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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1901
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard announces daily and Sunday editions with subscription rates for 1 year 10.00 6 months 6.00 3 months 3.00 and 1 month 1.00. It lists postal rules and suffices for copies, foreign rates, office addresses, and branch offices in Butte Missoula and Great Falls.
The Anxcondia Standard reports that its paid circulation dwarfs all Montana daily papers. For the six months ending June 1901 the daily average is 11,872 and the Sunday average 1,191, marking it as the state’s top market newspaper with a broader reach than its rivals.
A clandestine prize fight took place at the Margaret theater in Anaconda defying Montana law and public opinion. Promoters plan a larger match using venues like the city council chamber to evade legal limits, as locals contemplate future bouts.
A Connecticut statewide referendum on constitutional reform failed as the legislature pledged not to act despite broad support. The piece argues the town unit system concentrates power in small towns, disenfranchising large cities and skewing representation, leaving a minority in control.
The article argues that the issue of denying Negro voters has a clear case against northern states as well as the South, emphasizing a nationwide problem rather than regional blame.
Theodore Ehret, early Anaconda furniture dealer who started in a crude log building on Main Street after moving from Butte, built a substantial business and became prosperous. He was a respected citizen who contributed to the city’s growth and public measures, and his death last evening ends a well regarded life.
Italian criminologist Lombroso in Paris mocks rulers using plaster casts of heads. He labels Edward VII and others mentally unsound while declaring many European leaders irremediably criminal. The gathering, attended by scientists, offered heated discussion but few solid conclusions.
The piece traces early Pan American efforts during John Quincy Adams era. It notes Latin republics called the first Pan American congress after independence, aims to aid Cuba and Puerto Rico, and clash with slaveholding interests led by Clay, Benton, Webster, Buchanan, and Polk over funding and delegation.
The Pan American congress adjourned due to poor attendance and never met in Mexico. Internal dissension prevented its ambitious programme, leaving Cuba and Puerto Rico under Spanish control. US opposition in 1826 delayed their independence, which came in 1898 as repayment of a long overdue debt.
A Reading Berks county teachers meeting applauded Henry Houck deputy state superintendent who urged that in some cases a sound thrashing may be necessary to maintain order and school interests. The piece contrasts love-led discipline with the old rod and notes expectations of a trial period of corporal punishment in Berks County schools.
In Omaha on October 31 a dozen witnesses testified in the Callahan perjury trial. They linked Callahan to false whereabouts during the Cudahy kidnapping period and identified him in the bay pony ransom plot. Cudahy’s banker testified to the ransom payment. Sears testified he withdrew 25,000 in gold for the ransom.
In San Francisco on October 31 C A Frost one of the respondents in the Name contempt case testified briefly. He refused to disclose the informant or details of secret investigations at Nome, citing confidentiality. The circuit court of appeals will be asked to rule on whether such questions may be answered.
Logansport Indiana October 31 two men were instantly killed and two perhaps fatally injured in a head on collision between two Vandalia freight trains on the Michigan division at Judson Ind thirty miles south of Logansport The dead are Richard Stith fireman Logansport and John Ellabarger brakeman Terre Haute Injured Frank Kk Cross engineer Logansport
The walls towers and palace repairs near completion with a temporary wooden structure substituting the destroyed Chiehenen tower to resemble the old stone tower and conceal conquest signs. Emperor Kwang Su will pass beneath it when entering the Forbidden City as Prince Ching begins his court arrival today.
John Morley MP told constituents at Arabrath that the government worsens South Africa tensions through concentration camp management. He called the child death rate in camps hideous and excessive, asking what Lord Palmerston would say about such justification compared with Russia in Poland or Austria in Bosnia.
Heavy absorbent large towels described as ideal for hotel use. The listing notes regular price is lie and that today’s deal is a sale. Limited details on discount or purchase terms.
A brief item notes black silk veiling in a fish net and fancy weaves with chenille dots. Regular price is 50 cents a yard. Today only, a promotional mention appears.
Emperor William telegraphs support for the German Protestant church in Shanghai promising to donate an altar and window in memory of Baron von Ketteler. He states the gift as a pledge to Christians and loyalty to Germany unto death.
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