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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1902
Page
8
The jury in the state case against McDonald and Moffat, charged with striking a cow belonging to Mrs. L Michaud, failed to reach a verdict and was discharged by Judge McClernan. The defendants demand another speedy trial as the cold, exhausted jurors waited all night in a freezing courtroom.
Knights and Ladies of Security hosted a Hard Times ball in Scandia Hall last evening to echo thrift during a lean period. Tickets cost 49 cents to save a cent, and guests were told not to wear their best attire. About 400 attendees wore costumes signaling near bankruptcy yet none appeared in danger of poverty, and the event was enjoyed by all.
Dr M Neill of Helena is stopping at the Thornton. The hall given last night by the Catholic Knights at Hibernia hall was a concise social note from Butte briefs.
The article lists attendees and registrations at the Thornton Hotel including A. J. Davidson Helena Ek H Talcott Livingston M W Dodge Syracuse J H Butler Whitehall Thomas Kurtz Helena Gene Donovan, with several residents arriving from Helena. A birth is noted for Mr and Mrs Moses Brew of 219 Garden Avenue Butte. A live bird shoot is planned at Celeb grounds with Anaconda participants and a fishing and shooting challenge cup to be displayed.
Arrangements with M Sutton move the Willson juveniles show to Maguire’s Opera House for ten nights. The Maguire stage will allow full staging and better performances. The Youthful minstrels perform at the Family Theater this afternoon, with scenery and costumes moved to Maguire’s for tonight’s show and continued through Thursday including a matinee tomorrow and Wednesday.
Seattle reports the steamer Bertha is breaking up after customs officers refuse to permit moving her cargo from Canadian waters. The Alaska Commercial Company faces potential international dispute or suit over cargo value as efforts to load ashore or onto a British vessel were denied by Victoria and Port Townsend authorities.
The Seattle city Republican convention renominated Thomas J. Humes for mayor John Jiplinger for city comptroller Mitchell Gilliam for city attorney and M A Gormley for treasurer The primaries on Wednesday were largely settled by the convention The platform endorses municipal light plant acquisition. The Democratic convention is set for tomorrow with J W Goodwin expected as mayoral nominee.
The Chicago Chronicle reports Frank Bivens of Frankfort recounts a Washington hotel lobby anecdote involving Jack Chinn. Bivens describes a banquet in Atlanta and a breakfast where Chinn joked about his pockets being full of pistols, noting his revolver skills and implied exhibition shooting.
A Kansas City Journal excerpt presents an elderly thinker using a rustic wagon metaphor. The old philosopher likens aging to a well greased wagon that lasts when kept on smooth roads and not rushed by reckless late night escapades.
Reports describe violent clashes in Barcelona as troops quell unrest while laborers resist orders to resume work. In Madrid, deputies press the interior secretary over foreign consuls and press reports. war minister vows energetic action but cites sensational dispatches as overstated.
Washington reports estimate that 15 days have passed since ransom paid to brigands for Miss Stone. Five more days beyond the deadline passed with no delivery. If brigands breach faith or kill captives, the United States would shift focus to Turkey and Bulgaria to exterminate the brigands, despite cost. Constantinople denies arrest of Nev Tsilka husband of Miss Ellen Stone, stating he is in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Grorse A. Herr aged 30 died today in Missoula from a carbuncle affecting the brain. He was a relative stranger to the city and his remains will be held until word arrives from Lead, South Dakota, where his wife, parents, and sister reside.
In St. Paul Minnesota on February 2 the supreme court declared unconstitutional a law imposing a 2 percent tax. The ruling affects state revenue measures and prompts potential legislative action.
Advertising text touts Chamberlains Cough Remedy with testimonials from Mrs Geiger Dunkerton Iowa and R Wheeler Northwood New York. It claims relief for coughs colds pneumonia croup stomach trouble and joint pain and lists Standard Drug Co Smith Smith Kennedy J M Kennedy Drug Co and local Butte druggists as retailers.
A shopper notes Hennessys window display as a tip to see the new shirt range. The speaker suggests the arrangement gives a clearer sense of fabric and style before buying.
A court ruling concerns the State against the Canaua Cattle Car Company in a suit to collect a sum of money alleged as legacy. The decision addresses the rights and obligations of freight line property and kinship claims in the context of laxatiys.
Helena Huffman city replies to Meena Water Company suit seeking to halt con tract enforcement and force sale of winter rights. It argues lack of authority to confer exclusive rights or condemn and maintain its own plant. Court restraining order pending, case outcome will settle the dispute.
John Sturrock seeks a franchise to convey steam and hot air through pipes under Main Street Helena. He presented his scheme to the city council committee on streets allees and ordinances today but the committee did not reach a decision.
London February 21. L Godkin former elder of Evening Post New York writes to Westminster Gazette about Joseph Chamberlain colonial secretary. Godkin says when Chamberlain deserted the stero he asked Gladstone through a correspondent for information. Gladstone replies Chamberlain is the first politician of the American type and will cause trouble.
The Mia Virginia Osborn will provides large gifts to New York charities including the Society for the Relief of Orphan and Destitute Children the New York Cooking School the New York City Mission and Tract Society and the Training School for Nurses which will receive the building on East Twenty-ninth Street now used as a nurses home.
The postoffice at Newton has been re established with Thomas O'Brian as postmaster in the February dispatch from Washington noting the restoration of local mail service and leadership.
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