Lineman Samuel Robinson Electrocuted in Helena Incident
Samuel Robinson, a Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone lineman, was electrocuted on Lawrence Street as live electric light wires sparked and a belt kept him aloft. He touched two live ends while splicing and died from 1100 volts. He held Union card 65 of the IBEW.
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Helena
Samuel Robinson
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Robinson
Lawrence Street
Thomas Cruse
Telephone Company
Electric Light Company
Flaherty
Union No
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers of
Butte
Canadian man, 24, dies. inquest set after mysterious arrival
He came from Butte about a month ago using the name James Blaine due to past involvement in an electrical workers strike. The 24 year old Canadian, unmarried, with relatives in Winnipeg to be notified, will be the subject of an inquest by Coroner Brooke tomorrow night.
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Butte
James Blaine
Winnipeg
Brooke
Ranger Ordered South from California To Isthmus
The cruiser Ranger now at San Diego is ordered to proceed south to Panama. It is a thousand tons with about six knots speed and should leave without delay. The Philadelphia, at San Francisco, goes into Mare Island dry dock for overhaul to prepare for possible southern assignment. The state department has no new light on the Colombia Venezuela situation beyond mail advices.
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Washington
Ranger
San Diego
Cal
Panama
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Samoan Islands
Mare Island
State Department
Littl
The Real Motive on Venezuelan Conflict
A Paria dispatch quotes the Mafin warning that the Venezuelan Colombian dispute risks expanding into a war with the United States. It suggests possible land grabs as punishment for attacking the United States and pressuring Colombia to defend Castro.
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New York
Herald
Paria
Venezuela
Colombia
United States
Castro
Colombia Minister Departs Caracas on Voluntary Basis
Washington reports the Colombian minister left Caracas voluntarily and plans to return to his post. Russell, charge d affaires in Venezuela, has custody of the Colombian legation property and archives during the absence. It is not stated that he has assumed control of Colombian interests without a request.
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Washington
State Department
Department of State
Russell
Venezuela
Caracas
Legation
Quiet in Colon as Assumption Feast closes offices
Colon observers report a quiet day with government offices closed for the Assumption feast. Trains have been running across the isthmus without military escort since yesterday, while several stations along the line are again guarded by small troop detachments.
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Colon
Colombia
Galveston
Ranger Sails With Supplies For Panama
The United States steamship Ranger at San Diego August 16 is loading supplies and will sail at 3 PM tomorrow under orders to proceed to Panama.
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San Diego
Cal
United States Steamship Ranger
Panama
Navy to send battleship Iowa to Panama
Washington reports the navy department will prepare the battleship Iowa for trip to Panama as soon as ready, reflecting heightened regional posture.
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Washington
Navy Department
Lowa
Panama
Battle ship towa arrives in San Francisco from Puget Sound
Town at San Francisco reports that the battle ship towa arrived from Puget sound this afternoon, marking a naval arrival in the busy harbor.
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San Francisco
Towa
Puget Sound
Protocol Signing Likely As Pekin Dispatches Report Agreement
A cablegram from Mr. Rockhill dated today indicates the protocol will likely be signed in a few days. He expects to depart Pekin in a few days rather than immediately, in light of this prospect. Dispatches say ministers have signed the preliminary draft with Chinese plenipotentiaries.
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Washington
State Department
Rockhill
Pekin
Britain Grants Short Exemption on China Tariff Schedule
London reports Viscount Cranborne told the house that the new five percent tariff in China takes effect two months after the protocol is signed. An exemption applies to shipments to China within ten days of signing, with potential relaxations if hardships occur.
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London
Foreign Office
Viscount Cranborne
Yelburgh
House of Commons
China
Mines to Consolidate in Michigan Copper Properties
The Tamarack Osceola Centennial Arcadian Senaca Ahm eek and Mohawk mines in Michigan contemplate consolidation into one company. The 100 230 acre mining range holds 12 500 000 dollars capital and points toward absorption by Amalgamated Copper company.
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Michigan
Calumet, Mich
Tamarack
Osceola
Centennial
Arcadian
Senaca
Ahmeek
Mohawk
Amalgamated Copper Company
Seven Devils Extension Granted to Begin Work at Once
Boise Aug 16 General manager Shelby reports President Hall has ordered start of the Seven Devils extension of the Pacific Idaho Northern. The contract is signed grading starts Monday and about 20 miles are to be completed and in operation before winter.
