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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1908
Page
4
The Anaconda Standard lists STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY as publishers and proprietors. It states the paper is printed daily and entered at the Anaconda post office as second class mail matter.
Public notice details monthly and yearly subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, plus specific outlets and newsstands across major cities. It lists office contacts in Anaconda and branch offices in Missoula, with foreign and domestic advertising contacts and the Standard Publishing Company address.
The Sixtieth Congress begins its second session today under Roosevelt policy expectations. Republicans hold control while Democrats gain sixteen seats mainly from the Midwest, signaling a routine start with potential extraordinary session as Taft shifts power. The House may drift through winter with focus on speakership and tariff legislation.
The piece discusses a potential conflict between Michigan and Wisconsin over a boundary line in the new state constitution. It notes Michigan claims a northern Wisconsin strip, predicts lawyerly battles, and recalls past border disputes including Michigan's Toledo claim and later control of the Upper Peninsula. The article frames border warfare as a recurring consequence of crude surveys.
The text sketches historic boundary frictions among states and nations. It references Vermont's creation from New York and New Hampshire rivalry, the Mason Dixon line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, and long-standing US Canada disputes moving toward resolution, noting Alaska as a recovered territory.
The piece argues London editors favor cautious treatment of America’s retired presidents. It cites Theodore Roosevelt’s future in politics, suggesting Roosevelt could influence New York politics and potentially seek Depew’s senate seat, with others like Root as viable future senators.
The American Prison Association in Richmond Va. endorsed the view crime stems from mind and body disease. Dr Cook Maryland state prison urged prison physicians act before trial. Minnesota prison warden and Judge De Lacey echoed calls for medical input, noting cost concerns but signaling a shift toward medical oversight.
An Illinois jury failed to convict leaders of a multi day Springfield riot marked by murder arson and destruction. The failed verdict risks nullifying indictments against over a hundred riot participants and prompts critique of the legal process and juror bias.
A reflective line notes that no excuse can justify crime and that court disasters strike cities not far from Springfield, underscoring the pervasive impact of crime on communities and the judicial system.
The district court of Washington upholds compulsory school vaccination as constitutional and plans to appeal to the state supreme court. The decision allows parental opt outs to educate children privately at their own expense, noting penalties are not imposed on unvaccinated students in public schools. Opponents may seek repeal via legislative change.
Lady Randolph Churchill recalls meetings with emperors and rulers including Emperor William I Nasr-ed-Din of Persia and the Sultan of Johore. She describes court banquets, personal attentions, and lavish dining, noting peculiar tastes and arrangements.
Theodore Roosevelt critiques newspapers he accuses of falsehoods about a Panama scandal. He condemns what he calls yellow and purchased press, notes editors and writers do “mendacity” as a force for evil, and expresses trust in the American people to discard falsehoods. The letter ends with Roosevelt signing as William Dudley Foulke.
New York dispatch reports Mr. Laffan’s caustic reply declining a controversy with President Roosevelt. He notes Roosevelt’s past stand and accuses him of suppression and distortion in personal correspondence while acknowledging the implied compliment in the president’s taunts.
Delavan Smith of Cleveland on his way to New York says the president's Panama remark relies on a New York Sun report republished by Indianapolis News with credit to the source. He says the News editor not responsible for accuracy and that he offered Foulke space to publish the letters during the campaign, which he says Foulke did not use.
A student at Anderson's medical college served as a lamp lighter in a nearby town to fund his studies. He received only a small weekly sum and was refused a wage increase. After passing his final exams, he resigned as lamplighter to practice as a fully qualified doctor.
A playful Boston Transcript item lampoons Thanksgiving with a Ten nysonian verse about the turkey’s stately walk and looming fate. It pairs a Swinburnian fragment about doughnuts and pies with a Turkish punny exchange as Yurkeys tremble across the land.
The Missoula Elks held their annual memorial exercises at the Union opera house. The event drew a large audience and featured an eloquent memorial day address by H. L. Myers. The program included ceremonies, odes, invocations, solos by Mrs. T. A. Price and Miss Thula Toole, violin by Mrs. E. H. Moffatt, a memorial address by Henry L. Myers, and musical interludes.
In New York hotels guests once blew out gas flames after candles but now extinguish gas due to electric lighting. The habit persists, but the outcome remains the same.
