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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1901
Page
6
Publication directory for Standard Publishing Company with pricing for daily and Sunday issues, subscription rates, and office locations in Anaconda plus branch offices in Butte Missoula and Great Falls. Includes address details for Washington and eastern offices.
The notice lists postal and office locations for correspondence including Chicago at Postoffice, Auditorium Annex. San Francisco at Palace Hotel. Denver at Glenarm Street and Seventeenth Street. Salt Lake at Second South Street and WV. Salt Lake News Co. It directs all general business letters to Anaconda, Montana.
The notice asserts Anaconda Standard has the largest paid circulation in Montana, reporting a yearly average of 11,891 daily copies and 14,184 Sunday copies in 1900, surpassing all other Montana dailies combined.
Washington reports the sudden death of Mrs Lyman J Gage wife of the secretary of the treasury and a prominent social figure in the McKinley administration The loss is described as an especial affliction to the president and his official family with broad public regret.
A Montana writer questions New Bedford Mass to adopt a dial based exchange with no telephone operator. He celebrates the Montana telephone girl and imagines life without her, contrasting efficiency with charm and everyday cheer in voice prompts.
A columnist laments the demise of the telephone girl as automatic exchanges spread. He argues progress replaces human operators, noting the loss will leave an aching void yet inevitable, comparing the shift to the obsolescence of car horses and trolley era changes. He cites New Bedford as lacking the right kind of girls and condemns the change as science driven.
The piece discusses American expectations in the cup races, noting Shamrock II's poor showing and the potential for Constitution and Independence to challenge. It weighs innovations on the yachts, hints at possible upsets, and praises Lipton as a sportsman regardless of outcome.
Edwin F Uhl, long active Democrat and prominent Grand Rapids lawyer who served twice as mayor, died after a long illness. He had been German ambassador to Berlin, succeeding Theodore Runyon after Runyon fell ill, and served until Andrew D. White succeeded him under McKinley. His death ends a notable career in Michigan politics and national diplomacy.
The essay argues that post crash America shows a long history of market mania and cyclical booms and busts. It notes repeated moralizing and expert analysis, comparing modern panic to early schemes like Law's Mississippi and South Sea bubbles, and labels the U S as a nation of gamblers in the broader sense.
The passage argues that Americans prize risk taking and tireless energy as national traits fueling industrial growth. It claims this gambler mindset, backed by individual initiative and liberal laws, underpins the republic's progress and will persist despite ethical critiques and warnings from leaders and businessmen.
The piece cites Balfour’s disclosure on Boer War vulnerability and Labour costs aiding the US, condemns Chamberlain, critiques Hague arbitration, mocks carpet bagging and press sensationalism, notes McKinley’s wife recovery hopes, and lampoons Nash and the Hill Harriman club with pointed editorial jabs and global tensions.
Park City Utah May 17 A carload of ore hoisted from the Ontario mine shaft No 3 at the 1000 foot level sped past the stop and crashed through the sheaves. The car struck workers but most escaped with only one miner injured. 300 men face unemployment as operations halt.
The United States circuit court of appeals reversed Judge Noyes’s Alaska district court judgments in three Cape Nome mining cases. The appeals court ordered dismissal and removed Alexander McKenzie as receiver. It held that an alien’s mining claim location may not be attacked by private parties, a principle long upheld by U.S. courts.
A disjointed column rants about a London word backwardation as a sign of dull American speech while lampooning California politics and financial figures. It notes J. P. Morgan & Co and Kuhn Loeb & Co disbanding a Mutual Alienation group and hints at Count von Waldersee passing through the U.S. as essays on society and finance ripple through.
The article describes the high school commencement with Miss Sullivan delivering the valedictory and President Swain giving a thoughtful address on education’s evolution. Diplomas were presented by President FitzPatrick as the ceremony concluded.
The Anaconda school year closed with nine months of instruction after fears of a five month term due to funding. Superintendent Kilroy led a disciplined, improved program. he leaves for the East and will be succeeded by J A Koenig of Stanford. Closing exercises were held across several schools with picnics and receptions for pupils.
One night each week available in the Standard building hall. Inquiries directed to the Standard office for details and scheduling.
Rod Williams reports a Butte base ball club letter proposing a game with Anaconda on Butte grounds. Anaconda forms a regular team though not yet established, with Williams stepping back from play. A practice game is set against Anaconda juniors at Mountain View Sunday afternoon. Regulared-Williams leads the regulars and Flynn leads the juniors with listed lineups.
In Denver May 27 a district court verdict found Sam Strong not liable for $100000 in damages claimed by FE J Giddinge William Lennox and others over destruction of a Cripple Creek mine shaft house and machinery by an explosion in 1944. Plaintiffs alleged Strong hired men to blow up the shaft to deter sale but the jury did not credit that testimony. A parallel suit by Strong Mining Co against Strong on the same grounds is not likely to proceed.
Lulu Parker, a woman of African descent, was arraigned in the police court before Judge Hayes on a $10 robbery claim against Charles Kaneberg. Lacking absolute proof, she was fined $25 for prostitution. Joe Clinton, charged with drunk and disorderly conduct, pleaded to serve as chambermaid and received a $10 fine with suspended sentence.
The Silver Stars and the Crescents will meet again at Lake Park with the same lineup as last Sunday. Robert Broderick received 20 days and John King 25 days in county jail for vagrancy by Justice of the Peace Quane. Robert J. Irving returned from a visit to San Francisco and other coast points.
Akron police report the dynamiting of Policeman William J Bruner s residence in South Akron. Bruner his wife and two children were buried in debris but none seriously injured. Police suspect the attack aimed to retaliate against Bruner for arresting gang members.
This morning at 5 o'clock Wellston Ohio experienced a pronounced earthquake shock. The first tremor woke residents and was followed by two convulsive shakes that displaced furniture in many homes. Reports from Zanesville Portsmouth Ironton and Huntington West Virginia indicate the tremor was felt clearly there.
Paris May 17 an official dispatch reports that Chinese peace plenipotentiaries have agreed to the powers demands for concessions to be used for legation sites, signaling progress in the diplomatic settlement.
Ninety Boers including Bar on Vorster and Heysteck surrender at Pietersburg Northern Transvaal May 17. Former landrost and officials among the detainees as the district slowly returns to normal conditions.
Norwegian independence day celebrated with enthusiasm in Christiana and Bergen. Crown Prince Gustaf unveiled Nordenskjold statue while Ole Bull statue was unveiled in Bergen, with warships participating in the ceremonies.
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