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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1909
Page
9
Clarence Horen proprietor of a Laurel grocery and bakery was shot twice in the back by an Italian railroad worker near the stockyards. He remains in critical condition as a posse pursues the fugitive toward the Yellowstone River until he is captured and jailed in Billings.
Rome reports the pope remains indisposed but worked several hours in the library. Physicians say his continued hoarseness led to suspending audiences, with expected full recovery in a few days.
Angelo Steneff was found murdered in the St Paul pass tunnel near Taft with a fractured skull and missing pay checks. Pete Bradovich, his roommate, was arrested in Taft while trying to cash checks worth 500 to 660 dollars and handed to Idaho authorities for a murder charge.
Milwaukee democratic rose clubs, fresh from a southern tour and a Denver convention feature, plan the next annual trip to the Pacific coast. The 100 member marching club will travel via St Paul Butte Anaconda Spokane Seattle Tacoma Portland to Los Angeles, returning through Salt Lake City Denver and Omaha in cream and blue uniforms.
Helena Feb 28 Four days remain in the session with night sessions likely for action on bills. Senate bill 18 the irrigation company bill faces a major vote amid crowded hotel lobbies. Lincoln county creation and county seat disputes pit Libby Eureka and Flathead interests, with intense lobbying. Speaker McDowell explored a possible Democratic bid for mayor while remaining noncommittal.
Washington February 28 William H Taft will take the presidential oath on a century old Bible kept by the Supreme Court. He declined new Bible gifts and said the court book would return to archives after the ceremony. Roosevelt will depart for Oyster Bay after the inauguration leaving a vacant seat in the carriage. Taft and Roosevelt reviewed the inaugural address and discussed foreign policy and mail subsidies for steamships.
Special Dispatch to the Standard Missoula Feb 28 The yard of the Chickawaw mine cabin near Lolo six miles above town was the scene of a murder at noon today. Joseph Brown fired an 88 caliber revolver killing Robert Gilruth instantly. Brown is jailed and John Gilruth brother of the dead man was arrested later by Sheriff Graham. Brown claims self defense citing seven years of trouble and a prior assault on Gilruths wife. Brown shows head and hand wounds and says he was returning to his cabin with a flour sack from Magees when the shooting occurred. Continued on Page Five.
Speaker Cannon releases a letter defending the House rules amid criticism from Edward Higgins of Success Magazine. He cites Jefferson and Madison as founders of the principles and argues rules have withstood decades of challenge. Higgins' attacks are described as similar to stock market bulletins attacking business and governance.
In New York and across the United States on February 28 an equal suffrage demonstration was held under the Socialist Party and Socialist Women's Society. Miss Leona O'Reilly urged equal suffrage and criticized anti suffrage legislators while Anita Blok noted the event as the first major suffrage meeting under a major party's auspices.
At the end of the first week of the West Gallatin river water rights trial in Bozeman Montana the pace has surprised observers with six weeks of hearings now possible. Plaintiffs and defendants share no rivalry but cooperate to present evidence for a large rights dispute.
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