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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1907
Page
13
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New York reports encouraging signs with record gold engagements abroad and a stock market rally on demand for securities at low prices. Banks in Chicago and Boston move to precautionary checks, while Oklahoma closes banks amid territorial banking stress. A large fire in Butte destroys the Columbia Gardens pavilion and related attractions, with extensive losses to vendors and authorities preparing to rebuild.
Arlie Mathews, accused of shooting and killing Harry W. Lansing, alias Safford, at Whitefish on July 9, was acquitted of murder in the first degree after an hour of jury deliberation. She testified the shooting was accidental during a struggle for possession after Safford threatened her. The man, a former soldier, had followed her from Helena and was connected with opium use. a Seattle telegraph operator, Mrs. Margaret Rainey, is her sister and offered to help her reform.
A Parisian report from Cri de Paris stirred sensational claims about Paul Jones's body found in a cellar on an old cemetery site. The piece, later disputed, noted the discovery as likely invention and questioned the witness commission's statements.
Two masked robbers, armed, held up Paddy Leggat at the Little Saloon on Woolman and Wyoming streets at 11 80 last night. They took cash, fled as Leggat and patrons lined up, while Leggat and others sustained injuries. Police have descriptions and pursue the suspects.
Copper wage scales will revert to the November 1 level under signed contracts when copper falls below 38 cents per pound. Unions report notices received. a miners meeting will consider action. Some reductions were announced weeks ago, but companies delayed enforcing while copper’s price was unsettled. Similar notices are sent to other unionized mines. Chiniets remain on strike. No major changes planned for Amalgamated, North Butte Red Metal. North Butte’s Arturs C. Carson may return with orders to alter mine plans. Copper trade sees a sharp price rise in United Metals Selling and large foreign exports expected, boosting gold inflows and banking demand.
John Barrett a noted news editor in Trenton New Jersey died suddenly in San Francisco from apoplexy while walking. The Associated Press reports he was the longtime news editor and his passing ends a storied career.
Spokane reports two men arrested for the Great Northern holdup at Rondo Montana were taken to Montana last night. A $188 recovered was sent to Montana. The suspect will be tried at Kalispell. One man identified as George F Hauser, a parolee from Montana penitentiary, declines to discuss the case.
The Loreal Mill and Smelter Men's Union plans to sell coal only to its members sourced from Anaconda mines at Belt. Coal will be delivered to members at cost, estimated at 7.54 per ton, about a dollar per ton below current retail. The union will build bins hire teamsters and operate cash transactions.
St. Petersburg reports General Maximoftsky, head of the interior ministry’s prison department, shot and killed at 7:50 a.m. He was connected with the Russian prison system, and officials believe the assassination was executed by terrorists seeking secrecy.
In a terse update from Skan MaveMene Oy 8 Hane, details of a murder case tied to a sugar factory are outlined. The brief notes a trial wall constructed for the case, with proceedings entering a new phase.
Colorado farmers plan to buy land near Chinook for sugar beet farming as a $1 million factory project moves forward. The Commercial Club secures pledges for 2000 acres, aims a 1908 completion with a plant start within weeks and water rights attached.
New York October report says actor Raymond Hitchcock, star of a Broadway production, was arrested on a criminal assault charge after a visit to the Assistant District Attorney's office where girls were closeted for more than two hours. The case details a knife assault linked to a murder trial, with testimonies from several witnesses and police. The defense cites excitement and temper as factors, while the state presents autopsy and witness evidence. Canteloni’s arrest follows the stabbing of Mollie Quinn and another woman, with jurors hearing testimony about the events on Mercury Street and Wyoming Street. The article advances to Page Nine.
Barbara Laponkhin daughter of ex governor Alexander Laponkhin and Russian princess mother, aged 18, vanished in London after Aldwych theater outing with sister and governess Miss Russell. Russian embassy and Scotland Yard seek her, with a claim she is wounded, held in a northwest London cellar, possibly kidnapped for blackmail as political intrigue.
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