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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1902
Page
10
A betting field of six saw Haimetta fail as the odds on the heavily favored horse. Lizzie Rice won the 2 year old event and results across six races list horses and payouts with Purse details and measured times.
The Call lists Mullhollands choices for six Oakland races with the first race Gorge Whitney Cladiator Black Thorn and the sixth race Remota Lady Meddlesome School for Scandal.
In Oakland on April 8 Pirate Maid captured the opening six furlongs selling race at 30 to 1, defeating Tibs, with Halmetta the heavy favorite misfiring. Golden Night led a tight finish in race two, while Lizzie Rice took the two year old event as Nigrette faded to third. Redward recovered from a poor start to win the last race with Evanger and Billy Moore close behind.
First race six furlongs Charley Moore wins Swampland is second Early Eve third time 1 19 1 5 Second race four furlongs Rose Tint wins Benduro second Flambuoyant third time 52 3 5 Third race one and a half miles hurdle Parrell wins Cheval Or second Prince Plausible third time 3 06 Fourth race seven furlongs Locket wins Carroll D second Shandon Field third time 1 32 Fifth race five furlongs Agnes D wins False Alarm second Princess Oz the third time 1 05 Sixth race mile and yards Cherished wins Hugh Rider second Wood Trice third time 1 52
Weights and entries listed for six races. First race fourteen entries with weights from 87 to 112. Second race features two year olds with weights from 104 to 165. Third race mile selling includes Invictus 103 and Rob Palmer WS among others. Fourth race futurity course lists Golden Cottage 105 and Mack Flecknoe 111. Fifth race three quarters selling includes Princess Titania 98 and Sea Queen 107. Sixth race mile selling shows Windward 119 and Larry Wilt 91.
Race program lists horses and weights across six events. First race seven and a half furlongs includes Prewer Schon H L Coleman Drummond and others. Second race three fourths mile features Char VW Meyer Theory J W Kirby. Third race half mile for two year olds lists King s Lady Seal Spots Fancy Model Mabel Hurst and others. Fourth race one and one eighth miles shows Nitrate Max Taper The Lady Circus. Fifth race steeplechase lists Meddler Jackanapes Sauber Precursor Inkerman Robert Morrison. Sixth race four and a half furlongs features Gold Ornament Step Around Watkins Overton Araxem Onatus My Surprise.
At Thornton alleys Thorntons win the championship over a picked Butte bowlers team by 270 pins total 64 pins on Tuesday and 20 pins last night after four and four games. High scores include two 600-plus games and a 933 while Thorntons total last four games reach 3475 versus 3969 for the opposing team. Notables include Han 215 Perham 995 Tonney 24 Barclay 199 Ellis 198 Whi 197 and other strong averages. Tomorrow night B class two men contest bowls another series with many other matches planned this week and next.
About 20 players met at the Lincoln classroom to form the Sunset Tennis Club. J B Whitehill presided with officers Jackson president Dick vice president Whitehill and Coureh on executive committee. Four courts will be built behind the Baptist church on Maple and Fifth streets, membership limited to 30. Next meeting April 15.
The pool match between W. W. King and J. A. Uhl was indefinitely postponed after first night play left King 333 to We. The dark auditorium ended the event as impractical to continue. In Youngstown Ohio a fire destroyed the Charles F. Bales Horse Company stock farm and manager Norman N. Rogers residence near Hubbard with estimated losses around 25000 dollars.
Spokane Washington April Charles T Elesey first baseman chosen captain of the Spokane team in the Pacific Northwest Baseball league. He was formerly captain of the Bloomington team.
At a meeting of the stockholders of the Montana Jockey Club held at Butte last evening directors for the ensuing year were elected as follows Hugh I Wilson Emil Hansen R. E. Taylor T. M. Lowry T. R Hinds.
A Grand Forks report admitted by smelter officials states that James J. Hl) and associates have secured a large interest in the Granby smelter. Observers believe a later American syndicate will obtain full control for about 22 million dollars.
