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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1902
Page
3
The commission plans to urge acceptance of the French company’s offer to sell its holdings along the Panama route. The move aims to secure control of critical transit facilities and expand trade access.
The Isthmian canal commission issues a unanimous report favoring acceptance of the Panama Canal Company offer to sell its property to the United States for 40 million dollars. The president will send the report to Congress early next week. public details are withheld.
The Great Northern Northern Pacific and Soo Lines agreed to move the effective date of proposed new freight tariffs from February 1 to January 25. They say tariffs will be ready five days sooner than expected. Chicago lines joined, hinting at possible independent action.
The transcontinental freight bureau calls 17 lines to Portland on Feb 18 to examine over 1,000 questions. Discussion likely on overall rate reductions with major carriers such as Northern Pacific Great Northern Burlington Santa Fe Union Pacific among those represented. Some lines advocate joint action while the NP and GN reportedly lean unfavorably.
Salt Lake City Jan 18 The Oregon Short Line has granted a rate cut on flour for Oregon millers and the O R N on and after Jan 20 flour from all points east of Umatilla Junction to Utah points will be 40 cents same as wheat The change prompts varied opinions on its impact on Utah milling industry and commissions weighing effects
An old advertisement touts Seventy Seven or 77 as a panacea for colds coughs and throat issues. It claims the remedy prevents pneumonia strengthens lungs and stops colds at the start with a claim to be keeps you prepared in emergencies.
Topeka Kansas Jan 13 W A Nettleton of Kansas City has been appointed as the successor of George KR Henderson assistant superintendent of machinery for the Santa Fe.
Paris launches a campaign to stamp out milk adulteration blamed for infant deaths. The Matin forms a Citizens league for protecting humans and pursuing prosecutions, citing a night pickup of dirty stagnant water in Place de la Concorde. Leaders including President Loubet and others accept patronage.
Mrs Rebecca Yates also known as Eddy a Detroit clairvoyant was brought from Wheeling by a U S marshal and arraigned before United States Commissioner Graves on a 1897 indictment charging use of the mails in a scheme to defraud She waived examination and was held on 1000 bail The indictment says she corresponded with Mrs Cordelia L Common of Cleveland Ohio claiming spirits showed real estate and money in Detroit that legally belonged to Mrs Common and offered to secure the property and funds for her
The body of Kathe Brandt the German actress who died here recently was placed aboard the steamer Palatic bound for Hamburg. Albert Reiss of the Gra to Opera Company and to whom Miss Brandt was engaged to marry sailed with the body.
A blaze at 4 115 Ellis Avenue Chicago damaged the Last Rain seven story apartment house by about 75000 dollars. The structure housed several families who all escaped unharmed.
London reports a smart military wedding at St Margaret's church Westminster. The ceremony today featured a serviceman bridegroom and a formal display reflecting traditional regimental honors.
Dorothy Helyar, wife of Captain Godfred Henege, is connected through her mother to Lord Saville. A former Washington figure, she was recently presented a diamond and sapphire brooch by King Edward with an autograph note of good wishes.
Secretary Hay received a telegram from Mr. Buchanan confirming a complete understanding on arbitration at the Pan American congress. With the last hurdle removed, officials expect rapid progress toward final protocol signatures and adjournment within the month.
The census preliminary report on California manufacturing lists 17 582 establishments up 19 percent with capital of 205 395 025 up 49 percent and total wages of 47 425 947 up 25 percent. City by city figures report Los Angeles capital 11 748 828 and products 72 297 537. Oakland products 9 174 257. Sacramento capital 87 48 31 and products 11 7 5 621. San Francisco capital 80 103 367 and products 173 061 415. San Jose capital 3 409 517 and products 4 410 062.
Erastus Brainerd of Seattle invited President Roosevelt to visit Seattle and Puget Sound next summer. The president said he planned to visit the Pacific coast before his term ends but could not confirm a trip for next summer at that time.
A cyclone swept Las Palmas in the Canary Islands on January 18 causing extensive property damage and a shipwreck. Local authorities report significant disruption to port facilities and ongoing rescue operations.
The fragment notes an inquiry or offer related to acquiring a plan of purchase for Friar Lands. No clear parties, dates, or locations are readable. Further context is needed to identify the involved organizations or individuals and the transaction scope.
Secretary Root testified before the House Insular Affairs Committee that friar land holdings in the Philippines fueled tenant discontent and insurrection, urging government action to remove the chief causes of unrest. He estimated land value at five to seven and a half million dollars and warned that reentry of friars could provoke violence. The hearing also noted potential bills and adjournment actions.
Washington Jan 8 The House of Representatives met for under an hour with routine business. The urgency deficiency bill was reported by Mr Cannon and will be taken up next Monday. A Joy resolution to add two messengers was debated and adopted. The bill carries appropriations exceeding 16.0 million dollars.
Democratic senators on the Philippines tariff bill committee spent hours in consultation and agreed on core points. They favor eventual independence for the Filipinos while proposing free trade between the United States and the Philippine archipelago in the interim.
Representative Kahn of California introduced the bill agreed upon by Pacific coast interests. It was referred to the foreign affairs committee with hearings to begin next week and a speedy consideration urged in the house.
Washington January 18 The senate judiciary committee agreed to report favorably the nomination of Francis E Baker of Indiana to the circuit judge seat in the Seventeenth circuit The opposition to Judge Baker was withdrawn prior to the panel's action
The text discusses circumstances of the case with emphasis on the defendant’s father, a district judge in Indiana, and references the judge’s influence on the proceedings. The fragment notes ongoing legal context and the personal connection to the judiciary.
The committee approved the urgent deficiency appropriation bill and sent it to the House. It totals $16,701,445 to be distributed among departments, including $4,000,400 allocated for armor on ships under construction.
Washington January 18 The republican members of the house who had urged a caucus to examine war tax reductions have decided not to press the issue until the Ways and Means Committee finishes its review of the Cuban reciprocity question now before it.
Washington on January 1, Ludwig Max Goldberger of Berlin the Prussian royal privy councilor of commerce was received by the president and presented by Dr. von Holleben in a formal audience.
A delegation of sugar manufacturers from Michigan urged the president to oppose a proposed reduction in the Cuban sugar duty during a White House meeting.
Washington January 1 Senate committee on post offices authorized Senator Mason to report favorably a bill granting the franking privilege to Mrs McKinley.
Jan 18 special dispatch reports James White money order clerk at Kalispell post office taken to the post house with smallpox. He was sent home last night by his doctor and today developed a strong case. The post office was thoroughly fumigated.
W. B. Rodgers, U S district attorney for Montana, was elected president of the Montana State Bar Association on Tuesday night with no opposition. Judge Henry C. Smith was nominated but withdrawn after test laws indicated the outcome.
Fort Benton Montana January 18 special dispatch recalls J J Harris a major cattle owner narrowly escaping death at his Highwood ranch when an old saddle and spur spooked a sleepy horse. The animal bucked dragged him then circled the corral until Harris freed himself and later chased the horse with his spurs.
The census directors report urban growth in the North outpacing the South among large cities, with rapid small-town expansion in the South and strong rural increases. North leads in cities over 25,000, while the South shows rising population in smaller towns and rural areas.
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