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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1907
Page
16
An old advertisement promotes paying ten dollars in advance for a yearly subscription to The Standard and choosing from multiple premium items. Options include The World Photographed with over 1,000 illustrations, a stereoscope with 100 views, Trials and Triumphs of the Catholic Church in America, and Bible editions.
New York December 26 reports from 21 trust companies and 29 state banks of Greater New York show aggregate deposits of 225 million with net withdrawals of 8.06 million since August. Banks held cash reserves often above the 15 percent minimum, and some aided relief in other cities by taking clearing house certificates. Nine banks hold certificates totaling 7.1 million, with 520 thousand as a liability.
Reports show loans called in rising by 78 million dollars while stock values fall about 20 million. Trust companies face pressure with reserves in legal tenders and bank notes up nearly 1 million, yet officials say business conditions are now better for many firms. Broad shifts mark a severe test of liquidity and asset quality across the sector.
Howard’s whereabouts during Goebel’s shooting are debated. S. A. Thomas, attorney of Frankfort, testified Youtsey said he did not know James Howard at the time of the assassination. Howell Scott testified meeting Youtsey in the executive building hall two minutes before the shooting, noting Youtsey’s strange behavior.
Witnesses in the Caleb Powers trial in Georgetown Kentucky testified on December 26. Sheriff White said James Howard lacked a mustache the day he accompanied him to Frankfort when Goebel was shot. White and his brother John D. White linked Howard’s Frankfort trip to a letter urging a pardon for filling old maid Baker at Manchester before the decision favored Goebel. John TM. White saw Howard at the Board of Trade Hotel.
New York reports art forgers active in New York Chicago and St Louis. Charles E Cookman urges Congress to criminalize forging an artist's name after death. He says thousands of forgeries flood the market as buyers misjudge art and dealers profit from deception.
Jarry Darrow asserts mine owners aimed to kill only some workers but explosion harmed many. Orchard and Adams fled after mass expulsion of union miners. Darrow says Orchard innocent in San Francisco Bradley case. Orchard allegedly carried bomb to Caldwell with Simpkins. defense sought by Miller but questioned by Haywood and Moyer. The defendants were arrested and moved to Idaho on a special train amid lack of legal consult.
A. A. Maxwell and his wife were found strangled at their ranch seven miles south of Lamar. Post-mortem exams confirmed murder. Edward Maxwell, 19, their adopted son, was arrested on suspicion of the killings.
Spokane December 26 It is announced that starting March 1 Soo Spokane passenger trains will operate through from St Paul to Portland Oregon using Canadian Pacific and Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company tracks.
Port of Spain hosts senior naval officers from American battleships as Sir Henry Moore Jackson, the governor,greets them at luncheon and later entertains them at the local horse races with their staffs aboard.
Reports describe ongoing naval actions with Surgeon Stokes taking command of the Relief if merchant sailors crew the ship. Secretaries avoid discussing Admiral Brownson’s resignation while internal bureau tensions are hinted at. A Washington Star note recounts Bristol Hotel prices and a Morgan Johnson joke about California redwoods.
After a Roosevelt conference, Special Attorney Francis J. Heney arrived in New York to discuss land fraud prosecutions in Oregon. He told City Club listeners that corruption in San Francisco and other western cities stems from special privileges linking vice and public service corporations, and that removing temptations is the remedy. He argued business leaders are already bought by interests, so replacing politicians with businessmen won’t solve the problem.
Prominent Americans including ex Mayor Lowe of New York Mayor Busse of Chicago Bishop Greer Mark Twain George Foster Peabody and Morgan J O'Brien sign a petition to Premier Stolypin of Russia asking leniency for Nicholas Tchaikovsky and Mme Catherine Breshkovskaya arrested in St Petersburg for alleged revolutionary activity. The petition mirrors one sent to Baron Rosen in Washington.
In a crowded smoke room aboard the Lu Sitania a group of tourists discuss Europe with zest. A Californian traveler mentions Paris as a notable stop amid their conversation about the continent.
About a hundred prisoners in the Los Angeles city chain gang refused to work when taken out. Ten were hustled away and locked in dark cells with ball and chain for bread and water. The rest resumed work after the dispute, unhappy with police treatment.
Jacobs Creek Pa Dec 26 rapid progress is being made in the removal of bodies from the Darr mine. All entries except No 27 have been cleared and a total of 124 bodies brought to the surface. A number of other bodies have been located and expected to be brought to the surface during the night.
Judge Grosscup has ordered foreclosure on the Union Traction company properties which run street car lines on Chicago's north and west sides. The properties will be bought in by the Chicago Railway company.
Seattle dispatch notes that a fire sighting in the straits of Juan de Fuca was caused by a reflection of Victoria's provincial exhibition buildings burning. The Port Town send and Victoria sources attributed the illusion to the distant fire.
A Louisville Courier-Journal item reproduces a terse, domestic exchange with a humorous twist. The dialogue centers on affection and loyalty, ending with a punchy retort about a prior order sent home.
After the verdict reading in open court on about December 8, 1907, the jury stood eight to four in favor. Amos Doney and juror Ronning voted for the verdict. L T Hunter, timekeeper at the Pennsylvania, swears Ronning worked night shifts at the mine after day jury service.
A cablegram from Bahia states Vice, the young American wounded in an attempted invasion of Minas Geraes, is in hospital. The trial of the other party members is postponed. A Quito cable says Ecuadorian rebels led by General Torai were quelled after arrests. The plan aimed to seize the capital’s barracks by converting garrison troops.
New Orleans December 26. W Sparkerson counsel for the bank announced that all stockholders will receive 150 to 200 dollars a share and all depositors will be paid in full. Directors called meeting to decide if the bank shall go out of business. Bank declared solvent by National Bank Examiner Cooper and the New Orleans clearing house.
Ernest G. Stedman vice president and director of J. C. Lyons Building and Operating company, for which receivers were appointed, committed death by own action today by jumping in front of a subway train at the Fourteenth street station in New York.
Granite City December 26 The National Enameling and Stamping company's plant will resume work January 6. Two thousand men who have been out of work for nearly a month will return to duties.
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