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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1901
Page
8
A Northwest furniture retailer touts the largest stock and lowest prices. The ad highlights a busy trade and invites customers to visit to see the value and selection.
P J Stiler a Great Northern foreman was tried in Judge McClernan's court on forging bogus vouchers. John Sowa signed Bloom's name for 19 50 on Nov 17 with Bloom missing. Jury found him not guilty and he was discharged. case against Iowa dismissed. Local notices mention boys knee pants sale at Bouchers.
Anna Descott jailed again after an alleged incident on West Ga tena street. A Davis accuses her of slandering him for $20 while a group of saffron colored women schemes to seize coin. She denies involvement and causes disturbances in the jail room.
A distressed woman named Anna was restrained by a jailer who placed her in custody. From the cage she voiced blunt testimonials about the police and others, describing her youth yet claiming deep unwavering wisdom likened to desert sands.
A man giving the name Jerry Sullivan was arrested last night on charges of obtaining goods under false pretenses from Hennessy’s store. He allegedly claimed to be a miner earning wages to secure credit, which investigators dispute.
Bowen of Norris and Brown of Great Falls visit Butte. Mrs Wentworth visits. Jim Barnes of Anaconda and NT Peters of Anaconda arrive. Owen A Clark of Syracuse registers. Wilt and DPD Wilt of Anaconda in city. Fitzgerald of Livingston on extended visit. Webster couple from Helena arrive from Salt Lake. Casey couple arrive from California at the Finlen. Richards heads to Polaris mine in Beaverhead County. Julia Ward of Chicago visits. Marriage licenses issued for six Butte couples including Clayborn Sedney and Downey. Kelly and Downey. Lafluer and Clellan. Owens and Davis.
A man named Herman Johnston of St. Louis allegedly cut his throat with a razor in the doorway of a Santa Fe passenger train at Winslow New Mexico. The crowded seat caused several ladies to faint and a returning Philippine war veteran fled the car in a panic.
A large Dallas fire today destroyed property valued near 90000 dollars. The Hamilton Paint and Glass company sustained about 50000 dollars in damage, insured for 25000. The Thomas Ellis Furniture company faced about 10000 dollars in damage with 5000 dollars insured, and Rick Furniture suffered additional losses.
The Hamilton Paint and Glass company fire starts in its oil room when an employee lights a match. Damage totals include A. P. Black wallpaper $10,000 Devoe's studio $5,000 insured $5,000 Guy Sumpter two buildings $16,000 insurance $8,000 and miscellaneous losses about $1,000. Overall losses approach sixty to seventy thousand with insurance coverage.
Colonel W. F. Cody is pushing to locate the proposed national home for indigent Elks at Cody Wyoming in the Big Horn basin. He appeals directly to the Elks home committee members and the decision may be made at the committee meeting in Columbus Ohio on June 1.
Lieut. Cmdr. J. H. Bull of the U S Navy in charge of the hydrographic service at the paneAmerican grounds fell from the dome of the government building in Buffalo N Y today and was seriously injured. He was unconscious when help arrived and taken to the emergency hospital. Surgeons later said the injuries were serious but not fatal, with a broken right leg below the knee and a fractured hip. He was moved to his home this evening.
A bold attempt to rob a Canadian Pacific mixed train occurred near Summit camp, Eholt, B C. Three men signaled the oncoming train and flashed revolvers but fled as the rear crew faced them. An emergency train searched the line but no trace of the robbers has been found.
The eastbound Overland Limited on the Union Pacific railroad derailed near Manna Wyoming at 2 20 this morning. No deaths reported and only one tramp received injuries with an arm broken while stealing a ride. The derailment involved the engine tender composite car mail car and two Pullman cars leaving the track.
President Mellen of the Northern Pacific rejected rumors that he had resigned stating he has not resigned and does not plan to resign. He spoke in St. Paul quoting that there is no truth to the report.
A London World correspondent reports J P Morgan pursuing a Great Anglo American bank with one billion dollars in capital to centralize Europe US banking. The plan would dissolve existing agencies, pair Morgan with top capitalists and Rothschilds, and dwarfs current bank sizes amid tax concerns.
War office denies any request from General Botha for a conference with Lord Kitchener at Standerton. Cape Town reports British troops capturing 42 prisoners and ammo in Cape Colony raids. A railway wreck near Pretoria leaves 10 soldiers dead and many injured. In Missouri, James Crabtree is jailed for alleged knowledge of Alice Stallion murder as Aurora townsfolk mourn with Mrs Stallion and twins.
The Associated Press notes lingering doubt over Mme. Sarah Bernhardt playing Romeo to Maude Adams’s Juliet. Her reply to an offer was joking yet taken seriously, and Bernhardt adds she would relish the English role but doubts mastering the language.
In Pine Bluff Arkansas on June 8 Robert and Tom Clegg shot and killed Everett F E Fluker and his nephew Cole Fluker amid a ferry competition dispute. Everett Fluker, a wealthy Jefferson County figure, led the local Odd Fellows chapter. The Cleggs face homicide charges as the investigation begins.
Mme. Sarah Bernhardt told a representative that she is uncertain about her London engagement on June 8. The note signals possible changes to the performance schedule and appearance.
Seattle reports Dr. Sheldon Jackson says the annual government ship to Siberia for reindeer is canceled for the season. Lieutenant Berthoff, who crossed Russia and Siberia last year, will be left to fend for himself until a rescue after next June is possible when ice permits approach to the coast.
Two masked men robbed the Mobile and Ohio depot at Koba Railway Station in Sparta last night, bound and gagged the night operator, locked him in a box car, blew the safe and took $300.
Miss Bessie Moore defeated Miss Marion Jones in the King County club tournament final in Brooklyn. Moore won in straight sets 6-3 10-8 6-2 after Jones had previously beaten Moore in Washington last week.
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