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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1900
Page
10
Independent sheriff candidate Jerry McCarthy filed mandamus proceedings against County Clerk Moran to force inclusion of his name on the official ballot. Judge Clancy issued an alternative writ with a show cause hearing set for 10 am, and the clerk refused placement on advice of the county attorney.
The complaint brought in district court names Newton R Dexter as plaintiff alleging that Standard Oil and Amalgamated Copper with Record Publishing and others conspired to control Montana politics. Dexter claims he was hired as a reporter in Helena for $22 a week after assurances of Democratic party influence and statewide newspaper subsidies.
A Montana suit alleges a plan to control the Inter Mountain and influence state politics. Lee Mantle allegedly received financial aid from Standard Oil and Amalgamated Copper in exchange for blocking a rival evening paper and aiding the corporations to gain legislature majorities and two U S senators. The plaintiff, once with the St Paul News, was fired from the Leader and seeks 5000 dollars, claiming damages.
James Neill and his company opened at the Grand in Butte with Madeline Lucette Ryley's An American Citizen. The house was crowded and the company received a warm welcome. Neill's troupe includes Ned, Edythe Chapman, Julia Dean, Grace Lamkin, and others. Tonight Mansfield's A Parisian Romance features Neill as Baron Chevrial.
The funeral for Mrs. Mike Morrissey will be held today at 9 a.m. from the family home at 610 East Mercury Street. The procession will proceed to St Patrick’s Church where a requiem high mass will be celebrated.
Ansociety page notes an unusually fine programme drew bright crowds and earned strong praise for the performers. Attendees praised the skill and polish of the pieces and the overall presentation reflected well on the organizers.
The Music Fund of the Christian Church presented a richly varied program featuring Miss Florence Paul, Mrs. W H Cochran, Rev E Tilburn, Mr Frederick Tonge, Miss Lillian Tilburn, and Miss Marine Vivian. Audience praise followed solos recitals and a witty reading, with several performers encored. The event underscored the fund's drive, and more performances were announced for upcoming Thursdays and following weeks.
Mrs Cochran's pupil Lucy Vivian delivered a pleasing recitation and earned an encore at a programme. The Philadelphia Press notes Maud Goody allegedly kissed a man at the Joneses lawn party, reported from her own lips in a casual chat between Bess and Jack.
In a Baltimore courtroom a lawyer cites mistaken identity after a client struck a book agent with gas pipe pies. The judge presses for clarification while the defendant seeks leniency.
A brief Philadelphia Press ditty recalls Smythe hearing a jokey exchange about money. Brownie jokes that the wife saw him before leaving home and he claims he has no cent to ten.
A political slate lists Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois as vice president candidate with T. S. Hogan of Lewis and Clarke for governor and Cornelius F. Kelley of Silver Bow for Congress.
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