Anaconda Standard publication and office details
The Anaconda Standard Publishing Company lists its offices in Anaconda Montana with branch offices in Butte, Missoula and Great Falls. It notes Washington and Eastern bureaus, foreign rates, and distribution points in multiple cities with contact addresses and telephone numbers.
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Standard Publishing Company, Publishers and Proprietors
Anaconda
The
Standard
Butte
Missoula
Great Falls
Anaconda Standard Adclaims Lead Circulation in Montana
The Anaconda Standard boasts a larger bona fide paid circulation than all other Montana daily papers combined with a six month average ending June 30 1901 of 11 872 daily and a Sunday figure not shown in full.
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Aily
Europe
Anaconda Standard
Montana
Helena lynching prompt on grand jury and Chronicle critique
The San Francisco Chronicle condemns the Helena lynching as an anarchistic outbreak and predicts the Lewis and Clark grand jury will do nothing. It notes earlier California lynching cases and argues such crimes undermine civilization and republican government. The piece suggests the grand jury could indict mob readers but is likely to fail. Sam Weller joke closes the column.
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Helena
San Francisco Chronicle
Grand Jury
Montana
California
the Chronicle
America
Lewis and Clarke Grand Jury
Bardell Ve. Pickwick
Sam Weller
Russell Alger II Publishes War Era Book
Advance notices announce General Russell A Alger II has authored a new history on the Cuban campaign and military prep. The volume covers the Spanish American War, the round robin, place seekers, and the Roosevelt era aftermath, with focus on unpreparedness and war department trials.
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Russell A. Alger II
General Alger
Our Arme
War Department
Roosevelt
Buffalo
Alger book review previews embalm ed beef scandal in Miles case
The piece forecasts General Alger’s forthcoming book on the Miles Ngan controversy known as the embalm ed beef affair. It argues Alger seeks vengeance, claims Miles damaged his own reputation, and suggests the 1898 Cuban campaign investigations left Alger sidelined. It predicts the book will not sway public judgment or elevate Alger to hero status.
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Alger
Miles
General Alger
Shafter
Alger War Department
Michigan bans docking horses tails with stiff penalties
The Michigan law makes tail docking a misdemeanor with heavy penalties for any person who docks a horse. It requires registration of horses with prior tail removals and imposes fines or imprisonment for noncompliance. The Detroit Tribune urges compliance to avoid legal trouble.
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Michigan
Detroit Tribune
Power Behind the Throne: Queen Victoria and John Brown
A long excerpt recounts how John Brown held influence over Queen Victoria during her widowhood, controlling access to the monarch and garnering gifts and perquisites. It describes a confrontation with the crown princess at Windsor and notes Brown’s perceived power over royal favor and palace access.
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Edward I
John Brown
Brown
Queen Victoria
Jolnteawn
Avery
London
Eus
Germany
Windsor Castle
Gillie
Edward’s Quiet Exile: Rich Memorials for Victorian Figures
The passage notes vast commemorations for numerous figures including Brown and others with silver statuettes bronze statues granite crosses and marble medallions. It recalls Windsor and Balmoral rooms kept locked until the queen’s death and salutes Victoria era statesmen and generals with unusual honors, save perhaps Lord Beaconsfield.
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Edward
Windsor Castle
Balmoral
Queen Victoria
Lord Beaconsfield
Number Please Roosevelt Twenty Fifth or Twenty Sixth President
The debate over whether Theodore Roosevelt is the twenty fifth or twenty sixth president rages from counting Cleveland once or twice. Some insist Cleveland’s two nonconsecutive terms create a higher number, others say the same person counts once. The dispute ties to McKinley’s place and Cleveland’s terms, but Roosevelt is the twenty fifth president in any case.
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Roosevelt
Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Mr. Cleveland
McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Boers defend liberty as Sedley and Sampson battle debate
The article compares Boer resolve to Patrick Henry urging liberty and notes a court inquiry suggests Sedley may have fought the Santiago battle more than Sampson. It also mentions historian Alger versus Maclay in assessing shed figures.
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Pretoria
van Broekhuizen
Muskegon
Mich
Great Britain
England
Patrick Henry
Court of Inquiry
Sedley
Sampson
Santiago
Missionaries Looting Warned By Bulgarian Brigands
The text laments potential looting by Bulgarian brigands targeting missionaries and hopes such acts will not become a common practice.
