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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1902
Page
2
Saratoga N Y Sept 28 Delegates to the Democratic convention await Senator Hill arrival to clarify plans. A long list of potential nominees for governor and other offices circulates, including Guggenheim Atwater Cannen and Gray, with Hill and Parker central to the debate.
Albany report lists Senator Patrick H. McGarren Congressman William Sulzer Professor William D. Lee and John B. Stanchfield among visitors to Senator Hill. Frank W. Campbell says the governor candidate is not yet chosen and will stay open until the convention. Sulzer voices gloom about Democratic chances and says he will accept the nomination if offered.
In St Louis on September 28 Daniel T Dobbins 62 of 549 South Ewing Avenue faced the First District police court for disturbing the peace after objecting to his daughter entertaining beaux on the doorstep until midnight. Prosecution witnesses were Hattie and Mamie Dobbins aged 14 and 19.
A man was arrested after a dispute over late night sounds led to Mamie Dobbins being spanked in front of her suitor. Judge Sidner delivered a stern lecture. the elder Dobbins was discharged after the elder daughter testified she was of legal age and not under his jurisdiction.
In Cleveland Ohio Mrs Charles Heffner is dead and her husband dying after Ludwig Sedlazyk 38 living with the Heffners is jailed on first degree murder charges. He allegedly demanded return of $13 robbed while asleep then planned to shoot Mrs Heffner. A neighbor heard two pistol shots and a cry for help before Sedlazyk walked away with a smoking revolver.
Petitions circulated across the country by members of the American Federation of Catholic Societies urging President Roosevelt to mediate between strikers and management. The federation, with at least half a million members, is advised by Bishops McFaul of Trenton and Messmer of Green Bay. Eight presidents and officers have signed the petition.
James H. Lutes an artificial limb maker and Mrs Rose Greenway divorced wife elope from Denver. Lutes has a wooden leg. Greenway also uses one. They vanished last Friday. furniture shipped to Portland. Greenway’s divorce cited desertion.
L B Porter and his wife and child were taken to the pesthouse after Judge Barker dissolved an injunction. Porter alleges Dr J N McCormick and two health officers pressured them into the conference and then grabbed them, amid a dispute over the child likely harboring smallpox and prior legal resistance.
Akron Ohio Sept 28 It developed today that John Roman a railroader found dead beside the Erie railroad tracks Monday was almost undoubtedly murdered late Monday Roman had drawn pay over eighty dollars and carried the funds when he left George G Doll s saloon two hours before his body was found He lived at Midvale Ohio
Mrs. Newton of 2221 Parkwood Avenue in Toledo is now practically blind in one eye with rapidly failing sight in the other. Doctors cannot determine a satisfactory cause. The only explanation proposed is a hazy mirage seen on a lake trip last summer that affected her eyes.
Washington Sept 28 The annual pension report by Commissioner Ware shows total pension rolls at 999 446 with 738 8 00 soldiers and 260 637 widows and dependents. It details lifetime costs, war disbursements, and pending cases with figures from Revolutionary War to the Spanish war.
Frasmus White father of Archie White president of the American Securities company and former salt trust head was found stark naked wandering in a Blackhand area corn field. He could not talk and resisted clothing attempts. a blanket was used to cover him until brought to Newark. Doctors attribute the episode to sudden cessation of alcohol after heavy drinking. they expect recovery. Archie White, now a New York millionaire, and Rollin White of Cleveland were notified.
In Crittenden Kentucky George Fisher and coal yard owner Dahlsing found a freshly dug grave in Dahlsing's corn field with belongings disturbed. Authorities seek owner of a two horse team. one shoeed on the right front, the other missing on the left hind. Tracks circle the grave and investigators suspect a murderer hid a victim then altered the burial.
Judge Pugsley grants Mrs Nettie Bierman a divorce from Edward FP Bierman son of a St Louis elite family. Mrs Bierman cousin of General McMahan. St Louis lawyer Bierman sided with wife against his son. Divorce granted on grounds of cruelty. Also reports Mrs Alfred R Bennett files for divorce citing gross neglect.
A Cleveland police pursuit began after a passerby saw a woman in flowing white robes throw a white bundle into the water below the Willett street bridge at midnight. Two patrols searched the bed of the stream for clues to a possible murder mystery.
Dawn patrols uncover a mysterious bundle found it contains beans officers compare it to poker chips speculation sways toward superstition and luck. The scene at Newport also features a famous society row over Mrs Kitty Cheatham Thompson and a dinner with Duchess of Marlborough and foreign dignitaries.
