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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1901
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard lists advance payment rates for daily and Sunday editions, with varied durations and page counts. Rates show one cent to three cents and double abroad, with multiple office and distribution points across states and foreign inquiries directed to the Main Office in Anaconda.
Ad copy asserts The Anaconda Standard has a higher paid circulation than all Montana daily newspapers combined. It cites a six month period ending in 1901 with Daily and Sunday averages, noting Daily 11,872 and Sunday figures.
Montana editors report affidavits charging Judge Harney with illicit relations and drunken conduct linked to Heinze interests. The Standard notes the case tests the public’s faith in the judiciary and calls on Harney to respond promptly to serious accusations of official misconduct and social indecencies.
A British order directs dismounted officers to carry carbines instead of swords, reflecting lessons from the Boer War. The shift sidelines ceremonial finery once worn by officers, noted as making them easy targets and signaling war’s drift from romance to business.
The passage argues that modern war strips away chivalry and noble ideals. It contrasts feathered knights with khaki clad troops and notes gunpowder, bayonets, and swords yielding to scientific killing. It envisions a future where a button could annihilate armies, suggesting war’s end may come with mastery of nature.
Chicago science notes Professor Marienburger warns that growing orbital eccentricity could push Earth toward the Sun in summer and away in winter, risking uninhabitable conditions. He doubts an imminent conclusion and suggests delays while debates continue among local scientists. Some say the scientist is daft, noting contradictory seasonal distance trends.
Long meditation on Emperor William's mother and Victorian ties to Berlin's court traces England's influence, past gossip, and Bismarck era intrigues. The piece surveys McClure's reminiscences, Lincoln era peace talks, and a cascade of political and labor topics through a historian's lens.
The Washington Star warns that a train robbery near Chicago shows criminals expanding westward into populated areas. It urges better protection in locomotive cabs, tougher punishment, and swift trials to deter such armed highwaymen.
A Brooklyn Eagle essay argues against exaggerating fortunes like the Rockefellers. It defends wealth as contributing to taxes, industry, and philanthropy, while noting rich and poor share many experiences. It condemns attacks on wealth as dishonest, urging that reducing all to poverty would harm the republic.
Humorous and fragmentary notes mention Judge Dudley Du Bone among visiting Montanans in California. The column jokes about Admiral Dewey potentially escaping court-martial, Roosevelt's August Colorado visit, Kipling’s criticisms of the English army, and a jab at Mrs. Brackett versus Caesar’s wife.
The San Francisco Examiner suggests Charles Carnegie could organize purchases to let the poor buy coal, milk, flour and other essentials as cheaply as millionaires. It notes New York coal costs 86 or 7 a ton for Mr. Carnegie, while a poor East Side woman pays 25 or 8 a ton per pail.
The speaker argues for unfettered cross border trade between Canada and the United States. He asserts that removing barriers would mirror the success of interstate commerce, expanding volume and variety of goods and benefiting both nations. He describes a neglected field of commerce with immense potential.
The Dubuque Times notes Mr. Shelden complains Americans overspend on liquor tobacco ostrich feathers and kid gloves while underfunding missions. It contrasts Minister Wu and Sir Robert Hart who argue Americans spend too much to support missionaries in China, provoking offense and trouble.
The Baltimore Sun notes that even cautious magazines exaggerate European plotting against the United States while European statesmen contend with their own crises. The piece suggests Europe’s governing classes are kept busy domestically and not bent on crusading against America.
The Minneapolis Times notes the proposed German tariff will hurt most groups in Germany beyond landowners. It will raise living costs for mechanics laborers clerks and merchants as bread and meat already run high. The piece frames the tariff as a burden on the general populace rather than farmers alone.
A brief note cites The Washington Post and Lafayette Journal on anti trust and tariff reform. It argues one practical anti trust path is reforming the Dingley schedules to curb stock-watering and over capitalization tied to tariff protection. It warns steel magnates may exploit strikes to depress markets and later raise prices, harming workers.
Gen. John W. Noble plans to devote his remaining years to forestry irrigation and reclamation in the West. Italian premier Giuseppe Zanardelli is regarded as wise and patriotic in his first time in the top post. Hetty Green mimics her dog’s name to dodge callers seeking money. Louis Dorsey lies buried beneath airtight stone at Deepwood Nevada. Rev. Minot Savage warns against overwork urging dignified idleness. George Moore and Yeats criticize London centered literature. Americans flood London hotels with wealth. Maj. Donald Ross heads to Sierra Leone to combat malaria via mosquito control and petroleum attempts.
A Sofia dispatch to the Morning Leader says a battle occurred between Bulgarian bandits and Turkish troops near Adrianople. Thirty Turks were killed in the engagement.
A Stockholm dispatch reports the Swedish government is considering plans to install electricity throughout the entire railway network. The movement would modernize rail transport and may affect regional corridors and services.
Vienna reports tension as Turkish and Bulgarian forces clash amid cross border incidents. The searing border dispute prompts calls for restraint from regional leaders and signals potential escalation in southeastern Europe.
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