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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1902
Page
1
A large blaze in the engine room at Crystal Springs Pleasure Resort reduced the complex to ashes. The fire caused estimated losses of thirty five thousand dollars, with insurance covering only about a third of the damage.
Flames swept the Crystal Springs resort near Butte fanned by strong wind, turning the pleasure site to ashes in about 35 minutes. Losses reach 35000 dollars for buildings and furniture with 15000 dollars insured. Leases and ownership by Langlois Forbis Thornton estate are noted, with minimal salvage and one dog perishing in the blaze.
Cincinnati report details a fatal自 suicide by George Conrad head waiter at the Gibson house after his wife filed for divorce and a society woman sought damages for alienation of affections. Prosecutors found a letter describing a plan to drown his wife in the Ohio River before a self inflicted death.
Word from the Crow agency reports Coggin was arrested on the reservation for conspiracy with Towne, the jailed man in Sheridan, in a cattle theft scheme. Officers have pressed the case at the urging of Agent Reynolds since Towne’s arrest.
John Davis of Salt Lake City was drugged and beaten by two men near Whittier park and their robbing spree left him with a $30 watch a $60 bank draft a razor and cash. Police nabbed two suspects seen near the station. a chloral hydrate box and empty glass were found at the scene. The woman May Murphy was arrested with valuables including a stolen razor and $3 in silver. Babe, another woman, was not charged. The district attorney plans direct informations.
Miners from coal fields along the Norfolk & Western railroad meet in Huntington to end the strike if operators rehire all old workers. Return to work set for Monday with President Mitchell said to have advised cessation. Reports indicate New River and Kanawha fields may follow. Poca hob borough mine still burning but expected under control soon. In Wyoming, Thomas O Brian released after Carbon county authorities drop prosecution for 1888 double murder.
Miles City on September 4 reports County Surveyor Scheetze has a large contract for surveying the Cheyenne Indian reservation and marking its boundary. It is understood the government requires the reservation to be enclosed with a fence.
Livingston dispatch notes Monroe Shindall was brought down from Gardiner with details indicating a notable move or transfer in the local scene.
Chairman Smith reports Custer and Rosebud counties may pursue joint action against a prominent Miles City law firm over alleged neglect in an appeal in the Western Ranches tax dispute. If negligence is found, county attorneys will decide on further steps to recover about 1400 dollars for fees and disbursements.
Pocatello Idaho Sept 4 The Democratic State convention opened with Judge Perky urging decisive action to redeem Idaho with the 1900 style promises. Nominations for temporary chairman produced Fraser Watt and Moyer. Watt won the post. Committees were named and the body adjourned until afternoon. The event set the stage for continued power struggles among Martin Hunt and Heitfeld factions with no senator nominee chosen.
Fire at Skelly four miles north of Pocatello started at 2 o clock and burned an old range of frame structures. Strong south wind hampered efforts. Oregon Short Line officials sent water cars on a special train. Losses total several thousand dollars with varying insurance. No railroad property burned.
In Tamaqua Pennsylvania President Baer's statement to Senators Quay and Pearce dampened spirits among striking miners. Though Major Gearheart did not dispatch troops, non-union workers faced no harassment en route to their jobs. The miners, once confident yesterday, now fear the strike may last much longer.
President Baer declares the strike cannot be settled on previously stated terms, a remark that has cast a gloom over the entire strike region around Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania as of September 4.
Three hundred miners employed by Coal Creek Coal company quit work in Knoxville Tennessee on September 4 over a wage scale disagreement for the year starting September first.
The National Association of Postoffice Clerks voted against joining the American Federation of Labor, deeming an alliance detrimental. Resolutions voiced support for the AFL’s aims while preserving clerks’ government obligations. The convention also congratulated President Roosevelt on his escape and expressed aid for Pennsylvania miners on strike.
Augustine Chacon, who escaped five years earlier from Graham county jail three days before execution, was captured near Naco by Capt. Burton C. Mossman and Billy Stiles. He was turned over to Graham county Sheriff to be sent to Solomonville for the death sentence imposed five years ago.
Battle in front of Charles Anderson's Saloon in Rawlins Wyoming between Marshal Banks and three outlaws who had robbed the saloon. Ike J. Martin, a Pueblo Colorado locomotive engineer, was wounded and captured. the other two escaped.
Clarence M. Mackay has sailed for New York on the Teutonic to assume the presidency of the Commercial Cable Company. He states management will continue on present lines and will take up duties upon arrival in New York.
Special dispatch reports John Ryan a ranchman fell from a load of hay and broke his arm near Livingston on September 4. He received medical attention and is described as in stable condition.
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