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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1913
Page
6
The report notes that Americans held by rebel bands were treated with apparent leniency as the situation evolved. The protection afforded by United States courts is described as satisfactory, with emphasis on orderly conduct and humane handling during the latest developments.
Contempt tensions rise as Harry K. Thaw awaits habeas writ service in Colebrook New Hampshire after Judge Aldrich's order and a possible Tuesday hearing. Thaw spends quiet Sunday at Matteawan while lawyers clash over federal eviction and state authority. Local crowds watch Thaw from afar as court actions loom and security plans are outlined to protect him.
Mexican authorities say about one hundred Americans and several women and children, refugees from Torreon, were seized by rebels while crossing toward Saltillo. Saltillo officials refuse rescue due to fear of atrocities. Embassy reports no confirmation. General Cepeda reportedly aiding relief from Torreon. refugees' fate remains unknown as travel proceeds by wagon and horseback with no rail links.
Chattanooga Tenn September 14 Thousands of Union veterans arrive for the forty seventh annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic survivors of Chickamauga battle gather in the city. Confederate veterans also attend and services are held in churches. An immense city auditorium meeting closes the day with a semi official welcome to G A R officials.
Mexico City reports Envoy Lind awaits Vera Cruz instructions as Mexican authorities treat recent exchanges as closed. Congress to convene tomorrow to review developments and address the President Tig’s provisional lineup. An aeroplane test flight tonight ended in a fatal crash.
New York report of Big Tim’s death underscoring his charity and political influence. Crowds from east side and fashionable districts view the body laid unidentified two weeks. Stores display pictures as brick drapery marks the city’s grief. Funeral will be held from the old Cathedral of St Patrick with a district cortege reflecting his influence.
New Haven railroad issued rules governing promotion from fireman to engineer and to advanced grades, with a year of experience required before passenger locomotives and two years before fast trains. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers objected to seniority, tests, discipline methods, and changes to 1811 rules.
The story notes sympathy in resolutions for striking miners of Calumet and the broader copper region. It references government and labor activity across the state, with mentions of agreements and public reaction as various regions prepare for potential tariff and political developments.
In San Diego on September 14 John Harrington shot his wife Tina Harrington four times outside a Mission Valley grocery, wounding her and then shooting himself. Before losing consciousness, Tina urged sending the two sons aged 7 and 5 to Lester Trim in Bradford, Me. The couple’s tragedy left Harrington dead by a self-inflicted gunshot.
DIX commanding officer Captain George H Pierce died of a cerebral hemorrhage on August 25 while the transport Logan carried his body into port Francisco with flag at half mast. Pierce was stricken at Olongapo and a physician consultation led to sending him home by the first transport.
Fragmented report from Astoria recounts a chaotic scene with a fatal shooting amid a divorce case. Names and details are garbled, but the event centers on a shooting at a depot and subsequent legal actions. Local authorities pursue the case as residents react with shock.
A San Luis Potosi dispatch lists 42 rebel and bandit chiefs across border states with bands from 3 to 600. About 5,500 men are under arms against the government, led by Raoul Madero near Herranduria. Other bands of 400 to 500 operate north east and south. Candido Navarro and Pedro Santos were killed recently. raids exceed 22 towns, many in rebel possession.
Seventy five members of the Veterans Association former Great Northern employees left by special train from St Paul for Glacier Park Montana to attend James J Hill's seventy fifth birthday celebration on Tuesday. All have at least twenty five years service with the railroad.
New York Sept 14 Detective say Rev Hans Schmidt assistant rector of St Joseph's Catholic church confessed to killing Anna Aumaller and dismembering her body in Bradhurst avenue apartment. He allegedly disposed of body parts by ferrying them across the Hudson and buried the mattress used in the crime. Schmidt, born 1881 in Germany, was arrested at the parish house and later confessed to authorities before the Tombs.
Weather bureau predicts early frosts in the extreme Northwest for Tuesday. The weekly forecast notes unsettled, rainy conditions across central and northern regions east of the Mississippi, with local showers in the Rocky Mountain region and Northwest early in the week. Frosts expected Monday in the Jake region and the extra Northwest, then Tuesday across the West and Rocky Mountain regions, with frost likely by Wednesday or Thursday in northern and western upper lake areas. Temperatures to rise after midweek with unsettled and cooler conditions toward week’s end.
Rafael Lauritzen sought aid via newspaper adverts to save his year old daughter dying from pernicious anemia. Nearly 0 men answered the plea, most asking no compensation. The operation would be costly with strict conditions, and a few responders pledged help despite risks.
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