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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1900
Page
6
Daily and Sunday rates listed for subscriptions with prices for various terms. Includes postage details for U S Canada and Mexico and annual, half year, quarter year, and monthly options.
The Standard Publishing Co lists main and branch offices in Anaconda Butte Missoula and Great Falls with advertising rate details on request. Washington Bureau is at 1415 Gst N W and newsstands in Chicago San Francisco Denver and Salt Lake are named with specific street addresses.
Anaconda Standard boasts a larger bona fide paid circulation than all other Montana daily papers combined for the six months ending June 30, 1500, 11,722, claiming superior Sunday and daily averages.
The article notes William Jennings Bryan plans a newspaper venture in Lincoln echoing Horace Greeley as a pioneering printer. It discusses Greeley's union ties and Bryan's potential to join the Typographical union, plus the financial challenges of a free coinage paper after 1896.
The article argues the Supreme Court may avoid settling the broader question of imperialism in the Porto Rico and Philippine cases. It notes Porto Rico has congressional legislation making it a permanent possession while the Philippines lack such action. It stresses rights of self-government and representation are at issue, and Congress has not declared a policy toward the islands.
The discussion weighs whether occupying islands for military ends creates American territory or requires permanent civil government. It contrasts presidential control with congressional action, referencing Porto Rico and Porto Mien cases as potential shapers of the constitutional issue. The Supreme Court may avoid ruling on military necessity while upholding civil governance limits.
In a critical editorial voice the piece attacks McKinley era policy and MacArthur's war decree in the Philippines, arguing the Taft commission fails amid a drawn long conflict. It likens the Philippine and South African wars, claims imperial powers will fund victory, and denounces the republic's course as a burning shame.
In Butte the public school staff gave a splendid hospitalities heavy reception to visiting teachers. The state institute sessions were described as a winning success with discussions of school work of concrete interest and profit to all attendees.
The report notes the Prince of Wales considering a visit to the United States to be the guest of the New York Yacht Club for the next America's Cup contest. It recalls his 1860 voyage at age nineteen, visiting Quebec, Montreal, Niagara, Detroit, New York, Washington, Boston and Portland, and a prairie hunting trip in Illinois.
The article recalls Artemus Ward's 1860 meeting with Prince Albert Edward in Canada and notes a later memoir chapter about the royal visit. Ward humorously portrays the prince as tired of pageantry, preferring quiet times, while reflecting on the era and Ward’s own passing in 1866 at Southampton and burial in Waterville, Maine.
A column describes Patrick Crowe as an ever-present figure in sightings and rumors across multiple locations. It praises Charles Cudahy for recovering his kidnapped son and critiques detective efforts, calling the resolve to act the essential response to the crime.
The Hartford Times notes imperialists claim they will abandon the Philippines if the Supreme Court decides, but argues ceding territory or severing it as an independent nation tests Congress the president and the Senate as treaty makers. It criticizes rushed purchase from Spain.
From London advices in the Indianapolis Sentinel indicate the British government will not venture to undertake new commitments. The report suggests cautious policy shifts amid ongoing international tensions affecting financial markets and diplomatic openings.
The piece argues Boer war costs will fall largely on South African gold mines to avoid weakening the British party backed by mining syndicates. It notes Dutch sentiment against the government and compares U S spending, noting huge appropriations in 1992 and public acceptance after prior waste concerns.
A Toledo Republicic analysis questions Hanna’s claims on lake trade growth without subsidies. Albury Argus notes farmer petitions for universal agricultural subsidies. Atlanta Journal critiques ship subsidies and broader interests. Louisville Courier-Journal argues about religious offense and Confucian preaching. St. Louis Republic discusses a push to expand imperial role and constitutional limits. A Michigan case on McKinley’s AG argues empire power.
The Rochester Herald reports Lord Kitchener calls for more troops. It is believed that with a regiment for every quarter section of Boer territory the war could end within a year.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal reports Grigees claim the country ceded to the United States is foreign and thus ungovernable. The piece contrasts with Omaha World-Herald notes on foreign nobles marrying American women for money and a fictional coin flip of fate.
The Springfield Republican notes a contrast between America's push for an open door for Chinese access abroad and stricter efforts at home to prevent Chinese entry. The article cites a current dispatch showing officials intensifying controls as foreign policy favors broader Chinese mobility while domestic policy tightens visa and entry restrictions.
The piece surveys short bios in the new congressional directory with Allan Langdon McDermott cited as the briefest, and Senator Depew as the longest. It notes Mrs. Long Stephens portrait at Jefferson City and Mrs. Stephens as first of wives hung there, plus brief notes on Mme Sarah Grand’s U.S. lecture debut and other cultural tidbits.
Special Dispatch reports the Wertin inquest begins as two witnesses, including Steve Mhelich, testify to threats and premeditation. The old man Jacob Wertin allegedly said he would hunt John Wertin and that they would not die a natural death. The hearing resumes tomorrow at 11 o clock.
The new Hotel Hamilton opened Christmas night in Hamilton replacing the burned frame hotel of August. Guests filled 47 rooms as music by the Hamilton band filled the brick two story house. Notable attendees included Miss Edna Borough, Albert a May, W. J. Kendall, Laura Williams, Elsie Strange, and many locals. The town marked the old century’s end with church events and a legislative contest hearing planned for Saturday. The old hotel register from August’s fire was reused, with the last two names being Barney Keenan and Thomas Welch, the men who perished in the blaze.
In a courtroom scene from Maggendorfer Blaetter, a prisoner quips he would like the pen used to sign the death decree as a souvenir, prompting a terse exchange with the judge about the impending sentence.
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