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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1908
Page
12
The Anaconda Standard lists publishers and offices in Anaconda and branch offices including Butte and Higgins Avenue, plus foreign and city ad offices. It details subscription rates and where the paper is sold, with contact and distribution notes across major cities and news stands.
The Rev. E. J. Groeneveld marks 20 years as pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Butte with sermons using his initial texts. The congregation has grown, the church now occupies a larger edifice, and his blameless life is praised as a community asset. He and his wife will take an extended vacation for several months before returning to service.
Pacific coast newspapers call for a Pacific navy buildup amid talk of a two ocean defense strategy. Western editors argue for at least half the fleet stationed in Pacific waters as a precaution against potential future great naval conflicts.
The Portland and Philadelphia papers weigh Atlantic fleet duties and the need for more battleships. They argue whether a one-ocean or multi-ocean force best protects interests like the Philippines and Panama Canal, and question if four ships suffice.
John G. Holland, appointed by the district court judges, will qualify today as a member of Silver Bow county commission to fill the vacancy from James Tickell’s death. About 200 applications were received. Holland, a former city clerk under P. S. Harrington and later county treasurer, has become a leading local grocer and is praised for his public and business experience.
Dispatches from Santa Barbara report the excursion fleet sailors exhausted by constant entertainment after Magdalen Bay stoppage. Officers have little time for drill as crowds shower storms of flowers and ice cream, with a month of festivity ahead and hopes they endure.
Mrs Elinor Glyn has returned from Europe to New York causing concern among readers who fear she will stage a dramatized version of her novel Three Weeks. Critics debate potential risque content and the appetite for more wholesome drama as the author seeks to present a theatrical adaptation to managers while readers await the premiere.
A well known business man from an aristocratic quarter left the railway station with a visitor from another city. Near his home they encountered a police officer who saluted in military fashion to the two men as they passed.
A tale of a businessman snubbing a uniformed officer, later saved by a policeman from a house fire. The piece argues citizens should better know and value policemen, firemen, health officers and all city workers, recognizing their duty as acts of public service and urging sympathy and support for public servants.
The column lists regional death totals including Laurin, McCallum, Winchester, Pine Ridge with a total of 19. Georgia towns such as Columbus, Chipley, La Grange, Harris, Griffin, McDonough, Locust Grove, Cedartown, Cave Springs follow with 9. Alabama towns Albertville, High Mound, Hatton, Leesburg, Settlement, Blountsville total 6.
Meridian Mississippi reports a dangerous tornado and severe wind, rain, and hail looting crops and timber. Causeyville occupants say the funnel passed seven miles south, devastating timber properties as the storm crosses into Southern Mississippi and adjacent Alabama.
News from Alenson neighborhood Perry county reports 15 dead after Friday storm. Known dead include W. K. Howell his wife and seven children. Seven family members 10 miles southwest of Richton also killed. The storm's strongest force passed three miles south of Richton destroying much property.
Birmingham reports 29 dead and about 200 seriously hurt as storms crossed Blount County. Remote areas near Albertville Bergens lack reliable communications and relief funds are being set up countywide to aid victims.
Seattle April 26 P T Rowe bishop of the Episcopal church for Alaska arrived from the north on the Yukatan with first authentic details of a Nolan creek gold strike at the head of the Koyukuk river about 200 miles from the Arctic Ocean. The strike was at 150 feet depth and cleanup may reach 1 000 000 dollars this summer. Rowe plans to attend the Lambeth conference in London and will depart New York Monday for England.
London reports the worst southern England blizzard since 1881 lasting Friday night into Saturday with nr gale and low temperatures. Snowdrifts reach eight feet in many areas, railway traffic delayed, telegraph and telephone systems disrupted, trams and motor cars trapped, districts isolated, several deaths from exposure, widespread damage to fruit crops, London thawing but remain cold.
The U S Geological Survey tracked subsidence in Butte with precise level lines across undermined areas. Bench marks near the courthouse and Owsley block show differential sinking from 1896 to 1906 and 1904 to 1906, reaching about 1.63 feet at the courthouse since 1896, with ongoing questions about fault-plane movement and calls for future releveling.
The Democratic convention to pick delegates for the Denver national convention will meet in Trenton on Tuesday. Delegates are expected to go uninstructed, with most unlikely to support Bryan. Several Bryan supporters will be present, including Hudson county.
John Morley, British secretary of state for India, marked his sixty ninth birthday with a declared preference for literature over politics. He favors a large library and simple pleasures, while remaining an active walker and a youthful appearance for his age, likened to an elderly musician or actor.
Emory Pulver faced a preliminary trial on March 3 holdup of Henry Cahill, a Dillon saloon keeper. Cahill fired, Pulver and another were shot. Pulver survived, underwent surgery, and was held on $1,000 bond to await district court trial in May. Defense offered no evidence and moved for dismissal. motion denied.
The Atlantic fleet sails through the Golden Gate with 46 ships, joined by Pacific fleet vessels at Angel Island. The parade to the reviewing anchorage will span four long columns toward Goat Island, with maneuvers forcing ferry service to suspend as Wisconsin and Nebraska join at Angel Island on the voyage to the anchorage.
In Texas on May 2 a Democratic primary election will select delegates at large to the national convention. Cone Johnson of Tyler leads one side, nominating Senator Bailey with others like O. T. Holt, F. C. Thomas, and Lee Young. Bailey’s ticket includes M. M. Brooks, James L. Story, and A. J. Baker. Both sides claim victory through statements.
Little Rock April 26 The Republican state convention will meet in Hot Springs Tuesday to nominate a state ticket and adopt a platform. It is practically certain the Roosevelt administration will be endorsed emphatically with a resolution instructing delegates-at-large to vote for Secretary Taft for the Chicago convention nomination while his name is before the convention.
The Portland April 26 report notes the Republican convention next Thursday will likely follow a long standing custom and will not instruct delegates at large to vote for any national candidate.
Harrisburg April 26 The Republican state convention will convene here on Wednesday. Attendance is not expected to be large but there will be an enthusiastic impetus given to the Knox boom.
Frederic J. Haskin profiles Keiki Yoshinobu Tokugawa, the fifteenth and last shogun, living quietly in Tokyo at seventy with a bicycle by day and a phonograph by night. The piece recounts his resignation in 1867, the Meiji Restoration, and Japan’s rise from feudal rule to a modern empire under the emperor, noting Keiki’s quiet support of the new order and his avoidance of revenge.
The article explains the college slang phrase He’s got it defining it as high praise from peers. It traces its origin to Tad Jones Yale quarterback and the Harvard Yale game prayer moment when he said he thought he lacked it and then had it. The term denotes an indefinable confidence readiness and capability that marks a person as all right.
Officials warn that despite no plague cases on the Pacific coast, vigilance remains. The Washington state board of health urged Seattle to require ships to keep six feet from docks using floats or spars only. Rat guards two feet in diameter must encircle lines, with guards facing perpendicularly to the spars, and gangplanks raised when unused.
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