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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1903
Page
12
The Anaconda Standard published daily and Sunday year round by Standard Publishing Company. It lists subscription rates in advance for various periods and provides office contact details including Main Office in Standard Block Anaconda and separate editorial and business numbers.
The piece lists branch offices in Butte and Great Falls with street and phone details, plus New York Chicago and other cities. It also names newsstands in major cities and directs general correspondence to The Standard Publishing Company in Anaconda Montana.
Butte prepares for visiting Elks from across Montana with a two to three day program featuring a parade a ball and minstrel show by Anaconda tonight. Tomorrow includes day sessions on business matters and a grand social event promising gala days with MTs best people participating.
The Indianola color line dispute with President Roosevelt shaped Mississippi politics. The upcoming governor is pro denial of opportunity to Black citizens, and Senator Money, known for sharp views on race, is set for re election after a streetcar knife incident over a five cent fare.
A New York Evening Post correspondent reports Manila scenes with American men and Filipino women in tenements near Tondo. He notes American debtors at Bilibid prison and a habit of Americans living in quick, casual relationships while holding civil positions.
The excerpt laments high living costs and rising crime among Americans in Manila five years after the 1898 surrender. It argues the wealthy exploit trust funds, while many arrests for misappropriation occur weekly, questioning what benefits the American conquest has yielded for the Philippines and its people.
The piece recalls Senator Morgan’s warning that the Colombia treaty may not be ratified and that Bogota may demand changes undoing the agreement. It notes Colombian discontent with Secretary Hay’s note and rumors of lobbying by old Washington interests, including Southern Pacific, shaping delays.
A historical reflection on Chicago's population claims from 1900 onward. The piece traces a shift from New York dominance to Chicago's boast of two, then three million residents, fueled by city directories and civic pride, amid census controversy and optimistic forecasts.
The piece argues that recent Wall Street activity reinforces confidence in economic strength and suggests the nation deserves congratulations for resilience. It frames financial experience as a measure of broader prosperity and stability for the country.
A heated debate on lynching dominates Chautauqua discussions with strong opinions and calls for restraint and justice. The fragment hints at public concern and differing viewpoints amid ongoing social tensions.
The writer speculates Roosevelt will secure the Republican nomination in 1904 while noting public opinion on Corbett, Miles, and race questions. Other items mention Minnie Healey mine, Elks ownership, and a playful jab about Borelli’s comet tail.
Yesterday reports from Wall Street noted activity as investors scouted bargains. Traders tracked shifting prices and volumes while analysts watched for signs of momentum in key sectors.
The speech frames the showdown as tall talk from Corbett versus Jeffries and argues practical limits to their clash. It notes the Turks and Bulgarians differences resemble a pot and kettle quarrel when measured by merit.
General Miles remains the focal point of the season’s bouquets while Corbett’s training detail floods the public eye and the Butte convention signals no prohibition plank for the Elks platform. Montana, though a summer resort, trails Los Angeles in baseball but leads the inland procession as summer’s backbone shows signs of strain. The Sultan’s possessions may soon be unsettled as Borelli’s comet is declared to have four tails, though the full comet’s form matters little to us.
Jean A Crone of Augusta Me plans to visit every state capital in three years six months covering over 21000 miles by foot. He pushes a wheelbarrow shaped troivette carrying gear and funds a wager of 10 pounds on the journey nearing Lansing Michigan after starting April 1.
The New York Tribune notes shrinking Shaker numbers with only 800 to 900 members across 15 settlements in eight states from Maine to Florida. It says the sect cannot rebuild until world events calm and whispers of religious revival. Ann Lee's Watervliet era is referenced as a peak for membership.
The Mt Lebanon Shaker settlement once housed about 600 believers in five families with mills and seed crops. Now four families total 120 members remain as mills close and seed sales drop due to imitators. Elders warn numbers may fall further until wider economic upheavals ease.
Bozeman Aug 12 Joe Huber was fined 1 for exhibiting a deadly weapon after a fight broke out. Ole Ole son and others tried to separate the men when Huber drew his gun but denied aiming at anyone. After counsel and Acting County Attorney T M Pierce, Huber pled guilty.
The final AAU committee meeting in St. Louis discussed foreign athletes competing without registration. Western association leaders John O Connor and H C Garneau agreed to register all foreign athletes free of charge if they present a declaration from their national governing body that they are amateurs eligible to compete.