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Boise
Idaho
Shelby
Pacific & Idaho Northern
Hall
Seven Devils
Britain offers Transvaal railroad stock terms declined
Berlin reports diverse circles say Britain offered the German protective committee 160 for the stock of the Transvaal railroad and obligations. The offer’s latter part was declined. Negotiations are expected to resume for better terms as the German government backs the committee.
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Berlin
Vossische Zeitung
Great Britain
Transvaal
Roosevelt Returns from West to New York City
Vice President Roosevelt arrived in New York from the West and will proceed to Oyster Bay tomorrow.
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New York
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Burrell Under Arrest for False Pretenses in Bankruptcy Case
Archie Burrell, a prominent Great Falls merchant, faced a criminal warrant for obtaining money under false pretenses after creditors alleged he misrepresented liabilities to secure credit. A bankruptcy examination and trustee appointment followed, with creditors considering criminal charges and detailing omitted debt to his brother.
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Standard
Great Falls
Archie Burrell
Burrell
A. Balliett
Frank C. Lampen
First National Bank
Royal Milling Company
Dunn-McLean Mercantile Company
Henry Burrell
Montana
Safford
William A. Appell
Death in Prize Ring Rocks Lowell After 9th Round Fight
John Dion died from brain contusion after a 20 round bout with Charles Armstrong at the Knickerbocker club in Lowell Massachusetts. Dion never regained consciousness and officials including Armstrong and club staff were arrested on manslaughter charges with varied bail.
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Lowell
Mass
John Dion
Charles Armstrong
Knickerbocker Club
Dion
Armstrong
Cornelius Desmond
William Kelcher
Martin
Joe Flaherty
Billy Gardner
Tommy Tulley
Peter Allen
Constitution Wins Columbia and Constitution Yacht Race
The Constitution beat the Columbia by 31 minutes 23 seconds at Larchmont on August 16. A brief thunderstorm altered wind conditions, sending the Constitution into better breeze while the Columbia lay becalmed, sealing the long race in favor of the Constitution.
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Larchmont Yacht Club
New York
Constitution
Columbia
American yacht leads in light airs race at Larchmont
In light winds the fully fast yacht edged ahead of Columbia by 20 seconds in the first 15 miles. Captain Sycamore of the Shamrock II watched from shore as the race under the Larchmont Yacht Club showcased light-weather performance and rival lines.
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Columbia
Sycamore
Larchmont Yacht Club
Standing or Rolling Start Adopted in Bicycle Races
Buffalo N Y Aug 16 The National Cycling association board of control met and decided no distinction will be made between standing and rolling start times in records the promoter may use either. Unpaced middle distance races over 10 males aging start allowed. Records up to date accepted including one mile unpaced pro 1 53 2 5 by W E Samuelson Salt Lake July 25 1901 and one mile handicap amateur 1 58 4 5 by W J Hoffman Butte July 14 1901.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Board of Control
The
National Cycling Association
W. E. Samuelson
Salt Lake
Utah
W. J. Hoffman
Butte
Mont
Sixty School Teachers Wed Aboard Transport Thomas
A letter from Carbondale Illinois reports 60 of 400 American teachers who sailed to Manila on the Thomas were married in Honolulu after a ten day acquaintance. The captain blocked ceremonies at sea, so 30 couples found a clergyman on arrival and were wed.
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Carbondale
Thomas
San Francisco
Manila
Honolulu
No-Rumor Marriage Report For Manila Mission Teachers
In San Francisco on August 16 authorities doubt the claim that sixty school teachers were married in Manila. Honolulu newspapers and press dispatches about the Thomas arrival omit any reference to the reported event.
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San Francisco
Manila
Honolulu
Thomas
Typographical Union Votes to Abrogate Alliance
Birmingham Aug 11. The International Typographical union votes 141 to 3 to abrogate the agreement with the pressmen and bookbinders unions and submit the issue to referendum. The body also pledges to harmonize with photo-engravers and plans organizers in the South and West.
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Birmingham
Ala
International Typographical Union Today
Committee On Allied Trades and Tripartite Agreement
International Typographical Union
Board of Trustees
Colorado Springs
Colo
Childs-Drexel
Schley Arrives in Washington for Court of Inquiry
Admiral Schley and his wife reached Washington and will remain until the court of inquiry on the Santiago campaign begins on September 12. He will spend the interim with his counsel Judge Jere Wilson Raynor and Captain James Parker reviewing all facts and events. He declines to discuss the case.
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Washington
Admiral Schley
Santiago
Jere Wilson
Raynor
Baltimore
James Parker
New Jersey
Schley
Defends Schley At Veterans Union Rally
Kansas City August 16 Congressman Charles Curtis told Wyandotte county veterans Armourdale that Admiral Schley led the victory at Santiago in the Spanish American War Curtis praised Dewey for the May 1 win and said Lampoon was distant during the key battle in a speech that drew cheers.
