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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1901
Page
2
Navy officer Schley reports receiving messages during the Santiago Harbor episode, detailing communications about the incident. Local authorities review the chatter linked to the event and its possible implications for the ongoing inquiry.
Lieut. R. W. Wells Jr the flag lieutenant to Admiral Schley testifies about Cuban campaign actions and dispatches received during the battle. Cross examination questions dispatches and two copies of No 8 from Sampson. testimony continues tomorrow amid adjournment. Marquis Ito visits Roosevelt at the White House and departs for New York after luncheon with officials.
In Yokohama on October 21 the Marquis Ito led a strong movement by his party to undermine the government and topple the cabinet. Details indicate a coordinated effort to shift power and destabilize the current administration.
Lieutenant Wells describes the pursuit and surrender of the Colon off Santiago. He details orders for rapid fire ammunition, the Brooklyn’s engagement with three Spanish ships, and dispatches from Secretary Long and Lane. The questioning centers on No. 7 and No. 8 cables and memo records.
Fragmentary notice hints at upheaval with expectations of major political developments and potential shift in leadership.
Washington reports quote K Tsudzuki, ex-vice minister of foreign affairs, at Marquis Ito’s Arlington hotel saying Ito’s party has no sanction from the Marquis and he denies any imminent effort to topple the cabinet. He notes Japan’s politics seemed peaceful on departure and doubts a strong movement.
Public statement reports a $115,100 deficit at Merchants National Bank Lowell after two employees A. G. Smith and L. K. Swift looted the vault and fled. The securities have been recovered and the bank opens as usual while a Washington bank examiner investigates. Authorities pursue the missing tellers near Lowell possibly aided by lawyers Burke and Bartlett.
An audacious bank heist ends with the loot returned in carpet bags this morning. Directors met with Boston lawyer Charles W. Bartlett and Montreal linked associates as authorities weigh possible prosecutions. Bank records show $800,000 in securities handed back. Smith and Swift are believed to be abroad or at least far from Boston.
An old advertisement promotes Yake Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming a one day cure for a cold. It notes Grove's signature on each box and a two cent price with a money back refund if it fails.
Judge Kohlsaat in Chicago modified the injunction against the International Association of Machinists to permit peaceful picketing and moral suasion while barring violence or threats. The court said it could not draw a fine line between peaceful picketing and intimidation and each case would be judged on its merits. The Machinists association appealed to the U.S. circuit court of appeals.
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports Charles L. Murray named deputy collector of customs and inspector at Great Falls to replace Samuel A. Swiggett who has resigned. A civil service exam will be held at Anaconda on November 16 for a post office clerk and letter carrier position.
Erastus Carr of Miles City and Henry Frank of Butte arrived in Washington to attend the supreme council session of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite and to witness the unveiling ceremony related to Albert Pike.
The draft notes that Mr. Carr, now grand prior, is likely to be promoted to lieutenant grand commander tomorrow. This would elevate him to the second-highest office in the southern jurisdiction.
A plan was placed before the New York Stock Exchange board of managers to trade copper certificates. The certificates would track copper stored in New York warehouses and are priced with a 96 percent purity base, adding value for each point above.
The St Paul based Great Northern Road reports joint purchase of 4.97 percent of Burlington stock with Northern Pacific, issued collateral stock valued at 25,154.40, and potential bonds up to 222,400. It lists authorized stock at 125,000,000 with 8,711.70 issued, a 194,000 debt reduction for St Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba, and 1919 earnings of 12,507,268 net and 11,537,626 operating income. A drop of 1,104,? in income is noted from prior year.
The Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, author of In His Steps, praised President Roosevelt for inviting Booker T. Washington to dine with him. He said Roosevelt has done more to obliterate sectional prejudice and race hatred than a generation of writing and agitation could do.
Two leading Boston banks, the Shoe and Leather National and the National Bank of Redemption, both with $1,000,000 capital, announce consolidation. The National Bank of Redemption will absorb the Shoe and Leather. Toumlin remains head of the new bank, Case retires as president of Redemption.
The Duke of Teck reported a theft aboard a royal yacht, with a gold watch and cash taken from a cabin. Police investigated and sought witnesses who saw a man leaving the vessel in the harbor.
A sensational theft on the royal yacht Ophir in Halifax NS leaves a gold watch and a wallet of about 20 sovereigns missing. The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York depart Canada amid a heavy snowstorm while thanking officials, railways, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and Lady Minto for hospitality.
Rochester report states talks of forming a company to merge major U S camera and photographic supplies plants. Papers of incorporation expected to be filed in New Jersey on Thursday with capital stock set at 25 million dollars.
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