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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1901
Page
11
The ad touts a wide range of shotguns and rifles from Winchester Parker L C Smith Ithaca Marlin Savage Mannlicher Mauser and Colts. It emphasizes fresh powder and reliable performance and notes factory pricing with models from $10 to $35.00 plus mentions of 24 hour readiness for hunting trips.
A local retailer advertises a large selection of Dutch ovens utensils and camping gear with a promise that shoppers will find everything they need and prices are right.
Thieves forced entry into Mayor W. H. Davey's home at 518 West Park Street, while he and Mrs. Davey were away. They took only a purse containing about 30 to 40 dollars, leaving valuable silver plate behind on a chair near the sideboard.
Capt William S Turner of Silver Lake is in the city and J B Catlin with C H Dinsmore of Missoula are registered at the Finlen. Mrs Frank Thomas of Missoula visits her sister Mrs J A Little. Ada H Brackett returns from Yellowstone trip. Tennis players to be entertained at the Finlen. Miss Mary and Margaret Davies return from Anaconda. Byron Griffin hosts a box of the best as a young lady arrives at his home.
Helena August 17 Special Dispatch reports a box of fulminating caps exploded at the Big Ox mine near Maryeville. John L. Sullivan of Butte, about 17, and Lawrence Beaver were injured. Sullivan may lose his eyesight and could suffer infection from copper fragments. Both taken to Marysville for care.
The German steamer Alene struck the pilot boat James Gordon Bennett No. 7 near the Sandy Hook bar, sinking her and drowning three pilots and a cook. Pilot Henry Mix and John Godber were recovered, John Leonard and cook John Grube died. Survivors reported a swift, unavoidable collision in clear weather as the Alene cut the Bennett in two abaft the rigging.
Helena report from Aug 17 notes A. D. Edgar general agent for the Northern Pacific, ill at the company's hospital, is slowly improving. Dr Buckley of Missoula says Edgar stood yesterday for the first time in weeks and is expected to leave the hospital in a few days.
Special Dispatch to the Standard from Helena reports Judge Knowles granting bankruptcy declarations for three individuals. Eberhard Heberlein, a smeltermman of Butte, owes 5627 with no assets. W. A. Curtis, a carpenter of Kalispell, owes 1378 with assets of 435. Charles R. Carroll, a Havre saloon keeper, owes 5109 with assets of 2098.
State Treasurer and Mrs. A H Barret left for Louisville Kentucky to attend the triennial Knights Templars conclave. They will be away several weeks.
Skilled workers in Joliet mills join the strike wave with two thousand employees across four American Steel and Wire plants in Joliet. At least seven hundred men are eligible for membership as union efforts resume amid reports of a labor leaders conference in Cleveland. Samuel Gompers had not been located by press, with no confirmation of his presence at the Hollenden Hotel.
London reports from Moscow that Russia faces a new famine as nearly a third of European Russia provinces are officially declared insufficient or below average in cereals. Only two of seventy provinces have good harvests. 43 million people are in a famine region spanning over half a million square miles. Heat drought hail pests have devastated crops.
Westport reports say a Robertson Raft lumber raft of 8,000,000 feet was completed near the Columbia mouth and towed toward San Francisco by Tatoosh and Holyoke. It grounded between the slough and river channel at Westport, hindering efforts as tides fall. Arch Rock blasting created debris needing weeks of dredging.
Minneapolis announces final arrangements for a new direct rail link to the Black Hills. The Twin City Pierre & Black Hills line will run 295 miles from Aberdeen to Rapid City crossing the Missouri River at Pierre, with aims to join Union Pacific at Orin Junction and connect the Northwest to Denver, the Gulf and California.
Vancouver August 17 advices from Japan quote Marquis Ito on Japan's surplus population. He says Korea will become an unofficial Japanese occupation as emigrants flow there and that South America will offer work for thousands of laborers.
Crockett California Aug 17 John Winters charged with robbing the Selby Smelting vault of bullion exceeding 280000 in value pleaded guilty at his preliminary examination this morning.
Castro discusses an invasion at the railroad wharf while several officers travel to Pan-America today on an excursion.
The Navy Department considers reinforcing the Atlantic squadron to guard American interests as European ships gather at the isthmus. French cruiser Suchet is at Colon, German ships Niobe Geir and another cruiser are expected, and British West Indian fleet vessels may join. On the Pacific side, the Iowa will be the largest ship present.
The state department received a dispatch from Maracaibo dated August 1 reporting Dr. Rangel Gardiras leading 4000 troops from Cucuta into Venezuela. The first clash at Encontrados forced the invaders to retreat as Venezuelan forces captured two steamers used to reach Maracaibo.
The steamer Canada from Venezuelan ports arrives today at Colon. Sabinillo was reported tranquil as its port of call. Dr. Rico, Colombian minister to Venezuela, is aboard en route to Barranquilla but left without his passport.
The Rang er, ordered to Panama, did not finish taking on supplies until this afternoon, when she started southward.
The gunboat Machias weighed anchor shortly after noon today and departed Norfolk for Colon as part of ongoing naval movements.
Belmont's Masterman won the United States Hotel stakes at Saratoga Race Course on August 17, crowding King Hanover on the turn and causing the jockey to fall. Holder Bullman rode Masterman at 16 to 5, time 1 08 for five and a half furlongs. other races on the card included Chucanunda, Carbuncle, Blues, Bacchanal, and Nitrate among winners and notable incidents.
A Pine Creek dispatch reports a head of cattle shot dead near East Pine Creek and cattle owners vow vengeance. The killing is blamed on sheepherders, raising fears of long standing cattle versus sheep tensions turning violent.
Baker City Oregon, Aug 17. A great forest fire rages on North Pine and Fish creeks. Dry warm weather in the mountains makes it nearly impossible to stop. The blaze threatens vast timber and ranch property with one family forced to move to escape burning.
Sheridan August U. W. Stevenson was rushed to the hospital from Virginia City with a severe blood infection in his right arm. Doctors Sundeland and Dwight performed late last night an operation opening the arm from elbow to fingertips and placing a tube to drain the infection to save the limb. The infection began from a scratch on the thumb.
Washington reports Colonel Dunwoody, acting chief signal officer, announces that General Greely will return. The note outlines the planned reassignment and expected date of resumption of duties.
Advert says S S S or Swift Specific Co. cures eczema tetter acne psoriasis and other skin diseases by cleansing and cooling the blood. Letters from Urbana Ohio and Ottumwa Iowa claim dramatic improvements after seven bottles and praise no arsenic or potash. U.S.S. Atlanta Georgia promotes free medical advice and a booklet with treatment details.
General Greely sends word he will depart for Yokohama Japan tomorrow from the Philippines. The brief dispatch notes his planned voyage and upcoming duties.
In Quito the Ecuadorian congress declares General Plaza elected president by a plurality of 65 000 votes as the nation’s leadership cements a new administration.
In New York this afternoon at Manhattan Beach track Bobby Walthour defeated Harry Elkes in a one hour motor paced race. Walthour won by a lap and a quarter after covering 36 miles.
Edwin H. Conger the United States minister to China arrived in Pekin on August 17 for his official post.
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