debates on tariff and Ways and Means rise in importance as party strategists map a 1964 campaign agenda. News notes livestock receipts through April 1902 and rising cattle demand contrast with hog and sheep trends, with regional declines at Chicago Kansas City and St Louis markets.
London May 30 At a meeting of Leroy Mining company shareholders a committee was set up to probe past and present management and current affairs. The session was uproarious with accusations of information leakage benefiting insiders.
Rome reports the Daily Mail claim of a June 9 papal appointment to name Archbishop Keane of Dubuque to succeed Archbishop Corrigan in New York is unfounded. Three main candidates are listed: Bishop Charles McDonnell of Brooklyn Auxiliary Bishop John M. Farley of New York and either Joseph F. Mooney or Charles Colton of New York.
Miss Bessie R. Ware of Hot Springs is acquitted of murdering her divorced husband John D. Ware, a prominent businessman. He was shot in his room in June last.
In Wichita Kansas on May 30 George Hatter Bert Davis and Thomas Jones all of this city members of the battery state artillery were injured by a premature explosion of a battery gun while preparing to fire a Decoration day salute.
In Salt Lake City N F Graves shot his wife twice in the head at their rooms on East South street and then killed himself with a temple gunshot. Graves had recently arrived from Eureka Utah and previously lived in Denver.
In Pittsburg on May 30 the United Presbyterian general assembly opened talks on the membership covenant. A defined movement seeks to defer action, meet organized opposition, and consider two reports from the special committee. Memorials from Lake and Allegheny presbyteries shape the debate as Tarkio Missouri, hosts next year. A veterans’ tribute drew loud applause during memorial services led by Dr. McNary.
In San Juan on May 30 Antonio Torres Acevedo, not Ramon Trooche Cadeno, has his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment due to being 19 at the time. The four other men remain scheduled to be garrotted at Ponce tomorrow or Monday for crimes on October 1, 1998.
Rose Bigelow, wife of a newsdealer, killed her 6 year old daughter by gas and then took carbolic acid to end her own life. Authorities cited a nervous illness and probable temporary insanity as factors in the tragedy.
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