Penitentiary inquiry finds no inhumanity by contractors
Helena February report by Lanstrum’s committee concludes charges of abuse at the state penitentiary are unfounded. It notes some inmates face harsh treatment elsewhere but commends the contractors and board for proper management while confirming limited convicts’ wood selling practices and labor arrangements.
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Helena
Lanstrum
State Penitentiary
State Board of Prison Commissioners
Deer Lodge
Board of Prison Commissioners
In Many Measures Are Killed Off Ter House
A fragment from a local page notes several measures were killed in the house. The readable text hints at legislative steps during a session with no further details available.
Legislative focuses on initiative and referendum stall suffrage bill
Helena February 3 legislative session yields little on constitutional amendments. House delays woman suffrage bill No 77 and similar measures awaiting direct legislation approval. Multiple bills killed or postponed as members oppose amendments before direct legislation.
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Standard
Helena
House
Berry
Lannin
Johnston
Santa Fe Rebates Charged in Inter State Rail Case
The interstate commerce commission arraigns the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe railroad for flagrant illegal rebates over five years in coal and mine supplies transport tied to Colorado Fuel and Iron. Caledonia Coal Co at Gallup accuses Santa Fe of price discrimination. Secretary Morton testified in the probe.
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Washington
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Caledonia Coal Company
Gallup
N. M
Santa Fe
Caledonia Company
Trinidad
Santa Fe Company
Former Vice President of the Road Is Secure
Washington reports after a long cabinet meeting Attorney General Moody and Secretary Morton stayed with the president for a confidential talk. Morton then accompanied the president to lunch at the White House as railroad rate legislation was discussed and a Commerce Commission report on rebates by Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe to Colorado Fuel and Iron formed part of the discussion.
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Moody
Morton
White House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Mysterious Murder of a Young Grocer in Watchung
In Plainfield New Jersey a posse hunts a stranger who hired a grocer George Williams to drive to Warrenville where Williams was found shot dead. The stranger fled past Pollock's house toward a railroad and a New York train. Suspect George H Wood a Pollock relative was detained. autopsy shows heart wound and matching bullets. Wood recalls little of the week prior.
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N. J
George Williams
Watchung
Williams
Warrenville
Pollock
New York
George H. Wood
Neww York
Wood
New York City
Mack
Scarsdale
Trenton
Contest of Peabody Receives Body Blow
Denver February session of the joint legislative committee on the Peabody Adams gubernatorial contest hears witnesses as 5 000 to 6 000 ballots may be examined before notaries. Democrats allege fraud while republican observers say ballots were cast honestly in precincts. experts' claims are challenged.
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Perry
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Peabody
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Griffith
James H. Pershing
Supreme Court
Esch Townsend bill party measure backed by Republicans
Washington Feb 3 Republicans in conference adopted as a party measure the Esch Townsend bill extending interstate commerce rate making powers to the ICC. The rules committee was ordered to begin consideration Tuesday continuing to 4 PM Wednesday for a vote on the bill or the Democratic Davey substitute. Opposition arose over private car and terminal charge gaps.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
House Committee On Rules
Davey
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Sibley
Pennsylvania
Belgium Miners Strike for Higher Wages
About fourteen thousand coal miners struck in Mons Belgium today for higher wages. The national congress of miners will meet shortly to discuss a general strike.
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Belgium
National Congress of Miners
Montana bonds sold fast in Boston market
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports the new Yellowstone county Montana bond issue placed on the local market and being rapidly absorbed. Boston investors have bought heavily over six months of Montana school and county bonds, and Montana remains well regarded despite frenzied finance agitation aimed at a major institution.
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Montana
Banker Still in Jail Embezzlement Case
William H. Hunt president of the Pan-American Banking Company of Chicago remains in custody in New York after being arrested on embezzlement charges. He was held without bail as extradition papers from Illinois are sought and his counsel indicated plans for habeas corpus relief.
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William H. Hunt
Pan-American Banking Company of Chicago
Illinois
Counseeso
Hunt
Lodz Strikes as Military Patrol Fires on Workers
Serious disorders erupt in Lodz as about 25,000 striking workers clash with a military patrol. Two killed and two wounded in the daytime firing, with further fighting reported by telephone. Strikes spread to coal districts Dombrowa and Zomnovitz threatening regional coal supply.
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Warsaw
Lodz
Dombrowa
Zomnovitz
Fatalities at Warsaw exceed three hundred in unrest
Warsaw, Feb 3. The official list of dead from the disturbances here numbers over 400 with many unidentified bodies in cemetery vaults. The unidentified dead will be buried later today. Night patrols outside a liquor store opened fire on passersby, killing a shopkeeper and wounding another man.
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Warsaw
Mquor
Forty Thousand Men Now Out at Zomkovitz
About 40,000 striking workers mobilize at Zomkovitz on February 3. They drag officers from management groups to public meeting sites while calling for 75 cent daily wages eight hour workdays pension reforms and old age benefits. A 12,000-strong march proceeds to Dombrova quarter urging broader walkouts and railway disruption ensues with officers bound and stations seized.
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Zomkovitz
Dombrova
Streshemeschiz
Violence Flare Amid Warsaw Strike After Eight Day Gap
Warsaw papers resume under strict censorship as violence erupts. A university student is killed by a striker, a worker killed while communicating with authorities, and factory clashes disrupt production. General strikes spread to sugar and iron works, with reports from Radogosszcz and Pabianica.
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Warsaw
Bouligan
Poland
Manchuria
Zomkovitz
Lody
Radogosszcz
Pabianica
Case of Maxime Gorky Discussed by Trepoff
In St Petersburg on a February Saturday morning the government plans to charge Maxime Gorky and several other writers and publishers with political offenses. Governor G Trepoff told a press correspondent the case is now in the hands of the range.
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Trepoff
St. Petersburg
G. Trepoff
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