Senatorial Bill Cleared Committee of the Whole
A senatorial bill passed the committee of the whole in the Senate by party vote. The action advances the measure toward full Senate consideration amid partisan support.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1909
Page
1
A senatorial bill passed the committee of the whole in the Senate by party vote. The action advances the measure toward full Senate consideration amid partisan support.
Senator Long condemns Montana’s senatorial election bill as anti democratic charging it crowns a party slate by county majorities while risking a smaller statewide vote. He warns the measure defies the principle that the majority rules and calls for a plan that truly reflects the people's will.
Washington Jan 26 Extradition sought by Russia for Christian Rudowicz on murder arson and related charges will not be granted under the treaty's political offense prohibition The decision announced by Secretary of State Root upholds the view that the case rests on a legal offense not political grounds Rudowicz a Russian Social Democratic Labor Party member faced charges for killings in 1906 and later moved to the United States where testimony cited spies as the motive behind the act
Special Dispatch to the Standard Helena January 26 George Frankhauser partner of McDonald in the 1907 Great Northern train holdup at Rondo Flathead county earned forty thousand dollars will spend life in prison Jury verdict after three hours deliberation found him guilty on two counts robbery of the mails and placing life in jeopardy Judge Hunt lacks discretion under the life sentence federal law Frankhauser shows no emotion and awaits sentencing next Tuesday with no apparent hope for new trial or clemency
Noel Legrand a 75 year old French laborer in Great Falls attempted to murder his wife during a drunken frenzy sparked by sour wine He then saturated furniture and walls with kerosene and set their Eighth Avenue South home on fire He was dragged from the flames unconscious and is now held at the city jail The wife escaped and notified neighbors before the blaze was extinguished by chemicals.
In Helena on January 26 a man about 40 years old, light hair and blue eyes, stepped from one track as a freight train moved to another in front of a passenger train from Butte. He was severely injured and died at the hospital with no identification found. Depot officers suspect the act may have been deliberate after two days at the station.
Kalispell on January 26 reports added evidence in the death of Mrs. Ann Waugh from strychnine poisoning at her La Salle area home. Rolla D. Waugh, who died two weeks earlier, will be exhumed for post mortem to determine his cause of death. A physician earlier cited natural causes and no doctor attended him. Food analysis is underway to detect possible strychnine presence.
Rainey attacks Cromwell Cart and others in a speech before the National House during his arraignment hearing.
Illinois representative Rainey charges Cromwell Farnham Taft and others in a sweeping attack over the Panama canal affair. He accuses them of graft risking U.S. treasury losses and claims Obaldia and Lodge figures influenced steamship purchases for the canal project. He calls for congressional investigation and flags press suits and grand jury probes as part of the controversy.
Nashville Tenn Jan 26 the second venire of 509 talesmen finished without a jury for Col Duncan Cooper John Cooper and John T Sharp charged with slaying former senator KE Carmack Judge Hart drew another venue of 300 names Juror Jackson fined for drunkenness Nine men now in the box with two charges pending Colonel Cooper sat with his two daughters Mrs Lucius Bureh and Mrs Beverly Wilson Robin Cooper moved closer to his sister Mrs Bureh The witness is Mrs Bureh while G W Kibber a talesman was compelled to appear and told the judge to go to the devil Kathleen Tam忙
A grand jury probes widespread land dealings as indictments emerge across multiple towns and lots. Officials pursue a major inquiry into alleged irregularities in land transactions affecting several communities.
Extreme secrecy marks the Muskogee town lot fraud probe as grand jurors hand up 10 to 70 indictments against government officials. Witnesses from Denville Va testified to widespread forged deeds, naming Gen Pleasant Porter and W H Woodward among others in estate suits. Pagan, assistant attorney general, oversees indictment drawing amid heightened security.
Justice Wright of the district supreme court ordered Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor to pay about 1500 dollars in costs arising from contempt of court proceedings that led to their imprisonment in the District of Columbia jail.
A wireless message from Charleston reports that at 252 o clock last night the North Carolina and Montana with President elect Taft and his party aboard passed Waltings Island light. Weather aboard is fine and all are well.
Helena Jen 26. Another suspect in the Hancock murder case, Richard Holt, was freed by order of the justice who had him jailed. Holt testified he was the lover of Mrs. Hancock and will stay at the county jail each night until the coroner's jury finishes its inquiry. The inquest, adjourned due to a mob, will resume tomorrow night with only witnesses, officers and press present.
Frederick Lebau, sentenced to hang on Feb 15 in Kalispell for the Yokum family murder, receives a 60 day respite from Governor Norris. Lebau and partner were convicted. partner got life, Lebau seeks commutation to life. The governor delayed due to lack of time for full inquiry.
Indianapolis Jan 26 Fifty eight saloons were put out of business as a result of local option elections in four counties of Indiana today. Three counties were added to the dry column several days ago.
Agents testifying that the colliding vessel belongs to a line state precautions were taken and no fault attributed to Florida in the collision case.
Reports from New York detail a Nantucket collision between the White Star liner Republic and the Italian liner Fiorida. Officers state dense fog and miscommunication contributed, with Florida signaling to reverse engines and both vessels suffering damage. Captain Sealby faces investigation while residents cheer as he arrives in New York.
In Los Angeles the American National Livestock Association began its twelfth annual convention with morning and afternoon sessions. Washington Oregon Utah Idaho and Northern California delegates were delayed by washouts, delaying committee reports except the conservation of natural resources report read by Dwight B. Heard. The report warned of disaster from neglect of natural resources and urged federal control of grazing lands forest preservation and water conservation. Former Senator W A Harris spoke on Our Fare Markets and the convention voted to publish portions of his speech and circulate it through committee channels.
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