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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1903
Page
24
Charles Eaton's first night as restaurant cashier yields a $4 032 85 sales record but the till shows a $5 900 short, after the register staff discovers a fault causing double counting. The proprietor fainted on seeing the discrepancy, prompting retirement of the machine pending investigation.
Missoula, Dec. 3. K F W Baskoo known as Coyote Bill is on the warpath. Neighbors swear he guards a bridge with a rifle and threatens to shoot anyone crossing it. The case, with complaints by Charles Hoffman, is before Judge Hayes.
Missoula reports a thaw clearing ranges and opening reservation pastures except drifted coulees. Stockmen in town say if no further snow comes they can winter with current feed, with hay enough for a few months on the reservation.
The Montana State band EF Steinway leader, a crack musical group, will hold an evening reception in Elks hall. Friends are invited to a vocal and instrumental program followed by refreshments and a social session led by Dr. R Gwinn oculist and aurist.
Russell Schulder Jr. of Missoula wed in the East and begins a wedding tour to London and other European cities. He writes that his prospects are bright and notes his father R. R. Schulder, longtime manager of the Kentucky Montana Minings company. Missoula friends extend best wishes.
County Superintendent Kate Shelley completed grading for the recent teachers examination and announced certificated candidates. Named are Myrtle Loomis Lothrop Maury Dougherty Lillian Doggett Florence Grant Edith Martin Olive Crosman Marguerit Berry Missoula G H Edson St Regis Helen McCannon Woodmans Maude Jameson Thomas W Nippert Thompson Ella Castlio Plains John F Lehy Carlton Agnes McDonald Anaconda.
Ex Governor Smith spent the day in Missoula conferring with local leaders of the Heinze movement. M M Joyce serves as Missoula county leader as preparations for the Helena meeting continue. Delegates to the Helena gathering are reportedly selected, with John M Evans G Murray C R Prescott George Eliott G L Linwood and M R Robinson among the prominent figures mentioned.
Missoula December 3 City Detective Hogan reports leaving Salt Lake with Albert Hall the man under arrest there days ago Hall is indicted for selling whiskey to Indians and fled a $500 bond posted by Thibodeau and Lee One hundred calling cards and plate for $1 50 Standard office Missoula
Washington observers report a rise in public interest for an arbitration treaty with Great Britain modeled on the Hay Pauncefote pact. Generals Miles Foster Page Pinchot and Admiral Dewey attend a Foster residence gathering aiding a January Washington meeting to organize national committees. Sir Henry Durand supports arbitration.
Captain Hoelstad of the Benjamin Sewell says eight crewmen were murdered by Tobago Island natives after the ship wrecked in Formosan waters on Oct 6. Two sailors survived on the island, forced to perform drudgery under harsh conditions before rescue.
John Mahoney a 16 year old who had just been pardoned from the state reform school is jailed in Missoula on forgery and obtaining money by false pretenses. He allegedly signed his aunt’s name on letters and orders and secured funds from neighbors. The reform school superintendent has been notified and the boy likely to be returned to the school.
Missoula on December 3 reports Hall and Patterson have begun suit in the district court for Kain and Fredericks to foreclose a mechanic's lien against James B. Bryan John S. Johnston and Elizabeth Farrel.
Mrs Louis Bloet of Hamilton travels via Missoula to the East. Ed Mason, night chief dispatcher, begins a one month coast vacation. Theodore H Thomas named notary public for Tron Mountain. Four Alaska brought totem poles head to St Louis for expo. George McKacheron leaves Bonner for Woodside to join Harper Bard as bookkeeper. Harvey Adams sails to Salem for treatment of injuries after August shooting incident. Thomas Fk Evans buys Alfred Blixt 160 acre Dead Man’s Gulch ranch. J A Scott and wife sell parcels 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 in Homevale to Alice McMellen. Dr J B Olmstead of Portland visits Anaconda guest of O C McQuestion family.
Frank Smith lost balance in front of a second story window at the European hotel in Missoula on December 3. He fell to the ground injuring his neck and bringing down glass and sash. Witnesses feared a broken neck, but Dr. McCullough reported only bruises and a stiff neck likely for a time.
Deputy Sheriff John Cannon travels to Butte to testify in the state case against Lydia Gould charged with robbing a man of 500 dollars. Gould was captured in Missoula and returned to Butte where 100 dollars in bills were found rolled in her hair.
Herbert L. Showell appeared in police court today and pleaded not guilty to the charge of neglect and abandonment of his children. He was placed under $100 bonds, and his trial was set for Tuesday. The bonds were not furnished.
Charles J. Casper, once a well known Rocky Mountain division train dispatcher, died in Indiana from a paralytic stroke after returning there for health reasons. He left Missoula in the summer. Send mail orders to the Golden Rule, Missoula.
Kalispell invites dancing at the opera house on December 8 hosted by Mr and Mrs Fred Whitesides. Episcopal church guild to hold a fair and entertainment December 11 at the opera house with an afternoon sale of crafts and a night performance of Hearts and Diamonds. Helena reports continued community notices from December 2.
Helena reports the World’s Fair Commission will meet tomorrow at the Grandon hotel to discuss Montana’s representation at the St Louis exposition. Other items note Helena Improvement Society finances, a bankruptcy discharge petition in Missoula, and county tax totals.
Berlin December 2. Chancellor Von Beulow opened the Reichstag in the palace white hall with members in evening dress or uniforms. The assembly was smaller after 25 loyalists were expelled by socialists. The president will be elected tomorrow and Herr Singer was named first vice president by the socialists amid party factional tensions.
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