13 Dec 1908
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1908
Page
1
Warrants issued by authorities in the court house block were declared void due to lack of authority to purchase property. The ruling affects all actions tied to the invalid warrants and pending transactions. Further legal steps or clarifications may follow to resolve the jurisdictional issues.
Judge Bourquin sustains a mandamus to block Silver Bow County from a 65 dollar real estate purchase in the courthouse block, ruling the county cannot incur debt of 10 dollars or more without a public vote. The Miners Savings Bank sued Treasurer Meagher after warrants were issued. the decision warns counties restricting unnecessary spending and preserves the people’s referendum authority.
A young woman is found murdered in a padlocked East Eleventh Street apartment. The body shows brutal injuries and the room is ransacked, with clothing stripped of IDs and pictures burned. Police hunt a man who claimed to be from California with a woman named Flora. evidence points to a deliberate escape plan.
Special Dispatch to the Standard from Helena reports Governor Norris received 200 to add to the public school fund. The amount equals five percent of Montana public land sales for the year ending June 30. The transfer comes from the treasury department in Washington.
Paris December report says President Castro of Venezuela arrived from Bordeaux and has shown no official contact with French government. He isolates himself in his hotel suite and few Venezuelan officials visit, while foreign office officials refuse to explain France's stance. Newspapers mock Castro as dictator as France defends silence and cites conditions on any political statements.
The annual Gridiron Club fall dinner at the New Willard tonight featured a large guest list including President Roosevelt, President-elect Taft, Vice President-elect Sherman, Senate and House leaders, an English lord, and prominent financiers and journalists. A skit highlighted by a military tableau and a mention of undecipherable proceedings marked the entertainment, while a long roll of notable attendees from politics and society filled the room.
In Kalispell the Joe Hobbing murder trial stalled as chief state witness Fred Lebeau refused to testify unless the courtroom was vacated. After a contempt fine, the room was cleared and Lebeau testified, with the fine later remitted. In Washington a navy report praises Engineer Witherspoon and diver Micnot for heroic actions aboard the cruiser Yankee during a tow effort, detailing their efforts to close a flooded air port as the vessel sank in forty three feet of water.
Special Despatch from Helena reports Wallace Coburn’s ranch home at Rockside in Chouteau County burned. The house was costly and his fine law library of 11S appears to have been destroyed, a loss described as severe for Coburn.
The Standard Today issue outlines four parts: current news, Anaconda and Butte articles including society and club items, state news, and special Butte matter with dramatic and sport features. It notes two supplements a mining photograph folio and a Sunday comic. Postage rates for domestic and international delivery are listed.
Special Dispatch to St. Helena December 12 The federal grand jury will be convened in Helena Monday morning for consideration of between many cases. The jury will remain in session probably until December 23 with a recess after Christmas. Motion for injunction in C D McLare v Great Falls National Bank American Engineering Works and Ed Hogan Sheriff of Cascade County granted to restrain state court attachment. Chicago December 12 Wilman G Pollard Evanston youth confessed to writing Knight of the White Death letters and was held to the federal grand jury in bonds of 2500. he claimed the threats were practical jokes.
Floyd MacFarland and Moran won the sixteenth international six day race at Madison Square Garden, setting a distance record of 2 737 miles and 1 lap. Rutt Stolze and Hill Demara finished second and third as eight teams completed the event amid fast, close racing and several midweek laps.
Baltimore December 12 Attorney General Bonaparte indicated he would not join Taft's cabinet when the President-elect names his new administration In response to a query he said that after retirement from public life he would prefer private life and study.
At a Montana Society of Engineers meeting in Butte officers were nominated for the January 7 to 9 election in Great Falls. C H Bowman heads the Montana School of Mines as president with Frank M. Smith first vice president and F W C Whyte second vice president.
Washington reports that the Senate has not outline a definite plan to condemn President Roosevelt's message. A resolution for a committee investigation was discussed, with debates over partisan balance and the selection of a Democrat to present it. Senator Burrows was suggested but has not agreed. House action on civil service language remains delayed as the committee chaired by Mr. Perkins of New York is yet to meet.
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