Gravelle case details emerge with letters and tracks
Witnesses recount Gravelle’s spur, powder plots, and matching hoofprints to a defendant horse. Revelations cover forged letters to Northern Pacific directors, a jail search, and Reardon’s testimony about Gravelle’s scheme and planned sendings, with explosions and train disruptions mapped across Livingston Bozeman and Helena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Reardon
Gravelle
Smith
Livingston
Bozeman
Butte
Here
Mr. Wallace
Helena
Townsend
Christmas Exercises in Hamilton Schools
Special correspondence notes Hamilton public schools plan extensive Christmas programs for the 9th to 12th grades with band, choral numbers, recitations, essays, readings, and music. The 9th grade also presents a robust lineup, aided by teachers’ effort to make the season engaging for all school levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Standard
Hamilton
Bandégeer
Robert Southey
Nettie Summers
Bert Bishop
Tennyson
Edith Gray
Charles Dickens
Carrie Iddings
Longfellow
Germany
Harper and Iddings
James Whitcomb Riley
Pearl Cox
Sir Walter Scott
Sadie Whitney
Tena McLeod
Sir Launfa
Milton
Charles Rose
Medley
McLaren
Lilick
Brown
Toole
Stout
Harris
Leibel
Johnson
Hark
Herald Angels
Mendelssohn
John Greenleaf Whittier
Fred Summers
Bethlehem
Phillips Brooks
Altha Tucker
Lew Wallace
Emma Albertson
Sir Launfal
James Russel Lowell
Justin Shannon
Will Carleton
Myrtle Howley
Henry Tyerell
Guy Trenary
Felicia Hemans
Kate Heavelin
Nellie Nixon
Dora Lowery
Elsie Smith
Nellie Smith
Reading
Widow Brown
Bitter War Over Billings Gambling Crackdown and Sex Hiring Claims
Nine Billings saloon men file complaints with Justice Frazer accusing Globe and Topic theater proprietors Josh Feigg Tony Minder and Jack Bain of employing women. The council refused action on the liquor license petition, while theater owners threaten retaliation over alleged gambling in saloons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
Billings
Egaloon
Justice Frazer
Josh Feigg
The
Globe
Tony Minder
Jack Bain
Topic Theater
W. C. Lee
Dick Crysler
A. G. Schneider
Frank Swim
Henry Thorson
General Wood Makes a Vigorous Protest
Washington reports the war department releasing a letter from Manila dated July 28 1903 forwarding a protest by Brigadier General Leonard Wood to the Adjutant General. He contends New York Sun editorials accusing him of censorable conduct rely on statements from First Lieut James F Rancie. Wood asks the matter be referred to the inspector general or other proper authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Manila
P. L
United States Army
DB. C
New York Sun
James F Rancie
United States Volunteer Cavalry
Inspector General of
Army
Leonard Woon
U.S. A
Funeral of FE B Kennedy to be held tomorrow
The body of FE B Kennedy wealthy sheep owner died suddenly at the Palmer house in Helena yesterday arrived in Billings this forenoon a large delegation of citizens met the hearse at the depot and escorted it to P H Smith Co undertaking rooms. Funeral service is set for 10 30 tomorrow morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
Billings
KE. B Kennedy
Palmer House
Helena
P. H. Smith & Co
Cemetery Service Led by Rev Father Van Clarenbeck
Ices at the cemetery will be conducted by Rev Father Van Clarenbeck, pastor of the Catholic church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ices
Father van Clarenbeck
Catholic Church
Idaho Land Segregation Refused by Interior Dept
Washington, Dec. 23. Assistant Attorney General Campbell upholds Hitchcock in denying segregation of 400 000 to 500 000 acres of arid Idaho lands slated for reclamation. Idaho law of March 18, 1901, allowed deeded lands to companies if settlers failed for each 160 acres within two years. The ruling says this conflicted with federal law, and the issue returns to the interior department after the two year settlement window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Campbell
Interior Department
Hitchcock
Idaho
General Land Office
United States
Biw
Resembles a Good Razor From the New York World
The barber in a World column pivots from razor talk to a humorous riff on marriage and Eve. He claims a well treated wife or sister outshines men, saying Eve’s entrance put women on center stage and men in the shadows. The exchange leads back to the original question about razors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eve
Razor and Woman Parable in Barber Chair Tale
An old barber quizzes a man about relationships using a razor as a stand in. He argues a wife or razor can be sweet and cooperative, then tired and unreformable, needing rest. The barber compares handling, patience, and mischief to tool care, ending with a sharp moral about managing difficult partners and devices.
The Exiled Shoemaker's Son
A snow born Chicago infant rises to become United States senator from Nebraska in 1903. His life spans poverty, frontier mining, and public service, with notable triumphs and a later corruption indictment. The saga follows an exile father, immigrant hardship, and a career from messenger to miner, banker, governor, and senator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Nebraska
Dietrich
Germany
Quebec
St. Louis
Black ‘Hills
Aurora
America
Root Denies Urgent Pursuit of RNC Chairmanship
In Washington on December 25 Secretary Root said he was ignorant of any push for him to succeed Hanna as chairman of the Republican National Committee. He denied knowledge of the report and offered no confirmation of the speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major Keown
la Croix
Philippines
Bozeman
Chestnut
Wallace
Gravelle
Joe Resenberry
McFetridge
Deer Lodge
Butte
Townsend
Toston
Winston
Cascade
Hannaford
Northern Pacific Railroad
Coty
Myron Shanks
Grand Pacific Hotel
Jayelle
Reardon
Great Northern
Standard
Jack
Winnipeg
W. J. McHarlie
G Real Northern
Helena
Ryan
Frank Therriault
William Muth
Washington
Root
Hanna
Republican National Committee
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Priest's Pass
Claysoil
Claysonl
Lawyer la Croix
Bert Reynolds
Blossburg
Priest's Pass House
Keown
Latta
Dan Boyle
Montana
Northern Pacific
Walker's
Sansom
Birdseye
Britt & Billers
Plummer
Boyle
Clayson
William H. McCann
McCann
Fred Kennedy
Northern Pacific Railway
Shanks
O'Connell
Mr. Wallice
Caer Borono
Deer Lodge Penitentiary
Gravella Reardon
Employing Women—Council
FE. B. Kennedy
New York World
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