Hibernians Elect Two-Year Montana Grand Lodge Officers
The Ancient Order of Hibernians and Daughters of Erin in Montana adjourned after two days. D. J. Hennessy was elected president. W. Kelliher re elected vice president. J. J. Clark secretary. J. J. O’Mahony treasurer. Mrs Norah Murphy led the Daughters of Erin as president with others elected to two year posts.
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Great Falls
Grand Lodge
Order of Hibernians
Montana
Daughters of Erin
D. J. Hennessy
Butte
William Kelliher
Anaconda
John J. Clark
Helena
J. J. O'Mahoney
C. D. Curtis
Hennessy
Curtis
Ville
Eiff
Order
David J. Hennessy
Hibernians
Missoula
Trish
Denver
National Board of Directors
Illinois
Ladies’ Auxiliary
United States
Union
Mamie O'Donnell
Margaret “.Donnell
Conrad Hall
Nora Murphy
Rose McDermott Seatty
Mary Brennan
Mayme O'Donnell
Daughters of Brin
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Man Mortally Wounded After Being Mistaken for Burglar
J M McMorris aged Charleston Illinois resident was mistaken for a burglar in the home of J F Shaffer in Oklahoma City this morning and shot by Shaffer dying tonight as reports state.
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Guthrie
Okla
J. M. McMorris
Charleston, Ill
J. F. Shaffer
Oklahoma City
Shaffer
Boxmakers Strike Shuts Down San Francisco Mills
About 400 boxmakers across San Francisco walked out today. All packing box mills closed as workers demand higher pay. Box workers earn $2 per day while lawyers earn $2.50. current news schedule calls for $2.25 for boxmakers and $2.75 for lawyers.
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San Francisco
Vaudeville Star Bessie Bonehill Dies in Portsea
London August 21 reports vaudeville artist Bessie Bonehill died today at Portsea in the Portsmouth borough. The death news ends a storied stage career with performances across Britain and the United States.
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London
Bessie Bonehill
Portsea
Portsmouth
Three Busy Sessions at Montana Christian Association Meet
In Deer Lodge Montana the Montana Christian association holds the largest state convention with 90 out of town delegates. Officers to be chosen and committees appointed as sessions continue through Friday evening.
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Deer Lodge
Montana Christian Association
Sunday School Association
Russell
Missoula
O. F. McHargue
Bozeman
Walter M. Jordan
Helen
McHargue
England
Louis Bender
Butte
BE. Scharnikow
Mary Sloan
Helena
S. C. Kenyon
Emma McCall
Whitehall
W. Hutchinson
E. Scharnikow
Christian Woman's Board of Missions
J. M. Simpson
Frank Minnick
Anaconda
R. M. Dungan
Hamilton
O. A. Burgess
W. M. Jordan
Gertrude Sloan
Mascagni
R. M. Duncan
Kingdom of Heaven
Christian Woman’s Board of Missions
West
Main Street
Rainbow Avenue
Bond seeks divorce and restoration of maiden name
In Billings on August 21 H C Crippen filed a complaint for Josephine Bond against Frank E Bond in district court. She seeks an absolute divorce alleging marriage in Fargo on May 29 1891 and desertion the following year with cruel treatment. She asks restoration of her maiden name Josephine Marquette.
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Billings
Aug
H. C. Crippen
Josephine Bond
Frank E. Bond
Fargo
N. D
Josephine Marquette
Cattle shipments move 100 cars from county yards
Miles City August 21. An even 100 cars of cattle were shipped from Custer county today. Murphy and Cruse shipped 40 cars from Miles City with W. J. Cruse of Helena supervising. The Lake Toomb Company shipped 60 cars from Fallon.
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Miles City
Custer County
Murphy & Cruse
W. J. Cruse
Helena
Lake Toomb Company
Fallon
Engagement Announced for D J Ragen and Louise Adams
White Sulphur Springs reports cards announce the coming marriage of D. J. Ragen of Fort Logan and Miss Louise Adams of Helena. The wedding is set for August 27 in Helena.
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White Sulphur Springs
D. J. Ragen
Fort Logan
Louise Adams
Helena
Billings Hears on National Irrigation Move Lake Basin Prospects
Federal irrigation leaders led by C. D. Walcott F. H. Newell and A. P. Davis visited Billings to outline Lake Basin Lake Mary proposals. They said the project could add 50 000 to 100 000 people to Montana and urged local action with data while noting politics would not affect funding. Proposals include storage reservoirs and an ambitious ditch from the Yellowstone.
