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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1903
Page
7
Trade report shows diamonds and precious stones imported valued at 27,318,642 dollars for the year, a record jump from prior years. Authorities note underreporting and smuggling may hide additional totals while US diamond cutting expands. Hight & Fairfield Co. report.
A compilation of brief items from Butte notes includes rental ads for Orton Bros pianos and Shermans purchases, local births, visits by Eugene Carroll and others, medical notices, shop and theatre promotions, street news, court actions, and travel notices. Notable mentions include X ray services, eye ear nose throat care, and a range of travel between Butte, Portland, Seattle, and Tonopah.
P H Downey who was killed in the Great Northern yards last week was a prominent Butte builder with many large homes to his credit. A longtime resident since 1881 he left eight children and a sister and brother in Illinois. Funeral services at St Patrick’s church reflected the high esteem in which he was held.
Shaffer’s chapel hosts a contest to claim a world globe gifted by Mrs Roosevelt last year. Competitors Mrs M E Jones Mrs Sam Jones Mrs T J Jacobs and Mrs Ella Allen vie for the globe on the 30th. Funds raised will reduce church debt as the quarterly meeting nears and Sunday services continue.
A promotional note touts dealers keeping a wide cigar variety but claims only this store uses air tight zinc lined copper cases to preserve natural tobacco moisture. Customers are urged to try a brand here and compare across stores to note the difference.
The article details Ortoff’s suicide in jail after a failed escape attempt and possession of poison. It notes connections to the Williams murder in Silver Bow Junction, a prior jail escape by Martin, and U S authorities’ pursuit for stage robberies in Wyoming.
Coroner rules Ortoff hanged himself at the county jail after a prior arrest and a pending federal transfer. Details show no evidence of abuse. deputy sheriffs and a fellow prisoner denied mistreatment. The inquest concluded death by suicide with a rope or cord, no visible bruises beyond neck discoloration. A separate note mentions others, including Carl Rasch and U S District Attorney Knowles, and a later item about a Deer Lodge butcher's picnic on Aug 19.
Dillon August events highlight spinster parties for Grace Graeter and Jean Bishop. Mrs George M French hosts young ladies, with readings on why they remain unmarried. Various social gatherings are reported, including Keasinsick party, sixty five game, prize for best player, maypole dance, ice cream social, and visits by residents returning from Glendale and Chicago.
Mrs J A Fennell of Butte visited Dillon as did Mr and Mrs Fayette Harrington from Hulte Sunday. A merry group including Eliza Selway Emily Taylor Pluma Tattersall Mamie McIntosh King and French enjoyed Zeigler springs. Excursions to Salt Lake City Denver and back drew many locals. Mae Powers of Butte shared in Sunday greetings in Dillon. Matt Orr spent Sunday in Butte testing with top shotgun artists. Minnie Forrester of Salt Lake City returned after visiting Mr and Mrs J S Forrester.
Daily shows from 3 PM and 11 30 PM feature refined vaudeville and latest skits. Sunday bill changes entirely with Malthas Burger Derusse and Gran Ville operatic stars Ernderf Krause and the Vilascope new pictures and other turns in the East. Admission ten cents.
The International Typographical Union's forty ninth annual session adjourned after a busy meeting. The eight hour day resolution urged local unions to push for an eight hour system by January 1 1905. BK Bracken was elected fourth vice president and P R Neuerberger named AFL delegate. A committee to study taxation wage relations and monopoly issues was approved. If funds allow a Cummins memorial library may replace a monument at the printers home.
In Washington on Aug 15 the Electra typersa and Stereotypers union ended its meeting series. President Freel refused to present a proposition to appoint W. B and Waudby as labor commissioner due to constitutional limits on political involvement. The convention rejected a union journal but approved an official button.
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