Elas Service Honored At Broadway Ceremony
A ceremony on Broadway honored Elas Service for notable achievements. Attendees included community members and local leaders as Elas Service received a formal recognition.
07 Dec 1908
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1908
Page
1
A ceremony on Broadway honored Elas Service for notable achievements. Attendees included community members and local leaders as Elas Service received a formal recognition.
The Elks memorial service at Broadway for 1908 dead featured Rev. H W Jones of Idaho Falls delivering an impromptu address. The ceremony included the roll call of nine members, a band performance, and ritual openings, with quotes emphasizing enduring memory and longing for loved ones.
Congress convenes at noon as both houses meet simultaneously to honor deceased members with a joint session and moment of silence. The session marks the start of formal business and legislative proceedings.
Washington notes that the Sixtieth Congress begins its second session tomorrow with Vice President Fairbanks and Speaker Cannon presiding. Plans include swearing in new senators and representatives, and initial business on census funding and extending postal savings banks. Major topics cited are appropriations likely to top $10 to $30 million, river and harbor projects, census outlay, and re enlisting Negro soldiers from the Brownsville事件. Public policy fights loom over tariff, anti trust reform, separate statehood for Arizona and New Mexico, and federal supervision of telegraphs and telephones.
Four skaters Earl Cooper Harvey Richardson Violet B Evans and Fanny R B Evans drowned on Lake Koshonong near Janesville Wisconsin. Mabel Brown was rescued but may die from exposure after the incident occurred today.
Alfred Dobson, general agent for Tasmania in London, drowned while crossing the channel from Boulogne to Folkestone on Saturday. He was in a forbidden stern area when warned by an officer and fell overboard after raising his hands.
Paris reports that France will bar Venezuelan President Castro from landing unless he publicly apologizes for France’s mistreatment of M. Taigny and signals a settlement by arbitration on the Caracas claim. French officials may have Castro meet conditions in Santander if his health allows.
An officer at the county jail reports Paddy Rodgers declares he will beat the case in court and bets 50 000 dollars. He has two Anaconda lawyers M D Kelly and J H Duffy. Rodgers was captured after a dramatic holdup at Dreibelbis drug store during a struggle with the Dreibelbis brothers.
Four thousand delegates are expected at the National Rivers and Harbors congress opening in Washington Wednesday. Cardinal Gibbons will give the invocation and Vice President Fairbanks will welcome the delegates and speak for waterway improvement policy. President Roosevelt is expected to endorse nationwide waterways improvements in his congressional message.
Port au Prince December 6 General Simon who led an 8000 strong force entered the capital and issued a proclamation appointing himself chief executive and forming a provisional government until parliament convenes. General Fouchard landed with exiles after amicable talks and was named chief executive of the army. Forts and gunboats saluted 21 guns amid rising tensions in Gonaives and Saint Marie.
Amarillo Texas report states two dead and three seriously hurt when passenger trains collided on the Plainview branch near Haney, fourteen miles west of Amarillo. Dead are Ed Maham of Roswell and James K. Smith a Carlsbad mail clerk. injuries include conductor Barney Nelson in Amarillo and fireman Colbert Holstein. Responsibility not yet assigned.
Telegraph operator G A Mitchell employed by the Northern Pacific was arrested on arrival from Thompson Falls after a telegram from Sheriff Massey and will be taken back to Sanders county to stand trial for manslaughter. He was recently acquitted of responsibility for the wreck and says he does not understand the rearrest.
Paris reports the death of Prof William Ireland Knapp aged as a former Yale and Chicago University educator. The scholar and author passed away in the city, ending a career spanning several leading institutions.
Trinidad Colorado December 6 reports describe the murder of four Garcia family members with an axe at a ranch near Troy. Authorities seek Nicholo Martinez alias Jesus Barela suspected of Martin wealth sheep rancher murder. The 17 year old Garcia daughter is missing with theories she was abducted or escaped during the attack amid a raging blizzard.
Special Dispatch reports H. J. Keeley, a Missoula dispatcher, found guilty of the Olive wreck case. The jury fixed punishment at eight months in prison after a six day trial, with an expected appeal. County Attorney Schultz prosecuted and H. J. Burleigh defended.
Pine Bluff Ark December 6 continued rainfall has weakened already crumbling river banks and raised fears of further property loss. The Arkansas River has recessed a foot by nightfall while embankments around the wholesale district and county courthouse are so impaired they may give way.
Secretary of the Navy Newberry received word that the armored cruiser fleet left Magdalena bay at 8 p m New York time on December 1 after target practice and is headed to La Union San Salvador and later to Panama via Salina Cruz Mexico where Warren R Rich customs inspector reported the outbound movement.
President Roosevelt replies to William Dudley Foulke denying any hidden Panama records. He insists documents are public and accessible, refuting claims of destroyed or concealed papers and challenging press speculation on Taft, Taft family ties, and a non existent syndicate.
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