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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1901
Page
1
A terse sports note records numerous college teams engaging in football games from early in the season. It highlights a broad slate of contests across western districts with scattered results and standings.
West Point hosts Harvard in a hard fought game watched by about 4000. Harvard edges ahead with a late 45 yard rush by Kernan and a successful kick by Kutts to make the final score 6 to 0. The match features strong defense and a disputed scoring moment near the end.
The Illinois team overwhelmed Chicago 24 to 0 after a scoreless first half. Stahl led the attack with strong plunges while Lowenthal and Parker and McKnight shone on defense and rushes. Chicago captain Sheldon was injured late but recovered. the marching Illinois side dominated the second half.
Michigan defeated Northwestern 29 to 6 at Regents Field in Ann Arbor before the largest crowd in years. Michigan dominated play, controlling Northwestern territory most of the game as Elliott captained the team and key players such as Redden Dietz and Heston contributed on offense and defense.
In Buffalo on October 19 16 000 spectators watched Cornell best Carlisle Indians 18 to 0. Hunt scored a first half touchdown and Coffin added two goals. A 90 yard second half TD run by Hunt and a 60 yard scamper by Coffin sealed the win as Cornell outpaced the Indians with heavier line play.
Yale defeats Penn State 22 to 0 in a hard fought game at Yale Field. Yale’s offense and defense faced a strong challenge as two Penn State players left the game before halftime.
Sports updates list scattered scores from Newton Dartmouth Williams to San Francisco Stanford Berkeley and Lafayette Purdue plus a canceled Grinnell contest in Minneapolis due to ex Governor Pillsbury’s death. Naval cadets beat Lehigh while Madison Wisconsin edged Knox College. Franklin Field hosts Penn.
Bar ney McCaffrey announces a plan for a company including Willis Emmerson to consolidate the Battle Lake Doglass Creek and Grand Encampment mines and link them to a Grand Encampment smelter by an electric railway. The system would cover the townsite and surrounding districts at an estimated cost of 3 million to build and a total deal value between 12 million and 15.6 million dollars.
Albany October 19 Secretary of State Hay informs New Jersey State Superintendent Collins that no government representative will attend the electrocution of Leon Czolgosz, the McKinley assassination suspect, citing courtesy but expediency.
Milwaukee oct 19 Christian Wahl one of the citys wealthiest residents and a well known figure in the West dropped dead tonight after alighting from a street car near his home He was 72 years old.
In Constantinople the search for Ellen M. Stone and Mme Tsilka continues. Officials Peet and Eddy weigh reinforcing the group but keep current plans. Mud, rain, and autumn mists hinder access to rugged mountain hideouts where brigands are believed tracked.
United States Ambassador Tower returns to St Petersburg and continues efforts for Miss Stone. The Russian foreign office offers sympathy and aid while Bulgarian officials coordinate with Dr Standoff and Consul General Dickinson. Brigands are said to have been surrounded after clearing frontier towns, with surrender to Bulgaria possible and hope rising for Miss Stone's life.
Detroit aboard October 19 report says the tug Christian believed to be from Toledo Ohio with a five man crew led by Captain Harlow was run down and cut and likely sunk in the area.
A steamer named J. J. Albright went down tonight at the upper end of Grosse Isle about nine miles below the city. Of five men aboard, three were drowned. Captain Harlow is believed to be among the missing.
George Armitage, a missing Bank of New Amsterdam messenger, surrendered at the Ten derloin police station with only 31.40. He admits a 9500 shortage, 5000 covered by fidelity bond, and accuses four accomplices including a mysterious woman named Marie. Police seek the party as they probe the alleged robbery and safe-keeping schemes.
The Pacific Mail steamer Siberia was launched at Newport News Shipbuilding yard with Miss Belle Norwood Tyler, daughter of Governor J Hoge Tyler, as sponsor. About 20 000 people attended. The vessel measures roughly 600 feet in length and displaces about 19 000 tons.
Syracuse reports that the Globe Navigation company of Seattle, at a meeting in this city, voted to construct three additional vessels for Pacific service, on top of the two already under construction.
New Haven on October 19 marked Yale’s 200th anniversary with decorations, guests, and a week of events. Roosevelt attendance, 60 honorary degrees, and a grand program including music, addresses, a football game, and a Shakespearean drama highlighted the commemoration. Labor leaders pledged support as the union plans another plea to Judge Kohlsaat Monday.
Purban Natal October 19 General De Wets inactivity spurs military talk he is dead or ailing from wounds A Pretoria letter says De Wet suffered agonizing shell wound to the shoulder and gangrene from dirty dressings Five Boers recently claimed his death but Piet De Villiers captured in the northwest Orange River Colony says he had breakfast with De Wet the morning of his capture.
Striking machinists continued picketing the Allis-Chalmers plant and Gates iron works in Chicago after being enjoined by a U S court. Eight night pickets were replaced by a 12 man squad at 6 a m as Business Agent Ireland pledged to keep posting pickets.
Salt Lake City October 19 Samuel Newhouse the Utah mine investor with connections to Paris bankers Dedmachy and Sellers assumed control of the Cactus group of mines in Southern Utah by paying 200000 dollars to the attorneys. He declared plans to invest about 1000000 dollars in mine equipment including a large capacity mill and a smelter to process at least 500 tons daily near Salt Lake City.
Walter S. Payne longtime commander in chief of the Sons of Veterans died today in Chicago from complications after an operation performed Monday.
Paris reports show Santos-Dumont’s Santee-Dumont airship completed the Paris round trip to the Eiffel Tower in 29 minutes 15 seconds, yet a 40 second overrun due to a late descent caused committee to deny the 100 000 franc Deutsch prize. The crowd protested while Deutsch offered 25 000 francs to the poor and Santos-Dumont publicly accepted the contingent aid.
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