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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1903
Page
18
The Anaconda Standard lists publishing details for daily and Sunday editions with subscription rates and office contact information. It notes Standard Block as the main office and provides telephone numbers for business and editorial rooms.
Readable fragments show street addresses for Butte East Broadway and Missoula West Main, with telephone numbers. Also mentions Great Falls Postoffice News Stand. No event or dates provided.
W J Morton manager foreign advertising notes The Standard can be found at multiple news stands across major cities including New York Chicago Minneapolis San Francisco Denver Salt Lake City Ogden Spokane Tacoma Seattle Portland and Kansas City The note also directs general business correspondence to Anaconda Montana.
The Maddox amendment faced resistance in the house amid fears it could clash with the constitution. After members refused to concur, Maddox withdrew the measure and the senate accepted. With tasks completed, an extraordinary session may adjourn today unless the governor disapproves any sent measures, prompting possible continued session to await executive action.
A debate over adopting a memorial to congress in an extraordinary session raises whether the legislature may act beyond the governor’s recommendations. Speaker White’s ruling as out of order is challenged as improper interpretation of constitutional limits. The piece notes possible lawful actions in absence of executive suggestion.
Morning dispatches indicate Colombia may attempt a military closure of the Panama route, with troops either marching or awaiting General Reyes’s Washington mission outcome. The president’s message suggests Reyes’s mission could foretell no good for Colombia, urging immediate action rather than delay.
The Standard argues that U S war and state departments will act swiftly about Panama independence, condemns prior connivance, and asserts General Reyes mission seals Colombia's loss of Panama and control of the canal.
The Miner and the Inter Mountain assess President Roosevelt in Montana, noting no clear Democratic challenger. They cite Roosevelt's western ties and his push for national irrigation as factors boosting his standing, while Zincing at past fits of silver support and the 1900 campaign.
The American Bankers Association reports ongoing, relentless pursuit of bank robbers and forgers. It notes yeggmen increasingly use high explosives, cooperation among banks and telegraphs aids detection, and average forgers receive four years and one month in prison.
The article describes John S. Brush as a veteran free hand-forger who led a small organized band caught in New York last January after uttering forged checks. His three confederates were convicted as well, with Brush receiving a five year sentence. Brush boasted that professional forgers were finished, while authorities note the band’s limited reach within the year. Other items touch on Panama’s independence, Montana politics, and satirical takes on congressional winter sessions.
Senator Heyburn files a petition with the Indian bureau calling for the removal of BE. T. McArthur, superintendent of Nez Perce Indians in Idaho. It cites rents deposit withdrawals to a Cul de Sac bank led by J. S. Martin, plus alleged liquor tolerance, temper, and coercion to send children to government schools.
Bune News reports B Hamery suffered a brutal assault Monday night and remained unconscious outdoors for much of the night. He is improving but still dazed and cannot clarify the events. A neighbor, Benjamin, was briefly suspected but later cleared. Deputies continue search for the assailants.
From the Chicago Chronicle scientists and travelers describe how living an exceptionally natural life sharpens the sense of smell. Dr Nansen recalls detecting Jackson by soap scent in Franz Josef land and a Peruvian Indian’s night-smell distinguishing white man from native. The piece explains taste versus smell, how aroma requires vapor, and that men generally have sharper smell than women with experiments by Nicholls and Browne showing extreme sensitivity to prussic acid.
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