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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1900
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard printing daily issues from Anaconda Montana. It lists subscription rates in advance and post office classifications, with branch offices in Butte Missoula and Great Falls and a Washington Bureau. Advertising rates are available on request.
The Anaconda Standard guarantees its advertisers a bona fide paid circulation daily and Sunday three times greater than any other Montana newspaper. Advertising contracts will be made subject to this guarantee.
The Democratic state central committee calls a convention in Butte at 12 m on Wednesday June 20 1900 to elect six delegates and six alternates for the national convention in Kansas City Missouri on July 4 1900. It lists county apportionment and rules including unit rule exclusion and vote casting by delegates. Dr M Cockrill chairs, David Marks secretary.
Opinion argues the president and administration fostered ruthless chatter about Navy officers including Sampson and Schley. It cites alleged plans by Felix Agnus to publish incriminating material in a Baltimore American supplement and threats to spread 1,000,000 copies unless attacks on Schley ceased.
The article traces a committee move to create a vice admiral post for Sampson and Schley, with Sampson ranked above Schley, amid ongoing political maneuvering. It notes Maryland politics and administration fears that smear campaigns could swing a Democratic win, hindering efforts to advance Sampson.
The Montana community bids farewell to Judge Judas Hunt as he accepts a presidential appointment to a national bench. While Montana regrets losing a trusted jurist, the public wishes him health and success in a larger field. Citizens recall his integrity and the state’s pride in his role shaping its judiciary.
The article notes a famine spanning about 350000 square miles with sixty million affected and perhaps half near starvation. It critiques British relief efforts, cites crop failure as the cause, and argues Boer War expenditures limit East Indian aid. The London report puts war costs at £25,250,000 by March 31, a sum insufficient to avert deaths.
The article condemns British policy aiding famine in India while favoring English interests in South Africa. It argues that stopping free coinage of silver raised rupee value, hurt natives by shrinking money supply and devaluing coin hoards, contributing to death lists during the famine. It claims England bears responsibility for Indian suffering despite modern civilization boasts.
The leading issue in the 1896 campaign was restoring silver to its former monetary position through free coinage. Democrats argued for a broad monetary reform based on the quantitative theory, claiming silver restoration would correct falling prices and restore parity, while gold purchasing power had surged since 1873. The Standard explains the silver case, noting the desire to lift prices without solely boosting silver value, and clarifies misinterpretations of bimetallic arguments.
A series of quips questions claim various historical figures linked to events like independence, slavery, and wars. It names Jefferson Lincoln Monroe Washington Dewey McKinley Hanna and others in a provocative list. The piece mocks historical roles and assertions amid sharp satire.
Daniel Murray of the Library of Congress seeks a complete list of books by Black authors for the Afro American exhibit in Paris. The Gould fortune shifts as heirs like Kingdon Gould gain prominence while George Gould remains valued at about 70 million dollars. Sequoyah’s Cherokee syllabary is commemorated in Tahlequah. Mme Derute hopes for election to the Academie Francaise, cited as daughter of Lucien Bonaparte and linked to famed figures. Mrs. Susan Simmons Winans, survivor of the Fort Dearborn massacre, lies gravely ill in Santa Ana, aged over 85.
Reports show the Imperial Bank of Russia holds $65.4 million less gold than a year ago while New South Wales banks worry over election penalties in a distant colony. NSW coal shipments to England total 72 tons this year and Siberian settlers buy US farm machinery. Chicago’s April election tally stands at $47,782. New York’s last mayoral vote had 5 246 ballots. An epidemic hits Italian and French silkworms. navigation on the St Lawrence opened last year on April 2 but may not start until May this year. In South Bethlehem Pennsylvania policemen wear total abstinence buttons. Cinat fever is rebranded malaria, spread by mosquitoes. Curfew exists in two New York municipalities per State Superintendent Skinner. The Sultan of Johore’s crown diamonds total £2,400,000. global average wealth figures then quoted for Europeans and others follow.
A collage of humorous snippets from Chicago Tribune Indianapolis News and other papers features political quips on money law wives and banter about speeches. Lines touch on Yeast language parallels and playful mishearing in public discourse.
English insurance societies split over war risk coverage for Swedish quarry development. Some refuse volunteers, while others support them, delaying the project as tensions and economic stakes rise.
A compilation of varied facts notes British weekly government overspend of 7 million dollars, England and Wales funeral costs exceed six million pounds, and a French mummy identified as the Exodus Pharaoh. It also mentions an Illinois electric line rivaling steam, the Bible Society’s milestone, a four-marriage limit in Russian law, new 10 inch guns for San Francisco harbor, and expert assertions of harbor defense.
The observer describes Mpeseni's circular hut, lion-skin bed, and strict royal etiquette. He notes Mpeseni's wealth from gifts, numerous wives, and demands for firearms, while detailing interactions about freeing captives and the wary, ceremonial conduct inside the court.
Exposition visitors in Paris will miss bull fights this year as opponents press the government to end the spectacle. Local authorities banned shows amid clashes between promoters and critics, while crowds of up to 2 000 gathered, leading to a chaotic scene as a bull charged into the arena.
The Paris exposition faced a clash over bull fighting as the government banned the sport amid Spain’s hopes to showcase corrida culture. Italian promoter Signor Mazzantini, once Madrid depot master, lamented the ban while preparing a public corrida side show. The chamber ratified the prohibition, ending the plan.
The Paris exposition unveils a 197 foot long telescope three times the Yerkes instrument at Lake Geneva. It weighs 21 tons with a 49 inch lens and 1320 pound glass. the largest lenses are a guarded Paris monopoly led by M. Mantois, successor of Guinaux, who introduced the process at the start of the century.
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