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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1908
Page
12
The Anaconda Standard lists its publishing company, daily and Sunday editions, subscription rates, and main office in Anaconda. It provides branch offices in Butte and other cities, advertising contacts, foreign and domestic offices, and news stand locations across major cities. General business correspondence should be sent to Anaconda, Montana.
The piece surveys New York’s Senate history from the 19th century to the present, arguing the state produced few long serving senators since Roscoe Conkling. It notes past figures like Murphy, Kernan, Evarts, Platt and Depew, and questions Roosevelt’s suitability for the upcoming vacancy.
Missouri Congressman Champ Clark criticizes national conventions as idiotic and says galleries inflate noise. He urges smaller halls and at least a 50 percent delegate reduction to curb uproar and improve proceedings. Roosevelt is shown listening in as a brawl unfolds in Chicago.
The editorial notes an unusual public interest in the forthcoming presidential acceptances. It contrasts past indifference with current anticipation as Judge Taft and Mr. Bryan prepare to speak in Cincinnati and Lincoln, signaling a mood to settle platform ambiguities before the November vote.
Readers witness a political tempest as a Chicago Tribune piece depicts a future convention rising with roars and banners. The crowd erupts for Betcher Wynne candidate amid a two hour uproar, while timing notes reveal a one minute victory margin.
In Montana many will join a seventy-fifth anniversary of Dubuque Iowa, recalling Westward expansion and Iowa's pioneer story. The article notes homeseekers, immigration, winters, Indian presence, and settlers who built gardens of Eden, shaping a prosperous agricultural and mining region. Names like Marquette Joliet Dubuque Fremont Bozeman Brigham Young appear as contextual references.
Early history notes reveal how founders of Western cities and territories shaped the nation. Eastern readers study the story with growing profit and interest, as Montana nears its fiftieth anniversary of discovery.
Delegates favor Hearst for the presidential nomination and reject fusion with the Democratic Party. He cites personal respect for Bryan but opposition to his allies and says the Independence Party will be more virile than the Democratic or Republican groups. The national committee schedules a meeting tomorrow at 10 for final convention prep.
New York delegates to the independence party national convention travel by special West Shore train. The New York state delegation will set headquarters in Chicago's Auditorium Annex. Possible appointments include Clarence J. Sheran on the resolutions committee, Henry A. Powell on organization, and Melvin G. Palliseer on rules. Delegation to caucus once in Chicago.
Chicago July 26 Frank H Hitchcock chairman of the republican national committee announced the executive committee will consist of Charles F Brooker Connecticut T E Coleman Du Pont Delaware William E Borah Idaho Frank C Lowden Illinois Charles Nagel Missouri Victor Rosewater Nebraska William L Ward New York Edward C Duncan North Carolina and Boies Penrose Pennsylvania. Hitchcock said the committee is formed solely from national committee members after consulting party leaders nationwide and details of organization will be announced later.
Bloomington July 26 Adlai E Stevenson former vice president announced his candidacy for governor of Illinois on the Democratic ticket.
A 1908 overview details Jamaica's shift from sugar to bananas and cacao under United Fruit and local schemes. It notes Capt. L. D. Baker's early banana trade, slave era harvests, Indian coolies, and the rise of modern steamships. It highlights banana yields, cocoanut and coffee grows, soil rejuvenation with cowpeas, and growing American influence shaping Jamaica's economic future.
Miles City faces a clash over a city improvement district formed to build cement sidewalks. Pacific Coast Construction holds a blanket contract but local contractors and private property owners dispute private contracts and payment. Two crews work on the same jobs, likely leading to court action and a Supreme Court test of the district law.
Local financiers organized two new banks on the St. Paul extension. The First Bank of Baker, capital $10,000, opened about 10 days ago with H. B. Wiley president and Kenneth McLean vice president. The First Bank of Melstone, capital $10,000, will open July 20 with H. B. Wiley president and E. B. Clark vice president.
William McClellan aged 92 in Greeley Colorado died today. A descendant of Peregrine White claimed as the first child born in the original Plymouth Rock colony he was born in Maine and became a lumber pioneer in Illinois and Wisconsin. He moved to Colorado with the Greeley colonists in 1870.
William H. Taft rested at the home of his brother Charles P. Taft in Cincinnati on a calm Sabbath. He planned to attend the Ohio State central committee meeting and meet the notification committee on Monday ahead of his acceptance speech Tuesday.
Special Dispatch to the Standard Missoula July 26 Gus Lynn a laborer working at railway construction camps on the Coeur d Alene branch died here suddenly this afternoon of heart failure. Lynn was staying in room 5 at the I X L rooming house on West Front street. He went to the saloon from his room about noon sat for two hours then drank lemonade and asked friends to help him back upstairs as he did not feel well. At 5 o clock a roommate found him dead in bed Coroner Marsh took charge little is known of his history or relatives.
Virginia City reports C L Gieske filed on 160 acres of Willow creek lands, part of the Ruby river system, with alfalfa thriving on the homestead once part of the Elling Ledman ranch. William Kruse filed 160 acres nearby and inherits a barley crop now ready to cut. Fred Peterson claimed 80 acres, much from the Elling Sedman property, which was fenced but without valid title.
Miles City July 26 a local business reports a string of forged checks. Three ten dollar checks drawn on the Thomas Cruse bank of Helena and a two hundred dollar check bearing a Redwater woolgrower’s name are claimed as forgeries. The men who passed them have decamped.
Mako, the delegate of the Japanese department of commerce, arrived at Valparaiso and announced Japan will establish a legation in Santiago to strengthen relations with Chile and invite Chile to participate in the Tokio exposition.
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