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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1909
Page
9
A catastrophic flood swamped Monterrey Mexico resulting in about twelve hundred deaths and widespread devastation across the city. Rescue efforts continue as authorities assess damage and secure affected neighborhoods. Affected residents await aid and information on recovery prospects.
Monterey flood after heavy rain drowns over twelve hundred and floods the Santa Catarina river. Canadian capitalists funded local electric light and street railway systems now suffer multi million losses. Rescue efforts continue with hundreds of bodies recovered and many families displaced.
The assistant secretary of the department of commerce and labor announces the acceptance of M Harg resignation and plans to retire from public service.
Beverly mass August 29 President Taft accepted the resignation of Ormsby McHarg assistant secretary of commerce and labor. Nagel plans to name a successor by Sept 4 with possible extension to Oct 1. McHarg blamed Roosevelt critics and Pinechot Ballinger controversy grows to involve the president.
Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson arrived in Ogden Utah today and will stay until Tuesday before moving on to Pocatello Idaho. He will hear stockmen's views on the forest reserve issue at each stop on the tour.
Washington Aug 29 Secre tary Morrison of the American Federation of Labor urged an investigation into wages at Pressed Steel Car at McKee's Rocks where workers claim they are underpaid under the protective tariff. He notes many strikers are aliens not union members and says wages were cut, prompting a stoppage until grievances are addressed. Rev A F Toner comments on harsh working and living conditions.
Secretary of the Interior Richard A. Ballinger hurriedly departed Seattle for Washington on urgent business. He cited department emergencies and irrigation project reviews, saying his trip carries no special significance and he may rejoin the president’s party later. Ballinger noted McHarg’s resignation as assistant secretary of commerce and labor, but he could not discuss details.
Nyack Montana special dispatch reports James Doolittle homesteader attacked by a grizzly while pursuing the bear that carried his four year old daughter from their cabin. He fought the animal after it killed a dog and badly mauled him. a woodcutter shot the bear. The child survived with minor scratches.
Five residents of St Louis were killed when their car collided with a Rock Island passenger train near the city. The victims include Theodore F Witte and his three year old son Theodore Witte Jr along with Mrs Carl Klinge and Miss Halcyon Campbell. The group had been at Creve Coeur and were returning home when the car, unable to be seen or heard over its motor, drove onto the embankment as the 40 mph train approached.
Los Angeles on August 9 recorded the hottest day in 24 years as thermometers hit 101 to 105 degrees. Despite the extreme heat the low humidity kept prostrations from occurring.
In Portland Oregon on August 29 Mary Wrightman an elderly woman fled a speeding auto heard behind her and collapsed dead at the scene. Authorities reported no further details at this time.
One man was killed and another fatally injured when an electric car on the upper Albina line struck a wagon with picnickers on Williams Avenue in Portland. The dead is William Barker, engraver at the Oregonian. Fatally injured is William Brandt, the driver. Also hurt were Mr and Mrs Emil Johnson and Mr and Mrs Stener.
Yosemite California August 29 The Mercedes area blaze rages within two miles of the Mariposa grove giants as Maj W W Forsyths acting superintendent of the Yosemite National Park mobilizes soldiers and rangers along a ten mile fire line. A new fire across the river from El Portal runs toward the grove, but the grove remains two miles away.
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports Sheriff Joseph E. R. Neville seized Sakaguchi, a Japanese suspect in a Blossburg murder, at a Bozeman area camp. The capture occurred Friday night after a stakeout. Sakaguchi surrendered under a gunpoint. He confessed later to prior family quarrels and claimed self defense in the killing, with a motive tied to a past axe attack. Sakaguchi is jailed in Deer Lodge and to be tried in November.
Dr Walton Lampe was shot in the head and fatally wounded today by his wife in their Holland hotel apartment. Mrs Lampe told police after arrest that he had beaten her and accused her of relations with her former husband Dr P C Surney. The couple had married six months earlier and their marriage was marked by quarrels. She kept him in the room for an hour after wounding him and said she sought to obtain a retractation of his accusations.
Missoula August 29 a major fire wrecked Grand Forks Idaho destroying multiple buildings including a hotel. One life is confirmed lost and 30 people are homeless. Rioting ensued with looting amid a working population tied to a railroad tunnel and grade project.
A severe fire tore through a freighting site in Bozeman destroying a warehouse and twelve cars. Fire crews battled flames as authorities investigated the blaze for potential causes and property damage estimates.
A blaze that began just after 11 last night gutted the Northern Pacific freight depot in Bozeman, destroying the depot and a dozen loaded box cars. Damage is estimated at 850,000 with major losses to Gallatin Valley Electric Railway equipment. Firefighters saved some transformers. two were ruined and the opening of the interurban, originally set for Oct 1, may suffer delays.
A church board announced yearly distributions of preacher assignments for the coming period. The plan outlines which ministers will serve at specific congregations and duties, reflecting a standardized rotation across the district.
The Montana conference of the Methodist Episcopal church concluded with ordination services and the reading of clergy appointments across the state. Bishop Spellmeyer praised support for superannuated preachers, noted the conference claimants' growth, and thanked Butte for hospitality as the readings continued into the evening.
Portland report notes Chief Forester Gifford Pinchot declining to comment when shown a Washington dispatch announcing the resignation of assistant secretary of commerce and labor Ormsby McHarg.
Arden New York August 29 Reverend J Holmes McGuinness Harriman's personal chaplain says Mr Harriman is better and that the family is happy about his steady improvement after arriving at Arden house He notes his duty to speak as a Christian clergyman and declines further details while Mrs Harriman guards family privacy over her husband's condition
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