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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1908
Page
24
Faction chatter and backstage maneuvers surface as Hitchcock stalls on who to back for New York governor. Rumors link Roosevelt and Taft with Hughes, while party chiefs in New York and Washington plot alignments, with Hitchcock assigning staff and planning campaigns in Chicago and beyond.
Western National Guard and Regulars concentrate at Emmett Crawford Wyoming where mobilization of troops from Colorado Nebraska Wyoming North Dakota and South Dakota nears completion. About 2000 soldiers are to be commanded by Brigadier General Morton as all service branches converge at the camp for an eight day exercise beginning tomorrow.
Montana republican Col Thomas C. Marshall of Missoula, a national committeeman, returns from Helena and predicts a broad GOP win nationwide. He says Montana will nominate Pray for Congress, reelect Taft and Sherman, and sees strong governorship prospects among western Republicans. He notes Democratic gains in the east but forecasts Republican triumph in Montana and nationwide campaigns ahead.
A massive fire in Chicago during August destroyed warehouses and grain elevators owned by Armour & Co. The explosion and subsequent blasts damaged nearby buildings as workers looked on. About two hundred men were at work when the initial explosion occurred, with roughly half a million bushels of grain lost in the blaze. Total damages were estimated at 1.5 million dollars.
Rome Aug Archbishop Farley of New York met Pope Pius at the Vatican and received marked distinction. He delivered jubilee greetings and the New York archdiocese offertory, praising American liberty and the diocese’s recent celebrations.
Amid scorching weather across the corn belt including Illinois Minnesota and neighboring states wheat and corn futures rallied. Reports of black rust fears and crop damage spurred buying as May wheat rose sharply and corn limits pushed higher with summer heat stoking bullish sentiment.
Grand Master from the switchmen union was notified that Scranton Pennsylvania August 3 steps were taken to settle grievances of switchmen on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad. William H Westdell president of the DL&W railroad was cited in New York.
A telephone report cites a debate over discipline within a subunit of an Adirondack company. Officials say there will be no veto of business concerns and that a strike is unlikely.
Washington reports July debt at 968.0 million dollars, up 20.7 million from June. Cash in the treasury shows large gold reserves and trust funds, with a cash balance offset by demand liabilities and note redemptions, reflecting rampant redemptions and bank note reductions.
Seattle August 3 Rex Beach the novelist who returned from a beating trip in Alaska has severe attack of bills that threatened a blind hit but specialists in charge of the crisis report the sight will not be permanently affected. Great reduction for a few days on children's coats. East Granite Butte.
In Denver Judge Lewis invalidated several naturalization cases, ruling that a foreign-born applicant must speak and write English to secure final homestead papers. The decision holds that inability to English bars understanding of laws and constitutional rights, potentially invalidating hundreds of claims and reflecting federal naturalization concerns.
A capital Baldwin dirigible trial at Fort Nashville faced delays as crews worked on airship adjustments. The balloon was moved to the parade ground but deemed unsafe for a premature test, postponing the flight until tomorrow. Hats offered discount, including Panama hats, at Tonkin’s on East Park Street.
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