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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1905
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard with STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY as publishers and proprietors prints daily. It is entered at the Anaconda post office as second class mail matter.
Daily and Sunday subscriptions priced per month with special rates for six month advance payment. The notice lists eves at 1.00 and Sunday Standard at 2.00 with a central office in Anaconda and contact phones for main office 43 and editorial rooms 43.
The Standard Publishing Company details office branches and foreign advertising contacts in Butte Missoula and New York plus Chicago Nassau Street and Washington Street offices. It lists news stand locations in major cities including New York Chicago Minneapolis San Francisco Denver Salt Lake City Ogden Spokane Tacoma Seattle Portland and Kansas City with address specifics.
The Montana Elks rally opens today in Anaconda with large arrivals indicating a successful turnout. The gathering is expected to be lively with Elkdom spirit evident in town, colors on display, and a cordial welcome.
M Witte defends peacemaking pace saying he acts on his own responsibility. The public backs his stance though criticism notes still looming hurdles. Reimbursement issues with Lund and Sakhalin await settlement. failure may undo prior efforts. Witte is portrayed as a troubled yet determined statesman seeking decent terms to end a war Russia did not want.
On a Burlington area farm ceremonies marked the completion of the Ethan Allen memorial tower. The piece notes portraits of Allen are imaginative, as no life portrait exists, and recalls his earlier outlaw status and leadership in fights over land grants before joining forces with the continental army.
Allen, born 1737, was captured in Canada and sent to an English prison near Falmouth where he endured harsh conditions. Exchanged in 1778, he faced British bribery attempts to sway Vermont Canada union policy, but alerted American authorities and hindered Lake Champlain operations. He died in 1789 on the farm hosting yesterday’s commemorations marking Bennington’s anniversary.
The Portsmouth conference hosts face swarms of mosquitoes at the Wentworth Hotel as envoys from Japan Russia and Britain negotiate, with critics blending humor and concern over publicity and the pace of talks. The pest becomes an international sideshow in a tense diplomatic scene.
In Portland the annual Trans Mississipp i Congress discussed its trivial aims and a Panama canal focus. Shonts of the canal commission was slated as a featured figure. Delegates from New England and the East backed a memorial to create a cabinet level department of mines.
A St. Petersburg dated dispatch notes few in Portsmouth know progress of the peace conference and remain silent. It contrasts the push for openness by M Witte with the prevailing privacy policy. The article suggests substantial information about Portsmouth reaches the American public daily, while Russian and European publics see far more.
Miss Florence Rheet longtime household factor tum and social secretary to J. P. Morgan sailed for Europe for a well earned vacation. She has relieved Mrs. Morgan of much of the care of homes in New York West Point and London and holds carte blanche on expenses and staff decisions.
Nick Bielenberg wanders a valley choked by a smelter, lamenting ruined flora and foul air. A judge in a fast red auto visits the ranch, hearing the farmer’s tale and returning to court, pondering the sight of green amid the fumes.
United States lake Survey boat Hancock sank about two miles north of Grosse Point lightship in Lake St. Clair after a collision with the Binghamton bound for Buffalo. No lives were lost. officers and crew escaped in lifeboats. The 10 foot long, 12 year old vessel likely will be raised. Captain Charles L. Wilson commanded the Hancock.
Special dispatch from Great Falls reports that all Montana Central stations are open. Most striking operators have been reinstated after applying for their old jobs. J M Davis of the Great Northern arrived from Havre and said 9 percent of Montana stations are now open. Trainmen confirm the claim and note salary upgrades for station agents attracting reinstatements.
A Persian shah sends a vast hand woven carpet to King Edward VII. The piece, woven over nearly three years by many weavers, bears the king's name and is too large to display in the Persian legation. A companion gift to the queen includes a brooch of brilliants and turquoises.
An ancient artifact discussion notes that early peoples wore wigs to signify status and aid survival, reflecting cultural practices before written civilization. The text emphasizes the wig’s role in identity and practical use among early communities.
An English boy of 14 made a notable ascent of the Wetterhorn from Grindelwald while Christian Almer, famed Grindelwald guide, celebrated his golden wedding after a long life linked to the peak. Almer, who helped the mountain’s first ascent in 1854, planted a summit fir and regarded Wetterhorn as his own. The peak, now deemed a ladyes mountain, faced two tragic disasters in August 1902, underscoring its danger.
In a historical reminiscence two years past, John Hay humorously traced his mixed American upbringing across states and regions. Senator Elkins once quipped aboard a New Mexico car that a missing bureau left him with a burro. John Skelton Williams discusses Thomas Fortune Ryan’s suspected behavior and strong money focus.
Mme Rolland of Seneffe Belgium, born June 12, turns 104 and is widely regarded as the sole surviving witness of the Battle of Waterloo. She reportedly sat on a wall near the battlefield during part of the engagement and attended last year’s ceremony unveiling the French monument to Waterloo heroes.
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