Hearing in Power Suit Delays Northern Pacific Proceedings
New York Aug 28 hearing in Peter Power suit to block turning over Northern Pacific stock to Northern Securities continued. Witnesses including H Dubois and Captain Steyne testified about stock transfers and alleged schemes to remove Power from the case. The session adjourned with further testimony planned for tomorrow.
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New York
Peter Power
Northern Pacific
Northern Securities Company
H. Dubois
Thomas & Post
Samuel Thomas
Great Northern
Mono
Tobaaco
Ter
Tomas
A. W. Bulkies
Chicago
Guthri
Bulkley
Power
Lamb
Northern Parish
Mr. Pulley
Buttle
Steyne
JY. Titler Cady
Bulkiey
Lancaster
Minneapolis
H. Content & Co
Camille Weidenfeld
Bouden
Chapimnan
Guthrie
Captain Steyne
Boyden
Moore
Hulkley
Weidenfeld
Iie
Mr. Guthrie
Parker C. ‘Hanler
Bhoston
Chanter
W. Rourke Cochran
Cleveland
Worcester
Hoar Reaches Seventieth Birthday Milestone
Worcester Massachusetts August 28 Messages pour in for Senator George F Hoar on his 70th birthday celebrated tomorrow He is serving his fifth Senate term and has kept mostly quiet summer health good His attention focused on Roosevelt trip details and Clark University affairs in which he shows steady interest.
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Worcester
Masa
George F. Hoar
Senator Hoar
Senate
Roosevelt
New England
Clark University
Crandall Injured In Pony Incident At Pony
Special Correspondent reports Mack Crandall was thrown beneath a Montana cayuse near the Hanson residence when the horse reared. The rider was unconscious, rescued, and treated by Dr. Schapp. He returned to the street this week with head and arm bandaged and urged youths to seek safer work.
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Terra Firma
Montana
Mack
Seattle identification reaffirms Watkins suspect
Information from private parties confirms the Newcastle Wyoming arrest is the man sought as Philip D. Watkins for passing a $100 spurious check. Sheriff Cudihee informed Billings authorities to verify identity and plans to dispatch a deputy if confirmed. Spokane judge rules peaceful boycotts not illegal
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Seattle
Newcastle
Wyo
Susp.c
Philip D. Watkins
Cudihee
Billings
Mont
Montana
Watkins
Another Wife Wants Divorce in Helena District Court
Kate Van Ham filed for divorce from James A. Van Ham in Helena district court alleging desertion. The couple wed in Cleveland on Sept. 7, 1887 and have five children.
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The
Standard
Helena
District Court
Kate van Ham
James A. van Ham
Cleveland
Ohio
Bankruptcy hearing set for three Montana debtors
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports in Helena that Peter F. Hosch of Helena H W. Stanley of Great Falls and Frederick F. Shaw of Havre have their bankruptcy cases. A. Ballet, referee, set the first creditor meeting for Sept. 8 at 10 o'clock in his Helena office.
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Standard
Helena
Peter F. Hosch
H W. Stanley
Great Falls
Frederick F. Shaw
Havre
A. Ballet
Mother's Awful Deed in Little Rock Tragedy
In Little Rock Arkansas on August 28 Mrs Reese Waggoner wife of a North Little Rock citizen and her two children aged 3 and 6 were found dead in bed with their throats cut. Authorities believe the mother killed the children and then herself.
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Little Rock
Ark
Reese Waggoner
North Little Rock
Roosevelt visits New Hampshire amid crowd crush and security gaps
President Roosevelt's visit to Secretary Hay's summer home near Newbury encounters chaotic crowds and inadequate police protection. Assemblies in Weirs and Concord rise in urgency while veterans greet him. a crash at Concord briefly alarms onlookers as officials improvise crowd control and service.
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Nashua
Manchester
Weirs
Concord
Park
Bangor
President speaks at Concord NH fair amid crowd and protest
President arrives at Concord station to a 21 gun salute and widespread cheers. He addresses visitors at the state fair grounds, urging balanced prosperity and warning against exploiting trusts while stressing shared national welfare.
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Concord
N. H
State Fair Grounds
Secret Service
Reward Offered for Capture of Thomas F. O'Brien
$200 reward for the capture of Thomas F. O'Brien a 6 feet 8 7 8 inch tall New Jersey born farmer convicted of grand larceny from Deer Lodge county. Described as blue eyes dark hair sandy beard fair skin tattooed eye square and compass on right forearm. Last seen wearing a brown duck suit and black cap with long peak. Conley and McTague Deer Lodge Montana issue the notice.
