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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1903
Page
8
Eugene Madden a Basin miner was burned when he used a stray powder on a stump near the Basin concentrator. Loselle, loading a hole, was also injured but not severely. Madden, taken to Murray and Freund’s hospital, may recover but face weeks before work.
An explosion at the Hartford club in Hartford Connecticut last night wrecked part of the building and caused a panic. A water boiler burst blowing a brick wall across the lawn and shattering dining rooms pantries and basements while guests sheltered nearby. No serious injuries were reported.
Special dispatch from Big Timber reports United States Indian Agent A G Reynolds and Colonel Rankin with government employees visiting to resolve a boundary dispute over Indian enouncements after a final survey. Ranchers claimed lines were 100 feet off but findings reportedly show claims without foundation.
Recognition council met at McLeod to organize the Mountain View Congregational Church. Rev. Joseph Pope welcomed the congregation, with remarks on fellowship and church privileges. Speakers from Helena and Livingston praised the church's benevolent work, charter membership stands at four, and a building will be erected this summer while services continue in the old church.
Great Falle May 4 Special Dispatch reports St Ann's Catholic church has placed a newly purchased organ in its choir loft after months of preparation. The instrument, a vocation type, is powerful though not as voluminous as a pipe organ, and will be first used next Sunday under Muss Witegerald in Mrs 0 F Adseworth's absence.
T. Thomas Fortune the Negro special labor commissioner, loaned by the War Department to visit Hawaii and the Philippines, has departed Manila for home after a dispute with local police. Portune, a New York City resident, was the publisher involved. Leeper supported the announcement.
The American Social Science Association opened in Boston with talks by George H. Anderson and Lewis Brandeis on capitalistic organization. Anderson warned that private mineral ownership could concentrate coal and iron, risking revolutionary sentiment. Brandeis and others discussed labor unions, incorporation, and the balance of power between labor and capital amid calls for legal and moral accountability.
A local sale highlights women’s tailor made suits shirt waist hats with prices from 1.50 to 4.50. Also offered are colored picture studies 15 by 20 inches on fine mat board, black and white coons portraits 10 by 12 inches, and Indian war paint portraits 10 by 12 inches, all priced as li cense copies.
A sale offering 3 to 15 year old Norfolk and sailor suits from $1.95 to $3.95 plus 160 fine suits from S. W. Peck Co and other makers. Includes dresses, boys hats 45c, straw sailor hats, and linen crash summer suits for 3 to 9 years. Limited Friday and Saturday only.
Lot 1 offers 73 remnants of wool dress goods in pieces from 1¼ to 3¾ yards priced at 95e, with retail values 60c to 1.00 per yard. Lot 2 lists 100 remnants at 1.50 each in 2½ to 5 yard lengths, worth 1.00 to 2.00 per yard. Lot 3 presents 85 remnants at 2.75 in 2 to 7 yard lengths, real value 2.00 to 8.50 per yard, all at deep discount.
A historic ad announces drastic reductions on standard calicoes at 4e per yard for Friday and Saturday. Shantung pongee silks offer 65c values for 39c yard with silk remnants sale including linens, muslins, dimities and damasks at very low prices. Pongee silks with polka dot embroidery in multiple colors from 69c to 8c yard.
Local Epworth League members in Livingston and Billings organize a lecture tour by a noted army chaplain on Libby Prison. The bishop’s Omaha base and route through Billings boost hopes for a stop. Key church leaders named include Bishop McCabe Watt and regional supreme officers.
Washington reports Secretary Wilson left for Iowa and will join the president and party in Montana before returning with the president early in June.
New York May 14 Mayor Low in corps of several officials stops the preaching of Mormonism at city streets. All permits previously issued to Mormon elders are revoked and no further permits will be issued in the streets.
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