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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1903
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard publishes daily and Sunday editions with a pricing table for subscription options including one year, six months, three months, and one month terms. Main office is Standard Block, Anaconda, with listed telephone lines for business and editorial rooms.
The Standard publishing network lists branch offices in Butte Missoula Great Falls and multiple city newsstands including New York Chicago Minneapolis San Francisco Denver Salt Lake City Ogden Spokane Seattle Portland and Kansas City with contact points. Address correspondence to the Standard Publishing Company Anaconda Montana.
In a wave of press dispatches Hawaii's fate is debated with Cuba as a possible model for independence. Critics denounce U S seizure of Hawaii as covert and unjust while fearing federal power will not allow a republic.
A belated obituary note reflects on James Buchanan and his presidency from 1857 to 1861. It cites his aloof diplomacy and inability to avert secession, while noting his death on June 1 1868 in Mercersburg Pennsylvania. His niece Harriet Lane Johnston funds a monument, a gesture not widely welcomed by all Americans.
A fragment mentions a cious mistress of the White House during the Buchanan administration.
The account describes General Miles age sixty four and weight 207 pounds completing a long ride from Fort Sill to Fort Reno. An escort and pack train accompanied him. officers provided a valise of beer and whiskey along the route but he refused all spirits, taking water and a glass of milk instead. He notes wine as acceptable in moderation at banquets.
Luther Gulick, director of physical training in New York public schools, argues city children and urban workers can rival country folks in health with proper food, rest, clothing, and daily exercise. He notes farmers’ bent frames versus city merchants’ erect posture and asserts urban life can yield equal or superior health and growth.
Helena reports a portrait of Grover Cleveland to hang in the statehouse marking Montana statehood ceremonies. The piece claims the former president disliked Montana, while Montanans largely doubt his fitness for further public service.
General Andre plans a new infantry uniform for the French army to be worn at the king of Italy’s review. Some companies will wear the less conspicuous saber blue gray and soft felt hat resembling the American army. The change aims to be neater and less flamboyant.
Doctors report Walter Reinhardt, a mining engineer of Shamokin Pennsylvania, was struck by lightning at work and has begun losing hair in large patches. Physicians say electricity killed the hair roots and he will soon be completely bald, despite efforts to revive him.
Reports from London describe two brain surgeries that altered behavior. A well bred boy with brutish instincts had a skull piece removed to relieve pressure, returning him to a normal affectionate child. A wounded soldier developed theft tendencies, and brain surgery cured him.
The United States Army has driven out the plague in the Philippines as in Cuba. Seven months of vigilance against rats and filth yielded victory with a rat bounty program. About 60,000 rats captured. 0.666 were examined and 22 found with plague, leading to disinfection or burning of homes.
The minority city horse cars, including New York, are reduced by Vienna abandoning the system. On a June evening the last Austrian capital horse car made its final trip, lavishly adorned with flowers and Chinese lanterns and three fiddlers aboard. It stopped at saloons where landlords toasted the crew and passengers as it returned with outriders leading.
A fragment recalls the Cedars of Lebanon once standing tall beside the western world’s giants. The text notes their age and size, contrasting them with a rival species, and hints at their slow growth over time.
Columums July 29 Herman J Witt a well known sheepman had his sheep camp burned Monday morning with grazing lands included inside forest reserves. The item notes other regional developments including mine improvements and local civic projects.
A passage notes the cedar’s vast shade and longevity, stating no tree rivals its spread and that it only dies from a lightning strike or when felled by the woodman’s axe.
About 100 women answered a cordial appeal from Rugby North Dakota bachelors. Forty eight Kokomo Indiana ladies plan to depart with Howard county settlers to join their life partners in the lonely western town.
A collection of brief notes profiles aging scientist Sir Robert Ball and youth athlete Jerry Gleason, church leaders, artists, and explorers. The item touches on political shifts at Stanford University, labor migration for harvest work, and light anecdotes about figures like Peary and Vreeland.
A collage of jokes and quips from Detroit Free Press Newark News and Phila Press. Puns about barber bald spots wallet ethics and mistaken politeness appear in a playful compilation.
In Cleveland Ohio at Meadville I a July special from a prominent line notes A B Youngson who recently became Grand Chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers after Grand Chief Arthur's death. He died at 8 pm this morning.
Fire tonight severely damaged the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company buildings in Sladelphia. W. W. Graham, tea importer, and W. Liam Bonin, wallpaper dealer, are named in connection with the loss estimated at $100,000.
The coroner's jury ruled Captain J. Howard of Victoria British Columbia died by his own hand. His body was found beside a barn in West Berkeley several days earlier.
After circling the globe I deliver an accused man to the authors Gee in Manila and capture another in Seattle during a world tour by police.
Two federal officers arrived in Seattle tonight with the prisoner James Beasley charged with forgery. The agents are Charles Be Herron of Seattle a DOJ special agent and Deputy U S Marshal D R Dwyer of Alaska. Beasley faces forgery charges as he is moved toward Nome.
In Baker City Oregon Postmaster Moomaw received a wire order reinstating Assistant Postmaster George H Tracy and Chief Mailing Clerk Arthur Lowe after they were set to be dismissed August 1 for loss of two registered letters last March. Postal inspectors found no basis for charges.
A quarrel between Viscount Antoine de Contades and Tuoni Bey, second secretary of the Turkish embassy, led to a sword duel in Paris today. Tuoni Bey was wounded in the arm.
Emma Primrose wife of George H Primrose the minstrel died here today of heart paralysis. Mr Primrose has cancelled his engagements and will come on from Chicago on a Morning train.
London dated July 29 The Daily Mail this morning prints a brief notice about a dispute at Petersbure with unspecified details and an alert to readers.
A correspondent reports about 20,000 expected at ceremonies in Tsurhoff. The event is seen as the government’s bid to divert growing revolutionary sentiment. Anti-government groups claim miracles linked to the hermit saint are false and spreading doubt.
Indications point to an almost complete halt in Pittsburg area building operations within 48 hours after the building trades council ordered a strike of all union workers employed by A. and B. Wilson. The dispute arose over a non union hoisting engineer and a refused signed scale, affecting about 10 000 workers and tying up most contracts.
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