Fireman Killed Beneath His Engine in Train Collision
Logan Stub Train and light engine collide at Sappington early Monday morning. Fireman Lawrence Gearing dies on the spot and two other train hands are injured in the crash. Emergency crews respond to the scene and investigators begin examining the wreckage for cause.
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Logan
Sappington
Lawrence Gearing
Northern Pacific
Butte
Jeff Brown
Missoula
John Gearing
Lawrence
John
Whitehall
George Haviland
Sappington Station
Train Collision Kills Fireman Gearing at Sappington
Fireman Lawrence Gearing, 28, died after the Logan stub train crashed into light engine 468 near Sappington Montana. Engineer Jeff Brown was scalded and survived. a woman passenger was bruised as two locomotives suffered heavy damage.
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Brown
John Gearing
Butte
Jeff Brown
Missoula
Gearing
Sappington
Lawrence Gearing
E. J. Gearing
Northern Pacific Roundhouse
Walnut Street
Knights of the Maccabees
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
United Brotherhood of Railway
Northern Pacific
Standard
Bozeman
Sapnin
Ton
Logan
Pasengers
Butte Branch
Conductor Brown
Convicts' Bold Break for Liberty at Tennessee Prison
Nashville reports Gus Hyatt a train robber led 16 convicts in a dynamite escape from the Tennessee penitentiary. Fifteen escaped. Ed Carney was killed. Police and bloodhounds pursue remaining fugitives including Doe the Winchester robber. Several were government convicts and others state convicts.
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Desperado
Tennessee
Ed Carney
Nashville
Joseph Loss
James Work
Hyatt
Doe
Winchester
Favor Rupture With France
Rome reports the Vatican views France's closure of unauthorized congregationalist schools as grave. It notes Premier Combes may denounce the concordat. Rumors place Cardinal Rampolla in favor of-temporizing, while some cardinals urge an outright rupture with France.
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Rome
Vatican
France
M. Combes
Rampolla
Ambush under way as Tracy hunted by four sheriffs
Four sheriffs with large posses press the Lincoln county country near Harrington to ambush Convict Tracy. Tracy has been tracked from Davenport toward Odessa and is said to be moving north toward Sprague with two rifles, one horse, and another led.
PLAN OF CAMPAIGN OUTLAW HARRY TRACY ALLEGEDLY HIDING
Spokane August 4 Harry Tracy the outlaw is believed to be hiding in the Lake creek country west of Harrington waiting for darkness to move toward the wild region in Southwestern Lincoln county. A Odessa Chronicle dispatch says a man matching his description was seen by Mrs Crabin near town at 9 30 last evening riding a horse and leading another with two rifles. He did not stop or speak as he passed. It is suspected that he mere-
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Steeritt
Davenport
Sprague
Odessa
Tracy
Crab Creek
Rock Lake
Idaho
Spokane
Harry Tracy
Rough Lake Creek
Harrington
Lincoln County
Chronicle
Crabin
Wilbur
Falls Business Leaders Plan Meeting with J J Hill
Special Dispatch from Falls reports the Falls Business Men's association held a meeting to plan meeting with railway magnate J J Hill this week. A large committee was formed to meet Hill including Mayor John A Collins Senator Paris Gibson and many others.
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Standard
Treat Falls
Business Men's Association
J. J. Hill
John A. Collins
Paris Gibson
W. G. Conrad
Fora
Herbert Strain
FE. B. Judd
H. Kk. Mitchel
C. E. Wight
F. E. Webster
J. B. McKnight
F. George Heldt
C. H. Campbell
W. Cockrill
R. J. Fitzgerald
Vince Fortune
J. T. Morrow
Mitt Dunn
Robert Vaughn
C. M. Webster
BE. Atkinson
J. G Morony
H. F. O. Chowen
George H. Stanton
S. S. Singer
9. S. Warden
Hamberger Visits Missoula On Spokane Business
Ike Hamburger former private secretary to ex Senator Thomas E Carter visited Missoula on Sunday before continuing to Spokane for business.
