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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1903
Page
2
Monday and Tuesday sale offers a full line of patent shoes and enameled styles in lace, congress and Blucher. No pair previously sold under $6.00. Shoes praised for up to date shape and fit. 65 pairs sold Saturday and demand remains high.
In Dillon Justice Vermillion heard the Angsyrian family quarrel as Shaben Harris faces perjury charges from last fall. The state says he claimed a Brazil based vote while in Assyria, while the defense denies residence claims. The grand jury remains in session with many witnesses, no indictments yet, and no trials this term due to jury proceedings.
Washington reports imply Colombia’s minister of justice Fernandez favored ratification of the canal treaty before his resignation. President Marroquín’s stance remains doubtful. speculation centers on martial law powers and opposition among influential Colombians. General Pimente reportedly favors building the canal.
Fire in the Front Street Warehousing company building in Philadelphia caused an estimated one million dollars in losses. The three story Front Street structure and five story rear wing held matting carpet molasses wines liquors matches and machinery. The blaze began in the basement and was discovered only after flames reached the center of the first floor. Contents owned by many firms and individuals with unknown insurance.
Special dispatch from Big Timber reports the county canvassed senatorial election returns. Bailey won in most precincts with 272 votes to 100 for Franklin. no votes were cast in Lower Stillwater or Cowles. Overall 372 ballots were cast, less than half of registered voters.
Denver on May 4 reports the annual conventions of the American Labor union and the Western Federation of Miners convene at 10 tomorrow. Delegations from nearly all western states are expected to attend as discussions center on permanent headquarters with Denver Kansas City Omaha and Butte among leading contenders.
Mrs Clementine Papin Carrier died in St Louis on May 4 at age 86, a great granddaughter of Pierre Laclede founder of the city.
Arthur G. Wells reports an agreement allowing Salt Lake trains to use Santa Fe tracks from Riverside to Daggett, accelerating access toward Salt Lake City. The pact is temporary with a future Salt Lake ownership of its Riverside Daggett line anticipated, signaling faster transcontinental service into Southern California.
Salt Lake City May 24. The American False Canal and Power company plans to reclaim and open 75000 acres in Idaho after finalizing a canal project. Lyman Skeen of Ogden lands the construction contract worth 325000 dollars. Construction starts with 100 plus workers, delivering water to 8000 acres within 90 days. The canal follows the Snake River from near Blackfoot through 58 miles to the American Falls area.
Big Timber May 24 Special Dispatch to the Standard. R J McConnell reports heavy cattle losses from poisonous weed in the Boulder valley near McLeod. He says ranchers have lost more this year than in previous springs as cattle sought shelter in ravines where the weed grows.
May 24 Balonica reports Turkish troops surrounded and wiped out a revolutionary band led by Svetkoff near Mogl six miles north of Monastir after a daylong fight. Svetkoff and 12 men plus 6 villagers were killed. Turkish casualties not released. Bashi Bazouks burned 18 houses in Mogil and fear spread through Monastir as 16 battalions from Asia Minor move in to solidify occupation.
Big Timber May 24. J H Harvat, Livingston butcher, purchased 180 head of fat sheep from B H Hellopeter. Sheep shipped to Livingston for local market. Harvat says fat mutton is scarce in Park county and he has had to buy outside territory. Sheep were premium stock at eight dollars a head after clipping.
Big Timber May 4 county commissioners named E o O Clark of the Montana Trading company as a director of the state fair to be held annually in Helena. The appointment followed a request from Governor Toole in a communication to Chairman Irvine of the board.
Washington May 24 officials say there is no confirmation of Signor des Planches as a probable successor to Count Digra as Italian ambassador. No inkling of the Rome dispatch is borne out by embassy officials in Washington.
President Roosevelt observed the Sabbath and did not participate in the Sunday demonstration in Seattle. He toured Bremerton and Everett the day before, attended a Grand Army memorial at the Grand Opera House, then rode by horseback to Fort Lawton where he greeted soldiers in an informal, brief exchange.
President Roosevelt will become the first U S president to visit Northern Idaho. He will enter from Walla Walla with no stops before Wallace and will be hosted by Senator Hepburn. After Wallace the party proceeds directly to Spokane.
Report notes a large number of accidents during a big race with several fatalities among spectators and participants. Only 111 arrivals at Bordeaux are reported, indicating limited official updates.
A motorcycle swerved into a crowd in Bristol yesterday, killing two spectators and seriously injuring many others as the rider escaped with injuries.
London papers praise the stopping of the Paris Madrid races. They warn of racing dangers but offer no proposals for general regulation or for the James Gordon Bennett cup race planned in Ireland.
The May 24 event in Bordeaux honoring the automobile race has been cancelled as a sign of mourning for victims of the contest.
