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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1902
Page
14
Western Montana office located at 110 West Main Street. Telephone number 118. Advertising matters furnished on application.
A railroad wreck resulted in two deaths and prompted investigations. Authorities reported the casualties and are reviewing the incident details and safety measures underway.
A western Montana rail wreck near Missoula killed engineer C. K. Owen and brakeman H. F. Geiselman. Tramp Ed Cummings suffered a broken arm while about 15 passengers were shaken but unharmed as the train derailed at speed and the engine tore from its frame.
Local label extols Garden City Standard beer as the best on earth. Advertisements promise a crisp finish and strong flavor, urging readers to try the new brew referencing its heritage and craft.
Judge C C Willis returns from Plains to Missoula confirming superb crops across western county with fruit grain hay and vegetables thriving He notes his gathering citing prosperity for winter and that his band is the leading musical group in the region aiming to compete with the Poston Montana band soon.
Roe Fulkerson of Victor entertains as guest his cousin Mrs. Maud A. Liason of Rochester. She tours the national park and Western Montana, views Missoula, and considers investing in the city after praising its surroundings.
Lieutenant Governor Higgins returns to Missoula from Green River Hot Springs Washington after months away for hip health. He looks well and is nearly free of malaria that had troubled him recently.
A fragment from Missoula reports a nondescript urge to establish greenhouses or a city store, mentioning Higgins Avenue as a reference point.
Attorney M S Gunn of Helena files a district court suit against Daniel FE Bandmann and others to divide certain lands. Defendants include the Northern Pacific Electric Company W D Miller the First National Bank and A J Davis of Butte. The filing names Gunn McConnell and others as parties.
Clayhberg of Helena obtained a share of Bandmann ranch valued at 1500 dollars as part of their fighting stake in the Bandmann case. The dispute is described as complex and involving significant calculations. Louise Beaudet is named as a party to the case.
Missoula officials, led by fair committee and riding club trustees, completed plans for the Western Montana fair to run Sept 30 through Oct 3. A three day harness race meeting opens with fixed purses of 200 for 2:40 pace 300 for 2:22 trot 400 for free for all pace 400 for free for all trot and 250 for 2:40 trot. premium lists remain as last year and entries for horses already show strong turnout.
Missoula county commissioners held a busy session ordering the county attorney to collect by law $1,500 in delinquent professional licenses dating back to 1899. They rejected the Woodard read through the Iffinger ranch petition and the viewers' road report, examined the HUDNAL report, and let a contract for 100 cords of wood at 3.73. They adjourned to inspect Potomac school grounds and the Blackfoot trip next Monday.
The Garden City Commercial college announces enrollment for reception and student enrollment starting September 4 with classes fully organized in commercial and shorthand departments beginning the following Monday. Interested persons should contact the college office for details and those entering shorthand should apply promptly.
Missoula reports new library acquisitions featuring Concord Days by A Bronson Alcott Jonathan Forwards by Alex V. G. Allen Democracy and Social Ethics by Jane Addams Hohenzollern by C T Brady and Transcendentalism in New England by C B Frothingham The list includes Hawthorne works and biographies by Hawthorne and others revealing a broad 19th century American literature push.
Special Correspondence from Hamilton notes M E McMurry return from vacation with stories of fishing in Clearwater and monster salmon pictures. School opens in the Coenvon creek district while Prof J J Jones and family move into the William Bell house opposite the schoolhouse. Mrs H H Terman wife of Cherokee Times editor visits town.
Missoula, Sept. 4. Eugene Taylor the colored soldier arrested near the city was found guilty of disturbance and sentenced to jail. He went to a house and knocked at the door when not admitted he smashed a window. Mrs Sharpeney fired a pistol from close range.
McBride's advertises first quality fishing rods at half price. Limited stock available as a sale ends soon. Located at the store on Main Street with proprietor offering discounts to attract customers.
Andrew Logan filed a district court suit in Missoula seeking wage recovery. The action centers on unpaid earnings with no further details provided in the brief note.
Plaintiff sues W. A. Simona claiming an owed $366 for work done. A writ of attachment is issued against specified real estate in town as part of the case.
Missoula city council approves the Greenough park and plans immediate improvements. Buildings plans are drawn for city machinery storage, with bids to be called. Grants street-use and ditch access for Michael Flynn and discusses crossings with the railway company. Building permits issued to several residents. Delegates to the firemen’s convention in Billings will be funded and rail pass sought.
