Contempt case against Montana Ore Purchasing company dropped
The Montana Ore Purchasing Company and officers escape further punishment for alleged contempt of the Montana Supreme Court injunction of March 2 1899. The court finds affidavits insufficient and dismisses the proceedings while warning enjoined parties to obey orders. The opinion cites misdirected averments and notes only minor drift 29 encroachment was explained by a misread directive. The court refuses a rehearing in the Baker case.
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Helena
Montana OT Purchasing Company
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Boston
Montana
Montana Ore
Butte & Montana
Motte & Montana
Davis
Butte & Boston Consolidated Mining Company
Ben Baker
Butte City Water Company
Cure La Grippe in Two Days Promoted by Groves Laxative
An advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a quick cure for la grippe with a money back guarantee from KE. W. Groves' signature appears on each box and the price is 75e.
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W. Groves
Earl Russell in a Marital Tangle
A Reno Nevada marriage license was issued on April 14 to John Francis Stanley Russell and Mollie Cooke. They married April 15 at Riverside hotel by District Judge Benjamin Curler, with Mollie Cooke's son present. The couple, from Glenbrook, Nevada, left for the East unknown destination.
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Reno
Nev
John Francis Stanley Russell
Melle Cooke
Riverside Hotel
Benjamin Curler
East
Mollie Cooke
Glenbrook
Lake Tahoe
Porter
A. Holmen
Miss Fernandez
Marriage Rumor Shocks London as Russell Vows Elsewhere
London reports a Times notice of Parl Russell marrying Mollie Cooke at Keno Nevada on April 15. The English press questions legality since Russell remains legally wed to Countess Russell, who performs at Tivoli. Courts have repeatedly refused separation, leaving the marriage legally intact despite disputes.
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London
Times
Parl Russell
Mollie Cooke
Keno
Nev
Karl Russell
Countess Russell
Tivoli Music Hall
England
Scott
Court of Appeals
Bonds Paid Likely To Reach Jefferson County
Jefferson county bonds worth 14000 stolen from Butte last February were found near Timbered Butte. They may be paid if in condition to identify. The Northern Pacific office was burglarized but yielded nothing of value. a Tuttle Bros shipment of 400 head of young stock was sent to Chinook for unloading in the northern state.
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Butte
Northern Pacific
Standard
Boulder
Jefferson County
Vna England
Tuttle Bros
Chinook
Booksellers League Holds April Dinner in New York
In New York on April 18 the Booksellers' League held its April dinner with speakers including Thomas J. Vivian of the New York Journal on The Making of a Great Daily Newspaper and Josah C. Pumpelly on The Mission of the Modern American Newspaper.
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New York
Booksellers’ League
Thomas J. Vivian
New York Journal
Josah CC. Pumpelly
Jeffersonian Democracy Provokes Brooklyn Dinner Debate
The Brooklyn Democratic club marked Jefferson’s birth with a Germania club dinner attended by ex Governor Campbell of Ohio and Joseph Willett of Alabama. Grover Cleveland sent a letter opposing socialistic shifts within the party and urging fidelity to old principles amid current troubles. Campbell attacked populist theories and urged defeating imperialism while preserving monetary policy.
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New York
Brooklyn Democratic Club
Germania Club
Thomas Jefferson
James F. Campbell
Ohio
Joseph Willett
Alabama
Grover Cleveland
Princeton
N. J
Louis F. Buckard
Democratic Party
Boles
Cuba
Philippines
Joseph Wheeler
Joseph H. Willett
Campbell
Jefferson
Chicago
Puerto Rico
Philippine Islands
Progressives Form New Party at Kansas City Convention
In Kansas City on April 18 middle of the road populists created a permanent State organization and named The Progressive People's Party. They drafted a platform seeking initiative and referendum, reduced salaries, and tighter banking oversight while denouncing Bryan and Rockefeller. Richard Thomas led the state ticket for governor. W C Aldridge declined nomination. Delegates named to Cincinnati chose Barker for president and Donnelly for vice president.
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Kansas City
Progressive People’s
Ines
Omaha _ platform
W. J. Bryan
John Rockefeller
Richard Thomas
Saline County
W. C. Aldridge
California
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Covention
Wharton Barker
Ignatius Donnelly
Trenchman Pleads Guilty to Grand Larceny in Helena
Baptiste Legeune hired a rig from a local livery stable on April 11 and failed to return for three days. He was captured in Cascade County and pleaded guilty in district court. Judge Smith sentenced him to 15 months in the state penitentiary.
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Standard
Helena
Baptiste Legeune
Cascade County
Smith
Fashion plate description of a tan guipure suit
A tan cloth suit features a coudle breasted jacket with a high rolling collar and no revers. The skirt shows a wide guipure band above a circular pece, completing the fashionable design.
Plans of insurgents intrigue with General Rios in Aguinaldo’s office
Washington reports reveal insurgent manipulation and fear that Americans cannot be defeated. Documents include a February 2 1899 Tondo incident with a planned fire and clash at Meisie near American barracks, plus a Tarlac October note about bombs and arson by a Filipino officer. An unsigned Malolos letter advocates a Spanish Filipino federation and joint action against the United States.
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Washington
Senate
Philippines
Arams Blanco
Philippine Army
Tondo
Meisie
Descesend Loman Drosend Loman
Calzedal Azcaraga
Tarlac
J. M. Lebah
Manila
Rios
Iloilo
Malolos
Aguinaldo
Spain
Spanish Republic
Senor Emilio Aguinaldo
Madrid
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Paxton & Rockefeller
Matte
Mariie Drug Co
Smith Drug Co
Earl Russell
Nevada
Egland
Cleveland
Populists
the Pops Wii
Progressive People’s Party
Havana
la Preferencia
Erencia
Louis S. Cohn
Havana-American CO
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