Experiments by Albert KE Gray demonstrate egg shells can resist remarkable forces. Longitudinal pressure averages near 65 pounds, internal pressure tests reach 44 psi with some shells over 60 psi, and external pressure tests show collapsing figures around 545 to 675 pounds per square inch.
In a Chicago Post item a fat man slipped and struck a rail, prompting the conductor to leap from the car and demand the passenger’s name and address. The stranger asked if he had endangered the conductor’s right of way, eliciting astonishment.
An old promotional note states a refund offer if the product fails to cure. The name W. Grove appears on each box, with unclear endorsement details.
Helena September dispatch reports the Montana State Teachers Reading Circle names its books: Quantications of the Teacher Payne White s Art of School Management and Thinking and Learning to Think by Nathan Shaeffer. Committee includes W W Welch Oscar J Craig R G Young Gertrude Higgins Maggie V Smith.
In Great Falls on September 2 a Socialist convention at the county courthouse nominated four tickets for the November election. Twenty delegates attended, with eleven named to the slate. The nominees include State senator John H. Hirt and representatives A J Carpenter Eric Olsen H J Hill Carl Rudeen F M Purcell, plus D J Dolson G W McDermott J R McDermott George Kessner J H Fisher Ben Tanner for various county offices.
Frankfort on the Main dispatch reports Herr Henninger, director of the Rheinan Mannheim Chemical company, is under arrest with more arrests in connection to the firm's failure. The jointly held company filed a bankruptcy declaration on Saturday amid the probe.
Audit shows sustained losses over years and a hidden deficit in capital of 625000. False entries concealed the scale of the financial decline and the health of the organization.
Captain Sverdrup's Arctic ship Fram entered Christiana harbor escorted by warships and many steamers. Crowds cheered as forts saluted, with King Oscar Emperor William and King Victor Emmanuel sending telegrams of welcome. Fram had sailed from Stargerina, Norway, on its return after over four years in the Arctic.
Robert and Gay Haywood of a nearby ranching family attempted a street horse race in Lewistown. A lost hat led to their capture by the city marshal and police magistrate, resulting in $15 fines for each boy.
Special Correspondent reports arrivals and departures in Basin. Among items Kenry Scoupp may settle here, a new hotel planned, and Carlson property rented to a Butte woman for that purpose. Other entries mention residents at Alhambra Hot Springs, travels to Helena and Bozeman, and local postmaster appointment.
Miss Leonora Patterson and J. E. Bower announce their engagement and plan marriage at St. Pauls church in Fort Renton on October 13. Patterson is sister to a longtime Montana representative. Bower is a leading county sheep owner.
A woman commentator denounces the vulgar rich who fill homes with visible clutter and useless items. She contrasts American showrooms with English homes, noting comfort and restraint create beauty even amid modest furnishings.
At Fort Riley Kansas on September 28 the National Guard prepares for a strenuous week of maneuvers described as a problem of contact among all arms. General Bates announces a mixed force plan with Browns and Blues and up to 100 officers expected. General Funston is in camp as a guest to observe the exercises.
Warren Peterson 18 died in Butte and his funeral took place at the Catholic church in Deer Lodge with many relatives present and six pallbearers from former associates. Mrs Adams, long a respected Deer Lodge resident, was buried after services by Rev. W T Douglas from the Presbyterian church. she leaves son Charles Adams and many friends.
Prof W W Campbell of Lick Observatory reports a newly found comet by C D Perrine has brightened to naked eye visibility. Predicted positions place it near Alpha Cassiopeia on Sept 28 and Beta Cassiopeia on Sept 29, moving toward Alpha Cygni by Oct 6 and brightening further before overtaking the sun in November.
Lewistown September 28 report says the automobile bought for the Wilson Stag Company on the Lewistown Harlowton road is a failure. The stage company will not accept it without a guarantee from the St Louis firm, and the vehicle now sits in a stall corner at Harlowton awaiting that decision.
H. J Curran of New York, who held options on several North Moccasin mining properties this summer for New York capitalists, has organized a company with heavy capitalization to exercise the option soon. Over $20,000 has been subscribed for development work. The options cover the Stuart Burr and Gudgell group and an adjoining parcel owned by R. E. Gudgell and son Mason Gudgell.
A. T. Harvey reports a letter from E. J. Grindrod of the state department in Porto Rico under Governor Hunt. Grindrod, long known in Helena, Butte and Lewistown, says he will stay in San Juan indefinitely rather than returning to Montana this year.
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