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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1908
Page
13
River towns hear President Taft call for unity and support as talks on a regional pact proceed. Officials from neighboring municipalities gathered to hear the message and discuss cooperation in river management, flood control, and shared infrastructure plans.
William Howard Taft campaigned along the Hudson River cities from Yonkers to Schenectady addressing large crowds in rain and discussing Republican labor policy and sugar refining industry. He contrasted Republican labor records with Democratic claims and highlighted labor legislation and refinery implications across towns like Yonkers, Tarrytown, Peekskill, and Schenectady.
Paris reports the engagement of Princess Patricia, daughter of the Duke of Connaught, to Prince Emmanuel, Count of Turin. Official confirmation expected in the Petit Journal.
In Salem Massachusetts October 27 the settlement of the will contest over John Burnham Brown of Chicago and Ipswich is announced in probate court. The will bequeathed the bulk of a 7 million dollar estate to found an educational institution for young men in Ipswich. Brown died six weeks ago and relatives sought to break the will, but a compromise appears to have been effected.
Tiptonville Tennessee tale centers on night riders blamed for depredations around Reelfoot Lake. Burton admits aiding in lake killings including Captain Rankin and Rankin’s associate, naming leaders and suspects linked to Camp Nemo arrests. Confession ties Timber deals and Walnut Log meeting to the case.
Providence Oct 27 Thomax J Hisgen independent party candidate for president welcomed by a large crowd at the Tip theater Rhode Island rally He said after the southern campaign that when votes are counted next week you won t see any more solid South and he would not be a perpetual candidate Meanwhile Xenia Green County Ohio voted dry under the Rose local option law by a majority in today s election.
Theodore Roosevelt marked his fifty-first birthday by arriving at his desk early and spending the day working in the White House. He hosted a regular cabinet meeting with in-town members and discussed departmental matters. Today's cabinet gathering was brief, only the secretary of war and the secretary of the treasury attending as other eight members campaigned for Judge Taft.
New York October hearing in the government suit to dissolve Standard Oil features Edward T. Johnson of Buffalo accusing the Pennsylvania Railroad of hidden rates that benefited Standard Oil. Johnson says Standard Oil was sole shipper to certain routes and paid 9 cents a barrel, with rates kept secret from contemporaries and regulators. The trial also covers a separate banking case involving Charles Morse and Alfred Curtis, with Curtis beginning his testimony recounting his banking career and denying improper acts while noting the dismissal of certain conspiracy and misappropriation counts.
Budapest dispatch reports Countess Szecheny formerly Misx adye Vanderbilt has given birth to a daughter named London. The London bureau notes the accouchement was accomplished and both mother and child are in satisfactory condition per attending physicians.
Prince Henry of Prussia joined Count Zeppelin for an early ascent aboard a remodeled airship in Friedrichshafen. He spent several hours aloft and even sat at the steering wheel for many miles of the flight, enjoying the experience.
Special dispatch reports in Seattle that John A Cole formerly of Silver County Montana filed for an annulment in a Seattle divorce court after alleging his marriage to Rosetta Cole was invalid due to prior divorce ons. The case references the timing of remarry eligibility following a former marriage. Separately, Mary McGann, shot by husband Mike McGann, was discharged from hospital five weeks after the attack. doctors had warned she might die and the shooter killed himself.
The Bulgarian government informed foreign representatives it accepts compensation payments to Turkey after a cabinet debate led by Emperor Ferdinand. Deputations arriving for the sobranje opening report widespread business hardship and hard talks with foreign creditors. Tomorrow 60,000 reserves will be mobilized while the army remains at 60,000.
William J. Bryan wrapped up a vigorous Greater New York tour spending eight speeches from 6 p.m. to midnight. Accompanied by Charles E. Murphy in New York, he met Kings County leader PH McCarren in Brooklyn and urged votes for the national ticket while courting state candidates. He spoke from City Hall steps, at a Broadway meeting, and across Brooklyn, Long Island City, New Jersey, and Manhattan, facing mud and rain with notable audiences. Lieutenant Governor Chanler joined in welcomes as Bryan critiqued Gompers, Taft, and the Littlefield anti trust bill, warning labor men against repudiation and laboring to rally workingmen to the Democratic cause. He departed for Schenectady, Albany, and Troy after the day’s rallies.
New York reports a dawn gathering as William J. Bryan, bareheaded and smiling, is escorted from the steps of City Hall to address a large crowd of night workers. The crowd cheers as red searchlights flare briefly and the speech continues in dim light from street lamps and the park.
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