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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1903
Page
3
The testimony recounts a complex trial schedule for Judge Harney's case, including repeated vacatings, midweek resettlements, a lengthy trial span, Sunday breaks, a funeral adjournment, and a Tuesday start due to telegraph notices from Pipe Stone Springs. Witnesses describe missed trains, jury instructions, and intermittent adjournments affecting the trial's progress.
Witness described Judge Harney as appearing under the influence at funeral adjournment and at Pipestone Springs. He noted the judge was bright when himself but there were two or three other times when he was not as sharp, attributing it to liquor. No cross-examination followed and the session adjourned.
Helena dispatch reports the education committee will back two bills for passage. One creates two free university scholarships per county. the other allows graduates with a year in pedagogy to teach without an exam. A dedication Feb 20 marks the new university buildings in Missoula.
The Montana senate discusses a new game law licensing guides with enforcement duties and penalties for violations, sets a decoy limit for hunting seasons, and reviews penalties for shooting game. It also tackles the fellow-servant bill, discusses junketing limits to two institutions, and considers several bills on taxation, county boundaries, and railroad regulation.
Helena Jan 26 The senate debated Mine Inspector and Coal Mine Inspector posts being elected, delaying action as Harney impeachment trial prep moved forward. Senator Meyer attacked the mining committee chair and demanded a clarifying meeting while reports on attorneys fees juror fees and corporate judgments advanced.
A Montana miner recounts eight years of backache and rheumatism worsened by failed treatments. After reading an English paper he tried Doan's Kidney Pills, purchased in Butte, reporting notable relief during virulent attacks. He warns they do not cure the disease but aid severe flare ups. Sold at smith Drug Co Anaconda and Newbro Drug Co Buffalo price 30 cents for two boxes.
Helena notes list numerous introduced measures in the Montana House including funding for Dillon normal school and county divisions, revisions to mining taxation, road supervision, school district funding, and library and college provisions. Motions report favorable on several bills while others are referred to committees for first and second readings.
In a peaceful session the Colorado Senate reconvened with Democrats in charge after Republicans abandoned Wolcott ties. Governor Haggett met with leaders as the House recognized the Democratic Senate and prepared to adjourn. A party banquet for Teller was planned, and a bid to expel Arapahoe Democrats failed 37 to 24.
Officials seized 600 Louisiana lottery tickets shipped to Honolulu aboard the Masada. Joseph Rosenberg, the ship's bert, was arrested after a search of his effects. The seizure was made by customs authorities in a notable enforcement action.
Montgomery Alabama January 2 Edward W Pettus was renominated as United States senator from Alabama today by the legislature in joint session Pettus was his own successor in a landmark renomination that affirmed party leadership and continuity in state politics
An ineffectual bank robbery occurred early this morning in Charlotte North Carolina. A loud explosion woke the cashier and an officer who entered the bank and were fired upon by the robbers. Several shots struck. A man and a woman were found dead in a desert shack. one death attributed to laudanum. Kaward Hawkins, a former Northern Pacific locomotive engineer, had been drinking heavily for days and took laudanum last night.
Washington reports Bowen proposes ten percent of port customs receipts as guarantee for Caracas war blockage settlement. Allies’ replies from Britain and Germany will decide if blockade ends. Bowen declines to reveal guaranty amount. Italy signals fleet withdrawal once others lift blockade.
Washington dispatch reports Mr Bowen acting for Venezuela pledges 30 percent of customs receipts from Porto Cabello and La Guayra to a joint ally committee as blockade terms. Allies consider the plan favorable and Italy backs a compromise while promising deference to allied views. The arrangement may allow payment in kind from customs receipts and does not predict a full fleet withdrawal from American waters.
Bloomington reports Colfax RaW high school destroyed by morning fire. The structure was among the finest in the state and lawn value listed as fifty dollars.
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