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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1901
Page
10
Thomas J. Buford, a Butte rancher, reported a night-time robbery at the Clarendon lodging house on Main Street. He fought a man his age in his room, a German roommate helped restrain Buford, and the pair fled with Buford’s money after the attempt. Police were not immediately summoned.
The pleas allege a conspiracy with witness J H Hilderbrand to influence evidence in the jury room, irregularity by William Muth and Clerk Sproule in drawing the jury, Muth lacking property ownership and an assessment roll entry, Maynard not legally commissioned as court officer, and exceeding authority in grand jury witness examinations. Maynard denies these allegations, with each case treated separately.
A two o clock blaze destroyed the Miller boarding and lodging house beneath the Stewart mine in Dublin gulch. The frame building burned quickly despite fire department efforts. The house was fully insured. Investigators suspect arson after a previous fire nearby.
Notes from Butte list visitors and residents including E and Holt of Great Falls, F L Bonner of Missoula, J A Reidel of Boulder, Charles Memzer of Warm Springs, P A Ryan and P A Tobin of Anaconda, and J A Wilse with George Herbert. A birth is announced at 225 North Wyoming Street, a girl. Davie O Connor will attend the Spokane race meeting and enjoy the fair and carnival. John Henry, returning from New York, praises Montana minerals and confirms a mining deal of significance.
Helena Sept 7 Special Commissioner F A Maynard filed separate answers to pleas in abatement raised in U S court by counsel for defendants in perjury cases tied to timber entry frauds in the Miles City bend district Indictments were handed by a recent grand jury in the district authority and the pleas were addressed in the same docket.
The pope favors a brief stop at the Vatican gardens menagerie during daily walks. He rewards a parrot with extra sugar for its cries of viva il papa and chats with vintners who kneel as he passes. He notes grapes are larger now due to manures, joking that progress is seen in that case.
The Pittsburgh steel strike talks near a settlement as Amalgamated Association leaders debate terms. Shaffer denies a McKinley assassination link to speed a deal while mills are pressed to re open non union and others may return to union under Amalgamated influence. The executive board pressed for a settlement as New York meetings loom.
Helena defeated Butte by 6 and 4 in a golf tournament and championship, played under unpleasant conditions on the Inks of the Country Club course. Spectators watched with interest as the match concluded in Helena’s decisive victory.
Detroit Tribune argues for stronger esprit de corps in the U S Navy. It praises Schley’s duty at Santiago and criticizes insults toward officers, contrasting with Admiral Watson’s stance and urging charges only when evidence supports cowardice or incompetence. The piece recalls Byng’s court martial and defense of naval honor.
Helena September 7 receipts of the state land office for the week ending today amount to 5103 dollars. The office received government patents for 3306 acres of land in Fergus county. There are school indemnity lands allotted to the state in place of lands on the Blackfeet Indian reservation. The land is mainly grazing and leased by the state at about 400 dollars annually.
The body of Rev. George W. Jenkins who died in Marysville Thursday morning was shipped from Helena to Philipsburg for interment. The widow and three children accompanied the remains. Services were held at Marysville this morning conducted by Rev. Charles L. Bonard of Helena.
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