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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1910
Page
1
President Taft faces serious charges linked to Guggenheim affairs in Alaska. The brief outlines accusations involving officials and potential misuse of funds, signaling a political dispute over governance and resources in the territory. Further details on sources and dates are unavailable in the provided text.
An Alaska corruption probe opened in a Senate Judiciary subcommittee to examine claims President Taft removed U S attorney John Rustgaard and U S Marshal Herbert Faulkner amid disputes with Guggenheim interests. Delegates and rivals clash over Governor Clark and National Committeeman Shackleford ties to the Guggenheims.
Judge C Newton, longtime North Louisiana lawyer and former congressman, died at his home in Monroe at 10 am after weeks of illness. He was 62, born in Bastrop Morehouse Parish, educated there and at old LSU. Survived by wife Marie Cason and four sons, funeral at Pine and Second, then train to Bastrop for interment.
Hasey convicted and sentenced to eighteen months in a federal penitentiary. Boyce and Sutherland allege that higher ups in Guggenheim service controlled Keystone Pass. They claim they were removed from office before pursuing others tied to the Keystone affair. Auditor Douglass testified that seventy thousand dollars was spent before and during the Hasey trial as a corruption fund to influence jurors and defeat prosecutions.
Cambridge England May 26 President Roosevelt was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws by Cambridge University. The ceremony drew faculty and students, with Mrs Nicholas Longworth accompanying the Roosevelts on the campus and at the reception.
Chicago on May 26 inquest revealed Albert J. Snell son of Amos J. Snell once a Chicago millionaire murdered years ago led a ruined youth then an unseen life of self sacrificing evangelical work. For seven months before death Snell lived in a cheap lodging house paying $1.50 weekly from his $200 monthly estate income and sent all to his separated wife and children. He led a small guard to church each Sunday and shared sermon texts with lodgers.
A delegation arrived today while Governor Sanders delivered the opening address at the briefing committee. The event featured remarks from officials and previews of upcoming measures.
Aergiol o of the Ouachitsa Parish High School hosts last night’s program with a chorus rendition of All Hail Land of the Free. Salutatorian Miss Justa Evans presents an essay on The Enfranchisement of Woman, praising the dawning of the twentieth century and women’s rights. Valedictorian Miss Letitia Petrie delivers Tallow Tips, contrasting life’s status and influence among classes amid college pennants and floral tributes.
Washington May 26 The Louisiana delegation representing the General Assembly state officials and citizens arrived by special train to present before the House Foreign Affairs Committee over the Panama Canal Exposition 1915. Governor Sanders addressed a cheering crowd and will join President Taft and Mrs Taft for a reception tomorrow afternoon. The Ouachita Parish High School 1910 commencement closed with sixteen graduates as the audience filled the auditorium for the ceremonies jeweled with purple and gold decorations.
London residents report a French submarine was rammed and sunk in the English Channel by a mail boat traveling from Calais to Dover. All aboard were drowned. Brokerage Firm Suspended. New York report notes continued coverage on page 8.
Ill health in the Johnson family prompts G G Johnson popular Iron Mountain agent in Monroe to depart for Concordia Kansas to take similar Missouri Pacific work. He is succeeded by R T Warner of Concordia, the two exchanging positions as the local office reforms.
Memphis on May 26 reports that the Federal Grand Jury ignored Judge McCall’s charge about “regrettable facts” in Memphis. He noted about 700 saloons operate despite Tennessee state wide prohibition and said enforcement should match federal law. Indictments exist but no trials have started in the city famed as a prohibition stronghold.
The New Advocate reports added cash premiums for corn club winners and corn growers at the State Fair. Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific Railroad offers 50 for best corn exhibit within five miles of its line. A $200 Bankers Association fund supports travel for the grand champion. The top winner will meet the President and the Secretary of Agriculture to receive a diploma.
A group gathered in Calhoun for the North Louisiana Agricultural Society monthly meeting to discuss the good roads topic in all its aspects.
At Cincinnati state convention, National Wholesale Liquor Dealers Assoc delegates laid out a plan to attack sumptuary laws and press for strict enforcement. Emil Nathan cited education of the public, while Henry C. Maine assailed the Anti-Saloon League as a “giant system of robbery.” Morris F. Westheimer said prohibition is on trial before public opinion and urged eliminating corrupt retailers. Joseph Lyons spoke on local conditions in Little Rock.
Milwaukee May 26 Col Jerome A Watrous paymaster U S Army retired criticises Past Commander in Chief James Darling of the G A R as a blab mouth for his protest against a Robert E Lee statue in the Hall of Fame. Watrous says Darlings patriotism is the veriest sham and compares him to Senator James Gordon's class of blabmouths.
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