Butte Humane Society Seeks Probe Into Dickson Extortion Charge
The Butte News reports a humane society meeting to review the revocation of James F. Dickson’s commission following an extortion allegation. Sheriff Furey presented an affidavit by Laula Mayse claiming Dickson demanded $10 for immunity. Dickson denied knowing Mayse and requested a full investigation. The society urged the sheriff to locate Mayse and bring a county attorney action for Dickson.
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the Humane Society
James F. Dickson
Dickson
Society
Furey
Attourney
Daly Memorial Fund Closed and Executive Meeting
Subscriptions for a Marcus Daly memorial have been closed. An executive committee meeting will be held Monday evening at the secretary C. P. Connollys office to hear the secretarys financial report on the amount subscribed.
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Marcus Daly
Executive Committee
C. P. Connolly
Pneumonia's Fatal Attack Ends Miner Daniel Hastings
Daniel Hastings, a well known miner and longtime Butte resident, died at his home yesterday from pneumonia after falling ill Tuesday night. Born in Bright Ontario in 1844, he worked for Silver Row and Butte Reduction, was active in the A O U W and a past master of Butte Lodge No. 2. Services Sunday at 2:50 p.m. at the Presbyterian church. interment Mt. Moriah. He leaves a widow and an aged mother.
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Daniel Hastings
Butte
Alabama
Caledonia Streets
Mr. Hastings
Bright
Ontario
California
Nevada
Walker County
White Pine
Pioche
Silver Row County
Khutte
A. O. UW
Presbyterian Church
Mt. Moriah
Mgr. Hastings
Thomas Delmoe Injured In Milk Sleigh Accident
Thomas Delmoe a famed fairman was riding a milk sleigh near his Homestake dairy when the vehicle tipped. He jumped to avoid harm, slipped, and broke his kneecap. A surgeon set the fracture at Whitball on the eastbound focal.
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Thomas Delmoe
Homestake
Whitball
Focal
Chicago Symphony Misses Matinee, Evening Show Maintained
Delayed trains from Baltimore cause the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to miss the matinee. The evening performance proceeds as advertised and ticket holders may exchange matinee tickets for evening seats.
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Balt Lake
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Meoodard Taken Back Sheriff Tubbe
Nadron Nebraska report with sheriff Tubbe noting the capture or return of an individual named Meoodard in January. Details are sparse in readable text.
Natrona County Man Arrives En Route to Casper
A man from Natrona county Wyoming arrived in Crawford today on his way to Casper with Charles Woodard the alleged murderer of Sheriff Ricker.
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Natrona County
Wyo
Crawford
Casper
Charles Woodard
Ricker
Suit Brought Against Northern Securities Merger
John B. Marquand, Northern Pacific stockholder, files in Hennepin county district court alleging fraud and conspiracy behind the Northern Securities merger. The suit targets Charles S. Mellen and directors, seeks to invalidate measures advancing the consolidation, enjoin stock registry transfers, and halt dividends until resolution. defendants have 120 days to answer.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Northern Securities
Hennepin County
John B. Marquand
Northern Pacific
Charles S. Mellen
Peter Power
Great Northern
Northern Securities Company
Trans Atlantic Freight Pact Sets Minimum Rates on Grain Provisions
The Commercial Advertiser reports a binding agreement among trans Atlantic lines to adopt a uniform minimum freight rate for grain and provisions. Minimum grain rate is one and a half pence per bushel 60 pounds and minimum provisions rate ten shillings per ton 2240 pounds. Several lines including White Star Cunard Atlantic Transportation International Navigation Leyland Dominion Philadelphia Lamport Holt Wilson Chesapeake & Ohio Virginia are party with more lines possible to Manchester Hull and other English ports.
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New York
The
Commercial Advertiser
England
Liverpool
London
White Star
Cunard
Atlantic Transportation
International Navigation
Leyland
Dominion
Philadelphia
Lamport & Holt Line
Wilson Line
Chesapeake & Ohio
Virginia Line
Norfolk
Chesapeake & Ohio Steamship Company
Manchester
Hull
Glass firms raise wages for unskilled workers
The D. O. Cunningham Glass Co amid other Independent Glass members boosted unskilled pay 10 percent, affecting about 2,000 workers. S. McKee & Co and Cunningham & Co followed, with more plants expected to join after a prior skilled labor raise by the American Window Glass and cooperative firms.
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Pittsburg
D. O. Cunningham Glass Company
American Window Glass Company
S. McKee & Co
Cunningham & Co., Limited
Cunningham Glass Company
Independent Glass Company
Federation Co-operative Window Glass Company
Combines
American Window Close Company
Independent and Co-operatives
Will Admitted In Evidence In Rice Murder Trial
New York January 1 will from William M Rice Sr. was admitted in the murder trial of Albert Patrick. The defense scored by William Rice admitting a 16 will bequeathing $4000 in fees and an agreement with Rice Institute trustees giving heirs $75.40 if the 1806 will is probated. Court adjourned with William M Rice Jr still on the stand.
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New York
Albert Patrick
William M Rice
Rice Institute
William M. Rice
Dorsen seeks ten thousand from Grey over elopement tale
In Butte the former Anaconda dog catcher I B Dorsen says his wife eloped with ranchman Grey. He asks 5000 then 10000 dollars and his dog, while police search for the couple and for the prized animal. He claims Grey seduced Mrs Dorsen at Rock Creek and the two whisked away, leaving Dorsen to cope with a broken marriage and a missing hound.