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Standard
Billings
C. D. Walcott
United States Geological Survey
F. H. Newell
Arid Land Department
A. P. Davis
Billings Club
P. B. Moss
Lake Basin
I. D. O'Donnell
Canyon Creek
Yellowstone Valley
Newell
Mr. O'Donnell
Walcott
Davis
Montana
Yellowstone
Hurley Flat
Rim Rocks
Mr. Newell
Congress
Roosevelt
I. D. O’donnell
Letter from Senator Gibson on Irrigation
A. F. Wilson of Miles City asked Senator Gibson about government irrigation in Eastern Montana. Gibson replies that reclamation work will continue without interruption and urges early, thorough examination of Montana areas, especially the Yellowstone valley, for possible early federal action. He believes the Yellowstone region’s fertile lands with a river will attract governmental attention soon.
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Standard
Miles City
Montera
Yellowstone
Yellowstone Valley
Substantial brick veneered residences planned in Livingston
Frank Bender considers a two story brick veneered house on Third street to start within weeks. Mrs. Helen Breanbach builds a brick veneered home on the north side valued at 3000 dollars. Dan Short begins a six room stone cottage east of the court house and plans several more for rental as demand rises.
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Standard
Livingston
Frank Bender
Third Street
Helen Breanbach
Dan Short
Short
Three suspects jailed after shoe thefts in Bozeman
Police arrest two Black men and a White man who refused to give names. They found 16 pairs of fine shoes and other items in their possession. Officers suspect stolen goods from a freight car or a nearby town store. One man claims to be an ex convict.
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The
Standard
Bozeman
Young Oscar Thomason Sentenced to Sixty Days Jail
Billings August 21 Oscar Thomason aged 15 was found guilty of breaking seals on a Northern Pacific car. He claimed Grand Island Nebraska as his home and was sentenced to sixty days in the county jail.
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The
Standard
Billings
Oscar Thomason
Northern Pacific
Grand Isa— iNeb
Mother's Slayer Rules Barthol is Held as Principal
Coroner jury finds Mrs Bartholin died by strangulation about July 1 and recommends arrest of her son William Bartholin as principal. Oscar Thompson and Edward Counselman held to grand jury as accessories. Inquest hears fear of Bartholin, possible Minnie Mitchell alive, and a beached body identity doubt at Rogers Park.
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Chicago
Anna Bartholin
Wil
Liam Bartholin
Oscar Thompson
Edward Counselman
Minnie Mitch
Bartholin
Minnie Mitchell
Counselman
Wilgus
Rogers’ Park
Mitchell
John Claffey
William J. Bartholin
Miller Wins Homestead Case After Long Controversy
Secretary of the interior reverses Helena land office ruling on Hugh Miller homestead near Belt. Sheridan contested abandonment. evidence shows Miller away but wife remained on the land. Decision sent to Great Falls for jurisdiction. Case began in 1899 and reached final reversal.
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Standard
Helena
Secretary of the Interior
Hugh Miller
Belt
John E. Sheridan
Helena Land Office
New
Great Falls
Sheridan
Miller
General Land Office
Populist Convention in Kansas Delays Nominations
The Topeka gathering opens with seven members present as Jonathan Parker mails a message from Dallas delaying attendance. The executive committee will draft nominations and a platform to be voted on regionally, with a plan to finalize within a month and file the ticket under populist.
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Topeka
Kan
Jonathan Parker
Louisville
Dallas
Tex
Lathrop
Secretary of State
Discharge Hearings Set for Bankruptcy Petitions
Judge Knowles scheduled hearings in Butte for discharge petitions. Names and dates include Charles Haigler Sept 9, R A Rollins Sept 10, BE L Merrill Sept 16, E O Robinson Sept 10, William C Baker Sept 11, Thomas Reynolds Sept 11, O H Smith Sept 13, J P Fitzgibbons Sept 16, Mrs Louis Fitzgibbons Sept 16.
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M. Cowan
Jardine
K. E. Leeschke
Billings
Knowles
Charles Haigler
R. A. Rollins
BE. L. Merrill
E. O. Robinson
William CC. Baker
Thomas Reynolds
O. H. Smith
J. P. Fitzgibbons
Louis Fitzgibbons
Butte
Acquittal Reported in Captain Ryan Water Cure Case
Washington reports Captain James A. Ryan of the 15th Cavalry has been acquitted by general court martial on charges of administering the water cure in the Philippines. Judge Advocate General Davis reviewed the papers at the War Department before forwarding them to the president. Ryan admitted administering the method but said it was necessary to achieve results amid civil government disputes.
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Washington
James A. Ryan
15Th Cavalry
Philippines
War Department
Davis
Ryan
Green goods ring busted in New York sweep
Federal authorities capture six men and a woman and seize an entire green goods plant. Detained are Josph R. Baker Elmer Brown Gottlieb T Lamers and Lamers wife George Brown and Thomas Henry. Investigators traced the operation to Newark and New Haven where a decoy steerer and trailer aided a victim who received a fake green wallet.
