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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1902
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard announces publication details for STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY. It notes daily and Sunday edition availability with subscription terms and posting information for mail handling and advance payment.
An old rate list outlines prices for 10 to 16 page editions at one cent, 20 to 32 pages at two cents, and 36 to 48 pages at three cents. It notes papers sent to Europe or other foreign countries require double those rates and directs inquiries to p's.
The Standard lists main and business office locations with telephone numbers and editorial room numbers. It notes branch offices in Butte Missoula and Great Falls and cites advertising rates by application plus a Washington Bureau at Post Building and an eastern office at 150 Nassau Street with W J Morton in charge.
The Standard is available at news stands in Chicago San Francisco Los Angeles Denver Salt Lake Spokane Seattle and Portland with locations listed. Address correspondence to ANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY Anaconda Montana for all general business letters.
Analyze 1890s Belgian agitation as supporters push to end plural voting. Reform demands include lowering the voting age to twenty one and granting each man a single vote. Foreign reports hint at liberal concessions amid current disturbances.
Senate interrogations recall testimony on brutal water torture used in Manila. A letter to the New York Evening Post recounts victims tied by thumbs and forced to drink multiple gallons of water while restrained, with soldiers and officers remarking on revulsion and fortitude of natives.
A sergeant recalls seeing 200 to 300 Filipinos subjected to the water cure, with as many as 20 in a day. Another source cites 80 cases, while an officer says he knows of the practice 200 times. The piece notes the unsettling calm with which many respond and the lone soldier's expressed pity for the Filipino victims.
The article surveys Pennsylvania GOP tensions with Governor Stone’s Quay machine, highlighting John P. Elkin’s fragile bid for governor amid machine support shifts. It also notes Democratic leadership doubts around Hill, rising peace prospects in South Africa, calls for full truth on Philippine atrocities, and various national and international political undercurrents.
The aviator says Americans show interest but no offers of prize money or exhibition funds. He notes the St Louis fair may lag, Edison doubts commercial value, and the cost and risk of New York flights dampen support. Despite optimism, Dumont must surpass past records to prove viability.
David B. Hill attended the annual Jefferson Club banquet in New York City, spoke on Jefferson’s democracy, urged harmony, and criticized the Roosevelt administration as lacking policy. The speech contrasted Jefferson’s constructive leadership with Hill’s confrontational stance toward Clevelandism and the Democratic era.
Washington April 18 The Colombian Canal protocol presented to Secretary Hay outlines a payment of 7 million dollars one year after ratifications, representing 14 years of rent at 500 thousand dollars yearly. After 14 years the annual price is to be set by mutual consent or by an arbitrator. A joint Colombia United States committee will manage canal belt affairs and mixed tribunals.
Representatives of northern transcontinental lines met with Robert H. Countiss of San Francisco and approved the new transcontinental tariffs. A publication will follow in a few days. The conference also settled Alaska and Hawaii rate questions not shown in earlier tariffs.
Special Dispatch to the Standard Missoula April 18 Officer Wilson arrested two women for walking the streets. Police are intent on stopping this business. The women refused to give their names. They will spend the night in jail.
Duty is reduced as reports from Melbourne Victoria on April 18 indicate actions within the federal house of representatives. The brief item notes a change in tariff or tax policy under discussion and potential legislative movement.
The day reduced the duty on imported machinery from 20 to 15 percent. The tariff bill passed the committee stage and awaits Senate action on April 23. It includes a provision suspending duties if evidence shows tariffs promote trusts and combinations.
A War Department order reassigns units due to incoming forces from the Philippines and Cuba and new artillery batteries. It details moves for the 24th and 21st infantry among Dakota and Montana posts, the 18th cavalry to Meade and Keogh, and dispatches Coast Artillery units to Alaska and San Francisco.
In San Francisco on April 18 a street carmen committee asked Superintendent Vining for shorter hours higher pay and abuse fixes. Vining refused to meet the committee but would hear individuals. With talks failing a strike by about 3000 workers could begin, affecting all but two street car lines.
Government officials reviewed Isthmian canal issues and immigration and customs matters, with notes on second-class mail. Talks touched on future postal ties with Cuba. The president endorsed an agreement with Cuba's president-elect to maintain the 2-cent postage rate and money order services.
London reports deny British involvement in Boer leaders going to Pretoria. Officials call the move spontaneous and a sign of desire for peaceful negotiations. The coming guidance to church leaders is expected to reflect this motive.
