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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1908
Page
9
Taft sentiment and Bryant concerns appear connected as observers weigh political alignments and regional reactions. The note reflects overlapping positions and mounting interest in forthcoming decisions and public opinion holds steady.
Sunday visitors at Fairview include Mayor James Dahlman and Frank S. Monnett former Ohio attorney general. Monnett plans to campaign for Bryan in Ohio and says Bryan would mobilize government to fight monopolies including wool price manipulation by the American Wool Company.
In Flagstaff a gun fight at Williams left Mexican deputy sheriff E. Demonges dead and two Mexican bystanders wounded. James Duncan, a Harvey House bartender, is under arrest for murder after an alleged clash when Demonges tried to arrest him. Duncan, a recent Philippines veteran, had good character. The dead man’s brother vowed vengeance.
The United States cruiser Des Moines reached Colon on July 19 from Guantanamo. Lt Col Cole commanding Isthmus marines received orders to prepare 150 marines for immediate field service. It was thought they would be sent to Honduras aboard the Des Moines.
A joint board from the War Department and the Bureau of Forestry is studying forest preservation on military reservations. Arrangements will ensure beneficial timber cutting while preserving remaining trees, with the War Department keeping forest control and gaining Forestry Bureau support.
Telegraph dispatches from Teheran and Tabriz report a volatile revolt with mixed assessments. Some say political control ended but danger remains from potential shahist forces, others claim peace and safe European access, while a Times dispatch notes revolutionaries dominate except one quarter and royal troops retreat without rifles or uniforms.
Gen. Luke Wright and Gen. Franklin Bell will arrive in Chattanooga at 6 45 pm and then proceed to Camp Taft where about 6000 troops are encamped for maneuvers. The secretary of war and chief of staff will review the forces at 3 30 pm Tuesday. The troops have been split into blue and brown armies and plans remain secret.
Sam Evans a laborer on the Northern Pacific north of Plains paid 25 for killing a bear after pleading not guilty to hunting without a license. He said the bear entered his tent at night and he killed the animal to save himself, claiming five other bears were in the yard. He warns he may leave town when the bear returns.
Honolulu reports a calm Sunday for the Atlantic battleship fleet. Officers host private entertainments, sailors visit Pearl Harbor site, and city residents welcome crowds wandering the streets. Ships, yachts, and private launches ferried sightseers to view anchored warships and partake in games at the league grounds.
Quebec July 19 The formal opening of the week's exercises featured a monster parade of young French Canadians at Champlain's monument. Earlier Lord Roberts with Bari Grey attended Anglican services while a Catholic basilica event honored the Duke of Norfolk and French warship officers.
Twin Bridges reports two more bodies recovered from the Big Hole river near Melrose nine miles downstream from the July 4 drowning site. The four men who died remain unidentified as the bodies are badly decomposed and difficult to identify.
Cleveland faces months of 3-cent street car fares with two monthly reports showing a deficit and July expected as well. Expenses and fixed charges exceed earnings by 40 to 50 thousand dollars monthly. Transfers bring about 30 thousand monthly, with free transfers planned for July 28 as an experiment to boost ridership.
Portland Maine July 19 a succession of drenching showers has halted the great fires that have ravaged Maine woods for two weeks causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage and alarming villages along the shore summer resorts faced danger as flames threatened timber and visitors packed up to leave no rain had fallen for two months in parts of the state before the showers.
Abraham Ruef, once dominant in San Francisco politics, will be tried for the third time this week on bribery charges. He faces 78 indictments accusing him of procuring supervisors' votes to grant franchises to public service companies. Ruef was jailed until two weeks ago, freed on bonds totaling 1.56 million dollars.
Hot Springs Virginia July 19 Judge Taft is elected a member of the International Society of Steam Shovel Men with T J Donlan of Chicago as president His membership notification will be on July 29 Taft plans to travel to Cincinnati for his nomination notification and may be away through the election period Willis Moore weather chief to visit Taft tomorrow and discuss labor questions Taft will also attend Germantown court opening and speak on administration of justice
In Portland, July 19, David Conelli, chief cook at the Arlington club, shot dead Mrs. Dolly Sharp and an unidentified man. A mob forced entry to his room and he killed himself by shooting. Jealousy over the woman and the other man is believed to be the motive.
Mrs Alice Hale Hill widow of ex Senator Nathaniel P Hill died at her Denver home from a heart failure after a long illness. Born 1840 in Providence she married in 1867 and moved to Colorado the same year. The Hills lived in Black Hawk and later Denver where Crawford Hill leads the Republican Publishing Co.
Fpoak Hitchcock outlines a new campaigning scheme and will meet party leaders in the West today to discuss strategy. The plan centers on mobilizing volunteers and targeting key districts ahead of the upcoming elections.
Frank H. Hitchcock arrives for a two day western conference to coordinate GOP efforts across 17 states territories. He vows not to predict results while aiming to recruit safely republican states to aid tougher battles elsewhere. Denver delegation pushes for western headquarters with Salt Lake City also under consideration.
Government survey shows average hourly wages in 1907 rose 3.7 percent from 1905 with hours 4 percent lower than 1906 and employment up 1 percent. Retail food prices climbed 2 percent from 1906 to 1907 while purchasing power fell slightly, by half a percent.
Ossining N Y July 19 Two murderers will die in the electric chair at Sing Sing prison tomorrow Charles H Rogers and Angelo Laudiero Rogers is condemned for the murders of Willis Olney Alfred Olney and nine year old Alice Ingerick daughter of the Olney housekeeper Laudiero killed Michael De Ambre in New York City with the executions scheduled for the next day
Constantinople reports unrest as about 5,900 soldiers from Monastir district rebel and 32,000 troops are sent to the outbreak. Officers of the Third army corps threaten to kill all Macedonian generals unless officers awaiting court martial for aiding the Young Turk agitation are freed.
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor returned to Washington from the Denver convention. He declined to discuss politics stating that any political remarks would be printed in AF L official organ due in a few days.
Governor Comer accompanied by Mrs. Comer and three daughters toured mining camps in Alabama, addressing miners and soldiers and receiving enthusiastic welcomes. He said the district is peaceful and trouble may end soon, but state troops should remain at the encampment for two more weeks. Rioting reports were denied.
King Edward traveled by motor to Clyde this evening and shared tea with Mr and Mrs Waldorf Astor. The gathering included the crown prince and crown princess of Sweden and Prince Arthur of Connaught, following a week at Taplow court with Lord and Lady Desborough and a house party that also featured Prince Francis of Teck and Consuelo.
Captain Henry McCrea of the U S Navy commander of the battleship Georgia during the North Atlantic squadron cruise to the Pacific coast died in Brooklyn today from Bright's disease. He had been ill since June 22 and was 57 years old. Funeral arrangements not yet announced.
William Waldorf Astor donates 50000 dollars to the Children's Fresh Air Fund in London. The gift supports programs aiding underprivileged children with outdoor housing and health initiatives.
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