Local Notes and Legal News From Anaconda and Nation
The Anaconda Standard reports on bills in the senate including a defeated Philippine tariff plan and upcoming railroad rate legislation. It notes hearings in Albany on insurance regulation, with arguments about company expenses limits, stock and trust bonds, and regulatory approaches. Justice Brown retires from the Montana supreme court after years on the bench, with a summary of his career, education, and tenure, comparing his age and service to Chief Justice Fuller and Justice Harlan.
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Senate
Albany
Armstrong Committee
France Crisis Deepens After Rouvier Fall
The new French president faces days of trouble as the Rouvier ministry is toppled. The Algeciras conference looms large, with Paris officials anxious about cabinet formation and the risk of upheaval affecting diplomacy and internal policy. Meanwhile relief for Japan’s famine victims progresses through a religious publication drive.
Father of France’s new president famed for strength and library talk
The piece notes the new French president’s father as a strong man who drank from a wine cask, then passed the cup. It also mentions the president as a book lover bargaining in shops for valuable volumes, with other assorted anecdotes on prominent figures in Europe and America.
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M. Fallieres
France
William Weldman Landis
A. M
Dickinson College
Carlisle
Mathematical Circle of
Palermo
Italy
Day for it in Butte gambling case adjourns to preliminaries
The Civic league in Butte moves to prosecute gamblers as county attorney delays action. The court will rule on whether the Civic league can participate in the prosecution. Key features hinge on the court’s handling of these preliminaries and the case’s progress.
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Civic League
Butte
League
Mutiny on the War Ship Massachusetts Shocks Nation
A dramatic mutiny aboard the Massachusetts required armed forces to suppress it. The incident involved American sailors and firemen, recalling old naval discipline. The crew reportedly stood with officers, suggesting provocation and the need to maintain order at sea.
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Massachusetts
Vote Scheduled on Statehood Bill Amid Senate Delay
The senate moved to a final vote on the statehood bill at Beveridge's suggestion after days of debate and delays. Forecasters in Washington predicted the measure would be defeated swiftly once the vote occurred, despite earlier administration approval.
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Senate
Beveridge
Washington
Congress
Protest Over North Dakota Indians Moving Into Montana
Senator Carter and Representative Dixon filed a protest with Indian Commissioner Leupp against importing North Dakota Indians into Montana. They argue the interior department plan, urged by Senator Hansborough, violates treaties and precedent and would hinder Valley county development and the Milk River reclamation project. The plan envisages five hundred families on about one hundred thousand acres of Montana land.
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Representative Dixon
Leupp
North Dakota
Valley County
Milk River
Indian Bureau
Montana
Butte politics clash over gambling law and primary vote
From Miles City Independent and Fergus, Montana papers, amid mining camp life in Butte and Havre. The anti gambling league clashes with gambling House interests as politicians fret about a direct primary, while Sanders County gains a new county seat and Missoula region reshapes counties. Reports cover petitions for primary law, county divisions, editor changes, and local political maneuvering shaping Montana’s 1880s landscape.
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Butte
Carat
Arth
Big Hole
Milwaukee Railroad
Clinc League
France in cabinet crisis as leaders dispute premiership
Paris March 8 President Fallieres seeks to form a cabinet amid a tense scramble for premier. Bourgeois declines premiership but may join as minister under Sarrien. Pallieres resists final decisions. Poincaré expected at the Élysée with a cabinet acceptable to republican leaders. Six to eight days predicted to form a strong ministry amid pressure for Rouvier and a Franco German accord.
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M. Dubost
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Elysee
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M. Rouvier
France
Senate debate on statehood and Interstate Commerce changes
Washington March 9 senate discussion centers on statehood as the sole topic while many proposals on rail rate regulation and Interstate Commerce Commission orders are earnestly considered. Factions split over whether the bill should grant court review of orders with or without specific terms, and amendments like the Spooner plan and Batley proposition shape the debate.