Charles Hallman Keep of Buffalo New York is named assistant secretary of the treasury to succeed Milton Ailes who resigned to head the Ries National Bank Keep is Harvard trained lawyer aged 40 and has specialized in investment and finance He is endorsed by Congressman Alexander and expected to assume duties in Washington Wednesday with the same responsibilities as his predecessor.
Prince Henry of Prussia arrived in Madrid at the king's invitation to pay respects to King Alfonso. He was greeted at the railway station by the king and ministers and will stay in a palace suite with Admiral De La Cámara accompanying him.
The late French premier has been blackballed at the yacht club here on political grounds. Proposers M Gaston Menier and M Fernand-Crouin and several committee members have resigned as club rules bar political consideration in member elections.
Los Angeles May 24 Ministers packed Protestant pulpits in Los Angeles and suburbs as the Presbyterian assembly resumes business. Overtures on revision Sabbath travel and temperance spark debate with potential floor action and party lines.
Guthrie May 24 Frank Speer a prominent cattleman has been convicted of shooting at homesteaders with intent to kill. The feud between cattlemen and farmers of Western Oklahoma led to indictments against brothers Speer George Ivy Murphy and Holcomb for conspiracy to block homesteaders. A homesteader James McKenzie was acquitted.
Paris May 25. The annual socialist and revolutionary vigil at the wall in Pere la Chaise cemetery, where communards were executed in 1871, went ahead this afternoon with about three thousand marchers. Some shouted Long live anarchy despite police bans. survivors of the commune were applauded as they passed the wall. No other notable incidents occurred.
In San Diego on May 24 the court ordered distribution of the estate of James W. Robinson who died in 1857. Once a Texas lieutenant governor and later a California lawyer, his heirs in Ohio and the East only learned of his death recently. The property, large tracts around Roseville, passes to twenty one heirs, most grandchildren born after his death.
Utica report lists James Rutherford Morris aged 75 a member of the old Morris family. He was a grandson of Gen. Jacob Morris whose father Lewis Morris signed the declaration of independence. He was the father of Dr. Lewis Rutherford Morris of New York who married a daughter of U. S. Senator William A. Clark of Montana.
Reports confirm Chinese and Allied observers that Russian troops are present at Yongampho on the Korean side of the Yalu river. The Korean government strongly protests the occupation, demanding withdrawal and asserting sovereign rights in the region.
Special Dispatch to the Standard from Dillon May 24 Major Terry 24th Infantry inspected Company F Montana National Guard tonight with 44 men in line Adjutant General Ashby also present and the general said the company averages well with any in the state
Early today Guthrie Oklahoma saw another heavy shower marking the 24th consecutive day of rain. Local rivers including the Cimarron and Cottonwood now hover at danger points as flood concerns rise.
M V Leasia shot F H Drews at his home near Peninsula Station after a divorce two weeks earlier. Leasia and his former wife fled with the baby. Drews' sons discovered the body at 10 a m. Drews, 58, formerly of The Dalles, was killed. police seek the missing couple as mystery surrounds the case.
In Gloversville New York a leather plant outbuilding exploded shortly after midnight. John J Kennedy the son of M J Kennedy senior proprietor died later from injuries. Police investigate whether he was seeking competitor formulas for patent leather and if his brother Daniel aided him.
Charles Grannis shot Mrs Della May Rhyhal and then killed himself in Newcastle Pennsylvania. Rhyhal, wife of John N. Rhyhal, had separated for three years. Grannis had been pursuing her and earlier took them and her mother out for an outing. The victims did not recover.
In Vienna on May 4 Emperor Joseph backed measures to preserve order in Croatia and reportedly extended the ban’s powers. The ban's envoy left for Budapest to confer with the Hungarian premier. Reports say more Croats died in yesterday’s disturbances. At Poden station near Agram a rector shouted shoot and was shot dead as gendarmes arrived.
Dexter B. of Dougherty Hocking wins the open stake at West Side coursing park despite wind dust and rain. He defeats Northern Express in the finals after ousting Grafton in the semi and Dexter B. tops a field including May-Be-Kind Pat Freedom and Dorothy Belle.
John Tohill, 25, was struck on the head by a heavy timber on the 700 foot level of the Gagnon mine this morning. He was treated at St James Hospital by Dr Christopher Turner, receiving several stitches with no fractures, and was reported resting easily. He lives at 435 South Idaho Street.
James Dawson is charged with entering a sleeping car on the Havre track and stealing a satchel and clothing. He is jailed in Fort Benton awaiting trial at the next term of court.
Marion Indiana May 34 L D Baldwin a prominent attorney fatally stabbed his stepson Bert Ritter at their home and stabbed and badly wounded his wife and stepdaughter police said this evening
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