Homeward Bound Work and Farewell of Departing Journalists
City newsroom bids farewell to veteran reporters as they depart for new duties. Names and destinations not fully clear in text but signals major staff shifts and retirement departures noted.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1902
Page
2
City newsroom bids farewell to veteran reporters as they depart for new duties. Names and destinations not fully clear in text but signals major staff shifts and retirement departures noted.
The Montana Press association adjourned at Hamilton noon after pledging practical work for Montana newspapers. W. W. Cheely was elected president, Walter Aitkin secretary treasurer, and officers named for executive and legislative roles. The group plans Helena meetings during legislative sessions and annual summers elsewhere with a decisive focus on lobby influence and industry unity.
Delegates and locals celebrated with a banquet and dance at Ravalli hotel hall during the Missoula excursion. Resolutions on deaths were adopted and the departure featured songs and a dramatic farewell as Dr E Prested carried a jail key to the association president.
Attorney General James Donovan states Powell county voters must register anew to vote in the coming general election. He explains Powell was formed from Deer Lodge and no provision allows using old Deer Lodge registry books. County commissioners will notify all residents of the registration requirement.
The weekly crop bulletin reports very good to heavy grain yields, with wheat and oats thriving. Early potatoes are up to or above average, but late potatoes underperform. frost and winds in several counties caused scattered damage, while the Flathead apple crop looks promising and hay crops are in stacks.
A meeting of the Republican county central committee is planned for tomorrow evening at the city council chambers to set dues and arrange for the county convention. Primaries across the county likely to be fixed for Saturday September 20 with the convention on Thursday September 24. Democratic populist and labor parties schedule county conventions for Saturday September 20.
Special Dispatch to the Standard from Great Falls reports laborer Fred Johnson, jailed after attempting to tear up Central avenue street railway track, shows little mental improvement. He will be formally examined for sanity if recovery does not occur soon.
Forest fires in Oregon City area have destroyed thousands of dollars worth of property since yesterday noon, burning several houses numerous barns hay grain crops and farm machinery. No current wind in the forecast but danger could rise if winds shift.
A man stepping from an eastbound train near Sappington fell and his foot was amputated at the ankle after the wheel passed over it. He was taken to Whitehall hospital with severe injuries. The injured man, S C Kebee, contractor for a concentrator at Red Lint mine, had been in Butte securing a Basin Bay State contract.
The county high school board held last evening and formally accepted the building from contractors Messrs Stabern and Sanden of Helena. Final estimates and payments to all sub-contractors were settled except the painting contractor. The building cost about $20,000 and is described as one of the finest school buildings in the state.
Powell county Democrats meet in Deer Lodge to set Sept 17 primaries from 4 to 8 pm and Sept 20 county convention at the courthouse to nominate a full ticket and elect 12 delegates and 12 alternates for the state convention in Bozeman on Sept 23. Delegates from 20 precincts are listed with allotted representation. Rules require Democratic residency, alternate voting in absences, no proxy voting, and no unit rule.
Colonel and Mrs W W D Turner hosted a lawn party in Bozeman honoring George B R Cruckshank Miss Mail Powell of Chicago and Miss Geraldine Baird of San Francisco. eighty couples enjoyed dancing games whist and refreshments served at midnight with an ice punch bowl and electric lights. The event was praised as Bozeman's most successful house party.
Governor Nash issues proclamation designating Sept 14 as the first anniversary memorial for President McKiniey. Churches nationwide urged to hold services at regular worship places to honor the late president and his work.
The Bozeman recorder’s office front was found in dangerous condition after street grade work undermined the foundation. Heavy brickwork over the entrance teeters, prompting temporary repairs by city commissioners to prevent collapse.
Mrs. Maggie Green of this city died last night from dropsy after a long illness. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at the Episcopal church. Mrs. Green was the wife of Joseph Green of Willow Creek and sister of James Roberts, a civil engineer in this city.
Sister Cornelia, pioneer Sister of Charity of Montana, arrives at St. John’s hospital to assist in managing the institution after a year in charge of St. Ann’s hospital at Anaconda.
President Roosevelt addressed about 10 000 people at the Asheville courthouse square after a warm welcome, praising honest administration and the essential virtues of citizenship. He recalled battlefield memories with Confederate veterans, noted shared American identity across regions, and urged unity before departing for Washington.
Deer Lodge hosts a growing tennis event as six players remain. Semifinalists include D. Larabie and Dodds, with Rochette to face Smith and Gulette to meet Berry. Berry beat Scharnitkow 6 4 6 8, Rochette defeated Mulcahy 6 1 3 6 7 4. The winner earns a Spalding trophy.
About 150 marine engineers in Portland plan to strike, alleging employers failed to honor the post strike agreement by reemploying all laid off workers. The move could stop nearly every boat on the Willamette and Columbia rivers.
Bozeman public schools opened for the term as 800 students enrolled on opening day. Superintendent Harmon expects the roll to exceed 1,000 within a week or two as classes begin.
