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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1900
Page
4
A Senate committee rules that William A. Clark of Montana was bribed by the legislature and barred from the United States Senate. The inquiry cites a one million dollar figure in connection with the alleged influence and subsequent disqualification.
Washington reports the Senate Elections Committee recommends Clark occupy his Montana Senate seat despite charges that he bribed legislators and sought to buy off the Montana Supreme Court with sums up to nine million dollars. The Lavish wealth of Clark and his United Verde copper mine earnings around eleven million dollars yearly frame a saga of rival mining barons Marcus Daly and William A Clark and a dramatic political contest.
Governor Crane sent a message to the Legislature on Fitchburg Railroad property lease and sale. Daly backed W. W. Dixon amid nine Daly Democrats opposing the nominee, producing a grave Democratic split. Helena and Anaconda appear prominent in the Montana contest as the race unfolds.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a dispute over railroad ownership and state control with references to proceedings and minority rights, mentioning the Fitchburg Railroad Company and the Commonwealth. The readable fragments imply a legal or legislative debate about protection of property and approvals in a referenced year.
A well dressed young man named Allen is charged with larceny under a new statute. He allegedly bought produce from several city dealers to resell at a profit and was connected to a store at 112 Gorham Street. The report is garbled with misheard names and unclear addresses.
Fragmentary notes indicate Mrs Owens was discharged after a hearing before a justice, with the government failing to prove guilt in a probate matter. The record mentions a charge and a sequence of events surrounding the case.
Fragmentary notice notes a person and a Washington address. No clear event or outcome available.
Incomplete text references a person named Frank A. Casentano and a street address. The fragment hints at employment and an arrest but provides no coherent event, date, or location to establish a clear news item.
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