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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1901
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, with pricing for different term lengths. It announces office addresses, distribution points, and foreign and domestic mailing details. The notice includes regional offices in Butte Missoula and Great Falls and bureau addresses in New York and Washington.
The Anaconda Standard asserts a larger bona fide paid circulation than all Montana daily newspapers combined for 1900. It reports daily average 11,891 and Sunday 14,184 readers.
Alter Besant, a prolific novelist who produced over thirty works, many with James Rice, died Sunday. He championed social reform through fiction exemplified by All Sorts and Conditions of Men, influencing urban philanthropy and the idea of a people’s palace. Besant shifted from clerical studies to literature, edited Rabelais, and authored works on Jerusalem and French poetry. He was honored as a baronet in 1895 and led the Society of Authors, admired across English society.
The article argues Justice Harlan embodies strong American values and warns against unlimited congressional power. It emphasizes his background from Kentucky, Civil War service, and western ties as shaping a prudent, minority-protecting stance. It cautions that despotism by majority or single leaders endangers free institutions and minority rights.
The text argues that the federal government is limited to enumerated powers and praises Justice Harlan for rejecting natural justice principles as inherent Anglo-Saxon rights. It contrasts with Justice Brown and cites colonial and imperial examples to warn that ignoring the supreme law endangers American liberty.
An article argues Mr. D. Rockefeller’s gift to establish a medical research institute will enable trained investigators across medicine and surgery to pursue systematic work without financial pressures. It envisions rapid advances in disease prevention and a transformed future for American science and public health.
The article condemns the Boxers and foreign powers for brutal retaliation in China, detailing massacres of noncombatants including women and children. It notes Christian efforts to spread peaceful teachings, while acknowledging misdeeds by some missionaries and the widespread destruction that followed.
A chilling account accuses soldiers of rapine and atrocity during a campaign in China. Women and girls reportedly committed suicide to avoid capture by forces described as representing Christian civilization. The piece warns China will remember and that Christian ground lost in the campaign will take years to recover.
The Y M C A jubilee begins today in Besten to celebrate the 1845 start of the association in the United States. Delegates from across the globe attend as all departments display exhibits and brainiest leaders represent railroad college army navy India and international units. Fifty two reporting institutions show Christian senior class percentages across Congregational 77 Presbyterian 82 Baptist 68 Methodist 72 other 7? undenominational 62 and state universities 47. In Toledo a young woman seeks court restraining a suitor claiming his attentions harm her health and threaten her safety. lawyer J P Delphey is accused of pursuing her with letters and persistent presence. The case is under advisement as Marie A Lent awaits the decision.
The postponement of the America Cup would push notch score races into late fall. A proposal was made that Mr. Lawson offer his cup for a special race timed to the Newport series off Newport.
A posse near Giovania Georgia engaged a negro desperado and his suspected accomplice in a cabin siege. Spence Wright died from gunfire after the offender fired from inside. John Mathis of Elko was fatally wounded in the leg by a severed artery.
A fire at T. P. H. Whitelaw's Spear Street wrecking yard caused multiple boiler explosions. Nitroglycerine stored in the warehouse endangered firefighters, but no injuries were reported. The blaze, confined to the Whitelaw Wrecking Company, caused about 50 dollars in loss with 2000 dollars insured.
Louise Tickner sues the city of Helena for 5000 dollars claiming negligence for a November fall on Grant Street near the Helena hotel. She alleges the sidewalk was not shoveled and sought settlement with the city council, which refused.
Berlin reports a Hague dispatch claiming Queen Wilhelmina sought Emperor William's help to end the war via arbitration. Germany distinguishes between offering good offices and intervention, noting Britain has not requested mediation and The Hague court began work, not signaling immediate action.
The International Machinists' Association agreed to extend financial aid to non union workers involved in the strike. By May 20 more than 46,000 had been distributed with no formal benefits plan yet. A relief fund and calls for AFL and British trade aid were approved while a death certificate policy was updated.
Rev M Peterson of the Scandinavian church was swindled by a stranger who posed as a converted Jew seeking a loan for travel to Spokane. The man vanished after the train departed, leaving the reverend locally cautious about lending future aid.
A fire at the Presidio general military hospital in San Francisco destroyed two measles wards the kitchen dining room and the medical supply room. No patients were injured and about 60 patients in the affected wards were evacuated as 200 patients were moved to safety while the origin in a repaint room is unknown and restoration will begin immediately.
In Boston on June 10 the proposed races among the Sharma rock II, the Constitution, the Independence and the Columbia for Mr Lawcen's $1,000 cup may be abandoned following today’s Shamrock accident as Hull Mass Yacht Club officials reported.
London reports Mrs. Botha departs Wednesday for The Hague to meet Boer agents in Europe and the United States. She carries a report from her husband urging Mr. Kruger, constitutional head of the Transvaal, to sue for peace on favorable terms.
Washington reports say former President Kruger of the Transvaal will not visit the United States in the coming summer or fall. It is noted that initial talk of a visit has waned and, for the present, no trip is planned. London dispatch notes Kitchener reports Boer losses and captures for June 1 to 9.
The Hague reports Mr. Kruger and Dr. Leyds arrived today, traveling from High Liversom Junction in a closed carriage and lodging at Mr. Wolmaerens residence, as Roer peace negotiations commence.
Salt Lake reports Paddy Purtell the well known middle weight boxer died suddenly in Leadville after a morning altercation. He collapsed after a fall but seemed well before he became worse and died shortly afterward.
Paris June 10. The assistant chief engineer of the Orleans railway said the American locomotives bought last year are satisfactory but burn more coal and cost more to maintain. They were chosen to meet urgent needs, with no plans to buy more unless conditions favor American coal and similar circumstances recur.
The Daily Express prints an interview with Charles B. Elliott general manager of the Cape government railways. He says Baldwin engines consume 4 percent more fuel than British models possibly due to shared design with Japanese locomotives. He adds Schenectady engines offer greater hauling power but durability remains to be tested.
New York reports the sixth trial of Dr. Samuel J. Kennedy for the 1898 murder of Emiline Reynolds at the Grand hotel. Cab driver Alfred Wagner testified Kennedy rode a ferry to St George at 12 45 a m intoxicated and offered $5 to drive to Newdorp. Kennedy wore a dark suit and a black Derby hat.
Cape Town reports June 10 that military authorities enforce stringent limits on distribution of foodstuffs moving northward from Deaar. The decree aims to control supply lines and prevent shortages in inland areas.
Text notes that a southward movement from Bulawayo limits distribution of essentials to deprive the Boers of this supply. The measure focuses on restricting goods to scarce quantities to weaken their resources.
Helena dispatch reports Judge Henry C Smith granting Hallie Taylor a divorce from Alva Taylor a well known commercial salesman on grounds of cruelty The couple wed in Anaconda in September 1897 and the plaintiff alleges cruel treatment in two Helena hotels Adelaide Harrah filed for divorce from W H Harrah married in Butte March 7 1890 on grounds of desertion and non support She seeks custody of their two children.
In Omaha on June 10 the preliminary examination of James Callahan for perjury continued. Edward A. Cudahy Jr. testified for over an hour about his abduction and how he identified Callahan as the dark man in the kidnapping. His story largely matched his prior robbery trial testimony along with a dozen other witnesses from Callahan's highway robbery case.
In Mexico City on June 10 American capitalists who bought the short railroad line intend to extend it to Tampico. They deposited $85,000 in gold as forfeit money. H. H. Mayville of Boston is a principal figure in the deal.
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