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Newspaper

Anaconda Standard

Location

Anaconda, Montana, United States of America

Date

Oct 08, 1902

Page

12

Butte News Offers Still By Wholesale Price

Butte residents are informed that goods remain available at wholesale price levels. Local merchants report steady stock and continued affordability for shoppers amid ongoing market conditions.

McKinley school bids eyed as bricks rise in city

Board of School Trustees hears bids pending for the new McKinley school west side with Switzer Brick and Terra Cotta firm offering. Meantime the Mason Safety tread proposal and electric light fixtures for Sherman South Butte and Meaderville schools are reviewed and referred to committees. Audited bills total 2388.95 with larger payments awaiting clerk approval.

Board of School Trustees McKinley School Comple Ion Strucure Switzer Brick and Terra Cotta Company M. L. Todd Blossburg Mont Campbell Manon Safety Trend Company of Boston Boston Public Schools Brooklyn Bridge A. B. Fl Hott Sherman South Butte Meaderville Montana Electric Company Young Kennedy Furniture Company Ellis Paint Company Richards T. Wurtman Meaderville School W. E. Walsh Moftirley Maryland Insurance Company Prudential Insurance Company Insurance Committee

Manufacturers How Take a Hand in It

New York dispatch reports a government inquiry into the coal trust in southern New York as U S District Attorney Burnett awaits details from Washington. Presidents of Lackawanna, Delaware & Hudson, Reading and Morgan presence noted with talks of coal supply increases. Domestic anthracite prices rise to $2 per ton retail. soft coal lists at $8.75 to $10 per ton depending on use.

New York United States Burnett Washington Coal Trust New York State Temple Tron Company Truesdale The Lackawanna Oliphant Delaware & Hudson Baer Reading J. P. Morgan Philadelphia Fowler New York, Ontario & Western Road

Heinze Bolting Faction Names Officers In County Committee

Hugh J. Wilson chosen chairman and P. J. Gilligan secretary for the Heinze bolting faction in the county central committee. A report from Judge Holloway’s possible supreme court nomination on the republican ticket links to Heinze via labor and populist endorsements. Obituaries note Mrs. Mike Harrington dying Oct 6 and infant James B. Crowley passing at 6 weeks. burials and funeral details follow.

Roseman Heinze Holloway Supreme Court

Freight tariffs rise as demand shifts to anthracite coal

They plan freightage for 40,000 tons while American buyers pay $4.12 per ton for anthracite, up from $3.12 a month ago. Strong demand for steam coal prompts masters to drop current price lists and the steel trade warns of possible prejudice to business from higher prices.

S Team

Chicago Clergy Seek Swift Action on Pennsylvania Coal Strike

A delegation of Chicago clergymen and businessmen met Governor Stone at the Pennsylvania executive mansion to urge prompt steps toward settling the coal strike. The group, led by Rabbi Emil Hirsch, conveyed sympathy for workers and explained Chicago stockyards hardships, but offered no specific plan.

Harrisburg Chicago Governor Stone Emil G. Hirsch J. M. Dorney Edward Fawcett H. Atwood Percival H. K. Kindred Leander Turney Jenkin Lloyd Jones Sidney Strong R. A. White R. Holden William Dpd Father Dorney Pennsylvania Stock Yards Capitol

France Miners Vote Delayed On General Strike Plan

The French Miners Federation national committee adjourned after three hours without a decision on an immediate general strike. Estimates claim 70,000 of 100,000 miners might heed a strike across Pas de Calais Nord Loire and Carmaux regions. Some seek government talks first for early legislation. Telegrams report 36,000 miners idle in Pas de Calais amid troop deployments and sporadic disturbances. In Oregon, mail carrier Shaw drowned after leaping from a railroad bridge into the Willamette River. overwork and worry suspected to affect his mind.

Paris The French Miners’ Federation M. Basle Pas de Calais Nord Loire Carmaux Lens Shaw Willamette River

Investigation of anthracite coal trust referred to NY district

Washington reports that the inquiry by District Attorney Burnett has no bearing on the present strike. The New York petition alleging a coal trust under the Sherman act was sent to the Department of Justice and then referred to the Southern District of New York for investigation as standard procedure.

Washington Burnett New York Department of Justice

Miners Federation Votes Relief Funds for Striking Americans

The Miners Federation of Great Britain meeting in Southport approved a $5,000 central district relief grant for striking American miners and urged district executive boards to contribute similarly.

London Miners’ Federation of Great Britain Southport

Coal shipments surge to New York and Philadelphia

London observers report the Scotish coal masters receiving many urgent inquiries for prompt coal shipments to New York and Philadelphia as markets seek timely supply.

