House Deplores Attack on Galen
A resolution deploring an attack on Galen was introduced by Hale and expunged from the journal by a unanimous vote.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1909
Page
1
A resolution deploring an attack on Galen was introduced by Hale and expunged from the journal by a unanimous vote.
Helena dispatch reports the Montana House tabled and then moved to expunge a resolution alleging Attorney General Galen held office illegally. Mitchell of Deer Lodge urged striking the matter from the records while the chamber debated possible further investigations into the state penitentary.
Irrigators protest high water charges and regulations for the irrigation project. Settlers urge relief and faster action, citing cost constraints and impact on farming.
A local uproar surrounds the Lower Yellowstone irrigation project in Dawson county as settlers challenge the water charge of $52.40 per acre over 10 years. They say engineers estimated $30 per acre and fear a land market slump if the secretary of interior’s proclamation stands.
Washington charges allege Governor Kibbey of Arizona obstructed court records twenty years ago in Florence Pinal County. A photo of the erased censure by Judge Kibbey is said to be in Senate hands, with Francis J Heney involved in the prior case.
A major blaze on Seventh Street in St. Paul, Minnesota rapidly spread under a northwest wind. About half a dozen buildings were nearly destroyed with total losses around 60000. Fire departments from Minneapolis assisted as cinders swept the area, hitting Whiteside department store and several others in the business district.
Belgrade area farmer Louis Siefert, ill with typhoid fever, fired three shotgun loads into his wife as she and two children tried to flee. Mrs. Siefert was mortally wounded, a baby injured but not seriously, and Siefert was rescued and later treated. he recovered his senses but remains ignorant of his deed.
Edinburgh reports Mrs Atherton testifying in John Stirling cross suit for divorce from Clara Elizabeth Taylor an American show girl. She recalled buying a revolver and threatening to shoot Lord Northland if not married. Atherton wore a directoire costume in court as Stirling denied involvement with Atherton.
In Carlton Texas last night a manmite drilled the Carlton State bank vault and robbers fled with all the currency, about 10600 dollars, after blowing the vault with nitroglycerin. Residents first learned of the crime from bank front wreckage.
Sacramento June 29 Chairman Abner Weed of the committee on public morals reported unfavorably on the Walker Otis anti racetrack bills. There was no minority report though Savage and Kennedy voted for favorable report. Weed Wolfe and Leavitt voted against it. Senator Walker did not seek special order status and the measures will be read a second time Monday with a potential third reading Tuesday.
In New York a large funeral tribute escorted the bodies of American consul Arthur S. Cheney and his wife, killed in the Mesina earthquake. Thousands of Italians in regalia joined the march up Broadway to a somber funeral procession with military band music.
Sofia reports the Bulgarian government declining a note from the powers. It accuses Turkey of an irreconcilable attitude and says the Porte must be responsible for consequences. The note avoids requesting intervention but warns of rising tension.
A report says a tidal decline has overwhelmed the city’s iconic Spanish cups, causing widespread damage to vessels and heritage pieces. The article notes the coast’s erosion and potential cultural loss. Local teams and historians assess recovery steps amid the aftermath.
Senate investigators question George W. Perkins and a bank president named Thorne as part of a probe into a famous merger. The actions focus on corporate dealings and potential conflicts of interest within the financial and business sectors.
Reports from London and Tokio describe a tidal wave submerging Barcelona with limited death toll while a powerful earthquake devastated towns across South and Southeast Spain. A Ceuta land slide buried Romara village and hundreds of residents. Separate U.S. Senate testimony covers the Tennessee Coal and Iron merger with United States Steel, naming key figures and syndicate involvement, amid broader market turmoil.
Hardaway Young, president of the Southern Hardware and Supply Co in Mobile Alabama, was forced to write a 5600 dollar check by his bookkeeper Floyd Lester. A woman appeared in the incident and had the check cashed at the firm’s office as deputies surrounded Lester.
Seattle January 29. The Asiatic Exclusion league plans a mass meeting Friday February 1 to push drastic action against the Japanese influx. Telegrams were sent to President Roosevelt and California legislators urging exclusion. Messages urged Roosevelt to preserve the republic and exclude the Japanese and urged Governor Gillette and Grove Johnson to pass the issue to the people.
Tacoma Washington January 29 An explosion of firedamp after a dynamite blast in the Ashford mine operated by Moore Investment Company of Seattle entombed one miner under rocks a thousand feet underground another miner died of suffocation two were injured with one perhaps fatally injured
Ardmore Oklahoma January 2 a fire destroyed several boarding houses. T V Littlejohn of MehkKinney Texas was cremated and his wife probably fatally burned. They were on their honeymoon.
Dispatches from London Paris and Rome note tremors and shocks in Malaga Totana Murcia Siena Catano and surrounding areas. No major damage confirmed though Malaga reports damage to some houses and frightened refugees near Mt. Catano.
President-elect Taft arrives in Colon with his party and is quartered at Col Goethals residence in Culebra. Taft plans to view Gatun dam site and sails for New Orleans next Friday. Prominent officials including Governor Malendez and Col Gorgas greet the party.
New York merchants urge nationwide cooperation to oppose California’s discrimination against Japan. The board of trade committee warns that sustained bias harms US Japan relations and risks violating international treaties as the highest law.
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