Planned Plot to Kill the Czar at Court Martial
At the court martial in St. Petersburg a spokesman questioned whether the Social Revolutionary party or isolated individuals planned the czar plot discovered in May. The defense cited the Finnish railway police chief as authority, who was summoned after party delegates denounced the organization following the Duma’s dissolution.
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St. Petersburg
Spirodovich
Social Revolutionary Party
Duma
Social
Kinland
Largest Montana ranch deal nets Sage Creek 26000 acres
Sage Creek Sheep company sold its 26000 acre Sage Creek bench tract to Billings & Northern at ten dollars per acre totaling 260000 dollars. The sale shifts toward consolidating outfits as range dwindles and cattlemen plan to cash in amid strong sheep demand. Founder Leslie H. Hamilton owns three quarters of the stock with Rev. Jacob Mills of Helena holding the remainder. Hamilton and associates own Windham townsite with rail interests linked to coal prospects nearby.
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Standard
Lewistown
Montana
Sage Creek Sheep Company
Sage Creek
Billings & Northern
Sage Creek Company
Leslie H. Hamilton
Basin
Vermont
Hamilton
Jacob Mills
Helena
Methodist Church
Windham
Roosevelt backs Taft in rough road to 1908 convention
Washington dispatch details Roosevelt influence on the 1908 Republican nominating race. Taft faces opposition from some party figures while Roosevelt edits or guides his preferred candidate. Knox fights with New York support, Chanler emerges as a New York choice, and party factions read as power plays and cabinet loyalties in looming convention battles.
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Standard
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Alfred Henry Lewis
Andy Jackson
Jackson
van Buren
Taft
Republican Party
Knox
Pennsylvania
Louis Stuyvesant Chanler
New York State
Washington
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Mr. Chanler
Astor
Bryan
Nitro glycerin plant blast at Sobrante kills two workers
Berkeley, Aug 25 A nitro glycerin mixing house at the Giant powder works near Sobrante exploded around 11 am. Foreman Richard Thompson 28 and William Doane 30 were killed. Three tons of nitroglycerin and acid tanks caught fire. Buildings were ruined, windows shattered, and a mile away the Standard Oil tank was ruptured. Property loss estimated at 50000 dollars. No cause given.
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Associated Press
Berkeley
Cal
Sobrante
Here
Bay Shore
Richard Thompson
William Doane
Thompson
Doane
Giant
San Pablo
Standard Oil Company
Grant Company
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Dollar a car rebate allowed until Aug 28
National Livestock association informs Montana shippers that the interstate commerce commission recognizes a $1 per car terminal charge refund in Chicago cases but only for claims filed before August 28, 1907. Shippers must send their data to Washington D C or request the association to file on their behalf.
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Standard
Miles City
National Livestock Association
Wells
Montana Association
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington, D. C
Marriage Annulled in Twin Bridges Court ruling
In the Nora Lewis versus Cal Lewis case Judge Callaway declares the marriage null due to a living former wife, but finds the children legitimate. Custody of the three children awarded to Patrick Treacy by consent. Nora receives no alimony or property share. Attorneys listed: McCaffery and Emery for plaintiff. Allen and Hoffman for defendant.
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Twin Bridges
Nora Lewis
Cal Lewis
Callaway
Lewis
Patrick Treacy
Uhele
Jorneys McCaffery
Emery
Butte
George R. Allen
John A. Hoffman
Great Falls
King Edward’s Bible to be presented at Jamestown Exposition
King Edward’s Bible will be presented to Williams burg old Britten parish church, the second oldest religious body in America, at the Jamestown exposition. The bishop of London, Right Rev. Dr. A. F. W. Ingram, will conduct the ceremony after sailing to New York next week. He will visit Newark, Richmond, Norfolk, Boston and other Canadian cities, and attend the American Episcopal church tercentenary conference in Richmond. In New England he will be hosted at Yale and Harvard.
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London
Williamsburg
America
A. F. W. Ingram
New York
Newark
Richmond
Norfolk
Boston
Canada
American Episcopal Church
New England
Yale
Harvard
Interstate Rate For Mileage Books Set At Two Cents
Inter state mileage books will be sold after today at 2 cents per mile. The books apply to transportation in Kansas or Nebraska and to trips to and from Kansas City Missouri Saint Joseph and Council Bluffs. The sale follows the issue of a two cent per mile rate and covers multiple routes between the cited cities.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Nebraska
St. Joseph
Council Bluffs
Wall Street Looks for Better Things
European countries materially reduce American holdings as markets drift from politics. The article notes calmer sentiment after weeks of volatility and highlights international finance strains, with England Germany France and Holland cutting exposure while high foreign rates curb U.S. borrowing capacity.