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Thomas F. O’brien
New Brunswick
N. J
Deer Lodge
Conley & McTague
Mont
Evils to Address with Temperate Social Remedy
A call to recognize social evils and avoid denial. It urges a careful, sane effort to identify problems and seek remedies through measured action and temperate measures. The tone stresses collective self-improvement and prudent reform.
Gamblers Held for Court in Aspen Case
Edward Wilson owner of the Abbey club and dealers Jacob Geis and John Holm were arrested on capiases in Aspen Colorado for aiding Leonard Dingle bank teller who defrauded the bank of forty four thousand five hundred thirty dollars by gambling the money at the Abbey club. Bail set at twenty thousand each and they are jailed pending trial. Wilson says he has a $15000 receipt signed by Cashier Lyster as a bank guarantee but the district attorney will not recognize it.
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Aspen
Colo
Edward Wilson
Abbey Club
Jacob Geis
John Holm
Leonard Dingle
Aspen Bank
Dingle
Wilson
Geis
Holm
Lal
T. G. Lyster
Victim Identifies Ed Smith in East Helena Hold Up
Sam Travis the hold up victim identified Ed Smith as the robber. Smith, arrested in Anaconda, was brought to Helena by Chief Thomas Travis and confronted by the victim who affirmed the identification. A preliminary hearing was expected tomorrow with claims the three watches were later moved to Butte.
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the Standard
Helena
Sam Travis
East Helena
Ed Smith
Smith
Anaconda
Thomas Travis
Samuel Travis
Guinea
Smihh
Travis
Butte
Miles to Lead Inspection Tour of Philippine Army
Gen Nelson A Miles with Mrs Miles and aides will leave Washington for the Philippines next Wednesday. He expects a 30 to 60 day tour possibly visiting all army camps, with Mrs Miles possibly staying in San Francisco. The transport Thomas has been overhauled making it among the army’s most comfortable ships.
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Nelson A. Miles
Miles
Whitney
Maus
Philippines
San Francisco
Pacific
Thomas
Fire kills couple. two men held in Holmes barn tragedy
In Bridgeton New Jersey today the charred bodies of John Holmes aged 82 and housekeeper Catherine Shute aged 30 were found in the Holmes barn after a fatal blaze. Charles Williams a farm hand tied to unpaid dues is jailed on suspicion while John N Williams is jailed on suspicion of involvement. Williams has an alibi and Williams claims to have left before the fire.
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Holmes
Williams
Bridgeton
Charles Williams
Hirsch wins first point in Helena libel suit
In Helena on August 28 Carl F. Hirsch won a procedural victory when Judge Henry C. Smith overruled the Helena Herald Publishing Company's demurrer to the libel complaint. The ruling rejected the general nature of the demurrer.
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The
Standard
Helena
Carl F. Hirsch
Helena Herald Publishing Company
Henry C. Smith
Lima foreman Caldwell visits, injured in Idaho crash
Special Correspondence of the Standard reports W W Caldwell of Lima, foreman of the Oregon Short Line motive power for the division, came to town on crutches to investigate a yard foreman’s complaint. He suffered a broken right leg and ankle sprain in a runaway accident on a Idaho ranch visit.
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Standard
Dillon
W W. Caldwell
Lima
Yvard
Caldwell
Idaho
Bicycle stolen from Tribune editor’s office recovered later
Editor Foote of the Tribune found his bicycle missing after leaving it in front of the office. It was recovered later in the lower end of town with no clue to the thief.
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the Standard
Dillon
Foote
the Tribune
Entertaining Young Teddy
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. leaves New York with H. R. McCullough of Chicago, vice president of the Chicago and Northwestern railway, for a three weeks hunting and fishing trip in the West as his guest.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
H. R. McCullough
Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
McCullough
State Democratic Convention Delayed One Day Again
San Francisco reports the state democratic convention scheduled for September 1 has been postponed to September 2. The date shift follows the assignment of September 1 as a legal holiday since the initial call.