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Kansas City
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Wyandotte County
Armourdale
Admiral Schley
Santiago
Brooklyn
Lampoon
Feet
Germany Plans Warship Deployments to Caribbean and China
Berlin reports that the German cruiser Vineta departed Bahia on August 12 for Trinidad to await orders. The Tageblatt notes the Niobe will head to Caribbean waters after autumn maneuvers and stay there. The Geter is expected to move to the Caribbean when available from China duties.
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Berlin
Vineta
Bahia
Brazil
Trinidad
Tageblatt
Niobe
Caribbean
Geter
Caribbean Sea
China
Larned Defeats Wright In Inter scholastic Final
E P Larned of Princeton defeated I C Wright of Harvard in the interscholastic singles final with scores 6 2 6 1 1 7. The match took place in Newport R I on August 16.
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Larned
Wright
Governors Denies Pardons for Murderers and Other Offenders
Montana Governor J K Toole announced denial of many pardon applications including murder in the second degree cases of John Caddick and William Mortimer and a life sentence for Martin Bowser. The list covers multiple counties with varied sentences from four to twenty years and notes the papers were voluminous and inconsistently handled.
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Standard
Helena
J. K. Toole
John Caddick
Deer Lodge
William Mortimer
Park County
Martin Bowser
Flathead County
Philip Allen
William Mosney
Deer Lodge County
Odillion Ouelette
Fergus County
Frank Raymond
J. J. Murray
James McKinley
Silver Bow County
John Ledford
Patrick Sheehy
Yellowstone County
Patrick Howe
William Keafe
J. R. Wasson
W. 8. Smith
Soncede
William Randolph and William B Rosenberg Sentences Recorded
Cascade county had a four year term for William Randolph on a first degree burglary charge dated December 23, 1898. Jefferson county imposed two years on William B Rosenberg for grand larceny dated May 2, 1900.
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William Randolph
Cascade County
William B. Rosenberg
Jefferson County
Derrick Collapse Injures Two Men at Deseret News Building
In Salt Lake City on August 16 a derrick at the Deseret News construction site on Main and South Temple streets fell from the fifth story. Two workmen were hurt, one named Smith seriously, as a dozen others narrowly escaped collapse of iron and timber.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Deseret News
Main
South Temple Streets
Smith
Newspaper Men Make Abject Apologies in Commons
In London the House of Commons summoned Globe editor G. E. Armstrong and manager W. T. Madge for breaching privileges by accusing nationalist members of corruption over private bill legislation. They apologized after a formal reprimand and withdrew their accusations amid jeers, narrowly escaping further sanction.
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London
House of Commons Today
G. E. Armstrong
The
Globe
W. T. Madge
William Court Gulley
Armstrong
Madge
John Redmond
Cresceus Star George M Ketcham Sees Great World Horse
George M Ketcham of Toledo Ohio owner of Cresceus hails the horse as the greatest and says this will be his last turf season aiming to retire near a two minute mark. He notes his plan to distance The Abbott and calls the race a genuine horse race despite earning only seven thousand dollars.
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New York
George M. Ketcham
Toledo
Ohio
Cresceus
Abbott
Distane
Ketcham
Creecene
International Race Paris to Brest Start and Leaders
The Paris to Brest and return race began at 5 03 this morning with 27 competitors. Aucouturier and Lesna led by 7 16 passing Dreux twenty one miles north of Chartres. Miller of Chicago was eighth to pass Dreux at 7 31 and Huret followed as ninth.
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Paris
Brest
Return
Aucouturier
Lesna
Dreux
Chartres
Miller
Chicago
Huret
Harvest Prospects Rise as Drought Eases in Montana
Helena Aug 16 Farmers along the Northern Pacific report harvest near completion with yields better than feared. Reports from Yellowstone valley Park City Gallatin and Bitter Root note heavy hay crops and advancing harvest while conditions remain hot and dry. The Missouri river and streams run lower than in years.
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Standard
Helena
Northern Pacific
Missouri
St. Paul
Yellowstone Valley
Red Lodge
Columbus
Gallatin
Logan
Missouri Valley
Toston
Hamilton
Frenchtown
Arlee
Plains
Sculptor Gilbert Declared Bankrupt in London
London reports Alfred Gilbert the sculptor has been declared bankrupt. Liabilities are not disclosed.
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Gilbert
London
Alfred Gilbert
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