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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1902
Page
6
An old newspaper masthead lists Standard Publishing Company editors and offices. It details subscription rates and postage, regional bureaus, and multiple city newsstand locations from Anaconda to Seattle, with advertising and mailing addresses for the firm.
The Silver Bow county Democrats consolidate after a stirring convention. They nominate a strong ticket and vow to press a clean campaign against Heinze allies while emphasizing loyalty to national and state Democratic principles. The piece notes past margins, local strength, and caution about Republican rivals.
Secretary Shaw says no warrant for resignation rumors and asserts he and the president may differ on tariff points yet continue in the same official household. It appears settled that Shaw will stay in his post.
Reports from Indianapolis indicate Roosevelt’s second operation was routine and not seriously alarming. The New York Herald presses for a 1904 bid, touting a simple procedure and quick recovery while Montana readers await fuller medical explanations if the illness proves more complex.
Boer generals claim extensive property losses in the Orange Free State and Transvaal with 150000000 dollars needed to compensate. Henry Phipps, in Scotland, sent 100000 dollars as American aid forecasts. The piece also notes political battles in Montana and New England over party control, with Heinze gaining room control in Bozeman.
Dispatches claim an American designed calf ball factory will be started in Glasgow with American capital for making balls used in Scotland's national game. The golf ball craze spreads across Europe with England and Germany already conquered. Republicans who met in Great Falls last Saturday...
The New York Democratic meeting at Saratoga weighs gold standard loyalty and a Kansas City platform echo. Former Senator David B. Hill leans toward a gold standard declaration, while some favor reaffirming the Kansas City stance. Hill’s stance may not boost the party or his own influence for national affairs. yesterday the Silver Bow Democrats backed Kansas City, seen as the proper move.
Special Dispatch reports Great Falls will host a new cooperative bank with a $50,000 capital stock. A Shelby Junction branch is planned, with GW Kerr of Mast Brady and W F Kay of Otterville directing efforts. Shares limited to $2,000 per person, directors to reside in Great Falls, and formalities to be completed to proceed.
Special dispatch reports property valued over $300,000 added to Great Falls assessment this year. Fred L. Hill completed city rolls showing total land value $2,702,490 and improvements $1,797,508 totaling $4,499,993. Acreage $624,209 and personal property $1,093,722 bring grand total to $6,569,005, up from $6,062,413 last year by $206,502.
Helena reports Montana remittance to the Galveston relief fund aided sufferers in Victoria Fort Bend and Harris counties and helped transport Galveston refugees to Houston. The central rever committee did not specify this contribution and the funds arrived in Helena then were telegraphed to the devastated city.
Dr J Nor man Henry G L Justice and Lawrence J Monroe arrived from Pennsylvania to voyage 250 miles downriver under Scout Schultz. They plan to land at Milk River mouth, take a train home, and hunt game with a well stocked boat featuring a large cabin and end sweeps for steering.
Special Dispatch to the Standard Fort Benton on September 29 R S Conners stood before Judge Tattan in district court and after jurors were drawn asked to withdraw the guilty plea He changed to a guilty plea and awaits sentencing at a later date
Gen. R. A. Alger former secretary of war accepts Governor Bliss’s ad interim nomination to fill the late Senator McMillan’s vacancy in the United States Senate. The action follows Senator McMillan’s death. President will be notified of the appointment.
Secretary Shaw announced banks with government deposits secured by bonds will not hold reserve against them. The move frees about 20 million in reserve and 30 million in gold, enabling banks to expand credit and increase business volume. He outlined security substitutions and ongoing deposits to support this expansion in circulation.
Trefy as commissioner of corporations holds powers of attorney for the Philadelphia and Reading and Lehigh Valley properties. The Philadelphia Reading company and the Penny lvania are named defendants. They are commanded to appear in the Supreme Court at Boston on the first Monday of November next. They have 36 days to answer the bill.
Two men robbed Polish peddler John Michael near Black Diamond then tied him to a tree. He freed himself and alerted Franklin authorities. The suspects resisted arrest in Franklin and were jailed in Seattle as miners organize a lynching threat.
Reports from Colombia state that a small government force defeated guerrillas at Santa Catalina near Cartagena, killing leaders Watts and Amderan. Ten troops descended the Magdalena River to Zambrano and joined forces to attack Geneva Uribe-Uribe at Teneriff.
President Mitchell and district presidents Nicols Duffy and Fahey of the United Mine Workers arrived in Wilkesbarre from Philadelphia. Mitchell refused to discuss the purpose of the visit as district leaders kept silent. Strike headquarters feel a settlement may be near.
Harrisburg report notes the fourth regiment added to duty in the coal region after Sheriff Deitrick requested troops to suppress rioting in Northumberland County. General Gobin informed Governor Stone by phone, who then ordered the unit into action.
A Santa Fe dispatch reports the New Mexico and Pacific Railway company was incorporated by St Louis investors Hugh Kohler Paul Reiss Max Kohler Thomas B Harlan and Orivile Turner. The plan is to build toward the Pacific coast along the 37th parallel.
News from Venezuela reports General Votutini has arrested the French Cable Company manager at Carupino and clerks there. The French consular agent at Carupino was also arrested. The Carupino cable office is closed and coastwise cable service has been interrupted for five days. The Restaurador cruiser is believed to have cut the French cable to hinder revolutions. Caracas and La Guaira managers protest the arrests and the cut without notice.
In New York on Sept 2 the U S district court heard Andrew F Burleigh a former Northern Pacific receiver and Montana attorney file a bankruptcy petition with liabilities listed at 208251 assets 249. Of the total assets 1912 are secured by Monte Cristo Washington property and mining stock.
Jack O'Brien of Philadelphia defeated Joe Choynski of Chicago on points in six rounds in Chicago. O'Brien proved faster throughout the bout, securing the win tonight at the venue.
Papers in the suit brought by Boston men against the anthracite mine owners were served today by a deputy sheriff on William T. Db.
Havana reports on September 29 states Garcia Montes secretary of finance announced the Cuban budget at 14 million dollars. It notes the figure as the national financial plan and specifies Montes as the authority presenting the figure.
Claude S Williams, long time office helper in the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line inter mountain office, has been appointed commercial agent for the road in Salt Lake City succeeding L Downing. The post covers Montana and the intermountain North West region, handling passenger and freight business and maintaining relations with Montana merchants and stockmen. Williams, under 40, rose from office boy to contracting agent, earning favor with patrons and his employer through his business conduct and personable manner.
The dispatch appointing Mr. Williams to oversee the office as commercial agent is seen by railroad men as a de facto permanent appointment, though billed as temporary. Mr. Williams is hailed by Montana friends for securing a salary worthy of the role, with Downing instructed to place him in charge.
A collage of editorials and notices from multiple papers discusses reform, retirements, and political shifts. Mentions include Dick Croker, Boies, Henderson, Mercer, Rosewater, and Wellington in the context of Democratic and Republican battles, with frost and campaign textbooks noted as factors shaping politics.
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