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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1902
Page
8
City Attorney and other officials are included in the expanded governance plan. The move broadens the duties across departments and aligns legal oversight with daily operations. Local leaders say the change will improve policy implementation and accountability.
Warrants served on Mayor Davey and city officials after a Montana Jockey Club contempt filing. Bonds set at 500 each. court appearance ordered for September 20. Hearing questions if the track’s current pools violate anti-pooling laws and whether the operation is an outlaw racing concern.
On September 1 daily colonist rates to California via Southern Pacific and connecting lines through Ogden or El Paso go into effect. Rates from Omaha and Kansas City to California are $25, from St Louis and New Orleans and Mississippi River points $30, from Peoria and Chicago $33, valid until October 31 with stopover privileges. A booklet titled California for $25, produced by prominent men, is available free from Southern Pacific agents.
The Putte Anaconda Pacific Railway offers a round trip from Butte to Gregson Springs for 80 cents. Tickets are valid for travel from Saturday noon to Monday noon, both directions.
Judge Boyle presided as Ernest J. Lane’s preliminary hearing on a rape charge sparked a court clash. Attorneys clashed over representation and a continuance with Grice defending Lane and Booth claiming to represent him. The hearing adjourned to the 18th amid tempers and interruptions.
Butte Anaconda and Pacific railway announces weekend excursion fares with round trips to Butte Whitehall Lime Spur Twin Bridges Sheridan Alder Pony Bonita Deer Lodge and Anaconda stations. Tickets on sale at Great Northern ticket office 41 North Main Street with time card and freight rate details provided.
A sale listing displays hard real coral neck chains for watches and pendants in white and pink, black bogwood chains, fancy gun metal and rhinestone pieces, hat pins, back combs, pendants, brooches, and mirrors. Prices range from 35 cents to 25 dollars. We also showcase coral specimens and sponge growth facts.
Samuel Gottleib, released after a week, was rearrested on grand larceny charges for finding and spending a late Lewis's money. The Old prospector Lewis died of a stroke near Walker ville. Police seized 208.19 dollars and two Salt Lake tickets. Gottleib admits the find but claims only 208.10 in the can. County Attorney Breen ordered the rearrest. Gottleib jailed.
In Toledo on September 11, Mrs. Carrie Johnson and Mrs. Etta Delaney, sisters from Chase Street, faced police court over a hot biscuit duel begun when Delaney tried to carry hot biscuits to a neighbor. Johnson attacked her during the dispute.
Rev. Morris Wilson fatally wounds his wife with a razor before dawn in Wayne County near the Kentucky border. A servant witnessed him reading from Hebrews as the light faded, and he fled into nearby woods as villagers gathered in horror. The once respected Baptist minister is believed to have acted in a religious frenzy.
Travel deals offer Basin Boulder and Alhambra round trips with values of 1.50 1.50 and 2.50 respectively. Good going on Saturday or Sunday with Monday return. Basin Boulder fares 1.00 each way. Tickets at 41 North Main Street and depot.
Miss Mabel Palmer described as the gypsy tribe’s beauty and Newton Reynolds were arrested in Richmond Indiana after eloping from Fairbury Nebraska on August 18. A telegram from Fairbury stated a warrant for Reynolds for abducting Palmer, who is 16, while Reynolds is 26.
Reynolds, a horse trader, was expelled from a gypsy camp after a dispute with his sister in law over an affair with her young sister. He claims no wrongdoing and says legal separation could let him wed the girl. A police officer from Nebraska or Illinois is expected to assume charge tomorrow.
In Toledo on September 11 a man named J K Josephs of Chicago sought C Steen and claimed he had a mark at a hotel to “skin” for 1000 dollars in a card game. Steen and a friend took 1500 dollars to cover bets and notified Josephs that they would take part, then alerted authorities. Josephs later sent a demand letter and warned of vengeance if repaid. Police pursue Josephs who also hired an attorney to reclaim his funds.
Wilhelmina Marschke sues for alimony after her baby died of starvation eight days ago. She claims her husband Heinrich denied medical care and food while she was pregnant amid religious differences. Neighbors aided her during this delicate condition.
A claim states Mrs. Marschke intends to file an affidavit about hardship. The affidavit references her frail condition and notes her husband stands six feet tall. The Marschkes were married sixteen years ago and have nine children, four of whom have died.
Floyd Johnson aged 24 is killed and Charles Pierce wounded in a saloon knife fight in Columbus. Walter Hodge aged 20, from a Toledo family, is held on murder charges. The incident began in the Palace saloon on Town street and escalated on Town and High streets. Johnson died from jugular vein cuts and chest injuries after intervening.
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