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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1901
Page
15
Governors from Montana Minnesota North Dakota Nebraska and Washington plan a Helena meeting on December 30 to consider actions on the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroad merger. Reports quote governors and aides outlining attendance and possible coordinated legal approaches.
A Helena dispatch reports Governor Van Sant of Minnesota plans a December conference of northwestern governors to discuss the Northern Securities railroad merger. Governor Toole welcomes the meeting set for December in his office with attorney generals expected to attend, and the event may be public.
Statement by Mr Hill explains why the Northern Securities Company organized. St Paul Minnesota December 31 President J J Will of the Great Northern and of continued on page fourteen
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports Frank G. Higgins and Arthur E. Higgins, Montana lieutenant governor and brother, were acquitted after a late trial in Missoula. Witnesses described a party after a bowling event and an alleged assault near Higgins avenue on Pine. The jury deliberated seven minutes before delivering a unanimous acquittal.
The British consul James Laidlaw appointed a court to investigate the abandonment of the bark Pin named off Gray's Harbor on December 1. The court concluded Captain Jamieson and the Screw were justified in leaving the vessel.
Fort Benton residents debate if the Tennessee arrestee is the Sandusky desperado Kid Curry. Oscar Johnson doubts Curry’s capture, noting lack of a gun and Curry’s quiet, respectful demeanor. Johnson recalls Curry’s nerve on a Harlem platform incident and says Curry later died in Missouri.
Russian minister M. Lessar and Chinese plenipotentiaries Prince Ching and Wang Wen Shao met formally in Pekin on December 21 as a first step toward the Manchurian treaty. They exchanged official calls and will begin treaty negotiations, after Li Hung Chang’s death had halted direct exchanges.
The morning issue of the Standard presents four sections including general and local Butte news, women’s clubs, editorials, social and theatrical items, sporting gossip, and special features. It notes a large eight-page fourth section with extended local illustration. Christmas music programs in Butte churches appear in the second section.
Washington December 31 1901 a sharp war department clash over the Sampson Schley controversy unfolds as Secretary Root and Lt General Miles exchange letters after Miles interview in Cincinnati and press reports. The president directs no further action unless required and roots stance calls the matter closed. Miles defends his views while lamenting personal attacks on a gallant officer.
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