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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1909
Page
11
Funeral services were held at Arden for H. H. Harriman with a simple Episcopal ceremony. The burial occurred at the Lit Little Episcopal Church after a subdued service reflecting the era.
At Arden in Ramapo woods the private funeral of Edward H. Harriman drew leading financiers from New York. The service honored a vast estate manager and country squire, with pallbearers from his dairies farms and trotting stables. Rev Dr McGuinness delivered a memorial address highlighting Harriman as a towering national figure in business and public life.
A La Paz special reports the oldest Californias settlement devastated by a fierce storm. Seven known dead, ships and boats wrecked, streets flooded four feet deep, houses collapsed, widespread suffering among the poor, and fear of end times as darkness fell. Few Americans present escaped property loss.
Japanese honorary commercial commissioners finished industrial inquiries in Spokane and prepared to depart for Potlatch Idaho to inspect what is described as the largest sawmills in the world. Crowds welcomed the delegation in every city.
Lincoln Neb Sept 12 two persons were killed and nine injured when a Chicago Burlington and Quincy passenger train collided with a freight near Burnham Nebraska The dead include W L Roher of Falls City and William Griffin a cook in the private car of Division Superintendent Lyman
Washington reports from Consul General Hanne describe widespread flooding in Mexico and mass suffering. The American Red Cross requests funds and relief supplies as rail lines reopen. He calls for US military and consular cooperation to aid border towns and notes thousands homeless with over 10,000 feared dead.
The Duke of the Abruzzi is greeted by officials and crowds in Marseilles aboard the Oceana. He notes reaching 24,890 feet on Bright Peak in the Godwin Austen range and hints at a forthcoming book. Interest swirls around his next move and rumored Miss Elkins meeting in Paris.
President Taft and Attorney General Wickersham held a final Beverly conference on the Ballinger Pinchot controversy between the interior department and its forestry division. Wickersham arrived after a New York meeting with Secretary Ballinger. A presidential statement on the affair was anticipated before Taft’s Wednesday trip.
Beverly Mass September 12 The president will appoint George R. Coulton of the District of Columbia as governor of Porto Rico. Coulton served in the Philippines as lieutenant colonel of a Nebraska regiment and later as collector of customs at Manila. He now holds that post and is on leave to aid the insular affairs bureau in preparing the Philippines tariff bill.
Seattle report says the Presbyterian mission at Point Barrow Alaska the most northerly church in the world built in 189% by Mrs Eliot KB Shepare of New York was burned on April 12.
Paris September 12 Miss Katherine Elkins and her mother and brother who arrived here yesterday refused to discuss their plans. Rumors say the Duke of the Abruzzi may renew the romance once believed not broken off as he heads from Marseilles to Paris.
Five thousand delegates attend the thirty-fifth annual American Bankers association meeting in Chicago. Topics include postal savings banks, a uniform bill of lading system to stabilize credit, and the currency question. Daniel B. Remsen of New York will speak on Post Mortem Administration of Wealth.
Ferdinand Levy a wholesale liquor dealer shot his wife Mrs Charlotte Levy and his daughter Marion then killed himself. Mrs Levy was in critical condition and the child was expected to recover. The incident occurred in San Francisco on September 12.
Terre Haute Indiana September 12 announcement reports Rev John L Sulger of Terre Haute chosen as grand chaplain of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
London reports Samuel Gonpers, resident of the American Pecation of mbor, will depart tomorrow for the continent en route to Ameriva.
Glenn H. Curtiss, famed American aviator, captures the Brescia grand prize after a 30 kilometer flight in 49 minutes 24 seconds, earning $6,000 from a $19,000 purse. Rougier places second with a 50 kilometer flight, and Curtiss also wins quick starting and height honors amid a day of multiple contests. Princess Letitia witnesses the event and congratulates Curtiss.
Controversy over who discovered the north pole persists with Cook and Peary backers asserting proof and calls for scientific adjudication. Sydney dispatches note explorers and officials pushing for tribunal while Peary supporters promise incontrovertible evidence when Cook signs statements.
Cambridge Massachusetts reports Haley's comet observed after 70 years absence. Dispatch from Professor Wolff of Heidelberg states sighting on September 1 at Harvard Observatory with coordinates right ascension 6h 18m 12s and declination 17° 11′ N. visible only through a large telescope.
Mike Dontn, once a baseball player, was arrested last night for assault. Complainant Edward Darfurth did not appear in police court. In Kentucky, William Lieyd Garrigan died at his home today at age 77. he was the son of a notable abolitionist and a public figure.
Seattle Sept 12 Capt BE A Swift of the barge Neptune arrived declaring faith in Dr Cook and his polar claim He says Cook proposed a dangerous ascent of Mt McKinley and a river trial in the Chulitna rapids Swift refused due to risk while Cook reportedly pushed through the Box Canyon rapids with two men and later returned saying he had ascended Mt McKinley as claimed
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