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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1907
Page
18
Patrolman W B Jackson demonstrates an electric pipe lighter that instantly lights a damp pipe during a rainy night. Two intoxicated men, after hearing of the device, praise the invention as they stumble away, suggesting demand among miners and workers in poor air.
Helena reports from the state fair grounds where Butte’s School of Mines football team beat Wesleyan University 48 to 6. McElvenny and Jim Evans stood out at backfield, Skel Roach showed end talent, while the miners lacked punch in the second half. Next Saturday the Butte high school squad faces Wesleyan here.
A smudge caused by spontaneous combustion in 30 tons of coal stored in the Hamilton block basement spread gases and smoke through the building at Hamilton street and Broadway. Tenants alerted at 11:30 last night. fire department intervened and averted a major blaze with no damage reported.
Senator Ben R. Tillman's lecture date has been shifted from Monday to Tuesday evening at the Auditorium. A telegram from the senator sent last night states he cannot arrive in time for Monday. The program will proceed Tuesday evening with the topic "The Race Problem."
Associated Press reports the first day of an eight thousand strong strike by cotton loaders against steamship companies in New Orleans began with disruptions and paused labor action at the port.
A sailing vessel is being fitted to house strike breakers, about 1000 of whom are expected from northern cities. Steam ships in port today total 23 as crews load several vessels, though progress remains slow.
New York Oct 6 Isaac Jaffe junior member of Jaffe Co cigar makers of Brooklyn was shot and killed by Patrolman Shuttleworth in Saratoga Park Williamsburg. The officer is charged with homicide and says the shooting was accidental. About 12 youths annoyed parkgoers and Jaffe was taken into custody. When friends of the prisoner intervened a fight followed. Jaffe ran across the lawn and Shuttleworth fired into the air. Jaffe collapsed with a bullet in the brain.
A massive explosion at the steel works sent flames and shivers through the city. Firefighters and ambulances faced logjams as thousands rushed to the scene, leaving many injured on open cots in the streets. The car-wheel plant, completed last year for 200,000, and the car works itself valued millions, narrowly escaped total destruction as the blaze was stabilized by the fire department.
By Associated Press Rochester Oct 6 Mrs Mary J Holmes renowned author dies today at her Brookport home.
Dillon October 6 Special Correspondence: Northern Light mine in Elkhorn district is getting a No 9 air compressor a 30 horsepower boiler and piping to complete a 2200 foot tunnel driven by two aged miners who for 22 years have worked beneath a cabin built over the entrance. They used no light for the last 150 feet and the air was so foul candles burned briefly. Stan McConnell of Davenport Town, a retired physician, purchased the mining gear.
East Side Bruisers and Butte Juniors battled in a rough open-field football scrimmage at Columbia gardens with no scoring. Eleven boxing style contests caused bruising while a broken collar bone for William McNaughton highlighted the day. Both teams plan a return match as police kept order and a lone referee’s oversight loomed.
Dillon and Helena visitors fill Butte listings as guests check in at Finlen and Thornton. Names from Missoula, Willow Creek, Whitehall, Melrose, Philipsburg, Livingstone, Sheridan, and other towns appear among guest registrations and local business figures travel through the city. A South Africa connection enters as John M Hamilton plans weeks in Montana before Idaho hiking and fishing ventures.
The University of Pennsylvania hospital in Philadelphia was quarantined after Henry Yankin, a patient, developed smallpox. About 20 patients and around 20 employees were confined in the institution.
Resolutions from the Montana Woolgrowers Association declare uncompromising hostility to federal grazing privileges on public lands and oppose leases or permits. They urge preservation of forests and contend settlers deserve access without government control, warning proposed regulation would hinder state settlement and development. Copies will be sent to the president and to each U S senator and representative.
Ss. Miller Kent, star of Raffies the Amateur Cracksman, saved a London run by stepping into a role with only hours notice. He had previously set a world quick-understudy record during Nat C. Goodwin’s illness at the Duke of York's Theatre. A silver cigar safe from Charles Frohman commemorates the feat.
A promotional notice extols Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription as a trusted female tonic and nerve strengthener. It highlights its forty year cure record, non alcoholic formula, endorsements by medical writers, and safe use for bearing down, headaches, nervous symptoms, and fatigue. It invites consults to Dr. Pierce at Buffalo and touts Pleasant Pellets for constipation along with the medical adviser’s free letters.
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