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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1900
Page
9
Delegates meet to appoint new county officials with a convention agenda highlighting appointments and leadership posts. Key figures and party lines are shaping the lineup amid deliberations and formal votes.
A lengthy Silver Bow county independence day convention looms as over a hundred names vie for multiple offices. County commissioner attracts 16 candidates, with new entrants James McGarry E M Lamb and Dr P J Sheeran among others. The meeting starts at 10 in Sutton's theater. precinct reports and delegate changes unfold as candidates seek the ticket.
Thomas Mayne visits Butte from Helena with others arriving from Helena and Martinsdale. M. V. Wilson comes in on the late train while J. A. McNaught travels from Martinsdale. W. F. Sanders returns from Helena and will open oratorical batteries in Butte tonight for the Republican state ticket.
A Chinaman running a wash house at 1 East Park street reported a break in at 2:30 this morning while he was away playing fan tan. Miscellaneous property was taken. No arrests were made.
Secretary Long said a solution may avoid readvertising for bids on about 45 000 tons of armor plate. Last summer Carnegie Beithle hem and Midvale submitted bids for half the quantity. Carnegie and Beithle hem matched, Midvale was lower but unsatisfactory for delay. Current law allows contracts at any price deemed reasonable. Outcome depends on potential price adjustment with armor plate firms.
The Young Men's Institute held a successful smoker at the Lewisohn block. Professor Leamy presided and fines funded the society. Justin Butler sang, boxing exhibitions followed, with draws and comical acts sparking hearty laughter. The finale featured audience singing with the orchestra.
New York health authorities sworn out fifty warrants today to arrest those violating the city smoke ordinance. President Murphy said the nuisance must be stopped immediately and asserted soft coal use would ruin white marble architecture and injure millions in investments.
Repre sentative United States Consul W R Milla reported to federal authorities in Washington and Chihuahua details of an insult to the American flag at the consulate on September 6 the independence day in Mexico. A mob tore down the U S colors after hoisting both flags.
The Globe reports hundreds and possibly thousands of Boers may leave South Africa for the United States and settle in the Northwest. Theodore VanKeept of Holland, now in St. Paul, aims to arrange favorable rail rates, while Mr. Wunifrecht plans to bring a large Boer contingent in the spring if conditions permit.
A deputy sheriff John Lee shot and killed Charles Thompson in Phoceniz Arizona after Thompson protested losing a poker hand. Lee attempted to leave after winning money, Thompson moved to the bar for a shotgun and Lee fired, killing Thompson instantly.
John D. Harrison president of the American Patent Leather company died in Newark New Jersey aged 70. The death was announced from New York.
Old Mike struggles with a large umbrella blocking a narrow cabin door as his priest visitor visits on a snowy March morning. The reverence finally enters, closes the umbrella, and Mike marvels at the priest’s power.
The article notes Canada is 237 square miles short of Europe in area and states it is nearly 30 times as large as Great Britain and Ireland while being about 300000 square miles larger than the United States. It highlights vast geographic scale differences.
J M Hinkle, once in Nome, returns to Butte with gold dust and stories of rich creeks behind Nome. He expects winter work to uncover valuable claims and notes many locations from 1898 99 opened by powers of attorney that may be reloca ted. He won t return to Nome but will practice law in Butte as Alaska hopes persist. He describes the Nome town being crowded though transportation cuts help move people out.
Washington Sept. 28. General Miles issues a broad order to the army to lift moral and physical condition. It urges patriotic readings, national holiday observance, flag respect, and martial music. Discipline is emphasized with cheerful obedience. The three branches should assemble for battle tactics instruction and frequent marches and sports to foster military spirit.
In East Point near Atlanta two young men from prominent families, Sheffield Harrington and Walter Hudson, dueled after a two week feud. Harrington was shot in four places and Hudson wounded once. both are believed fatally wounded.
Senator Hanna urged business and working people to support William McKinley citing his unselfish devotion to the country. He defended the president’s record and challenged Democrats to show a single misstep in his public service before the November election.
George Leander of Chicago set world records for the motor-paced half mile and the last four miles of a five mile amateur race at Newby Oval Indianapolis. In the Western three miles he defeated Orlando Weber and Willis Coval, with Coval pulling out and Weber finishing. Leander then rode an exhibition half mile, beating the world record of 45 4 5 seconds with a 44 2 5 second effort.
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