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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1903
Page
13
The house approved fair trial bills and the senate concurred, sending the measures toward enactment. Lawmakers indicated plans to adjourn by tomorrow night, with discussions focusing on procedural timing and potential amendments before final action.
Rapid progress in Montana extraordinary session as senate backs house fair trial measures. Four bills aim to ensure fair trials, with one ready for the governor and others awaiting house concurrence or conference. Debate centers on changes of judges, venue, and cost provisions amid adjournment prospects and continued legislative maneuvering.
On the steamer Queen traveling from Victoria to San Francisco a Seattle passenger and her 4 year old child disappeared after the woman spoke of a despondent husband. clothes and the purse were left behind, and it is believed she leapt overboard with the child during the night.
Seattle on December 8 reports Harry JF Oldt husband of the drowned Mrs Oldt learned of the loss from an Associated Press representative. Oldt, editor of the Sea Coast Sportsman, collapsed in his office and is said to be crazed with grief. Chief editor El Co Manche Phillips advises no statement from Oldt today.
Sacramento report says John H. Wood, a leader of last summer’s Folsom escape, was found guilty of murder in the second degree and sentenced to life. Judge Hart ordered him to appear for sentence 100 years from today in the penitentiary.
Fraulein Vreida Roelke, leading Metropole dancer, was murdered at a Cologne hotel by Ferdinand Tessier a Vichy machinery maker and former nationalist candidate. After quarrel over another man he chloroformed failed, then fatally stabbed her and shot himself. Weapons poisons Lourdes amulets found on Tessier. Family delayed release of the tragedy until Roelke’s burial in Berlin.
Secretary Shaw transmitted to the house today estimates of appropriations for Hawaii. The plan includes 75,000 for new lighthouses 50,000 for lighthouse service 250,000 for dredging Hrondukt channel and harbor 25,000 for buoy maintenance 10,000 for a breakwater at Hilo 30,000 for a federal board at Hilo and ample funds for a federal building at Honolulu plus 50,000 to remove obstructions in Pearl Harbor. Governor Carter also asks salary rise from 5,000 to 7,500 citing Hawaii living costs.
Clashes between guards and striking workers left several wounded and one guard slightly injured as tensions spilled into the street. The incident prompted police to cordon off the area while emergency crews treated the injured at the scene.
Four strikers at the Segundo coke ovens in Colorado were shot during a clash with guards from Colorado Fuel and Iron. One striker died, another fatally wounded, a third likely fatally wounded, and a fourth wounded in the wrist. Seven strikers were involved, three escaped. the attackers were Italians or Seillans. Guards suffered no injuries. The strike party from Berwind was ambushed earlier. guards then sealed routes to Segundo and Primero. The strikers allege guards fired.
Reports from Trinidad, Colorado describe growing danger at the Old Segundo and New Segundo camps. Italian strikers threaten a night assault, with armed men in New Segundo ready to shoot, while guards report shots fired during a rabbit hunt and fears a snowbound pursuit will erase trails of four nonunion miners.
Athens dispatch reports the Greek steamers Pyloris and Assis collided off Ithaca today. The Pyloris sank partly, and fifty passengers were drowned.
John Alexander Dowie again controls Zion City and its industries after creditors moved to discharge the U S receivers Blount and Currier. Judge Kohlsaat granted the discharge as no objections were raised. Bankruptcy proceedings continue but may soon be dismissed pending creditors committee report. Dowie will cover all receiver expenses and court observers report broad satisfaction with the outcome.
In Houston Texas Allen Brown a negro convicted of attempted assault was sentenced to 1000 years in the penitentiary. Under the law the jury could not impose a death sentence. At the time of his arrest Brown narrowly escaped being lynched.
Ten thousand people gather at Kentucky's capital to honor the young chief executive of the state as his second inauguration ceremonies unfold with elaborate pageantry and civic pride.
In Frankfort Kentucky Gov J C W Beckham was inaugurated for the second time before an audience of about ten thousand with elaborate ceremonies marking the occasion and the formal transition of state leadership.
In Berkeley, Norfolk Democrats drove County Treasurer Lyons from his office amid charges of registering Black voters. Negroes were confined to a section as armed groups patrolled the streets. County Clerk Martin was assaulted at the Berkeley police station and Lyons was knocked down stairs. Several shots were fired but no injuries reported.
P A Tomcheck alias Pulaski received a three year penitentiary sentence in Portland after a U S circuit court conviction for theft. As he left the courtroom he escaped pursuit, chased by officers through the street, but a misstep sent him down and he was recaptured. Pulaski, formerly of Helena Montana, had worked in a Helena dry goods store.
A dispatch from Port Arthur reports Russian troops crushed a band of chun chuses near Tachichao on the Liao and Lao rivers in Manchuria. About 200 robbers were killed and many wounded after Russians pursued the fugitives following a prior clash that left five Russians dead and nine wounded. The great loss is attributed to a panicked retreat by the attackers.
Consul Davis leaves post amid Turkish leadership changes at Alexandrett. No successor named yet, officials confirm orderly transition and ongoing diplomatic duties. Local authorities report no disruption to consular services.
In Constantinople the consulate at Alexandretta faces a diplomatic incident after Armenian American Channel Attarian is rearrested by Turkish police while leaving on a steamer. Consul Davis resigns flag, breaks with Turkish authorities, and the United States presses for full reparation. tensions rise as local mobs target Christians and details of Attarian’s travel and a $2,500 found on him are noted.
Washington reports Consul Davis faced trouble with Alexandretta police and left for Beirut. The State Department orders a full inquiry by Minister Leishman in Constantinople. No warships sent. San Francisco and Brooklyn stand by 140 miles away. Officials expect Turkish government to make amends.
The steamer Arcadia reached New Orleans from Porto Rico but did not have former Dominican president Wos y Gil aboard. Agents say he likely missed the voyage and would land in New York if he takes the next trip.
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