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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1908
Page
15
Naples on February 2 reports the opera Salome by Richard Strauss drew a full house after clergy warned against the immoral libretto and Oscar Wilde. Vatican prohibition was finally lifted, allowing Theater San Carlo to fill beyond capacity despite earlier threats.
Paris February 2 Henri Lemoine charged with obtaining money under false pretenses from Sir Julius Charles Wernher of De Beers Mining Company in an alleged diamond swindle told the examining magistrate he is innocent and that the gems shown by Wernher as sold to him were substitutes not those he manufactured He also announced plans to prosecute Wernher in English courts for swindling.
A New York Tribune review of Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott remarks at the People's Institute prompts a debate among East Side diners. An elderly man quips that the Irishman’s style wins, while comparing fanciful wishes of Austrians, Praguers, and Wiener to be other nationalities.
The Daughters of the American Revolution host a skating carnival this evening at the rink to raise funds for completing the memorial coping. The rink has been donated by manager Byrne for the event.
M. Robert Guggenheim, son of the American Smelting and Refining Company president, visited Butte for a few hours yesterday. He arrived from Helena at noon and departed at 4 PM for Salt Lake, dining at Thornton and meeting George H. Casey of the Butte sampling works. A 28 year old modest, businesslike figure, he serves on the executive committee of the ASRCo with New York headquarters.
A New York Times note tells of a London war office minister eager to perfect his duties. He questions a passersby about his hours, learns the man strolls in around noon and slips out at three, and discovers the man winds clocks every Saturday in a different department.
A western seer predicts a wartime clash with Japan this year while a Hast foreteller warns of global destruction. The conflicting prophecies spark a debate on whether to build more battleships or insure those already in service, highlighting leadership uncertainty and risk.
Special Correspondence notes Oscar Straus’s A Waltz Dream at Broadway theater as a big hit with Dream Waltz and Kiss Waltz. Adeline Genee stars in The Soul Kiss and Irene Wycherley features Viola Allen, edwin Arden and others, with strong chorus and lavish spectacle. Sothern reappears later at Lyric. Fanny Rice returns to vaudeville and plans for comic opera work, while Taylor’s Our American Cousin historic cast recalled.
Keefe's Lakeview Airedales Ballochmyle and Ballochmyde, bred in Montreal, excel at a Butte Kennel Club event and draw praise for police work as Pinch, an LA police dog, demonstrates keen scent and night tracking. The Woodcock, Keefe's lost dog, is revealed as its own brother.
The Spokane dispatch reports President How ard Elliott of the Northern Pacific rails expresses that interstate commerce commission powers have stalled railroad construction for seven years and urges curbing federal influence over corporate stock. He denies water in stock and cites Northern Pacific earnings at 4.23 percent, warning further development will halt under current commissions.
A skating carnival will be given by lution on Monday evening February 3 at the Holland rink. Admission is 15 cents. Sandwiches and coffee will be served at a nominal charge.
Arthur Pigg a cook at 72 East Park street is jailed on bond after a dawn confrontation with Chris Satre baker at the Standard bakery. Satre suffered a broken left leg leaping 15 feet from the back door during a dispute over oven heat with Pigg who allegedly warned of shooting. Police recovered the gun after Detective Murphy and Larkin arrested Pigg. Satre, Norwegian by origin, plans to prosecute.
Sullivan N Waugh quietly passed away Saturday at the age of 7 in Butte. He lived many years in the city where he left many friends, and death occurred at the family home 13 East Platinum Street. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon and was largely attended.
The Springfield Republican reviews how English papers consolidate and imitate American methods. It notes the Times under Pearson, the rise of the cheap halfpenny press led by Daily Mail and Express, and contrasts English conservatism and legal caution with American sensationalism and headline spectacle. It observes New York Times and Public Ledger links and general independence of New York dailies.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports a rate war begun by Atlantic steamship lines provokes backlash as many travelers cannot even afford steerage fares. The jab notes the timing as particularly harsh amid widespread travel hardship.
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