Montana House Narrowly Backs Fair-Trial Bill In Caucus
In Helena a Republican caucus with Brownlee absent split over the eight hour fair trial bill. Most favor passage but oppose party action. each member to vote freely. House expected to pass tomorrow and adjourn to let the Senate act. Judiciary committee split four to four on venue changes, reporting the bill without recommendation.
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House
United States
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Brownlee
Self
Committee
Committee On Appropriations
Lanstrom
Helena
Ellis
Helena Opera House
Office Closed: Manager Gone at Western Grain and Stock
A disrupted note reports the manager's departure and office closure at Western Grain and Stock FX. Change failures and a manager’s exit are mentioned with unclear details and locations.
Branches in Five Towns Driven to Suspension of Western Drain
The Western Drain and Stock Exchange with offices in Helena Great Falls Missoula Butte and Anaconda closed its doors as manager Harry V. Warnock left town amid financial difficulties. Liabilities across five offices are estimated at about 25000 with major losses in Anaconda and Great Falls. Warnock planned to marry in Fargo and return.
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Standard
Helena
Western Drain and Stock Exchange
Great Falls
Missoula
Butte
Anaconda
Harry V. Warnock
Great Northern Railway
Bert Scott
Scott
Postal
Western Union
Warnock
Fargo
N. D
Western Stock and Grain Exchange
A. J. Cummings
Minneapolis
Montana
V. Cummings
Cummings
Spy Wakeman faces possible execution after court martial
Fred Wakeman a private at Camp Goldfield Cripple Creek has been arrested as a spy and awaits trial. Adjutant Bell says the miner union detective carried a union card and under the 4th article of war a spy guilty of giving intelligence to the enemy can be punished by death. General Bell warns he may receive the extreme penalty if found guilty.
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Denver
Colo
Fred Wakeman
Camp Goldfield
Cripple Creek
Adjutant Bell
Wakeman
Miners’ Union
Bell
Union
Naked Hero Bags Burglar in Freezing Street Clash
Salt Lake City December 3 Albert Meir owner of a State Street vehicle shop, captured a burglar at his shop in subfreezing cold. With a rifle pointed, he marched the suspect a block up State Street until a police officer arrived. The burglar wrestled for the rifle twice, and Meir swung the rifle breaking a rib in the second struggle.
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Salt Lake
Albert Meir
State Street
Meir
Hypnotism Plea Planned for Murderer Roeski
Emil Roeski, one of the Chicago car barn bandits, will raise hypnotism as a defense at his murder trial. Attorneys say experts will be introduced to prove Roeski was hypnotized by fellow bandit Peter Neidermeier.
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Chicago
Dee
Emil Roeski
Roeski
Peter Neidermeier
Decomposed Remains of Old Couple Found in Buffalo
The decomposed bodies of Pranz Frehr and his wife were found buried under a wood shed at 339 Jefferson Street. Their skulls were crushed with a hammer left at the scene. Charles Bonier, linked to the disappearance, was arrested in Erie, Pennsylvania, as police pursued leads. Bonier’s housekeeper Louisa Lindholm and Kate Kahm were detained, with gold pieces found on Lindholm.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Dee
Pranz ¢Rehr
Jefferson Street
Bonier
John Dror
Frehrs
Boner
Bell
Erie
Bonner Bonier
Louisa Lindholm
Lindholm
Great Falls Faces Flurry as Exchange Closes
Great Falls residents react to the closing of the Western Grain and Stock Exchange marked by a brief local stir. The item notes the news reached the city and hints at continuing coverage on page two.
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Standard
Great Falls
Western Grain and Stock Exchange
Daughters of the Confederacy back presidential Panama policy
The Texas chapter adopts a resolution praising the president for endorsing secession as a path to panama policy. They claim northern acceptance shows guidance from him, and they express hearty thanks for vindicating the southern cause in the civil war era.
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Houston, Tex
Texas
the Daughters of the Confederacy
United States
Republic of
Panama
Daughters of the Confederacy
Wounded Lawyer Dies in Chicago Shooting
James A. Fullen-Weider, the lawyer wounded when two men attempted an armed robbery, died tonight in Chicago. The February incident left him critically injured as he faced the attackers.
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Chicago
James A. Fullen- Weider
Kanovisky Hanged For Beating Wife To Death
Pittsburg December 3 Joseph Kanovisky who beat his wife to death at their Minersville home on January 7 was hanged today in the jail yard.
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Pittsburg
Joseph Kanovisky
Minersville
Noted Blair Case Indicts James L Blair for Forgery
James L Blair former general counsel of the Louisiana Purchase exposition is indicted for forgery in the first degree. The charge follows claims by attorney James T Roberts that Blair forged deeds of trust and mortgages to obtain $62 000 from the estate of Peter Blow. Blair and his wife have since sold their mansion and jewels.
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St. Louis, Mo
James L. Blair
The
Blair
James T. Roberts
Tain
Roberts
Peter Blow
St. Louis
Recorder of Deeds of
St Louis
Walter F. Jenkins
Dick Bros
Philadelphia
New York
Lady Managers
Blairs
Salsbury Illness Delays Water Scandal Examinations
Grand Rapids reports Lant K. Salsbury the People's chief witness in water scandal bribery cases remains ill. An adjournment is set for further examinations until Saturday.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
K. Salsbury
Dowie to Face Witness Stand in Zion City Bankruptcy Case
John Alexander Dowie will be examined under oath by Bankruptcy Referee Sidney C. Eastman regarding Zion City's finances. Receivers plan to probe Dowie's accounts to assess his financial condition and the ability of two main Zion City industries, the lace works and candy factory, to sustain operations.
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Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Sidney C. Eastman
Zion City
Kohlsa
Christian Catholic Church
Samuel Ettelson
Bankeruptcy
Dowie
Attelson
Kohlsaat
Dowte
Redieskie
Mr. Redieskie
Dowle
Zion
Zion Guards
Dowile
Blunt and Currie
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Superintendent of Public Instruction
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Republi
Duggan
Representatives Self
Stapleton
Faust
Everett
Wagg
Metone
Stapleton, Ward
Dempster
McCone
Silver Bow
Shannon
Judiciary Committee of the House
Western Grain and Stock FX
Jock
Great Falls, Missoula and
Hroker
Amazed
Doowtie
Cage
Charles Bonier
Kate Kahm
Kanovisky
Grand Jury
Indicu
Defendant
Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Salsbury
Dowle Isaacs
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