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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1910
Page
5
Congress gives little heed to Taft policy priorities as legislators balk at key proposals. Debates focus on railroad laws postal savings banks and Alaska charter reforms while senior leadership contemplates reordering policy sequence and possible procedural moves.
Special Dispatch to the Siandara reports T M Lowry of Butte recovering from a razor wound inflicted by a demented assailant. Doctors expect he may leave the hospital by week’s end if no complications arise. His father T M Lowry Sr arrived from Butte to learn of the improvement. Meanwhile Frank Stitt, held in county jail, is described as a dangerous lunatic, spurring a looming lunacy commission.
General Estrada and General Matuts plan an expedition with 300 men from Grey town to the district as Madile troops entrench north of Grey town. The expedition sails tomorrow aboard the steamers Senator and Blanca with rapid firers aboard the Blanca and British protection nearby. In Grey town, British subjects are under protection as US cruiser Tacoma and British cruiser Scylla lie offshore. Mexico City notes Zelaya’s exiled return to Vera Cruz with Castro heading to Brussels and Managua, while William J. Bryan and family arrive in Arequipa for a later voyage.
New Haven reports President Mellon of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad urged cooperation among railroad workers at the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen convention. He pressed for an eight hour day and overtime pay, touted a pension fund of 206 names worth $200,000 annually, and warned unity is needed to weather adversity.
Fragmentary OCR mentions coin pricing and enforcement, references to Chicago and other places, and mentions leather and paper. Details are garbled and uncertain.
Fragmentary text describes a military operation involving marooned troops and a rescue at sea. Details are unclear, with disrupted words and garbled names making exact locations and dates uncertain.
Describes Paris and surrounding towns devasted by floods and high waters, with five and a half inch decline noted on the Seine. Military patrols guard submerged districts while looters are shot on sight outside the city. Priests and Sisters of Charity aid victims as residents suffer hunger and displacement. US sympathy noted.
Margaret Gruening, Smith College graduate and suffragette leader, was jailed for inciting to riot during a shirtwaist strike clash in Philadelphia. She was held overnight at Moyamensing prison, later released at midnight after posting bail.
London readers see a drawn out debate on reforming the Lords and a budget passage. Ministers weigh a coalition cabinet, a royal commission on fiscal policy, and limits on the Lords power while enduring Irish home rule tension and likely cabinet changes.
In Mexico City on January 30 officers of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and the Order of Railway Conductors predict most American employees on the National Railway of Mexico will resign and depart the country by next Thursday. Railway managers doubt a majority will resign, noting many wish to stay. Negotiations ended Feb 17 when directors refused demands. general manager Clark declined to enter any agreement. The directors stated employment discrimination would not occur and Mexican citizens should have opportunities in responsible positions if qualified.
Indianapolis Jan. 32 One of the greatest industrial battles in U S history looms as United Mine Workers leaders prepare to adjourn a two week session. A majority of the 14 delegates may join a Toledo conference with operators to negotiate a wage contract for three districts set to begin April 12. If no raise is agreed, a general strike is threatened with 19 to 42 percent demands cited. Meanwhile a separate incident notes partial destruction of a wool works plant in War town tonight.
Washington reports the cross examination of L R Glavis will reveal new charges against Interior Department officials as Rep McLachlan and Rep Kinkaid push for a tough probe. Ballinger's ties to Glavis and Pinchot's expected summons loom over hearings this week and next.
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