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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1900
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard Publishing Company announces daily and Sunday publication with post office entry as second class mail. Subscriptions are payable in advance with postage details and office addresses listed in the masthead.
Washington readers can find the Standard at multiple newsstands in Chicago San Francisco and Salt Lake City with a Paris reading room listing and correspondence to the Anaconda Montana publisher. The notice provides street addresses and a centralized mailing point for general business.
The Anatonda Standard reports a six month period ending June 20 1900 with a larger bona fide paid circulation than all other Montana daily newspapers combined.
Montana residents rally behind independent democrats and Republicans, framing two Clark seats as unacceptable. The piece condemns Clark bribery claims, asserts broad anti Clark sentiment, and notes local defeats and distrust in the Clark coalition led by figures like Frank Higgins amid a broader fight over senate control and integrity.
The governor in Fort Benton exhorted the people to back the Republican ticket over the independent Democratic option. The Clark faction is accused of covertly favoring the Republicans while predicting a Democratic loss.
In Butte last night at the Margaret theater Major Burke labeled John R Toole a Boxer. The Clark campaign favors kerosene rhetoric and warns Burke against deviating from the plan as Clark demands. Caldwell Edwards also spoke and denounced the kerosene charge amid Anaconda turnout.
Alderman John Coughlin known as Bathhouse John aims to beat W A Clark of Montana in vaudeville with a rival show. He boasts superior dressing and stronger poetry and songs, premiered Dear Midnight of Love at the Chicago Opera House last Monday with Mayor Harrison present.
The crowd greeted Bathhouse John with loud approval as he addressed Mayor Harrison and the audience. He declared himself a friend of labor and thanked supporters, promising continued vaudeville style politics as a featured act through November 6.
The piece argues calm in stock and money markets reflects confidence by brokers in McKinley’s election, but notes broader conditions differ from 1896. It cites mixed GOP and Bryan positions, fears about militarism, and suggests financiers’ split sustains financial equilibrium despite an uncertain campaign.
The national league baseball season is released today but draws little attention. In Dillon Mr. W A Clark plans a personal whitening event this evening. A political note hints Bryan and Roosevelt may adopt a restrained pace with speeches and ideas.
Lieutenant Governor Spriggs arranges dates for Clark supporters and vaudevillians across the state. After the election he will reside on Easy street in New York City.
A man named Grover Cleveland reiterates his longstanding views on the financial question, though his standing in the esteem of his countrymen has changed.
The composer Mr. Sullivan has pulled his new opera The Rose of Persia from production in New York after a disappointing reception. He hints at possible experimentation with The Barrel of Montana in future work.
The phrase notes that W A Clark faced consequences beyond paying his boodlers reflecting the broader cost of boodling in politics.
A fragment hints at a looming Five Thousand Dollar Day on the firing line, with limited readable details. No clear event date or participants are identified in the accessible text.
Charley Hoyt the playwright is described as insane yet is considered eligible for Clark’s staff of dramatists and feuilletons. The remark implies Hoyt’s mental state does not bar him from working in the magazine’s literary section.
After the Dillon regular meeting Mr. Clark's partner in the firm of W. A. Clark and Co will speak tonight.
Impresario Clark faces friction as he plans a sharp reply to delays from comic opera writers. Poets allied with the troupe may weigh in, shaping the upcoming performances and reception.
The text notes that scheme and dream rhyme with kerosene, urging care in mixing liquids. It compares the costs of Dom Paul’s Transvaal war and Clark’s Montana campaign, claiming Mansfiela’s production of King Henry V is a New York success, unlike Clark’s King Boodle.
The Kansas City Times notes a Republican chairman of the military affairs committee and his role on Army bills. It also highlights the Philippines Lumber and Development Company, led by a Republican congressman, which claims the labor question in the Philippines is solved by cheap labor costing 50 to 7 cents a day in Mexican money.
The Indianapolis Sentinel notes Republicans claim imperialism is foolish yet fear grows when constitutional violations go unchallenged. Washington Times cites vast urban wealth while McKinley prosperity favors a few, and Indianapolis Press condemns political bosses ruling cities as oppressive despots taxing all strata of society.
The Albany Argus praises William Jennings Bryan noting a dramatic shift in New York from four years ago. The 18 percent gold standard supporters and revived Democratic backing reflect broad public trust in Bryan as the safe leader for the national crisis.
Inter est rates have firmed with call loans at 8 percent and 4 percent for other periods. Demand sterling falls to 4.83, signaling quick gold imports to replenish New York reserves. About $3.65 million in gold shipped to London and Paris faces European opposition to further withdrawals. London openness to obstacles to exports suggests continued tight money conditions as brokers reduce stock and funds.
Georgetown Kentucky reports Youtsey is better tonight and obeys nurses though not speaking. Fear of brain fever lessens and it is possible the trial may be resumed.
Local schedule lists Thomas S. Hogan and C. F. Kelley as speakers with events in Red Lodge Marynville Granite Philipsburg Anaconda Centerville Braay Great Falls and more. Dates span Oct. 13 to Oct. 30 with sessions including noon and evening slots.
The report notes further effects from London sales, with discounts ongoing. Failures for the week totaled 223 in the United States versus 164 a year ago, and 32 in Canada versus 27 last year.
A fragmented OCR schedule lists events or visits across Montana towns from October 16 to October 31 including Billings Winston East Helena Garnet Neihart Clancy and Neihart. The text shows dates and place names in a staggered sequence.
Bradstreet's glimpse shows exports near or above 1899 levels despite mixed domestic measures. Staples prices firm after a month of gains. Notable items include 150 tons of raise by Pennsylvania at 26 per ton, rising but declining furnace stocks, and large East River bridge contracts. Wheat weekly shipments total 4.29 million bushels with season exports around 51.6 million bushels. Business failures rise in the United States to 210, Canada 36.
Readable bits show scattered October dates and places including Townsend White Sulphur Basin and MaCnGnm. The text lists events on October 4 14 17 18 29 31 with no clear context or complete details.
A fragmented item lists Stevensville Missoula and Philipsburg with references to ethene cane and a sequence of dates in October including the 13th 16th and 17th.
Reading shows upcoming events and listings across Butte Stockett Sand Coulee and Great Falls with items scheduled for Monday Tuesday and Wednesday dates in October. Names C Hartman W PR C Stewart Belt Cette ete eee appear in partial OCR.
The notice lists multiple sports or civic events by date and town from Friday October 19 through Wednesday October 31. Entries include Columbia Falls Thompson Falls Helena Marysville Anaconda Philipsburg with varied activities and Monday to Saturday slots.
New York financial scene centers on money market trends as the week’s key factor. An unfavorable bank statement last Saturday showed Sui Jus reserves dipping to about 6 million, fueling speculative demand and fund movement from New York to other regions.
Fragmentary OCR notes list multiple names and dates for events in towns including Fort Benton Sheridan Virginia City Twin Bridges and Whitehall with times noon and evening across October. Details are incomplete and some lines repeat or jumble.
Fragmented OCR shows names B Nolan Billings Townsend Hogan Kelley and places White Sulphur Springs Lewistown Gilt Edge with scattered dates in October. No cohesive event or outcome evident from the legible fragments.
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