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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1903
Page
9
Readable ad highlights Steam Bakery cleanliness boosting business and a wide candy line at 26c per pound. Promotes Florida tomatoes and Bermuda onions, fresh fish like halibut, steelhead, cod, herrings, and prime rib roasts with various pound prices.
Wallace W Wise and Edmund Tauszky of the B nai B rith speak in Butte to lodge members. They argue aid to emigrants, urge self help, and call for pressure on Roumania and Russia to stop persecution, with division 4 covering California to Nevada.
A court proceeding centers on a witness named in a case described as a difficult stand. The testimony runs for about a day and a half as officials seek clarifications and corroboration from the stand.
Witness Sidney B. McMichael testified at the hearing before Master Blake regarding union interference with Western Union Telegraph Company. He described threats from a striking messenger and discussed alleged contracts for eight hour days and $25 per month, while noting women messengers quit under interference. The Montana Spanish American War Veterans held their annual meeting in Butte, electing officers and reporting prosperity.
Judge McClernan orders 150 more specials after exhausting the panel and one batch of specials. Eleven jurors remained to be drawn as testimony proceeds. Ed S Booth questioned jurors about editorials while the defense uses peremptory challenges. A holiday forces Monday return for final voir dire as preparations for a full twelve jurors proceed. Decoration day observed with barber shops closing noon on Saturday May 30.
All lot owners in Mt Moriah cemetery desiring their lots watered this season will sign orders with the sexton by order Trustees.
Prices listed for trips to Minneapolis Duluth Chicago St Louis and eastern points with on sale dates June 6 7 12 18 and 15 and return valid until September 15. Stopovers allowed. For more details contact City Ticket Office 41 North Main Street Butte W R Meech C P T A.
Northern Pacific offers weekend excursion tickets to Pipestone for Decoration Day weekend. Tickets on sale May 29, valid for return June 1. Train No. 6 departs Butte at 11 40 Friday night and will stop at the springs. W H Merriman general agent.
John D. Long ex-secretary of the navy told Rockland Commercial club guests he valued freedom, home life, and heart over Morgan or Carnegie wealth. He warned about socialism yet trusted ordinary people to solve future problems, saying wealth should not cloud health or conscience.
May 16 sale of weekend excursion rates to Pipestone Whitehall Lime Spur Twin Bridges and more. Saturdays Sundays departures with returns Monday or same day options. Rates range from 1.00 to 20.00 with varying inclusions and hotel stays at Ravalli. W H Merriman general agricultural agent notes seating for 5 000 spectators at the Britt O Keefe contest.
Beginning Saturday May 23 and every Saturday thereafter the B A P railway sets round trip fares to Gregson Springs from Anaconda and from Butte. Tickets are valid on all trains from noon Saturday to noon Monday with specified return prices.
National Chairman Henry M. Hanna praised President Roosevelt at the Republican county convention in Cleveland. He lauded the president for pledging to carry out William McKinley’s policies and urged renomination and election in 1904.
Spokane May 28 Thomas Cav anaugh of Olympia was elected commander of the G A R for the department of Washington and Alaska J M Pish of Kettle Falls was senior vice commander and M R Brewster of Bremerton junior vice commander The Woman s Relief corps elected Mrs E Phillip Carelton of Spokane president Mrs Susie Allen of Pullman senior vice president Mrs Jennie Pells of Ballard junior vice president and Mrs Nancy E Davia of Seattle delegate at large John F Hoyt of Spokane is division commander of the Sons of Veterans
Basin and return trips offered on Saturday night through Sunday night, and additional routes to Boulder and Butte with Alhambra option. Ticket office at 41 North Main Street handles bookings through Monday. Prices listed at 1.50 and 2.00 for certain returns. service announced by W. R. Meech, CP&TA.
Lincoln dispatch says Governor Mickey will take no action on William Rhea's commutation after his first degree murder conviction and death sentence. An investigation of the crime will precede execution. Rhea, a Mount Vernon Indiana native, has had high level intercession from Congressman Hemenway and Maj Mensies.
New York May 28. The Tribune Havana rep says a $3,000,000 difference between Gen Leonard Wood and his secretary of finance over U S military government disbursements in Cuba will be resolved before the national settlement between the war department and Senor Quesada Cuban minister at Washington.
An imperial edict dated May 2 appoints Wu Tingfang, former Chinese minister in Washington, as a member of the foreign office. His rank remains below the five officials in the protocol, and the appointment effectively creates a new office.
The New York Dentists advertise bridgework to replace missing teeth with natural looking alternatives. Their years of success, guaranteed satisfaction, and lower prices claim to provide best material, care, and workmanship for a perfect result. Hundreds of Butte residents already wear their bridges.
London May 28 Lady Henry Somer set resigns from the presidency of the National British Women's Temperance Association citing her wealth as the reason.
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