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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1901
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard lists ownership, publication cadence, and subscription rates for various editions. It also provides office contact details, circulation regions, and branch locations in Butte Missoula and Great Falls along with eastern and national office addresses.
President McKinley arrives in Washington on Memorial Day after a lengthy Pacific coast tour that consumed most of May. The public voiced concern for Mrs. McKinley’s illness, yet showed patient sympathy as the train journey resumed. News hints a future tour may include Montana.
The piece condemns Gas Addicks for buying influence in Delaware, arguing he uses wealth to corrupt the state’s representation. It notes Delaware’s small size, single House seat, and the long struggle to defend against his moneyed impact since 1889, highlighting his Philadelphia origins and lack of local ties.
The report alleges a political maneuver by Hanna supporters to elevate Addicks to gain federal patronage in Delaware. This would aim to coerce Republican factions and secure his senate election, placing Delaware in a difficult political position.
The Broadway and Main corner in Butte, once a crude mining camp landmark, faces a modern multi story rebuild. Citizens debate the proposed narrow, tall structure’s impact on the city skyline and historic site.
Chicago professor Starr challenges fashion of parting hair in the middle claiming it signals societal decay. Critics doubt his authority while references to Shakespeare Milton and Fairbanks are used to mock his theory as a hair-raising oddity in academic circles.
The article notes foreign visitors like Sarah Bernhardt tour America briefly and then publish observations on American manners and home life. It argues the dramatic stage offers a poor vantage point for understanding the nation and laments Bernhardt’s misinformed critique after returning to Paris.
The piece quotes a Frenchman or actress denigrating American life, claiming homes are scarce and people live in hotels. It cites a Reinhardt woman asserting late marriages and unmarried freedom, arguing her views aim to suit her image. It dismisses the claim as untrue and unrepresentative of American womanhood.
Octas at Yale convulse as Reginald Claypool Vanderbilt fails to gain Skull and Bones or Scroll and Key membership. The piece surveys theories from democracy in Yale to era wealth, plus a collage of memorial day reflections and public figures, including Depew, Mrs. Eddy, and McKinley.
The passage notes Henrik Ibsen now despairs of his own life after Mrs Hazen jilts him for Admiral Dewey. It references insanity as a result of love and mentions Tom Carter planning another presidential trip to Montana with hopes no revision is needed.
A compilation contrasts Hanna as a leading Republican figure with other party voices from the Albany Argus, Louisville Courier Journal, Indianapolis Sentinel, New Orleans Picayune, and Boston Herald. It discusses nomination backing, political machinery, reform pledges, and the need for educated voters amid early presidential speculation.
The king of Siam sends all royal princesses to a newly opened English school in Bangkok run by Miss Helen Gladstone daughter of W E Gladstone who will begin duties in September. Meissonier values slump at Paris sale with works selling below estimates. A Wall Street names list centers on J initials. Carlos Ezeta ex president of El Salvador faces sale of his San Francisco loan collateral and jewelry after failing to redeem.
A collage of light anecdotals and witticisms from early 20th century papers. Jests about Shakespearean echoes, Uncle Jerry in the country versus city living, dressmaker bills, a noiseless milkman invention, wedding carving humor, and a stiff police officer answering a city game inquiry.
The Burgh and Rev William O Ryan presided as the crowd of several thousand attended the unveiling of tablets, marking a significant community ceremony.
Washington observed Memorial Day with ceremonies at Arlington and other cemeteries. President McKinley was delayed by Mrs. McKinley’s physicians, while Secretary Root and General Root attended. Commander Stone led services with an invocation, poems, and the Gettysburg address read by Miss Etta Stone.
Memorial day in San Francisco featured two parades to the national cemetery at the Presidio and to the Grand Army plot in the Odd Fellows cemetery. A 15 division procession with regular troops California National Guard naval militia and G A R posts marched under Lone Mountain for ceremonies and flower strewing over graves of soldiers including those fallen in China and the Philippines. Memorial services were held at the soldiers monument with oration by D F B McKinlay and later observances conducted by James A Garfield Lincoln and General George E Meade posts with meetings planned and ovations to follow by Gen W L Barnes and Rev William Reader.
In Chicago and St. Louis Memorial Day ceremonies decorated graves of thousands of veterans. Chicago honored 1500 veterans with a G A R parade reviewed by Governor Yates and Mayor Harrison. a monument was unveiled at Rose Hill cemetery. In St. Louis, posts decorated statues and held exercises at Calvary and Jefferson barracks cemeteries with services for the dead.
In Cincinnati a large Memorial Day procession led by many children marked the day with graves at Spring Grove cemetery covered in flowers and a new honor for Spanish-American War dead. In Philadelphia, Grand Army posts fit the day with religious and patriotic services at multiple sites. Senator Boise Penrose spoke at Keneseth Israel temple as the Morris tomb and Christchurch pews received adornments by the Pennsylvania Reserve post.
Des Moines report notes E H Conger minister to China delivered the Memorial day address in Dexter Iowa, his former residence, reflecting on the holiday and local observances.
In Cleveland on Memorial Day elaborate observances included two plants and two bouquets placed on each grave by veterans. At noon veterans gathered at the Central armory for ceremonies and tributes to fallen soldiers.
The afternoon parade was reviewed by Major Johnson and other officials from a stand in front of the city hall, confirming the event’s orderly conduct and ceremonial significance.
Ithaca oarsmen won the two mile race on Lake Cayuga with their second crew finishing first. Columbia took second in 11 minutes 2 seconds and Pennsylvania in 11 minutes 8 seconds. The victory came in 10 minutes 52 seconds, lowering the course record by 34 seconds.
An official of a local bank notes that recent reports of treasury destruction of counterfeit money mislead the public into thinking widespread fakes exist. He says there is unusually little fraudulent currency in circulation and he personally saw the destroyed notes.
A Department history notes counterfeit money as a fading art with high risk and sure punishment. Businessmen report rare sightings of counterfeit notes, with one clothing store manager noting seven years without a sighting. News about such notes alarm raises bankers and curbs circulation, offsetting issuance costs.
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