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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1903
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard lists publishing company details and subscription options with rates for daily and Sunday editions. It notes daily Sunday packages, advance payment, and varying terms for different timeframes.
Rates list for 30 to 16 page editions cost one cent, 90 to 32 page editions two cents, and 90 to 48 page editions three cents. Europe delivery doubles the above, with foreign inquiries at the Main Office in Standard Block Anaconda.
The Standard states branch offices at Butte Missoula and Great Falls will furnish advertising rates on application.
Washington Bureau No 41 Post Building eastern offices listed with contact in Chicago New York City Boston and other locations The Standard is available at multiple newsstands including New York Chicago Minneapolis San Francisco Denver Salt Lake City Seattle and Portland delivery points and address for correspondence provided.
Watson E Gaily circulator of the Anaconda Standard declares the paper’s paid circulation for 1902 at 4 080 478 copies, an average 11 204 daily and 14 007 on Sundays. Sworn January 1903 before Notary F W Peckover.
Suffrage supporters boasted of swift action in Montana but the Senate sent the amendment to a committee with an adverse report. The lieutenant governor broke a tie to dispose of the measure for now, leaving a rocky path for female suffrage in the state legislature and hinting at battles in future sessions.
The editorial notes a vacancy on the U S Supreme Court and predicts Judge Day, an Ohio native and son of a former Ohio supreme bench attorney, may be chosen after Governor Taft declines the post to remain in the Philippines. It recalls Day's service as assistant secretary of state under John Sherman and ties to McKinley era figures.
The narrative details a power struggle where Hanna pressed for Senate entry, forcing Sherman to the secretary of state post. Sherman’s frailty led to Judge Day handling state duties, with Day later becoming secretary of state and then head of the American peace commission in Paris. In 1899 Day joined the U.S. Court of Appeals, aged about 54.
The piece notes President Roosevelt may have discouraged Smoot’s senate bid but Utah Republicans still back Reed Smoot. It recalls Arthur's 1880 meddling and Cleveland's 1884 landslide to argue presidential intervention can shape state races, while describing Smoot as well liked in Utah business circles and a one wife Mormon.
Senator Mason of Illinois fails to win renomination as Republicans nominate Hopkins for the federal senate seat. Mason had sought another term and campaigned amid party opposition, but the state convention favored Hopkins and Mason withdrew from contest.
The passage discusses Senator Spooner declining pledges proposed by La Follette and suggests that despite Governor's pressure Spooner will be reelected. It asserts Spooner is an excellent choice for senate service and notes the political dynamics of the era.
A sprawling tale reports Andre Giron and Saxony's crown princess planning dual poems to spill secrets about elopement and throne loss. The couple promises a volume with love poems plus other verses, while Giron hints at journalism and irony as career paths if profits falter.
The Wisconsin Republican effort to unseat Senator Spooner faced broad opposition across parties. Governor La Follette led hostile elements within the state party aiming to push Spooner out, with public indignation across the nation and from diverse political voices.
At a Utah Republican caucus Reed Smoot of Provo was chosen as the party nominee for United States senator to succeed Joseph Rawlings. Smoot led with 35 votes on the single ballot, others withdrew and the choice became unanimous. Smoot, born January 1862 in Salt Lake City, has served as a Mormon apostles council member since 1898 and has strong church ties. He is wealthy, married with five children, and is a non polygamist.
The passage notes use of the capitol building for skating carnival and hints at Montana resources shaping political dynamics. It mentions Lieutenant Governor Higgins facing opposition from the ladies’ vote and remarks on treasonous possibilities in Helena this winter.
A note suggests an experiment where a member might introduce a legal option bill for women's suffrage. The fragment implies legislative consideration without detailing dates or sponsors.
The clerk notes the senate chaplain should stay on the straight path of invoking divine blessing on the proceedings rather than stray into garbled rhetoric.
The piece notes Moroco’s throne wrenched by a pretender sultan. It observes Saxony’s crown prince and princess as two, leading to divorce. It casts Senator Smoot as a lasting Republican thorn in the Senate for at least six years.
Professor C A L Totten, former Yale military instructor, answers a New Yorker about 1905. He argues 13 is prominent in American heraldry and history, citing the 13 letters in Pluribus Unum, 13 repetitions on the Great Seal, and a baker's dozen as good luck, linking biblical and national symbolism.
Gwilym Miles, a young Welsh bass baritone based in New York, built early fame after being discovered while singing in a Pittsburg iron factory. Reportedly heard by several people who took interest in his talent.
He was taken to New York and placed with top instructors. His voice grew into a rich bass baritone with a remarkable range and pure clear, sweet notes. Though small in stature, he is broad and muscular with excellent chest development.
A visiting Englishman cited by the New York Sun says successful male writers here are impeccably groomed, breaking tradition, while literature seems to ruin the clothes of American women writers. An American woman of letters counters that literature cannot worsen fashion for the average English woman.
The oldest engine in active NP service reached the west coast ahead of the roadbed, was shipped around Cape Horn, and served in construction. Now it functions as a weed burner in fertile division areas, towing a flat car with an oil contrivance to burn weeds along the right of way and prevent potential fires threatening meadows and crops.
The late Baron de Hirsch recalled a dinner with a fierce anti-Semite German prince who boasted of Turkish customs that Jews and dows are killed. The baron replied, We don’t live there, highlighting the contrast between prejudice and safety.
Four wealthy Pennsylvania congressmen Adams Morrell Burk and Foerderer are charged with organizing a joint secretaries trust. Labor unions in Philadelphia claim the four pooled their issues and shared one secretary instead of four. Each representative receives $1.20 annually for secretary hire, allowing the group to divide $3,400 among them under the trust plan.
A goat consumed 449 plants and refused 126 from 575 offered. In contrast a pig ate 72 of 243 servings, showing goats more willing to digest a wider plant variety than pigs.
American author Mark Twain pledges to give his skull to Cornell University for study to aid education and future generations. The remark echoes the famous dare to science and literature as a symbolic bid for learning.
Mr Clem ens jokes about aging and future use of his skull as he discusses the topic. He says he will pay rent if he should need the skull after next Christmas and declines to name a rental value for the item.
Mrs. Isaac FE Emerson of Baltimore orders a private rail road car and will be the first woman owner. Her yachtman husband gifts her the car at Christmas as it is built. She plans to entertain friends on long tours across the country once complete.
Carl J. Schmidt of Browning and Miss Clara Hunsberger of Fort Benton wed recently in Browning via Rev. PF E Riegin. Hunsberger, daughter of John Hunsberger Sr., once proprietor of Overland Hotel and long-time Choteau county treasurer, was born and educated in Fort Benton. Schmidt, son of “Uncle Jake” Schmidt, a Choteau merchant now stockman on Cutbank Creek. Alice Burd served as bridesmaid and Morse attended the groom.
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