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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1902
Page
13
The Mexican Aztec descendant Prince Nanzeta Montezuma visits Butte after a long journey across the United States. He denies being a murderer or traitor and says he is merely touring, while recounting a romantic and adventurous backstory tied to Mexico’s past.
Lewiston Missouri August 21 Senator Frye who is at Poland Springs asked the Associated Press to deny emphatically the reported engagement to a Lewiston lady. He states there is not the slightest foundation for the report.
Martin Ryan, a Great Northern brakeman from Havre, was shot in the big toe by Deputy Sheriff McGarvey after running from arrest for rowdy behavior on a Havre sidewalk. The shooting occurred near the Cash lodging house as Ryan and three companions drank beer at midnight. Ryan denied arrest, swore vengeance, and was jailed after treatment. he had just completed a 20 day vagrancy sentence.
Newport Aug 21 Chief of Police Richards said Richard Remington’s belief his brother Robert was murdered is false and that the death was a self inflicted act. The revolver was old and not bought locally. the medical examiner deemed autopsy unnecessary and the undertaker agreed suicide.
Joseph O'Brien, engineer on the Great Northern, was injured at Galata while riding freight No. 15. His head struck a mail crane and he was knocked from the cab, the train moving at 12 miles an hour. He was brought to Havre for treatment with a skull wound.
Kingston dispatch reports Montego Bay excitement over arrests of individuals with influence tied to April riots. Police say suspects instigated the disorders one fugitive sought in the United States. Over 50 rioters condemned to 2 to 15 years in prison as more arrests near.
Howard Freeman defeated Joe Nelson in a 10 mile bicycle race at the Coliseum driven by 10 horsepower motors. Nelson suffered a motor trouble in the second heat, and Freeman won by over a half mile. Freeman's time was 13 minutes 54 seconds to Nelson's 13 minutes 57 and 2-5 seconds.
Miles City public schools expected to reopen Sept 2 but likely cannot meet the calendar this year. It is thought classes will not start before Sept 15.
Father Batens leads expansion at St. Joseph parochial school Centerville adding eighth grade and a music department. Three sisters join staff Sister Monica becomes superior Sister Pius teaches music Sister Pancretla eighth grade. New rooms pianos library three remodeled living spaces for seven sisters. Fathers Stack and Piernat visited during the announcement.
Special Dispatch from Glasgow reports the jury found Shufelt not guilty in the murder case at 10 30 p m Judge Tattan told the defendant a five year penitentiary sentence might have kept him apart from evil influences He warned of possible rearrest before another jury if he did not reform and noted alleged jury tampering actions during the trial The acquittal surprised many in attendance.
Helena city officials seek to narrow the injunction on a water works project by appealing Judge Knowles ruling. They want to permit the city to supply itself while restricting sales to citizens under ordinance 248. A second order reaffirmed the city cannot be cut off from obtaining water.
In New York on August 21 Russell Sage denounced massive combinations as a menace to government and the people. He warned that if such eras continue there would be a revolt and financial ruin unseen in this country. He said initial cooperation among industries is ok but should break apart once firms are established to avoid industry-wide collapse.
Cresceus trotted a remarkable mile at the Indianapolis state fair ground track stopping the existing trotting record set by Nancy Hanks in 1892. He clocked fractions of 31 seconds, 1:02 and 1:34 for the first three quarters, finishing the mile in 2:04.
The Pittsburg Dispatch reports President Castro of Venezuela issued a July 5 proclamation just before leaving Caracas to lead his army. He vows to crush the anti Castro rebellion, declares himself in campaign, and pledges to use government resources and his sword to channel events toward victory.
At Mystic Connecticut a Universal Peace union session features Er nest H Crosby of New York condemning the Philippine war as wicked while Thomas G Whipple of East Groton denounces the United States army as a disgrace to humanity. Whipple condemns the president for teaching children to use broadswords and vows divine vengeance for Filipinos.
Citizens in Kalispell circulate a petition led by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union calling for removal of all houses of ill fame from the city limits. The tenderloin district, near downtown, has long been a nuisance and previous fixes failed as the district residents grow bolder. The new drive seeks enforcement of the city law rather than relocation.
The committee on resolutions reported and adopted late at night. Resolutions opposing trusts were tabled, while support was shown for Arizona Oklahoma and Indian Territory statehood, irrigation projects, a nine foot Mississippi Channel, merchant marine expansion, good roads, a cabinet level commerce department, and foreign consular service improvements.
