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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1908
Page
15
A dam break shuts off lights and disrupts service as Northern Pacific relocates passengers eastward while westbound trains resume intermittently. Two people drown in a gully near Cascade as conditions remain hazardous and water flows hamper operations throughout the region.
A ranchman Gentry Baker aged 25 and his wife 22 died while crossing a flooded gully on the Castnercoulee ranch near Cascade. Their buggy overturned as the water ran about three feet deep, the wife’s body recovered but the husband not yet found. The dam break earlier caused floods in Butte affecting power, streetcars, and railway operations with extensive damage and evacuations.
Butte receives word trains will operate via Great Northern routes from Helena to Sand Point with several runs from Livingston and Billings. Delayed and additional trains are scheduled to depart through the day, seeking to restore full service. pipelines of washouts affect Pipestone and ongoing connections to St. Paul.
James L. Lovering publisher of Mail Order Monthly and Successful Agriculture faces three indictments in St Paul for using the mails to promote a lottery and a defrauding scheme tied to prize contests in his publications. Samuel A. Phillips, promoter of the St Paul Seattle Electric railway, is also indicted for fraud connected to the line. Phillips faces prior seven-year state prison sentence for embezzlement in a separate case involving the Hammond company and stock of the New York Chicago Airline.
In Baton Rouge on June 3 the joint judiciary committees reported the Locke bill banning bookmaking and betting at race tracks. With 27 of 32 votes in favor, the measure would effectively end the winter racing season in New Orleans. The Senate remains contested while amendments to allow supervised betting and to protect Shreveport’s state fair were defeated or withdrawn.
Vienna reports a strike of about 20 000 students across Austria's major universities and high schools. The action follows Dr. Wahrmund of Catholic ecclesiastical law criticizing church doctrines, triggering clashes with clerical students at Innsbruck. Authorities closed Innsbruck University amid disturbances.
Baton Rouge June 3. Prohibition advocates in the Louisiana assembly launched a major move by introducing a bill to submit statewide prohibition to a public vote via seven congressional districts. Previously they sought statewide ban except New Orleans but now unite in support of the district plan.
Paris lays Emil Zola to rest with lay national honors at the Pantheon amid strong anti Zola sentiment. Crowds cheered as the hearse passed, while anti Dreyfus and anti Semitic presses denounced the ceremony. Police dispersed a student protest and the Pantheon will close after the rites.
Cardinal Logue of Ireland and John D Rockefeller met at James Butler's home in Tarrytown New York. They chatted on general subjects and posed for a photo with Bishop Brown of Ireland. The meeting was arranged by Father Lennon who golfed with Rockefeller.
In New York on June 3 a large police force in automobiles raided two West Forty-seventh Street gambling houses. Officers surrounded the block and captured 58 prisoners as suspects were prevented from escaping. revolvers flashed as plainclothes and patrol units carried out the operation.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers votes two to one to keep its general headquarters in Cleveland for the coming ten years beginning 1910. Detroit chosen for the next biennial convention. W. H. Kent of Detroit elected third assistant grand engineer.
The condition of William Dempsey, whose leg was amputated after a Shelby train holdup Saturday, remains critical in Great Falls on June 3. Earlier reports claimed improvement, but his condition worsened through the day, with physicians holding little hope for his life.
Helena June 3 state board of prison commissioners met with Governor Norris and Attorney General Galen present. The prison contract was informally discussed with no action taken. A second meeting is planned for tomorrow and action is likely.
Chicago June 3. American Medical Association delegates urged revision of patent laws to bar patents on medicine making processes and to stop trademarking remedy names. The report argued that drug patents foster monopoly and impede medical progress. Also, several women physicians called for criminal liability for wives who harm unborn children as they supported Roosevelt’s theory.
New York June 3 Charles T Muir paying teller at Corn Exchange Bank Fifty second street branch shot himself after confessing a five year embezzlement. He died within an hour at hospital. Shortage reported by bank vice president Frew as 9068 dollars, covered by a bond.
Special dispatch from Helena reports Governor Norris returning from Bozeman after a Livingston stay. He walked from Livingston to Bozeman and voiced enthusiasm over the governors conference with the president at the White House. He predicts broad good from increased public attention to natural resource action.
Violent clashes erupt around Idaho political scene as tensions flare over Mormon influence. Authorities report multiple injuries and escalating protests outside key government buildings and rally sites.
In Twin Falls on June 3 the Idaho Democratic convention split into rival meetings led by anti Mormon faction head Dubois and the opposition led by K I Perky. The two factions elected delegates for the Denver national convention with McKinley and Perky as temporary chairmen candidates.
Helena June 3 Capt Leonard Bailey and officers William Bossler George Farnum and Morse Quentin who were dismissed last week wore uniforms and reported for duty tonight and turned in outfits at the demand of Chief Flannery They entered a protest and will report for duty daily Next Saturday Mayor Frank Edwards will call a special election under the initiative and referendum on the city ordinance recently passed which led to their discharge
Spokane man Charles Moorhouse traveled 7000 miles from Tahiti to Mullan Idaho with 10000 in drafts to repay Matt Brown a black benefactor who helped him 24 years ago. Brown died two years earlier, leaving Moorhouse to seek Brown's heirs instead. The South Sea copra merchant made the voyage in hopes of settling the old debt.
June 4 report from Guayaquil states plague under control with 42 new cases since May 8 and 19 deaths from bubonic plague. Eighty cases have been cured, with 387 active cases in the lazaretto.
Chicago June 3 Representative H S Boutell chairman of the house submarine boat committee replies to charges by Representative George H Lilley of Connecticut. He says only one feature called for a reply and that Lilley has called upon his own head. He notes Lilley had three months after the resolution to express views. Ongoing attacks on colleagues meet with approval of honorable men.
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