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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1902
Page
10
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In Oakland racing the 2 year old event saw Durazzo disqualified after a wide stretch drift past Sylvia Talbot, with the Screiber filly taking first. Tom Ryan and the Montana delegation profited on Mountebank in the second race as he moved from 10 to 1 to 6 to 1 and won easily. Green Morris tops winning owners with 15.2. weather fine and track muddy as Corrigan returns to form in the Point Arena handicap.
Six furlongs Albeta wins first race with Free Coinage second and Fickle Saint third. Lindan Ella takes the mile and one eighth with Prines Real runner up and Zocapa third. Faleila wins the steeplechase handicap, Old Fox second, Golden Link third. Andes captures the eis furlongs with Nellie Waddell second and Maggie Davia third. Jena wins the mile with Kingstelle second and Pirate's Queen third. Chairmaater wins the seven furlongs with Trentham second and Frank Jones third.
Multiple race cards show selling and purse events at New Orleans and other tracks. Entries include Rim Rock, William F, Berendos, The Phantom, Moresca, Bathos, Invictus, Captain Gaines, Ecome, Campus, Lady Matchless, Johnnie McCarthy, Reseda, B G Fox, Wood, Cast Iron, and others with odds and weights. Conditions note clear to fast or sloppy in places.
In Hot Springs Arkansas on January 22 Al Weinig and Dan Creedon fought for a $1.06 purse. In the ninth round Benny Murphy Creedon trainer threw up the sponge as Creedon was badly punished. Creedon announced his retirement from the ring.
Frank Erne, once the lightweight champion, has returned from England. The veteran boxer is noted for his prior title reign and current status as a notable figure in American boxing history.
Articles of agreement were signed today for two match races in New York, each side to receive 820000 dollars. The event brings together prominent runners from rival clubs for high stakes competition.
A wagering arrangement names Thomas W. Laween's Boralma E. E. Smather's Lord Derby and John J. Scannel's The Abbot as contestants. The Boralma Lord Derby race goes first with at least a two week interval before the second race.
The Overland club rooms host a pool tournament in progress with prelim winners named including Dr. O Connor Charles Davidson Dr Wix Ben Cosby Dr Kennedy P S Gilfillan C H Ring George Markley and F Budahl. Cosby posted the highest run of 38 as play continues through the week.
In July 22 bowling action Burtiato report two man teams took over alleys after five man squads. Fi della Bowling Club of New York won first money 220 with a 2792 total, new record for the ABC national event.
Sioux City townsman Bob Kneeb, the horseman once famed for a German imprisonment over a claimed racing ringer in Bethel, has died. The notice notes his notoriety from the controversial case and his death announcement in the local context.
Indianapolis January 22 National officers of the United Mine Workers will not be elected until the committee investigating charges against President Mitchell and Secretary-Treasurer Wilson has reported to the convention. The investigating committee is in session and expected to finish tomorrow morning with a likely exoneration of the two leaders.
County Attorney Breen directed that Jack Wade and Howard Opie face no preliminary exam in Justice Arnold’s court. An information was filed directly in district court, with bench warrants issued and bonds set at 500 each. The case concerns a prize fight on January 18 with principals facing up to two years. spectators face misdemeanor charges.
Fred Allen a chimney sweep and his wife faced police action as domestic troubles escalated. She was arrested for disturbing him and later sent to the county jail on an insanity complaint. Allen claimed his wife followed him relentlessly, while she said he assaulted her and stole money for necessities for five children.
Testimony at the Havana trial shows Neely fled nearly broke in 1899 and deposited 43 700 in a Muncie Indiana bank before his arrest. A 20 000 bond was sent from that account to New York's First National Bank. Inspectors note deposits tied to lock box company bills. Rathbone's U S dealings deemed honorable.
The notice advertises lodging with American plan from $3 per day and up and European plan at $1.50 per day and up, highlighting restaurant and hotel accommodations as the finest along the western routes.
In McMinnville Oregon on January 22 two young women Misa Nannie Ungerman and Mrs Ollie Gaunt died by arsenic poisoning. Ungerman worked at a Central telephone office and Gaunt was visiting. They phoned a doctor saying Gaunt was ill and lapsed before aid arrived. Both bodies were found later and their families are prominent in town. Officials say despair and personal crisis led to the deaths. Gaunt had been separated from her husband for months.
Peoria police seek Jacob Spitzmiller last seen in Butte after leaving for Alaska. A letter from Peoria police reports he may return to Peoria to comfort ailing mother and claim a inheritance. He traveled with Caspar Isely and four others, recently believed in the Klondike region.
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports Judge Knowles adjudging Milton D. Cooper of Chateau as bankrupt. Assets are nearly none while liabilities total about 15 000 dollars, including a 10 000 dollar debt to the First National Bank of Great Falls.
D A McDonald of Helena visits Butte on business. H J Toomey arrives from Helena. C F Hoyt trips East for Corner store. George A Cook of Missoula visits friends. A son is born to Mr and Mrs Patrick J Burns at 533 Franklin. Michael Jennings and family head to Southern California for recreation. Mrs Charles Schmidt and daughter depart for Los Angeles for the winter. Miss Mary Tattan of Fort Benton is mentioned.
A woman being in the city for a few days of travel on her way home from Kansas where she had been visiting relatives was noted in transit.
