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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1909
Page
1
Woolwen supports Chicago storage pass resolution endorsing Central Market proposal. Phan involved in backing the measure.
The National Wool Warehouse association holds its forty seventh annual convention in Ogden. Chicago will host a central wool storage hub with Omaha as a possible auxiliary warehouse. Fred W. Gooding is reelected president and Lewie Penwell as treasurer with other officers named. Resolutions oppose tariff cuts and urge stronger storage plans, while supporting forest and grazing policy adjustments and infrastructure projects. the session adjourned with plans for future actions. A second dispatch reports John Hancock, miner, assaulted near St. John’s hospital in Helena and dying, with mystery surrounding the crime and no clear suspect.
Helena police are investigating a fatal shooting in front of St John Hospital involving a miner identified by one of the Hancock sisters. The incident occurred amid rumours of a domestic dispute and prompted a swift response from authorities. A suspect remains at large as detectives gather witness accounts and review surveillance footage.
Walkerville player Tre Slenker topped Henry of Centerville 17 high run, leading early frames at the Centerville pool hall. The match drew local spectators as the event highlighted a spirited contest before a 160-strong crowd. Separately a burglary on 18 South Arizona Street saw intruders fire shots and flee without securing a prize watch from W Frey on 4 South Ohio Street.
Washington reports naval appropriation bill details for 1926. Committee proposes two battleships, five torpedo boats, four submarine colliers, and raises maintenance to 125,662,888 dollars. Marine corps enlistment provisions require officers and enlisted to serve aboard battleships and cruisers and other navy vessels as directed.
Special Dispatch reports Kalispell Jan 16 links Reed a Knapp drag line junior partner killed himself with a pocket knife after barricading in a bathroom. He bled from severed arteries, was under nurse care, unmarried, and leaves a mother in the East.
A gasoline tank exploded at the Spencer General Store this afternoon, killing clerk Hilpatrick, 18, and injuring proprietor WW Spencer. Sparks and a lantern mishap apparently caused the blast as the blast opened the doorway and singed nearby items.
Washington reports that Senator Tillman, reacting to a senate stance against his demand for an inquiry into charges President Roosevelt raised in the Oregon land case, announced plans to introduce his own resolution to seek an investigation if necessary. He had sought the matter via the special committee appointed to probe the secret service and the president’s alleged reflections on members of Congress.
Six Washington correspondents and a newsboy were subpoenaed to appear before the federal grand jury to testify about statements in their papers on the Panama Canal purchase. Names include Otto Carn, Jess News York World, James Hornaday, Jeremiah Matthews, New York World, and Willian Smith. The action appears tied to a libel suit against the Nabing company and the New York World. The president urged restraint in prosecutions of individuals who wrote articles.
Washington January 16 The president told Senate leaders in the House today that a full report will be sent to Congress in response to the Foraker resolution demanding a statement of expenditures under the 39 million war deficiency act of March 1890. Some names of recipients will be withheld and information given privately to the Senate because expenditures covered procuring military information abroad. The report will show the character of expenditures, and further months may rest with the Senate.
A Special Dispatch reports Marion Youns alias Dorothy Anderson, one of four women sought in Seattle for highway robbery and pilfering, was arrested in Kalispell. The description matches a suspect active in hotel thefts and related crimes.
A Livingston trapper named Warbaugh, about 39 and unmarried, drowned when a boat sank during a crossing of the Yellowstone River. Two companions were nearby as the improvised crossing failed near Therneu. one fled and another attempted to rescue but escaped. Warbaugh’s body was recovered late in the evening, with no known relatives in the area.
Denver & Rio Grande passenger No. 3 collides head on with a freight near Dotsero Colorado, twenty one dead and one thousand plus injured. Olsen blamed for misread watch and speeding into a hill climb. Bodies laid on snow as relief and medical teams rush in while families suffer tragic losses.
Washington reports the bodies of American Consul Arthur Cheney and his wife were found in the ruins of the Messina consulate. The bodies were prepared for shipment aboard the USS Tinos and Culgoa to Naples, with arrangements under way for their transit to the United States.
New York City will hear a sanity trial for Harry K Thaw after Justice Tompkins granted a non jury proceeding. The order specifies determination of commitment validity and his present mental state, with or without a referee as the judge decides.
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