Lords Reject Budget As Crown Faces Dissolution
London November 30. The House of Lords refused formal assent to the budget, making tax collection illegal and sending the issue to the country for approval or rejection. The crown will dissolve the Commons and call a general election, testing whether the Liberal government can maintain its policy amid constitutional crisis. The debate featured high oratory and sharp divisions, with a 350 to 75 vote on Lord Lansdowne's amendment.
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House of Lords
Rosebery
Morley
Lord James of Herford
Lord Cromer
Lord Balfour of
Burleigh
Earl of Lytton
Lord Courtney
Canterbury
York
Crown
House of Commons
Lord Lansdowne
Earl of Crewe
Lord St. Aldwyn
Michael Hicks-Beach
Wemyss
March
Supriors and counsel deny bender vagles acted on his orders
A legal statement asserts that Bender Vagels did not act on his own initiative and that supervisors ordered the conduct in question. Counsel emphasizes the absence of independent intent and frames the matter as authorized by higher authorities.
Witness Testimony Ties Bendernagle to Cash Payments in Sugar Defraud Case
A New York trial hears that James F. Bendernagle may testify for the government. A former Williamsburg refinery manager allegedly paid informally in envelopes marked twenty dollars but containing fifteen to eighteen dollars to weighers and checkers. The government alleges underweighing to defraud the United States, with payments linked to the American Sugar Refining Company at 117 Wall Street.
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James F. Bendernagle
American Sugar Refining Company
Bendernagle
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
George W. Beattie
Andrew J. Mellen
Havemeyer & Elder
Custom House
Winifred T. Dennison
Mellen
John R. Coyle
Edward ©. Boyle
Patrick Hennessy
Jean Voelker
Sugar Trust
Wall Street
The
Bodies Found in Abandoned Well Near Los Angeles
In Los Angeles three miles east of the city, the Crinklaw ranch well yielded a skeleton with a bullet hole in the skull two days ago. Tonight an object thought to be part of another body surfaced but slipped from grappling hooks. Deputies remain convinced another body exists, yet no further progress was made.
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Los Angeles
Navy
H. J. Crinklaw
Charges crew did not fight flames on steamer Bt. Croix
Henry Thomas, a Bt. Croix passenger, told federal inspectors the crew did not subdue the fire off Southern California. He said they focused on lifeboats, saw crew tossing liquor bottles into boats, and a fire hose on the saloon deck was neglected.
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San Francisco
Henry Thomas
Bt. Croix
California
NY Stock Exchange seat fetches $94 thousand today
New York buyers paid $94,000 for a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, slightly below the then record price of $95,000. The sale reflects continuing demand for exchange participation and the high value placed on trading access.
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New York
Navy
New York Stock Exchange
Pinchot delivers challenge to Ballinger on conservation policy
Washington dispatch cites Gifford Pinchot chief forester pressing Congress to decide if coal fields and water power stay public or move to private monopolies. He argues water powers must be developed under public control with private investment, and perpetual rights must end. Pinchot warns concentrated control could dominate industry and the country.
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STANDARD OIL KING IS NOT FRIGHTENED
John D Rockefeller travels from Forest Hill to a New York bound train with no guard. Cleveland police seek to identify two men who allegedly plotted to kill him after a report from Sawyer Smith. Rockefeller directs a circuitous route and withdraws the home guard.
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Bill
Freedom of Ruef Asked in Petition for Bail
San Francisco reports Abraham Ruef former political boss petitions the superior court for bail claiming his health suffers from confinement while appealing a bribery conviction tied to an overhead trolley franchise. Twenty doctors urge release citing heart lungs and eyesight decline and his sister Mrs Altman is gravely ill. Hearing set for tomorrow.
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Abraham Hkuef
Hhis City
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Ruef
Branch County
Miners Rescued Alive After Ducktown Cave In
Eight miners entombed yesterday at the London copper mine in Ducktown Tennessee were reached on the fourth level by a rescue party early this morning. They are alive and in good condition though exhausted and facing extraction efforts from surface.
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Tenn
Navy
London
Ducktown
Nicaragua Invasion Update From Bluefields
A wireless report from Bluefields dated today describes five hours of fighting near the Topaz mine above Rama where revolutionists under General Matuya defeated government troops. The Zelayan side reports 8 killed and several wounded, while revolutionists lost 20. Washington indicates Zelaya may retire if congress names a provisional president. General Estrada rejects terms, insisting on recognition of a provisional government backed by liberals and conservatives.
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Woman Recovers Child in Deed Debt Case
Fresno Cal Nov 30 By writ of habeas corpus Mrs Minnie Sprong regained possession of her four year old daughter Ruth held by Mr and Mrs Frank D Holland for debt.
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Cal
Minnie Sprong
Ruth
Frank D. Holland
Strike Clouds Northwest Rails as 2300 Switchmen Walk Out
After 15 days of talks the Switchmen's Union and 13 railroad managers plunged into a 2300 man Northwest strike at 6 pm. The action disrupts traffic from Leake Superior to the Pacific, spiking Chicago wheat prices as railroads warn of possible tolls on grain shipments. Negotiations cite 1996 wage gains and a lack of retroactive reductions amid a low business mood.
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Switchmen’s Union of North America
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Switchmen In
Havre
Mont
Northern Railway
Sillings, Mont
Northern Pacific Railway
Switchmen's Strike Threatens Butte Region Rail Operations
The switchmen's union walkout disrupts coal and ore movement across Butte Anaconda Great Falls and allied mining communities. NP, OSL and GN crews walked out while Butte yard crews reported for duty. potential ore shipments and smelter operations hinge on coal supply and railcar availability. A conference failed to avert the walkout and continued disruptions loom if UP remains uninvolved.
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Butte
Great Falls
Anaconda
Switchmen’s Union
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Oregon Short Line
Livingston
Helena
Billings
Bear Creek
Bridger
Red Lodge
Gebo
Fromberg
Great Northern
McMahon
Boston & Miana
Union Pacific
Diamondsville
John Gillie
Amalgamated Company
Montana
Une
Butte Yarda
State officers file quarterly and annual financial reports
Special Dispatch to the Standard Helena Navy 90.A. N. Moder secretary of state submitted his annual report covering the period ended Nov to Governor Norris. Yoder deposited 16488.95 with the State Treasurer, boosting the year total to 5125.45 primarily from filing incorporation papers. H. K K. Cunningham state auditor and commissioner of insurance settled with the treasurer for the quarter ending today, depositing 6425.39, making the year total 395,706.70 compared with 85,791.63 in the prior year. H. Ray state and register also settled for the last half of November, depositing 80541.04, swelling receipts from sales and leases for the seas to.
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Helena
Navy
A. N. Moder
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Yoder
Meselstyn
H. K K. Cunningham
H. Ray
Stateand Register
Saloon Safe Crackster Nabbed in San Francisco
John Bennett Rogers arrested while about to crack a Market Street saloon safe. Former Seattle saloon keeper who left 12 years ago and has since traveled Europe and the U S. He carried drafts on Chicago Boston and English banks from 500 to 15000 dollars and a complete set of burglar tools. He says the burglary was to raise funds to influence his wife’s travel. He claims to be the son of a millishman.
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