Friends of Czolgosz Await Odell Clemency Hope
In a cautious mood supporters of the condemned man Mr. Czolgosz await Governor Odell to grant executive clemency. They express little optimism about a mercy ruling and move to pass the time with careful statements.
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Czolgosz
Odell
Mast clubs vie to host St Thomas Lipton race
Helena public opinion resists calls for lynching the lynchers as athletic clubs in a spirited race vie for the honor of entertaining St Thomas Lipton.
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St. Thomas Lipton
Helena
Rumors and political figures in early 20th century press
The text cites Captain Barr seeking action against the Morgan family, the unverified retirement rumor about President Roosevelt in 1905, and New York friends of Hien Seth Low probing Tom Platt’s influence. It also notes Bulgaria’s claim of frontier searches for brigands who abducted Miss Stone and likens it to a Helena grand jury pursuing mob lynchers.
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New York
Hien
Seth Low
Tom Platt
Miss Stone
Helena
Roosevelt faces test of civil service reform in reform era
The Cincinnati Enquirer questions President Roosevelt's commitment to civil service reform. It asks whether he will end political assessments in the post office department and resist using civil service protection as a tool for campaign appointments and redistributions.
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The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Roosevelt
Civil Service
Post Office Department
Monkey Descent Theory Sparks Civilizational Question
In the Washington Bitar, the idea that man descended from primates is explored as a serious social question about humanity. The piece asks how far a person may degenerate from ideal manhood before social norms break down and primitive behavior becomes necessary.
Grave Fault to the Tariff From the Philadelphia Times
The Philadelphia Times criticizes the current tariff system, arguing it fails to protect domestic industries and ensure fair competition. The piece urges reforms to address structural loopholes and promote economic stability.
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Philadelphia Times
Anarchistic Declarations After McKinley Assassination
The piece argues against silencing criticism of public figures, citing clergy and politicians who favor censorship. It praises Governor Stone for challenging the claim that criticism breeds anarchy, and defends the right to expose corruption and hold leaders to account. It links anti criticism rhetoric to Emma Goldman and Czolgocz and endorses free discourse as essential to republic preservation.
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New York Evening Post
McKinley
Washington Gladden
Columbus
Ohio
United States
Massachusetts
Republic
Pennsylvania
New York
Stone
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Emma Goldman
Exama Gatinn
Bergman
Frick
Pittsburg
Czolgosz
Harrisburg
State Department
Matform
Theo Taht
Quay
Bergmans
Czolgoszes
Croker
Seth Low
Richard Croker
George W
George F. Hoar
Stones
Narrow policy threatens U.S. industrial interests
The text argues that high tariffs block foreign markets and deny access to U.S. trade centers. It notes a "narrow, cordial policy" risks ruin to vast industrial interests unless tariffs are spedily modified to open markets abroad.
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United States
Prohibition talk at Sioux City meeting by clergymen
A Davenport Democrat report notes an Anti-Baloon League gathering in Sioux City Sunday. Clergymen speakers predicted prohibition would soon become state law and take effect. Attendees were earnest and engaged, though chairs remained orderly in the aisles.
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Davenport Democrat
Reciprocity of the Wrong Kind
The San Francisco Chronicle notes reciprocal pest trade measures we have already taken with Europe, removing radar like pests. Thistle from Russia and Canada has been drawn, gypsy moth from France, orange cottony cushion scale from Australia, and England given the Colorado beetle.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Europe
Russia
Canada
France
Australia
England
Notable figures and distant rumors in high society
Personal contrasts and notable roving tales span a former president look alike Abner McKinley to Denmark’s Jacobsens giving nearly 15 million for science. Reports touch Sweden’s queen, M Bantos-Dumont as musician, the Duke d Abruzzi’s Arctic role, King Edward’s weight, Sardou’s wealth, and a New York broker seeking Morgan yacht access.
Fragmented excerpts reveal quirky quotes across papers
A compilation of stray lines from newspapers includes humorous remarks about marriage fatigue a customs official and thriftiness a real estate pitch and Chicago debates on 3 cent fares. These snippets illustrate light local color and common newspaper filler of the era.
