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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1902
Page
4
The Anaconda Standard publishes subscription rates in advance for daily and Sunday delivery. Rates shown include one year ten dollars, six months five dollars, three months three dollars, and one month one dollar.
Postage rates listed for 16 page editions one cent, 32 page editions two cents, 48 page editions three cents. Papers sent to Europe cost double the rates. inquiries available for other foreign destinations.
The Standard announces branch offices at Butte Missoula and Great Falls where advertising rates are provided on application. The main office is in Anaconda with telephone numbers and a standard block header for notices.
Washington Bureau No 41 Post Building details eastern offices at 150 Nassau Street and 8 Washington Street with W J Morton in charge. The text lists contact and office locations for Adwads and related bureaus in New York and Boston areas.
The Standard is available at multiple city stands including Chicago Post Office News Stand Auditorium Annex and Palace Hotel in San Francisco. Other stands in Los Angeles 422 South Main street Denver 906 Seventeenth street Salt Lake 51 West Second South Street Salt Lake News Co Spokane 108 North Howard Acoma 1208 Pacific Avenue Seattle 216 Pike Street and Portland Hotel.
Dr Steele of Helena recalls medicine in early Montana when few physicians served a vast territory. Congress created Montana on May 26 1864, with a modest government and a first legislature meeting in Bannack in 1864. The piece reflects on Montana’s rapid progress and enduring achievements since that day.
President Jordan cites impossibility for any executive officer to work with Pease as the reason for his removal from Stanford. Friends of Pease argue the dismissal stems from his sympathy with Ross, the civics professor denied by Mrs. Stanford due to views against wealth hierarchy. Public belief questions university management’s punishment of dissent.
The piece derides Stanford for its endowment spending, labeling it a refuge of bigotry. It cites President Jordan and the board over the Ross dismissal and warns similar acts may occur, targeting Professor Pease and Latin studies.
The Manila review declares Waller and Day cleared on one count but says Day should not have obeyed Waller. Roosevelt declares no American can tolerate torture and has ordered courts martial reviewed. He sent urgent instructions to Manila and told Bishop Lawrence of Massachusetts he would ensure proper discipline.
A lengthy editorial contrasts kosher meat riots in eastern cities with general unrest. It notes Hebrew-led boycotts, shop closures in New York, sentinels outside remaining shops, and harassment of customers, while mentioning a Women’s Anti-Beef Trust and related social tensions in the era.
The Herald accuses trust leaders of not opposing the rioting but fomenting it. It says packer agents may be among agitators persuading poorer East Side residents to riot for the leaders' benefit.
The piece argues St Gaudens is a premier American sculptor and predicts Butte will host an eminently good sculpture. It cites his Lincoln statue for Chicago, the Puritan for Springfield, McCosh portrait for Princeton, Cooper and Sherman monuments in New York, Shaw Memorial in Boston, Peace of God at Rock Creek, and Logan statue in Chicago.
Reports from Kingstown describe a stronger eruption at Chateau Belair on May 18 19 with further ash, lava and loud detonations. Residents flee toward Cumberland while authorities plan refuges and repair water supplies as four active craters are noted and the Dixie brings aid.
In Fernie British Columbia May 25 a crowd of about 500 miners and townsfolk chased provincial policeman William Stevens from the town after he reportedly said he wished 250 more miners had been killed in Thursday night’s blast at Coal Creek No 2. A quick trial and rough expulsion followed as the town reels from the disaster. Officials report 151 killed at Crow's Nest mines with 50 bodies recovered by nightfall and rescue work continuing.
Reynolds Prosser won the M. H. Bryan challenge trophy with 27 of 30 at the Helena Gun Club shoot. W F Scott took the A medal with 20 of 25 and Perry won the B class medal with 19 kills. Conditions set for the Bryan medal include open challenge by eligible competitors.
Five hundred men search the Atlanta area for Millard Lee after he shot and killed Lila Suttle, 19, inside Wesley Chapel. Lee fired twice as the benediction ended. the first bullet struck the back, the second ended the life. Suttle had rejected his marriage advances due to social differences.
Preliminary memorial services in Missoula Union Opera House drew a full house with congregational sermon by Rev. J. A. Barnes. Fred Winthrop post of the G. A. R. attended, and Rev. Barnes praised the G. A. R. for Civil War service while condemning imaginary Mason Dixon lines and urging national unity.
At Miles City in late May farmers discuss founding a local creamery after years of debate. The alfalfa feed tests bolster confidence in dairy viability and Oleomargarine substitution fuels demand awareness as projectors seek a regional market to sustain the venture.
Livingston report says the Chestnut coal mines have shut down. About 100 miners were paid off and discharged on Friday. The dispute is linked to union officials and mine owners, resembling the East Helena labor troubles, with details not yet clear.
In Denver on May 25 three labor groups the Western Labor Union the Western Federation of Miners and the National Association of Restaurant and Hotel Employes will hold a joint session. President Boyce will open the meeting to pursue the practical adoption of socialism by unions as Thomas I Kidd and Secretary Lawrence attempt to ease rifts between the AFL and western factions.
In Wolcott Colorado on May 25 John Quinn is dead after a dispute with Dan Fields, son-in-law of Mrs. Kuhn, who ordered him to quit. Fields fired on Quinn with a rifle after Quinn shot at Fields with a shotgun, killing him instantly.
Daniel Hill a wealthy real estate owner and partner in George Phillips company on the Chicago board of trade was shot and seriously wounded in his bed early today Six shots were fired three hitting him behind the left ear the nose and the right arm Mrs Hill awakened by a forced bedroom door alarmed neighbors but the assailants fled after the attack.
Lorenzo Faulkner, about 30, shot and killed his wife Rose Duke Faulkner in Ogden, then turned the gun on himself. The couple, married two years ago in Huntington, Oregon, were arguing during a walk with their 10 month old baby present. the infant was struck by a bullet.
Big Timber May 25. The home of Harry Cosgriff and his shearing pens burned last night. The adjacent house of Mr. Flanders was also destroyed in the blaze. No injuries reported and cause under investigation.
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