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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1903
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard announces subscription rates with daily and Sunday editions. Prices listed: daily and Sunday one year five dollars, six months four dollars, three months two dollars. daily and Sunday one month one dollar. Sunday only two dollars per year.
The notice provides contact numbers and street addresses for the Main Office in Anaconda and branch offices in Butte Missoula and Great Falls with telephone lines for each location.
W. J. Morton is identified as Manager Foreign Advertising with offices in New York at Nassau Street and Chicago at Washington Street.
A detailed list shows Standard materials available at newsstands and shops across major cities including New York Chicago Minneapolis San Francisco Denver Salt Lake City Ogden Spokane Tacoma Seattle Portland Kansas City and Anaconda with address cues and store names for pickup requests.
Canada observes Confed eration Day marking July 1 as the anniversary of the 1867 British North America act that united the provinces into a single legislative confederation. The Dominion began with about 3.5 million people and has grown in wealth and permanent prosperity despite moderate population growth.
The Inter Mountain cites mayoral comments defending Butte against prize-ring excesses while The Standard notes no direct confirmation. The piece accuses Mullins administration of openness and police issues, and reports misused city names amid a carnival of fights and a cancelled horse race due to poolroom closures during pacing season.
The piece criticizes Mayor Mullins for a wide open policy that tolerates poolrooms and horse race betting in Butte. It argues the lax stance harms local business and wages, links media support to a permissive attitude, and urges the mayor to reveal his stance if the policy risks becoming too rambunctious.
The liberal union nominates President Diaz for a new term amid anxiety over his advancing age and a potential power vacuum. Financiers fear instability if Diaz dies in office, while J Ives Limatour and Gen Bernardo Reyes are noted contenders as rivals fade.
The piece states that if Diag dies in office the presidency would temporarily devolve to Senor Marisenal, the current secretary of state, who would serve until a general election. It also notes the leader’s growing but questioned popularity due to overt presidential ambitions.
The Rev Reginald Campbell of City Temple London argues lynching is beyond an Englishman’s comprehension and blames slower English justice versus swift American action while noting comity, politics, and global events interweave across current headlines.
County officials move Ewen B. Etland to Red Lodge jail after he killed Edward Teasdale and tried to shoot a second man. Al Figgins wrestled Etland saving his own life as a bullet grazed his head. Ravalli and Custer counties name state fair directors. board to meet in Helena Wednesday.
Helena will not hold a formal city celebration but Fort Harrison plans a large Independence Day event. Four companies at the post, plus the band and staff officers, will take part in rifle contests and a baseball game in the afternoon between Fort Assinniboine and Fort Harrison.
William T. Condon deputy clerk of the district court and Miss Anna M. Jibson were married at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Helena. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Father S. J. Sullivan, with only relatives and close friends present. The couple left for Minneapolis or Chicago for a few weeks then plan to establish a home.
George FE. Thomas, a sheepman on the Tongue river about 14 miles from Miles City, dies at 7 p.m. of typhoid pneumonia at his Miles City home. He was about 35, son of J. W. Thomas of Boone Dodge county. He came to Custer county 14 years ago. Funeral set for 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Methodist church.
Berlin reports Commodore Schederer commander of the German squadron in American waters and Admiral Count von Baudissin second in command of the East Atlantic squadron have been recalled.
Yokohama reports an order requiring foreign fire and marine insurance companies to deposit a minimum security sum of 900 dollars.
English novelist George Meredith, once reported in critical condition, shows signs of improvement as of today.
Former congressman Thomas J. Clunie dies at his San Francisco home from acute kidney trouble. The 36th of June appears in place of a valid date in the report.
Epecial Dispatch reports Helena on June 30 that former United States Senator Thomas H. Carter has returned from the East.
Helena sources report unofficial word that John H. Robertson is connected with a state office role, as details emerge from the secretary of state's office. Confirmation or denial awaited as inquiry continues.
Special Dispatch to the Standard Great Falls June 30. Frank Rothenfuhl seeks protection as authorities pursue Ray George Schwobel on a charge connected to family strife. Rothenfuhl says his daughter and Schwobel plan marriage after taking control of the ranch and he fears for his safety amid threats of violence.
Judge Knowles orders John Harris as receiver of the Snohomish and Tramway mines to show cause August 17 why he should not pay 3159 taxes on 212000 of trust funds in his possession as of March. Action brought by James Maher treasurer of Silver Bow county in Helena Montana.
Billings reports a grip and rifle stolen from Bird Vestal of Big Timber at the Northern Pacific station. A man named Frank Brown was found trying to sell two pistols from the grip and sentenced to 30 days in county jail for carrying concealed weapons. Days later, boys near Leush Park located the weapon and rifle buried in rubbish and turned them in to police. After Brown’s sentence, another charge is expected.
A dispatch from Herron Lake near Jackson County reports eight deaths from a tornado. The storm struck the area causing multiple fatalities and injuries, with authorities locating victims in the aftermath.
John Louisa Wentworth of Great Falls and Lulu Belle Strong of Helena wed at noon at the groom’s father C S Wentworth residence 1511 South Avenue North. Rev J R Smith of First Methodist Episcopal Church presided. Wentworth co owns firm with contract for plumbing in the new courthouse.
Stock Inspector George Hall seized a buckskin pinto from a dray in St Germain on June 30. The horse had been stolen from Michael Quessniile at Medicine Hat last spring. Hall turned the animal over to a livery stable and informed Medicine Hat’s owner while seeking the seller who supplied the horse.
A dialoged contemplation on fame and obituary fame where a thoughtful man prefers to hang back avoiding public praise while a wise counterpart notes the inevitability of death and the flood of obituary poetry that follows a prominent figure. The exchange questions vanity and the price of lasting renown.
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