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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1903
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard lists daily and Sunday subscription options with prices for different terms. Rates include one year at 10.90, six months at 5.90, three months at 2.00, and one month at 1.9 for daily and Sunday editions.
The Standard lists postage for 10 to 16 page editions at one cent to three cents for larger editions and double rates for Europe and other foreign countries. It notes Main Office in Anaconda Montana and branch offices in Butte Missoula and Great Falls with advertising rates on application. It provides telephone lines and numerous newsstand outlets across major cities and asks business correspondence be sent to the Spixnavnn Publishing Company in Anaconda.
A Washington dispatch reports President Marroquin of Colombia may resign amid political strife as Gen Raphael Reis could take over. Friends of the canal are keen for confirmation, amid signs Colombia national opinion opposes the Panama treaty and Congress may be asked to act.
Narrative traces the penniless end of Asa P Stanford brother of Leland Stanford. After 25 years of monthly payments tied to relinquished Southern Pacific holdings, his death leaves a widow seeking one hundred dollars for funeral costs. The story notes an inheritance of twenty five thousand dollars later lost to his son and cancelled notes from Leland Stanford.
A Munich professor’s skull finding suggests early men could not talk though bipedal and raises questions about Genesis accounts. The piece notes Eve may have talked and discusses blame for the biblical eve and Adam. The hue is Darwinian in tone with humorous social commentary.
Gossipy notes on the America’s Cup contest with the Reliance and Shamrock ships, Columbia’s trials, and potential defense by the Columbia. Adjacent items mock political figures Roosevelt Cleveland Bryan and discuss Arbor Day, Montana, and General Miles with light editorial tone.
The Rev. Mr. Harris will preach from the text A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump and a yellow streak of Mr. Hyde contaminateth the Whole works of Dry. Jekyll. Arbor day is a good thing but calls for rooting for trees.
Alexander McDonald, a teamster at the new chimney works, was badly cut in a night fight with Joe Durden at Bruno Mainville's saloon. Durden fled but was captured within 15 minutes. McDonald treated by Dr Feenan for a neck and throat wound and is expected to recover unless infection sets in.
In Omaha on May 11 three district judges issued an injunction restraining striking restaurant workers from interfering with business. Forty unions protest but 18 laundries close leaving 500 workers idle. Non union drivers replace strikebreakers while police arrest violators. Governor Mickey mediates a lengthy, inconclusive meeting between business and labor leaders.
Delegates from the Order of Railway Conductors of America Canada and Mexico gather in Pittsburg for the biannual convention. By Tuesday night about 5000 delegates and friends are expected, with one session daily and Grand Chief Conductors Clark likely to be re elected if he accepts. Mrs J H Moore of Toledo presides over the ladies auxiliary with no opposition anticipated.
London reports The Tim correspondent in Sofia says prospects for summer peace are more favorable than since January. A meeting between the Bulgarian Premier and the Ottoman commissioner settled the Turkish note amicably, ending a dangerous situation. In six weeks rural Bulgaria and Macedonia will face harvest duties.
Special Dispatch reports in May 11 proceedings Ed ward McDermott sues Anaconda Copper for damages 25000 for personal injury. This is the second trial after a November verdict for the plaintiff totaling 1260 was overturned by Judge Leslie and a new trial granted. Judge Tattam of Fort Lenton presides.
The Yegen Base Ball Club lost 8 to 10 to a picked squad of Donovan Motormick company employees and other players. Penrad and Bergen starred in the effort with standout fielding and hitting for the Yegen team.
The Mobile and Ohio railway strike widens as three freight trains move from East St. Louis with crews deserting one 60 miles out. Only one train runs today as six Mast Louis yardmen quit until the dispute is settled. W. Lee of the Railway Trainmen pledges to protect life and property during the strik e.
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports Joe Kipp, a former Blackfoot merchant, constructing a new drooima hotel in Browning. The hotel is planned to open by June 1 with J. Clark, a Browning veteran, in charge of management.
