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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1902
Page
7
Unclear OCR fragment reports a principal branch office and a guardian name. The item mentions advertising and an application filing, with a terse note about a front way and Tas or Siahed names. текст
Souvenirs from Butte feature the Montana Spoon as a premier keepsake. Prices range from 5 cents to 275 dollars for varied spoons showing quartz mining, the Masonic temple motif on handles, and scenes of mining hoists and the Montana State Capitol. Also offered are tea and coffee spoons with inscriptions like Butte Mont and Parrot Smelter for Anaconda Mine.
A jumble of reader notices lists residents and visitors in Butte and nearby towns. Fred Orton and Montan Wiel, J. J. Fletcher, Mrs J Relfeldt, Henry Stiff, Tom Evans, G A Chevigny, and others are mentioned in passing at hotels, pensions, and local errands. Several towns are named, including Big Timber, Philipsburg, Helena, Great Falls, and Missoula. The Northern Pacific adds a electric sleeper to the Coast Limited, with departures nightly at 12:30 a.m.
Ernest Coniell a W-year-old boy from Butte who was camping with his father north of Stelrowe met a fatal accident yesterday afternoon near Melrose. He jumped from a fast moving Orewa Short Line passenger train while attempting to disembark at Melrose after buying fishing gear, struck his head on rocks, and died en route to Melrose. The incident was reported last evening to Butte.
The funeral of Walter P. Fleck was held yesterday morning at the Sherman & Co undertakers. Relatives and coworkers sent flowers and wreaths including roses and sweet peas. Burial occurred in Langlon Cemetery with pinks and red roses among the arrangements.
A fragmentary note from Re D. about Thunder Mountain and Elle Creek district mining hints at rich ledges and rising transit costs. The rough estimate suggests 150 miles of country with workings and high potential as operators push toward development and defense of transit expenses.
Darang India Rum reports the Navaho people driven to weakness by extreme heat and drought. Ranges ruined, ponies cattle and goats dying daily. With government aid uncertain they fear starvation this winter unless help arrives. Also notes the sudden death of Lieut. Brower while bathing at Lake Tahoe.
The United States and Hastien Telegraph and Cable Company sought state and navy department action to prevent a break at Cape Hay A. A Hastien gunboat Patine, under Admiral Kulick, supports a revolutionary government. Authorities in New York were asked to instruct Commander Crea of the Marlin to safeguard the cable amid tensions with King Alfonso’s entourage. A train near Liveres triggered a saloon door incident and the Chicago club scene was noted as part of broader unrest.
The text reports multiple cabinet reshuffles in the English government. It notes Sir Wilfrid Waldron named postmaster with the ministerial role tied to the duchy of Lancaster, and health-related resignations. It mentions a new education ministry, Marquis of Londonderry appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and various other high offices including Charles Thomas Ritchie and Ardas Akers Douglas in key posts. It also references an inquiry committee into Boer War conduct chaired by the Earl of Elgin with Sir John Hopkins among members.
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