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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1906
Page
20
The Western Montana News notes its Missoula office on Avenue and provides the Standard office phone number and advertising rates.
Missoula August 9 Acting Sheriff Grahams deputies Rowe and night officer halted a poker game at the Jackson place depot on Higgins avenue. Brick Peterson and five others were arrested at 3 20 this morning, except Peterson who posted bond. The raid follows earlier alleged crooked dealings by Deputy Sheriff Rose connected to stolen horse purchases.
Deputy Sheriff and Coroner left Missoula for Nine Mile to retrieve a stage to Beach Gulch where a Chinaman was killed last night. Early reports suggest Chinese suspects, with a theory that no white man was involved. The dead man was struck on the head with a rock. Officials expect fuller details tomorrow.
Aug 9 18 M Rockman dies Aug 6 1902 burial in Jewish cemetery. Daughter Ray Braham funds annual flowers for his grave with inscription In loving memory of my darling father Dr M Rockman who passed away Aug 6 1902. Mrs Tratiann's Chelsea home appeals for garlands as usual while touring Switzerland.
Mintouta Ave notes held a school board meeting addressing a Sept 10 opening. resignations of teachersMabel Marvin Faith Marshall and Margaret Lewin accepted. appointments made for new teachers from the East and strangers to Mtinaulan with bids for repairs and maintenance discussed.
Fire department rushed to Howell Street in North Missoula around 1:20 a.m. but could not save a vacant house valued at 900 dollars. Furniture estimated at 250 dollars was fully uninsured. Owner, a Northern Pacific freight conductor, had just checked a train for Helena and the home, set to be occupied by the Rickey family tomorrow, was totally destroyed. The cause remains unknown.
Missoula baseball fans saw Bonner club defeat Hamilton 11 to 1 in a game played at Bonner grounds. Nichole and Jean Adams were Hamilton’s battery, while Lohner and Ward worked for Bonner. Pred Smith of Miscellahn umpired as a large Hamilton delegation arrived by special train and returned home after the afternoon contest.
In Missoula and Sanders County reports show Democrats wrestling over selecting a county representative for the county committee. Old war horse Frank is mentioned, with CC Willig as a rival to fill the portrait position. Observers expect the dispute to settle before the next official meeting.
Missoula August 3 4 a woman in the red Utah district May Wille sustained a severe arm cut in a disturbance between two colored men over jealousy. She claimed she cut herself on a broken plant but police reported no arrests tonight. The arm artery was severed and she bled heavily though her condition was not considered serious.
Bernard Noon from Butte, Dinwoody of Butte, and Charles Burt of Drummond appear in Missoula on business and social notes. Enomas McHugh, in charge of George W. Winter mining journal of New York, is in the city for a few days. Helen Snyder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Snyder above Bonner, dies at age years after scarlet fever, burial in Missoula Valley cemetery. Funeral private due to contagious disease.
Missoula Aug 5 Harvesting of grain in Samoa and Rite terraces proceeds while highland yields look strong. Irrigated fields show promise as drought burns crops in hot areas. Local thrashing outfits prepare engines. mining optimism grows in Coeur d’Alene district with new strikes lifting stock values. Monitor, Bryan and Crowncut mines report development and potential growth plus expanded operations expected.
Survivors recount brutal boarding by emigrants and failed救 evacuation as the Sirio sinks after collision with a steamer. French and German vessels aid, rescuing 200, while 388 passengers from the Sirio are believed saved aboard various ships. Reports describe panic, violence, and dramatic lifeboat struggles amid the disaster off Alicante.
Clifford Rittenour Chatman of the Sanders County board says county affairs are progressing smoothly since the county’s formation. He notes records are being copied, franchises for utilities are under consideration, and a new Native building extension will expand town blocks as Sanders prepared for growth.
A telegraphic dispatch from the Royal Northwest Mounted Police reports Ros Spenser alias Roy Williams arrested at Rhelhy in the northern part of the state. He faces a warrant charging theft from a Canadian victim and is sought for extradition. Proceedings, hearings, and possible legal maneuvers ahead involve Canadian and U.S. authorities as they negotiate committal and prima facie case requirements. Local officials expect hearings Monday as the case moves toward extradition.
A Missoula man recounted how a New York college associate named Flanders vanished while they were near the water front. He said a ship, the Mary Horne, loaded with American goods, was later towed away and Flanders did not appear for five minutes. Police were notified and searched for him at headquarters.
Reporters describe ongoing railroad survey discussions near Saltese and the Adjoining mining districts. Key players Milwaukee Road and Oregon gulch routes circulate as options to reach the St. Joe and Rainey regions, with survey teams active along Silver Creek and Monitor mine areas.
A St Louis and San Francisco passenger train derailed near Joplin Missouri on the way from Wichita to St Louis. One fireman Mike A ONeill was killed and engineer Warren Monet seriously injured along with express messenger Helton Monet. No passengers were hurt. The derailment occurred on a sharp curve after the engine left the rails, believed caused by a tampered switch. Local officials report searchers and police activity following the accident.
Butte police report two boys Williamite and Willie Oliver caught smashing windows and sashes at the Washington school on Eat Road Way. They were jailed awaiting trial on malicious mischief before Judge Warren. Their mother pled for release but was denied. A patrolman noted suspicious late activity as the boys gathered near the building with weapons. The case highlights ongoing concerns over schoolhouse vandalism during vacation time.
Twenty people were injured in a head on collision between a passenger train and a freight train on the Frisco Road near St Genevieve Missouri. The engines were demolished and tracks torn up for a distance. Injured were taken to St Louis on a special train. no fatalities reported. The passenger train was a special run carrying Knights of Columbus representatives. The collision is blamed on the freight train running on the main track when it should have been on the siding. Three coaches derailed and the train was delayed.
Justice Frank Fitzgerald of Anaconda visited Butte and detained Matt Sampson near Broadway and Main Street on charges of brand larceny. Sampson waits for an officer from Anaconda to transport him to the county jail as investigators allege he stole clothing and a ball of grease from a local store. A separate report notes Pat Mahoney sustained fractures to both bones of the leg, is hospitalized at St James, and is 20 years old living in Centerville. The text also mentions a social engagement involving Miss Marion Brown of Boston and ties to Parrot mine owner Franklin Parrett Jr. of Anamosa, Conn.
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