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San Francisco
Nevada Fusion Ticket Sets Ticket for State Race
Reno dispatch outlines Democratic and Silver party nominees for key posts including Senator F G Newlands Governor John Sparks and U S district judge G F Talbot. The piece notes a hard fought Senate contest with Republicans and fusionists claiming the advantage and mentions Mr Hawley as a strong contender. It also covers rail repair innovation by Mr Avery and local investors Morris and Gohn backing the patent.
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Nev
Democratic and
Silver Party
F. G. Newlands
John Sparks
Lemuel Allen
W. W. Booker
William Woodman
B. F. Curler
Peter Breen
Eureka
George Brown
M. S. Bonnilefield, Jr
Humboldt
United States
Thomas P. Hawley
Nevada
District of Nevada
Commonwealth
Congress of the United States
Newlands
United States Senate
A. C. Cleveland
White Pine
Cleveland
Sparks
New Railroad Coupler Aims to End Car Clicks and Save Rails
Edward R. Avery, general manager of the city electric light and telephone system, claims a two year effort on a rail coupler patent. He says the device will stop the clicking noise at joints by securing rail ends and preventing tie wear, reducing rail movement as rails expand in summer.
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Mr. Avery
Avery
Charles FE. Morris
P. Harry Gohn
Standard, Pony
Edward R. Avery
City Electric Lght and Telephone System
Reit Seeks Trial After Exoneration in Fatal Shot
From Lewistown reports Jacob Steange, a victim in the confrontation with John Reits, is recovering after being shot in the back. George Fredericks was killed when Reit fired. Reit says he desires trial despite the coroner's jury exoneration. The assailants were intoxicated and confronted Reit at his home.
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Standard
Great Falls
Lewistown
Jacob Steange
Jack the Ripper
John Reits
Steange
George Fredericks
Reit
Beit
Fredericks
Strange
O'Brien brothers arraigned for burglary in Dillon
William O'Brien and Jackson O'Brien were arraigned on burglary charges after being found with stolen goods at Silver Low junction. They waived the preliminary hearing and were remanded to jail in $500 bonds each to await the district court at the November term.
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Standard
Dillon
William O’brien
Jackson O’brien
Smart & Brown
Silver Low Junction
Melton
London transit plan eyed by American capitalists
Charles T. Yerkes says London transport lines financed by Americans aim to open in 18 months. A new company with 25 million dollars absorbs the old one and four franchises, creating an oval network under central London linking the Thames mouth to Richmond sixty miles away with 66 miles of double track and electric trains.
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New York
Charles T.yerkes
London
District
City of
Thames
Richmond
Strikers Clash With Troops in Tamaqua Mining Row
In Tamaqua Pennsylvania on August 28 strikers clashed with troops guarding non-union workers. Five miners were imprisoned, Captain Gearhardt wounded, and rioters hurled stones at soldiers near Summit Hill and Lanford. Three men named Kin, Timothy King, and John Kelly were captured and jailed with McCann or Marteen. The 12th regiment reported the crisis serious and anti soldier sentiment rose in nearby towns.
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Tamaqua
J. Beaver Gearhardt
12Th Regiment
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Panther Creek
Summit Hill
Jimmy Marteen
Marteen
Cam
Lanford
Gearhardt Wi
Stone
Joseph McCann
John Kin
Timothy King
John Kelly
Manilapa
McCann
Seriou
Lansfo
Miners' Federation Council Aids US Strikers
London reports a meeting of the South Wax Miners federation council decided to forward 5000 dollars to aid striking miners in the United States.
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London
Council of the South Wax Miners’ Federation
United States
Worst Fire In Five Years Hits Pocatello
A major early morning fire in Pocatello Idaho destroyed 11 frame buildings on two business blocks. Losses totaled about 15000 with less than 4000 insured. Key names include M F E James Grant D Winehart C J Johns Mannassa real estate and Mrs Winn. Fire started at Grants saloon about 2 am and spread rapidly.
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Standard
Pocatello
Idaho
M. FE
James
Ed Grant
Simon Lev
Gary
Surance
D. & Winehart
C. J. Johns
Mannassa
Mannassa Undertaking
Pocatello Cycle Company
Johnson
Judge Dismisses Emil Timer Bankruptcy Case in Helena
Helena Aug 28 Judge Knowles of the United States court issues an order dismissing the proceeding in the Emil Timer bankruptcy case and restoring the remaining assets to Timer a Dillon merchant.
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Standard
Helena
Knowles
United States Court
Emil Timer
Timer
Dillon Merchant
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