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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1902
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard listing publisher information and subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions in advance. Includes publishing company, postal classification, and sample price terms for one year six months and three months.
Rates for editions range from one to three cents per page with international mail double. Main office in Anaconda offers foreign inquiry. branch offices in Butte Missoula and Great Falls provide advertising rates. Washington Bureau is at Post Building New York Nassau Street and Chicago address listed with W J Morton in charge.
The Standard is available at several newsstands in Chicago San Francisco Los Angeles Denver Salt Lake Spokane Seattle and Portland with specific addresses and venues. The notice also directs general correspondence to Arsconda Mont and notes the date Tuesday July 15 1902.
The text notes the rise of Premier Balfour and mentions a brother who was a Cambridge biologist killed during an Alps ascent. It describes Balfour as a scholar and author while noting mixed reactions, including Hicks-Beck stepping down and public exchanges of compliments, reflecting cabinet dynamics.
The case centers on Louis Disbrow tied to the deaths of Clarence Foster and Sarah Ray Lawrence near Good Ground, Long Island. Disbrow reported a beach confrontation with Foster and a mystery boat trip before two bodies were found in four feet of water, with signs suggesting foul play.
Disbrow eluded arrest for days before giving up with his lawyer claiming innocence will be proven at the preliminary exam. Defense offered no witnesses and sought discharge on weak testimony, but the magistrate kept him for the grand jury amid strong Good Ground public support and cheers.
Governor La Follette leads a volatile Wisconsin Republican gathering in Madison as he seeks a second term and aims to influence the party machine to back his plan. A pivotal fight looms over endorsing Senator Spooner for re election with La Follette determined to contest the outcome and bend the convention to his will.
The article notes Daniel S. Lamont will not run for New York governor. While rumors spread during his yacht trip with J. J. Hill, Lamont returns and rejects the notion, signaling a firm stance against the proposed harmony by Tammany figures and allies.
About fifteen hundred delegates of the United Mine Workers of America converge in Indianapolis to decide if soft coal miners should join the anthracite strike. A affirmative vote would call 360,000 workers to quits, potentially pressuring coal demands. a negative vote could weaken the anthracite strikers. The radical faction supports striking, but its majority at the convention is uncertain.
The discussion centers on whether soft coal workers should join the anthracite strike to sustain mine workers or stay at work to fund and support the fight. Some urge unity for preservation, others favor continued labor to preserve financial aid. A compromise plan may entrust the association's executive board with strike declarations.
Major General Wheaton retires at age 64 after forty one years in uniform. His career began in 186 when appointed sergeant in Illinois volunteers and extended through Civil War service into the regular army. He commanded the northern section in the Philippines before the vacancy is filled by Brigadier General Bates who also served in Cuba and the Philippines.
Oregon’s Tracy dominates headlines from Denver to Helena as pursuers press a lengthy hunt. The narrative links Tracy to Pat Crowe and suggests a restless chase across the region with ominous phrasing about darkness and Johnson family mentions.
A collage of editorials and dispatches from multiple papers on the Harry Tracy manhunt in Oregon and Washington. Observers joke about Tracy’s elusiveness, note confrontations, and critique pursuers methods while speculating on eventual capture.
A compilation of editorials from major papers debating Emilio Aguinaldo’s amnesty and freedom. Opinions range from supportive to hostile, suggesting risks for Aguinaldo's safety and questioning American treatment of Filipino rebels.
The piece reports on political realignments in Britain as Sir Michael Hicks-Beach resigns, Chamberlain gains influence, and Lord Salisbury steps back. It notes potential successors like W. P. Hanbury and possible Irish and Irish secretary moves, with King Edward meeting Balfour and Devonshire taking over House of Lords leadership.
London rumors say Mr. Chamberlain wants the exchequer post, with Sir Michael Hicks Beach retiring from government but staying in the Commons. Balfour's rise strengthens Chamberlain, while fears of sollverein spread among Liberals. Curzon may be recalled, and no general election is planned.
Berlin reports the retirement announcement as interesting but not politically significant. The German press treats Salisbury with cautious respect, noting Chamberlain may gain influence while Salisbury was more liked than Chamberlain in German opinion.
Newspapers weigh the possible date and drama of King Edward VII’s coronation. Reports from several papers discuss plans, delays, medical advice, and public speculation with August 9 floated as a suggested crown day.
Stephen Sinding has finished two groups of allegorical casts representing war and peace for the Sherman statue to be erected in Washington. Adelina Patti, in London, was overheard being addressed as Miss at age 60, provoking remarks on enduring beauty. Baltimore reporters recount a journalist's brief, carriage-based assignment with a footman, and Frank Brown Jr. plans to sail for Europe after two weeks on duty. The North Shore Improvement Company paid 200000 for Cooper's Bluff sand heap near Sagamore Hill, a move to prevent its removal for New York shipments, while Howard Gould had previously offered 50000 for the land. Professor Amos Brown of the University of Pennsylvania will depart for Labrador with two students to collect specimens and explore rarely visited areas by white men. Hilaire Belloc's Robespierre is making waves as a history style piece.
A veteran from the Eight regiment served as gun carriage driver noted for his nerve and skill in rapid artillery maneuvers. The piece recalls citizens fleeing indigestible soft-shelled crabs in Washington and shares a Pension Commissioner W response about overwork, replying via wire that the issue is not the job but the soft-shelled crabs he must avoid.
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