The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-05
PILES OF REPORTS
Held BY the Administration Until
Council Meetings.
GIVEN TO THE REPORTERS
The Most Important ls the Nor
tuary Record-They We're All
Read at the City n all Ses-
sion Last Night

A bushel basketful OF reports of city
officials. committees, etc. were pre-
scented to the reporters yesterday for
publication, the present administra-
ton having decided that all these re-
ports must be given to the council be-
fore appearing in the newspapers. Con-
sequently reports for the month of
February were only given to the public
yesterday, although IL has always
been customary in Butte as elsewhere
to publish monthly reports on the first
OF the following month.
In spite of the resolution OF the adj
ministration, however. the reports OF
most OF the city officials and commit
tees have already appeared in the
Standard from day to day and have
been correct, even though not officially
promulgated. The only report worth
publishing more fully at this late date
Is perhaps the mortuary report, already
briefly summarized in the Standard.
The PRONUNCIATION of the official report
shows that deaths during February
were from the following causes:
Accidents. mining. ?; accident. rail-
road. /; chemical poisons, /; appen-
dicitis, /; currboSis of liver, l; consump-
ton, 1; diphtlheria, L; erysiDelas, /;
etopic pregnancy, /: heart failure, l;
obscure. l; inanition, ?; pneumonia, ?;
peritonitis. /; premature birth, 1; typo
pneumonia, 2; typhoid fever. ?; uriania,
1; total, "a.
Eight were children, housewives
1 cook, l commercial traveller. l painter.
4 miners, l smelteman, 2 saloonkeepers.
/ not stated. Five were under l year of
age. between and 10. l between 10
and 20. between 20 and 80. between
30 and 40, l between 40 and so. be-
tween so and 60. l not stated. Eleven
a he In hA 1ffx lfV,,Nf In
Murray & Freund's hospital. l in the
Sisters hospital, in the three-mile
limit in other places Six we're bur-
led in the Catholic cemetery, IL in
Mount Moriah cemetery, l shipped TO
Ogden. There were two cases of scar
let fever and two of diphtheria- Twelve
| of the deaths were of males and the
same number of females. Fourteen
were single and 10 married. Six were
born in Montana, in other state. in
| England, in Sweden, l in Canada, l in
Ireland, not stated.
The report OF ]. III. Mcdonald, SUI
perintendent OF the crematory, shows
that IL horses. colts. cows. ~ dogs,
| a loads of garbage and IL cords OF
| wood were burned at the crematory
| during the month.
Colonel jerks reports that he has
| given Sc written notices to clean privy
vaults and cesspools, 35 of which have
been obeyed. Also 100 verbal notices 70
clean yards and remove garbage and
| stable manure had been given. The
| alleys are not in good condition owing
to the weather making il impossible tc
| clean them.
The report of the street commission
| er shows that during February the
sum of $711 was spent in labor on
streets; $14.75 for tool sharpening A.5
| for horseshoeing. $53.97 for hay and
| grain, $3.50 for salary. a total of 1884. %
Twenty-Five building permits were
issued during the month for a total OF
| building improvement amounting &c
s9,775.
The police and other reports have al
ready been published in the Standard
Addition TO the police report as already
| published is the fact that sl.523.70 was
imposed and paid I'm city cases during
the month; street lights were reported
out by patrolmen 40 hours. amounting
1 to s35. so; LOIS meals were furnished foI
city prisoners; Is prisoners were in the
city Jail on Feb. %: the amount oil
stolen or lost property reported was
| $3.50. and the amount recovered was
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