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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1902
Page
3
The House fielded broad discussion on the Indian appropriation bill with Wheeler’s episode prompting wit from Boutelle and others. Arguments covered territorial government for the Indian Territory, cable policy to the Philippines, and trusts, ending with adjournment at 5:05 p.m.
Fiarold M. Cole died Sunday by his own hand. His funeral was held today at the Moyne residence, with many friends from Helena and East Helena in attendance. The East Helena smelter office closed in his honor. pallbearers were former smelter associates. His wife, injured in the Sunday incident, could not attend. The service was conducted by Rev. W. W. Love at Forest Vale cemetery.
The Missouri River Power company completes the 64 mile cable line to Canyon Ferry and will begin supplying Butte with electric power soon. Two parallel pole lines carry three copper cables each, with nearly 1,000,000 pounds of copper used. Initial transmission is about 4,000 horsepower, rising to 8,000 later. Anaconda Boston & Montana, Colorado smelter and others plan to use the electricity.
Helena February 19 The transcript on appeals in the Larkin case prepared by George W Sproule clerk of the US court is as voluminous as the Pennsylvania case There will be about 6000 pages of evidence and printing will cost about ten thousand dollars
Charles F. Jones, Rice’s valet, described Patrick’s scheme to forge a will naming Patrick and Jones as beneficiaries. He said Patrick drafted multiple will forms, sought witnesses, and offered bribes and favors to push probate. Jones noted plans to pressure witnesses and to use a 1896 will as leverage.
Spokane February 19 Attorney W A Lew was sentenced to eight years and six months in the Walla Walla penitentiary for larceny by embezzlement involving 225 dollars from client Mary Lambert. The term runs concurrently with seven years already imposed for stealing from client Mary Pia. Appeals have gone to the state supreme court, Lew remains jailed unable to post bail after eluding capture in Seattle and Denver while on trial.
A Deseret News report from Provo Utah states August Blumenthal a cornice maker was instantly killed when he touched an electric light wire while six other workmen Will Clayton L W Johnson Joseph Goodman Lee Hampton Frank Holt and W Bolt were severely shocked while placing a cornice on a new building. The incident occurred today as the men held the heavy cornice and Blumenthal contacted the wire.
E B Weed files general denial in response to Theodore Mayer’s petition seeking his disbarment for alleged land fraud. He cites business depression and foreclosures as reasons for not completing the deed to Mayer and says reconveyance to Mayer and payment to Smith are still planned. He denies misappropriation and insists the $491 fee for Leckley was reasonable. The court may hear evidence or appoint a referee next.
W T Hamilton of Columbia Mount testified in Edmund Whitcomb versus Helena Water Co in Judge Smith's court. The veteran scout said he visited Montana in 1838 and chased buffalo near Helena and knew the Prickley Pear valley and its irrigation ditches from 1880.
Des Moines Iowa Feb 19 by a clever parliamentary maneuver the Hughes anti pass bill was killed in the lower house without a vote on the measure. An amendment to bar ministers from accepting passes was offered and the motion to table carried, effectively killing the bill.
Thousands of letters from women tout Peruna as life changing, claiming relief from systemic catarrh and nerve fatigue. The ads describe catarrh as tied to digestion, with Peruna removing the cause by improving mucous membranes and stomach function, citing Miss Katie Klein and Miss Anna Prescott among others.
Secretary of War reports 13 investigations into cruelty charges found unfounded or exaggerated. He, with General Funston and Lieutenant Batson, denies water cure claims, cites cruel acts by Filipino forces, and asserts the U S army upholds civilized warfare standards across three years of conflict.
John W. Proudfit, prominent Colorado Springs broker, posted on the state stock exchange today that his firm cannot meet its obligations. He led the Alamo Gold Mining company as president and treasurer and served as treasurer of the Bostwick Gold Mining company at Cripple Creek, both involved in the default.
Charles M. Drye, said to be one of Lee Turner’s men in the Middlesboro fight last Wednesday, was arrested in Knoxville. He admits running a restaurant near the quarter house but says he was not in the fight. Governor Beckham offered $200 for his capture.
In Trenton on February 19 twelve Princeton students were arrested after painting the city with yellow paint and marking the battle monument and surrounding structures. Police hauled them away as witnesses described the vandalism across public buildings and farm structures in the area.
Lawrenceville and Trenton suspects faced a police judge after police detected painted figures on a battle monument. They waived a hearing for grand jury action and were released on $200 bonds each.
Cleveland reports rising public interest in the McKinley memorial as funds and letters pour into the national association. Missouri pledges 25 000 dollars while Kansas City seeks pennies from every resident. Governors and states from Alaska to New York push contributions toward the national memorial fund.
Kansas City Missouri February 9 EB Mortedge an actor was found guilty on his second trial for grand larceny and given a five year penitentiary sentence. He held up a restaurant cashier and a saloon bartender in the downtown district at gunpoint and pleaded guilty saying he needed funds to start a company of players on the road. The supreme court reversed a prior highway robbery verdict.
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