Insane Man Potts Absconds Toward River in Bilinga
J J Potts a demented Billings resident vanished after leaving his wife on a walk toward the river. Search parties scour hills east of town while neighbors and ranchers are asked to help locate him before exposure. Potts, a former gambler and saloon keeper, has wandered away previously and was returning from Columbus last month.
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Standard
Bilinga
J. J. Potts
Potts
Columbus
Neghborigs
Archer E. Clark
Sheriff's Office
Clark
Billings
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY ADVERTISEMENT
An old advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming a cold cure in one day. It notes refunds if it fails and carries E. W. Grove’s signature on each box.
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E. W. Grove
Lawyer Sees Former Convict in Spokane Case
A Western Montana lawyer recounts seeing J. A. Manning in Spokane while Manning faced trial under the name R. L. Harrity. Manning, formerly jailed in Montana for forgery, had escaped, was recaptured, and later pardoned after a 19 year sentence. He allegedly offered the lawyer a defense, which was declined.
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The
Standard
Billings
Montana
Spokane
J. A. Manning
Deer Judge
Lewis and Clarke County
Manning
R. L. Harrity
Great Northern
Hilyard
Wash
Manninger Harrity
Washington
Washington State
Walla Walla
Untenable Position Stated for Commissioners Over McRae Case
Hearing on Rosebud county commissioners bid for habeas corpus continuations. E A Carleton argued de facto versus de jure offices and that removal powers require lawful vacancy and proper charges. Court to decide tomorrow at 10.
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Miles City
Rosebud
E. IA. Carleton
Helena
Montana Supreme Court
Carleton
Justice McRae
Miss Deila Rinehart Faces Lien on Homes in Decelle Addition
Havre reports Miss Deila Rinehart, former resident, tied to a $1,181 lien filed by Joseph Gussenhoven on her Decelle addition dwelling houses. Rinehart says a $1,000 check to contractor A T Dice for materials and labor settled part, leaving $131 owed. Dice says the check went to Gussenhoven and the lien stands.
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Havre
Deila Rinehart
Joseph Gussenhoven
Decelle
Miss Rinehart
A. T. Dice
Dice
Gussenhoven
Wooster University Dedicates New Campus After Fire
In Wooster Ohio on December 11 the new Wooster university was dedicated with alumni and friends present. The rebuilt campus follows a devastating fire a year earlier and cost more than $400 000 to complete.
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Wooster
Ohio
Wooster University
Senate panel backs Merram retirement as major general
To Netire as Major General Washington December 11 The senate committee on military affairs favorably acted on the bill retiring Gen H C Merram as a major general rather than a brigadier general.
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Netire
Washington
H. C. Merram
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Venezuela Crisis Prompts Diplomatic Debate on Blockade
In Washington the dispute over Venezuela heats as Germany and Britain discuss a peace blockade without war. A French arbitration plan seeks to enforce claims totaling 4.4 million dollars while public opinion leans toward Venezuela. The Temps urges U.S. Monroe Doctrine action or European peace.
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France
Venezuela
The
Temps
United States
Europe
France protests German seizure of Ossun and Venezuelan ships
Paris reports a Caracas dispatch stating the German warship seized vessels linked to Venezuela and a French merchant steamer, the Ossun. France may lodge representations if the Ossun is not released, amid tension between British and German naval commands and ongoing arbitration claims totaling about 10.9 million, including railway damage.
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Paris
Foreign Office
Caracas
Venezuela
Germany
Custom House
France
Gulf of Maracaibo
Germany Praises Bowens Caracas Action and Venezuela Seizures
Berlin reports German officials pleased by Bowen's Caracas move freeing most Germans and pushing for release of the rest. Washington dispatches confirm Venezuela's revenue cutters captured, naval seizures expected soon. Berlin papers largely back the government’s stance, Vorwärts criticizes the show of force as bluster for financial aims.
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Bowen
Caracas
Washington
Venezuela
Foreign Office
Vorwrerts
Papra
Castro
Paris
Vorwaerts
Venezuelan Arbitration Proposal Offered in House
A joint resolution was introduced by Representative Shafroth of Colorado in Congress. It authorizes the president to propose to Great Britain and Germany that disputes with Venezuela be submitted to arbitration and to guarantee payment of claims and awards deemed due.
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Washington
Shafroth
Colorado
Great Britain
Germany
Venezuela
Italian warship Carlo Alberto to Venezuela
Italian warship Carlo Alberto, under its commander Carlo Alberto, received orders to move quickly to Venezuela to safeguard Italian subjects there. The vessel sailed tonight, delaying Marconi’s Glace Bay experiment for the time being.
