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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1901
Page
7
The Principal Branch Office of the Standard is at 21 East Broadway Butte Telephone 422 Advertising rates furnished on application.
McClure Bros assayers and rental pianos from Orton Bros. Fred Orton piano tuner. J G Bates tuner. Montana Music Co pianos. Charles W Cannon in town from Helena. attorney B Howell and Ella Knowles Haskell in blocks. Ed Connors miner gone to California. W F Davis moved to Silver Bow block. M J Greene visiting Virginia City mining properties. The Girl from Paris at Suttons theater tomorrow. Dr Hanson surgeon at Silver Bow block with X ray exams. Street and other professionals listed in town directory. Birth reported at Thompson Investment. Howell back from Missoula. family living in that city. Magazines at P O News Stand. Mr and Mrs Blackford depart for New York and Peru. Fire Chief Sanger left for Salt Lake. wife ill. Local visitors and residents noted. Seabrooke company engagement at Suttons Grand. Miss Schafer visiting. Franklin Farrell developing east of city. in New York soon back. Mrs Herry of Helena convalescent after typhoid. J F Davidson elected first vice president of Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in St Louis. Jessie Thomas and Jennie Smith jailed for alleged prostitution and $50 robbery from Seabrooke manager. Miner Thomas Sheridan died at Sisters’ Hospital. inquest planned. Missouri River Power Co strings lines into Butte. copper wire stolen above Woodville.
Rice house on Quartz street adjoining the county courtyard questioned whether a damages claim would be considered for harm caused during the September hanging of Dan Lucey. County attorney advised against allowing any claims.
Denver reports the death of Stephen De Wolfe born 1833 in Hawkins County Tennessee. A prominent Butte figure he served Deer Lodge county in the territorial legislature and was city attorney for Butte from 1886 to 1898. He edited the Valley Tan and wrote the first Mountain Meadow massacre account. He died in Denver after long illness. his body to be taken to Seattle by his brother.
Dris coll testifies the boards covering the shaft manhole were firmly placed and could not allow a man to fall through. He notes the water below was several feet deep and doubts Gauvin fell, believing the covering should have kept him on the boards if present.
A high school report highlights efforts by the girls athletic teams as they train for the approaching season. Coaches emphasize skill development, teamwork, and competition readiness for upcoming meets and games.
Girls at the city high school organize a basketball association to rival the male football team. A 12 member committee will draft bylaws, with Miss Proebster as temporary president and Miss Brown as secretary. Practice to be held in the auditorium as coaches Miss Cahoon and Miss Corbin prepare teams across grades.
A plumber described as calm and unshaken faced an unusual accident without distress. He remained composed as the incident unfolded, showing notable steadiness and presence of mind in a tense moment.
William Hurd, a carpenter, owes his life to F H Wilson who broke his fall on a Kenwood building site. Hurd is at St James hospital with a broken ankle but shows signs of rapid recovery. Wilson continues his work after assisting the injured man and ensuring his breathing and heart beat remained steady.
The Wilbur Kirwin Opera Company is not permitted to sing as authorities suspend its operations. No performances are allowed until corrective actions are completed and official approval is granted.
The Wilbur Kerwin Opera company quit Maguire’s Grand as doors were locked and engagement terminated after poor performances and changing bills. Sickness among principals left no understudies. Miss Kirwin blamed controllable factors and hinted at a Spokane move with new personnel.
In police court Judge Boyle ruled several defendants not guilty of gambling at a former confectionery store on Park Street. Others received fines or dispositions for drunkenness vagrancy disturbances and assault cases. several were slated for further action or sentencing this morning.
Alfred H B Knight elected to the chair of mining engineering at the School of Mines during a special board meeting. Knight brings years of mining and civil engineering experience from Indiana Michigan and multiple western projects including water supply works and Fort Whipple tests. He studied at Ann Arbor and Washington Military School and worked with the U S Geodetic Survey Hayden's party and Nichols on Fort Whipple velocity of light research.
Winters offers fire insurance real estate sales and loans on real estate security and rents houses. Call 717 M or visit 23-24 Owsley block Lutte for details.
The coroner's jury found that John V Gauvin, a miner at the Iduna mine, died in an accident. Gauvin was found at the bottom of the shaft around 11 o'clock Saturday night. Frank Driscoll, with Gauvin, said they were ascending the ladder when a noise and a blow struck him from behind. He learned soon after the falling object was Gauvin.
Frank Aker, jailed in Helena on charges of two robberies in Helena and Butte, gave an address in Butte that does not exist. Investigators found no record of residents at 321 South Arizona Street knowing him, while his stated former address at 915 West Copper Street reportedly owed for board and points to a vacant lot.
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