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Taft
Columbus
Roosevelt
Provincetown
Wall Street
Europe
England
Germany
France
Holland
Harlowton to Get Big Milwaukee Plant and Bell Exchange
Lewistown reports strong growth prospects for Harlowton as the Citizens' Electric Company moves to build a large plant at once. The Bell Telephone Company has secured enough pledges to establish an exchange and will begin installations immediately.
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Standard
Lewistown
Harlowton
Milwaukee Road
Meagher County
Citizens’ Electric Company
Bell Telephone Comany
Eighteen Mile Scare Sparks Wild Deputy Ride
Deputies Wheeler Tracy and Henderson scrambled from Butte to the Eighteen Mile house in just over two hours after reports of a shooting at a grading camp. No dead found. tents perforated, Austrians fired, but many graders fled or missed targets. News spread slowly due to telephone strikes, but deputies arrived to assess the scene and potential arrests.
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Tracy
Henderson
Butte
Eighteen Mile House
Rockies
Trefry’s
Dillon
Ten Mile House
Sheriff's Office
Glencoe
Eighteen Mile
Socialist Congress Ended in Stuttgart Adopts Peace Resolutions
The International socialist congress at Stuttgart closed with declarations against armaments and a pledge to use all pressure to prevent if possible and to influence to stop hostilities. It urged education of youth in socialist ideas as the path to universal peace.
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Associated Press
Stuttgart
Germany
International Socialist Congress
Taft Urges Rejection of Guthrie Constitution
Secretary Taft told about 1,000 listeners in convention hall that Oklahoma and Indian Territory should reject the constitution drafted at Guthrie. He said the next congress would pass a new enabling act.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Taft
Convention
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Guthrie
Congress
Taft Leaves for Joplin After Talks With Missouri Republicans
Secretary Taft and his party left Oklahoma City for Joplin Missouri at 8 15 this morning after conferring with the Republican state committee until after midnight.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Taft
Joplin
Republican State Committee
Murphy and Japs Involved in Deer Lodge Trouble
In Deer Lodge Aug 25 Sheriff Fifer dealt with Japanese laborers who fired shots at Mike Murphy. All were jailed. one, Y Miyaki, bound over to district court with $1,000 bond. Migaki accuses Murphy of trespass to his chicken house. Schilling faced a peace bond hearing. bond set at $500 for one year. Also report that a frame kitchen addition to J Shaubut’s log house caught fire, caused by children with matches, with damage under $200.
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Standard
Deer Lodge
Fifer
Elliston
Mike Murphy
Justice of the Peace
M. D. Planner
Y. Miyaki
Migaki
Murphy
Schillng
Justice Court
M. D. Platner
Joseph Bonnville
Schilling
J. ©. Shaubut
Newsboys Parade Marks National Day at Jamestown Exposition
Thousands of newsboys in Norfolk join National Newsboys Day events at Jamestown exposition. The convention, held in the great auditorium, admitted all boys free to major shows on the grounds, creating a day of unity and celebration amid the Warpath displays.
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Norfolk
Finlander Dies From Wound After Huntley Shooting
Van Newburg a Finlander died in St. Vincent's hospital Billings after the Huntley box car robbery attempt. An autopsy showed a leaden bullet entered his mouth and chest causing internal hemorrhages. C H Starr jailed on murder in first degree. coroner's jury pending. Starr's partner remains at large.
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Standard
Billings
Huntley
Finland
van Newburg
St. Vincent's Hospital
C. H. Starr
Newberg
Starr
Clark's O. N. T. thread plants shut for vacations
Newark and Kearny mills close for vacations from today. Newark stays idle until Sept. 3 and Kearny until Sept. 10. The stoppage is to satisfy the high demand for employee vacations at Clark’s, one of the world’s largest thread mills.
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Newark
Clark
Kearny
N. J
Clark Mills
Freeman sells bank interests in Wibaux to Glendive bank
Miles City Aug 25. The Dawson County bank at Wibaux owned by W H Freeman has been sold to the Exchange bank of Glendive. Future management not yet determined. Freeman also sold his Wibaux residence to E P Beamer, closing most of his Wibaux interests except a shearing plant.
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Standard
Miles City
Dawson County Bank
Wibaux
W. H. Freeman
Exchange Bank of
Chicago officials study electric trains for Chicago western cities
A Chicago party led by Mayor Busse is in New York inspecting railway terminals to explore launching an electric train system for Chicago and other western cities.
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Associated Press
New York
Chicago
Busse
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