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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1901
Page
11
The order imposes fees for delays in using tracks within 16 miles of Butte Montana. Free time by commodity ranges from 4 to 8 days with 2 per car per day after. Delivery deemed when cars placed on tracks. various rail lines named with their superintendents.
Gus Schrickengost, the Butte jail escapee, was tracked to a Dillon lodging house by D W Callahan and a reporter. Under Sheriff Phillips halted him with a drawn gun as he emerged and he surrendered. He claimed liberty tempted his escape and he did not know his companions fate. Sheriff Furey of Butte verified the identity and prepared to bring him to Butte.
The street fair committees rush a grand entrance arch behind Hennessy's store on Granite Street. It rises about 85 feet high and 10 feet thick, promising an imposing design that boosts city advertising as merchants endorse the carnival emblem. The queen voting contest draws attention with candidates selling tickets and votes accumulating toward July.
Four divorce suits filed in district court describe husbands and wives abandoning partners for others. Jesse J. Burridge alleges Ada V. Burridge deserted him in Greenville Michigan after a Lennon marriage in 1898. Lena Kennedy says Martin Kennedy deserted her in Anaconda after a Trinidad Colorado marriage in 1893. Mary L. Blaney accuses William H. Blaney of desertion and dissipation after Baltimore marriage. George G. Hanson sues Ella M. Hanson claiming she left Butte and later resided in a Colorado location.
Special Dispatch to the Standard Helena June 26. The Great Falls Canada railway will not be required to plow and burn fire-breaks along 12 miles between Great Falls and Vaughn due to a highway on one side and Sun River on the other. The release does not exempt liability for damages from fires. This marks the first release under the new law.
Helena June 26 Billy Armstrong of Spokane telegraphs a challenge to Kid Oglesby. He seeks the same terms as last August when Oglesby knocked him out in the seventh round. Armstrong will arrive Monday. a bout is likely to be arranged.
In the international pigeon shooting at Hurlingame the cup valued at £200 was won by Count d'Avrincourt of France with 10 kills. There were 73 competitors. A. L. Smith of Saretoxa tied for third with eight kills. C. F. Robinson of San Francisco and A. B. Gates of New York performed poorly.
Charlies Thomas, a Black man, was arrested by Detective Murphy and jailed on daytime burglary charges after breaking into a room at the Albemar house and stealing two suits, shoes, and an overcoat. He claimed the clothes were his property but admitted receiving them from another man. The items were returned to the owner.
The Charles Verner company presented The Shaughraun to a full matinee audience of sisters and children from a parochial school. The run continues nightly this week with Arrah Na Pogue starting next Sunday, plus a varied bill including Current Cash East Lynne Colleen Bawn and Uncle Tom's Cabin. Funeral services for Edward Lawler, 77, will be held today at 9 from 412 Mahoney Street.
In Manila jurisdiction records a Filipino sergeant Pablo Tabaras found guilty of murder and arson for luring Private George O Hill to a house in Cabatuan and having him killed after dousing him with wine. He also caused about 100 homes to burn. He faces the death penalty. The report notes a separate rifle match between Great Falls and Helena clubs set for July.
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