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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1900
Page
1
Troops will be sent to the Philippines as soon as they reach Taku. Officials believe prospects for peace negotiations are brighter. Germany may find itself isolated among the powers.
Washington reports orders sent to General Chaffee to prepare for withdrawal from Pekin with ships at Taku ready to move troops to the Philippines. Officials hint at a negotiated exit contingent on continued diplomatic harmony among powers and assurance of Chinese safety. Special Commissioner Rockhill leaves Shanghai as dispatches note rising pressure on missionaries and rapid Japanese draft prospects.
A report from Pocatello Idaho indicates Japan plans a larger war army in Asia. Letters from the Japanese government instruct Y Yakisha in charge of Japanese laborers on the Oregon Short Line to return workers for service, and several men have departed for Japan under these orders.
United States Minister Conger seeks approval for Li Hung Chang to travel to Pekin for a meeting. Washington orders 4000 American troops split among Pekin Tientsin and Taku garrisons for the winter. Rockhill reports missionaries find quiet travel routes with only four northwest provinces showing unrest. Foreign marines in Amoy withdrawn after action near Kulangfu.
A four day jubilee under Native Sons of the Golden West begins in San Francisco to mark California admission to the union. About 200000 visitors are expected with railroads and steamship lines at capacity. Electric light displays light the city as a Wyoming launch, concerts and a naval parade headline the opening events.
San Francisco marks the semi centennial of California joining the union with a four day celebration under Native Sons of the Golden West. The city hosts 20 000 visitors as streets glow with electric lights green festoons and flags. The Bear flag and star spangled adornments symbolize the republic.
Hartville Missouri reports excitement as the grand jury returns twenty indictments against county residents for the April 1897 murder of John Mitchell and Jack Kauffman and the wounding of David Mitchell. The case centers on vigilante actions by a group called regulators during a countywide theft wave. A death bed confession aided prosecutor H S Ball in securing the indictments. Church members ex-officials and candidates are named in connection with the events.
Stinson of Cambridge takes the Golden Vase in a six hour race finishing with 202 miles and 1431 yards credit. At the line Archie McEachern is 2 miles 1631 yards back, Albert Champion 1% miles 205 yards, J F Moran 193 miles 855 yards behind.
One miner reportedly left the Leary coal mines in King County last Friday in a strike after the Seattle San Francisco Railway and Navigation company refused a wage demand. The dispute requests a cents per car increase and an extra 25 cents per day for common laborers.
Chief Justice Brantly denied Lucey a certificate of probable cause to appeal from the district court order directing execution. The governor may grant a respite or commute to life, but the request was rejected after consideration with the attorney general and Silver Bow officials present. The denial notes no three days notice of intention to apply was given.
In Butte on September 8, Lucey waits for news of the supreme judges decision. A friend offered to bring word but an officer urged that Lacey's attorney should deliver it. He slept without visitors. Sheriff Regan plans to start preparations for the hanging early next week using the scaffold last used for Harry Roberts 11 years ago, which has been inspected and deemed in better condition.
W J Bryan arrived in Milwaukee after a Chicago to Milwaukee run and a city welcome led by Mayor Harrison and Milwaukee officials. He addressed the crowd from a station platform, attacked the Republicans on money policy, and urged restoration of bi metallicism as central to the campaign while supporters toured National Park and joined parades and a luncheon with local leaders.
The steel bark South American, sailing from Santa Ana to Falmouth, wrecked on French reef 43 miles south of Miami. Captain and crew found, three missing, cargo may be saved, vessel total loss. Reports of other vessels ashore or stranded nearby noted.
New Orleans on September 5 reports storm damage as trifling. Dr O Bufford and Sergeant Quinn of U S military forces, once feared drowned, were found safe at Fort St Phillip today. The great dam- age not specified in full.
Thousands marched in Youngstown to kick off the Ohio presidential campaign with trumpet and drum. Speakers included Depew Foraker and Hanna as weather held clear and partisan energy rose. The eight division parade stretched four miles, with rough rider hats and industrial exhibits along the route.
In Pueblo Colorado Levi Thomas a colored man killed a man named Snowden and his wife after a quarrel over a debt. He chased his wife through a house firing on her and killed her with a shot to the head. A neighbor Wisenant was also shot at but escaped. Bloodhounds track him as he fled toward the Arkansas River. Authorities cite jealousy as the motive.
Hon A J Bennett Republican lieutenant governor nominee arrived in Twin Bridges to an ovation at the depot and spoke at the Republican headquarters addressing current issues. Virginia City Mayor Calloway also addressed the crowd.
Manchester reports thirty Lancashire cotton mills have already closed with more expected next week. Leading spinners say trade conditions won’t improve until November when the new crop arrives. Idle workers must be supported from union funds.
Missing members of the Indra crew, the British steamship wrecked Aug 4 near the Gulf of Aden while bound for Delaware breakwater, have been located landing on the Arabian coast near Rankula. The Kiandra, a German bark from Philadelphia to Stockholm, previously ashore near Deland is afloat and not leaking after towing to Karlskrona Sweden.
After an all day session the national executive board urged arbitration and postponed a strike in the anthracite region. Miners are to stay in readiness while negotiations continue and the board may issue an official strike order if talks fail.
Democratic primaries in Livingston yielded Clarkites winning 10 of 14 delegates. Antis carried the town by 12 votes, with McCormick elected at Hunter's Springs and Bruffey defeated. In the Third ward Alex Livingston led the anti Clark ticket winning by two to one. delegates selected include Frank Beley Hector McDonald Louis Hansen William Grabow Pete Doonan J A Savage F A Scheuber M Roth N J Malin J A McLaughlin Alex Livingston M M Coleman J C Robinson J W Van Doren.
The Democratic county convention in Virginia City nominated Eli Adkins of Pony B J Fine of Virginia City and G F White of Twin Bridges for the state legislative ticket. Delegates selected to attend the Helena state convention on Sept 19 include W S Duncan P Carney L D Pritchet and others.
A Dallas dispatch reports widespread doubt across Texas about the fate of Galveston as early details suggest the city is in a critical situation with officials awaiting later confirmation. The report emphasizes the unsettled mood and unclear outcome for the coastal city.
Four bridges linking the mainland to the island were carried away by the bay’s furious wind and rising waters. Three railroad bridges and the Galveston county wagon and pedestrian span disappeared, threatening major damage to the city’s access.
London reports Lord Roberts says Boer forces are scattered north and east after Ian Hamilton turned the Boers right flank. Dundonald and Brocklehurst seize Leydenburg. Hart notes Theron among dead. Krugersport lies 20 miles from Leydenburg as Boer commandos shrink under Butler’s and Hart’s moves.
The United States cruiser Baltimore under Rear Admiral Watson arrived in New York from Yokohama where she sailed May 1. She proceeds to the Brooke Ion navy yard for major repairs. after a ten year service period the full scope will await survey, likely keeping her out of commission a year or more.
A Houston dispatch reports an unconfirmed rumor of a hurricane affecting Roeckport on the lower coast with widespread havoc and possible loss of life near a club house owned by H. RR. Green. No official confirmation yet.
Special dispatch reports the Interior Department today authorized a land sale in Montana, involving 2 acres in Lewistown for school purposes. The move affects local education land holdings and outlines the parcel details and official actions.
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