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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1902
Page
6
Publication notice for The Anaconda Standard states daily and Sunday editions mailed from Anaconda with subscription rates in advance. Rates shown include one year ten dollars and various shorter terms, with illegible remaining figures and dates.
Rates listed for 10 to 16 page editions at one cent, 20 to 32 page editions at six cents, and other pages at two cents. Europe mail costs double the domestic rates. inquiries at the Main Office in Anaconda Standard Block. The paper operates branches in Butte Missoula and Great Falls with advertising rates on application.
The notice lists bureau addresses including New York at 150 Nassau Street and Washington Street, and distribution points in New York City Chicago Minneapolis San Francisco Denver Salt Lake City Spokane Tacoma Seattle Portland. General correspondence to the Anaconda Montana office is requested.
A Washington bulletin notes the sudden illness of Thomas B. Reed, former speaker of the House. The robust Republican leader, aged sixty three, has long been a prominent figure in U.S. politics and his health concerns draw renewed public attention to his storied career.
Rumor avers Silver Bow county election results are under dispute after P. V. Khyan was initially shown as county clerk by 200 votes while a later canvass places John Weston as winner by 31. Officials report numerous counting errors raising calls for a full recount across precincts with close results for auditor surveyor treasurer attorney assessor and school superintendent.
The article argues that discarded ballots may flip several offices and recounts are needed to assess miscounts. It notes broad discrepancies between official and unofficial counts only for Weston, fusion candidate for county clerk, while other totals aligned. It questions uniformity among precinct judges and hints at curious reporting errors by the Standard’s counters.
The article traces Meo Barrett’s career from Portland Oregon where he edited a Democratic paper to his appointment as consul general to Siam by Cleveland. It notes his Manila work on Dewey and the Philippines and his advocacy for Asia trade, then mentions talk of Barrett filling the Japan vacancy after Minister Buch’s death.
President Roosevelt notes navy vacancies with no fresh plan. Park Benjamin argues the Naval Academy cannot meet demand and proposes recruiting from the Revenue Marine, civil-life graduates, Spanish-American War volunteers, naval militia, and enlisted ranks. He cautions about promotion from the ranks but urges action in the emergency.
The article argues that promotion from the ranks can work in the navy as it does in the army. It anticipates strong objections from Naval Academy graduates to Mr. Benjamin's ideas but contends that if the navy needs five hundred more officers and the academy cannot supply them, a clear conclusion follows.
Citizens and aldermen in Butte discuss a coal cheating concern with claims that some dealers deliver less than 2,000 pounds per ton. A public weighing ordinance is proposed to protect consumers and ensure honest weight for coal purchases amid short daylight hours and rapid December sunset changes.
Rev J J Curran Wilkesbarre Catholic clergyman testified on conditions faced by miners. He supported workers after the strike, argued for higher wages, and opposed boycotts and blacklists as the commission debated the proceedings. Chairman Grayere warned against overdoing the spectacle during the hearing. The session highlighted tensions between operators and labor amid the dispute.
Dec. 3 in New York reports Wayne MacVeagh indicating no settlement is likely in ongoing discussions.
A Boston Globe reprint argues that after age twenty befits a worker deserves support from society or the state. It cites Bismarck Chamberlain Krupp and Carnegie, notes European pension models, and praises compulsory annuities and civil service plans while warning against charity alone.
The Minneapolis Tem article warns that morphine addiction menaces society more stealthily than alcohol. Dr. Thomas Davison Crothers cites widespread abuse among professionals and educated individuals, urges stricter sale controls and public education, and notes religious arousal aids temperance efforts.
The text notes Mr. MacVeagh arriving from Scranton to the Waldorf-Astoria and stating there is no possibility of settling the strike outside the commission. He confirms there will be no conferences beyond clearing minor details, and the commission will continue its work. MacVeagh will go to Washington tomorrow on private business.
In Scranton Pennsylvania on December 5, reports say negotiations will lead to the sale of individual mine properties to large coal carrying companies. The sale is not immediate but expected soon as the solution preferred by both independents and majors. Independent mines are said to be worth about 159 million dollars and produce about thirty percent of coal output.
Thor B. W. Loring retired U S N. died today at his home in Oswego. He witnessed President Lincoln s assassination and was among the first to reach the stricken man and help carry him to the house where he died.
Ambassador Lemion and his family depart for Egypt for a holiday. He will travel via Brindisi Athens and Constantinople then up the Nile with his wife daughter and secretary William Woodward accompanying.
Special Officers Moran and Coombs are reassigned by the police committee pending investigation. Coombs faces an undue force claim from arresting two youths at a west side dance and Moran is off his beat.
Alderman John J. Brennan signed ball bonds for two men charged with manslaughter. They appeared this morning, were in custody briefly, and were released on bond.
Special Dispatch to the Standard says Lulai and Poe nulla Ruegtere were arrested at Branerd Minnesota on December 6 charged with murdering another Italian in Forsyth Montana. The sheriff of Forsyth arrived to take them back.
Havre Montana report says George T. Bourne elected state senator from Choteau County is en route home to Hill and reports progress with new business and dwelling construction.
Mr and Mrs John Keippernick travel to New London Wisconsin to attend the funeral of their youngest son Harold who died there on December 1. The eight year old boy had gone east a few days earlier with his brother to visit relatives.
A fire at Franklin MacVeagh’s residence on We Lake Shore drive caused about $16,000 in damage. Two maids jumped from a secondary window with serious injuries, and several others were nearly suffocated before firefighters rescued them.
Port Townsend Wash Dec. The schooner Polaris, which sailed from Everett for San Pedro on November 25, was towed in this morning with 11 feet of water in her hold. She was forced to jettison part of her deck load of lumber on December 3, about 40 miles outside Cape Flattery.
A bill introduced in the house authorizes the president and Texas officers to run and mark boundary lines between Oklahoma and New Mexico and the state of Texas.
Appleton Wis Dec 5 A jury found John G Holmes guilty of attempting to kill his stepsons George and Martin Walter on Feb 15 1902 He was sentenced to 19 years imprisonment at Waupun.
The Ohio Valley Stove Manufacturers' Association met in Columbus Ohio and decided to raise stove prices by five percent. The decision was announced December 4 and applies to all members.
A local retailer advertises a 25 percent discount on fur garments and half price on trimmed hats to clear stock. The copy highlights Monte Carlo coats, silk and cloth wraps, pattern hats, and expert corset fitting, with specials on dolls, infant outfits, kid gloves, lisle and silk hose, and Connell Perfection shoes.
Open tonight until 10 displays holiday neckwear muflters smoking jackets kerchiefs gloves and new overcoats from Start Schatiner Mars. Store boasts large stock and daily arrivals while insisting all clothing is made for them by Stem Bloch Co and Hart Schaffner & Marx.
Ambassador White and Mrs White depart Berlin for Alessio Italy after a farewell from a large group of friends. White serves as the United States ambassador to Italy and will conclude his post.
Fred A. Smith proprietor and Night Clerk E. C. Weber of the Lincoln hotel were arraigned this morning on the charge of being accessory to the smothering death of 14 men reported yesterday in Chicago.
The J B B Stuart Monument association votes for a bronze equestrian statue on a granite base in Richmond Virginia. The group led by Gen Fitzhugh Lee seeks 12 000 to 15 000 more dollars to complete funding for the project.
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