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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1901
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, advertising and mailing policies, foreign and domestic rates, and office locations. It notes branch offices in Butte Missoula Great Falls, and provides addresses for national and eastern bureaus and newsstands.
The Anaconda Standard promotes its paid circulation as the largest among Montana dailies and Sundays, citing six months ending June 30, 1901. Figures show a daily average of 11,872 and a Sunday figure progressing, underscoring its market reach for advertisers.
Wind permitting, the two staunch yachts Columbia and Shamrock II will race for the America's Cup. The piece notes English fears of victory, past trials, and competing claims including Independence and Lawson’s disqualified yacht. It contrasts the vessels and warnings about accidents and weather effects.
The piece explains that while both aim for social betterment and happiness, anarchists seek a stateless society with no governing authority, relying on moral recognition of rights, whereas socialists pursue gradual social reconstruction through law and state power, creating a framework of governance.
The U.S. Bureau of Education reports 5388 libraries with over 1000 volumes, 1957 new in five years. Total volumes reach 53 million, with 11.5 million added recently, a 50 percent rise. Public libraries influence reading habits through curation. Carnegie is credited for much of the expansion.
A New England editor notes that only seven of the 25 men who have held the presidency bore a middle name, with a long run of two-name presidents from Washington to Monroe and again during later administrations. The piece ties this to aristocratic lineage, politics, and a long trend of presidents being lawyers.
The record shows five presidents trained as lawyers before Harrison's brief term and again through Taylor Pierce Buchanan and Lincoln. Johnson and Grant continued the line, then Hayes Garfield Arthur Cleveland Harrison and McKinley kept the streak, with Roosevelt the first non juristic trained president since 1877.
The piece traces Governor Leslie M. Shaw's influence in Iowa politics and speculation about a presidential bid. It notes his 4 year rise from local to state prominence, the risk of retirement drawing public attention, and talk of a federal post to keep him in the spotlight. It also covers other political and public figures and recent events.
The piece contrasts Captain Carter’s claim of innocence with recoveries of his stolen funds. It critiques the baseball trust and its power over players, Emma Goldman’s fate, and the Washington battle of Santiago versus Brooklyn, while noting Tammany’s looming campaigns and Lipton’s hopes for knowledge without loss of happiness.
The New Orleans Times-Democrat quotes a physician warning that nightmares and vivid night dreams endanger children by causing severe shock and near fatal heart failure. He argues against exposing kids to horrible tales, noting dreams of being chased or falling can bring dangerous heart stress and abrupt awakenings may save them.
Captain Walker of the revenue marine service expects an unobstructed mile wide path for the race. The 15 mile windward or leeward run may shift start points near Sandy Hook lighthouse Jersey shore or Long Island depending on wind direction. Sir Thomas Lipton notifies H M McGildowney will sail Shamrock II on Columbia representing Royal Ulster club challenge committee.
The Engineering Magazine argues that empirical track records, not opinions, establish American locomotive efficiency. It cites lower American freight rates, lighter passenger fares, and vast mileage as proof, noting American engines outperform foreign rivals on similarly loaded routes and under comparable driving skill.
The London Chronicle recounts a colonial tax scheme linking the Transvaal and Swaziland. A British official's son collected taxes, skimmed £30,000, and a Jew named Cohen offered to pay £1,000 monthly for the right to collect. Cohen then sold the concession to the Transvaal for £30,000, giving it its first foothold in Swaziland.
The court reviewed dispatches showing warnings of Santiago de Cuba activity and asked why orders to sail to Santiago were not executed. Captain Wise testified he alerted the St Paul Harvard and Minneapolis, while the court adjourned for Judge Wilson's funeral.
In the Turf Exchange saloon at Anaconda a man named W. Walker of Butte Wan collapsed from heart failure and was bruised. Dr. Sigh revived him after he appeared dead. He was taken to the Montana hotel where he remained under care.
The article notes Count von Waldersee may be raised to a rank between graf and Herzog, akin to a marquis, due to favor with the emperor and his past bold critiques of army maneuvers. It also recalls his close ties to the Waldersee family, Miss Lee, and his role at court amid anti-Semitic agitation.
Scientific men study waste use and report that 1000 pounds of sawdust can produce about 160 pounds of char 180 pounds of acids 140 pounds of tar and valuable gases. A Montreal machine distills sawdust to recover these products for commercial use.
The piece notes Canada’s large lumber output and the potential of sawdust as a valuable byproduct. It mentions oxalic acid extraction from sawdust in Europe and uses in Scotland for floor cloth, wrapping paper, and mill board. Sawdust shifts from nuisance to useful commodity as production grows.
The article notes 54 new steel plants under construction with capitalization of 137.5 million and total new capital entering above 150 million, possibly reaching 200 million. Independent mills are expanding to raise capacity, while prices may rearrange as vast capacity enters the market and U S Steel continues acquiring rivals.
Tests in Boston's congested streets suggest vestibuled surface cars may be operable though railroad commissioners have not issued an opinion. Hale hearings last winter showed experts divided on safety in narrow streets with vestibuled cars.
The vestibuled cars are already in use in similar conditions. The Boston elevated railway equipped car for this test embodies the latest vestibule improvements and the recent test is a fair measure under favorable weather.
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