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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1909
Page
13
Ruler Madriz is hailed as a hero in Nicaragua during a public gathering. Enthusiastic crowds fill streets as supporters cheer his leadership and celebrate his influence in the region.
Jose Madriz, judge of the Central American court, arrives to cheers in Corinto and Managua and says he will accept the presidency for the republic. He seeks peace with revolutionists and meets officials in Leon, Chinandega, and Masaya amid crowds and guards. Zelaya declines to guard the Nicaragua consulate and tensions rise in Managua.
The body of King Leopold II lies in state in the royal palace at Brussels as authorities prepare for a royal funeral. Officials report tight security and scheduled public viewing leading up to the tribute procession.
Broussels-Dispatch reports new complications as Princess Louise misses the funeral plans amid Belgium crisis. King Leopold lay in state as Catholics honor him. socialists push for a republic condemning Congo burden. Princess Louise’s legal battle and Rome Vatican note add to a tense royal demise. Count Lonyayi notable presence in Brussels.
Seattle reports a mutilated body recovered under the West Lake trestle identified as 30 year old Dorothy Woodhead. Police say two men seen with her last night in a cafe are under arrest as evidence suggests a terrible crime. The body was found with severed lower limbs and mangled trunk, with little blood on trestle ties.
Paris reports Senator Decrais named French representative for King Leopold’s funeral. Belgian officials seal King Leopold’s Champs Elysee private residence and discharge servants. Seals also to be placed on the Barincourt property for Princess Louise’s attorneys, with some rooms kept for Baroness Vaughan.
Washington observers report three Democratic members of the House committee plan a minority report opposing the Mann bill. They contend that placing Panama governance under a single powerful director general undermines representative government and that replacing the Panama Court with a single judge erodes judicial rights.
Two elderly sisters Frances and Isabel Ritchie were found dead in their Newark home. Frances hung herself at 2 12 Saturday and a note read Me too. A hatpin was found lodged in Frances and similar wounds on Isabel suggest a possible quarrel or coordinated deaths.
In East St Louis a father gave a toy stove as an early Christmas gift to Minnie Coming six. She tried to light a fire with kerosene and matches, burning her clothes. Her mother Katherine Coming is not expected to live and father Edward Coming was slightly burned saving her.
In Belgrade the national assembly erupted as a deputy moved to compel the king to abdicate citing likely foreign rejection. The chamber president blocked the motion and all newspapers mentioning the incident were confiscated.
In a Southern Pacific No. 4 derailment three miles west of Benson at 4 01 this morning Engineer Tom Walker and Fireman Bauer, both of Tucson, died. Thirteen people were seriously injured and 39 more hurt as cars toppled and momentum carried coaches beyond the wreck.
Intimate friends of Dr. Frederick A Cook eagerly await the Copenhagen data decision. They believe he is at a Copenhagen area friend’s home near Christiansund, ready to be called. Cook reportedly departed on the United States Thanksgiving voyage, with secretary Walter Lonsdale aboard.
Three hundred men are being held after a streetcar shooting in St Louis. Conductor M P OBrien and Motorman Eugene V Goodey were shot. Goodey died. Will Clark was arrested and identified by OBrien as the shooter. Clark, 22, has prior reform school time and denies the charge.
In a sharp wind President Taft, without a companion, spent over two hours this afternoon walking through parks south of the White House, Washington.
Denver reports seven year old Lilly Ehrhardt told of her father Theodore Ehrhardt arrest after his divorced wife Josephine Ehrhardt died soon after she took headache powders he offered. City chemist found the powders contained strychnine.
Rome reports Cardinal Satolli’s health fluctuating after nephritis relapse. He showed slight morning improvement and requested a chaplain to say mass and received communion. By afternoon his condition deteriorated with alarming symptoms and delirium.
County loses two representatives in legislature as council wraps up sessions and plans meet next week for reopening and decisions.
Fergus county faces two missing representatives in the coming special session as C W Smith moves to Broadwater county and Senator Henry M Ray has been out of state. Governor Norris must appoint replacements under state law to fill vacancies in the legislature. Rufus B Thompson remains in state but plans to move, leaving the district short until new election.
A local park is set to gain a large fortune with reward arrangements announced. Officials outline the sources of funding and expected use of the funds for park improvements and community programs.
William Loeb Jr approves a moiety claim for Richard Parr, the deputy collector and informer in the sugar frauds, against the American Sugar Refining company restitution of 2 135 486 dollars. Parr would receive about 700000 dollars under the statute, with rival Ward I Anderson contesting. Parr’s win hinges on Parr’s discovery of a steel spring used to influence sugar weights.
In London on December 19, Jerome K. Jerome urged workingmen at Marlow to back the liberals. He warned that if the Lords gain control of finance the liberals could never regain office. He argued that 9 of 100 conservatives are rich and could fund yearly elections, while liberal labor men cannot sustain such costs.
In New York at 3 AM Mrs O H P Belmont offered her Madison Avenue home as security to bail four shirtwaist workers in a disorderly conduct case tied to a strike. Magistrate Stutts questioned the value, noting her home is valued at about 400000 with a possible mortgage of 100000 to aid the strikers and women's suffrage.
Washington reports that William Loeb Jr. recommends Richard Parr receive about 700000 as his moiety from the 2135486 collected from the American Sugar Refining company. After deductions for duties and litigation, the remaining balance for distribution is likely small.
Pittsburg December 19 The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen will serve notice tomorrow on 75 railroad workers east of the Mississippi that wage increases from 5 to 40 percent will be demanded. W G Lee national president refused to say what action would follow if demands are refused. A recent referendum on the demand was nearly in favor. About 75 000 members are employed in the affected group.
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