Anaconda Standard Publishing Company Notice
The Anaconda Standard prints daily with base and Sunday editions, pricing years at ten dollars and up to monthly and weekly rates. Office locations include Anaconda Main Office in Standard Block and branch offices in Butte Missoula and Great Falls. Mail and address details given for subscriptions and editorial contacts.
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Advertisers Target Anaconda Standard Gains
The Anaconda Standard reports it carries a larger bona fide paid circulation than all other Montana dailies combined. For March the daily and Sunday averages are 12,015 and 14,362 respectively.
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President McKinley’s Northwest visit cancelled amid illness
The Tidings warn of Mrs. McKinley’s serious illness forcing the cancellation of President McKinley’s Northwest engagements. San Francisco bulletins hint at possible fatal development, while Cor telyou’s notices offer a subdued, hopeful tone as Montanans regret the change and express sympathy for the president.
Mosquito Plague Hits East in Early Season
A Norfolk dispatch reports unprecedented May mosquitoes swarming across New Jersey Delaware Maryland and Virginia. The insects threaten livestock with fatal bites and force citizens to wear head nets while scientists search for a cause and remedy. The outbreak signals growing dangers of life on the far east.
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Alger on Arrest Aide and Public Opinion
General Alger told a reporter he would have captured Aguinaldo if he had stayed in the cabinet. The remark, his first public word in a long time, contrasts with wide public disapproval of his wartime leadership and retirement. Critics say his view overshoots his record and lacks support.
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Aguinaldo
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Alger's dubious wartime schemes and the Manila dilemma
The excerpt questions General Alger's self inflated claims and his fit for high office. It contrasts his past with Root and critiques American administrative choices in Manila, noting rot in the war effort and the danger of an Alger leadership with flawed credibility.
John L Sullivan Defeated by an Ordinary Negro on Broadway
The famed pugilist John L Sullivan, after a day of Wall Street bustle and in a public display on Broadway, was grabbed by a masked assault from a large colored man named Mr. Allen. Sullivan was knocked into the street where he lay stunned as police secured the assailant. He vainly begged for time to retaliate, while bystanders and fear marked the scene.
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King Lear
John I Sullivan
John U
John I
John L
Jim Corbett
John Barleycorn
Missouri
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Allen
Yours
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Mr. Allen
Sullivan
Heinze Clark Combine Turbulent Montana Political Plot
The piece recounts last year’s alliance between the Heinzes and Clark to purify Montana politics. Clark backed them with funds while the Heinzes leveraged bonds and sureties, leading to legal and public scrutiny as the rift and fallout unfolded.
Heinze-Clark dispute unsettled at high court level
A New York merchant's secretary faces questions as the Clark Heinze combine heads toward a court ruling. The Supreme Court clerk says the bond won’t suffice while Heinze lawyers push for the court to decide. The matter centers on money deposited in Clark’s Butte bank and the implications of Delaware resources.
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Supreme Court
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Butte
Delaware
Clark-Heinze
Colleges Explore New Studies In Spelling And Public Service
Columbia University plans an orthography course citing experience with students who won t spell well and may not improve through reading alone. Wisconsin proposes a public office training program aimed at civil service preparation, arguing merit system positions rise with specialized knowledge.
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Columbia
Wisconsin University
Wisconsin
Lipton's Shamrock II Stirs Mountainside Fanfare
The author mocks overhyped coverage of Sir Thomas Lipton's yacht Shamrock II, noting locals show little interest in nautical details while focusing on health, politics, and business. California wine, Morgan, and regional happenings draw attention as Lipton plans a possible Shamrock II race. James J. Hill visits New York as headlines shift from New York to San Francisco.
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Thomas Lipton
Associated Press
Jack Bunsby
Lipton
Polarized Speculation Across Nations and Hawaii
The passage blends varied opinions from California to Hawaii about political figures, including Dole's perceived shift in Hawaiian governance, reactions to Queen Lil, Morgan and Roosevelt bear and lion stories, and references to Corbett Sullivan Bandmann and Mrs Nation. It notes public panic margins, race-related remarks, and national hopes for Mrs. McKinley’s recovery.
Peace Reigns Only Within Rifle Range
Vancouver May 15 according to Shanghai papers Wang Tu Heien Chili province where Missionary Stonehouse was killed has recently been the scene of bloody conflicts with the converts Twelve hundred Boxers attacked converts and slaughtered native Christians by scores The Mercury says peace reigns only within range of the rifles of the allies with anti foreign hatred strong as ever There is a report from Tientsin that 70000 insurgents have assembled at Yang Liu Tsing and are indulging in abuses Including violating women robbing houses plundering tax collectors and declaring the intention of setting up a new emperor These insurgents include people whose homes were lost in Chili The P O steamer Sobraon was wrecked April 25 near Foochow total loss All passengers and crew were saved Of 120 bubonic plague cases in Hong Kong since January 1 112 have died including one bitten by a rat who died within 12 hours.
