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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1909
Page
1
Severe shocks were reported in rec cid cember with brief notes of disruption. The report notes unexpected tremors and brief power fluctuations affecting several neighborhoods. Authorities urged calm and monitoring of aftershocks, with no further details provided.
Reports from Reggio Messina and Cairo describe multiple shocks with wide fear and damaged homes. London seismographs register strong tremors near 4 am and possible Caspian or Asiatic origins. Messina relief grows with huts, lumber, and 10 000 rations daily from five military bakeries. Red Cross aid totals $898,990.25.
Guthrie Oklahoma January nineteen twenty four. Attorneys for Governor Haskell applied to the supreme court for a peremptory writ of certiorari to force Sheriff Mahoney of Gogun county to inventory seized papers from Scott MacReynolds, agent of William Randolph Hearst, in the six hundred thousand dollar libel suit. The court refused to rule until the county court decides legality of the seizure. MacReynolds denied Mott ever made the attributed statement.
In Union City Tennessee on January 23 Edward Marshall’s trial over the Walnut Log raid heard that Ranken was hanged and shot. Will Johnson testified that Ranken and Colonel Taylor were to be whipped and walked to Hickman Kentucky. Marshall allegedly pleaded to spare them as Garrett Johnson tried to strike him.
The United States sues the Oregon & California Railroad and Southern Pacific with 100+ others to recover 353 285 acres valued at over 15000000 from timber and speculation interests. Defendants include Weyerhauser Lumber, Olean Land, and A B Hammond among many, alleging lands were bought for speculation not bona fide settlement.
Victoria B CJan 23 The American four masted schooner Saquel capt Jamison from Callao to Port Townsend wrecked on Seabird rocks near Pachena bay. Captain Jamison's wife and child died from falling spars. Tees and Leebro rescued five crew. Leebro lifeboat swamped. Six men remained on wreck as darkness fell. Rescue expected for those aboard and bodies. U SS Manning assisted with Wyndda lifeboat from Tatoosh.
Honolulu January 28 A Japanese man named Fukuda condemned for murder is declared a leper. Instead of execution he will be confined at the Molokai leper settlement.
London January 23 Five people died and more than twenty were hospitalized after two Italian robbers fired on pursuing police and bystanders during a street raid near a rubber factory They were surrounded in marshes and finally killed themselves after a brief gun battle Police and hundreds of workers joined the pursuit and casualties included a policeman and a young boy.
Jackson Kentucky January 23 Beach Hargis held on $25,000 bond for his murder trial of his father Judge James Hargis. He shot himself in the foot during a drunken outburst at the Hargis home near Clear Fork on Frozen Creek. Police and physicians describe the wound as dangerous.
Washington January 23 through William Nelson Cromwell the lawyer who negotiated the Panama canal purchase the federal grand jury investigating alleged libelous statements by the New York World and the Indianapolis News heard two hours of testimony Cromwell brought many papers and the original 40 million warrant for canal ownership was offered by S R Jacobs clerk in the state department adjournment set for Monday with more witnesses to appear
Indianapolis report notes the United Mine Workers formed a special committee to negotiate a wage scale with anthracite operators. The current scale ends April 1 and the move signals backing by about 800,000 miners in anthracite and bituminous fields. Thomas Gibson of the Wyoming Montana district named to the panel.
In Muskogee Oklahoma on January 23 excitement grips Creek nation towns as a federal grand jury prepares an inquiry into alleged town lot frauds. Indictments are expected and the investigation could widen to include all old Creek towns with a full probe of every aspect of the town lot question.
Nashville report states former Davidson county sheriff Thomas E. Cartwright was arrested on a warrant by Attorney General McCain. He is charged with swearing falsely while qualifying as a juror in the Cooper Sharp trial.
In Paris William Homer Leavitt refused to discuss his wife Mrs Leavitt's divorce petition filed in Lincoln Nebraska. He said he would not oppose the suit and plans to return to America with his mother to exhibit his painting The Last Supper. Friends in the Latin quarter call his life exemplary.
New Orleans January 23 Governor Sanders and Adjutant General Stafford arrived from Baton Rouge to address race gambling. Officials say if races and betting resume the governor will deploy state troops to halt the sport across the river.
Four Southern Pacific laborers died as a vast landslide buried a construction train near Punta Gorda, 15 miles west of Ventura. The slide destroyed 600 feet of roadbed, depths reach 100 to 300 feet, and ongoingumn cave-ins threaten the line for 10 days to two weeks. Names include W. F. Bradley and three unknown Greeks.
Senator Foraker obtained confidential Senate papers detailing expenditures from the 3 million dollar war deficiency fund. The document, sent by President Roosevelt, covers military information gathered by secret agents abroad including Japan and Venezuela.
A collision off Nantucket between the steamer Republic of the White Star line and the steamer Florida in dense fog leads to the Republic sinking after hours afloat. Four passengers reportedly killed. Florida suffers bow damage but rescues Republic passengers. Wireless and naval cutters respond. ships La Torraine Baltic Lucania Gresham Acushnet Mohawk Seneca assist.
Grave anxiety spread in New York as the White Star liner Republic was rammed off Nantucket in a dramatic sea incident. The report notes noted cabin passengers aboard as authorities continued investigations and observers watched for further developments.
Miner James St Clair reported a strong quake near Homestake just before 11 p.m. Friday. In Carlson saloon, a big mirror shattered and glasses spilled as rooms swayed without further damage.
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