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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1907
Page
11
Montana addresses great gathering of citizens in Butte as Carroll outlines key topics and regional concerns. Citizens attend session to hear perspectives, participate in discussion, and note implications for local and national policy.
Citizens of Butte gathered in the lower floors of the theater for a protest against France’s action toward the Catholic church, with Bishop John P. Carroll explaining the issue alongside local clergy and lay delegates. A committee will be sent to U.S. and French leaders, after a council session led by Mayor John MacGinniss.
The address before a public protest meeting denounces French actions against the Catholic church in France. The speaker argues the government aims to crush Christianity, confiscate church property, and expel clergy, urging solidarity among American citizens and urging defense of religious liberty.
Jerome launches effort in Albany to repeal parts of the Percy Gray law. He seeks to reduce penalties for bookmaking at tracks and proposes replacing felony charges with lesser penalties. A DA drafted a bill to allocate fixed sums from racing proceeds to agricultural uses, with details pending. Roosevelt backs a government cost keeping report to improve budgeting and pricing across agencies.
New York Jan 1 Cortland Kiel Bishop president of the Aco Club of America lists five supplementary prizes for the balloon race in St. Laut Oct. James Gordon Bennett is to be bowed to the winner. Prizes include 1000 dollars to the second balloon and various sums to others, with entries from Britain France and the United States guaranteeing at least nine balloons will start.
Paris on January 12 observers including Me Banton Dumont M Dutsch Count Vaulx and other prominent aeronauts viewed Walter Wellman s inflated airship noted for its impermeable envelope. Wellman expressed confidence in the balloon s perfect condition as it is prepared for a north pole attempt. Syracuse New York January 12 Turdette C Cowing retired chief engineer of the Konmarrage at the time of wreck is dead at Tully New York age 88.
The Russian premier Stolypin and Justice Minister Situ faced a council of the empire as they retained their posts. An imperial edict urged restoration of energetic measures, while the emperor noted bills related to magistry and parliamentary meetings. The report mixes terse notes on political action with unrelated local incidents and a grim Tombstone hanging record from Colorado.
The Pengwarn with Captain Wile Aims from Taital Chile grounded off Nichaporn near Cuxhaven on January 1. Twenty four crew drowned while cargo losses were reported. the Vulkan tug made multiple attempts to reach the ship but rough seas hindered rescue.
A strong cold wave grips the Northwest following a heavy snowstorm in Montana and North Dakota. Bitter readings from Minnesota to British Columbia show temperatures from 14 below to 16 below zero. The extreme cold will worsen fuel shortages in affected communities.
Special dispatch from the Standard tows reports a harsh Judith Basin spell with subzero winds and heavy snow. The Great Falls to Helena line crews fr scored hasty embankments yet no serious damage or injuries were reported as stock remained secure and trains regained schedule later.
A memorial organized by the executive council gathers in January to oppose the pending immigration bill. The document, signed by officials from 22 states, argues against the proposal and urges fair, comprehensive updates to related laws. It calls for safeguarding educational standards and limiting increases in costs while ensuring full compliance with requirements.
James W. Worth, speaker of the New York assembly, conferred with President Roosevelt in Washington about the New York political situation. The discussion lasted two hours, with no subjects beyond the assembly's status and the legislature. News of the conference would come from the White House. In Paso, Texas, a discharged Twenty-fourth Infantry member sought discharge details.
Train crash near Alamogordo leaves five dead and more than twenty injured. Mexican family among the injured. express and dining cars derail and passengers are scattered. Officials report emphasize charity efforts by Associated Charities of Butte and local relief workers aiding victims.
Rome January 12 W T Stead seeks papal backing for an international peace movement. He writes Cardinal Morry del Val proposing the Pope issue a peace encyclical. Stead notes his peaceful efforts and urges the Holy See to join the cause.
Thompan, a stranger, found wandering in Lack woodtation east of the city with a lantern. He was brought to Billing Hospital in a thin afternoon. Doctors fear amputation of both feet and possibly hands if recovery proves unlikely. He had been drinking and could not locate shelter.
San Francisco January 12 reports the Archbishop Montgomery funeral tomorrow will be a long, somber event with crowds estimated at thousands. The processional route from the lower chapel to the main nave moved the casket amid purple interior decor as mourners lined the cathedral aisles to pay respects to the late archbishop.
Paris January 13 General Pourquery de Poohrian, noted for mirth, was described in an inquiry ordered by General Piecqdart minister for war. The piece recounts his influence and the duty of officers, including entertaining officers at the military club, amid concerns over typhoid in Salonika, European Turkey, on January 1.
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