10 Feb 1905
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1905
Page
1
The general expectation is that the gambling license bill will be killed. The Senate may postpone the railroad commission bill for a few days. A sum of $2 000 is appropriated for removal of the pedestal of the Meagher monument.
Helena February debate over moving the Meagher monument pedestal on capitol grounds ends with a committee report authorizing relocation within the grounds and a $2000 appropriation. Discussion on gambling, milk and meat inspection, and public-pay raises continues as steering committees are named for both chambers.
Chief Charlot, 65, head of the Flathead tribe, came to Missoula to press three claims before Washington as the reservation nears open. He seeks timber reserves, fair compensation for improved lands outside boundaries, and redress for treaty breaches when opening the reservation to others. Charlot returns to the reservation awaiting word on a presidential audience.
Maj. M L Bridgman, former Indian agent at Fort Belknap in Northern Montana, is sentenced by Judge William Hunt to three years hard labor in the Deer Lodge state penitentiary for making false vouchers and presenting fictitious lumber claims against the government. The case implicates Fitzpatrick and Barton as conspirators. Bridgman’s lawyers seek an appeal while surety bonds totaling $19,000 are posted by W G Conrad and W S Frary of Great Falls.
The Esch Townsend bill cleared the House by a vote of 827 to 17. The measure moves to the Senate for consideration and potential enactment into law.
After four days of debate the House passed the Esch Townsend bill by 326 to 17. The minority vote included 11 Republicans and 6 Democrats. Speaker Williams of Mississippi praised the Republicans for a stronger measure though he doubted passage. Hepburn defended his record amid slander claims as he argued the bill was a rough draft shaped with the president and cabinet.
Workers press for three days’ wages and employer payment. Roosevelt urged to curb unrest as political turmoil escalates in Europe. Reports from Warsaw note Governor General Tcherikoff wounded in a riot, and Father Gopon removed from priesthood. In St Petersburg officials doubt isolated act behind Procurator General Siemenin’s assassination. In Sosnovice strikers attack electric workers. troops fire on rioters. eight battalions and multiple cavalry units are deployed to quell the disturbance.
Berlin reports describe bloody clashes between military and strikers at the Kathereenen iron works with 15 to 50 killed and 35 to 150 wounded. A later collision at the Niska mine rumored 150 dead. Another near Milovice was bloodless. Fears of further outbreaks linger as strikers assemble.
In Lodz on February 9 strikers at Coalst thread mills and other plants received three days' wages as an advance amid threats and a grave stand-off. Heinsetel’s mills refused pay, prompting threats of destruction and a near-army response before managers yielded. A volatile standoff continued as talks with the governor general proceeded. Disturbances at Pabianice led to workers fired on, with one dead and two wounded. the town on the river hosts cotton woolen and paper industries.
The Lokal Anzeiges reports Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholasevich may be sent to Manchuria in a few days to relieve Kuropatkin or act as viceroy, with Kuropatkin reporting to him. Emperor Nicholas invited Prince Leopold of Prussia as observer in September. the prince may accompany the Grand Duke.
Strikes continue in Saint Petersburg as workers at Putiloff iron works and another factory, employing around 300, join a renewed walkout. The movement has not yet formed a unified front and the broader labor force remains restive but not openly troubled. Continued coverage noted on later pages.
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