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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1902
Page
12
First race at 3 p m each racing day directs street cars to the track while Columbia Garden cars will transfer admission is 91 cents ladies free Huck S Wilson is president Lou Frank secretary Joseph A Murphy presiding judge Ralph H Tozer associate judge
The Broadway and Grand Opera house open next Sunday with a mix of old favorites and new acts. Sutton Family theater debuts next Saturday with A Thoroughbred Tramp. Broadway bookings include Warde and James King Dodo Liberty Belles Florodora and others. McCarthy's Mishaps comes next. Marks at the Grand modernizes stage and dressing rooms as Gorton’s Minstrels and Boston Ideal Opera Company begin the season.
The piece notes how Shakespeare’s low comedy works remain potent with the public. It cites Robson and Crane in A Comedy of Errors and recent revivals of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Taming of the Shrew by Charles B. Hanford as evidence that Shakespeare connects with laughter seekers, not just scholars.
Testimony reveals since November 1898 Mrs Downing has lived apart from her husband. The suit began August last and involves their daughter Minnie. The couple wed in Washington about 13 years ago amid theatre ties. Downing, a dramatic figure, recently led a San Francisco school and acts in Oakland.
The famed Spanish dancer Carmencita, who wowed American audiences 15 years ago, has died in Rio de Janeiro from yellow fever. Her rise began at Niblo's Theater, followed by a continental tour that brought fame and wealth before waning. Liebler & Co plans a single strong Christian company this season to stage a complete production for mid sized cities.
Charles Zeigenfuss, longtime Butte editor of the Miner and Manila American, is at the center of a military dispute after Lieut. Lytle Brown struck and kicked him. Brown was found guilty and reprimanded, though the verdict drew criticism from General Chaffee as too lenient. Zeigenfuss continues editing the American and warns he will respond if provoked.
Johnson sues attorney W A Branyan for 10000 alleging perjury after Miss Cady gave sensational deposition evidence. This suit is part of about a dozen pending cases tied to a broader fight among United Brethren in Christ church ministers.
Oscar O Bradley, a barber new to Butte from Minneapolis, reported a clothes theft. Policeman McGillie recovered the suit from Joseph Corbett on Friday as Corbett was seen trying to sell it to a second hand dealer. Corbett faces a house breaking charge after being jailed. Bradley’s property was recovered before a report was filed. Police tracked the case from 2 to 4 pm Friday.
Mrs. Havilah Squiers of Butte has organized a new Helena branch of theosophical society. This marks the third branch she has formed in Montana since June, following units in Anaconda and Great Falls. The Great Falls group began with 17 members.
G E Sedgewick a well dressed man stayed at a premier Bowling Green hotel and praised the town while plotting to buy a stock farm for Peter Whitney. He sold eight cattle for $250 and reportedly left for Boston as Whitney disavowed authority over the sales. Whitney had placed the cattle under Ennis protection to prevent such acts. The alleged felony prompts possible arrest. Sedgewick also touted an Alaska mining venture to locals.
The Girl and the Judge will run again in New York this season opening Frohman’s Lyceum Theatre. Miss Granville will star as the lead across the South and West during the coming season.
Grace Belmont, former prima donna of the Frank Daniels "Misa Sim plicity" company, has been engaged in a similar role for the musical comedy "My Antocinette." The show ran eight weeks at the Walnut Street Theater in Philadelphia last spring.
The Knickerbocker Girl a new Gotham life musical comedy directed by Aarons and Murray will be produced at a Broadway theater in the latter part of November.
Barney Tenenbaum returned from Toledo to learn his wife and daughter were killed when a horse backed into a railroad train. Neighbors say he attempted suicide by stepping in front of the same train and vows to end his life after the funeral.
Charles B Hanford performed Julius Caesar for an entire season described as 2 weeks in one year and The Taming of the Shrew for 34 weeks in the previous season, with both runs occurring during the late 16th and early 17th century.
