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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1905
Page
26
Western Montana office of the Standard is located at 1go Higgins avenue Missoula. Telephone No. 118. Advertising rates on application.
Johann Broo a Finnish lumberjack at McMullen's camp near Saltese was brought to Missoula in an insane condition claiming he had murdered a coworker and that Saltese residents planned to hang him. After a chaotic pursuit he was caught then escaped a window leaping from a train wounding himself mildly. He was jailed with a hearing likely tomorrow for insanity.
Frank Ramey, now a county jail inmate, faces a life sentence unless friends aid him. He was arraigned in district court after a gambling case led to a $100 fine and 2 dollars daily jail costs. Rainey believed jail days could count toward release, but officials clarified they do not. Ramey fears a long confinement with no supporters. Also noted is the Ravaili hotel in Hamilton, Mont, to operate year-round all winter.
Otto Schoenfeld secretary of the State Humane society entertains visitors in Tyler Miss Nora J D Harris agent for Mrs C B Hart returns to Philipsburg. James Rawlins returns from Chicago and other cities.
In San Francisco firefighters narrowly escaped death when a wall collapsed during a Seventh Mission Street fire. The department regained control as debris buried the crew, seven men barely escaping with injuries after being protected by a gap between stoves and timbers. Mrs Lulu Casey, a lodging house resident, suffered serious burns.
Missoula December 10. Parties from Lewiston report the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad began surveys from that end of the line. Engineer Hayes leads a party from Koonkia toward the Lolo country for two to three months with packers and boatmen. It is believed they aim to join near the pass with the Talcott party from the Bitter Root mountains. News also notes W L Darling moves to chief engineer of the Pacific Railway, with B J Pearson taking his place as chief engineer for the St Paul extension to the Pacific coast.
In Havana the penitentiary mutinied at night as convicts overpowered guards, two prisoners mortally wounded and about 18 seriously hurt, three guards badly injured. A platoon of artillery quelled the revolt after officers were overwhelmed and captured. Counterfeiters arrested in California are linked to a scheme flooding the coast with bogus $2, $5 and $10 bills.
Chicago December 10 Frederick Power rector at the Temple theater underwent surgery for tongue cancer. The entire tongue and part of the throat were removed as the cancer had spread deep. Doctors predict he will likely never articulate again, with smoking cited as a possible cause. Power previously starred with Margaret Mather and later with Richard Mansfield and Walker Whiteside.
Julius Hansen a leading telegraph operator from Butte arrived in Missoula to take a Postal position and will make Missoula his permanent home accompanied by his wife and family
Missoula December 10 A G Annier longtime division superintendent of Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company has leased the hotel of the Coeur D Alene investment company to conduct it business.
Wallace. Lester Boyle, eccentric resident profiled, is jailed in Wallace Idaho on a charge after finding a pocketbook containing about five dollars and failing to return it. He claimed to be a Yale educated man with interests in physics and surgery. He says a falling pipe sparked a fire that altered his memory of returning the wallet. a mistrial is reported as jurors could not agree.
Commissioner General Sargent reports the growing alien population will shape future immigration in the United States. He notes Austria Hungary and Russia send large quotas while Italy remains high but near peak, and stresses enforcement of labor protections amid public misperception of labor interests shaping policy. He also highlights new themes for transportation agents and calls for understanding the labor contract law. The report, amid cultural notices, mentions theatre productions and performances including Olga Nether and the Mayor of Tokio as part of the era’s entertainment scene.
T Stewart of West Point and Cowie Wash arrived in the city with his wife on a sad mission. Their son Virgil Stewart was sentenced to a year in prison for holding up the station agent at Ravalli. The couple, heartbroken, vows to seek his release and reform his life.
Missoula notes report W H Smith and J Burns of Butte visiting over Sunday. Mrs Al Frank and family left for Sand Point Idaho to join Mr Frank connected with Northern Idaho News. Michael A Berger of Butte returned from timber lands inspection in the Bitterroot. Berger recently took a timber claim near Plains and may enter the lumber business locally.
An old adage says work and no play dulls the stomach, so a temporary rest with Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is proposed as a substitute that digest like healthy gastric fluids. A Chicago lawyer recounts relief after using the tablets during a demanding case, claiming renewed vigor and success, with tablets sold by druggists at 50 cents a box.
A powerful desert wind storm swept across Los Angeles and nearby areas, lasting most of the day and causing crop damage. Orange and olive crops suffered the main losses with about two percent blown from trees in Riverside County. Minor property damage occurred in Pasadena and Orange County, while winds brought dust and sand and some structures toppled without injuries.
In Shamokin Pennsylvania on December 10 the Ninth district headquarters reported that the anthracite miners at their district convention will likely ask for a wage increase of nineteen to twenty percent.
The message praises Lawson’s harsh arraignment in Everybody’s for December and Russell’s vivid tale of English weavers who, though defeated, helped the common good by saving two pence a day and building a business now valued at over 140 million dollars.
The article outlines plans by Palmer, Cort, and others to stage one acts and major revivals, with Yvonne, Fitch, and Morton works in renewal. It notes rising ticket prices provoke criticism while firms like Astor, Kilmer, and Cohen plan bustling seasons and grand tours across Chicago, New Orleans, and New York. It mentions actors Blanche Valaty, Florence Roberts, and Maude Fealey as part of the forthcoming efforts.
Public opinion notes hair growth remedies remain elusive yet new histology explains hair structure. Constantinople physician Hodara reports scarification grafts on bald scalps, with bulbs forming and roots developing in dermis. Animal tests show dermal bed differentiates and bulbs form around transplanted roots.
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