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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1902
Page
4
Public notice from The Anaconda Standard listing publishing company details, printing schedule, and subscription rates though text is garbled. It notes standard publishing operations, post office classification, and advance payment terms with implied various durations.
Rates listed for 16 page 32 page and 48 page editions. Papers sent to Europe cost three cents more and double the above rates. For other foreign countries readers are invited to inquire locally.
The notice lists Main Office in Anaconda and branch offices in Butte Missoula and Great Falls with advertising rates on request. It also notes the Washington Bureau address at No 41 Post Building and Eastern offices in Newark Nassau Street and Washington Street, with W J Morton in charge.
Second Ward Patrick Heaney. Third Ward John Gleeson. Fourth Ward KK L Mayo. Local notes show designated ward officials and assigned representatives in the city structure.
As two weeks pass before the spring vote, Republicans and Democrats spar over Mayor Davey’s administration. Republicans push a harsh critique of current governance while Democrats defend Davey and warn against factional splits. The paper notes Butte’s normally Democratic tilt and calls for unity among Democrats despite intra party efforts.
Lyddite experiments show the explosive is unwieldy and dangerous to the user. Its power to wound and kill exists, but the thrower’s lines suffer just as much as the target area. The Outlook likens it to a boomerang that may return to kill the user if a direct hit is not achieved.
The article discusses experiments on the Belle Isle hulk using lyddite shells that refracted away from attacking ships at 800 yards and fragments near a gunboat at 2000 yards. It asserts such sideways-shooting explosives are unacceptable in modern warfare, citing The Hague rules and Kipling, and warns they risk harming allies as well as enemies.
The article notes Mr. Hoar warns that direct popular choice for senators could collapse the state equality principle of the Constitution by shifting representation from states to population. It also mentions Senator Penrose proposing popular vote with population-based apportionment, a move Hoar would deem ruinous to the republic.
The dying novelist and politician Thomas Dunn English is remembered most for the ballad Ben Bolt, whose fame from Du Maurier’s Trilby eclipsed his political career. Born in Philadelphia, he pursued law, medicine, journalism and represented a New Jersey district in Congress.
The text emphasizes that the dominance of one leader over another is a sign of politics' transient nature. It argues that personal prominence can fade, revealing larger issues and cycles in national governance.
The Anaconda city convention aims to nominate capable aldermen as Democrats push for change after a year of Republican mismanagement. The Standard argues for fresh leadership to repair city government and restore public trust.
The caucus unanimously resolved to introduce a measure expressing sympathy with the Boer republic in South Africa. The piece notes Republicans back England's conquest, and suggests pro Boer talk would be used for electoral signals rather than genuine policy support.
Washington reports from the Philippines describe charmed shirts worn by the coloruman organization. The shirts are believed to grant bullet and disease protection through a concoction called antiganting made by a charmmaker. Captain Boughton of the third cavalry secured a specimen crafted from unbleached cotton and inked with animals and birds.
Elizabeth City March 23 The jury found young Wilcox guilty of the murder of Miss Nellie Cropsey and the defense plans an appeal arguing the verdict does not reflect the evidence. District Attorney Ward anticipated a murder in the second degree verdict. The judge set a death penalty date unlikely to be carried out before the next Supreme Court term in September, possibly delaying final disposition a year.
Cecil Rhodes was weaker this morning after a restless night in Cape Town.
Thieves gained entry to Oliver Chevrier’s home at 519 West Park Street while the family was away and stole jewelry including an heirloom valued at about 200 dollars. Captain Everts found no sign of forcible entry. a skeleton key and an open dining room window aided the theft.
Union leaders and paper industry representatives met in New York to avert a looming strike. Employers favor an eight or nine hour day with seven days work, while unions reject Sunday work. The current schedule remains in force until a May meeting to set a uniform plan.
Washington March 23 The insular division of the war department released a comparative statement on Philippine commerce for the nine months ended Sept 30 1901 and 1900. Imports totaled 21 818 212 up 27 percent while exports were 18 866 789 down from 24 883 200.
The Victoria faced a violent gale and snowstorm off Tacoma forcing the ship to heave to for hours. Stewardess Miss McKenzie was seriously injured while a Chinese fireman was hurt by the pitching. Despite conditions, the Victoria completed the voyage in fourteen days aboard the Duke of Fife liner delivering a cargo from the Orient.
About two thousand tons bound for Tacoma include 50 bales of raw silk and assorted goods. Tea importers delay shipments awaiting possible 10 percent duty removal, causing light Orient tea imports into the country.
In Pekin diplomats debate the Franco Russian pledge viewed as promoting peace while Chinese newspapers condemn the humiliation of China and compare it to Korea. The foreign office plans independent ministers to Italy Austria and Spain as Wun Mu Lui becomes president of the imperial university.
In Sedalia Missouri on March 23 Will Martin aged 18 was fatally shot by Edgar Allen also 18. The two were participating as Jesse James and a Pinkerton detective during a mock play with about 50 youths in a barn. Allen fired a .38 revolver striking Martin in the head.