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I. B. Dorsen
Anaconda
Rock Creek
Granite County
Butte
Grey
Dorsen
Dorgen
Pointblank
Guy
Doreen
Greg
Ravedman
Dorfen
Doren
Metropolitan directors split over Yerkes control
The Metropolitan Railway company rejected handing over its property to Mr Yerkes and his associates as the price of unity with the District railway. Shareholders with £150000 stock opposed ceding £13000000 capital to the Yerkes Traction company. The railways must work friendly, the chairman argued, while noting the District overreached. The Metropolitan said it could supply its own electricity, saving £100000 a year on the Yerkes proposition.
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Tandon
Metropolitan Railroad
Yerker
District Railway
Metropolitan Railway Company
Yerkes
Yerkes Traction Company
Metropolitan
First direct telegraph from Fort Ebert reaches Greely
Washington January 31. The first one day message from Fort Ebert Alaska arrived at General Greely setting a new speed record. The signal officer requested more days and received an answer the same day.
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Washington
Fort Ebert
Alaska
General Greely
Assistant Attorney General rules vessel taxes in state
Seattle January 31. Assistant Attorney General Dalton decides all vessels must pay the tax in the state. The ruling affects ships, craft, and floating facilities operating within territorial waters. The decision outlines compliance steps and potential penalties for nonpayment.
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Port Townsend
Seattle
Dalton
Perjury Charges Grow From Suburban Bribery Probe
In St Louis Jan 31 grand jury revisits Suburban bribery case with T G Kimball as first witness. Investigation seeks who placed 150000 in safe boxes. Bench warrant for perjury issued for Harry A Faulkner. Julius Lehmann also held on perjury charges. Both men released on 2000 dollar bonds.
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St. Louis
T. G. Kimball
Chauncey Ives Filley
Republian State Committee
Grand Jury
Harry A. Faulkner
House of Delegates
Faulkner
Julius Lehmann
War Tax Bill Set to Cut Revenue By 77 Million
The Ways and Means Committee chaired by Payne completes a bill to reduce war revenue taxes by 77 million dollars. The panel plans to report to the House Monday and begin debate after the anti oleomargarine bill. Rates revert to pre Spanish war levels except mixed flour. Repeal will be brief and restore old rates, with special sections for cigars tobacco and beer.
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Washington
Payne
Ways and Means Committee
House
Beasley Resigns From Burlington Railroad Posts
James G. Beasley resigns as vice president and treasurer of the Chicago Burlington & Quincy and treasurer of the new Chicago Burlington & Quincy. He began with the old Burlington & Missouri River in 1862 as station agent at Ottumwa Iowa and plans rest before any future business. T. S. Howard will succeed him as assistant treasurer with headquarters in Chicago.
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Beasley
T. 8. Howard
Burlington Company
Boston
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Chicago
Iowa Senate backs conservative stance on strike resolution
Des Moines Iowa January 31 the Iowa senate refused to consider a resolution memorializing Congress in favor of the harms against government of strikes by injunction until the question was referred to the senate committee on federal relations. Immediate consideration was requested but denied.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Senate
Congress
Senate Committee On Federal Relations
Lum You Hanged For Bay Center Murder In South Bend
In South Bend Washington on January 31 Lum You the Chinaman who killed Oscar Kloom at Bay Center on August 6 was hanged in the courthouse yard at 9 15 am. He bade friends goodbye and asked to be killed quickly. His neck broke and a faint tremor occurred while about two witnesses watched.
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South Bend
Wash
Lum You
Oscar Kloom
Bay Center
Gool
Reverend William Hastings Dead. Lincoln Jackknife Recipient
William Hastings of Toronto Ohio who received a jackknife from Abraham Lincoln for his homelier face is dead. His wife Mrs Hastings was a noted preacher and prominent local figure in Liverpool Ohio.
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Liverpool
Ohio
William Hastings
Toronto
Abraham Lincoln
Hastings
Queen Victoria as Germaness and nation’s steady hand
In remarks from the Chicago News a view of the queen stresses her German family roots yet underscores her universal female leadership. Her calm, practical mind and unwavering public duty kept England’s honor and governance intact during emergencies. The wife’s threat and husband’s resigned reply close the excerpt.
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England
Norfolk Fire Destroys Atlantic Hotel and Adjacent Blocks
A massive Norfolk fire destroyed the Atlantic hotel, the Columbia six story office building, Albemarle flats, and a block of stores starting shortly before 2 am. About 309 guests slept in the hotel with no lives lost. The blaze, one of the city’s worst, also razed the Albemarle apartments and spread along Main to Plum streets within an hour.
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Norfolk
Atlantic
Columbia
Albemarle Flats
Virginia Club
Atlantic Hotel
J. Hull Davidson
Thames
Albemarle
Plum
The German Emperor and the Ear Tugging Habit
London Answers notes the German emperor in anger tugs at his right ear with thumb and forefinger. A telegram during the queen's funeral scene prompts a Nephew asks why. The emperor explains he tugs his own ear when annoyed and jokes that when very annoyed he would pull someone else’s.
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London
England
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Daly Memorial Fund
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Whitehall
Nadron
Neb
Sheriff Tubbe
Minnesota
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Atlantic Lines
Will
Patrick
Iowa City
Cardus
JO B. A. Eisenhaper
Thedford
Wife and Boog
Anacon
Man
Bender
Erty
Port Mobert
Ways and Meanos Committee
Chicago, Burlington & Quaincy
Qube
Viervorta
Ekeh Mother
Brimley Johnson
Chicago News
Lewis Dry Goods Co
Academy Street
Paris
Mother Hubbard
Norpoli, VA
Newbro
N. D
Keeley Institute
Montana
Bollier
Astate
U. S
Boulder
Mont
Carl Engel
Wehl
Armory
West Park Street
TOG
Henry Jonas
East
Granite Street
Silver Bow Foundry and Machine Company
Crystal Springs
Springs
Langlois
H. Ching PO
Sam Sing & Co
Dregetets
Sceare
Phila
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