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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1903
Page
6
Publication details from the Anaconda post office show standard publishing company rates for daily and Sunday issues. Rates include annual, semiannual, and quarterly options with various service costs and classifications as second class mail matter.
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The Standara maintains branch offices at Missoula and Great Falls where sing rates will be provided on application.
Watson E. Gaily, circulator, declares the Anaconda Standard printed 4,089,478 complete copies in 1902 average 11,204 daily and Sunday average 14,007. Notary public F W Peckover sworn statement dated January 1903.
Joseph K Clark a familiar figure in Montana's early days died after a long career in Butte. He came to the city in 1875 and, over a little more than twenty five years, was prominent in business life. Known for modesty and good will, he avoided politics but contributed to public matters and enjoyed travel in later years.
A Montana communication by Mr. McIsaac urges a $50 000 subscription to aid Portland's Lewis and Clark centennial exposition. The piece praises the western expansion theme linking Columbus, Lewis and Clark, Towey and patriotism but questions the viability of such an appropriation. Portland and St Louis rival for the project while Montana residents remain inclined to be neighborly toward Oregon.
The editorial urges caution on funding a world beating exposition in St Louis, noting Montana's legislature may not approve 650000, arguing most benefits would not return to Montana and outside support is not clearly owed. It questions directing most funds to Portland and highlights other fairs with large deficits.
The Delaware legislature faces a potential stalemate as anti Addicks Republicans and Democrats clash over a proposed one Republican and one Democrat seat plan. Democrats reject delay and insist on a clear decision, arguing party integrity while critics call the GOP lawmakers partisan or controlled by machine influence in President Roosevelts circle.
Governor Pennypacker of Pennsylvania criticizes the use of state resources by private fortunes, arguing iron and oil wealth funded by private enterprise rather than state liberality. He notes taxes, wages, and business activity accompany such properties and questions the basis of his protest. The piece contemplates libraries and universities linked to state production, with Pittsburgh cited in early lines.
The passage notes Philadelphia receiving bounty and Pennsylvania towns lacking grounds for complaint. It cites Penn University’s large eastern endowment and suggests the governor’s statements show inexperience or foolishness, implying he has not studied the issue.
The piece discusses Associate Justice George Shiras Jr aging toward retirement under full pay, with rumors linking Governor Taft of the Philippines as a potential successor. It notes justices often serve past 70 and cites Justice Field's long tenure, weighing political factors for Shiras if a Democratic president takes office next year.
In Helena a man identified as ONeill killed himself with a throat cut in a hotel room after a night of drinking and disturbances. A hotel keeper and a fellow lodger reported hearing cries of “they’re after me” before the body was found and the coroner’s inquest returned a verdict of death by his own hand while temporarily insane.
Helena Montana. Leaders expect lively sessions as the senate and house advance with Harney impeachment, suffrage hearings, and numerous new bills. A strong lobby supports woman suffrage, while a irrigation cooperative ditch bill and railroad regulation measures attract attention.
Dispatches from Berlin and Washington report progress in Venezuelan crisis with Bowen and envoys meeting in Washington. A proposed commission by the United States would supervise maritime customs in Venezuela as Britain Germany and Italy pledge to lift the blockade together. The triple alliance widens scope and talks aim for early relief with potential action by Tuesday or Wednesday.
A train wreck left two trainmen dead on the boiler site under three feet of water with flesh detaching from limbs. The fireman's body was recovered later downstream. William Maxwell of Portland was badly crushed and hospitalised at Pendleton with a possible chance of recovery. Other passengers were uninjured. Special trains and wrecking crews were dispatched to aid passengers.
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