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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1908
Page
13
Chicago outclassed Detroit in a 3 to 0 victory at Detroit, moving three games to one in the series. Mordecai Brown pitched well for Chicago, while Summers had control issues in key stretches. Detroit threatened once in the fourth but errors and baserunning miscues thwarted their chances.
Riordan is sentenced to one year in the penitentiary after a manslaughter verdict. The ruling concludes the trial, with judges declaring the defendant guilty of the lesser homicide charge.
Mrs Florence Riordan was found guilty of manslaughter in the July 12 shooting of her husband Timothy Riordan in Central Park. She testified she acted in self defense after years of abuse and threats over money and a non legal marriage. Riordan was shot when she wrested his pistol as he reached for it, then fired two or three times. The jury returned the verdict at Billings at 11 o'clock tonight and Riordan's sentence was one year in the penitentiary.
London October 13. A massive suffragette mob hemmed Westminster and halted traffic, with Mrs Travers Symons leading a dramatic dash to the speaker’s chair before police carried her out. Courts later ordered no women admitted to Parliament. Over 5,000 police, cavalry, and marines held the scene as protests continued.
A chaotic local incident centers on a man enraged by a romantic attachment to a woman, leading to a charged altercation and a longshore charge. Thomas W. Howerle is named in connection with a deadly moment, while Keefe is referenced in the ensuing legal action.
Thomas W. Howell, 68, of Drummond, shot Laura M. Fuller as she prepared to leave her room above a saloon, then surrendered to officers saying he had no regrets. The Fuller's age about 35, previously owned local property. an inquest is pending. Howell, well known in Granite county, faces murder charges amid community shock.
Special Dispatch from Great Falls reports John Portin of the Gerber coal mine in Sand Coulee was killed instantly by a several ton roof fall. He had just warned a partner that he would trim loosened coal after a blast when the collapse occurred. Workmen freed him after about thirty minutes, but he had suffered fatal injuries to the head.
Pearl Tucker a 16 year old girl was assaulted near Concord twenty miles north of Charlotte by a man who pointed a pistol at her head. A posse of 500 citizens formed quickly and captured a suspect about an hour after the crime.
Vice Chairman Hudspeth of the Democratic National Committee released a list of states he said would deliver electoral votes to Mr Bryan. The solid South with 166 votes plus Nebraska Indiana Ohio West Virginia Nevada New York 39 brings the total to 261. Wisconsin is listed as doubtful while New Jersey Connecticut Rhode Island and Illinois are still debatable with New Jersey and Connecticut leaning Democratic.
In East Liverpool Ohio on October 13 William H Taft's special ran into its first mishap near Sterling as the front of his car and the rear of the preceding Pullman derailed just after 10 am. The incident caused about a half hour delay with the track torn up but no other damage reported.
A large crowd gathered at the Fergus county opera house as Governor Norris spoke amid torchlight processions and cheers. The Democratic ticket received strong support. a $1000 wager was placed on Norris' election with John D. Waite backing the Republicans.
Rain from nearby volcanic eruptions affects Guadaloupe on October 18 as Mt. Soufriere on St. Vincent remains the region’s largest volcano.
Rev. Jeremiah Moynihan, the city’s oldest Catholic priest and likely the oldest in the world, died in Chicago at age 100 years and 5 months. He remained physically and mentally active despite his age.
Washington reports a minor quake recorded at the Weather Bureau and the Coast and Geodetic Survey magnetic observatory in Sheltenham Maryland. Officials traced the quake to about 2000 miles to the southwest and west, likely in the Pacific off the Mexican coast, with initial tremors just after midnight and a stronger shock at 12 24.
Detroit report states President Keefe of the longshoremen’s union refutes a New York Democratic claim that he was offered the position of commissioner general of immigration in exchange for Taft support. He says he had only a brief Oct 3 audience with the president attended by others and denies any offer.
Washington Oct 13 Secretary Loeb said no reply would be issued tonight to the statement from democratic headquarters in New York and the charge would be examined tomorrow. Keefe, one of the president's callers on Oct 3, and Patrick Morrissey of Cleveland head of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, also met the president that day.
Eugene V. Debs socialist presidential candidate spoke to two East Side meetings and a Brooklyn audience despite weakness in legs. He rode the "red special" to Jersey City for medical care as doctors warned rest is needed to continue the 41 day tour ahead of the election.
Washington October 13 surgeons at Fort Meyer hospital examined Orville Wright and found his leg knitting much better than expected. Doctors said recovery pace was favorable and the famous aviation pioneer showed encouraging signs of healing.
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