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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1905
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard announces its publishers and address, listed as STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY with printing and postal details. Subscription rates are given for daily and Sunday editions, including monthly six month and annual prepay options, with a mention of the Main Office in Standard Block Anaconda.
The Standard Publishing Company lists sales points and office contacts across New York Chicago Minneapolis San Francisco Denver Salt Lake City Ogden Spokane Tacoma Seattle Portland Kansas City and Anaconda for general business letters and advertising inquiries.
Echoes of March 1862 describe a sham battle at Fortress Monroe as the ironclad Merrimac clashed with the Monitor. The dramatic duel reshaped naval warfare and spurred rapid Union shipbuilding as historians note the Hampton Roads encounter.
A St. Petersburg commentary recalls 1895 when Germany France and Russia opposed Japan in China. It argues Europe will manage without Russia, condemning Moscow's current claims as self serving and warns that Russia would not be a reliable ally amid ongoing conflict.
The decade brings shifts unseen by St Petersburg with Russia at a disadvantage due to American hostility to Russia and friendliness toward Japan during the war. Public sentiment here is split between goodwill and unfriendly attitudes, yet no clear justification is offered.
A Portland report says the Mitchell case began with a demurrer and the court took it under advisement. The next day the demurrer was overruled and the trial proceeds on its merits with attorney John M. Thurston arguing the indictment must prove Mitchell was a valid senator at the time of the alleged offense.
A Washington report reveals Japanese midshipmen and sailors served secretly aboard American warships. Admiral Evans found a Jap who once served him on a battleship, prompting orders for everyone not in service to leave ships during maneuvers. The piece highlights long-standing covert Japanese intelligence methods.
The article argues that Russian commanders Nebogatov and Stoessel look incompetent under new evidence from Tokio. It notes Stoessel’s wartime reputation as brave contrasts with later Russian criticism, and describes a shift in perception after Port Arthur’s surrender.
The column analyzes Stoessel’s shell numbers at Port Arthur with a paradoxical count of 40,832 combatants in Japan, notes variance in official figures, and hints at broader geopolitical riffs. It also lampoons headlines on Roosevelt, Washington peace talks, Nan Patterson, and other cultural notes with a satirical, scattershot tone.
Chancellor d Aguesseau’s wife delay inspired a centuries long work completed in three volumes. King Leopold’s fortune and his plan to leave most to Belgian public works reshapes family shares. Queen Margherita of Italy, a rare European ally for Japan, plans a postwar trip to Nippon. Miss Anna L Amendt tops U S salary lists at 12000 with sharp office wit. James Barton Adams recalls Texas jokes with a cattleman who mocks Sheridan.
General Linevitch faces a Japanese encirclement as his army is enveloped by a 100 mile circle. The Morning Post notes Russian evacuation of Omoso and Kawamura’s army of the Yalu arriving to synchronize with Japanese moves amid mounting decisive actions.
The Russian auxiliary cruiser Kouban, formerly the Augustus Victoria, arrived off Saigon and requests coal to reach the nearest Russian port. It carries wireless telegraphy and 16 small caliber guns. It did not fight at the Sea of Japan and had been reconnoitering the east coast of Japan before returning near Cape St. James.
General Linevitch reports to the emperor that a Russian turning movement drove the Japanese from Tulantizi on June 11 after burning their supplies. A second Russian force advanced from the Tzin river valley to Vanloungon on June 12, pushing back Japanese posts, while Nan Shantiehenzi cavalry withdrew slightly north.
In Libau Russia on June 16 a man fired a revolver at the pastor during church services. The pastor, who had openly opposed violence in Russia’s reform efforts, was dangerously wounded.
Four depots belonging to the army commissariat and a mineral water factory were destroyed by fire today as three explosions preceded the conflagration. Large quantities of stores intended for the far East were lost. The blaze was not under control late this afternoon and the cause is not known.
Washington June 16. President Roosevelt received cabinet congratulations on his efforts to bring combatants in the far East to terms of peace. The Russia Japan situation was discussed informally, with no details disclosed.
The Black Sea fleet commander Vice Admiral Chouknin departed Sevastopol for St Petersburg. He is summoned to the capital and expected to succeed Admiral Avellan as head of the Russian admiralty department.
Tokyo correspondent reports 35 Koreans examining a torpedo washed ashore when it exploded, blowing all of them to atoms along the coastline.
St. Petersburg dispatch reports an official denial denying that Lieutenant General Linovitch and other generals sent an appeal to the emperor to block or demand peace terms.
A gun battle in Stites Idaho over Mammie McMillan of the White Front restaurant left Edward W Williams dead after a shot to the abdomen and H F Schissler wounded in the elbow and abdomen. Schissler faced lynching as the jail was heavily guarded and he may recover from his wounds.
W. E. Meehan notes in Outing that the Delaware shad restoration, led by U S and Pennsylvania commissions, stocks about 50 million fry annually. The program, aided by the Fish Hawk and Bristol station, raised the industry value from about 80 thousand to roughly half a million dollars in a decade, placing Delaware ahead of Connecticut in shad runs.
R W McDowell, a known Great Falls figure, is arrested for forgery after passing a $45 check with a forged Luther Mills signature. He attempted a clothing purchase with an $82.25 check signed W K Flowerree, prompting police intervention and his brief flight before capture. He fainted at the station. a former Columbus hospital nurse and prior two year penitentiary term are noted.
The author muses on frog song as a primal link to nature. He contrasts city life with ancient natural cries, suggesting the frog’s dirge embodies a spirit older than books and tied to the land and river.
Yonkers Statesman notes Russia with 127 million people has 18 334 physicians while the United States with 75 million people has 125 000 physicians. Crimsonbeak quips that more physicians means fewer people.
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