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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1902
Page
10
The Seattle game was halted by rain causing a stoppage in play. Meevitt missed a fly as conditions paused actions and prayers were offered between teams.
Spokane edged Butte 7 4 as McKevitt’s misplayed fly ball in the fifth opened the damper on a powerful Butte rally. Kane, Ward, and McHale starred in a rugged, rain affected game with standout catches by McKevitt and sharp fielding by Spokane's defense.
Washington Oklahoma Territory reports that naval engineers tested four oil burning devices on a 2100 horsepower boiler and concluded oil cannot compete with coal for naval use. They prepared a preliminary report for the secretary showing no device produced steam as effectively as coal, even with oil at one dollar per barrel.
Secretary Moody decides to transport the flowing dry dock from Havana to the Pensacola navy yard as soon as ready for vonage. The repair plan was grown at Havana but the dock’s presence in the principal Cuban harbor irritated locals and removal was ordered to respect Cuban sentiment.
The police failed to prove the drama Mary Magdalena is blasphemous and immoral. Despite a ministerial decree banning Biblical character portrayals, Paul Hayse's production will proceed at the Lessing theater amid public and manager interest.
London on October 7 the first sitting of the royal commission to inquire into the conduct of the South African war was held under Lord Elgin. Discontent rose over the decision to exclude the press with the Pall Mall Gazette arguing reporters are essential for full, free inquiry.
The annual meeting of the Northern Pacific Railway company stockholders was held in New York today and the old board of directors was re-elected. Only routine business was reported after the gathering.
Beatrice Smathers, 15, daughter of landowner David Smuthers near Marion Indiana, vanished two weeks ago with oil operator Branton Clark. She recounted being abducted from her home, forced into a carriage, taken 35 miles to Anderson, then to Cincinnati, kept in a room for 10 days until she escaped and hid on a train back toward Anderson.
King Oscar awards Capt Otto Sverdrup the grand cross of St Olaf and grants an annual $810 stipend though the Arctic explorer is indisposed.
Harvey Showers has been elected captain of the Anaconda football team guiding under Coach Hartsel. He is a skilled linebacker with strong leadership as the squad trains for a rematch with Butte Juniors, aiming to rebound from a recent defeat.
Salt Lake City reports a vault at Sierra Nevada Lumber offices dynamited this morning securing 400. The office was wrecked by the blast. Denver police said a burglar tools kit was sent here and traced to an express office four hours earlier. Detectives call the job the work of experts.
Sheriff Thompson of Cadds county trapped the Gert Casey gang after a conference in Cedar canyon within the Wichita mountains. Twenty one deputies surrounded the hideout, eight gang members were captured after a short fight. Casey escaped by abandoning his horse and fleeing through underbrush.
Burglars entered the Springville Utah post office early this morning and forced the safe, taking 250 dollars in stamps 12 dollars in cash and stock certificates valued at several thousands of dollars. There is no crew.
London reports Prof. Barrett Wendell, professor of English at Harvard since 1898, named class lecturer in English literature at Trinity College Cambridge for a one year appointment. The move solidifies scholarly ties between American and British institutions.
In Lexington the Kentucky Futurity for 3 year old trotters produced a surprise as Nellie Jay driven by F Mekay won after five heats. The Rajah the favored horse broke thrice and finished last distanced, Gail Hamilton won the first two heats before Nellie Jay clinched the final heats while 8,000 spectators cheered.
Worth results list six furlongs Echo Dale winner with Dodie S. second and Brownie Anderson third. Americano wins five furlongs with The Don second and Foxy Kane third. Flying Torpedo takes the mile and a sixteenth with Little Fikin second and Bragg third. Flyaway handicap is noted but unfinished in the supplied text.
Fifteen hundred spectators attend the interstate fair program in Spokane. Fretting wins the 2:29 class with Idol second. July Gyp takes the mile handicap over Sailor, Stromothira Times clocks 1:52 for seven-eighths, Burdock prevails in the h andicap, with Tingaling and Ravena close behind. Queen T. wins the three furlongs handicap, Big Dutch second, Rattler third.
The Pittsburgs hosted the All-American Stars in the opening game of their series. Leever pitched to nine innings with limited support from the offense. Attendance reached 2,200 as Leever and Smith, Young, and Sullivan held the Stars in check. Umpires O Day and O Laughlin.
Sir Thomas Lipton’s third challenge for the America’s Cup was signed in Belfast Ireland by Royal Ulster Yacht Club officials. The Hon Charles Russell represented Lipton. The terms echo those of 1914 with first races expected in August.
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