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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1909
Page
1
Cray proposes whipping post as punishment for wife heaters and other despicable acts, framing a harsh public stance on domestic offenses amid heated rhetoric and political maneuvering.
Helena endures heavy snows as zero weather grips the capital hindering quorums in both houses. Despite slow business, the legislature adjourns to Monday with minor bills and numerous notices of future measures including irrigation district regulation and whipping posts.
Plans under way for rebuilding Messing and Beagle relief funds grow from royal generosity. The Calabrian and Silician relief drives gain momentum as Queen Helena, her daughters Yolande and Mafalda, and the crown prince contribute. The chamber opened in special session to consider relief measures while British ships assist southern provinces amid the disaster.
An undulatory quake last night in Messina caused great panic. A man on the third floor above Bii and Mrs A B Cheney in the American consulate building was rescued from ruins. Rescue squads and priestly groups have joined the effort to care for the wounded as debris and ruined structures hamper relief work.
Connecticut congressman Lilley will not resign his House seat after becoming governor of Hartford. He remains a congressman at large while serving as governor, a dual role not clearly prohibited by law. Lilley says he offered to resign to Governor Woodruff in December, but the governor declined and Lilley continues in both positions.
Senate adopted a resolution to have the Judiciary Committee report whether the president was obliged to permit the absorption of the Tennessee Coal and Iron by United States Steel. Hopkins opposed. 47 voted on the resolution with a party split on the lay to table motion.
Phishing New York January report on Thornton J Hains trial where alienists Dr Samuel Manson and Dr Le Pierce Clark testify to maniatic depressive insanity and impulsive insanity affecting Hains. Cross examination questions if prior intelligent conversation changes opinion. doctors maintain insanity dates August and November. Names include Captain Fame and Willian E Annis as victim.
Dispatch from Helena reports a storm and hunger among Indians near Birds the, with about 100 people lacking food and coats. Secretary Hull and Kennedy coordinate aid from the Commercial Club and child protection bureau while Crees camping east of Helena are also deemed hungry. Relief funds push total resources over 4.5 million.
President Roosevelt disclosed an investigation by post office inspectors and secret service agents into Senator Tillman over an alleged land grab in Oregon. The long, loaded communication argues for a robust secret service, while noting risks of abuse, and signals Tillman’s forthcoming public response on a constitutional inquiry into the service’s operations.
The Sunday Standard highlights a staff correspondent on the Helena legislature and what it may or may not do. It includes Shorty Me Abe on the road with Rajab, a true detective tale The Capture of Gopher Bill, and Polly Evans stories for boys and Marion Harland talks to women.
Committee reports a resolution refusing to receive part of the annual message that impugned motives of Congressmen in their vote. It passed 212 to 35 and also tables last Monday’s message in which the president said he was misunderstood.
The House special committee reports against considering parts of the president’s annual message on secret service. It urges laying aside the disputed section, arguing the president’s remarks intrude on House privileges and questions motives, with heated exchanges among Perkins Tawney and others as members denounce the president and defend congressional rights.
Great Falls reports the death of William Wilder 66 in a gas producing plant accident. He froze slowly while trapped between a screen and a wooden wall as temperatures sank well below zero. Medical exam showed severe rib injuries and extreme suffering before death. Coroner's jury concluded the facts as related support the verdict.
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