Butte Considers Ornamental Street Lighting Plan
Butte city council weighs a proposal to install ornamental luminous arc lamps on posts along Park Broadway Granite Dakota and other streets. The project shares costs among the city street railway and property owners with a 44 58 8 0 split. If adopted owners face 38 installation and 19 98 annual maintenance per 30 foot lot. The plan mirrors New Haven success and aims to boost business and civic pride with attractive lighting.
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Smuggling Conspiracy Hinted in Confession
Charles F. May of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company confessed to involvement in a smuggling ring tied to the Transpacific liner Korea. He claims ten employees were implicated and was jailed after being found with 180 tins of opium while leaving the vessel. Arrests of others are expected soon.
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Girl reports kidnapping near Eigin after finding near road
Raymonia French, 14, said to be from Quincy, was found near Eigin after claiming she was kidnapped Monday afternoon by three men in a car. She remembers little since the incident. Stevedores at Duluth and Superior docks face a serious strike impact with a dozen freight steamers tied up due to lack of workers.
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Spreckels Friction Ties Personal Rift to Sugar War
In a San Francisco court hearing, Buck Spreckels recalls how his entry into refined sugar angered Claus Spreckels, endangering a 30 year friendship. The government suit cites a 2003 trade war involving Western Sugar Refining, Crockett plant leases, and price cuts under George Rolph.
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Mineral rights reserves taxable, opinion says
Helena July 31 Special Dispatch to the Standard explains Attorney General Galen's view that coal and mineral rights reserved beneath land by Northern Pacific are property and subject to assessment and taxation in Musselshell County, with Northern Pacific having sold land but kept surface rights.
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British Board of Trade Revises Steamship Rules
British Board of Trade announced new life saving rule changes for merchant ships following Titanic inquiry. Rules require Commons approval and were to be presented in the next parliamentary recess and early next session. Critics say shipping interests influence the board. details await official adoption. The report cites Sid ney Burton and Buxton on the process and timing.
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Roosevelt Attacked For Stand At Chicago
A Missouri Republican representative assailed Colonel Roosevelt in the house, accusing him of treachery and of intending to bolt the party after losing at Chicago. He defended Taft's nomination, saying Roosevelt arrived in Chicago never fully republican at heart and sought to save face with personal appeals. The speech framed Roosevelt's actions as betrayals that birthed a new party but would not die.
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Driver Held Responsible For Loss Of Control Tragedy
In Bellingham Washington on July 3 a verdict found traveling salesman J. Shanahan of Everett responsible for the deaths of Clifford Garland and Grace C. Dow in a crash. Shanahan’s car carried several riders at high speed, struck a gate and overturned, killing Garland and Dow and injuring two others.
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Return to Docks Starts Hot Fight
London rioting at Victoria docks sees seven shot with one dying later in hospital and 20 more wounded. About 2000 dockers on a 10 week strike confront non unionists occupying their jobs. Bricks and stones fly as police are overwhelmed. At City of Columbia steamer, unionists clash with non unionists armed with revolvers and bottles. Authorities deploy large police reserves to restore order.
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Restocking Trout Fry Restocks Bozeman Streams
About a dozen Bozeman automobile owners distributed 40 cans containing 90 000 trout fry from the U S fish hatchery northeast of Boxer A Wilmar and others will spread fry in Middle creek Bozeman creek and nearby streams. Last Saturday six cans from Anaconda hatchery were placed in East stocked with trout and performing well this year.
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Reprieve for Carson Ends Hanging Date in California
Governor Johnson granted a reprieve to Charles Carson until September 9, delaying his planned execution at Folsom Prison for involvement in an attempted prison break. Carson was found sane by a jury after trial, remains under death sentence, and has not spoken for years amid episodes of not eating. Charles J. Green, known hotel worker, is pardoned after four months of a six month petty larceny sentence at Bozeman county jail.
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Arrested for writing checks with no funds
A man was arrested after drawing checks on a bank with insufficient funds. He then attempted to cover the shortfalls by drawing another check on a second bank with no funds and mailing a note for the amount, before he walked away.
Death of Bozeman resident Eliza Edmunds at almost ninety
Bozeman mourns Eliza Edmunds who died yesterday at nearly 90. A lifelong resident, she played mother to several children though she had no biological offspring. Her husband passed about ten years ago. An adopted daughter, Mrs. W. W. Reeder of Bozeman, survives. Funeral set for Friday at the Episcopal church.
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Gallatin Valley Railway to transform yards into park
A special dispatch from Bozeman dated July 3 reports the Gallatin Valley Railway plans turning the new passenger station yards into an attractive park with macadam roads cement walks flower beds and lawns. Concrete walks and platform contract is let and work should start soon. Also noted is the election of John C F Mercill as secretary of the Chicago Board of Trade succeeding the late George F Stone.
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