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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1902
Page
14
The Western Montana office of Standard is located at 110 West Main Street Micoula. Telephone number 118. Advertising rates furnished on application.
A settlement has been reached between Dalene Mining and Traven over the Basis QF agreement. Details are filed with the court and terms remain confidential. Both parties will cooperate to finalize the accord.
Settlement in Chicago ends the Coeur d’Alenes dispute as railways agree to reduced freights and the American Smelting and Refining Company lowers treatment charges. Mines gain production rights, expected profits rise, led by editorials praising organizer T L Greenough. Miss Mackenzie invites readers to a millinery opening Sept 24.
Records list deeds and mining claims filed with the county clerk in Missoula. D. R. Brown transfers a one third undivided interest in the O N No 2 lode claim to W W Holemany for 1. Peter Wall and wife sell land and a water right totaling 1684 acres to Samuel Dinsmore for 2250. William Allen sells one fourth in the Argenta millsite to Frank Fichault for 1. Thunder lode claim located at St Regis by Mannie Buell. Affidavit for annual representation William Crawford completed for Sag Worth on Capital lode in Wallace district.
Plans call for removing the long trestle at the lake end and smoothing a sharp bend on the line. All small bridges between Missoula and Spokane will be replaced with three nine foot steel structures. Mail orders to the Golden Rule in Missoula.
In Missoula district court Fan ne Wimpie filed a demurrer to A J Durnford s answer in a water right contest. Judge Webster grants divorces for Felicite Couture from David Couture and William Peon from Maz Peon on desertion claims. Streeter v Harmon et al results in nominal judgment with reassessment petition under advisement. Irving Keith becomes a U S citizen. Van Ham v Van Ham defendant s attorney moves to strike unverified complaint and waives costs. pauper oath allowed. Change of venue sought to send case to Lewis and Clarke county where a counter-suit is pending.
In Missoula at the Kachenge saloon a man named Jones, seeking a girl he believes to be present, ordered patrons to raise their hands, threatened to shoot, and caused a disturbance. He was restrained by officers, found with beer bottles instead of revolvers, and fined by Justices Hayes.
Local notes describe Viett Missoula Nursery with greenhouses and the nearby Hiegine Avenue city store. Details unclear due to fragmented OCR.
In Missoula on September 22 an enthusiastic meeting of the rectors of the Deiving club and Fair association approved final fair arrangements for next week. The finance committee canvassed merchants and reported only one refusal, with nearly all businesses contributing to fund the event. The fair promises to be the best and biggest yet, featuring a fall beads display at Doneohue company’s millinery opening on Thursday September 25 with evening hours and music for entertainment.
In the Sun bakery parlors on Higgins avenue at 4 oclock tonight Miss Julia Eva Schwinn and William K. Dow were united in marriage officiated by H. E. Rossell. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs Schwinn, and the groom, a partner in the Schwinn business, will reside in Missoula. A wedding supper followed for guests.
Report from Hamilton to Missoula notes a lively Ravalli county Republican convention with primaries already held statewide. It claims Smart defeated Baggs for state senator while Baggs carried only Stevensville precincts. The contest centers on Ravalli county stance on Heinze party control.
Missoula report confirms the drowning of J W McDonald a Ble Blackfoot Milling lumberman at St. Regis. He pursued a skiff that broke from a pier four miles below St. Regis then disappeared beneath the water and his body had not been recovered by evening. He was single and considered a valuable employee.
Dan Wallace, an elderly man accused of chasing young girls, was discharged in Missoula today after promising to go to Bozeman. He was intoxicated when the offense occurred and the girls had been teasing him.
Missoula records reveal the Great Buffalo and Wild West show stating capital stock at 40000 with 20000 paid in. Secured indebtedness totals 5845 and unsecured debts run to 7878 as of September 23.
A small wreck occurred on the Bitter Root logging road near Missoula this afternoon when six flatcars jumped the track. The wrecking outfit will depart for the scene within a few hours to clear the line.
Missoula reports Hezekiah Van Dorn, an elderly rancher on Milles Creek, remains in a precarious state after a fall from a horse last week that broke his leg. A physician who just returned from the area doubts he will recover. Attendance urged for Donahue's millinery and cloak opening on Thursday Sept 25.
In Missoula on September 2 a marriage license was issued to William F Dann and Julian Eva Schwinn both residents of Missoula. The couple plans to wed soon in the local area.
Mrs Presley underwent skull trephining today performed by Drs Parsons McCullough and Brown in Missoula. The operation aimed to save her life after a fractured skull. Her condition remains serious.
County Clerk Wilkinson handed tax books to County Treasurer Higgins in Missoula on September 23 for collection. The tax list shows totals for various accounts including Bounty and Road Fund, with a preliminary overall sum.
P M Reilly and Co grocers extend the Park branch from Cinnabar to Gardiner after a Sept 16 Northern Pacific directors resolution. A three mile line has operated for park courses traffic this summer and a certificate filed with the secretary of state on Sept 23.