In Ogden Utah on May 11 the local Boilermakers union received a telegram from John MacNeil Kansas City head directing Southern Pacific shop workers to remain at work for 15 days. A meeting with Harriman and Burt to settle the Union Pacific strike is planned for next week. Fifty men in Ogden were prepared to strike at noon before the message arrived.
A petition signed exclusively by Filipino women was presented to Archbishop Guildi, the apostolic delegate in the Philippines, requesting retention of the friars. It argues no reason exists for expulsion, warns hundreds of parishes would lose spiritual advisers, and claims a small minority fuels the anti-friar movement.
After a five hour session the joint committee of employers and union representatives agreed to disagree on terms and broke off further talks. Captain King Harkey said the only option is to open with non union help if necessary.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court today affirmed a Huntingdon County court ruling in favor of defendants in the conspiracy and damage case brought by Rev. I. N. Irvine formerly rector of St. John's Episcopal Church Huntingdon. The defendants include Bishop Mitchellbert Talbot and Mr. and Mrs. Eliott.
In Mobile Alabama on May 11, boiler makers blacksmiths and machinists at Mobile Jackson Kansas City Railroad walked out demanding 5.05 dollars per day for ten hours. They had been paid 2.95. General Manager Clark ordered striking workers to return by 7 A M tomorrow or be replaced.
Bakersfield California May 11 labor unrest at Southern Pacific sees all boilermakers at this point refuse to work while helpers and apprentices report for duty but are persuaded to stay idle. Division headquarters confirms this is the only system-wide location where workers have refused.
Washington reports Nicaragua weighing a shift from silver to gold, likely to take several years. Minister at Washington Mr. Corea has submitted a comprehensive U S financial system report to his government to guide the possible adoption in Nicaragua.
New York May 11 Ralph M Basky secretary of the civic federation said he received a telegram that the Southern Pacific threat ened strike was postponed 15 days. Boiler makers would have gone on strike today in sympathy with Union Pacific machinists who have been out for six months. Senator Hanna acting for the federation asked that the sympathy strike be postponed pending settlement efforts. Manner reports said the strikers told Hanna the request came too late but Easley called those reports unfounded.
The National Civic Federation's executive committee meets in the city on Wednesday to consider a settlement in the Union Pacific matter after assurances of a 15 day delay.
A strike by 1109 tallymen and lumber inspectors began in Chicago on May 11. Seventy five lumber yards are affected as workers quit over a demand for 30 cents an hour and a 10 hour day, despite a signed agreement dated January 1 setting wages at 2 24 cents per hour for one year.
Stock Inspector John Dunn and A Bcharnhorst pursued two horse thieves for 40 miles near Red Lodge after tracking them from Sunlight basin. Dunn sought to avoid bloodshed as Scharnhorst threatened to shoot on sight. No traces found, contradicting the claim the thieves entered Sunlight basin. Scharnhorst, exhausted, remains determined and heads toward the Sage Creek country toward the Big Horn River.
A fragment notes pursuit of a quarry through deep snow in the Wyoming mountains where Dunn and Seharn Horst did not reach the basin. The terse report implies an ongoing search with terrain delaying progress.
Washington reports that the monitor Arkansas arrived at the new department from St Cane vieve where it lies awaiting movements. The crew will be reassigned to other warships in the East while remaining sailors drill through the summer and fall.
The agriculture college executive board granted Professor Portier, director of the experiment station, a one year leave starting July 1 to take a government post overseeing irrigation work in California. Fortier is completing his third year and has a strong irrigation engineering reputation.
General pierra arrived in the city today while the Honduran former leader lounged in the port area.
Washington May 11 statement shows available cash balance of 221,123,940 and bold 107,550,618 in the treasury balances. The report lists current funds and available cash for government accounts with no further details in the readable excerpt.
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