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Sydney
Cape Breton
Carlo Alberto
Venezuela
Marconi
Glace Bay
Warships Kept in Readiness for Immediate Sea
Devonport dispatch reports first class reserve ships to be coal ready and held at 24 hours notice for potential sea deployment.
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London
Devonport
Hungary Faces Rising Suicides In National Guard Regiment
Vienna reports a sharp rise in suicides among Hungarian army recruits. Six recruits from the First Hungarian Regiment of the National Guard killed themselves in the last two months, prompting military and civilian authorities to widen a bereavement and misconduct inquiry.
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Vienna
Civi
National Guard
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Advertised as Universal Cure
An old warning against chronic indigestion leads to promotion of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a radical cure for all forms of stomach trouble. The text claims three years of tests, nationwide use, and availability at druggists for 50 cents, noting it does not cure other diseases and requires no dieting beyond normal eating.
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Bright
Stuart
Reciproc ity Planks Urge Canada Trade Ties
Detroit delegates at the reciprocity convention urged closer and more advantageous trade with Canada. They called for reconvening a joint high commission to negotiate a Canada treaty and rapid ratification of Newfoundland talks. The finance report backed organizing auxiliary leagues and appointed four organizers to push Canadian reciprocity.
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John Lind
Minnesota
Finance Committee
Eugene N. Foss
Boston
Frank D. Davey
New York
Cuba
League of Chicago
K18son
France
Canada
United States
Congress
Newfoundland
Campbell Shaw
Buffalo
F. B. Smith
E. N. Foas
Roston
W. 8. Winnell
Minneapoli
They Meet to Make Peace Over Baseball War
At a National league meeting in New York on December 11 the focus was on minor details and resolving the Manhattan field issue. Tomorrow Ban Johnson and other league officers and executives will discuss a peace conference with National and American league representatives.
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New York
Manhattan
Ban Johnson
National League
American League
Charles Somers
Cleveland
J. F. Kilfoyle
August Herrman
Cincinnati
James Hart
Chicago
Frank de Haas Robison
St. Louis
Protocol Signed as Cuba and United States Move Toward Treaty
A palace dinner in Havana hosted by President Palma honored Gen. Bliss. The protocol of the Cuba United States commercial treaty was to be signed after the dinner with Gen. Bliss and Secretaries Zaide and Montes about to affix signatures. Copies in Spanish and English exist. Bliss departs Havana for New York next Saturday.
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Palma
Gen. Bliss
Cuba
United States
Zaide
Montes
New York
Baker County Ex-Sheriff Accused of 17000 Shortage
A complaint in Baker City Oregon claims ex-Sheriff A H Huntington is short about 17000 in county accounts. Huntington, said to be en route from Ohio, is emphasized by friends as likely a result of carelessness not malice.
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Baker City
Ore
A. H. Huntington
Baker County
Huntington
Ohio
The Merger Case Receives Further Hearing in Court
In St Paul on December 11 the state of Minnesota versus Northern Securities Company, the merger case, was continued in U S district court. The morning focused on statistics regarding the securities firm and the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroads.
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St. Paul
Bills Aimed at Trusts Monopolies in New Bill Proposals
Washington Dec 11 Representative Sulzer of New York introduced a bill to create a bureau of corporations within the Interstate Commerce Commission. The bureau would require annual returns from interstate and foreign corporations, disclose finances stockholders officers and favors from transportation lines, and prohibit restraint of trade with penalties up to ten percent of last year’s gross earnings. Representative De Armond proposed a law to stamp monopoly products No monopoly product Produced in open competition and impose fines or imprisonment for violations with confiscation of unmarked goods.
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Washington
Sulzer
New York
House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bureau of Corporations
Interstate Commerce Commisson
Bureau
de Armond
Cleveland addresses meeting for manual training school
Former President Cleveland presided at a public gathering in Philadelphia in support of a manual training school for African Americans. Booker T. Washington also spoke, noting the need for industrial education to raise self respect and civic usefulness among colored citizens.
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Philadelphia
Cleveland
Eran Manual Training School
Tooker T. Washington
Tuskegee Institute
Contested Missouri Seat Leads House Action on Testimony Time
In Washington the House spent the day debating a bill to limit testimony in the Wagoner-Butler contested election case from Missouri’s Twelfth district to 40 days. The measure passed 100 to 118, aiming to let the chamber rule on the case this session. The sitting member, unseated previously, had won by over 6,000 votes in November amid fraud allegations. A substitute to send a five member subcommittee to St. Louis was rejected 126 to 196 as the majority resolution passed 155 to 111. Committees were reshuffled with resignations noted and new assignments announced before 4 o’clock adjournment.