Contracts were signed in the past week for new productions of The Taming of the Shrew and Much Ado About Nothing by Charles Hanford for the coming season. The bookings signal a busy theater program and a reaffirmed push into classic works.
The musical comedy My Antoinette will begin the Wilmington season in Delaware with Josephine Hall in the leading role on September 1.
On September 1 daily colonist rates start via Southern Pacific and lines through Ogden or El Paso to California. Omaha and Missouri river points $25. St Louis New Orleans and Mississippi river points $80. Peoria $31. Chicago $33. Rates run to Oct 31 with stopover privileges in California. A booklet titled California for $25, written by prominent men, is available free from any Southern Pacific agent.
Robert L Downing has divorced Eugenia Blair in San Francisco on grounds of desertion. The well known actor, a native of Washington, has long been linked to classic hero parts following John McCullough. Downing debuted in 1877 at age 20 and has since starred in Virginius Spartacus Othello and other roles.
A health and pleasure resort advertises relief from fatigue and rheumatism with mineral waters. Physicians nurses and masseurs oversee baths. Special excursion rates include railroad fare board and lodging. Available at principal Montana points.
Factory samples totaling 90 pairs form the largest blanket purchase of the season now on sale in the carpet room. Buyers are urged to anticipate winter by purchasing at half the usual winter prices at Park Street Butte.
In Lafayette Indiana union men running buses opposed to the street railway receive citizen backing with many paying fare in large bills and refusing change. Two young women accused of being hugged by a discharged union man threaten a defamation suit, highlighting one of the alleged reasons for dismissal for cause.
Rosa Shafer files for divorce from Harry Shafer after 19 years of marriage in Cincinnati. She accuses chronic intemperance and abuse across several cities and says he eloped with a gypsy woman in Richmond Indiana, taking their son and living with the gypsy girl on Indiana turnpikes.
Findlay Ohio August 23. Chas H Franks of Van Buren is alleged to have plotted to abduct the daughter of B F Warner. He allegedly lied about her age to obtain a license in probate court and was arrested for perjury. Witnesses claim he hid a horse and rig near the sweetheart’s bedroom and tried to lure Warner to town but failed.
Rev. Albert G. Johnson filed an affidavit against Nellie Cady the Holiness Evangelist charging perjury. Cady had previously caused Johnson’s arrest on a paternity charge that was dismissed. The case moved forward with the new affidavit in the Huntington case.
George A. Whitney, a Toledo homesteading agent, is authorized by Canada to recruit 30 000 or more striking miners and families to form a colony in the Northwest wheat belt. Workers will earn 85 to 100 dollars monthly with board for six weeks, then on government contracts until spring. government aid will cover cattle, tools, and home building. Many expectant settlers in the U S favor the plan.
James Thornton a 19 year old colored youth from New Albany Ind disturbed a Mitchell church service last evening. Commodore Terrell a colored man who tried to calm him struck Thornton on the head with a ball bat. Thornton died shortly after from his injuries.
Akron Ohio reports August Schultz attempted suicide by stepping in front of an Erie train. Engineer slowed, Policeman R Colon rescued him from the rails, Schultz then jumped into Lake Anna but was pulled out and revived. He said he was glad to be rescued and admitted drinking.
Special week end rail excursion fares listed for Butte to several destinations including Whitehall Lime Spur Twin Bridges Sheridan Alder Pony Bonita Deer Lodge and Deer Lodge return. Tickets sold Saturday and Sunday good to return following Mondays with additional Sunday morning option from Butte to Deer Lodge. The Butte Cafe announced by E Esscalet Victoria caterer will run events and wedding dinners in first class style.
Advertises Dr Orrin Powell nerve tablets for nervous debility insomnia and memory loss with a refund promise. Priced at 1 per box six for 5 and sold by Doull Bros sole agents in Butte and Salt Lake City. Also promotes Dr Leroy's French Tansy tablets for painful or suppressed menstruation at 2 per box.
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