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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1902
Page
12
In Butte a railroad magnate backs a horse named Dawson at 10 to 1 and 5 to 2 show, despite warnings his family name may mislead. He then wins with another long shot at Sutton’s theater before a staged Royal play program.
Armour Packing company plans a large brick and iron cold storage plant in Butte at the northwest corner of Utah avenue and Iron street. The three story building, with 75 by 100 feet frontage, will cost about 40000 dollars and is expected to be completed soon after bids from local contractors were submitted to Chicago.
A strong stage performance of Rupert of Hentzau, sequel to The Prisoner of Zenda, offered an intense dramatic portrayal. The production, presented at a local venue, drew attention for its strong acting and suspenseful scenes.
Local notes list visitors and registrants in Butte including L A Parkhurst N W McConnell and EK Smith with others from Helena Norris Deer Lodge Dillon and Missoula. Thomas F Richardson resumes duties on the Great Northern run. John Maguire to repeat his Robert Emmet lecture at the opera house next Sunday night.
J R Smith was tonight elected president of the Trades and Labor assembly. Other officers elected were vice president R P Shields secretary Alex McConnell treasurer Joan Huseby and sergeant at arms Neil O Donnell.
Report from Bisbee says 400 miners walked out in a strike after new shift bosses were discharged and their reinstatement demanded. The managers ignored the demand and the workers quit.
Rev. Charles W. Richardson, Montana synodic moderator, preached at South Butte Presbyterian Church before a large crowd. Dr. Miller, the Chicago evangelist, did not arrive as expected. Richardson delivered a powerful sermon on John 1:11 12. He urged kindness to Christ followers and improved conditions through faith. A separate note: A Paris banker filed suit against Miss Evans over 860 francs tied to the Duchess of Manchester wedding preparations.
London reports a blue book on South Africa concentration camps with Lord Milner and Lord Kitchener defending the camps and denying harsh treatment. Kitchener rebuts Schalkburger accusations and cites December statistics: 117,017 inmates and 2,380 deaths including 1,167 children.
The Amsterdam Daily Mail reports Kuyper's London trip stemmed from Kruger and Boer delegates agreeing to delay independence pending Boer approval. A Boers gathering at The Hague is set for tomorrow to decide on tentative peace overtures.
In Jan 17 proceedings the chamber of deputies questioned alleged violations of military laws on officer promotions by General De Calliffet and General Andre. General Andre argued promotion would be Parliament’s concern, not a partisan commission, prompting rightist and centrist protests before a 28 to 2H vote approving his declarations.
Leavenworth Kan Jan 17 Warden McClaughrey says Fr A Kating a leader in the prison mutiny of Nov 7 has been located near Quebec and can be had for trial Photographs and a description will be exchanged through Washington authorities the warden will request his return on a murder charge Eugene Wade serving five years for assault in Ardmore Ok will be released after a pardon from President Roosevelt today
Recorder Goff heard arguments on demurrers to indictments charging President Martin and Secretary Velthusen of the Delaware Surety company with perjury. Each side was given two weeks to file briefs. The alleged case claims the Delaware Bureau company aided F. Augustus Heinze in copper operations.
Port Townsend reports Dawson buzz over a new bedrock at Eldorado creek with gravel paying $1 to $5 per pan. Circle City is deserted as merchants flee to Good Pasture creek in the Tanana country for rich gravel. White Pass & Yukon railroad blocked by a wide snow slide. a missing dog team follows a deadly Taku City mystery.
A man sat near a jewelry store when a large eagle, placed by a photographer to catch best light, suddenly blocked the sidewalk. The incident ended with him receiving gifts of angels' food from amused friends.
An English traveler reports in the Philadelphia Press a Chinese empire tale of a man revered as a deity by millions in Urga. The “Living God” is a young man under 30 who lives in a building like the Russian consulate and performs sacred duties while privately worldly with notable personal flaws.
A Daily Mail Sydney report says a German trading company secured important trading rights over the Ellice and Gilbert island groups in the Pacific, akin to French rights in New Hebrides, claimed to promote Germanization. The federal government is urged to protest to Mr. Chamberlain.
Vienna reports claim Russia is organizing common action by Austria Italy Switzerland Denmark Servia and Roumania in retaliation for Germanys proposed protective tariff. The evening papers allege these nations have indicated adhesion to the plan.
Philadelphia on January 17 reports leaders in the six day bicycle event are 31 miles ahead of the world record as the fifth day ends. Teams Gougoltz and Wilson, Freeman and Mayo, McFachern and Munroe, Lean der and Ruts, Chevalier and Fisher, Hadfiell and King, Mueller and Barclay, and other pairs cover distances from 842 miles 5 laps to 841 miles 16 laps.
A Milwaukee family recalls a guest who speaks freely of world travel yet misnames the Rock of Ages as the Rock of Lucerne. The free thinker, unfamiliar with religious terms, mistakes a Benleckery storied rock for Ireland’s Klarney stone and is gently corrected by a daughter.
A far flung observer recalls a spectacle before the Living God at a Buddhist temple complex in Urga. Lamas, Mongol princes, and ambans surround a ring where naked wrestlers, clothed only in boots, perform before a seated deity. Crowds cheer as bouts begin and end with prayerful obeisances.
A Road Driver association member with a fine race horse gained notoriety after a portrait session. He planned to sell the horse offshore but arranged a photo to show the animal and paraphernalia. The finished pictures oddly appeared to have wings attached to the photographer and the man, startling his family.
A Birmingham jeweler C P Deakin has devised a labor saving machine for signet ring manufacture in England. It completes in seconds the inside fixing polishing and lapping that previously required several workers. The same device finishes the signet face by clamping and guiding on a rotating surface. The process can be run by a boy or girl enabling large cost savings.
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