Abe Frank owned by George C. Bennett won the Tennessee Derby at Memphis Tennessee a mile and an eighth with a $6 000 purse. Lou Wood finished second and Buccluth third as only four starters faced the flag amid prohibitive betting odds. Nash Turner rode Abe Frank in a strong finish before about 15 000 spectators.
Special Dispatch reports the Benton Hardware store was burglarized last night. Thieves stole seven Colts revolvers five Ivers Johnsons and about ten dollars in cartridges. They used three Jimmies to force the cast iron door jam and opened the Yale lock on the showcase.
The Indianapolis Big Four special en route between Indianapolis and Cleveland wrecked at 10 15 pm near Walworth Run. Two dead and three seriously injured. Dead are engineer William McGrath and fireman Edward M Nally, both of Cleveland. Injured include A R Edmunds, railway mail clerk, Indianapolis, Thomas Murphy conductor Mereland, J R Carr baggage master Indianapolis. The wreck likely caused by a washed out track from 12 hours of heavy rain.
A colonization company in El Paso Texas plans to settle 49000 acres below the city in the Rio Grande valley. It reports experiments proving wells with pumps can irrigate land at low cost and will sell only to bona fide settlers. The valley, once fertile, has suffered from irrigation using New Mexico and Arizona water sources reducing the river to a desert.
In Tientsin this April three thousand Chinese troops and several Krupp guns were sent to Southern Mongolia where locals revolt against seven indemnity taxes. Several villages are fortified and citizens vow to fight with aid from 39,000 disaffected persons.
Vancouver April 8 1900 the militia department begins enlisting 2000 men in four regiments of 500 for South Africa under the same terms as the previous contingent. If troop ships delay or arrive on time the unit may sail in three weeks with all clothing and equipment contracted and ready.
Cecil Rhodes argues for a united English speaking world to secure trade and labor votes. He criticizes tariffs and predicts Britain faces isolation if it panders to labor, warning that eight hours in work time depends on such a union and warning of shifting shipping trade to Belgium and Germany.
Anaconda news reports ore arriving from Butte mines to feed the Washoe plant. The converter will start this morning with about 250 workers returning to duty after the engineers strike. The operation is returning to normal with 60 cars received in 24 hours and more to come.
Father O'Connor attracted hundreds at St Paul Catholic church with a masterly lecture on The Confession. He cited scripture and delivered a hour long address that spellbound the audience. The children's mission ends tonight with a 6.30 service followed by an 8.00 sermon on practical points of confession. Father Mulconry also planned to speak tonight on The Eternal Sanction of the Law.
Special dispatch reports the case of Count Richard Kleesat'le suing George Roehl and Mrs. I. L. Davis over a diamond ring worth 250 dollars and a gold chain given to the daughter of George Roehl. The venue change place and dates are noted as the trial proceeds with a disputed engagement ring nature.
Washington April 8 The condition of Rev. T De Witt Talmage showed no improvement today.
The funeral of the late Michael Bone occurred yesterday afternoon from Frank FP Dolan's residence at 804 East Third Street. Services were held at St. Peter's Catholic Church with interment in the Catholic cemetery. Mr. Bone had been a resident of Ana-
Dewey hall hosted a surprise party for Trask lodge No. 52 Degree of Honor A D TU Ww members. The evening featured a musical program with Miss Margaret Hughes Mrs H A Denny and others, plus an intricate drill routine and dancing with Professor Myers providing dance music.
An average house welcomed Rose Coghlan and her company at the Margaret theater for the emotional play Forget Me Not. Coghlan as Stephanie de Mohri Vart and Emmett C King as Sir Horace Welby lead a strong cast, with Nell McEwen as Alice Verney delivering solid support. The performance earned praise for Coghlan’s power though the play’s premise limits audience enthusiasm. Also reported is the death of William O Neill at 64 in Butte, with funeral plans to follow.
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