The gun boat Wheeling sails from San Francisco for Magdalena Bay to join the Wisconsin on arrival. It will spend days at the bay for target practice before coaling at Pinchilinque and proceeding to Honolulu and Pago Pago. The Abarenda returns to New York. Wheeling guards uncharted rocks between Cape San Lucas and Honolulu.
In Ysleta, 15 miles east of El Paso, two boys aged 15 and 17 were run over and mangled by a train while asleep on the track. A third boy, Fred Winchester of Brunswick, Georgia, escaped and identified one companion as J. J. Johnson of Abilene, Texas. the second boy’s name and home are unknown.
Tupelo Mississippi March 23. George M Bowers fish commissioner John W Pitcomb chief of the fish culture division and George Van Mayer engineer and architect of the fish commission have chosen a 20 acre tract near the city for the government fish hatchery. The officers left tonight to inspect hatcheries at Neosho Missouri and San Marcos Texas.
Signor Marconi has decided to locate a wireless station at Tablehead Glace Bay Co B. Machinery is ordered and work will begin immediately. The Tablehead site will be completed before the Cape Cod station.
The Waesland sinking victims rescued off Hoyland England on March 6 arrived in Philadelphia late tonight aboard the Nordland, transferred at Liverpool.
The hunting stable of P. F. Collier at Batontown New Jersey burned before daylight. Sixteen valuable hunting horses were lost and the total damage near 100000 dollars.
Spain suffers extreme cold as heavy snow and hailstorms sweep Seville and Corunna destroying crops and causing fatalities. Madrid is included in the frigid weather with widespread misery reported.
Fort Benton notes report ward primaries selecting Hyde in Ward One Seniour in Ward Two and Merger in Ward Three. Delegates named to nominate a mayor include Jere Sullivan M A Flanagan Carrol Robbins and others. Henry Evers returns from Iowa with three young cousins. A Great Falls family outfits a house boat downstream for a ranch search. Rev Cunningham to Highwood for Lulu Kennison burial after acute pneumonia.
In Tiflis on March 23 the Caucasus Gazette reports a Khodschilds petroleum works strike at Ba toum near the Black Sea. Five hundred workers demanded the release of ringleaders arrested a day earlier, attacked a jail the next day, and police fired on the mob, killing thirty rioters and wounding one soldier.
From Odessa via Vienna Daily Mail: revolts erupt simultaneously in Batoum Tillis and Albania with preconcerted movements and clashes between mounted troops and rioters. Casualty figures unavailable and several warehouses burned at Baku on the Caspian coast.
Fire in South McAlester Oklahoma destroys Peter Ivey’s meat market and seven frame buildings. Ivey’s body is found in the ruins with a skull wound fueling murder and robbery suspicions. Estimated loss reaches eight thousand dollars.
Prof Osborne Ward of San Francisco died in Yuma Arizona on March 20 after a long illness. A renowned historian he spent 38 years on History of the Common People From the Earliest Times to Constantine. Ward studied ethnology archaeology and traveled widely. He worked with Charles Darwin in 1868 and authored The Ancient Lowly. He was arranging material for his literary executor.
Newton Massachusetts March 23 news arrives of the death of Alden Spenare. The obituary note is brief and confirms the passing with minimal details available from the local commun ity.
Night at Pasadena marks the death of Alden Speare president of the Alden Speare Sons Co of Boston. He served as director of several railroads including Mexican Central and Atchison Topeka Santa Fe. He was a long time delegate to the national board of trade in Washington and recently declined its presidency.
Seth G. Extell, a Greek professor at Kalamazoo College for 12 years, died at age 60. He served as president of Leland University in New Orleans from 1878 to 1882 and led Central College at Pella, Iowa, in 1889 and 1890.
Aaron French 59 died at his Pittsburgh home shortly after midnight from paralysis. He was president of the American Steel Spring company and named president of the steel spring combine formed in New York recently.
In Spokane James Glendenning former Salt Lake City mayor and recent federal forest ranger for the northwest died suddenly of heart disease in Spokane tonight. The passing removes a noted public official and longtime civic leader.
R D Sweepson a Virginian and former owner of the Richmond street car system during the Civil War died in Knoxville Tenn today aged 77. His death ends a long chapter in transportation and local history.
Budapest reports M Coloman de Szell former Hungarian prime minister and leader of the social party died today aged 72.
The discipline committee investigates Friday night student riot at Columbia campus. Police arrested several students and leaders may face expulsion while others suspended or remanded for minor offenses. Damages included burning Dr. Jesse's woodpile and in one incident a professor was hooted at. a window in the ladies parlor was broken. Faculty anticipate strict actions.
In Los Angeles on March 23 talk centers on local promoters opening talks for a May meeting between the colored boxer Martin and Jeffries. Fitzsimmons is dropped, and Sharkey’s manager telegraphs that he is set to fight in London, not taking a secondary role.
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