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House
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Uie
Circuit
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J D King Dead Straiton Rural Carriers Board Chief Passes
John D. King longtime postal service official and chairman of the rural carriers examination board of the civil service died in Washington today after about 45 years of service.
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Washington
John D. King
Trial of Ivins Resumes in San Francisco Murder Trial
The Ivins murder case against Rich ard Ivins for Mrs Bessie Hollister continues with witnesses including Franklin Hollister and coroner Dr Warren Hunter. The state rests largely on Ivins confessions though a motion to suppress was overruled. The judge adjourned before cross examination finished as Judge Morrow later ordered Otis Elevator Company defendants to show cause on March 28 for a temporary injunction.
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Bessie Hollister
Ivins
Pound
Folz
Iving
Franklin C. Hollister
San Francisco
Otis” Elevator. ‘Company
United States
Morrow
More Brigadiers To Quit
Washington March One of the most spirited contests for place in the army was settled today when Secretary Taft announced Col. J. W. Bubb of the Twelfth Infantry had been selected to brigadier general to fill a vacancy created by General Carr’s retirement. Bubb, from Pennsylvania, entered service as a private at the outbreak of the Civil War. He must retire on account of age in 1907. Four lieutenant colonels will be promoted to brigadier general before him, conditioned on their immediate retirement.
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Taft
J. W. Bubb
Twelfth Infantry
Carr
Bubb
Pennsylvania
Navy of Great Britain Right Smart Navy Emphasis
London March in introducing army estimates the Liberal War Secretary Halidane said the aim is greater efficiency at less cost. The government supports the blue water principle that a strong navy can defend Britain, allowing cuts in other army expenditures and deeming stores unnecessary.
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London
House of Commons
Halidane
Great Britain
Tragedy in Colfax as Editors Clash Over Publication
Shreveport dispatch reports Le Stuckey editor of the Peoples Be hinds shot and killed in Colfax by A. M. Goodwin editor of the Colfax Chronicle over an article reflecting on Goodwin. Albany hearing gathers life insurance interests to probe the State Insurance Law and company management in a bid to protect policy holders.
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le Stuckey
the People’s Behinds
Colfax
A. M. Goodwin
Colfax Chronicle
Stuckey
Goodwin
Albany
N. Y
United States
Special Legislative Insurance Investigating Committee
Mrrow
Local tax and school funding rise in Gallatin county
Bozeman and Gallatin county fiscal figures show total property valuation nearly doubling from 1896 to 1905. Tax receipts, licenses, and other revenues rise. school expenditures and district builds jump to about $100,111.42 for 1905. Bonded indebtedness totals are $262,000 for the county and $105,480 for districts. The article also notes a not guilty verdict in a conspiracy case involving ex State Attorney George Green and a separate Mutual Life Insurance annual report for 1905.
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Bozeman, March
Gallatin County
Washington
George Green
New York
Post Office Department
Opening Post Delays Wind River Reservation Opening
Washington March 8 secretary Atitehcock presents a joint resolution postponing the Wind River Wyoming reservation opening from June 16 to August 15. The delay cites climatic conditions and unfinished railways as justification. Minneapolis March 8 governor consent to act with Stuyvesant Fish commission. New York March — Beker club stewards reinstate jockey Hugene Hildebrand after last year’s license revocation.
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Austria Informed on German Instructions at Algeciras
The New Fre t Presse reports Germany sent an official to Vienna to keep Austria advised on instructions sent to its representatives at Algeciras after the Interchange of Views. Austria also dispatched corresponding instructions to its delegates to the conference.
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Princess Corsini Killed in Auto Crash in Rome
Rome reports the Marchioness of Corsini formerly Princess Barberini was killed this evening when an automobile they rode in crashed. Her husband serves as King Victor's master of horse. The city mourns a high noble figure connected to Italian royal circles.
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Snow avalanche buries huts in Lofeten islands
Trondsheim Norway reports a snow avalanche at the Lofeten islands burying fisher huts. Rescuers extract 21 bodies and 89 injured as crews work through the debris.
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Trondsheim
Norway
Lofeten Islands
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