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Wang Tu-Heien
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Tientsin
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Chili
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Hong Kong
The Chinese indemnity and peace talks progress
Berlin officials report the Chinese peace commissioners accept indemnities and begin troop withdrawals. They expect approval of higher duties and a 30 year payment term, with international customs control deemed unnecessary. Germany shows willingness to a reduced indemnity pending Pekin guidance, while other powers may oppose reductions.
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China
Germany
Pekin
Notable figures and trivia from early 20th century
A compilation notes diverse facts: Joseph Chamberlain among top amateur cheese players in England. Speaker David B. Henderson buys a new artificial leg in Minneapolis. Grant’s Civil War class of 1843 survivors at West Point listed. Baron Lehman tours the U S to author a book on institutions. Cardinal Mezzofani spoke 114 languages. ex Governor Morrill of Kansas owns a vast apple orchard planned to reach 4 000 trees. eight ladies who served as train bearers at the queen’s wedding 63 years ago remain alive, Victoria Howard among them and all but one married.
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Kansas
Victoria Howard
The Gaynors Ordered Removed to Georgia
In New York on May 15 Judge Brown ordered Captain Benjamin D. Greene John D. Gaynor William T. Gaynor and Edward A. Gaynor removed to Savannah Georgia for trial on conspiracy charges linked to O M Carter over improvements in Southern harbors. They must be indicted for trial or give bail for due appearance.
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New York
Junv. Brown
United States District Court
Benjamin D. Greene
John D
William T
Edward A. Gaynor
Savannah
O. M. Carter
United States Engineer Corps
Trans-Pacific line discussed by Ballin with Santa Fe
Albert Ballin of Hamburg American confirms talks with Atchison Topeka Santa Fe to open a steamship link between San Francisco and the Orient. He says the plan is in early stages and details like vessel numbers tonnage and speed are not yet decided and will take a long time to mature.
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Albert Ballin
Hamburg- American Steamship Company
Europe
China
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
San Francisco
Orient
Burlington Directors Meet
Boston May 16 The directors of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad held their regular monthly meeting and dealt only with routine business No interruption in plans to absorb the Burlington by the Great Northern and Northern Pacific is indicated by the underwriting syndicate today calling the first 10 percent installment.
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
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Morgan Heads to Paris as Crisis Likely Averted
London June 1 says J Pierpont Morgan left for Paris this morning with no definite plan known at his London firm. It is expected he will return to Aix les Bains and not come to America until June as signs that a compromise with Kuhn Loeb & Company has been reached in New York.
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Six Thousand Cigar Makers Strike Over Broken Bridge
In Tampa on May 15, six thousand cigar makers walked out after a bridge linking the city to its western suburbs was broken for two days. The slow ferry crossing spurred the action as workers sought pressure on manufacturers to repair the bridge promptly, risking losses from prepared tobacco.
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Tampa
Fla
Anaconda News Organizes Lawyers Doctors Baseball Game
Dr Owen and Rod Williams lead a plan to stage a baseball game between lawyers and doctors as a feature of a Mountain View park picnic on May 30. President Brown says the event will avoid Memorial Day activities and start trains at 1 15 after city exercises.
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Tothem
Good Roade and Cycle Path Association
Mountain View Park
Brown
Morgan Evans
Reese
Three Mile Rouse
Hast Park Avenue
Watershed wins Newmarket welter handicap at spring meet
At Newmarket on May 15 the Wednesday welter handicap was won by Watershed, W. C. Whitney’s chestnut colt, with Clem Jenkins riding. Minnie Dee, Johnny Reiff up, finished second. Twelve runners contested. Maher rode St Hilarious in the 2 year old race. Willlam the Third captured the Newmarket stakes with Doricles second and Aida third. The stakes carried 30 sovereigns in entries fee and 1000 sovereigns added. A close finish saw Aida challenge near Rome as Maher neared a potential additional race. Betting favored William the Third at 20 to 1, Doricles at 9 to 4, and Aida at 6 to 1.
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Richard Croker
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J. C. Dyers
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Gold for Shipment by Gollman Fuchs Heidelbach Firms
Gold shipments expected for May 16 with Gollman Fuchs Heidelbach Ickelheimer firms sending $1,000,000 each aboard the steamer Heidelbach Ickelheimer Co to Europe. An extra $200,000 will be sent to Europe, totaling $2,200,000.
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Gollman, Fuchs & Company
Heidelbach, Ickelheimer & Company
To-Morrow
Europe
Railway workers refuse repair on locomotive at Butte shops
Ten men at the Butte Anaconda & Pacific railroad shops quit work refusing to repair Great Northern locomotive No 999. The union dispute stems from Great Northern being at odds with the union over a strike at Great Falls. Eight machinists one helper and one apprentice walked out. Remaining workers continued repairs. The incident is expected to be settled without trouble.
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Great Falls
Anaconda
Saloon Keeper Dies After Assault in Seattle
John C. Kims, proprietor of the Chicago saloon, died after 70 hours unconscious following a fight with Charles Anderson. Anderson is under arrest and to be tried for murder.
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Wash
Charles Anderson
John C. Kims
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