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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1902
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard lists publication details for STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY. It notes daily and Sunday editions with rates for one year six months three months one month and Sunday edition, all payable in advance.
Rates for 10 to 16 page editions are one cent, 2 to 32 page editions cost two cents, 38 to 48 page editions cost three cents. Papers sent to Europe pay double these rates. for other foreign destinations inquire.
The Standard announces branch offices at Butte Missoula and Great Falls with advertising rates available on application. Corporate contact lines include the Main Office in Anaconda and a Business Office for inquiries.
Washington Bureau lists eastern office locations and newsstand points in Chicago San Francisco Los Angeles Denver Salt Lake Spokane Tacoma Seattle and Portland. Addresses include 422 South Main Denver 108 North Howard Spokane 2149 Pike Seattle and Portland Hotel. Correspondence directed to Andar Publishing Company Anaconda Montana.
The June 12 edition critiques Governor nominations, noting Attorney General Elkin failed to topple Boss Quay after a bitter convention fight. It argues Pennsylvania remains a swing state with Democratic potential, cites reformist doubt of Judge Pennypacker’s Quay defense, and questions the Atlantic Monthly tribute.
The article notes Colonel Arthur Lynch has gone to England to face punishment after challenging British authority. It argues Lynch seeks martyrdom to spotlight English injustice against Ireland, stating Irish patriots often risk liberty or life to expose perceived oppression.
The article portrays Lynch as a voluntary political prisoner choosing imprisonment in England to bolster Irish freedom. It links his Boer War service, election by a rebellious Irish constituency, and hopes to be commemorated alongside Wolfe Tone and Emmet in Ireland’s rolls of honor. He seeks public attention and admiration through suffering.
The dispatches describe Sidi Ali as the son of Bey Sidy Ahsin born October 5 1817 and ruling after his brother 1882. Tunis lies under French protectorate since 1881 with French justice in European cases and Arab courts for natives. The Tunisian army totals about 600 beside 16000 French troops. The bey’s role is largely ornamental under the French foreign office.
The senate will vote next week on the Panama project with Hanna and Spooner promoting the Republican side. A Panama victory could derail Nicaragua plans and return action to the House, while a defeat may hasten Nicaragua approval pending Hanna’s possible obstruction. The outcome carries high stakes for canal strategy and party dynamics.
Report notes a claim that ballot phrasing on Thursday of next week will equate a vote for the DVan ama canal with a vote against the canal. The assertion frames the issue as a binary choice and stimulates political debate.
The essay notes the Thunder Mountain rush is a senseless, costly craze with little prospect of gold, urging practical men to avoid it. It contrasts this with Andrew Carnegie’s reaction to Edward VII and reflects on Scottish sentiment, race prejudice, and a string of political and social jabs across figures like Lynch Quay Reid and Pattson.
A Chicago News note proposes outfitting streetcars with dining cars to speed morning commutes. Breakfast on the way to work would replace hurried meals, with ideas extending to office breakfasts and even folding bed desks for continuous tasks.
The New York Press notes massive ice cream demand with one leading New York company selling about 100,000 quarts daily. With a $40,000 capital stock and millionaire officers, the city supports many shops and confectioners. Estimated Greater New York daily consumption may reach 200,000 quarts at roughly 20 cents each, totaling about $60,000 daily or nearly $22 million yearly.
Charles Price of Endinburgh criticizes the U S Senate for adjourning three times due to lack of prepared speaker. He notes that readiness in parliamentary debate is admired in Scotland and jokes about reporting the episode back home.
A meeting of the Woman's Health Protective association of New York heard a speaker claim New York conductors are unusually rude. He contrasted them with Western Federation of Women's clubs members who assisted ladies getting on and off trains and guiding them without urging hurry.
In Lisbon Portugal an unusual rule says conductors must report spitting in public transit and are held liable unless they prove they informed police of the offense. The measure places enforcement on the conductor rather than passengers.
The experimental Paris underground railway, though only a fraction of a mile long, serves 140000 fares daily. Its success leads to two important branches to be added during the current year.
George Fitzgeorge a prosperous Trenton newsdealer reports kinship to King Edward. He claims direct descent from the morganatic marriage of George IV to Mrs Fitzgeorge.
William McEvoy and Abe McCutcheon of Chicago celebrate fifty years as Typographical union members. Major Gantz of Fairfield Iowa claims the title of smallest man in the world at 86 years old, 30 pounds, and 18 inches tall.
Local merchants advertise a one day sale with huge discounts on women and children shoes. Prices drop from former levels to 50 cents to 4.75 for select items. Hosiery gloves hats and handkerchiefs also heavily reduced.
A collage of brief items mentions Gantz citing ground sizes for toy figures, a Louisville cigar maker Grandpa at 34, Lotta Crabtree in New York contemplating marriage, Baylor president S P Brooks once a Santa Fe track repairman, Dartmouth’s old alumnus Dr William Craig Burke’s death, Gov Davis’s Lake Chicot bass catch after expulsion rumors, Mrs Mary Lease denying a new marriage and outlining public life plans, and Mr Lease defending himself amid divorce charges while blaming ambition for their split.
Ninety percent of the 128 million people in the Russian empire are farmers. Seven Victoria crosses were won by Gordon Highlanders in the Boer War. The governor general of the Amur territory plans an exhibition at Karin to spark interest.
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