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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1902
Page
15
A westbound Northern Pacific passenger train derailed at Scudder's spur near Missoula. Locomotive and three cars overturned. Engineer Owen missing and likely dead. Conductor Straub injured but to recover. Spreading rails caused the wreck. 700 feet of track torn up. Physicians from Missoula and Spokane dispatched. extra coaches ordered to shelter passengers.
A Walnut Grove stage from Sacramento was held up near Courtland. Passenger Joseph Fisher was robbed of 16 dollars. Henry Isham fought off the masked robber, wounding and restraining him before the thief escaped into brush as darkness fell. Isham says he can identify the suspect if encountered again.
Three train cars of race horses arrive for the week’s meeting in Big Timber. Stewart Polk brings nine racers from the Butte Jockey meet, including California horses noted for fast records. A Sunday wreck at Whitehall left them with few bruises. total racers now 32.
The report notes athletes working out at the track and several more participants expected to arrive before the meeting begins.
W Strain of Ann Arbor Michigan visits Anaconda with his son J H Strain. A transcript on appeal in the case of Morgan Thomas against the Northern Pacific Railroad Company was filed in the district court yesterday.
The New York Sun reports Lady Raglan wife of the former under secretary of war displayed in Beckenham England wearing coronation robes for a cottage hospital charity event. Admission was 3 pence with proceeds to the hospital and guests numbered about 500.
An employee confronts a state institution official over a $5 deduction from salaries labeled voluntary. The superintendent defends it as a campaign contribution, insisting payment is required to keep the job, while the worker protests that no bargain or prior notice existed. The exchange highlights tensions around unpaid or unofficial payroll deductions.
Milwaukee Democratic state convention names David S. Rose of Milwaukee on the first ballot for governor with John W. Wattawa of Kewanee as the unanimous choice for lieutenant governor. Remainder of ticket to be named tomorrow. Resolutions applaud Roosevelt’s escape and mourn McKinley’s death. The platform attacks trusts and the Dingley tariff while praising Wisconsin issues.
From the New York Press, details on a visit to the west end areas including Elberon and surrounding locales are noted. The brief item emphasizes movement through and observations of local streets and landmarks.
An obituary tribute portrays Senator McMillan as a self made financier who aided hundreds of youths, founded a St. Louis branch, and shared wealth during his life. It contrasts his hard working early years with his son William who now runs the family business and embraces modern executive routines.
John W. Blick, Arkansas farmer, his wife, daughter, and two sons completed a three month journey of about 1500 miles in a lumbering prairie schooner. They left Bentonville in May, traveled via St. Louis Ferne Haute Indianapolis Wheeling and Newburgh on the Hudson to Danbury Connecticut. The family camped nightly in the wagon sleeping quarters and cooking over fires, reporting good health and high spirits at journey’s end.
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