Will of John Elliott Watson Requests Burial Precautions
The Watson will filed in Judge McClernan's court requests a safeguard against premature burial. John Elliott Watson names Walter Pace as administrator and leaves assets to son Elliott Andrew Watson, with a plan to sever a vein or artery before burial to ensure death. The estate includes cash, a Great Falls lot, and 40 acres in Cascade County. Legal proceedings also note guardianship bonds and a gambling case against Frank Walker with a Dec. 6 hearing date.
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John Elliott Watson
Sussex
England
Evans
Kemper Avenue
Butte
Pace
John Ellett Watson
Great Falls
Cascade County
George W. Davis
Calvin P. Davis
District Court
California
A. J. Davis
Montana
McClernan
A. E. Graeter
Beaverhead County
J. P. Collins
George Brader
Frank Walker
West Park Street
McClernen
Peg Woffington Opener at Butte Theaters Flops
Eugenie Blair stars as Peg Woffington in Charles Reade drama at Suttons Grand. Critics call the play and Blair disappointing though Eleanor Montell delivers a charming portrait as Mabel Vane. Royal Italian Band appears Friday and Saturday. Warde company to perform four nights starting with The Mountebank.
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Eugenie Blair
Sutton
Charles Reade
Peg Woffington
Miss Blair
Woffington
Vaughn Glaser
Ernest Vane
Eleanor Montell
Mabel Vane
Peg Woflington
Royal Italian Band
Sutton’s Grand
Butternnks
Bondsmen Seek Release as Chick Holmes Is Re-Arrested
Bondsmen who signed the bail for Chick Holmes a colored man asked the sheriff to take him into custody and release them from the obligation. Holmes was arrested and jailed awaiting his hearing before Judge McClernan on a charge of attempting to kill Frank Johnson during a dispute over a card game at the We Need More club on Arizona street.
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Chick" Holmes
Holmes
McClernan
Frank Johnson
Arizona Street
Barnesville Savings Bank Names Receiver
In Macon Georgia today the court appointed BR Smith as receiver for the Barnesville Savings Bank extending oversight and management to stabilize the institution and protect depositors.
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Macon
Dee
W. BR Smith
Barnesville Savings Bank
Overland Bowling Tops Butte In Three Game Set
Overlands win two of three in Butte city tournament at Thornton alleys without Sheehan. Perham scores 244, White 233, Kitto 216. first game 930 to 894 for Overlands versus Thorntons. Final lines show strong team form and rising scores as season closes.
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Overland
Thornton
Butte City
Sheehan
Thornton Boys
Perham
Kitto
Overlands
White
Butte
Butte Boys
Northwest
Anaconda Doctor Misses Train For Butte Funeral
Dr Spelman of Anaconda planned a timely arrival for Frank Coburn's funeral in Butte but found his train had already left. He telegraphed friends and rushed by buggy, enduring bitter cold before reaching Butte where Coburn, who died last Sunday, was buried from the Presbyterian church.
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Doctor Spelman
Anaconda
Bute
Frank Coburn
Butte
Dr. Spelman
Coburn
Presbyterian Church
E. J. Groeneveld
Powder Works Explosion Kills Worker at Oakland Plant
A massive blast at the Judson Dynamite and Powder company works at Fleming's Point in Contra Costa county fatally injured a Chinese worker Ah Ning and wounded one white man plus seven Chinese laborers.
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Oakland
Cal
Judson Dynamite and Powder Company
Pleming’s Point
Contra Costa County
Ah Ning
Explosion destroys guncotton works and packing plants
An explosion demolished a guncotton house and a gelatine mixing plant, with packing works partly ruined. Debris flew for miles, breaking windows and jarring items. About four hundred loads of gun cotton and half a ton of nitroglycerine, plus property near $10 000, were lost as chasms opened where the plants stood.
Death of Sir William Mac Cormack A Royal College of Surgeons President
Sir William Mac Cormack bart president of the Royal College of Surgeons died in Bath today. He was born in 1834.
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London
William MacCormack, Bart
Royal College of Surgeons
Bath
Washington Post veteran Gen A D Hazen dies at 61
Washington detect regional figure Gen A D Hazen former assistant postmaster general under Wanamaker and Bissell died at his home in Washington last night at age 61. He served in the U S postal service during the Wanamaker and Bissell administrations.
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Washington
A. D. Hazen
Wanamaker
Bissell
Denver Judge Toll Dies of Apoplexy in Office
Judge Charles H. Toll a leading attorney in Denver collapsed and died suddenly in his office on December 4. He was born in Baldwinsville New York in 1840.
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Denver
Charles H. Toll
Baldwinsville
Penitentiary Surgeon Dies in Leavenworth
Dr. David McDill, surgeon at the United States penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, died today from apoplexy.
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Leavenworth, Kan
David McDill
United States Penitentiary
Ex-Congressman T. N. Evans Dies at 64 in Philadelphia
Philadelphia December 4 ex congressman T N Evans is dead at age 64 in the city. The former representative served in Congress for several terms and was known for his work on public projects. Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.
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Philadelphia
T. N. Evans
Washington Relics From Kansas Man Still Tied to Washington
J J Widener of Oakland Kansas describes relics once owned by George Washington now in St Joseph Missouri. The collection includes two sets of silver spoons a tea set large tablespoons a silver soup ladle and a pocketbook with Washington initials. Widener traces items through his family from his great granduncle William Long to two nieces and finally to his ownership in Oslo.
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Kansas City
J. J. Widener
Oakland
Kan
St. Joseph
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Mr. Graham
William Long
Adams County
Willam Lone
Nafcy
Anna Walker
Willem Long
Anne
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Oslo
Geoge Washington
Snail racing becomes summer sport in Paris
Tit-Bite notes Parisians embrace snail racing for summer amusement. Initial trials used weights on backs, then harnessed snails to dolls carriages, with the cart carrying over eight pounds. India rubber bands improved harness. five or six snails could pull 25 pounds. Small boys as jockeys sit in baby carriages, and 14 to 20 snails move a road carriage about three inches in 15 minutes.
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India
Eating Too Much A Disease Of Civilisation
Good Housekeeping notes that overindulgence stems from civilization with abundant food and scarce oxygen. It cites dyspepsia cures and urges eating only what you mean to eat, twice daily, to avoid improper foods and digestive trouble.
Tailors Deserve Sympathy Amid Satirical Garment Jabs
The piece quips that sculptors love folds and looseness in attire and mocks fashion indecencies. It contrasts a hypothetical ill fitting Bismarck suited garb with historically colored figures like John Bright and W. Forster. The critique suggests buttons and seams are often ignored by sculptors.
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Tuller
Cutter
Berlin
Tily
Bismarck
John Bright
W. &. Forster
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Lee Mantic
Chas. Schatzlein
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Prop
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Helena, Mont
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George Stevenson
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