The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-01
WHAT HAPPENED IN MONTANA IN 1898


lb-More sewers ordered for Anaconda.
The Meagher Monument associa-
ton organized in Butte. Missoula' S
water works plant changes hands.
list. Patrick's day celebrated.
lS-Death in Anaconda of John Barry,
pioneer. John Williams. a lad.
escapes from the Butte city Jail.
Citizens of Walkervlle in caucus
to put municipal ticket in the
field.
19-Clancy in flames. Ray Wilkinson
pleads guilty in Billings to charge
of cattle stealing Democrats in
Butte hold a convention. Judge
Clancy decides that the school
board is regularly elected. Butte
silver republicans caucus.
2O-J. r. Lane commits suicide in For
syth. Northwestern Montana
swept by blizzard. Destruction
of the Silver Bow Park M. e.
church. Warm politics in Butte.
21-Hale house in Butte destroyed by
fire and two lives lost. Secretary of
the Senate Bloor must serve a year
in the pen. Anaconda democrats
open the campaign.
22-Sam Johnson found dead in his
room in Anaconda. Mckinley re-
publicans hold primaries in Butte.
23-Silver republicans of Butte make
d llChel. PRIMARIES ana COnNSn-
tons all over the state. Registra-
ton.
25-A Butte jury convicts Bob Shad-
well of murder in the first degree
E. Rollins Morse secures a verdict
over the NJ o. P. in the United
States court in Butte at the conclu-
sion of a trial which lasted
month.
26-Mullins block in Centerville de-
stroyed by fire.
29-Young son of Mr.. Madison of Borld-
er killed by locomotive. More
tickets put up throughout the
state. The old Butte school board
knocked out by the state supreme
court. Death in Butte of J. r.
Ramsdell, pioneer.
APRIL.
Pat Riley taken to Helena to stand
trial for the murder of Largey.
Big sensation caused by the filing
of suit against East Helena smell
ter managers. Neil and Bishop,
forgers, who operated in Anacon-
da, arrested in Great Falls. Threat
ened water famine in Butte. School
election in Butte, Anaconda, Hell
ena and other cities. Funeral of
j. r. Ramsdell in Butte August
La Rieu commits suicide in Butte.
3-Men all over the state want to
jump out and whip Spain. Munich
pal elections in the state.
5--Frank Harville found dead in his !
room in Butte. H. J. Burleigh of
Dillon disappears. War talk takes
precedence over election affairs.
Meeting of state pharmacists in
Anaconda. The Standard war bull
letins the talk of the age.
&c. A. r. vets offer their services |
to Uncle Sam. War inevitable
1-Frightful explosion of dynamite on
Great Northern train at Dry Fork |
in which three men are killed.
s-Good Friday: Thomas Beechey,
Robert Burridge and John Vivion, |
pioneers, dead in Butte.
and eggs. Trouble in
Butte's school board.
of the 25th infantry |
from Missoula for the front. A. +.
Davis of Butte wins the bank stock
case. Mckinley's war message
read in Montana.
John Webster arrested for the mur-
der of his wife at Aldridge Caval-
ry and infantry companies being
organized. War the sole topic.
4-Guy st. John Storey, the Rinini
embezzler, rardoned by the govern
or. Chambers appear in Montana I
Gentle spring arrives. More war
talk. Competitive architects sub
nit plans for the new court house
in Anaconda.
6-Annual meeting of the state board
of live stock commissioners in Hell
ena. Judge Clancy of Butte re-
fuses to give Murderer Shafer IN
other trial.
big Hole dam shows signs of weak
ening.
S-New board of trade organized IN
Anaconda. Attempt to burn Mrs.
Marion Kelly of Butte by an un-
known tiend. Pat Coughlin killed
in the Anaconda mine.
9-Iramp. tramp, tramp, the boys
are marching in daily drill.
0-Attempt to blow up Mrs. D. Down.
oy's house in Butte with dynamite
War spirit runs high, a wave of
patriotism sweeping the state.
Montana beef cattle shipped to the
klondike.
First shot of the war off Florida's
coast heard in Montana
5-Shafer, murderer of John Hawkins
in Butte, sentenced to die. St.
George day celebrated in Butte
o-Montana allowed one regiment Of
infantry as its quota of troops.
6-CaFalry to be part of Montana's
quota. Odd Fellows celebrate the
tom eiiiilN ol their OrgaQlZa-
ton.
Bell of Butte commits sui
eide. Muster rolls wide open all
over the state.
MAY.
l-"NoW, therefore, I, Robert =.
Smith, governor of Montana, in
compliance with the proclamation
of the president, call upon the
able-bodied men of Montana, not
under IS or over 45 years of age.
to furnish the quota allowed to our
state Cone regiment of infantry
and one squadron of cavalry, and )
l trust that as far as possible the
national guard will respond to the
call of our country, and to this end
the commanding officer of each
company is authorized to recruit
his command to its maximum
strength" Dewey on eyerybodv's
lips, and there's frenzy of reioic-
ing. The Copper City Limited n.
P. Train goes into service between
Mlssoula, Butte and Anaconda.
Dedication of the Seventh Day Ad-
Nentists' church in Butte.