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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1903
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard shows daily and Sunday subscription prices in advance. Rates include one year for 10 dollars, six months for 5 dollars, three months for 3 dollars, and one month for 1 dollar with a Sunday option also available.
Rates listed for various edition sizes from one to three cents with doubles for overseas orders. Inquiries directed to the Main Office in Standard Block Anaconda. Branch offices in Butte Missoula and Great Falls provide advertising rate information on request.
Eastern offices reach 1M Nassau Street Chicago 87 Washington Street with Morton in charge The Standard directs readers to several newsstands nationwide including New York City Jonae & Co theater ticket office Astor House New York City Brentano's Union Square Chicago Audiorum Annex Minneapolis R G Hearsey & Co 2% Third Street South San Francisco Palace Hotel Denver and 6 Seventeenth Street Salt Lake City 51 West Second South Salt Lake City Spokane 1% North Howard Avenue Tacoma 93 Pacific Avenue Beattie 0 Pike Street Portland Portland Hotel Mail to Anaconda Mont.
Watson E. Gaily as circulator declares the Anaconda Standard had a paid circulation of 4,080,478 copies in 1902, an average 11,204 daily, and a Sunday average of 14,007. Sworn before Notary Public W. Peckover in January 1903.
The Montana legislature begins impeachment proceedings against District Judge Harney of Silver Bow County over bribery affidavits involving attorney A J Shores. The Standard urges full inquiry, noting constitutional procedures and the need to reveal truth, with a decisive lower house vote supporting the course.
The speaker urges a candid inquiry by the state senate into Judge Harney's court, calling the affair a stench under the public nose. He insists the truth must be found so righteous conclusions can be reached and the people learn whether the court is corrupt.
A former Montana editor Lemuel Quigg is mentioned in a Washington dispatch amid allegations about politicians and bribery involving a torpedo-boat vote. Congress member Lessler testified about a potential five thousand dollar offer, while Quigg has not commented.
The Montana legislature faces a Silver Bow county seat contest tied to alleged election-precinct frauds. Contestants sought a hearing after refusals by local authorities, arguing they were within rights to request inquiry. The outcome remains uncertain, though the higher tribunal route was pursued.
A correspondent complains the Standard handles gambling with insincerity. The paper notes no imminent crusade by law officers against pool rooms and gambling. It suggests voters would face a choice between licensed gambling and graft if asked today.
A collage of notes on Montana politics and national issues. Mentions crusades against gambling, Bible reading in Kansas and New York schools, courtship humor, and legislative tensions. Includes remarks on figures like Butter, Tom Carter, Heinze, and Arthur Lynch amid broader world and domestic concerns.
The passage hints at a pursuit of answers by assembling several works to parse Max's extensive matrimony treatise. It implies researchers weigh pieces to reach a conclusion about unions and alliances.
Col Arthur Lynch faces execution for treason unless commuted to imprisonment. A former war correspondent to South Africa he joined the Boers and led the second Irish corps. He won a Galway seat in 1901 and was arrested in England on June 11.
London January 23 Col Arthur Lynch member of Parliament for Galway is found guilty of high treason for joining the Boer army. The lord chief justice notes wartime naturalization offers no excuse. Jury returns verdict of death. sentence likely commuted to imprisonment. Lynch remains composed as his wife sees him and counsel discuss future steps.
A parade of quips and anecdotes from Congress includes talk of a future Montana senator Tom Carter, remarks by Shattue of Ohio, Jewish appreciation notes to Secretary Hay, and tales of long speeches by Senator Nelson. Curiosities about Holmes and Griswold, plus a parade of mispronunciations and naturalization quips, fill the record.
A Boston Journal poem narrator recalls a boy who rides a pony with a cart past their house. The speaker envies the pony and cart until learning the boy’s legs are withered, leading to gratitude that the boy has the pony, not the speaker.
London papers on January 24 expect Colonel Lynch’s sentence to be commuted. They urge a punishment that acts as a deterrent without making Lynch a martyr.
Joseph Devlin of North Kilkenny informs about Colonel Lynch of Galway being convicted and sentenced. Devlin cites England's past treatment of those she failed to conquer as indicative of future actions.
The passage warns that a conviction of high treason for Colonel Lynch’s Boer sympathy would imply similar views among all his parliamentary colleagues, suggesting they would follow him if a chance arose. It frames collective political risk and implied solidarity among MPs.
Syracuse report notes James J. Dolan national president will issue a circular urging Hibernians in the United States and Canada to hold indignation meetings. The goal is to protest Col. Arthur Lynch's condemnation and reaffirm Irish nationality principles.
Cincinnati reports the death of Col Philip Deitsch longtime police superintendent born in Bavaria on Oct 27 1840. He emigrated to the United States as a youth, served in the regular army, reenlisted in 1861 with the Army of the Potomac, and joined Cincinnati police thereafter for most of his life.
J L Brandies head of J L Brandies & Sons and a leading Omaha merchant died at his home from Brights disease. He had been a prominent merchant and capitalist for 20 years.
Jefferson Wisconsin January 23 Former Lieut Gov Francis Arnold Hoffman of Illinois died at Riverside farm. He served as Illinois lieutenant governor during the Civil War and was a noted writer on agricultural towns.
Zebias Ignisez, a noted Indian educator, died in Chicago today from typhoid fever after a three day illness. He was sent to the United States by the English government to study the school system.
The small naval tug Fortune, sister ship of the Leyden wrecked off Block Island, sails from Culebra in the West Indies around Cape Horn to Bremerton Washington, a voyage over 13000 miles. The 378 ton, 137 foot vessel has 340 indicated HP and is 38 years old.
George Stubbs of Stubbs and Wheeler married Mary E Fitzgerald in a Tuesday evening ceremony conducted by Reverend Armstrong of the Methodist church. The wedding took place in the parlors of Phelps hotel.
London on January 23 1910 the government granted Abraham Fischer a Boer delegate in Europe and former member of the executive council of the Orange Free State permission to return to South Africa.
Adams Express company has absorbed Morris European Express and will now conduct European express business. The move expands Adams Express operations beyond its North American network into European services.
Savannah reports two distinct and nearly immediate earthquake shocks at 8:15 PM. Tybee Island observers say houses were noticeably shaken in the tremors.
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