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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1903
Page
4
Publication details for The Anaconda Standard published daily and Sunday. It lists ownership, mailing class, office addresses, and subscription rates for various periods. No news content is present beyond administrative contact information.
The Standard Publishing Company lists branch offices in Butte Missoula Great Falls and other cities with street addresses and phone numbers. It also notes newsstand locations in New York Chicago San Francisco Denver Salt Lake City Ogden Spokane Seattle Portland and Kansas City and directs all business correspondence to Anaconda Montana.
The second week of September marks the annual American Mining congress in Deadwood with festive preparations. Newspapers spotlight pushing a cabinet for mining, arguing for a new post. critics note many chosen insiders may never have seen a mine. Montana’s stance appears quiet in state press.
The piece argues against Root or Taft as Roosevelt’s running mate. It notes constitutional constraints men from the same state cannot hold president and vice president together, highlights Taft’s poor health and withdrawal from Philippine duties, and implies Taft cannot secure the vice presidency next year.
A disparaging View condemns Secretary Root for pressuring General Miles to retirement under the age limit. It accuses Root of distancing from Miles and siding with rival political elements, calling the formal dismissal unworthy and unmanly despite Miles’ prior service.
The passage extols a soldier who served with distinction in the Civil War and later, arguing Secretary Root owes him official courtesy for a career marked by valor and high achievement. It portrays Root as a potential top-lofty leader capable of honoring such service.
The public, in both nations, accepts Sir Thomas Lipton's view that England trails America in yacht design, while his skipper and crew are judged as capable as the Americans. With a probable formality remaining, Lipton's experience suggests defeat is likely regardless of wind.
London reports Basle congress hears Britain may grant Jews a tract in East Africa with autonomy under suzerainty. Critics doubt acceptance, noting risks for Jews in Russia Romania England and the US. Congress dispatches eleven hundred delegates will survey the land in South Africa.
The Citizens Mutual Alliance of Chicago claims success in suppressing yellow literature and brass knuckles sales. Its aggressive attorney led to twenty bookstores dropping books deemed pernicious for boys amid a broader campaign against fiction of this type.
In a letter to the London Times the Duke of Wellington cites British recruit data from 1900 to 1902 detailing average height of 5 feet 54 inches, weight 124.4 pounds, hospital admissions per 1000 665.1, sickness absence per 1000 4.85, death rate per 1000 6.62, and rejection rates rising from 27.4 to 29.04 and 33.22. Germany’s latest published figure from 1887 shows a 16.5 percent rejection rate among conscripts.
Women sue for a miner boy claimed as Rouss’s son and win 115000 dollars while a new suit by Charles H. B. Rouss’s widow joins the orbit of claims. The sprawling estate is described as highly involved and likely to trim the original legatees significantly.
M de Witte, now the empire's top finance official, rose from railway work to government director of railways and minister of finance about eleven years ago. He is described as a simple, unostentatious yet impressive figure, tall at 6 feet 1 inch with a strong, muscular build and a high forehead.
Canon Cattley recalled Gladstone keeping a rule of the Gloucester cathedral in spirit as well as letter. During a tour led by a cultured verger named Cross, the statesman was pleased and offered a half sovereign tip. The verger declined the gift as against the rules, but Gladstone dropped the coin on the floor saying the rules would not stop him from picking it up, and the verger did so.
The article contrasts Delmonico banquets and the cost of cigars, noting cigars at 81 apiece and plats at high prices for notable events. It observes the example of a Cyrus Field dinner after the Atlantic cable and questions the total cost of a dinner with cigars priced at four dollars each.
Washington reports Admiral Cotton will lead the cruisers Brooklyn and San Francisco to Beirut as the European squadron moves toward the Turkish seaport. Secretary Hay has not heard from our Turkey minister since yesterday morning, and Chekib Bey remains in uncertainty about American naval presence.
The report notes cigars made in Havana arriving in New York. Francisco E. Fonseca, a Palma friend born near Palma’s Cuba home, received one recently. The cigar measures 16 inches long and 1.25 inches at midsection, wrapped in imported Japanese rice paper and placed in a decorated box. It is claimed the tobacco is grown on a single Cuban plantation and the duty is 68 vents per cigar.
The article argues farming can pay but depends on temperament and skill. It contrasts farming with other industries, notes the West's impact on farming life, and describes a shift to farming by earning. It emphasizes home life as part of farming and predicts a changed outlook for future generations.
Constantinople Aug 30 The United States Minister Leishman reported the life attack on Vice Consul Magerssen prompting Beirut authorities to intensify efforts to identify and capture the perpetrator.
The Turkish embassy in London says press reports of Vice Consul Magelssen's murder at Beirut are absolutely false.
London news desk reports a Beirut incident may have been a wedding party celebration with fireworks not aimed at the United States vice consul Mr. Magelssen, according to a Times correspondent.
The piece argues that nature sympathy enriches country living and improves farming methods. It asserts many farmers do profit, estimating an 80 acre general farm at 4,000 to 8,000 dollars investment with about 800 dollars net income at 10 percent, though daily living costs exceed this.
Humorous exchange shows a boy facing a prank as Mrs Suburb jokes about sharpening knives and a craftsman delivering blunt tools. The dialogue highlights family banter and a cheeky plan to confront a local boy who might run away when she appears.
A richly imagined meditation on spring after a storm. Darkling skies clear to reveal tremulous leaves and new growth as flowers rise from damp earth. Pools reflect heavenward longing. birds, insects, and clayside life awaken while incense mists rise from green earth altars.
The Pall Mall Gazette lyric depicts earth as a radiant bride of summer with corn silks, poppies, emerald trees, honeysuckle garlands, and roses. It paints a lush image of nature’s vigor and joy as summer replaces spring in vivid, personified terms.
Admiral George Melville retires as engineer in chief of the United States Navy. He joined the engineer corps soon after the Civil War began and served on the Dakotah and the Massachusetts. He risked his life to ram the Confederate Florida, staying below with one fireman as the two ships collided. The Florida sank and no one on the Massachusetts was hurt. He later served under Admiral Porter and participated in Arctic explorations including leading a rescue for the De Long expedition.
The article says Gen Luke E Wright, Taft's chosen successor in the Philippines, is a Democrat and southerner likely to continue Taft policies. Wright is praised by the press for supporting administration measures and for politics being set aside in the governor selection. Some Republicans may oppose a Democrat, but the overall reaction is favorable.
Nina Farrington known as Mrs. N K Ferris will defend herself as corespondent in the divorce suit brought by Mrs. Hugo R. Johnstone. Her lawyer cites a new statute protecting a woman’s name until separate trial. Mr. and Mrs. Johnstone married in New York on Oct. 18, 1898. they have two children. The case will be heard in the New York Supreme Court soon.
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