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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1900
Page
11
The notice lists fabric items including Nottingham net 2% yards long with fair width and taped edges at 65 cents a yard plus 1.50 a pair for assorted designs. It also offers Guinan cream damask extra close weave 72 inches wide at 9.5 cents a yard.
In a district court filing by James W. Forbis to stop a sheriff sale of the Bannister mining property, ex Senator Powers and others deny fraud and collusion. Forbis claimed the bank misrepresented the property’s incumbrances after payment. Powers denies knowledge of the Gates case. executors report on Tuohy estate matters and mining leases with King, plus debts and encumbrances on Freudenstein estate.
Over six thousand fans pack the house as James Corbett defeats McCoy in five rounds. Referee Charley White stops the match after McCoy is unable to rise from a knockdown, with Corbett delivering the decisive blows in the fifth.
Annie Swyny, administratrix of the H. V. Swyny estate, reports monthly funds of 150 dollars for family support. She notes the estate holds an interest in a patented fire escape invention, but she has been unable to sell it.
The Anaconda Standard offers greater daily news coverage and more inches of paper per day than any other Montana daily newspaper, presenting superior value for readers seeking extensive reporting.
Huge crowd gathers at the Standard office in Butte to read the flash bulletin declaring J. J. Corbett victorious over Fitzsimmons at Madison Square Garden. Spectators cheer as the arc lamp bulletin confirms the result minutes before rivals learn the news.
The United States transport Thomas has arrived from the Orient carrying a large number of sick and wounded soldiers marines and officers. Among those in the ship's hospital are men from the Tientsin battle including Captain Edwin V Bookmiller of the Ninth.
United States infantry fell in the advance on Chinese outer works and were exposed to 14 hours of cross-fire from an L shaped entrenchment. The Thomas carried 137 discharged soldiers 31 prisoners and five stowaways from Yokohama after stopping for refugees and sick from Manila.
Report from Winnipeg describes a clash between American and Canadian traders over Indigenous trade in the Great Slave Lake region. Americans allegedly supplied whiskey and undercut prices, provoking a violent confrontation in which about 15 Americans fled to the timber, one man August Briese said to be Seattle born died from his injuries, others hurt. Mounted police were dispatched and fears of renewed Indigenous unrest linger.
Eleven people in Glasgow are ill with bubonic plague and five show plague symptoms. A post mortem confirmed bubonic plague in the Aug 27 death, announced by Dr Chalmys, with support from Professors Muir and Brownlke. Consuls are informed and ships may face quarantine.
Baron Farnham dies in London at an advanced age as reported from Somerset. The obituary notes the passing of Baron Farnham and identifies the deceased as Henry Maxwel, with age given as years.
J P Woolman Montana Republican leader spoke in Butte and warned the party faces a hard fall campaign. He denounced the Heinzge Clark faction in Silver Bow county and said the Helena convention will decide delegations with a statewide push including talks by national figures.
In Justice Bliss court George Winiger’s case for attempting to obtain 136.40 with a worthless check was dismissed due to witness failure to appeal. Josie Palmer, a recurring police annoyance and drunk, was sentenced to 15 days as an unhoused person. Mary Suprenant’s fire setting case at 217 South Wyoming was continued one week due to witness absence. Henry Maxwell, charged with burglary at John C. Dolan’s barn and warehouse, faced $500 bond to appear in district court after evidence showed entry and attempted theft and a chase.
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