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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1912
Page
4
Busy notes from Butte report bus and clothing sales, travel plans, and local errands. Residents Jannigan, Thompson, Well, and others head to Chicago, Los Angeles, and Ennis. births, visits, and dinners accompany holiday commerce and community events.
Two factions in Butte Chinatown clash over observance dates for Chinese New Year. Merchants favor Jan 1 while workers push Feb 5 under a revised calendar, risking dual celebrations and new year bill payments before the year ends. Leaders include Wong Chong Tui urging Jan 1 and other merchants backing Feb 5. local consul supports Jan 1 in Sen Preneisen as in prior practice.
Missoula Dec 27 The faculty of the University of Montana met to consider the state board of education action on consolidating Montana’s four state higher education institutions. The group passed resolutions urging consolidation as the best path for major educational development and offering full cooperation with the board and other colleges.
The column lists a parade of visitors and locals from Butte and nearby towns. Names include Rev. IW Ready of Worlan ten, Miss Virginia Madou heading to Fresno, G. Janney and F. G. Janney Jr. from Utah Corner, and many residents from Helena, Missoula, Great Falls, and Dillon among others.
The Child Slaves of New York closes this evening at the Family theater with the Chase-Lister company presenting The Fighting Chance at tomorrow’s matinee. It is billed as one of the greatest stock house plays, a drama built around circumstantial evidence. The Chase-Lister troupe promises an elaborate Ava city production with a bargain-day matinee today.
Snow fell in Butte while Deer Lodge reported clear skies. Three Forks had heavy precipitation and other eastern points saw rain or snow. A cold front brought clear air west of the Divide with a low of 12 degrees above and a high of 37. The Kipak thermometer stood at 23.
Mrs Gam M Johnstone underwent a serious operation at Murrey hospital yesterday morning. She rallied last evening and her condition is reported satisfactory by attending physicians. A separate note recalls a city event where one arrest was made in four hours, a record pace, with details unclear due to damaged text.
The Boston banquet tale recounts Sir Thomas Lipton joking about his future wife before Mayor Fitzgerald and guests at Copely Place. Lipton, amused by the mock proposal, feigned interest in the Mayor's daughter and later remarked on the laugh as he joked about the engagement.
San Francisco on December 27 reports P I McCarthy president of the State building trades council and former mayor warns friends after a Santa visit where his ribs cracked during a violent coughing fit. In Garden City Kansas on December 2 William H Thompson senator elect suffered severe burns on hands hair and eyebrows when candles set his Santa costume ablaze. He doused flames by rolling on the floor and smothering them with a rug.
A new recall proposal in Madison aims to extend recall power beyond elective officials to appointive officers. The bill would cover railroad, industrial, and tax commissions, broadening the political mechanism beyond current practice.
In Lookout Bight N Ch today the revenue cutter Seminole towed the abandoned British steamer Alcazar after a perilous fight at sea. The Seminole crew assisted in the rescue and fought off danger during the encounter.
An inmate named John Robers in San Quentin was hanged for the murder of Esdainge Goodman a jewelry salesman on November 21. Robers killed Goodman with a hatchet, disposed of the jewelry valued at 2560 dollars, and hid the body in a cellar building where he worked for three days. A frightened witness later led police to recover more jewelry from a nearby box.
Murava is relieved as Moxtea Curry and others report that General Vertu Huerta, hero of the Ie campaign, is retired from command of the northern division. OH 46 states General Ffieeta requests relief from command and is offered an advisory position in the war department.
A garbled Havana report references Arthur Beaupre, Manuel Sanguills, and a Cuban secretary of state in a described treaty draft. It mentions an addition by lease of an inland tract near Gu Ameren Raval satan at Granlanamer and a water supply dispute linked to a principality, with unclear dates or outcomes.
A government surrender over a planned naval station at Banbe vida on Cuba’s north coast near Pavanz is made official as a treaty signs today, with ratification by Cuban and American authorities. Separate news from Philadelphia notes a court appointment in a shipping firm case as freight lines face changes and delays.
In a sudden storm the Calta Frutt steamship ran aground near Howth. Rescue efforts succeeded as it was pulled free and towed toward New York, with a planned dock at Tenants.
Spatesman Hoprusenta of the Sixwearh thlot died at his Sipnton home after six months of failing health. He was 3b years old and obituary notes ties to the Gixtlethad Sixty altst flarrieburk and a long career connected to Pennsylvania.
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