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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1900
Page
11
Cream colored high quality muslin and sheeting items offered in yardage. Details include 25 inch width at 614 cents per yard, 68 by 81 inch muslin piece ironed and ready, 50 cents, Mohawk or Defender high grade sheeting six inch size with hemmed edges priced by piece.
The Northern Montana Office of the Standard is located in the Bach Cory Block Great Falls opposite the Park Hotel. Advertising rates furnished on application.
Great Falls reports a school census of 4113 this year up from 3625 last year an 11.25 percent rise. The district will receive about 5 percent more school funds this year as Great Falls now accounts for over 46 percent of the state’s school population.
Advices from andusky describe a fiendish outrage where three drunken cowboys from the Coburn outfit attacked a halfbreed man. Details are scarce but the assailants may face the gallows if caught.
A Friday camp near Sandusky ended in violence when a mixed race group fought off attackers. Thomas Yupee died from head injuries. Telegram from Harlem says Tonie Lopez has been arrested. police pursue Charles Sumner and Pete Ferguson as other alleged participants.
J. C. E. Barker reports Copperopolis shaft at 300 feet with rapid work advancing 200 feet further. White Sulphur Springs enjoys a vigorous boom not seen in years. Mr. McDowell of Butte is said to have offered 25000 for the springs association property and plans renovation to make it a premier Montana health resort.
Great Falls September meeting at Union hall attracts broad attendance as about 300 members are enrolled. Executive committee includes H. E. Benner as chairman along with A. R. Mettler P. T. Wilson H. A. Cary U. S. Marshall J. Dibbs P. S. Robinson W. Gibson John Riley J. McCormick c J. Yates O. E. Tannhauser Thomas Sparrow A. J. Emmett and Charles Clark.
Great Falls Sept 4 The Great Northern Railway company has started ejectment actions against Sylvester Herring and Melissa Herring, squatters on company property opposite the ice houses in the river front area. No ejectments have been filed since 1892, when many squatters were removed. Proceedings aim to preserve title and prevent squatter claims.
Great Falls September 14 annual stockholders meeting of the Great Falls and Canada Railway company elected K T Galt as president T F E Collins as vice president J E K Lethbridge as secretary treasurer and P L Naismith as manager. Directors named E T Galt T E B Collins and J E B Lethbridge.
Great Falls sept 14 Thomas W Bluett was convicted in Judge Tattans court of murdering John Nolan at Willow creek ranch ten miles from Big Sandy on May 12. The verdict, a compromise, assigns nine jurors to second degree murder and three to acquittal. The sentence reflects a finding of weak mindedness and possible self defense.
County Attorney Gormley files information charging John Lin with administering paris green to Duncan Cameron’s cattle with felonious intent. Preliminary hearing in Justice Race’s court revealed Lin scattered poison in a Meisenbach field to deter Cameron’s herd. Lin posted 500 bond for district court trial at the December term.
In Great Falls on September 14 Judge Leslie reserved decision in J. E. Walker versus Band Coulee school district. The case seeks to restrain sale of 1700 dollars in bonds for a Stockett schoolhouse addition amid claims of irregularities in trustees actions and a motion for judgment on the pleadings.
Ed Holmes, who for the past two weeks has been the guest of his sister, is noted in Great Falls society circles for his stay.
A roundup notes residents and visitors in town including Mrs. R L Fogle in St Paul, W W Sanford in city from Helena, H W Kraus from Cascade, C R Noffin from Pondera, T M Burke from Chateau, C G Cooper from Sweet Grass, Duncan Cameron from Evans, D B Barker from Grand Forks, S J Seal from Helena, J B Long back from Europe, J M Powers near Townsend, Mrs D H Churchill from Spokane, and others. Also mentions marriages, board meeting travel, and a Supreme Court October term with docket counts.
Captain Spencer called the island his and fought 40 Japanese laborers with a pair of six shooters. Two Japanese were killed and three wounded, while the remaining 35 fled as Spencer’s group held guard. Spencer faces murder charges in Honolulu as the Japanese insist the clash was over food shortages after a wreck disrupted provisions.
Washington dispatches state that Li Hung Chang plans to leave Shanghai today. He would go first to Tientsin and then Pekin, with Russia reportedly demanding imperial power and punishment for Prince Tuan. Wu believes Li may have sailed aboard a merchant ship, but is unsure of all steps taken.
Mr. Wu states an imperial decree named Yang Lu to join with Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching as a peace commission. Yang Lu, Pekin native army commander, is linked to anti foreign sentiment and is unlikely to be welcomed by the powers. The full Chinese commission now includes Li Hung Chang, Prince Ching, and Yang Lu.
The Yellowstone Fair Association concluded its ninth annual exhibition with the largest crowd yet and sunny weather. Brownell's Jim won the free-for-all trot with George's Ormond Co. second. Elmore's Nell Caffney set 2:23 1 5. Losekamp's J. D. took the special trot. Story's Adaling was second. Scarlet's Silver Jim won the three-eighths mile dash. Cooney's Aurora B. won the half-mile special and Pork's Col. Cody captured the four and one half furlongs.
In Portland a night boxing card saw Tom from San Francisco defeat Bob Thompson of Los Angeles by decision after a contested 15th round. Thompson was knocked down several times in the later rounds and his corner threw in the sponge. Earlier Henderson of San Francisco stopped Fret Ross of Denver in the opening round.
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