London anarchists meet in Tottenham Court Road hall
A largely foreign audience heard R. Kelly of New York discuss the McKinley assassination in London. Enrico Malatesta praised the act as a deed of heroism while Kelly framed it as a response to worker oppression by capital, drawing editorial protests from The Standard.
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London
Tottenham Court Road
McKinley
R. Kelly
New York
Standard
Assaults on Women Spark Pueblo Fear
Pueblo Colorado reports a string of brutal assaults blamed on a single assailant described as a dark man or blackened face. Victims include Mrs James P Henderson and several young women, with one dying from a fractured skull. Police pursue the suspect as residents demand action.
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Pueblo
Colo
James P. Henderson
Hamilton
Hickey
Practical courses offered for ongoing enrollment
Promote day and night classes for private and class instruction in Mechanical Drawing and Steam Engineering. Emphasizes ongoing enrollment for competent bookkeepers and stenographers in demand, with immediate start possible.
Late Report Details Another Case Under Investigation
A late tonight report notes a second case is now under investigation. No further specifics are provided about the case or involved parties.
Platt Dines With Roosevelt in Washington
Senator Thomas Platt of New York dined with President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt at the White House. Platt stayed past 1 o clock and suggested he may issue a statement tomorrow. Roosevelt spent a quiet day attending Grace Reform church with his daughter Ethel and later St John’s Episcopal with his son Kermit.
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Washington
Thomas , Platt
New York
Roosevelt
White House
Grace Reform Church
Ethel
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Kermit
Police Break Up Anarchist Meeting In New York
In New York on October 6 police halted a large gathering advertised as a Freiarbeiter Stimme ball. About a thousand alleged anarchists were in a Fourth Street hall when 40 officers arrived and turned away Herr Most, preventing any speech.
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New York
Fourth Street
Freiarbeiter Stimme
Herr Most
Royal visit eyed for Dublin amid Irish races
The Freeman's Journal reports King Edward and Queen Alexandra plan to arrive in Dublin for Punchestown races and stay two weeks in Ireland visiting Lord Londonderry and the Duke of Abercorn before returning to Belfast. They will not visit the South of Ireland.
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Dublin
The
Freeman's Journal
Edward
Queen Alexandra
Ireland
Lord Londonderry
Duke of Abercorn
Belfast
Passengers on the Coptic from the Orient
Among the steamer Coptic passengers arriving from the Orient were H. G. Squiers secretary of the United States legation at Pekin and Admiral W. C. Farenholt retired.
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San Francisco
Orient
H. G. Squiers
United States Legation
Pekin
W. C. Farenholt
Strong Protest in Sofia Amid Mace Incident
Citizens gathered in Sofia on an October day to protest a policing incident involving a mace. The action drew several groups and calls for accountability from local authorities and human rights advocates.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Donian Revolutionary Committee Protests in Castoria
The Donian revolutionary committee met yesterday to protest the persecution of Bulgarians in Castoria district. About twenty thousand people attended as a resolution urged Bulgarian intervention at Constantinople and enforcement of the Berlin treaty by the great powers to prevent revolution.
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Donian Revolutionary Committee
Castoria
Constantinople
Macedonia
Monsoon Wins Waterloo Cup Final at Pastime Park
Monsoon owned by H. G. Becker of St. Louis defeated Rocker owned by J. H. Rossiter of San Francisco to claim the Waterloo cup stake at Pastime park. A large crowd witnessed the historic coursing victory with Monsoon surprising favorites after steady early rounds. The Waterloo purse was awarded to Lord Brazen owned by F. R. Moore.
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St. Louis
Pastime Park
Monsoon
H. G. Becker
Rocker
J. H. Rossiter
San Francisco
Warburton
Mountain Lion
Haredine
Mr. Becker
Waterloo
Lord Brazen
F. R. Moore
Mourning for McKinley Sweeps Honolulu After Death
Honolulu observes a citywide mourning period after President McKinley’s death with closures and prayers. Governors and officials call for unity, while a popular subscription monument is proposed. The Hamakua fire remains active but controlled, though drought and distress persist.
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Associated Press
Honolulu
McKinley
Dole
Hamakua
Island of Hawaii
Another Mission Destroyed in Hsing Ping District
London dispatch says another Basel mission has been destroyed in the Hsing ping district, reflecting a movement that resembles the Boxer rising. The report originates from Hongkong via the Times.
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London
Basel
Hsingping
Hongkong
The
Times
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