Dr Price's Flavoring Extracts are superior in strength freshness and fineness of flavor to any extracts made in the world. Ladies of the best taste now use them and find them as represented. Those seeking a delicate natural flavor for cakes puddings or table delicacies will obtain it by using them.
The Livingston lodge at Elks held its annual memorial services at Hefferlin Theater this afternoon. A very impressive program was presented and the event was engaging throughout. Memorial address delivered by George W. Farr of Miles City.
AUSTIN December 1. Judge Ames B. Clark longtime UT proctor collapsed and died in the Auditorium Hotel during William J Bryan speech heart failure listed as the cause He was Harvard valedictorian in 1853 and had served the University of Texas for many years.
Reports from the Marianna mine of the Pittsburg Buffalo Coal company say the Nov. 28 explosion now lists eleven dead. Four bodies were recovered today and seven others were found, raising the death toll.
At Collayuenso mines in Iquique Chile a strike sparked clashes as police tried to disperse protesters. Troops were dispatched to relieve officers and several people were reported injured in the unrest.
Reports from Peking say Americans in the Yangtse territory feel indignant over the withdrawal of American gunboats sent to Manila with the Pacific fleet for target practice, leaving them without protection amid tensions.
The American consul general at Hankow William Martin asked the British representative to protect American interests at Nanking amid the recent insurrection.
Missoula Mont December 6 A special investigation into alleged irregularities at Fort Missoula has been concluded by Major Miller inspector general of the US Army for the Dakota department A report of findings will be sent to General Edgerly department commander at St Paul No information about the matters investigated will be released until department authorities act on the inspector's report
In Trenton on December 6 a report states Col. R. L. Taylor, who escaped night riders after Capt. Quentin Rankin’s hanging at Walnut Log on October 5, has been warned they will come to his home to abduct him dead or alive.
The steel freight steamer D. M. Clemson from Lorraine Ohio to Duluth, coal laden, is believed wrecked in last week’s gale on Lake Superior. Twenty two crew members are drowned and the vessel is a week overdue at Duluth.
Pinkerton detectives and local police traced alleged drug thefts from Denver and Seattle to San Francisco. Three men were jailed: George Saxsmith, A. E. Holt, and Martin L. Jones. Detectives recovered a large quantity of drugs and perfumes.
Harvard treasure seekers known as the Mayflower crew returned from Jamaica aboard the Admiral Dewey with no prize from the sunken galleon. Members include Stephen Neyes H L Corbett Buck Harrison and Roger Darby all class years ending 03 04 05. Hulls proved too deep for examination.
President elect Taft and Mrs Taft with Secretary Carpenter and staff depart Hot Springs Va after a week in Washington. Taft will travel to Augusta Ga for an extended sojourn and Carpenter will set up Taft offices in the Union Trust building in Washington before his departure.
Nathan Straus challenged Dr. Koch's assertion that tuberculosis in cows cannot pass to humans at a Judeans meeting in New York. Straus said he wrote to Koch asking for a retraction but received no reply from the German scientist.
Minneapolis December 6 announces that Dr. Cyrus Northrup will retire from the presidency of the University of Minnesota at the end of the current college year. His formal resignation will be presented to the regents tomorrow after years at the helm.
In a Chicago Tribune divorce case an attorney quips about the complaining witness temper as she replies that her irritable disposition comes from direct inheritance from her husband’s ancestors. The exchange ends with a wry remark about inheriting the husband himself.
Standard subscribers paying ten dollars for a year’s advance will choose from a range of valuable premiums including Christmas gift suitable items. Call or send for a list describing each premium.Standard offices in Butte Missoula and Anaconda.
The stock market sees strong and weak days as new securities absorb liquidity, with hundreds of millions issued and more to come. Refunding short term debt, high rates ease but liquidity remains, while foreign liquidation pressures gold outflows and export demand, signaling cautious recovery.
A commercial traveler recalls rescuing a drunk man from drowning in Atlantic City last summer. The rescuer, a strong swimmer, pulled the man to safety after he fell from a pier and yelled for help. The tale ends with the rescued man querying if the rescuer took a nickel from his vest pocket.
A New York Globe report describes a small drug store that specializes in veterinary prescriptions, mainly for horses. The proprietor says they sell more horse medicines than any other local drug store, serving nearby stables and animal hospitals, with human remedies available on request.
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