British Butte Starts Credce
Governor Norris handles the lever as buckets begin to move in a British mining scene.
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1909
Page
1
Governor Norris handles the lever as buckets begin to move in a British mining scene.
The British Butte Mining company began its Rocker dredge project in a celebratory ceremony with Irene Anderson breaking a wine bottle on the gear. Governor Norris started the process by activating the electric lever as about 200 guests observed. The event featured the Montana State band and remarks praising Colonel De Hora and the venture. Continued on Page Ten.
The Indianapolis meeting of the United Mine Workers extends a week as Thomas J. Lewis defends his report while districts clashed over suspensions. W. D. Van Horn labeled the executive board a wooden body amid sharp exchanges with anti administration figures and claims of unsafe mine conditions.
Washington reports that James I. Garfield will not join the next cabinet or serve as ambassador. Garfield plans to return to Ohio to practice law, and there may be a broad cabinet overhaul unless Secretary Wilson or Postmaster General Meyer remain. Debates continue over Wilson's fate.
In muddy Emeryville conditions the Sam Hildreth trained King James defeats Dorante by a head in the Burns handicap with Milford third. About 12,000 fans watched the West's classic run under heavy morning rain and a bright afternoon.
A Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul passenger train No 23 on the Southern Minnesota division is missing after departing Lau Crosse Thursday night as a 48 hour blizzard hit. Wires are down, and no tidings have come since it passed Jackson. Other lines report trains stalled or delayed amid drifting snow and high winds.
In Helena on January 30 the special reg is try committee held two sessions with no major findings. Witnesses included F C Ives who estimated timber on lands sold to lumber firms, Fred Whitside noting land office records, and G H Grubb of Kalispell who said state land office records were not well kept.
A group of students at a California university attacked Japanese individuals on campus. The incident involved knocking down assailants chasing victims, escalating tensions on university grounds. Police investigated and campus officials urged calm.
Kenji Kaneko, UC Berkeley graduate and Tokyo Imperial University alum, was attacked by eight white students on the Berkeley campus. The Japanese association plans to seek a consul general report to Washington, while police seek the assailants.
Vice Consul General Takahashi in San Francisco said the alleged attack on a Japanese student at Berkeley today had not been brought to his attention and that it is a matter for the police court to settle, considering it too trivial to deserve attention.
The Portland Baker City and Butte Electric Railroad company announces a major eastward route from Portland through Clackamas County across the Cascades near Mt. Hope into Grant and Wheeler counties to Baker City and onward to Idaho and Butte. Principal planner D. Charles is said to be the lead but is unavailable. capital is 32 million dollars.
Madrid reports continue to indicate uninterrupted communications with Southern Spain and Barcelona. Minor shocks were felt at Llotona and Olias with only cracked walls in a few houses. Residents fled to the suburbs amid fears of Sicily scale disasters, while hailstones covered the ground after a cloudy sun vanished.
The Gridiron Club dinner in Washington honored President Roosevelt and Vice President Fairbanks with humor while lampooning public figures. Ambassadors, justices, cabinet members, senators, and editors attended. An iridescent H2O almanac mocked temperance and politics, with jokes about Loeb and a mock “special message 23.”
The Old Dominion liner Hamilton collided with a barge of the New York Philadelphia Norfolk railroad near Old Point. Wireless telegraphy prompted swift tug dispatch to the scene. Hamilton, badly battered yet afloat, reached Norfolk Pier by 9 30. About SW passengers were aboard bound for New York. The barge was unharmed. The bow hole on the port side measured six to seven feet.
Helena reports George Frankhauszer, condemned to life for stealing 40000 from registered mail on a Great Northern train, departs Leavenworth guardedly tonight at 11 30 aboard a closed carriage to the Kansas penitentiary amid tight secrecy. A marshal says plans were not complete and a tip alerted a reporter who saw him board.
Washington January 30 The American National Red Cross cabled Ambassador Griscom in Rome 225000 to present to Queen Helena for establishing an agricultural colony in Calabria or Sicily for earthquake orphans. The society has spent 841740 on disaster relief and 100000 for lumber shipments to earthquake survivors via the navy department.
A crowded street robbery targeted an individual named Asher. A bandit entered the scene, grabbed cash, and fled, leaving witnesses and authorities reviewing surveillance and seeking leads.
M L Patterson cashier at Northwest Coal company on North Main street was robbed of 51 dollars in cash plus two telephones when a bandit wearing a green mask forced him to hand over keys and backed out with the loot at 5 10 pm. The robber, about six feet one, 165 pounds, dressed in black, escaped toward Agate street and into the railroad tunnel. Sheriff deputies later gathered a description, but no arrest. Patterson, with 18 years in Butte, had previously faced no robberies at the yard office.
In Helena on January 30 the federal court heard the United States equity suit against Northern Pacific Railway seeking tithe recovery of coal lands in Carbon county valued over 100000. Government counsel T. J. Walsh argued minerals were known preselection. railroad counsel William Wallace described the lands as a land contract rather than a grant.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.