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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1910
Page
7
News from January across New York and Elgin reports Hetty Green opposing meat costs as activists gain acreage pledges to abstain from eating meat. Butter prices fall while beef and veal trend vary amid farm board talks, with stock prices and consumer prices reflecting the meat crisis and anti-meat movement.
In San Francisco a physician questions the report that Mrs. W. Wilson bore quadruplets last Friday. Dr A C Pratt who attended the birth declined to comment. Health officer Tavers says he has no knowledge confirming the claim. The story notes confusion over whether two of the supposed children were borrowed for the event.
Mr Van Norden reports two Chicago women robbed him near the Waldorf. He identified them as suspects in a February case involving $1,090 in bills. Police say arrests followed. women held on $14,000 bond each as investigators pursue recovered funds and victim’s list of stolen notes.
President Taft sent nominations to the Senate including James Allen as chief signal officer and Theodore Colton Miram M. Chittenden of engineers as collector of customs at Shimbaldt Cal. Sterling A. Campbell is named general and Chittenden will succeed Knight. Chittenden is on leave of absence in Senilie Ga and ill for some time.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson told a House subcommittee hearing that American farm products are sold cheaper abroad than at home. He argued producers receive little more than before while consumers pay excessive prices, highlighting price disparities in food.
The house today elected Representative Graham of Winds as a member of the Biltinger-Plachat tnroaligiting committee in place of Lloyd of Missouri who resigned after selection by the house. The choice was ratified by the house with a large vote and no debate.
A Milk River delegation led by Louis W. Still of the Great Northern met President Taft and Secretary Ballinger in Washington to press completion of the Milk River irrigation project. They urged immediate action, criticized survey delays on public lands, and pressed for open settlement of river bottom lands. They also protested forest service policies and sought government support and bonds backing private uptake.
Halki Ley addressed parliament outlining Turkey’s resolve to uphold the sultanate’s rights while offering Crete broad autonomy. He emphasized readiness to use all means to defend sovereign Turkish authority and hinted at possible concessions on Crete’s internal autonomy.
A terse dispatch reports Germany to be snowbound as ships cannot depart the Alba due to heavy seas and stormy weather. The gale halts transport and blocks movement along the coast, leaving vessel crews unable to clear adverse conditions.
Seatury dated report describes Charles Tucker proprietor of a large furniture store shot dead on his hotel apartment floor. Miss Elvira Bunkerman lay dead nearby with a bullet in her brain and a pistol in her hand. Police speculate the woman sought money from Tucker and killed him before taking her own life. Tucker had moved to Seattle ten years ago from St Louis with Loraine Lemoine, who later died in misery.
Dr D K Pearsons nearly 90 vows to give away all he possesses before death after donating to numerous colleges across the country. He claims a life of generosity, pledging to spend the next decade giving money away as he approaches his birthday in April. He says he will die penniless and expects to live ten more years to fund more gifts.
Massive snowslide at Trigh Gate nine miles east of Kalispell halted traffic on the Great Northern line. Two workers killed, two rescued, others unaccounted. coroner notified of deceased Asa and Peters with Peters believed to have a sister in Massachusetts. Weather worsens but relief expected. rail travel hopes rise as lines may reopen tomorrow.
Washington January 21 The senate committees on irrigation consider an administration bill to create a reclamation fund authorizing $50,000 worth of certificates of indebtedness for existing irrigation projects. The certificates would run five years with half the proceeds from sales reserved for redemption.
Washington January 4 The state department has informed of the release of Insept Woods the engineer who had been implicated by the Aditicey Mexico on 8 shorek of housebreaking.
The Northwest CYR HA proveroul company conducted three day tests at multiple mines with the new Drager rescue apparatus. State coal mine inspector J B McDermott and local superintendents observed as crews endured a formaldehyde chamber trial while two cats briefly exposed adapted to the process. Results suggest readiness to equip Montana mines similarly to Northwestern standards.
A car owned and driven by contractor John Mahoney of Keatiear Cy Kat plunged 40 feet off an embankment at Clift Drive and Agnes Avenue in Ikangas City. Victims killed were John Mahoney Mrs Joan Mahoney and Thomas McGuire. Injured were John O Connor Nevie Mahoney and a Mahoney child. Mahoney was driving around a curve when the car skidded and overturned, striking rocks and obstacles.
Suma Toei Cale, Jat confesses to murdering his infant child whose body was found in a wreck near here Saturday. Willard KE Thomas, a laborer and singer in a local choir, admits to the deed after days of pressure, claiming it was in hope of saving his wife from disgrace. the infant’s jugular vein was severed.
Students to the rescue as a stalled train blocks a line between Choseurt and Dan. A specks of trouble are noted with Carper Wye delaying service. High school students aboard assist with the situation as officials work to reroute and clear the snowbound tracks.
Authorities announce an inquiry into meat dealers, focusing on practices and supply chains. Officials say the probe targets distribution networks and potential violations affecting quality and pricing. Local agencies coordinate with state investigators to uncover illicit activity.
Judge Landis told the federal grand jury in Chicago to study the beef trust investigation, noting government officials in Washington had signaled action. He warned jurors not to publish or reveal proceedings and stressed the case involves contracts and monopolies harming interstate commerce amid broader meat industry concerns.
Washington report notes a large appropriation cut from a migration commission item. Representative Macon of Arkansas denounces the agency and threatens it with removal, urging preservation of the line item in the urgent deficiency bill. Senate debate focuses on committee chairs and a wider review of related deals and funding.
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