Long Beach California August 12 Captain Harry E Smith of Detroit Michigan who had been a Riviera hotel guest since last November is missing with concern for his safety. He left on July 23 presumed to travel to Los Angeles and did not return. His trunks and clothes were left behind and his wife daughter of Judge Brewster of Michigan has been informed in Detroit. Captain Smith had health problems in Cuba and has been recuperating here.
Rev. Jayton Brooks demanded the return of his sermon manuscript from Joseph Goldman. Goldman holds the manuscript and faces a grand jury subpoena for September 14, fearing contempt of court if he returns it. Public figures Judge Hazell and Prosecuting Attorney Stone were criticized in the sermon delivered last Sunday night.
In Cleveland on August 12 three workers were crushed when a six ton bell toppled from the blast furnace stack of the Cleveland Furnace Co plant just completed at nearly one million dollars. They were inside the stack laying the last course of material when the bell fell 75 feet onto them.
Special Dispatch from Billings reports ranchman J Wryeoff who lived west of Billings for years died after several weeks of typhoid fever. Funeral services were held at the family home at 2 30 this afternoon conducted by Rev C B Miller of the Baptist church. Burial followed at Billings cemetery.
Bert Shepherd of Oskaloosa Iowa was arrested in Muscatine charged with killing Arthur Meade in West Liberty Iowa several months ago. He declares his innocence.
Washington reports discuss the Mexican dollar in the Philippine and foreign exchange markets as the Philippines prepares to issue a new currency. Officials consider import tax and coin redemption, with the War Department urging no interference with floating foreign coin and renewal of Spanish silver coin redemption following territorial cessions.
Charles McNeill of United States Reduction and Refining says Colorado City and Florence mills will close within 10 days due to the Cripple Creek strike. About 500 workers will be laid off with one third pay for six months. Canon City plants may stay open for nine months with remaining ore.
In Cynthiana Kentucky Judge James D Black opened the defense closing in the Jett and White trial. Attorney Frye will follow for the commonwealth before the jury retires the case.
Bozeman workers quit the water main extension to the fair grounds after a union call, forcing city authorities to ask the fair association to pause. President R D Steele arranged with the union laborers to resume at union scale, paid by the association. Today ten workers building for the People’s Electric Light Company also quit over hours, signaling broader labor tension.
High winds sweep Cuba with threat across all provinces. No major damage reported as of tonight. Land telegraph to Santiago restored after interruptions. Pinar Del Rio reports crop and small building destruction. West Indies cables intact except Jamaica Martinique Guadaloupe Dominica.
Special Dispatch reports Judge Frank Henry of Livingston returned from Red Lodge to preside. He convened the regular term and ordered a jury to appear next Monday. The murder trial of E B Etland for Edward Teasdale is slated for Monday morning. Etland is held in Yellowstone jail for safekeeping.
Gottlieb Stuckey will depart Bozeman tomorrow as a Montana department delegate to the annual national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in San Francisco.
Livingston August 12 The county commissioners fixed the county tax levy at 14.5 mills, 1.9 mills below last year. The city levy remains 11.5 mills, unchanged, while school district levies across the county range from one to 10 mills.
Baker City Oregon August 12 John Walker a pioneer of California Oregon and Idaho died today. He fought in every Northwest Indian campaign from 1836 to 1878 serving under General Howard against the Bannocks and Paiutes.
George Frank Ayres of Billings and Sarah Boren of Chestnut were granted a marriage license in Bozeman this morning, August 12.
An item notes ongoing efforts and past discussion on preventing color blindness, reflecting medical advances and public health interest. It references prior conversations and hints at continued progress and potential treatments or screenings.
The text argues that remnants of function in the blind can improve with education and exercise, potentially restoring vision and preventing color blindness. It notes color perception depends on early childhood training, cites higher color blindness in men than women, and suggests nonexercise causes higher risk.
New wood candy boxes from Sweden feature covered wooden buckets with hoops staves and hasps. Decorations by Swedish peasant women command high prices of four to seven dollars for two to three pound boxes. Designs depict orchard and field scenes, appearing bold yet modest on wood.
A wooden bar and pin fasten a small box resembling a housewife keyholder. It features back pegs for wall attachment and a hanger. The motto expresses order and tidiness with a love message framed in homely terms. Faynes motives include rhymed pledges to health pleasure dance and merriment for the season.
Hartford Times presents a wartime poem about a soldier’s cherished keepsake a small withered flower in a golden locket worn near the heart. The verse contrasts costly battlefield badges with the simple token that gives courage and solace, guiding faltering steps and quiet kisses.
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