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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1900
Page
1
An older column notes that fluctuating temperatures signal pneumonia weather and advises good underwear as the best preventive measure. The piece emphasizes practical daily protection rather than medical treatment.
An advertisement promotes Dr Jaeger s Sanitary Woolen Underwear claiming it is the best on earth for men women and children with free catalogs available.
Silkaleen underwear described with delicate shades and pearl buttons featuring French waistbands priced at 1.75 dollars each.
A listing for Norfolk Goods offers all wool gray coats in size medium priced at three dollars each. The ad emphasizes quality fabric and standard sizing for shoppers seeking durable outerwear.
Attractive shade and fashionable style offered in Pure Silk underwear. Each piece priced at five dollars, highlighting quality and current trends for shoppers.
Kalispell Montana April 18 Judge Leslie sustains the demurrer in the Whiteside case arguing the information failed to show Whiteside knew Folk was an officer at the time of the alleged bribe offer. A new information is ordered filed and a hearing set for Thursday at 7 o clock. The full Whiteside affidavit names W A Clark and associates in a wide conspiracy claim.
In an interview published by the New York Tribune on April 18 John Maguire proprietor of the Butte opera house asserts Senator Clark will resign within 48 hours. He says James A Murray will be appointed to fill Clark’s seat until next January and Governor Smith will then back Murray to run for the unexpired Clark term. He adds Smith aims for Carter’s seat, and Clark will join the Republicans next fall.
Washington reports the state department will demand performance on Turkish damages claims for American missionary property. After three ministers failed to secure payment, the U S stance shifts to dignified pressure, avoiding naval action or bombardment yet signaling firm insistence. The Turkish minister remains popular in Washington despite evolving negotiations.
The senate approved Mondell’s bill allowing Wyoming to relinquish state lands in Uintah county. It also grants claimants the right to select equal acreage elsewhere in the reservation. Edward Meade of Cheyenne was invited to lead special irrigation investigations in California.
The steamer Miles reached Victoria April 18 with 1,200 Japanese immigrants. Most are bound for the United States to work on the railways.
London reports heavy rains slowing British columns while Bloemfontein shipments surge reversing weeks of freight. Two thousand sick in field hospitals mainly dysentery and enteric fever. Recall of Buller and Warren seen as decided. Lord Roberts’ stance fuels debate over risks ofcontinuing command by deemed incompetent generals. Foreign volunteers join Transvaal with continental officers linked to a French soldier linked to Negrier.
London today discusses Lord Roberts critique of General Buller WarRen and Colonel Thornycroft. Papers echo Roberts praise and speculate on Buller’s resignation. St James Gazette assails Buller’s dispatch style and poor command. Globe notes indecision and confused execution in Buller’s record. A Warrenton dispatch reports Boers digging trenches as shells and Maxims are used.
From Maseru on April 17 Colonel Dalgety reports his besieged garrison at Wepener has 20 killed and 100 wounded. Boer losses are said to be high after a night assault on April 12. Dead soldiers lay unburied. Leaders clash over resumption of attack while cannon fire and sniping continue. The Caledon River rises, alarming Boers on both banks. Five Boer guns are believed disabled.
Cape Town reports Boer governments circulating a manifesto to Afrikanders urging unity in struggle. The message warns that fate of Afrikaner nation is at stake and calls for fighting shoulder to shoulder for liberty and country.
A Green wood report to the Spokesman Review says men claiming to be surveyors are moving onto agricultural lands north of the Colville Indian reservation at Chesaw ahead of the president's proclamation date, with actions described as encroaching on land.
Report notes 1 500 000 acres to be opened for settlement with Indians allotted under 100 000 acres and 500 000 acres deemed too rough. About 6 000 good claims are said to exist on the portion to be opened.
In Houston the Trans-Mississippi congress committee on resolutions works through over a hundred proposed measures with a goal to accept no more than 25. Today’s session saw several resolutions adopted including funding for the St. Louis fair and a cable from the U S to Hawaii and Manila. Leaders named Pitkin Gresham Prince Brooks Cannon as officers. Bates spoke against the ship subsidy while Whitemore urged immediate Nicaragua canal construction. The next meeting was set for Friday afternoon and the congress adjourned.
Eight Chinese suspects are jailed in Westminster for the murder of Steveston Chief of Police Alexander Main or aiding the crime. Chang Yee Chung confessed that Yip Leck ordered the assault, with another Chinese killer striking Main from behind with a mattock. Evidence includes a bloodstained mattock and knife and the brutal disposal of Main’s mutilated remains near a shack.
Tacoma April report shows 3500 Japanese landed in Puget Sound and British Columbia in April. Most cross into Canada or the United States, seeking work in canneries and railroads as tensions with Russia rise. The surge is expected to end soon once labor needs are met.
In a long Senate session the Alaskan civil code bill dominated debate as Stewart and Nelson defended mining claims of aliens at Cape Nome while Carter and Teller pressed for U S miners' priority. Teller denounced claim jumpers as blackmailers and thieves amid calls to modify the Hansbrough amendment. The Alaska debate paused with the bill laid aside and the chamber ending in executive session.
In Washington April 18 the naval appropriation debate under the five minute rule turned partisan as Grosvenor of Ohio and Williams of Mississippi traded barbs. The quarrel touched on the Puerto Rico tariff, and larger questions of executive discretion in emergency spending. The House moved slowly on the bill with amendments and points of order, including a failed move to strike a 500000 contingent fund for the navy. Continued on Page Five.
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