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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1908
Page
9
The president is called upon to clarify the process and standards guiding executive appointments. Officials say the explanation outlines criteria, oversight, and timelines for nominating and confirming appointees.
President Roosevelt answers accusations that federal patronage favored Taft’s campaign. He labels the claims false and malicious, listing his recent Senate submissions to show appointments were not influenced by campaign timing. The letter from William Dudley Foulke urged a full public statement detailing appointments, recommended appointees, and any alleged coercion.
Kansas City Feb 9 The Republican banquet in Convention Hall tomorrow night for Secretary Taft is billed as huge with about 1000 dining on the floor and 15000 more in galleries. A 88 foot table will seat state officers and notable guests, while panels of speeches follow a 6 pm dinner. The program includes an address of welcome by Mayor Beardsley and toasts by Judge Spencer and Attorney General Hindley. Taft will close the program and is expected to make a significant utterance.
Thousands of Portuguese mourn the king and crown prince at San Vincente Cathedral in Lisbon. Crowds waited through the night for admission as officials prepared for state ceremonies, with caskets to be moved to the pantheon. Guards, masses, and prayers marked the somber day as speculation grew on the coronation date and possible republican reforms. In Louisville, the Moral License League urged strict saloon licensing while arguing against prohibitions, challenging Christian references to wine and its place in faith.
Secretary of War Taft arrived in St Louis shortly after six tonight on his way to Kansas City where he will speak tomorrow. He was due on the Pennsylvania at 4:30 but the train was two hours late. He spent two or three hours meeting friends and talking with members of rival Republican factions.
In Hopkinsville on February 9 a masked group of about 150 night riders seized James Scarberry of Cumberland Telephone, forced a clerk to open a store, and held locals captive. They then to View to blow up Alfred Cardin's tobacco factory with 35,000 pounds of tobacco, fire barns, and escape. Losses total about 10,000 dollars with 5,000 insured. Cardin, 72, a former populist gubernatorial candidate, is not a member. Eighty percent of Crittenden farmers have tobacco in the Society of Equity. No local planter association exists.
Punta Arenas reports the Pacific Navigation steamship Orita passing the American fleet in the Strait of Magellan at 6 o'clock last evening, 12 miles east of Cape Pillar. The Chilean cruiser Chacabuco led in very stormy weather.
Chicago, Feb. The Marshall Field estate and the county attorney reached a settlement of 1,000,000 to fully satisfy county back tax claims on unassessed securities listed in probate after Marshall Field’s death in January 1906. Attorneys Harry P. Lewis and John M. Wilson said judgment will be entered, ending a $1,730,000 suit filed in May 1907 after the estate refused back taxes on securities dating from 1900 or later. The case involved a 10 percent penalty for unlisted personal property.
W B Smith and James S Nail of Henry County Kentucky were sentenced in Murphysboro Illinois to up to five years for conspiracy to defraud Elkville State Bank of 5192. Nail served as president of Mississippi Valley Banking Co Grand Tower. Smith had organized the Elkville bank and aided over drafts. Smith also faces a $2000 fine.
Mrs. William Thaw mother of Harry K Thaw visited her son for over an hour at Matteawan state hospital She appeared in feeble health and was assisted off and on the train by a nurse
Lisbon authorities permit night funerals for regicides and prepare for potential unrest. Queen Amelie recalls saving her son and husband’s death, says she will remain by Manuel’s side as king and aid him in uniting factions. Manuel vows to push welfare measures with ministers.
Continental Limited on the Wabash railway was derailed by a broken rail at Delhi Ontario about 150 miles east of Detroit. No injuries to passengers or crew beyond bruises. Mrs J W Daniels of Wallace Minnesota was removed at St Thomas with nervous shock. all others continued the journey.
Noting reports from Chicago, the National Bank of the Republic in Salt Lake City says it is not connected to Heath and Milligan of Chicago, which was placed in receivership yesterday. President Frank Knox stated the bank was not among the creditors and the Chicago report is erroneous.
Copenhagen Feb 9 A financial panic grips Copenhagen due to a tight money market and heavy bourse speculation. Two small banks suspend payments, others face runs as the minister of finance and five principal banks decide to guarantee risks by placing funds at the banks to satisfy creditors.
Four men blew open the Bank of Sulphur Springs vault in Sulphur Springs Arkansas early today securing more than 1300 dollars in cash plus notes and valuables. Citizens were aroused by the explosion but the thieves escaped on horses heading west as officers arrived. The bank building was badly wrecked and the vault totally destroyed.
A garbled note describes a long auto trip beginning to span continents. Imprecise phrases reference starting out and crossing major landmasses. No clear dates, people, or organizations are identifiable.
Six teams from France Germany Italy and the United States prepare to depart from Times Square next Wednesday morning for the New York to Paris motor contest. Cars will travel via Yonkers and the Trans Siberian route toward Irkutsk and on to Paris with winter mountain and Arctic crossings ahead.
A compact summary notes Dixon proposing a new bill on a familiar issue while mentioning Hitter, Root, and Valery in connection with the debate. The piece frames the topic as an old subject revisited by lawmakers.
Special Washington correspondence explains how Bitter Root valley land titles, once part of the Flathead reservation, face contests after the 1855 Hell Gate treaty and 1872 acts opened lands to settlement. The dispute centers on provisions delaying or permitting settlement above the Lolo fork and related mineral and school land reserves as asserted by congressional action led by Dixon and Pray.
In Cincinnati on February 9 1908 the Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific and the Alabama Great Southern railways announce a 10 percent reduction in pay for general officers and employees earning $250 or more monthly due to reduced business.
From Queenstown on February 9 the steamship Etruria reached port with passengers C W Morse of New York and Baron Takahira the newly appointed Japanese ambassador to the United States both aboard. Morse refused to be disturbed in his stateroom. The ambassador was also aboard the liner.
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