10 Dec 1908
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1908
Page
1
A distorted OCR fragment suggests John Sharp and references to a French legal figure, with garbled mentions of chatter, power, and factions. The readable elements hint at a trial or court action involving a controversial personality and factional tension, but the text is largely indecipherable.
Five masked men seized a Great Northern shop at Judith Gap before midnight instructing a Jap worker to leave and warn fellow countrymen. The intruders threatened violence if demands were not met, prompting a manhunt as Great Northern officials investigated possible ties to the incident.
In Stevensville area, Clarence Clark, a stable boat worker at Bitter Root Valley irrigation camp, was shot by Robert Smith after a money quarrel over a loan. Smith fled. Clark died after being wounded in the tent at the White camp. Smith is being hunted by deputies as authorities piece together the motive and details surrounding the confrontation.
Judge Ingretson found Seward Hosp guilty of manslaughter in the Aug 26 killing of Norman Thetford. The sentence of ten years was imposed with suspension lifted, and Hosp ordered to Glendive for confinement.
Kalispell December 9 the verdict in the murder case of Lebeau and an accomplice near Fortune June 19 last was returned by the jury at 5 o clock with a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. The judge will sentence on October 10. The woman riding was held as a witness. Hobbinng, a 14 year old alleged accomplice, recently pleaded not guilty and will stand trial.
Reports say the North Coast Limited on the Northern Pacific derailed near McKenzie twenty miles east of here. One man killed and twelve passengers seriously injured as rails spread and a doomed embankment failed.
Spokane witnesses report Great Northern train No 4 was held up a few miles north of the city by bandits. Amount obtained is not yet learned and details remain unavailable.
New York December 9 Lindsay Russell named receiver in supplementary proceedings for Otto C Heinze Co connected with last year’s panic. The application filed by a trust company judgment creditor for 820600 details the firm’s troubles.
Washington speaker Cannon told a delegation from the Ohio Valley Improvement Association that no time since the republic’s founding has a ruling majority failed to register its will. He warned against assumptions of centralized power and referenced river and harbor improvement priorities, including an $83,000 bond program.
J P OConnor former Hibernian chief and ex national president of the Catholic Knights of America died here today of pneumonia in Savannah Dee Johns? The report notes his leadership roles and death from pneumonia.
In Butte a jury pursues a fraud charge in the Ruef case amid a lengthy session. Details remain unsettled as deliberations continue and arguments from both sides are presented. The proceedings focus on alleged deceit and financial wrongdoing related to a lease dispute.
In Butte County Attorney James E Murray charges a falsified claim against the city for a $81.50 work bill, allegedly filed by an alias GH Smith. The case aims to uncover hidden drains on city funds as an investigation begins, with potential arrests and further warrants pending. Meanwhile a lengthy Ruef bribery trial in San Francisco continues, drawing crowds and police attention as prosecutors urge a guilty verdict.
James C. Reynolds and several associates fell ill after consuming a meal at a Mare Hand unity event last Saturday. One person died and others remain sick, with ptomaine poisoning suspected as the cause.
Washington reports from the National Liquor League closing session indicate opposition to liquor trade is receding. Leaders urged limiting saloons by population, arguing the industry has been overextended for a creed seen as un-American and contrary to liberty and justice. The Anti Saloon League is labeled a menace run by a closed corporation and perpetual agitation.
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