Miss Mary Hogan returns to Spokane to enter college. Jamieson examined for a pension and passed. Ethel Long departs for Arlee to teach. Joseph W. Greenough picked autumn strawberry apples. T Nesmith sells Park addition five acre ranch to Preston Miller for 500 dollars. Mr and Mrs George A Cook and Miss Corbin return from New York and Chicago. Park addition school to open Monday. Mrs Fleming and daughter depart for Minneapolis to attend school. Mrs Fleming away about a month. Judge Samuel M Chapman visits Plattsmouth from Cass county Nebraska. Herman Hutter returns from California and plans to abandon Montana Idaho claims opened months ago.
In Missoula on September 4 the court heard final arguments in Alls contempt charge for taking water from Carleton creek defying a court decree. The case will be decided later. Presbyterian trustees won permission to mortgage property to raise 1250 dollars for parsonage costs. Also heard were Missoula Water company versus C E Williams et al with weeks of prior court work.
Superintendent McKay calls a general meeting of all teachers for Saturday at the Irving building at 2 o clock. To accommodate eighth grade pupils the overflow will move to the high school in South Missoula at term start. They report to Professor Williams and Miss Cramer.
Missoula selects Mrs. McAllister as special teacher of music and physical culture. District building names, previously published, are adopted. A permanent high school committee is formed with Stone as chairman and Sloane and Hollingsworth as members.
Missoula, Sept. 4. Gertrude Trudeau, young daughter of Mr and Mrs Trudeau, died this morning at the family home after a short illness. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at the Catholic church. Mr Trudeau is employed at the Northern Pacific shops.
Missoula reports Chief Larson is on vacation. Officer Mc Gregor will act as chief during his absence.
Fort Wight on Fort Fisher Island comes under renewed assault as Admiral Higginson and Admiral Coghlan deploy a two section approach. Cruisers lead to draw fire while battleships close in to batter the fort defenses on Long Island Sound.
An underground explosion at the Tredgar Iron company's colliery near Rhymley Monmouthshire traps 112 men. Sixteen workers are dead and 17 seriously injured.
Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania September 4 The grand jury today ignored the cases against the special officers at the Warnke colliery who were arrested on a charge of manslaughter.
Castries reports a violent volcanic eruption on Martinique last night with about 2000 deaths. Soufriere volcano on St Vincent observed erupting at midnight. The Savan reached Trinidad and reported dust clouds. A Paris dispatch notes detonations heard in Caracas and linking to the Martinique eruption.
The four men charged in the killing of Daniel Sweeny a night watchman at a Nanticoke coal mine were indicted for murder. The riot two weeks ago raised issues about protections for life and property and the duty of mine guards to use force.
Special Dispatch reports American prospector Patrick Galvin died of cholera in Manila after years of fortune hunting in Montana Alaska and San Francisco. His life included service as Helena police chief and shifts in Seattle Butte and other western towns as the Klondike rush drew him north. The piece also recounts historic European royal romances and a portrait of Galvin as a colorful, itinerant figure.
In Chicago on September 4 a Milwaukee avenue trolley wreck injured more than twenty people, several seriously. A grip car struck a raised plate, the middle car plunged into it, and the trailer crashed in. Men women and children were pinned under debris and freed with tools. no deaths reported.
In Bozeman on September 4 the socialist slate lists Representatives Thomas B. Quai Evan Elmer and W G Pearson sheriff Commodore Tipton treasurer Andrew Sorenson clerk and recorder W H Hoff assessor Richard Corrigan county superintendent M E Freeman public administrator Henry Shadarker and justices of the peace Oscar Chelgren and George J Whittle.
The piece recalls high profile unions where royals wed commoners and faced sacrifice. It notes the Duke of Cambridge wedded Miss Fitz George amid royal awkwardness, the Grand Duke Michael’s exile for love, and hints at the Hapshure line’s notable romance, illustrating enduring public fascination with royal marriages.
A declaration confirms the union between a royal heir and Countess Sophia Choeth as morganatic. It states that children from the marriage shall not be entitled to Austria Hungary’s throne.
The New York World reports that President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt missed Robert Shaw the soloist for the Church of the Holy Apostles in Oyster Bay. Shaw traveled from New York to sing the offertory at the president’s wife’s request but the organist refused to change the program citing his sister’s solo and an unwillingness to alter the service. After services the Roosevelts thanked Shaw on the church steps, though Mrs. Roosevelt appeared annoyed by the organist’s stance.
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