Denver reports that in a First congressional district meeting the Democrats nominated John F. Shafroth of Denver for re election. Shafroth has been classified as a silver Republican.
Count de Miranda husband of Christine Nilssen died yesterday at Campo France. Madame Nilssen has been summoned from Sweden.
Special correspondence reports a Dillon gathering on September X with local attendees and Standard newspaper coverage. The note notes a formal meeting of community writers and editors.
Deer Lodge public schools opened with Prof. F. E. L. Faton of Des Moines Iowa as new principal succeeding G. T. Bramble. First day enrollment was 248 pupils including 41 in the high school department. an able corps of teachers is in place and prospects look promising.
Those in charge of the several grades are Miss Cora Woods first grade Miss Sallie Batterton second grade Miss Allie Albe third and fourth grades Miss Nellie Fox fifth and sixth grades and Miss Delle Hagerty seventh and eighth grades KE L Eaton as principal and Miss Mabel Catlin as assistant principal will have charge of the high school department.
Patrick A. McHugh MP for Leitrim North is released after a three month sentence for contempt of court. A massive reception follows with 2 000 nationalists and the mayor signing praise as Sligo decorates the streets for his return. He denounces opponents and Belfast tribunal methods.
The steam barge Houghton sank at the Dubois street dock early today after arriving with cracked stone. Two crew members drowned in their berths, William Dantifl aged 18 and Edward Close aged 18 from Harbor Beach, Michigan, as heavy rain increased the stone’s weight.
Bradford B. McGregor died at Mamaroneck after surgery leaving an estate valued around 4 million dollars. He reportedly signed his will on his deathbed transferring the bulk of the property to his bride Clara Schemmer of New York.
Alfred B. Sibley files a suit in Helena seeking more than 21000 from Stedman Foundry and Machine Co. He claims ownership of a note issued by the company and its president N. Kessler to Montana National Bank, and that the amount is due.
Sheriff O Connell holds a warrant for August Albert detention while Missoula authorities refuse surrender for now. Albert is accused of forging checks in Helena Butte and Missoula and was arrested in Missoula last night as local officers press the case.
In Youngstown Ohio on September 9, Mrs James McGinn 21 of New Castle Pennsylvania was found dead with her throat cut in a Hubbard pasture five miles from Youngstown after a visit to Mr and Mrs Martin Coyne. Her husband is missing and suspected. he has only one leg and one eye.
Rev Maurice Wilson who nearly severed his wife head with a razor was found in the woods near Genoa West Virginia unable to speak from exhaustion and without food since the crime Saturday. He is deemed insane and will not be jailed. He is over 0 years old.
Memphis Tenn September 9 Mrs Pearl Loos of Chicago wife of George Loa a prominent figure in local theater circles was arrested on a warrant charging her with kidnapping her own child a girl 8 or 9 years old. The warrant was issued at the urging of her former husband Charles Castagnino and Mrs Loos was released on bond.
In Rome on Sept 9 Cardinal Gotti, head of the propaganda prefecture, is personally examining plans to subdivide several large American dioceses. Officials expect the current eight or more sees and archdioceses to be reorganized into about 100 distinct jurisdictions.
Noble county Sheriff George Poster killed James Sydon an assistant with the Buckskin Bill Wild West show in Perry after Sydon allegedly attempted a hotel robbery. Sydon drew a gun. Poster fired first. Nearby note reports a separate suicide of Moers Westrobe in Greenville after murdering five children in June near Hazelhurst Mississippi.
E W Benedict and two companions, returning from a failed attempt to lower a 15 mile cross country automobile record, lost control of the machine and were thrown into a ditch, all seriously injured.
W C Anderson, congressman of Tennessee's First district from 1894 to 1896, died last night at his Newport home from typhoid fever.
Berlin observed the funeral of Professor Rudolf Virchow with a lavish hall display and wreaths from medical and scientific societies. Notables including Mamonssen Waider von Leyden Bergmann and others attended as crowds lined streets to the St Matthew’s cemetery in Schoeneberg for interment.
In Candela Apulia five people were killed and ten wounded after a clash between troops and strikers over wages. Peasants halted work, blocked roads and assailed gendarmes. soldiers fired in response after rioters disarmed some troops. Order was restored and an interior ministry official investigated.
Montana affairs report from Washington notes the Carbonado post office in Carbon county has been discontinued. Mail will be redirected to Joliet. A pension was granted to Ella T. Henneberry and M. M. Gleison of Jeer Lodge.
Helena September 5 1902 the Democratic state central committee orders a convention in Bozeman Sept 23 1902 at 1030 am to nominate a U S representative and a Montana supreme court associate justice plus any other business. Delegates apportioned to counties per 1900 Democratic ticket votes. Standing rules set delegate voting and unit rule details. Walter Cooper chairman Harvey Bliss secretary.
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