Superintendent Russell and Supervisor Fleming report a survey of an 18 mile line between Trout Creek and Belknap to avoid steep grades and trestles. A riverward route is proposed. Construction will start soon on a new Pack river to Kootenai path west of Hape.
Local notes report Mrs D R R Beck visiting in Butte with friends and Mrs H Thibodeau and baby in town visiting relatives. Several residents from Livingston Stevensville and Billings pass through or visit Missoula. Ston e foundation for a heating plant near the First National Bank advances, while various residents return from trips east or to nearby towns and some begin or complete citizenship filings.
Missoula report Dan McDonald and Po Lefray have returned home after coordinating a lumbermen union in Flathead County. They expect to return in a week or so with the remaining committee members joining later.
Misoula schools introduce a new plan with a short Longfellow program each morning during opening exercises. The weekly rhetoricals focus on poetry and oratory, with a brief daily presentation proving a pleasant innovation in the curriculum.
Mrs. Kellogg-Sackett invites ladies and gentlemen to visit her millinery parlors in Missoula on Thursday September 25 from 10 a.m. to 9 20 p.m to view fall and winter selections. She promises careful choices aimed at pleasing eye and purse. All are welcome.
Deputy Sheriff Dougal McCormick returned from Butte with Joseph Trabant, the prisoner who escaped from the Missoula county jail a few days ago while serving as a trusty.
Missoula on September 2 reports Police Judge Hays fined three drunks who were taken into custody and confined at the county board for a period.
Missoula report says F. C. Jones stepped on a snail and developed blood poisoning. He now has his foot in a sling as treatment proceeds.
Maj J W Powell director of the Smithsonian Bureau of Ethnology and head of the Geological Survey in the Rocky Mountain region died at his Haven Maine summer home after a brief illness. Powell was a leading geologist and anthropologist famed for his Grand Canyon exploration in the 1880s and his role shaping U S geological exploration since the 1860s.
The Colombian revolution has broken out in a new area around Santa Marta on the north coast near the Magdalena river. An American fruit company cablegram to Secretary Moody reported disturbed conditions with telegraph and railroad lines cut. The Navy Department sent the dispatch to the State Department and asked the Barranquilla consul for an immediate report. no action toward dispatching a warship will be taken until the report is received.
A Montpelier special says Count de la Vaulax's balloon was driven ashore and descended yesterday afternoon at Capite between Villeroi and les Salines, near Paris.
In Lebanon Pennsylvania the American Iron & Steel plant faced clashes as striking workers were replaced by African American workers from the South. National guardsmen arrived and exchanged volleys with rioters. H. M. Richards was wounded. six men were arrested as troops restored order.
Luzerne county Sheriff Jacobs sent a telegram to Governor Stone seeking troops to quell unrest in Wilkesbarre and vicinity. Harrisburg received a similar message. no action taken yet as an investigation is considered. General Robin ordered Governor's troops to New Philadelphia with troops returning tomorrow night after depredations there.
A culvert on the Bloom division of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western road near Lackawanna station was blown up tonight by dynamite. The blast coincides with heavy coal traffic on the line. Wajack Mososki, a striker, was shot in Archbald at the Raymond colliery and is expected to die. He claimed he was seeking a lost cow in the woods nearby.
Detroit Sept 23 Spanish war veterans approve uniting with Spanish American War Veterans. Capt Wilson Davenport of Chicago urged fraternal union as Adjutant General Dyer reports rapid growth from 12 000 to 138 000 members with commands in many states plus in the Philippines and Porto Rico. Financials show 160 000 spent on supplies colors and relief work and 5 000 on hand. Fraternal ties exist with Grand Army of the Republic.
W E Elsworth, former Record bureau chief and recent Miner At Butte employee, returned to Great Falls last evening and joined the Tribune as a reporter on the editorial staff.
Special Dispatch to the Standard from Havre reports a feathered contest ending in a tie after both sides displayed strong effort. Officials noted close scoring with final counts unclear in the transmission.
Weight champions in Montana Kid Lee of Havre and Phil Green of Butte train for a 20 round sparring contest to be held tomorrow night. On Sept. 25 Wisconsin Kid of Havre and Kid Thomas of Canada will stage another 20 round exhibition. Local sports fans show strong interest and betting favors the favorites.
A freight train locomotive on the Denver and Rio Grande exploded near Monument, Colorado, tonight killing engineer George M. Andrews of Denver and fireman Thomas Philburn of Pueblo. The blast occurred without warning and the cause is unknown. both enginemen were terribly mutilated.
In Birmingham on September 23 J A Ballou and William Hicks the two Black men charged in the Shiloh church fatal panic were released. Several Negro ministers asked the judge to dismiss the case and Judge Feagin granted the request.
In Bellaire Ohio on Sept 23 anger spread over alleged actions by J D Deafenbaugh principal of the Fifth ward school. A quarrel between nine colored and nine white girls led to an ultimatum that the white pupils kiss the colored girls or be whipped. One pupil escaped home but must return for a process. Parents demand an immediate school board investigation and ruling.
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