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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1902
Page
10
The Butte Electric and Power Co reserves the right to refuse connection of lights where no inspection certificate accompanies the application. The company must be notified when wiring begins and will provide the inspector's services free of charge.
Trustees of school district No 1 Silver Bow County Montana invite bids for mason and related work to finish the basement and sub basement of a schoolhouse. Bids due by 5 pm Tuesday June 24 1902 with 3500 bid check. Board may reject any or all bids. Henry Mueller President. Attest Richard Stork Clerk.
Honest John's Butte team loses 7 to 6 to Seattle at Mountain View Park before 500 fans. Stovall and Treadway star for Seattle with a late homer. Burns starts for Butte, replaced by Gay in the fifth. Jimmy McHale shines in center field for Anaconda on McCloskey’s list, collecting three hits and an errorless outfield performance.
Boedler won the first listed race with Lynch second and Fugurtha third in 1:18. Multiple races follow, including Wall and Pirate's Daughter victors in miles to 1:52, Revoke at seven furlongs in 1:33, and Irish Lad among Sheepshead Bay winners. National and American League results cite Brooklyn vs New York and Washington vs Cleveland games, plus several city matches in Chicago and Philadelphia.
Report of a rain postponed game at Washington Park with attendance listed as 4 000. Score details include players Evans Bowerman Newton Ahearn and umpire Pittsburg June W with Pittsburgh St Louis context.
Detroit reports a disrupted Betne game as D.Jion is ejected for disputing an umpire decision while Miller and McGuire homer for Detroit. Cleveland edges Townsend in the eighth for a win as Townsend soars. Chicago Baltimore game postponed by rain with St Louis also rained out.
The Critics of Butte travel to Living Stone for a two day series on Saturday and Sunday. Slagle and Mahaffey lead the Ditchers against them at Tfelena today. Helena pitcher Mr. Wigs is slated to start on Sunday.
The Butte and Seattle teams resume their league battle at the ball park at 3 p m with Roach and Stovall slated to pitch. Butte must win both games to overtake Seattle, while a split would leave Seattle ahead. Hawley and Hickey are expected to start Sunday in the opener.
In Boston on June 20 Philadelphia won in the first inning after Thomas singled and Barry hit a home run. Fraser held Boston to scattered hits as Willis and Kittridge partnered in the battery for Philadelphia and Fraser and Doon for Boston. Attendance reported at 2,100 with Umpire Cantillon.
The New York team defeated Brooklyn 3 to 1 in the first game of the series played in Brooklyn on June 20.
The Young Corbett and Dave Sullivan bout was halted by fire police in Denver. They plan to fight at the West End club in St. Louis on July 3 with a 127 pound weight and 50 percent of receipts from a $5,000 guarantee. Charles Haughton leads the club and secured agreements with the fighters.
Yesterday's results from St. Louis Fair Grounds list first race five furlongs for two year olds with Robert G Lansington winning, Pathos second, Frank Bullock third in 1 04. Second race six furlongs selling is noted but incomplete.
Weights and entries listed for six races. Inaugural steeplechase features Jim MacG, Clark entry, and several runners led by Herculean at 187 pounds. Six furlongs selling includes Military and Delagoa among others with weights from 92 to 108. The wit five and a half furlongs shows Hackensack and Monte Carlo with weights around 117. Tidal Stakes at $20000 covers Emsh ee and Mejor Dan with 126s. Fifth race selling five furlongs lists Lord Tureo Blue Delft Old Glory and many others with weights from 94 to 106. Turf handicap sixth at one and one sixteenth miles shows Swiftmas Inn Belvino Lanceman Kin nikinnie Numeral and Lambie with track listed as fast. Weather clear.
Jim Murphy aged eight and Jack Root eyed in Butte for July 18. A possible Clifford Richards bout looms for July 25 if contracts firm up. Richards from Pennsylvania weighs under 130 pounds and could meet Clifford at 136. Murphy has not signed articles. he may face Dunn or Root depending on paperwork and negotiations with Lou Housman.
Spokane negotiates with Waterbury and Denver pitcher for roster spots. Richard Glendon, recently released, has accepted an offer to pitch for Baker City Oregon, as the team explores left field options and new pitchers.
In Chicago on cattle receipts, 1,500 head noted with choice quality strong and other grades slow. Quotes show prime steers at $7.50 to $8.00, cows $1.40 to $5.75, stockers and feeders $2.50 to $5.60, calves $2.04 to $6.50, and Texas fed steers around 476 head.
Market notes show hog receipts about 18 000 with price ranges from 7.30 to 7.80 for heavies and 7.40 to 7.75 for rough heavies. Sheep receipts near 5 000 with good to choice lambs and western ranges around 4.50 to 7.10, plus noted native and western lambs. The Brooklyn Eagle anecdote recalls a fast clock and a family joke ending with a moral.
In a Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin excerpt the Bishop Spalding quote on crime and poverty is questioned. The piece argues reporting errors and notes women's powerful influence for good or evil, urging men not to shirk responsibility.
The writer discusses Adam and Eve's blame in the Eden tale. He argues mercy tempered judgment, noting how Adam’s excuse would have altered outcomes. He imagines Eve lacking masculine protection and Adam hunting for her in a world without detectives or newspapers.
Washington Car, New York World reports that President Roosevelt keeps a Colt revolver in his hip pocket during horseback rides and long walks. The 38 caliber weapon uses ordnance bureau cartridges and is carried for self protection and readiness, as he prefers to be his own guard amid minimal guarding.
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