A quiet Butte wedding united A. C. Sloan and Miss Lillian Rogers in the Butte hotel parlors with few friends present. After a dinner at the hotel cafe the couple departed for a two week honeymoon to Seattle and coast points, planning to reside in Butte at 510 Colorado Street.
Washington reports the arrangements committee studies railroad itineraries and applications for Prince Henry's visit. The prince is expected to tour Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Indianapolis Milwaukee and Boston with St Louis confirmed. New York notes a February 26 dinner for American press at Waldorf Astoria with about 900 invitations for editors and publishers.
A late evening shootout at the Belleville Texas railroad station results in three men killed Raymond White Milam Odom and Henry Dippert another man Walter Pennington fatally wounded and three more injured. The altercation began with the Odom faction and erupted into a general volley as witnesses gathered from Wallis and Beleville.
Washington January 22 the senate confirmed nominations including M A Otero governor of New Mexico C E Kingston register of the land office at Evanston Rich Guffin Missouri Sac Indians agent for Oklahoma and several postmasters in Idaho and Idaho districts Rex berg R Frost Wardner J C Gardner Grangeville F G Havemann Samon Hill J Grat St Anthony D F Mason Coeur dAlene
Leaves for Chicago in a private car provided by Baltimore and Ohio officials. They plan to arrive Saturday at 9 30 in the morning. The admiral will not disclose the appeal filed with the president yesterday.
The president will entrust the entire issue to Attorney General Inox for a report and recommendation to be issued as soon as possible.
Billings Jan 22 An attempt was made by J A Bantas son to have his father declared insane while he faces a U S district court charge of violating postal obscenity laws. The county attorney refused to pursue the inquiry but advised pursuing bondsmen to surrender him to the marshal if he is dangerously insane.
Attorney General Knox released a report to the president absolving Webster Street chief justice of Arizona of bribery and extravagance charges. The findings say charges rested on rumors and unverified insinuations and note delayed embezzlement action by Street’s clerk. Street’s term ends late March with no grounds found for removal.
London January ceremony confirming the Right Rev Charles Gore as bishop of Worcester was marred by a mass protest led by John Kensit. Protests disrupted the rite as Kensit refused to be silenced until forceful ejection, with cries of Farce and Conspiracy during the oath and episcopal address.
A Daily News source notes possible Boer peace overtures but Lord Milner’s unyielding stance blocks progress. Brussels dispatches say Kruger’s note demands Boer independence as a precondition, signaling no negotiations. The Morning Leader recalls Britain’s rejection of last August’s Boer delegate talks.
Constantinople January 22 The American negotiators for Ellen L. Stone and Mme Tsilka may hand the ransom money to the brigands for a few days before release. The bandits demand this to dispose of cash prior to any retaliation measures. The captors have so far behaved in a manner that encourages confidence they will honor their engagement.
Portland Portland January 22 Bennett Thompson and Charles Wright were today sentenced to twenty and ten years respectively in the penitentiary for highway robbery. Both were arrested Monday and pleaded guilty today. Thompson confessed to holding up and robbing thirty people near the city in the past three months. He is twenty one years old and recently arrived from Goldendale Washington.
Body of Brigham Russell aged 22 was found near Condon's ranch in Skll valley after he went to find his brother who herded sheep three days earlier. He likely lost his way in darkness and perished during the first night of absence. Searching parties had been hunting for three days.
Night clerk Al Smith at the Grandon in Helena narrowly escaped poisoning this afternoon. Hotel proprietors and staff know nothing of the incident while a physician arrived in time to save his life. Smith fell ill suddenly and restated the danger remains unclear.
Panama harbor battle left General Carlos Alban dead after he urged the Lautaro captain to sail, then commanded guns before a fatal shot struck him. The Padilla and Lea aided, Lautaro sank, Colon and Panama at half mast as liberals plan further action.
New York January 22 a jury to try Albert T Patrick charged with murdering millionaire Rice formerly of Texas was secured this afternoon Assistant District Attorney Osborne opened with details of Rice death and the ensuing events asserting Patrick's guilt without relying on Valet Jones confession Court adjourned until tomorrow.
John T. Milliken of St Louis, brother-in-law of Albert T. Patrick, says he was offered 59000 to urge Patrick to compromise the 1900 will. He declined, believing Patrick innocent, and stated further negotiations failed when no one could meet terms.
Sidney M. Smith, San Francisco financier and head of The Cutting Packing Co., Phoenix & Maricopa Railroad Co., and Pacific Sheet and Metal Works, collapsed at the Southern Pacific depot in San Jose after alighting from a train while chasing his umbrella. His wife was present. He had long suffered heart trouble and likely overexerted himself.
Stephen A. Dole, 59, brother of Hawaii Governor Dole, died in Tucker Utah after a long illness. A longtime Washington, D. C. resident and former Indian agent at the White Rocks agency in Colorado, his career included service in federal offices.
Louisville Jan 22 Professor Emil Sheffer a renowned chemist died at his home from old age. He was years old. In 1870 he first discovered the formulas for making liquid pepsin and for the dry powdered form of pepsin.
Sioux City Iowa Jan 22 Ex Congress man A L Holmes of Boone Iowa is dead. He passed away in Clarinda hospital for the insane.
London dispatch reports alarm over Spain's outlook as King Alfonso’s May coronation nears. Worried politicians fear revolution with Weyler blamed for stirring tensions and maneuvering for influence amid Carlist threats.
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