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New York
Josph R. Baker
Elmer Brown
Gottlieb
T. Lamers
George Brown
Thomas Henry
Newark
New Haven
Steerer
President Roosevelt Hosts Locomotive Firemen Guests
J J Hanrahan acting grand master and F W Arnold grand secretary and treasurer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen present a handsomely engrossed invitation to President Roosevelt for the eighth biennial convention in Chattanooga Tennessee on Sept. Roosevelt expresses desire to attend if possible. Attending lunch are Senator Pritchard W C Fisher Congressman William Alden Smith Jonas S Van Duser John A Sieicher and S B Williams. Roosevelt plans to sail to New Haven Conn for a New England trip aboard the Sylph with Cortelyou Lung Barnes and others accompanying.
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Oyster Bay
J. J. Hanrahan
F. W. Arnold
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Roosevelt
Order
Chattanooga
Tenn
Pritchard
North Carolina
Hanrahan
Mr. Arnold
W. C. Fisher
Chicago
William Alden Smith
Michigan
Jonas S. van Duser
New England
Cortelyou
Lung
Barnes
New Haven
Halver son completes Glendive census for city incorporation
Hans J Halver son finished the Glendive census and filed returns with County Clerk Wyman. The resident population is 1254 with transient residents pushing it over 1500, meeting the threshold for incorporation. The county board will schedule a September election to decide on incorporation.
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Standard
Glendive
Hans J. Halverson
Board of County Commissioners
Wyman
Miller alias Black Jack charged with saddle theft in Billings
Jack Miller known in Billings was arrested by Chief Jackson on a saddle theft charge. Authorities say he attempted to sell a horse found hitched to a rack and then sold its saddle to a second hand store. He previously served seven years for horse stealing and a term for selling whiskey to Indians.
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The
Standard
Billings
Jack Miller
Black Jack
Jackson
Miller
Walter Toole
Montana
Will Enforce Game Law
Livingston authorities prepare for the game season with deputy wardens appointed but kept secret to strengthen enforcement of hunting laws.
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Livingston
Akron Chef Edward Cohoon Dies After Poisoned Mixture
Edward Cohoon a 30 year old cook at the Commercial hotel in Barberton died after taking a mixture of two eggs vinegar and carbolic acid he prepared for supper. He suffered intense pain before death. A woman he courted had gone to Cleveland that day, and he believed she planned to meet another man.
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Akron
Ohio
Edward Cohoon
Commercial Hotel
Barberton
Cohoon
Cleveland
Petitions Set for Hearing in Helena Court
In Helena on August 21 Judge Knowles set petitions for a hearing in the United States court today.
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The
Standard
Helena
United States Court
Knowles
Belgrade Bank Opens in Central Valley Town
Belgrade's new bank is ready for business with books opened by cashier White Calder. Belgrade, a central valley hub, has long needed a local bank and will now handle significant local commerce.
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Standard
Bozeman
Belgrade
White Calder
Residents seek new school district in Fleisham creek area
Livingston August 21 residents of the Fleisham creek district petition to form a new district from parts of districts 4 14 and 36. The county superintendent will hear the case on September 10.
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Standard
Livingston
Fleisham Creek
State Board Mulls Different Path After Cascade Bank Tax Dispute
At Helena meeting the state board of equalization adjourned without a quorum as Cascade county officials defend not paying to assess bank stock and real estate. Governors Toole and Barret declined comment while others remained reticent, signaling possible action at the next session on whether bank property will be assessed at cash value using bank reports to the state auditor.
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Standard
Helena
State Board of Equalization
Cascade County
State Board
Supreme Court
Toole
Barret
Cascade County Commissioners
Good Roads Prospects Arrive in Helena for Demonstration
Helena learns that James W. Abbott special agent of the public road bureau and a party of good road builders will reach Helena tomorrow evening and stay through Sunday. They travel west from Twin Cities in a Great Northern special train and supervise community road projects funded by local citizens.
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The
Standard
Helena
Helena Business Men's Association
James W. Abbott
Public Road Bureau
Agricultural Department
Spokane
Twin Cities
Great Northern
Death By Accident In Columbia Mine Shaft
Coroner's jury in Helena reports Charles Glass died after falling 20 feet down the Columbia mine shaft near Stemple. The inquest, led by Justice Steinmetz for Coroner Brooks, finds accidental death. Body goes to Boulder for funeral. widow in Elma Iowa, son Charles Glass Jr in Butte, daughter Mrs R P Falkens of Butte.
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The
Standard
Helena
Charles Glass
Columbia
Stemple
Justice of the Peace
Steinmetz
Brooks
Boulder
Glass
Elma
Iowa
Maggie Youngs Relatives Found In Portland
Helena August 21 An effort to locate the relatives of Maesie Young who died by self immolation Tuesday night succeeded. Her true name Maggie McLaughlin and her mother and sister live in Portland Oregon They direct burial here No inquest will be held Funeral likely Saturday afternoon She was formerly employed in a local dance hall.
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Helena
Maesie Young
Maggie McLaughlin
Portland
Ore
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