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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1902
Page
7
The Principal Branch Office of the Standard is at 21 Fast Broadway in Butte with telephone 422. Advertising rates are furnished on application.
Butte notes multiple visitors and residents checked in at local hotels including H. Powell of New York and Mrs Samuel Warren of Neihart. Others include J. Price of Dillon, T. Casey of Chicago, W. Maye of Great Falls, and J. O Connor ill with pneumonia. Local commerce mentions Stromberg Mullins Co. and piano tuners, while delays reference Thornton and Finlen hotels and various births and registrations.
Justice O Connor heard a third degree assault case in which Barney Roletto testified John Seveson beat him and threw rocks after a dispute over a pole and a bill Roletto claimed Seveson owed. Seveson denied kicking or striking and said Roletto provoked him. The jury found Seveson guilty and the judge fined him with costs, the fine remitted upon payment.
Kellogg Seventh Day Adventist Sanitarium suffered total loss from a February blaze. One elderly patient, Abner Case of Bath, reported missing after escaping in night clothes, while Ira D. Sankey, inmate, survived by climbing a fire escape. Insurance listed at 1485 500. Firefighters faced low water pressure and outbreak along the elevator shaft as casualties feared.
In a state circuit court decision Judges George and Cleland ruled that a banner in front of a Portland restaurant, declaring the establishment unfair and urging union members to boycott, constitutes a nuisance that may be enjoined. The case involved A. J. Hall against the Waiters' Alliance after weeks of banners at 41 nonunion eateries.
Central Committee meeting with about 50 Democratic leaders from Clark and anti Clark wings endorses a united campaign and rejects fusion. Plans set for caucuses March 14 primaries March 13 and city convention March 18 with 11 delegates per ward and alternates. registration opens March 17.
Washington February 18 The Daughters of the American Revolution debated proposed constitutional amendments at their convention session. A plan to replace state representation with a mixed system sparked lively discussion and was postponed. The committee on representation reported division among state regents with a majority favoring chapter representation and a minority favoring one delegate per 24 members. The Richards amendment proposals were defeated in the afternoon session after a heated exchange over parliamentary procedure led by Mrs Donald Mclean of New York and Mrs Fairbanks.
The Lewistown and Grass Range Telephone company filed articles of incorporation with Secretary of State Hays. The capital stock is $10,000 with shares at $100 each.
Seattle reports a devastating blaze at the Treadwell mines on Douglass Island on February 11. Fire brigades fought flames from the compressor to the 120 stamp mill while more than 100 miners sheltered below. Firefighters used multiple hoses to save the structure as miners escaped via an old pit, with officials later confirming all had reached daylight.
George W. Perkins, chairman of United States Steel finance, said a plan to convert part or all of the firm’s preferred stock into five percent bonds is under consideration. The steel giant carries $303.45 million in 5 percent bonds and $510.17 million in 7 percent preferred stock.
In Washington on February 18 the Chinese exclusion bill has not been acted on by senate or house committees. Hearings have occurred, with supporters proposing minor changes not affecting exclusion's principle. These tentative tweaks aim to ease technical execution but remain unreviewed by the committees in charge.
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