London Scoteh New York Philadelphia

Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Promote Digestion And Relief

The advertisement touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a non bowel irritant remedy for dyspepsia digestion and stomach troubles. It claims one grain digests 4000 grains of food and emphasizes resting the stomach to restore vigor, urging regular postmeal use.

Druggis's Stuart

Chicago Elopement Plan Ends With Detentions

In Chicago on October 7 14 year old Annie Coriica fled with Frank Longara to elope to Youngstown Ohio. Detectives accompanied Annie and her pursuer to Chicago and arrested them when they alighted from a train. Annie awaits at the Harrison Street annex while Longara remains in police custody.

Chicago Trousseau Annie Coriica Central Station Youngstown Ohio Annie Frank Longara Lazara Harrison Street

Miner Boss Harry Collins Forced From Black Hills Parade

In a dramatic dispatch from Oct 7 Harry Collins shift boss at Horseshoe Mining Co was escorted from the Black Hills by a funeral procession like guard of 500 union miners. He was warned not to return and told he would not be allowed to leave again. Reports say Collins collected monthly tribute from workers to keep them at work. The miners also shut all saloons in the area as tension rose.

Turning gray to color with Ayer's Hair Vigor

An old advertisement promotes Ayer's Hair Vigor promising early dark color restoration and a splendid dressing. It stresses stomach health as the foundation of many ailments and touts Dr Gunn's Improved Liver Pills for digestive issues sold at 25 cents per box.

Ayer Dr. Gunn

Troops Move to Shamokin Mine as Unrest Flareups

Soldiers from Companies H and FE of the fourth regiment rushed from Mt. Carmel to the Royal Oak colliery and dispersed a crowd estimated at 1,000. The mob fled as troops arrived, some throwing rocks at non-unionists before retreating to their homes. guards will remain on duty all night.

Shamokin Royal Oak Mt. Carmel

Richmond Woman's Christian Temperance Union Faces Turmoil

At a Richmond meeting of the State WCTU the session turned tense as Rev. Carey E. Morgan urged peace and prayer. Mrs Faville of Norfolk accused leaders of misusing funds and spoke of further misconduct before the issue was sent to the executive committee. Mrs Hoge retained the presidency amid the upheaval.

Richmond Carey E. Morgan Seventh Street Christian Church State Woman's Christian Temperance Union Faville Norfolk Union Howard M. Hoge Hoge

Toledo Woman Foils Pickpockets With Quick Reflexes

In Toledo Ohio on October 7 Mrs. Robert T Chafin intervened to stop a pickpocket gang. She threw aside her wraps and struck one assailant, wounding him and driving the others away. Her quick actions saved her husband from theft.

Toledo Ohio Robert T Chafin

The Abyssinians and Their Fearful Eye Beliefs

In Scribner's September issue a portrait describes Abyssinians as warlike and aristocratic yet superstitious. The Ethiopian emperor, though advanced in Europe affairs, clings to ancient beliefs, especially the fear of the evil eye. His attendants wear shammas, large three stripe cloaks, to shield him from view when he drinks.

Scribner's

Canarsie Ground Bought With Schnapps Tradition

The New York Press recounts a Canarsie lore where the west shore land around Canarsie Landing was bought by an “old man Scheneck” for schnapps from the Canarsie Indians. A stone farmhouse now sits there over 200 years old, with the deed once written on a claim shell kept in a Washington museum.

New York Press Canarsie Landing Scheneck Washington

Ruling order forces Collins from camp after surprise ride

A man rode to Collins' home with no warning and ordered him to mount a horse provided and leave the camp, signaling an abrupt eviction or departure action.

Collins

Old Pioneer Dies Sudden in Adobetown Store

Virginia City reports John W. Hampshire longtime pioneer dies at 5:15 in Nick Carey’s Adobetown store after remarking on the weather. Coroner’s inquest returns heart failure. Born in Philadelphia and crossing to California in 1849, he mined in Australia before settling near Adobetown.

Standard Virginia City John W. Hampshire Nick Carey Adobetown Mr. Hampshire Carey Hampshire Justice of the Peace N. P. Johnson Philadelphia Plains California Australia Aldergulch Westmoreland County Bank of Hall & Bennett

Chicago Woman Freed in Memphis Kidnap Case

Mrs. Pearl Loos of Chicago, indicted for kidnapping her child from a divorced husband in Memphis, was discharged by Judge Moss due to lack of evidence. The case centered on claims of abduction and custody, with no proof presented to substantiate the charge.

Memphis Pearl Loos Chicago Moss

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