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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1903
Page
10
Missoula June 2 Sheriff Thompson and Under Sheriff Sterling rushed to the Flathead reservation after a telegram from Selish. A man on the reservation trail reported two men matching the convicts' descriptions were seen near the Swan river trail with a pack horse. Officers keep on the trail to pursuit.
The June 21 closing exercises report premiums and medals awarded to Sacred Heart academy and St Josephs School pupils. Names include Margaret Murphy Rufina Tremblay Evalina Bray Adelia Bessette among graduates and many gold medals for doctrine application department and conduct with donors from J M Lucy Mother Julian Terrence O Reilly and others.
Donated medals and premiums awarded to numerous students by several donors. Masters named include Peter Ronan Ernest Richlie James Salki Walter Waters Harry Salki Fred Blake Walter Hinds John O Neill Joseph Finnegan Patrick Sullivan and others. prefects are listed with conduct and attendance honors.
In Sand Point Idaho a 4 year old boy Tom Caffey son of saloonkeeper John Caffey is missing after last night disappearance. Police fear abduction by enemies tied to a dynamite attack on the saloon. Hood River berries at P M Reillys.
At the Baptist Church in Missoula on June 21 a children's programme drew praise. The event featured musical pieces recitations and exercises with the standout being the children's illustrated rendition of The Holy City sung by H. C. Stiff.
Missoula reports that Rev. Henry F. Russell was unanimously called to lead the Christian church for a fourth consecutive term. The announcement comes from church members and marks continuity in the pastorate.
A group of 12 children, five girls and seven boys, received their first communion today at the local Catholic church in Bozeman. The ceremony serves as preparation for the bishop's confirmation visit next month, marking one of the largest classes the church has seen in recent years.
In Missoula on June 21 Charlie Blair plans a Has Been banquet for former Missoula base ball stars now scattered across the country. Old timers like Griffith Patton and Hughes are recalled with humor as stories of horseshoes and a Bitter Root Sunday school debacle surface. Major Catlin faces risk and a red haired joke prompts caution, while Frank Simons uses an automobile to haul fishermen though some trips end with walkers and a missing passenger. The Butte ball club, always welcome, keeps rivalries friendly as local readers hear street tales and see city streets altered by work crews and gravel.
Missoula baseball topples the Butte Reduction Works 9 to 8 in a error filled contest. Mitchell hit a home run and Kennedy and McCormick starred on defense as Missoula outlasted Butte with late scoring drives and a ninth inning rally amid wild plays.
Special correspondence from Stevensville notes July hearings delayed in Allen Forkner case and continued to July 6. Other items report a temperance pledge reception, upcoming marriage of A L White and B May Million, legal case dismissals, a horse accident, a new birth, and rural free delivery plans for Burnt Fork. First Bitter Root strawberries arrive as weatherish notes, with upcoming wedding of Daniel Hubbard and Belle Stowe.
In a Kansas City Star column a former Missourian now serving as an Oklahoma judge presides over a poker case. A gambler appears flamboyantly rich and silent, then hands the judge money from his hip pocket as a $50 fine and a 60 day jail term is announced.
Reports from Hong Kong and Canton warn of a growing uprising in Yunnan and its connection with forces from Kwang Si. Insurgents, now over 4,000, are well trained and armed with advanced weapons, as government troops struggle. A separate attack on a French missionary church near Linanfu caused deaths and arson.
A New York Press piece humorously critiques a girl who believes she deserves a kiss while wearing a large hat that dominates attention, likening its effect to a battleship torpedo and signaling sharp social commentary on flirtatious style.
The Atchison Globe reports a freight train wreck near Neodesha resulted in 11 deaths and 25 injuries, with the incident noted by the Register.
A controversial editor argues that even murder cases may deserve humane relief. He cites surgeons who deem several men doomed to death and suggests if three physicians agree, mercy could include morphine to end suffering, easing the physician's conscience.
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