HM Shelter Idle Still In Long Wane
A terse local item notes the shelter remains idle with uncertain future plans and ongoing management questions. No further actions or dates are provided.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1908
Page
8
A terse local item notes the shelter remains idle with uncertain future plans and ongoing management questions. No further actions or dates are provided.
Great Falls dispatch reports a catastrophic failure at the Boston and Montana smelter causing extensive flooding and near shutdown for at least two months. The north wall of the head race collapsed, sending a torrent into the lower plant. Damages are estimated in the thousands of dollars with machinery and power house damage uncertain. On the river’s south bank, the Great Falls electric property and townsite company survived after days of effort. Casualties total in the area include Joey A L Wilson and George Gray. Rail and road damage crippled northern Montana transit. the big Fort Benton Missouri draw bridge was swept clean, and repairs will delay train service to Havre. Only the Lewistown stage line remains as travel.
Flooding isolates Jefferson county as Great Northern line suffers major damage. Basin production company property escapes harm, but multiple bridges along the rail line are wrecked or washed out. A washout near Bernice leaves roadbed breached and rails exposed, with further bridge damage reported along the line.
A cloudburst near Toely Oregon severely disrupted Oregon Short Line traffic. A train held at Butte, several cars stranded, and lines west to Portland remain closed. Railroads report washed-out tracks and missing connections. state bridges and roads face extensive damage and delays may extend into next week. Northern Pacific and Great Northern service affected. communication with Helena briefly cut. Local telephones restored to Helena and Great Falls areas as lines reopen gradually.
The trial of Traymnnd Wilehoeck, a comedian, ended with a not guilty verdict. Jury deliberations followed hours of defense countering claims of mistreatment and misconduct, with witnesses including Hitchcock's valet and others, as documentary evidence surfaced.
Special dispatch from Helens notes Great Northern officials expect service to Butte to resume Friday with a two mile transfer, while no date is set for Great Falls. Missouri River remains high delaying assessment of damage and repairs. Eastward engine service is running. westward plans unclear due to equipment shortages.
Floods cripple eight major rail lines around Kansas City, with the Kaw River dammed and tracks breached. Refugees shelter in Convention Hall as water inundates Armourdale, stockyards, and factories. Union Pacific, Santa Fe, Rock Island West, Burlington, and Missouri Pacific report outages. up to seven rails expected back by midnight, core routes threatened including Burlington, Rock Island, and Wabash corridors.
A vault robbery tale unrolled as a pouch containing cash and many packages vanished en route from Kansas City to New York. Officials estimate the total value at about 96000 with shipments from a Farmers and Merchants National Bank ledgers. The exact number of packages remains unclear while authorities trace the registered pouch through rail and postal channels.
A Kansas City dispatch notes a registered pouch from Los Angeles to Kansas, then onward via multiple railway clerks. The pouch receipts show the same rotary lock number, but no receipt reached Towthine, leaving the final destination unclear.
A band of about 18 raiders attacked the Eph-Tlam Martin farm in Cincinnati early today, destroying tobacco. The confrontation ended with shots fired, leaving authorities to pursue possible suspects as a broader vigilante response develops. Police have not released details on injuries or motive.
The confession of Louis Ferris, accused in the Burlington wreck case, was admitted as evidence after arguments over its legality. Ferris testified he was promised a job and clothes if he confessed, and that threats of lynching were used. Detektives and witnesses including Ferris’s sister and Reynolds provided competing accounts of the coercion and Ferris’s mental state, while cross examinations touched on Reynolds’s background and possible improprieties.
The Republican National Committee ruled on contests in two states and 14 districts, allocating votes between Taft and Foraker, with four state at large issues still to decide. Delegates from Ohio and North Carolina featured in fights, while Barry Daugherty of Columbus emerged as a possible credentials chair as the committee aims to finish by Friday night and prepare for the convention.
The meeting between King Edward and Emperor Nichols ended successfully after a laid out program. The royals greeted aboard the Russian yacht Standart and dined on the Victoria and Albert. The King conferred with the Russian foreign minister while the Emperor enjoyed dancing and social events aboard the royal yachts, with departure delayed to the next morning.
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