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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1902
Page
9
The Yellow Jacket Lode will be platted with streets and alleys, 16 owners share ownership, and lots and blocks will be marketed. The saucer track will be torn down and East Galena Street run through the center, creating a major town improvement planned for the near future. Each owner's claim will be appraised, with payments due to differences in share value.
Perry Beal reported to Justice of the Peace that a man named Nelson, last in German Gulch, wanders aimlessly, claims nails in his shoes, tears clothes, and throws rocks. Beal says Nelson, former Warm Springs inmate, is dangerous. sheriff has a warrant but Nelson is at large.
Advertises seasonal rail trips from St. Paul and Minneapolis to multiple destinations with fixed prices. Lists travel options to Duluth, West Superior, Sioux City, Chicago, St Louis and other eastern points with specific departure dates and return windows. Promotes Good going dates and return deadlines and directs readers to the Great Northern Ticket office at 41 North Main Street, Butte.
A week or two at the famous health and pleasure resort relieves tiredness from overwork. The waters are noted for rheumatism nervousness stomach liver and kidney troubles. Physicians nurses and masseurs oversee baths with special excursion rates including railroad fare board and lodging.
Detective Murphy arrested Lenhart Selinski also known as Leonard Selinski and J W Caughlin on a May 16 larceny from the person case. The complaint by E J McBurh was sworn before Judge Boyle. The suspect listed as Leonard Speleski is jailed. Fancy work supplies Embroidery Parlor 195 Clark bik.
Born to the wife of William Lewis Wilcox at 711 North Montana street a boy. A clerks ball game will be played this afternoon between Hen n essy’s and Symons' clerks. The Sacred Heart Juniors beat the Pennsylvania Juniors 7 to 6 with Willie Sullivan catching Harry Brown pitching Bradley Arnott at first Dennis Tracey second Brandon McMahon third James Alberiga short Don Kennelly center Winston Arnot right Roy Leahy left. Umpire Tom McMahon.
Special Dispatch to the Standard from Helena May 24 reports R C Sandel and Jessie Sandel remarried in Boulder after a month apart. A district court granted an absolute divorce on April 24 on cruelty grounds, and the couple wed quietly in Boulder with few friends aware.
Billings May 24 Fifty cars of cattle arrived from the South over the Burlington today consigned to the Bloom Cattle company. Burlington officials say shipments exceed expectations and this will be the largest year in southern cattle shipments.
The case centers on William Kain of East Park Street accused of cruelly treating a horse owned by William Hellett. Police involvement and a crowd disturbance followed when Officer Auerbach reportedly struck the animal in the stomach with his club during the ride to move the balky horse. Mayor Davey was contacted as tensions rose.
London on May 24 reports a government member stating the war is practically ended and negotiations are largely settled. He adds a formal announcement may take weeks as Boer leaders confer with followers.
A Washington Times reader Nim rod W Bond a Grand Army veteran offers a fictionalized account about a Michigan prisoner at Andersonville befriending Colonel Catchem the bloodhound. The dog aids escape and guides the prisoner back to the stockade before recapture.
Leslie's Weekly reports Professor Herbert Allen Giles of Columbia University describing Chinese as two languages spoken and written. He notes the spoken tongue is approachable while the written book language requires a lifetime of study and that few can read a Chinese book or write a letter, with women especially lacking in this skill.
At the Presbyterian general assembly in New York Senator Beveridge and Rev. Dr. Buckley urged unity with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Buckley warned against agnosticism and Rome while Beveridge praised denominations as civic guardians. They stressed the cross and flag as perpetual, non retreating symbols guiding Christianity and national moral leadership.
The Washington Bureau reports that Memorial Day began from a letter to Adjutant General Chipman, likely from a German soldier near Cincinnati, proposing flower ceremonies for fallen soldiers. Chipman passed it to General Logan, leading to May 30, 1868, as the first national observance. The author notes the true origin remains officially unknown.
New York May 24 The United Copper company announces officers and directors F Auge Heinze is president A P Heinze and John MacGinniss are vice presidents W Whitridees Henry Bridge M A Brownlee S A Nash G N Gerlands J N Langoth are directors Stanley Clifford is treasurer and Richard Lacey secretary.
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports Col. Asa Duncan inspector general of the state national guard inspected Company A in Bozeman on May 24. He expressed high satisfaction with their appearance and warmly congratulated them calling it the best drilled company in the state. Company A presented 50 men in the ranks.
Thirty men for widening the Great Falls and Canada gauge came from Butte last evening and 50 the night before. In total about 125 men have been sent from Butte employment agencies, as local contractors struggle to secure workers for the narrow gauge project.
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