A Brooklyn kindergarten class leads to laughs as a pupil redefines a nerve. The head teacher asks what a nerve is and a girl answers humorously that it is what makes a tooth hurt and, in another remark, mirrors her mother's exclamation when someone is too fresh.
Grand Master D. C. Chase calls Idaho grand lodge session in Pocatello on Monday August 25 to lay the corner stone of the new Masonic temple at Cleveland avenue and Lander street with an elaborate programme.
In a New York World piece from ancient history, Cleopatra boasts of pearls dissolved in wine while Anthony questions her nickname Lily of the Nile. The queen forces a drink on him, delivering a Roman punch as retaliation in a dramatic scene.
Judge Knowles refused to hold T J Walsh in contempt and denied F A Maynard’s plea to compel Special Master Blake to surrender the Cobban Griswold contract, in the United States against W A Clark.
The body found on Lake Michigan shore near Roger's Park is Nellie Hughes of Chicago. Authorities believe she left a passenger train at Waukegan and died by her own action.
Frank RB Elston a colored chef on Oregon Short Line dining car No. 6 was run over by a gravel train in front of the commissary in Pocatello yard. He suffered the loss of his left arm at the shoulder and a broken left leg, among other injuries, and was taken to St Mark's hospital on train No. 10. His wife resides at 2436 Dearborn Street Chicago.
Fraudulent receipts and forged tax entries were disclosed in Chicago as a receipt for 26770 dollars against the Masonic temple appeared and was declared unpaid. Similar frauds involving other large properties are said to have been committed in the county treasurer's office.
Wilkesbarre Pa August 1 T W Hart chairman of the public alliance issues a press appeal urging use of every influence to settle the coal strike by arbitration. He warns the situation is acute and threatens to affect business in the strike region. Doubt is expressed whether J P Morgan will press the railroad presidents to end the strike as United Mine Workers sub district officers and President John Mitchell favor fighting to a finish.
President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers arrived in Chicago to meet Illinois mine workers officials, then returned to Wilkesbarre. He stated he knew nothing about any steps to end the strike in the anthracite fields.
Chicago faces an immediate hard coal famine with only 50 000 tons in the city and 25 000 tons left available after contracts. Normal inventories run to 300 000 tons. Prices have risen from 7 25 dollars to 8 50 dollars per ton, with some dealers asking 9 dollars.
In Scranton Pennsylvania on August 21 the Von Storch mine of the Delaware and Hudson company restarted with about eight percent of workers. The Nayang Coal washery also resumed today and the Ontario and Western West Ridge colliery is expected to resume tomorrow. The Van Slorch now operates six collieries in the city.
Jesse L Edwards known as Six-Finger Jess has been moved to Columbus hospital in critical condition with an unrecoverable cancer. Doctors say surgery is impossible and he traveled to Chicago for treatment months ago but was advised there is no effective cure. Once a famed Montana gambler, he has lived quietly in Great Falls for six years and is loved by many in the community.
Jamestown Island of St Helena August 21 A thousand more Boers former prisoners sailed for South Africa tonight.
A 27 by 18 foot silk tapestry by Polish artist A. M. Peltinsky traces American history from Columbus to the 400th anniversary. It shows presidents from Washington to Harrison, Brooklyn Bridge, Edison and Fulton, and a vivid Columbus narrative with ships across an open sea. The piece required six years of work and is on display in Lit Brothers upholstery department, third floor.
The Philippine wash may aid the high tariff workers in maintaining current exorbitant rates as they argue the country needs all tariff taxes. Trusts will benefit from a continuation of the present rates.
A woman in Wilbur Washington confessed to strangling her infant after breaking under arrest. Deputies questioned her husband and searched the area but found no sign of an unknown attacker. She claimed spells impairing her judgment and initially told a false tale of an assault.
A New York World feature notes brain resilience with cases where bullets or foreign objects remained in the skull for years without killing intelligence. It cites Ed McCoy shot in a gambling raid and other patients including soldiers and a London hospital patient who survived self inflicted gunfire while carrying bullets in their heads.
Mayor Harrison explains in a letter that he declined a high German decoration offered during Prince Henry events. He notes newspapers were disappointed by his refusal and contrasts offers to other U S officials while affirming American officials should not accept such honors.
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