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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1907
Page
11
A woman reported being robbed on Butte Street during broad daylight as her money was taken. Police are investigating the hold up and seeking witnesses. No injuries reported and suspect description not yet released.
Mrs. C G Nelson of 117 West Platinum street was held up and choked by a man in broad daylight near Main street and West Gold. Despite tearing his clothes and her own fur collar, she kept hold of most of her purse, losing about 36 dollars. Police searched city, no arrests by late hours.
City leader Sparks announces an extra legislative session to address urgent issues in January. Officials expect discussions on budget priorities, public safety, and infrastructure. The move aims to push timely action ahead of the new year.
Governor Sparks declares an extraordinary occasion to settle miner and mine owner tensions at Goldfield. He convokes the Nevada legislature to meet January 14, 1908 in Carson City, outlining a general, order preserving program and promising to detail needed laws later.
Goldfield December 30 Acting on the suggestion of prominent citizens Captain Cox representing Governor Sparks advised this morning that two full companies of federal troops would be ample for the situation and advised that he excuse the remainder from further service in Nevada Temporary barracks will be erected for those who remain.
In Trenton on December 30 Judge Lanning appointed three receivers for Passaic Steel Company of Paterson after bondholders charged misdeeds by former officials. The appointees are John R. Lee vice president Oakley W Cook and William Arnold a minority bondholder. The suit alleges bond interest defaults and tax arrears. The firm, organized under New Jersey law, has $6 million authorized capital.
New York reports confirm Mrs. Agnes Young as the drowned woman found in Harrison New Jersey. Mrs. Frank Hull of New York identified the body at Newark morgue after visiting Jersey City with Mrs Young on Christmas Day. Hull noted Young carried $300, wore a diamond ring, and had been married but estranged from her engineer husband.
At Birdseye eight miles west of Helena, thirty-one Northern Pacific freight cars derailed in a lumber train wreck. Brakemen Sherman and Brady of Missoula were injured, one with a broken arm and the other bruised. The engine remained on track. brakes failed due to slippery rails from light snow. An ambulance and two physicians were sent to the scene.
Helena December 30 President Alexander Fairgrieve of the Montana Federation of Labor rejects Bell Telephone Manager Murray's latest settlement plan. Fairgrieve says the proposed basis lacks union sanction and notes Murray keeps adding new points after agreement. He plans a formal reply ending new proposals.
Denver news report says Judge Robert E. Lewis freed 18 defendants charged with illegally acquiring coal lands in Colorado under the dummy entryman system. He quashed nearly all indictments, ruling no law makes it criminal to agree in advance to sell land once purchased. The cases advance to the Supreme Court.
The old gun boat Pinta has been surveyed and condemned and will be offered for sale to the highest bidder. The vessel lies at Mare Island navy yard after tow from San Diego where she served as a training ship for California Naval Militia for many months.
Billings dispatch reports John Coble and Omar Malone arrested on statutory criminal assault charges. Two daughters, 15 and 13, of Frank Carpenter were taken into custody by Otto Schoenfeld and sent to the Home of the Good Shepherd in Helena after investigators found the children neglected in Carpenter’s Musselshell County dwelling.
Helena report says Chief Flannery intends to return with Karl Brown, jailed for stealing a watch and a ring from a girl he had promised to marry. Brown, ex Sixth Infantry, vanished before a planned Dec. 2 wedding after enlistment ended. bride-to-be obtained a warrant, he was tracked to Seattle, now en route to Helena with police.
In El Paso Texas on December 30 the elimination of the Merchant of Venice from the English course by School Superintendent G P Putnam at the request of Rabbi Martin Zielonka prompted a ministers union protest accusing sectarian interference with the schools. The school board will meet next Monday to decide whether to sustain the action.
Lincoln Neb Dec 30 The list of speakers for the democratic dollar dinner at Lincoln Jan 15 honoring William J Bryan was announced Governor Charles N Haskell of Oklahoma Governor N B Broward of Florida former Senator Thomas M Patterson of Colorado and William J Bryan are set to speak Considerable interest centers on Bryans remarks outlining his campaign views and ideas for the Democratic national platform
Taft was the guest at a large banquet and gave a speech that drew applause from the audience. The event highlighted his role and public support as the keynote moment of the evening.
Secretary of War William H Taft spoke to the Boston Merchants Association on the Panic of 1907 its causes and its relation to national administration policies He avoided discussing his presidential candidacy while receiving cheers for being the next president He outlined Panama Canal work noting a ten year adjustment period and argued a strong navy is an insurance against war without seeking immediate toll profits
Testimony in the Harden von Moltke libel case wraps up as witnesses describe domestic jealousies and the Zu Eulenburg circle. Count Kuno von Moltke explains handkerchief incident and his wife’s jealousy. Professor Schweninger and others rebut prior claims of abnormality and reveal princess Charlotte’s role in the to-do.
Fragmentary report notes evidence in Harden case and a mention that Emperor William received his first tip fork. Names and details are incomplete in the text, but the brief entry points to proceedings and a historical anecdote involving William and a utensil.
St. Petersburg Dec 30 The president of the court hearing 169 Duma members who signed the Viborg manifesto read the charges in question form The main charge is sending and transmitting the manifesto for distribution to the people A related count may involve Nicholas Tschaikowsky who is jailed for collecting money abroad and buying arms for Russian distribution Defense counsel protested that transmission word was omitted and demanded evidence The court adjourned then ruled the charge would be read as knowing approval of the transmission of manifesto
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