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House
Wagoner-Butler
Missouri
Richardson
Olmstead
Robinson
Indiana
St. Louis
Messrs. Green
Pennsylvania
Felly
Linnois
DeArmond
Miller
Kansas
Jenkins
Wisconsin
Hill
Connecticut
Powers
Massachusetts
District of Columbia
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Gardiner
Dwight
New York
War Department
Messrs. Hildebrandt
Ohio
Hughes
West Virginia
Bartlett
Georgia
Funeral for Fred W. Stein Held at Episcop al Church
Special Dispatch to the Standard from Miles City reports the funeral of Fred W. Stein at the Episcopal church under Knights of Pythias auspices. Rev. A H James of Glendive delivered the address, praising Stein as a brother and citizen as a long procession accompanied the hearse to the cemetery despite cold weather.
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Miles City
Fred W. Stein
Episcops
Knights of Pyth
A. H. James
Glendive
Stein
Montana Horse Stealing Trial Begins in District Court
Great Falls Dec 11 Special dispatch to the Standard reports the Montana case against Jan Swager for grand larceny started in district court at 9 30 this morning with jurors James Johnson Will Lee F G Johnson J H Jones W E Black J C C McCoy John Stidwell Lewis Saunders J G Eras Stork Robert Skinner and Webb deliberating.
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State of
Montana
Jan Swager
District Court
James Johnson
Will Lee
F. G. Johnson
J. H. Jones
W. E Black
J. CC. McCoy
John Stidwell
Lewis Saunders
J. G. Eras
Stork
Robert Skinner
Webb
Carnegie Never Felt Better Returns to New Home
Andrew Carnegie, aboard the White Star liner Oceanic, arrived in New York from Liverpool and Queenstown after a six day voyage. Officials say he has fully recovered from a recent illness and never felt better in his life, though he declined to discuss future plans beyond returning to his new home.
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New York
Oceanic
Andrew Carnegie
Liverpool
Queenstown
Moro Attack Repelled at Camp Vickers Min danao
Manila reports a Moro force attacked Camp Vickers on Mindanao Island at midnight after days of inactivity. The defenders repelled the assault without American losses. The attackers are believed to come from east of Lanao, an area Captain Pershing has not yet toured.
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Manila
McKeever Acquitted in Kensit Murder Case
London verdict finds John McKeever not guilty of murdering John Kensit the anti ritualist crusader. Kensit injured September fifteenth at a Birkenhead meeting and died October eighth after a coroner's jury concluded a chisel throw caused the fatal injuries.
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London
John McKeever
John Kensit
Kensitt
Birkenhead
McKeever
Kensit
Senate confirms Idaho land office registers and more
Confirmations by the senate include H. J. Sims of Boise Idaho and N. J. Sharpe of Hailey Idaho as registers of land offices. C. H. Garby of Lewiston Idaho is named receiver of public moneys. Consuls named are George H. Bridgman of Kingston Jamaica and William F. Doty of Tahaiti.
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Washington
Senate
Registers of Land Offices
H. J. Sims
Boise
Idaho
N. J. Sharpe
Hailey
C. H. Garby
Lewiston
George H. Bridgman
Kingston
Jamaica
William F. Doty
Tahaiti
New Swiss President Elected in Bern
In Bern on December 11, Vice President Deutcher was elected president of the Swiss Confederation for the coming term. The formal swearing in will follow later this month.
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Berne
Dee
Deutcher
Dock Laborers Vote for Immediate Strike in Marseilles
In a referendum held today in Marseilles about 1,600 dock workers supported a strike. The Dock Laborers' union will proclaim the strike immediately.
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Marseilles
Dec
Witness Against Kid Curry Testimony from Fort Benton
Dan O Neil fireman testifies in Knoxville case asserting he was forced to carry a dynamite sack by the prisoner, who he believes is Kid Curry though not certain. Tas Fer returns home to Glasgow. O Neil laments missing a promised gold watch from Curry who offered a better one later.
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The
Standard
Fort Benton
Dan O'Neil
Knoxville
Kid Curry
Glasgow
O'Neil
Curry
Neil
Train wreck halts Lewistown freight. wagon overturns
On Tuesday the Lewistown freight outfit left the railway station when a wagon overturned and rolled down a V-foot embankment, scattering two or three tons of freight. Power Mercantile Co. of Lewistown reports two or three tons lost. One outfit is stranded due to heavy snow and severe cold. Special departs Fort Benton in the noon cold.
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Lewistown
Power Mercantile Company of
Fort Benton
Ornoon
Murderers Labelle and Fournier to be hanged together
A Dawson dispatch reports Labelle and Fournier, the killers of Bouthillette and three others, are scheduled for execution by hanging on January 21 in a shared capital punishment.
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Vancouver
B. C
Dawson
Labelle
Fournier
Bouthillette
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