The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-17
Stories Of
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1t is always the case in Butte that
when a great tragedy occurs in the
city, or a closely grouped succession of
startling events, rumofs multiply OF
mythical tragedies occurring about the
same time. one can imagine the work
a newspaper office has before II on such
an exciting day as last Tuesday. But
in addition to the unusual work or COW
ering the tragedies which really did
happen, there We're rumors OF dozen
other tragedies. Telephone inquiries
came to the newspaper offices from ali
over the city, and inquiries as to SUI
cides and more murders We're received
from other cities
1t was not more than all hour after
the murder of T.. A. Largey that word
was received of a suicide at the lmper-
ial theatef. Then the place of the SUI
eide shifted to the Parrot drug store,
and later it was leading East PARK
street merchant who was said TO have
committed suicide. Then 1t was re-
ported that a dozen people had beeh
killed in Il collision between a street
car and an engine. There was some
thing TO that story, but 1t developed
that instead of Il dozen people being
killed, two were slightly injured Ihefe
were rumors of terrible mining acci-
dents and late In the evening came the
story of a mythical double murder in
south Butte. A man was reported 10
have killed his wife and another man.
il would be curious to ascertain now
these stories originate. They all serve
to add to the excitement and unrest OF
a black day, and they greatly multiply
the work OF a newspaper Office.
! As for the report of a suicide in the
! Imperial theater, there was rather more
! foundation for that story than Tor the
! others. When the news of the Largey
/ murder reached the Imperial man
standing in the barroom suddenly Tell
To the floor in a fit He rolled around
and frothed at the mouth and seemed
| to be in a terrible condition FREQ
Ritehie poured big glass OF whiskey
down his throat and his revival was m
i Simultaneous.
During the holiday season the post
| office invariably receives number or
! letters addressed to Santa Claus. some
are very cunning and others funny, the
little ones telling Santa Claus what
they would like for Christmas But the
first letter of acknowledgment for gifts
received from Santa Claus WAS received
at the Butte postotiice last week IL
was from Il little girl, ana reads:
MY Dear Santa claus-I got your
tree and | was tickled to death by your
Christmas tree. / hope you will like
this little letter that / send, thanking
you for the lovely Christmas with
all the beautiful balls on the tree and
q doll like yourself, ana | thank you
for sending me all / asked for except
the cane and book, but / received your
letter and was very pleased TO get II,
and / will try and be so good this COM
ing year that | hope you will give me
as nice n tree as you did this year, and
with a big nice cane on Ii. WITH ten
thousand kisses, my dear Santa Claus
and hoping you will be as pleased te
give me the Christmas tree as | am &c
get 1t, your little girl friend.
There are certainly some pretty
bright children in Butte. There Is ont
of them, a boy. who lives across Mis-.
soula gulch. He says his prayers every
, evening and his mother encourages hin
To make original prayers. lie does II
and astonished his mother the othel
evening by getting off the following:
"Oh, Lord. Please make me soot
and pure. Make me as good and pur'
as-as Royal baking POWDER
There is another 6-year-old boy VIII
also lives i'll the western part OF III
city, east of the gulch. lie goes to
private school and is learning fast
When he was in bed few evening
ago his father said to him:
) why do you tuck the clothes abou
your neck so. Leslie2 1t makes yo'
/ sweat. and then you catch cold.
) And Leslie answered:
You shouldn't say sweat, father
: Say perspiration. 1t Is beneheial I
: perspire 1t opens the pores of Tn
, skin and let's the poisons exude fror
: the system.
THAT father is afraid of his precoeiou
son. He can't tell when he will Sc
! called down again.
Speaking of Christmas, the cit
clerks office had Chief of Police foI
ca on
! Christmas eve. A presentation OF
: magnificent gold watch and chain wa
! to be made at o'clock to the mayo
: and Mulholland was the custodian {
: the watch. For safe-keepng he ha
: a few DAYS previously had the waite
: placed in the vault In the clerk Ollie
> About an hour before the presentatlo
: was TO take place he thought he Monl
: go and see if the watch was safe Il
: was much concerned To md no one
: the clerks office and the doors OF II
:, vault wide open. lie fastened TO II
- SPOT where the watch had been place
= lie was relieved to find the ease. but {
: opening the case there was dlsclosei
a place of the magnificent $500 watch a
:, old brass timepleee, which had bef
: the property of some prisoner. VII
the brass watch was the foliowlr
:, note:
q Dear Tom-There is no use tryir
y TO catch me- | struck the Irvine tra
:, | and have a good start. Yours, II "
= | catch me, Nv HiILA.=
J. Tom was sweating blood for the ne
~ hour. and II cost him box of elsa
10 get the original watch back.
Is James A. Murray had lot OF I,
II. not long ago with a tenderfoot. n
ee tenderfaot was an old friend OF his tra
id the East. and Murray VAS telling hi
n fairy stories as only Murray can I
al them lie had him up To his han
70 Mr. Murray has a vault IN whleh
30 keeps about s20. coo or SIS 600 in s. a
$40 bills which make some pretty t
stacks of greenhacks. lie las col
mon dollar alarm clock i'm the rear
the safe, partitioned of. Mr.. MUIR
. opened The safe and with a wave OF
~ hand remarked as he sh Iwcd The gree
backs.
be Il guess there is probably half g IN
AT lion in greenhaeks there Most of :
$ money however is In gold and | rat