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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1903
Page
4
The Anaconda Standard lists publication information including publisher, postal registration, subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, and office contact details with address and phone lines. It notes pricing for various term lengths and the daily and Sunday distribution in Anaconda.
A directory listing branch offices in Butte and Missoula, with telephone numbers, plus Chicago New York San Francisco offices and major newsstand locations for The Standard. It notes general correspondence should be addressed to The Standard Publishing Company Anaconda Montana.
Portrait of Wu Ting Fang as humiliated in Peking politics. The empress dowager’s circle resists his progressive, pro American stance and his removal from higher office is described as a step down, with warnings of possible further punishment.
Dublin prepares for King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra with crowds swelling to triple numbers by nightfall. Irish sentiment splits. locals praise the man while resisting the crown’s constitutional authority. John Redmond counsels caution and avoidance of grand addresses.
The Irish party urges respectful reception of the king while preserving nationalist tenets. Dublin's municipal council rejects presenting an address of welcome amid a stormy session, though officials say the king need not fear hostility during his visit. The world will watch how the king and queen are received in Ireland.
The piece opines on promoting goodwill among nations through executive visits. It notes possible but unlikely attendance by Emperor William and King Edward at next year’s St Louis exposition, urged by David Francis, with Roosevelt's position and Dublin Irish vote considerations discussed.
William J. Bryan said in Chicago that within the national democracy there is an irrepressible conflict. He spoke at a Democratic picnic under Mayor Harrison, who opposes the readjuster faction backing Grover Cleveland. Bryan charged Cleveland’s administration was subservient to corporations and harmed the party's standing.
The piece argues that free coinage was the real 1896 issue and that a Bryan ticket without it would have failed. It contends the second Cleveland administration favored wealth centers and Wall Street, and questions whether Cleveland could have carried New York. It ends by asking how Bryan’s stance will promote Democratic unity amid internal dissension.
Dr Hamer reports on London aerated waters and suggests plain water is less consumed than before. Historical physicians warned against frequent water use though some allowed it for children, while others warned it harms men or linked water to quackery and cautioned about stomach tolerance.
In Marseilles a potato variety called the commerson is praised by M. Heckel as promising for cultivation. Originating in Uruguay, it grows in frost and disease resistant conditions, yields edible foliage, keeps well, resists rats, and even potato bugs die after feeding on its foliage.
In a London Chronicle discussion De Murray notes amusing dictionary missteps. Ash cites esoterics as exoteric, Johnson defines coaxation as coaxing, pastern as the knee of a horse, while early Webster errors include McKet terms with cricket usage and wicket keeper as the player near the wicket.
In a noisy congressional corridor a Mississippi private jokes with Maine newcomer Lattfiel d as he asks for casualty figures from Gettysburg. Allen quips he forgot to count his shots due to busyness, a humorous misremembered anecdote from Capitol lore.
A readable fragment from a Philadelphia press page shows a light conversation about weather and etiquette. The speaker notes yawning and hiding it with a hand, while a male figure tries to appear gallant, though the dialogue reads as quirky and half-heard.
Excerpted continuation shows a leader urging subordinates to view him as an absolute head guided only by his conscience. The passage emphasizes authority, discipline, and detachment from external controls as it unfolds from page one.
From Rome a dispatch reports a well placed prelate advising cardinals to avoid confinement in the Vatican due to age and heat. Pope Leo’s papers reportedly include a bull on the coming conclave. Voting is to occur in the Sistine chapel with secrecy. A Le Gaulois note adds Italy may honor the death with cannon at Fort St Angelo and official flags.
Paris reports the sacred college enforces strict exclusion of cardinals during the conclave. Cardinals may not look from windows and Vatican guards monitor arrivals and departures. Cardinal Oreglia orders removal of all Vatican telephones before the conclave.
Rome reports focus on the pope’s medical case with claims of a pleural operation and detailed statements by Dr. Lapponi and Dr. Mazzoni. The notary testimony and deposit with Cardinal Rampolla and the majordomo aim to address critics while Vatican authorities request restraint in bulletins.
St. Petersburg July 19 M Pobye donosieff procurator of the holy synod told the Associated Press that Pope Leo XIII has many admirers in Russia and is the most eminent person in politics and character. He noted improved relations between the Russian government and the Roman curia under Leo XIII and stated Russia cannot consider a union with the Roman Catholic church despite Leo XIII’s hopes.
Acting Secretary Loomis sent a cablegram to Cardinal Rampolla in Rome expressing the president's sincere sympathy with his holiness in this hour of supreme suspense and asking to be advised of the condition of the venerable sufferer.
Washington dispatch reports a reply received to the message sent to Cardinal Rampolla by Acting Secretary Loomis at the president's request. Rome date July 1 is noted with Mr Francis B Loomis as Acting Secretary of State.
In a Washington dispatch Cardinal Gibbons expresses sincere thanks for the president's sympathy during a period of dreadful suspense. He reports the august sufferer remains in critical condition.
Rome reports President Roosevelt sent sympathy to the pope during his grave illness. Vatican authorities thank the American leader and recall cordial messages between the president and the pope as Cardinal Rampolla conveys thanks and the latest health update on the pope.
Mrs. Gunning S. Bedford arrives from Paris to pursue legal rights to her late husband Dedford's estate. Arrested in Liverpool on May 8 for alleged false birth registration linked to the child status, she reportedly confessed the baby was not hers but continues to claim her entitlement.
A Kansas editor notes Boab Burdette as a future pastor in Los Angeles with a bold headline. Sir Frederick Treves retires after 1000 appendicitis operations without a death, preferring perityphiitis. Loubet’s London visit spurs Irish sympathy, while relatives of General Chaffee and Senator Allison surface. Lew is Seward, a 17 year old 500 pound 6 foot 2 inch strongman from Currituck. Baron von Echt praises American hospitality during his travels.
A New York Commercial Advertiser piece discusses Professor Fleming and Signor Marconi, with Neville Maskelyne admitting he intercepted a wireless message to demonstrate its vulnerability. The dialogue raises fears of cables being rendered useless, speculating whether scientific advances might undermine science itself and alter future warfare.
The piece recounts humor about Pope Leo XIII and Cardinal McCloskey with Father Farley in Rome during the 19th century. It also tells of James J. Hill cruising along the Canadian coast aboard a Great Northern yacht and a tale of the lawyer W. P. Clough keeping the railroad out of trouble. A Kentucky horseback vacation by Dr. J. D. Forrest and Mrs. C. A. Allen follows.
A Corean gardener shaped a chair from a living vine and studded it with gingko seeds. After drying and polishing the chair stood 3 feet 5 inches high, 25 inches wide, and weighed over 15 pounds due to the wood’s hardness.
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