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Missoula
Ike Hamburger
Thomas E. Carter
Spokane
Butte Poolseller Arrest Leads to Evening Transfer
Great Falls Aug 4 E R Lowry the pool seller of the Butte races was arrested yesterday morning and was taken to Butte this afternoon by Sheriff Furey of Silver Bow county who arrived in the city this morning. On papers carried by the sheriff Lowry has been arrested charged with attempting
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The
Standard
Great Falls
E. R. Lowry
Butte
Furey
Silver Bow County
Lowry
Montana jockey club sues Lowery over unpaid debts
The Montana Jockey Club files a complaint seeking about $500 from Lowery as he plans to leave the state without paying creditors. His bail is set at 600, and he protests that he will challenge the charge once he understands it clearly.
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Montana Jockey Club
Lowery
Miles City Jail Holds Man Linked to Crow Reservation Shooting
James L. Haynie, who shot "Black Perry" on the Crow reservation, is confined in the Miles City jail by order of Judge Loud and Forsyth officials. He faces an Aug. 12 hearing as cattlemen stand ready to bond him. Haynie claims Perry threatened him over cattle and horse interests, with witnesses supporting the claim.
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Standard
Miles City
James L. Haynie
Perry
Crow Reservation
Custer County
Haynie
Loud
Rosebud County
Wright
Forsyth
Crow
Hysham Company
Tom Smith
Beaver Creek
White Perry
Hysham
Charles Turney
Sanders
Billings
Supreme court adjourns for summer vacation
The supreme court adjourned today for the summer vacation and will not convene again until sometime in October. Chief Justice Brantly is out of the city, Associate Justice Milburn will vacation at Miles City, and Justice Pigott has not yet decided his plans.
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Helena
Supreme Court
Brantly
Milburn
Miles City
Pigott
Affray ends in near-fatal shooting in Fort Benton
John Allan, a drunken sheepherder, shoots John Revis, a Fort Benton bartender. Revis, badly wounded, fights back and attempts to kill Allan before dying.
Party Who Started Fight Has Bad Reputation
Fort Benton dispatch reports John Allan a drunken sheepherder shot day bartender John Revis at the Overland hotel. Both men were mortally wounded and under guard at St. Clare's hospital. A bystander Frank Colgate intervened as Revis fired. Allan previously threatened pedestrians and had fired at Zack Larsen.
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John Revie
Overland Hotel
Allan
Revis
St. Clare's Hospital
Sandy Red
Sandy
Charles Wilcox
Revise
Willson
The
Overland
Wilcox
Wailcox
Packers warned against combine as limit reached
John W. Springer, president of the National Livestock Association, denounces a proposed six to one packer combine as ruinous and a public policy threat. He says packers deny merger plans but warns producers and consumers will oppose any trust, calling it the greatest commercial warfare on the continent.
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United States
Combine
Not So Serious As Reported In Billings Runaway Trio
From Thirty mile reports say Mrs. Fred Hand escaped serious injury after a buggy accident yesterday. A second runaway injured the driver, and a third wreck felled Dr. Armstrong, who was helping, with a broken line and a bruised head.
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Standard
Billings
Fred Hand
No Trace Of The Robber In Helena Street Car Hold Up
Police report no trace of the highwayman who held up the Fast Helena street car Sunday night. The hat and the loot, including about sixty dollars and three watches, were found by Sheriff O Connell near an old shack by Chinese gardens. Some officers remain hopeful. others fear the suspect may evade capture.
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the Standard
Helena
Sam Travis
Attempted holdup of Great Northern eastbound train near Edmunds
On a Sunday night the Great Northern eastbound overland train near Edmunds was attacked by a gang. Several volleys were fired, smashing windows in a Pullman sleeper and a dining car. A cook suffered a minor forehead wound. The train proceeded without stopping.
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Everett
Wash
Great Northern
Overland
Edmunds
Tenyearold George Shipp Drowned in Yellowstone River
Special Lispmwatch reports from Billings that George Shipp ten son of rancher John Shipp near Junction drowned while inspecting a fishing line. A bank cavein toppled him into the swift river and his body had not yet been recovered at last report.
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Standard
Billings
George Shipp
John Shipp
Junction
Yellowstone River
Library Contract Awarded in Great Falls
At a city council meeting the new public library tract was awarded to Smith & Goddard of Butte for 24808 dollars. Architect Haire to receive 5 percent of his 323.70 for plans and supervision of construction.
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Standard
Great Falls
Smith & Goddard
Butte
Haire
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Black Perry
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John Revis
Fort Benton
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