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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1907
Page
9
A fragmented note indicates urgent congressional appeal for assistance as committees deliberate on basic aviation and weather forecasts. It mentions Seaton and Una in context of forecasting and tense negotiations over emergency planning and related discussions.
Washington opens its 60th Congress amid a national financial panic with leaders from both parties unable to forecast action. Democrats push for reform while Republicans favor delaying measures until after the presidential race. Debates include stock-exchange taxation, antitrust limits, and channel deepening projects for Mississippi River and New Mexico Arizona statehood moves.
Secretary Taft toured Moscow including the Kremlin and royal palaces under guard of Governor General Guerschelmann's aides. He showed knowledge of Russian history, admired crown jewels and relics, rode in imperial carriages, and cried during a military salute. An American colony banquet followed with speeches before Taft heads to St. Petersburg.
Report notes the Kaiser recovering at Highcliffe after concerns over an ear bone infection described as aural discharge. Royals from Spain are at Welbeck Abbey. The text mentions unease over possible statements and a suggested bone removal, with advisers preferring cautious treatment.
In Los Angeles a night of violence yielded two murders and multiple robberies and burglaries. Policeman Patrick H. Lyons was shot dead during a failed arrest of two masked suspects, while a Mexican laborer named Gomex died after being stabbed in the abdomen. Jail escape attempts at the overcrowded city prison were thwarted as Roland Robey and Henry Mitchell were taken into custody. Robey confessed to involvement in further robberies, saying Mitchell urged him into crime after posing as a footpad from Portland, Oregon.
Three men who recently led on the ceded portion of the Crow reservation were in Billings reporting coal discoveries on their claims. Fuel is said to exist in large quantities and veins are near the surface making extraction easy. The coal is of good quality and plans aim to mine and market it locally and near by.
Algiers dispatch says thousands of Ben Isnaswen tribesmen retreated to Morocco after audacious attacks on French forces. French forces, now concentrated at the frontier, aim to push insurgents into hills, cut supplies, and draw them into plains for punitive engagement.
A party from Marinette Wisconsin traveling toward Escanaba Michigan last night was in a severe automobile wreck on a steep incline. Captain Frank ent of Company 1 Twentieth Wisconsin National Guard was instantly killed. Four others were injured including Sumner K Prescott vice president and general manager of Prescott Iron Works who was internally injured and feared dead. Isaac Stephenson Jr nephew of U S Senator Stephenson suffered a broken arm. Joseph Duzenbury fractured collarbone and arm. Albert Holquist badly bruised. The car struck a sharp ten foot drop, front wheels snapped off and the vehicle overturned injuring all aboard.
Boise Idaho December reports show G A Pettibone faces trial for alleged complicity in the assassination of ex Governor Steimenberg. About one hundred men report for juror qualification as court weighs health constraints and potential delays. Elimination of Colorado labor war testimony may shorten proceedings, with expected duration not exceeding four weeks.
Chicago reports Rev Dr R A Torrey closing a large evangelistic campaign held mainly in a steam heated tent at North Clark and Shestnut streets. Attendance averaged 4000 on Sundays and other nights with about 3 300 professed conversions. Torrey will rest in Philadelphia then go to Virginia for more meetings before starting a campaign in Los Angeles in January.
An Associated Press investigation from Madrid to Lisbon finds no evidence of civil war or mutiny in Portugal. Newspapers propelled rumors to hurt trust in the government and worsen the financial position, while visiting cities showed calm commerce and no military unrest during the journey.
The Berkeley prosecutor’s office spent the day preparing the bill of indictment for the grand jury tomorrow charging Harry Kleinschmidt with the set of Frank Bellows. 265 typewritten pages of evidence have been assembled and Blanche Kerfoot’s testimony remains uncertain pending her physician’s approval. Albert Kleinschmidt, father of the defendant, has returned from Helena and pledges full defense funding as his son’s lawyers promise a substantial case.
Rome December 1 The pope has named Mar Kennedy rector of the American College titular bishop of Adrianspolis The move is regarded as a great distinction and a special compliment to the United States No rector before has been so honored The appointment will be announced at the consistory to be held in December
A partial report discusses a return toward normalcy in financial affairs after government intervention to issue new securities. It notes projected reductions in new security issues, currency circulation expectations, and strengthened bank reserves, citing Secretary Cortelyou and Comptroller Ridgeley. The piece also mentions a Montana fraternal lodge event with memorial services and performances.
New York bankers expect a Comptroller of the Currency call on national banks for their condition on a recent date. Four calls per year have been made, with the latest showing conditions on August 22. The anticipated report aims to reveal large country bank reserves and restore depositor confidence to ease currency payments nationwide.
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