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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1911
Page
11
A Denver woman politician is reported to have died by suicide. The fragmented clipping mentions a political figure named Mrs. something Matherson or similar, with references to a local county setting and an incident occurring in the morning. The legible bits suggest suicide and political context, but details are unclear.
Fragmented OCR text shows garbled phrases about a Washington area CATV venture and a monetary figure around 908 180.00 compared with 42,000,000. No coherent entities or events emerge. cannot determine a definite title or concrete summary from the readable content.
A new Montana law, effective July 1, 1911, restricts opening times for liquor sales in unincorporated cities towns and villages to not before 6 am and to close by 1 am. Violations carry fines from 40 to 250 dollars and may include imprisonment. repeat offenses trigger harsher penalties and potential removal from business.
Helens June 18 The supreme court denied the application filed yesterday by Nesbit Rochester of Butte for a writ of supervisory control directed to the district court of the Second judicial district Rochester sued the city of Butte for damage to property caused by a grade change The trial judge consolidated the cases into one action to be filed as a single case Rochester sought to block enforcement of that order.
Judge J. Miller Smith of Helenk heard a motion for a new trial in the damages suit Tranuk Knuckey vs. Bulle Weetric Railway. He took the matter Under advisement as attorneys will submit further briefings.
Wranuk Hodgers, charged with robbery, was released on a $3,000 bond after a jury deadlock following a trial that began last December. The case involved sureties Shields, Margaret Rodgers, Henry T. Bennett, and Josephine Laanhworr. In Virginia City and nearby areas, multiple community notices include a wedding at Presbyterian rectory and a timber industry sale transferring holdings worth $2.1 million impacting 16,000 acres and 800 million feet of high-grade yellow fir. Funeral services were held for Mrs. Bicknell at Mountaiy View Methodist Church with interment at Ty Mondrian View cemetery.
Witness Warriner testifies about rebates and defalcations involving the Big Four railroad. He admits prior conviction for $6,000 default and implicates Mrs. Ford as a paid bill recipient. Defense notes rail line rebating patterns and accuses officials of broader theft while Cooke faces charges of embezzling $48,000.
Portland Oregon June receivers for United Wireless Telegraph were appointed this afternoon by Associate Judge Byrd of the superior court. They are John Howard Hill of Portland former Judge Frederick H. Bansen of Philadelphia and Seth H. Milliken of New York. Action followed petition by George Ashelman of Lancaster Pennsylvania stockholder in the company organized in Maine.
The Augustana Synod of Swedish Lutheran Churches in America held a meeting to establish a national pension endowment fund for ministers. A $440,000 goal will be raised by a $1 per member assessment across the country, per the ecclesiastical council’s decision.
Colwissoner chain WMWET, Washington reports Commerce Commissioner Clarke will marry June 28 to Miss Agnes Bates of Selina Alabama. One census bureau employee is mentioned in relation to the event.
Coroner's jury finds Stewart Naess died from suffocation caused by bedding wrapped around his body in a 317 South Dakota Street room. Epilepsy history noted as a factor, with evidence of repeated incidents and a closed room preserving the scene. Witnesses described a strong odor on entry, a blackened face, and the deceased dressed in night clothes with bedding loosely wrapped. Confirmation via neighbors and relatives that Reese was last seen at a dance and the door was found locked when discovered dead.
In Bozeman a night altercation at the Northern Pacific depot left Sam Murphy stabbed near the heart after a dispute with a station agent. Murphy was taken home in serious condition and has refused to identify his assailant as investigators seek the responsible party. An air of secrecy surrounds the incident as authorities, sheriffs, and Northern Pacific relatives pursue leads.
Havre dispatch reports a spate of motor incidents where three autos acted as outlaws within two days. Jum Anderson, of Spokane origin, was thrown from his mount at Jutlock Sunday and died today after transport to Fort Benton. Richmond, a local builder, broke his arm cranking his auto. Elmer Carpupler, a plumber, suffered facial injuries from a crank mishap.
Irish Catholic societies in Canada plan a concerted push to win pardons for Irish Catholics and political prisoners, including James Nolan Luke Dillon and Detman, convicted in the Welland canal bombing plot. They contend evidence was circumstantial and note pardons typically occur during coronation week across the empire.
District Judge A Lee McCulloch of Hamilton district court clerk and Ravalli county officers are in Helena to testify before the federal grand jury. Indian and immigration cases are on today’s docket with major cases set for tomorrow.
Magdeburg Germany June W The final serious accident of the national invitation races occurred today where Mueller in attempting a landing fell with his biplane from a height of about 125 feet. The aviator su fport a concussion of the brain but at the hospital to which he was removed it was hoped he would recover.
Chicago police report four men backed a wagon to a storefront on the south side and forced open a door to steal a 1200 pound gate containing cash and jewelry worth 125. The store owner Max Eutchiel discovered the theft too late as the thieves fled the scene.
Norton and Camp Check Railway Company is organized and established under state law. The corporation names its office in Trammire Bury Mining use and declares a principal office at the Unig or tte van Md. By 12M. AAV BY, Meealdent.
Special dispatched to the Standard Wallace, igang June 1 This city has gained the destination of possessing the only mink farm in the United States possibly in the world. Its owner is W. C. Gates who has a healthy stock of nearly 2 score animals in captivity and many kittens growing. He has bred mink in captivity and aims to produce 1000 to 1500 skins annually. Skins fetch 3 to 10 dollars depending on size color and primeness. Gates believes careful breeding could yield a mink operation worth 10,000 dollars yearly in a short time.
A Memphis citizen writes Postmaster General Hitecock with a pencil plan to have his portrait printed on one hundred postage stamps and post cards. He asks the cost per stamp and the maximum number that could be produced, hoping to feature figures like Washington and Franklin. The Postmaster General’s reply was not made public.
A CAOLANA patient dies amid quarantine reports of cholera aboard a steerage ship from Naples. The ship had been at sea for months with unsettled conditions and a passenger list noting illness and quarantined individuals. Authorities indicate expenses of about $250 per 100 varerd units are linked to the case.
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