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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1902
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard announces publication details and advertising rates. It lists daily and Sunday subscription prices, postage guidelines, and rate schedules for various page editions. The notice notes branch offices in Butte, Missoula, and Great Falls and lists eastern bureaus with contact addresses.
The news points to the retirement of Secretary of the Navy Long after a term spanning the Spanish War era. Roosevelt clashed with Long, and Dewey and Schley earned glory without Long’s backing. Charles N. Allen is named as possible successor, having served as Roosevelt’s assistant and later governor of Puerto Rico.
East clergymen protest a proposed large navy rise citing a six dollar per family burden and that half the funds could fund 5000 training schools at ten thousand dollars each. They warn vast war machinery harms American institutions and notes Europe’s militarism hurts industry and trade.
A critique warns the United States stands near bankruptcy and peril, urging a courageous retreat to protect free institutions. The author argues peace yields greater happiness despite prosaic methods, urging prudent, decisive action over current paths.
Washington sources predict Congress will favor the Nicaragua canal bill and pass it swiftly. They see Panama figures as a delaying tactic tied to Huntington interests and unfavorable terms, with Panama offers now unlikely to prevail in the Senate.
A veteran diplomat and orator, John Barrett, left the City of Mexico convention amid fears of international friction. The episode is seen as a rebuke by the United States, though the Pan-American congress proceeds and appears unharmed. Barrett had long challenged imperialist rhetoric and had aligned with leaders like Dewey, Lodge, and Roosevelt.
The piece portrays Boas Croker seeking smaller prey after losing influence in New York politics. A vacancy in Congress sparks a Belmont bid, while Croker’s Indiana health retreat shows dwindling clout and lack of Democratic support for his plans to oppose trusts.
The piece discusses Taft commission findings on slavery in the Sulu archipelago, differing views on abolition, and parallels to U S history. It cites Col Jasper Morrison on slavery methods, quotes constitutional limits, and weaves in contemporaries such as Shaw Roosevelt Hanna and forces in Ohio politics amid a broad array of political anecdotes and remarks.
The speaker ridicules Croker as dishonest and focused on attacking David B. Hill. The public loses interest as Croker pursues imagined feuds, unable to grasp Hill’s diminishing influence or the futility of his campaign.
The Parisian Ensign Diraison, who wrote a rovel fibeling the French nave, is court martialed and emerges as a dramatist. Americans hope the Diraison Maclay analogy stops short of producing plays by the troducer of Schley. Congressmen greet the president’s message with “Let's irrigate.”
The Washington Times notes the president’s official family will stay intact long enough to meet around the Yule log as the season unfolds.
In the Pittsburg Gazette a notice notes a flurry of activity around Mr. Hanna in Ohio. The piece reflects a rare moment when someone is not involved in taking actions against him.
The Boston Globe reports General Chaffee’s harsh assessment of Filipino people, describing his opinion as unflattering and sharply critical. The remarks reflect wartime attitudes and provoke reader reaction.
The Detroit Tribune notes ongoing cabinet trickery continues to amuse Sweil as the item draws reader curiosity.
In the Cincinnati Enquirer the general’s views on Secretary Long Secretary Root and President Roosevelt are noted as intriguing but still sealed.
A scattered set of brief items includes 1x-Congressman Stallings of Alabama avoiding a return to politics, Seth Low supporting anti-Tammany efforts, and John C. Sheehan guiding New York democracy. Other passages describe Capt. Urquhart’s sea life, memoirs about Crispi and Baratteri, Lyman Abbott on faith, Pueblo nurse Seicher Atsye, Senator Proctor’s Vermont town empire, London's aristocrats turning to trade, and Maxime Gorki’s early life and trials.
The Atlanta Constitution excerpt recalls a weary worker soothed by his little daughter's bright blue eyes and her love, promising solace as winter storms pass and the world brightens with hope. He cherishes the child who loves him a million or two, a beacon amid hardship.
The Omaha World-Herald reports that evidence accumulates showing General Chaffee using language in official reports that suggests bias and insubordination to objective facts. The piece notes concern over similar habits among certain judges and officials.
In Memphis, Clay Evanshow, owner of a zinc mire, notes that pension changes will not affect him much. He remarks the pension issue remains largely irrelevant to his current operation.
A fragment notes that Mr. Foraker is not stubborn and mentions a demand in 19 percent or 1.4 nomination of an Ohio man. It suggests he will not hold out for his first choice.
Venus Vraneit Li notes the expedition to Persia by the German government as Major General Sir Robert Murdoch Smith travels between Telriz and Teheran with the German mission.
Washington Post notes the spectacle of Hon. John BD Long sharply rebuking Admiral Dewey and reports the scene as highly amusing to the American public.
Pittsburg Dispatch reports Maclay will not resign and urges immediate action. Officials say there should be no unnecessary delay before pursuing the next step in the matter.
The piece lists diverse items from Rev. John Herr owning the oldest Bible in the U S, printed in 1553, to Prof Harry Thurston Peck offering a unique Latin versification course at Columbia. It also notes Gilbert rehearsing Iolanthe in London and Jacob Cantor becoming New York mayor, with Cassius M Clay living near Richmond Georgia and Helen M Gould expanding Woodycrest for crippled children.
A solitary European woman in Persia rode ahead of her caravan and challenged a group of scientists heading to Ispahan to observe Venus. Her wit and calm mastery of the ride astonished the Germans who realized too late she had outpaced them and waved them off with a parting remark about their mission.
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