Counsel for E S Rathbone former director of posts in Cuba files a habeas corpus writ in Havana on April 18 asking the audiencia court to show cause why their client should not be admitted to bail during the appeal of his 10 year sentence and $95324 fine for postal fraud connections.
In Schenectady on April 18 the Molders' union members at the General Electric works quit in sympathy with metal polishers and screw makers on strike. About 200 machinists left in the afternoon and hundreds more employees joined as they went out.
The list for the £16,000,000 public loan was closed this morning after heavy oversubscription. The measure prevents market disruption and the locking up of a large sum of money.
A washout on the Santa Fe eight miles west of Bakersfield California damages thirteen freight cars but no fatalities are reported.
The cholera outbreak continues with 332 Manila cases and 26 Manila deaths by noon. Provincial totals reach 651 cases and 430 deaths.
London April 18 The chancellor Sir Michael Hicks Beach announced in the house of commons that no rebate of duty would be allowed on re exported flour made from imported wheat on which the new 3 pence per hundred weight duty had been paid.
Berlin reports the Cologne Gazette claims the Dutch states general may convene to establish a regency in Holland due to Queen Wilhelmina's illness. The move is described as probable in the dispatch.
In a tense session Speaker Henderson backed the chair against a sugar duty reduction bid. The Morris amendment to abolish the refined sugar differential passed 199 to 105 amid party cheers, with 64 Republicans joining Democrats. The bill moved to conference as Senate edits on the Chinese exclusion bill were rejected.
The senate opened consideration of a temporary form of government for the Philippine islands. Amendments were discussed and agreed to tentatively with no final action. Routine business included pension measures and a DC Union Station bill. A monument to Abraham Lincoln and a bond requirement for consular officers were approved.
Yohennele Joe elevates Saturdays in Butte with a focused sale of ready to wear garments for men women and children. Each piece claimed to combine quality common to fine garments with an extra emphasis on a perfect fit.
The piece promotes Polliwog as a girls shoe name long used in the East. It offers a one week discount on prices for sizes 6 to 8 1.00, 8 to 11 1.28, 11% to 2 1.52 with 20 cent off and a fifth off. Hanan’s and Perfection shoes are praised as unmatched and available at Connell's in Butte.
In this sale notice a store offers first class blue and wool sailor suits for boys sizes 3 to 8 at 3.95 and 5.50 value. Twenty wool suits for ages 2 to 16 at 3.95 with new spring styles. straw hats for boys. Free baseball or bat with $2.50 purchase in boys clothing. New spring waists shirts and neckwear also shown.
In the senate Rawlins offered a minority substitute calling for Philippine independence and a constitutional government after peace. Carmack proposed amendments banning slavery and opposing Philippine statehood. The Philippine bill was set aside while a $25,000 Utah fish hatchery bill passed, followed by 55 private pension measures and a brief executive session.
Major Octavus L Pruden assistant secretary to the president died this morning in Washington from heart failure aged 60. He held a confidential White House position for many years.
In Topeka on April 18 the federal court ruled for eastern bond holders against Kearney and Hartland. A $450,000 bond issue was approved to fund road work and to attract residents who could vote in the towns' favor. The county later tried to repudiate the debt.
In Margate last night Mrs. Vezin wife of American actor Hermann Vezin jumped from her bedroom window and died hours later. Her mind had been impaired since the death of her daughter.
The Society of Sons of the Revolution met in Washington for its triennial conclave. President Roosevelt greeted delegates at the White House at 9 30 am and they proceeded to Mt Vernon for a business meeting.
St. Petersburg April 18 Senator Von Plehew secretary of state for Finland is appointed minister of the interior succeeding the late M Spia guin who was assassinated on April 15.
Buell of Evans Snyder Buell denies a beef trust while citing Nebraska corn shortfalls and limited supply of prime cuts as drivers of modest price rises. Montana buyers John Wood and John Clay speak briefly. Robert Coburn Cattle Company buys 1500 two year old Oregon cattle from M K Parsons of Salt Lake, to be released on the Malta range in May, with further shipments in negotiation.
Lieut. John H. A. Day of the marine corps testifies at his court martial trial accusing Major Glenn of ordering executions of natives in Samar without trial. The proceedings adjourned to April 22 as Lt Cook faces similar charges in separate court martial.
Washington April 18. Reports claimed Speaker Henderson opposed the ship subsidy bill after Iowa senators opposed it. Those close to him say he has expressed no opinion and made no conclusion, awaiting committee action on the measure.
The Holland Submarine Boat company reports the British admiralty has accepted one of its torpedo boats for British service. The news is dated April 18 in New York.
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