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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1907
Page
20
The Western Montana office of the Standard in Missoula lists advertising rates on application. Contact 1130 Higgins Avenue Missoula for details and inquiries about rates.
The university schedules a busy week with classes closing for the season next Friday. The declamation contest features the Bacca laureate address Sunday by Rev. F. R. Bateman of Helena. Degrees will be conferred on the final day.
A timetable of 1907 University of Montana ceremonies includes Keith contest in declamation May 31 at 8:30 p m Baccalaureate June 2 at 2 30 p m with Rev F R Bateman of Helena Annual music recital June 3 8 30 p m Class day June 4 and an 8 30 p m lecture before literary societies June 4 Field day June 5 Alumni reunion June 6 8 30 p m Commencement June 6 10 30 a m featuring Theodore Brantly chief justice of Montana and degree conferrals by the university president.
University of Montana will close classes Friday May 31 and commence week programs were announced. The term saw the largest attendance in university history with 27 graduates, marking the biggest class to receive diplomas. Convocation featured announcements and year-end business led by Ruth Kellogg.
Missoula county commissioners set Saturday June 1 as the special election date to decide a bond issue funding a new county courthouse and a county high school. The existing courthouse is unsafe and inadequate for records, while the South Missoula high school faces lease expiration and lack of space for a county school.
The passage notes Missoula county students must move to other high schools before university courses if the university is abolished. It suggests widespread sentiment that the bond issue will pass for both the courthouse and the school building.
The funeral of C. F. Arnold was conducted this afternoon with Knights of Pythias and Sons of Hermann lodges in Missoula. Rev. E. W. Wright spoke at Ellis' hall, and many floral offerings arrived from across the state while a large crowd followed the hearse to the cemetery. Mrs. Arnold remains in Wallace hospital. relatives from Toledo, Ohio and visitors from Butte and Philipsburg attended.
A busy Missoula district court session heard multiple actions with Judge Myers presiding in Judge Webster's absence. Jurors were discharged to June 8. several cases were continued or set for hearing, and a divorce decree granted Daisy Huckaba custody of two minor children.
Reilly’s big loaf is always fresh. Andrew Beckwith has returned to his home on the reservation. Peter P. Whaley led a timber and stone entry on 40 acres near Bonnese. Miss Elsie Eaton, visiting, has returned to Pendleton Oregon. J. J. McLaughlin Northern Pacific Agent at Victor admitted to the company hospital. Charles Ferris Lothrop section foreman admitted to hospital. Mrs J E Power and children to New York and Eastern points for about three months. John Pope moved to Dillon as steam fitter. Mrs Pope to join him. H L Wychoff Northern Pacific Bearmouth agent recovering and to return in about two weeks.
The Northern Pacific Railway company filed notice of appeal to the district court from the appraisers ruling in the Bandmann condemnation case. The appraisers awarded Mrs. Mary T. Bandmann and others a total of 21 447 dollars for the right of way sought by the railway.
May 29 report from Tuxtila border town notes Guatemalan troops building intrenchments and mounting artillery opposite Ocos as tensions rise along the frontier. Authorities in the City of Mexico publish the item via Dario de la Tarde.
The junior class held its annual prom in the Laree gymnasium with elaborate decorations. Guests enjoyed a royal style event, dancing to the Missoula club orchestra, featuring a large crowd and elegant alcoves for punch and conversation.
In Corona New York today a man named Leon Graham 17 was arrested after attempting to assault a 5 year old girl Marie Tuck. The attack followed a search and chase with a policeman and neighbors aiding John Tuck who carried his daughter to safety. The incident parallels the Elmhurst murder case and kept authorities vigilant.
Police seek Frederick William Hoen on a grand larceny charge for stealing 60 000 dollars in bonds and stocks from a safety deposit box at Fletcher's National Bank. The stolen property belonged to his sister Mrs Catherine H Nold. A warrant is outstanding. Hoen is believed to have fled the city.
Louisville Kentucky May 29 A general strike of machinists on the Louisville and Nashville railroad was ordered today. Between 60 and 700 machinists are employed on the road with 246 in the South Louisville shops. The machinists seek union recognition and better conditions, not higher pay.
Description of galalith a new material called casein and formed from skimmed milk and formaline. Process involves tanks sieves air pressure and drying on marble slabs to create a hard homelike substance for billiard balls and other goods.
In Phoenix the attorney for the so called widow of Nicholas De Raylan abandoned the Chicago widow’s rights claim. The dead woman masqueraded as De Raylan’s consular agent and body identification is confirmed. The estate valued about 12000 dollars may go to Illinois state. It notes funds and papers were moved to thwart access and the Nihilist theory is dismissed.
Illinois farmer Walter Davidson thanks police after a planned fake prize fight near Wilkesbarre collapses. Promoter J H Collins and manager T C McCarthy are jailed on 2000 bail, with Chicago police having tipped off others. Davidson had traveled with his son to meet a fixed bout and part with 5000 dollars.
George W. White in Philadelphia's German Town saw a large eagle strike a calf and its mother in a field. He shot the bird after it landed in the yard, and the eagle attacked him before he killed it. The seven foot wing span and three foot body were noted.
A blaze at the Pacific American Fisheries plant in Bellingham destroyed three can making department warehouses and melted seventy five thousand dollars worth of pig tin lead and solder into the sea. The fire last night caused extensive material loss and is under investigation.
Indianapolis May 29 Butler coeds threaten to strike over Matron Moore’s order to stay in the light on campus nights and limit visits from young men. Dorm rules revived and new limits on outdoor spaces and behavior aim to curb evening loitering at Irvington campus housing.
At Ithaca Cornell University a three week battle over class voting ended with women gaining voting rights for major offices. President Schurman sided with the girls and men relented after speeches including one by Miss Ethel Hamilton of Pennsylvania. The motion to bar female students failed as women abstained but men supported broader participation.
A short anecdote describes a boy annoyed by having a half brother. When asked by a friend Wade about the new sibling, the boy quips that the child is “a whole kid.”
About 150 couples attended a Society of St. John the Baptist event in the old Masonic hall. The new group aims to unite French residents socially. Committees led by Dr. H. A. Maillet and others organized the reception and general arrangements.
Mike Wyrich an Austrian 25 living at 430 North Wyoming Street is a patient at St James hospital thought fatally wounded. He suffered a broken back while riding a car drawn by a mule through an unsighted drift in the Mountain Consolidated mine yesterday morning timber overhead struck him as he was doubled back.
Angela Daly aged 2 years 2 months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Daly, died yesterday at 620 East Mercury Street from diphtheria. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon as friends extend sympathy.
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