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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1911
Page
17
Payrolls for May to June show decreases in most departments except street and alley and health. A nearly $600 trench project at the crematory increased charges, masking an overall payroll uptick of 266. City officials plan further expense cuts to restore sound finances.
A South Butte family quarrel escalated into a police scene as Mrs. Richards sought a warrant for her husband. Judge Booher mediated amid accusations, revealing tensions over in laws and visits. The couple left separately after promises not to repeat the blows.
Fred Walkup faces a complaint from the county attorney for failing to provide for minor children over the past three weeks. R. B. Huddleston, at 1043 Maryland Avenue, is charged with vagrancy for loitering around houses seeking items to sell for drugs after recently finishing a county jail term.
Mrs. Marshall M. Graham a 39 year old resident of 348 South Wyoming street died after delaying medical aid though advised to call a doctor. Her husband sent for a physician as she died but aid proved futile. She had been in poor health, and her condition was critical in recent days. Funeral services for Mrs. Lizzie Connolly will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from Walsh's undertaking parlors.
At a St Paul banquet William J Bryan avoided naming a preferred 1912 presidential candidate. He praised Governors Burke of North Dakota and Folk of Missouri and said he would campaign for either if nominated. Bryan criticized the Supreme Court decisions on trusts and urged Democrats to stand firm on protection without yielding to Wall Street pressure.
Police plan to gather the Hopheads colony at headquarters for medical examination by City Physician Horst. About 25 residents, including eight women, will be questioned on drug use and daily shots to tailor a tapering plan. The raid aims to relocate and improve conditions after repeated police court encounters.
Harry Lidgate was adjudged guilty by Justice C. C. Rhoades for omitting to provide for his minor children. He claimed the 24 hour sentence allowance. Evidence showed Lidgate, separated from his wife, refused support and left child care to his wife. He also had testified against discharged police officers Murphy and Morrissey. An attempted bigamy allegation against Lidgate was stricken from the record.
Mary Mannering the actress, already divorced from James Hackett, wed Frederick H. Wadsworth a Michigan manufacturer by night at Mannering's New York home. The license lists the groom as 43 and the bride as a2 years old, and they departed for the groom's residence.
In Harrisburg on June 1 a car driven by C. A. Seifton, a carnage manufacturer, careened off a viaduct and hurled its four occupants about 50 feet. Three were killed and one probably fatally injured.
The Pall Mall Gazette recalls the centenary birth of Victor Duruy a French historian and minister of education who rode in a cab with Pasteur to the Institut to France. Duruy offered the driver a five franc coin as a souvenir and Pasteur added another five franc piece noting the driver had transported the greatest man of science and the greatest minister of education the world has seen.
Our prices beat rivals in the Northwest with the largest stock. Read these on sale today: printed lawns and batistes at 25 cents per yard, bordered lawns at 25 cents, wash fabrics including voiles and dimities at 35 cents, plain japtha silks at 25 cents, white fabrics like madras and Swiss dimities at 25 cents, dress linens and linens at 25 cents per yard.
A remarkable remnant sale offers table linens crashes dress goods dress linens white waistings white lawns colored wash goods silks muslins cambrics flannels per cales prints mercerized white goods Tassorine lawns Persian lawns red damasks and other linens and domestics at savings from one fourth to one half the regular values.
Shoe sale offers Women's house shoes with soft soles, Men's digging shoes in large sizes with double soles and outside counters, and patent leather styles. Discounts include $1.45 to $2.95 on various lace and blueher options, with Connell's Special shoes highlighted.
The caucus endorsed a new wool tariff plan, shifting to ad valorem duties and reducing raw wool to 20 percent. It aims to curb revenue loss while boosting imports, with projected year one wear imports at about 1.38 billion dollars and raw wool duties dropping from 44.31 percent to 20 percent.
St Paul June 2 William J Bryan issued a statement this morning on the Democratic caucus wool schedule. He says democrats in congress are responsible to the country and constituents and doubts public endorsement of their action. He argues the report shows the measure fought on a false basis and not for revenue, noting taxes on wool could be matched by taxes on raw silk or rubber with greater justice.
The speaker criticizes protection for wool under the committee bill, arguing the tax rests on protective benefits to growers. He urges honest reasons, warns the caucus may mislead the public, and contends the claim of preserving free wool doctrine is insulting.
The Washington Herald recounts Thomas K. Reed, once speaker of the house, nearly a public figure in California. Tremaine recalls Reed describing his California experiences, including admission to practice in courts after a judge praised two applicants able to answer the legal tender acts question. Reed soon returned north to seek Congress and perhaps the presidency.
Chicago directors of the Board of Trade met in secret to propose rules to stop market cornering. Aimed at May wheat, the plan would appoint a three member committee to set settlement prices when a short defaults. Defaulters could be penalized 5 to 10 percent for purchaser damages.
Two men were severely cut in a South Second street saloon during a general fight where knives were used. One victim, named Joe Luckitte, had head and neck gashes. he said he had been released from Butte jail only days earlier.
Special Dispatch reports Livingston received heavy rainfall since last night with three inches of precipitation recorded today. The scene includes rising water and potential minor flooding as residents monitor conditions.
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