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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1903
Page
1
Butte police take Napoleon Rosseo into custody as the man suspected of making the infernal machine for the steamship Umbria. He is released as not being the person wanted.
New York detective Carey traced a man who bought a camera in Finlen Drug Co and two dry batteries in Montana Electric Co to a Butte suspect Rosseau Rosseo. Police linked a cigar lighter purchase to the same man and questioned another Rosseau lookalike, but Rosseo denied being the suspect. Carey disappeared, leaving questions about the case and the man behind the purported infernal device.
Louisville financier Capt W F Norton who died at Coronado Beach Calif leaves a $1,000,000 estate with $71,000 to friends and about $900,000 to the Baptists Orphans Home. His will bans religious services, orders a special Pullman funeral train from Louisville to Cincinnati, stockpiled refreshments, and a cremation with orchestra performance.
Special Dispatch to the Standard Helena May 23 Harry Anderson a 16 year old boy confessed setting the Montana club building blaze and fires at two barns to see the derby horses run. His father Julian Anderson a longtime club worker says the son showed no insanity. The seven story club building burned April 27 at Jefferson and Sixth, valued at 160000.
May 2 report says Martin Kaiser and his 17 year old daughter Anna were confronted by a Black assailant while returning from church near Manchester. Kaiser recovered enough to identify a Black person as the attacker, and Anna was harmed with authorities fearing her body was thrown into Tanner's Creek. A mob threatened fatal harm if the assailant is caught.
The Seaboard Air Line shops and roundhouse were destroyed in a Norfolk fire on May 22 with losses of 750,009 dollars or more. The blaze left the facility complete with substantial damage.
Vancouver B C May 2 Paul Watel a mining man of Vancouver and Spokane was arrested and dismissed for bringing stolen goods into Canada valued at 1.3. He was re arrested on a Spokane telegraphic complaint claiming he obtained 840,00 from J E Carnahan of Ohio under false pretenses. Watel awaits a deputy from Spokane. Special dispatch from Washington May 2 notes pension increases for Jacob Mills Helena and Charles Christy Columbia Falls and several Montana forest rangers named N E Williamson J M Chase J W Brown and J I Wright. Frank J Woodward named postmaster at Morgan and John O D Rosa named postmaster at Libby. Bath service from Maite discontinued.
Special dispatch reports Frank Barrier of Butte claiming a 3625.00 price on his head set by a Montana mining syndicate led by Governor Toole. Barrier, carrying 470 in cash and a bank book for 800, was deemed seriously ill after acting irrationally on Capitol grounds and was sent to the federal hospital for the insane following an interview request to President Roosevelt.
Howard Abbott secretary treasurer of the Big Fork Paper Pulp company vanished from Helena around May 4% after cashing an $80 check. He left with all company books and papers, triggering concern and a halt in Big Fork operations while his relatives and associates weigh his possible mental decline and the fate of the Manhattan paper mill lease.
A recent Silver Bow club event in Lewishon block offered members a subscription ball after postponement due to club deaths. The intimate gathering featured Bergstrom's orchestra, green decor, and a gallery of notable costumes from Mrs. J Bruce Kremer to Miss Edith Bickford, highlighting a refined social night for married members.
Emma Rigby of Nevada City California inherits from August Sanberg a Mexican mining fortune he leaves to her after dying there. Rigby met Sanberg in the Black Hills two years ago and nursed him through serious illness both there and in Mexico, earning his friendship.
May 22 reports from Bohwein describe the sister of Dr. Karl Nobiling suicide poisoning after her brother died of injuries from an assassination attempt on Emperor William II. She had renamed herself before death. In a separate dispatch, the Hajimi Maru sank after collision with Kanjo Maru in the Inland Sea. 41 of 72 aboard survived.
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