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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1907
Page
18
The Dorr report echoes cautious optimism and widespread skepticism about 1908 stockmarket activity. Traders from Hornblower Weeks to Miller & Co note dull, lifeless sessions, high money rates, and potential selective gains in rails like New York Central and Pennsylvania amid looming January disbursements.
Martins Ferry Ohio December 26 23 mills at the Laughlin tin plant are expected to be running within a week after nearly four weeks of idleness. Sixteen mills will start Monday morning and repairs have been ordered for furnaces in the remaining seven mills.
Everything but diamonds 25 per cent off. We must move. If you want the best value for your money in a piano or an organ, call on Orton Bros., 219 N. Main st., Butte.
Building Inspector John H. Fowlis proposes extending bid receipt to January 15 for an added story to city hall annex to serve as an emergency hospital and detention room. Donat Dorais claims $49.80 in damages from a sewer flood near Park and Arizona streets, to be raised at the January 3 council meeting. Dr. Dodd offers gold glasses for $3 at Office 115 North Main Street.
The copper stock market was dull yesterday with no quotes from the East on many stocks. Analysts expect no improvement until after the new year, while some buyers take all available stock at current prices. News from Arizona copper camps notes Greene Cananea planning a $3 million modern smelting plant at Del Rio to be powered by electricity and crude oil.
Dr. Herbert F. E. Belton, an American historian with Carnegie Institute backing, unearths 18 of 21 documents once taken from Lt Zebulon Pike by Spanish soldiers in 1805. The find, lauded by Secretary Root in Washington, renews interest in Pike’s Arkansas and Missouri river expedition among Osage and Comanche contacts.
New Bedford, Mass. December 26 statistics show dividends to stockholders of New Bedford cotton mills in 1907 totaling 2,578,250 on 18,770,000 capital, an average of 13.78 percent. This compares with 8.92 percent in 1906, 6.6 in 1905, and 5.2 in 1904.
Special Dispatch to the Standard from Helena reports six labor men cited to appear in Judge Hunt’s court in Butte may have their cases delayed. Judge Hunt is confined at home with rheumatism and may not be able to attend. An attorney for some defendants has requested postponement. the six defendants’ names were not released.
In Chicago today five men robbed two men in the waiting room of the La Salle street railway station. One robber carried a revolver. Two assailants were arrested within minutes and a third two hours later. The remaining two fled.
Paris reports that after experiments to prevent submarine accidents the minister of the navy orders all submarines equipped with detachable telephone buoys to enable surface communication in case of disaster.
Boston December meeting of leading New England cotton manufacturers reports treasurers and managers representing over 80 percent of spindles have agreed to curtail output to 25 percent of total production.
Ida Montana Development company, once reorganized from copper mining, shows financial difficulties with three attachments. Galen D. Pue sues for 5 536.54 for coal, Erie City Iron Works for 2350 for boilers and mining gear, Montara Fuel for 641.19 for canal. A custodian is in charge. Directors include Peter D. M. Naughton Edward Ulseth William H Thieman James Milligan Charles H. Krause Jexiah E. O Neill and John A. Nava.
In Mexico City on Christmas Eve a massive charity dinner fed 10,000 poor at the Torolto gardens. Gov. Sanadi y Esca Lescant presided as bands played and 10,000 toys adorned a giant Christmas tree, marking a historic holiday event.
Vancouver Rugby team defeated Stanford University 2 to 0 on a mud soaked field. Stanford played stoutly but could not break through. two return matches are scheduled for the next week.
London on December 26 Trinity College Cambridge gains two million dollars from the death of Lady Pierceyves to day. Her husband Sir William George Pierce, chairman of the Fairfield Shinbuilding and Engineering company, died November 2. By his will his fortune is bequeathed to Trinity College upon Lady Pierce’s death.
Hyde Park Massachusetts December 26 Dr Walter R Amesbury of Milford shot and killed his wife Anna a music teacher at Roanoke College Danville Virginia as the family prepared to sit to Christmas dinner at Mrs Jennie Ross mother of the wife in Hyde Park Mass local police reported the tragedy occurred yesterday
Omaha December 26 Vice President and General Manager A L Mohler of the Union Pacific Railroad denies the Salt Lake City report that he will resign to become general manager of the Southern Pacific.
Washington dispatches report Admiral Se bree’s cruiser squadron led by the Tennessee and Washington has arrived at Pichilinque off the southern coast of Lower California. The next stop is Magdalena Bay as the voyage continues.
A warning that ordinary colds can lead to pneumonia and infections like diphtheria and scarlet fever. The text urges curing a cold promptly and promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as effective, reliable, and widely used in trade.
New York bowled over by a probe into the Ashokan dam award as water commissioners face removal or resignation. The MacArthur Bros won at 12.67 million versus John Pierce at 10.32 million amid protests and mayoral inquiry.
Teheran December 26 The shah, indisposed, postpones the formal oath of allegiance to the constitution promised for Thursday. A meeting of the diplomatic corps at the French legation discussed possible foreign intervention.
William J. Bryan and son arrived in Galveston to be hosted by Col. W. L. Moody for a duck hunting stay at Lake Surprise. The party includes Governor Campbell and his son and George A. Garden of Dallas. they set off for the lake shortly before noon.
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