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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1902
Page
11
A mine accident at the Stuart mine left Michael Hartigan injured after a fall of about 23 feet from a manway as workers removed a haulage to a hospital. Hartigan sustained a head injury and remained in non critical condition last night at the hospital.
A suit filed yesterday by Joseph M Settle and wife against ig Hackfoot Lumber Co seeks 3430 plus $100 attorney fees to foreclose a builder's lien on a no story brick building at 600 South Montana street. Defendants include John Huddleston W Goldsmith and Emanuel Lees. A separate petition asks letters of administration for Joseph Galloway estate, valued at 14780 with savings from earnings of a former teamster, and lists eight heirs across several states. The filing also notes wages of 1126 due from Butte Transfer Co and a promissory note of 1850 plus interest. A memorial card thanks friends for support after the death of Carlotta Nuss. A new Ditch company, Grey Eagle Ditch, filed incorporation papers to divert Yellowstone river water for irrigation across several sections with local farmers as incorporators. Port Townsend quarantine rules will tighten for Nome-bound passenger vessels. In Cascade a ranchman Gerris was injured by a gunshot to the foot. Kentucky storms caused tornadoes with fatalities in Pineville.
Special Dispatch reports Clyde Lewis has purchased the Budke ranch on the Upper Yellowstone from George Eldride, Northern Pacific engineer, for 4000 dollars. In Livingston on Aug 16 Harry A Thompson and Alice E Beach were married at the Methodist Parsonage by Rev E Smith.
A custody fight involving Mrs Mae B Kelly over her son grows complex as Haupts and their attorney face contempt and conspiracy charges after a habeas corpus decree favored Kelly. Camille C Kelly, husband of Mae Kelly, was jailed on a district court warrant. An ex husband and new figures enter a tangled plot with alleged kidnapping and courtroom turmoil.
An attorney reports Kelly abducted a boy and hid him, with a warrant issued after a conspiracy claim. Officers tracked Kelly from Butte to Silver Row where he was arrested and jailed before bond. Haupt allegedly coordinated the move to Pocatello. Kelly’s wife and others are named in ongoing proceedings.
Morse, a ranch hand, leaves bedding and a $100 violin at the Northern Pacific depot. A partner and another man claim the roll for Livingston, get a refund, then remove the baggage. Morse files a complaint with the sheriff. the thief eludes detection so far.
Indianapolis Aug 16 The strike in the anthracite region remains firm with 173000 miners still out and no sign of a break according to the Mine Workers Journal. W B Wilson says the sustained turnout supports the justice of their claims and that no provision allows idleness while men must earn a living. Funds flow daily to support strikers as the region receives aid.
In the Catawassle valley an investigation concluded that military protection for the farm era is impracticable. Sherif Heddarl sworn in all valley men as deputies to protect farms from foreigners. In Clarksburg West Virginia on August 16 the Merchants Coal Company of Tunnelston signed the scale ending a miners strike after the men gained their demands.
A late August report notes little public interest in South Africa settlement schemes. Many applicants for passes come from the United States embassy, with Americans filing registrations but not genuine emigration. Working conditions remain hard, Fiji workers resist steady roles, and wage expectations shift as Boer rule ends.
Aug 16 dispatch from Great Falls says the county populist convention will meet in the city no later than Sept 28, date to be chosen by Chairman K Moore. Delegates from precincts will submit lists from which 18 cascade delegates to the state convention will be picked. Helena likely to host the state convention. The rumor that Stickney bought the defunct Journal plant is denied.
At Miles City on August 16 fifty one carloads of beef cattle were shipped along with the Wibaux string of cars. Small shippers contributed two trains of cars, each carrying 2 to 12 head. L W St Will planned to ship twenty cars of fine beeves to market, while L W Davis of Hackett completed a sale of steers gathered for shipment. A cattle buyer offered $65 a head, Davis rejected and secured the price. Cattle were advertised as worth about 90 dollars per head delivered in Chicago at current quotes.
Washington reports from Commander Nickels of the Topeka confirm Puerto Cabello remains under Castro control. Dispatches note quiet at the port while German warships guard foreign interests and American interests while coal and stores are gathered at Curacao. ships Cincinnati and Marietta reach La Guayra. Ciudad Folivar sees orderly relief as troops show courtesy to noncombatants.
From the new sea route era, Bridge has replaced poker in smoking rooms aboard ocean steamers, becoming as popular as the former pastime. Winnings during recent trips to this country climbed as athletes engaged in internationally notable events, with one player earning about 800 after a voyage.
The judge’s son fell 20 feet from a ladder at Big Timber injuring his wrist and sustaining bruises. A separate Livingston item notes the August 6 verdict in the Skillman case, with the jury returning in favor of the defendant against Philip Botterer and others.
Report describes a February contract to supply 200 horses intended for saddle use and sale to the English army in South Africa. Buyers paid 10 per head for some head but could not secure the remainder due to mountains. They agreed to obtain the rest after snow melt, but the seller Botteler refused, claiming a contract for the remainder. Also notes a Mont Pelee disaster reference at a Zionist camp meeting and a comic, dialect anecdote about fuel and a cart and oil company drilling.
A garbled OCR item shows a weather standard want ad motif with stray phrases about a boy, liar and government weather. The fragment hints at a classified style notice or rural newspaper humor but lacks clear facts. No dates, places, or names are discernible to summarize fully.
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