Butte School Library Fund Receives Community Support
Pupils from Butte schools donate 124.68 to the McKinley memorial fund while the board discusses the library fund apportionment of 2200 dollars from two installments this school year. County Superintendent Mullins reports on fund rules and possible reallocations.
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Board of School Trustees
Mullins
Butte
Montana
Weirick
Finance Committee
White
Young
McKinley Memorial Fund
William Scallon
Silver Bow County
Washington
Lincoln
Grant
Garfield
Webster
Franklin
Monroe
Jefferson
Adams
Blaine
Greeley
Madison
Leslie J. Martin
London MP Elect Samuel Roberts Receives Congratulations
Sam Roberts was elected to the house of commons for Ecclesall, Sheffield division, succeeding the late Sir El Ashmead Bartlett. He noted cross county runs and praised English sentiment while declining to resign his current office. Also reported are funerals for John McGlynn and Mrs. Walter Walsh and Mrs. Irena Jans Rumsey with service details.
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Sam Roberts
House of Commons
Eccclesall
Sheffield
el Ashmead-Bartlett
Great Britain
Cornwall
Butte
Mr. Roberts
Miners Arrested in Oregon Camp Riot at Columbia Mine
Sheriff Huntington led deputies to the Columbia mine above Bumpter and arrested 15 miners over the weekend riot tied to expelling the Taylor brothers from the camp. The Taylors replaced two striking engineers who quit days earlier. The men face riot charges and were brought to Baker City for a tomorrow hearing. miners claim no threats were made, only that the Taylors must leave.
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Baker City
Ore
Huntington
Columbia
Bumpter
Taylor Brothers
Taylors
Burglars Enter Wacoma and Hunt & Mottet Stores
Burglars in Wacoma Tacoma Washington on February 4 entered Fawcett Bros wholesale store broke off safe knobs but failed to reach contents stealing a few stamps. They then used the basement to reach Hunt and Mottet hardware store and took about one dollar worth of cutlery.
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Tacoma
Wash
Fawcett Bros
Hunt & Mottet Company
Correction on Chicago report regarding Fly and Rogers
Cassellon reports a mistake in the Chicago dispatch. Florence Fly and her nephew Frank Ely Rogers were not found there and Chief Ballard denies arresting them.
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Cassellon
N. D
Chicato
Plorence Fly
Frank Ely Rogers
Ballard
Board of Health Moves on Detention Hospital and Incinerator
At a board of health meeting Alderman Dempsey objected to the high cost of an incinerator while others urged urgent action. The council was asked to consider a possible detention hospital and to discuss bids for an incinerator to burn city garbage, with no firm recommendation given.
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Board of Health
Leggat
Day
Dempsey
Cohen
Couity Council
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Promoted for All Ages
An advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as safe for children and adults, claiming they aid digestion and growth in babies and provide relief for indigestion in all ages. It cites testimonials from a Hoboken mother and a Buffalo caregiver, notes a 50 cent price, and urges use of the large sweet tablets for babes and grownups alike.
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Stuart
G. H. Crossley
Washington Street
Hoboken
N. J
Erie County
Stuuart
Court Sees Humorous Misread Of Mining Claim Description
A suit over Missouri Girl and Rear Stake mining claims near Riz Butte goes to trial before Judge Clancy. Chancellor O'Donnell questions a description that reads 60 feet and 1,000 feet but seems to omit monuments, misreads as or or nothing, and the judge humorously deduces the claimant’s route to a drink before overruling the objection. The case, Sumwalt v Bordeaux, centers on location validity and required work, with a judgment motion set for morning.
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Big Butte
Clancy
Chancellor O'Donnell
Missouri
O'Donnell
Samuel D. Sumwalt
John R Bordeaux
Sumwalt
Missouri Girl
Riz Butte
Japan's Great Exposition At Osaka In 1903
Tokyo reports the imperial government plans a national industrial exhibition at Osaka in 1903. Applications for space close June 30 1902 and U S and Europe have already exceeded the allotted area. Private builders offer to exhibit machinery and nations compete to influence Japanese modernization.
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Tokio
Victoria
B. C
Imperial Government of
Japan
Osaka
United States
Europe
Great Britain
Pacific Steel elects new directors at Jersey City meeting
The Pacific Steel company held its annual meeting in Jersey City. Elected directors include H H Swaneyv and M J Carrigan of Port Townsend and Keesport respectively, Maurice McMicken, Willam Piggott, Capt John Irving, Timothy O Connor, G M Hawthorne, and others. Officers chosen: H H Swaney president, Maurice McMicken vice president, O F Thomas secretary, M J Currigan treasurer.
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New York
Pacific Steel Company
Jersey City
H. HM. Swaneyv
M. J. Carrigan
Port Townsend
Wash
Maurice McMicken
Willam Piggott
Seattle
John Irving
Victoria
B.C
Timothy O'Connor
Merrill
Wis
G. M. Hawthorne
St. Paul
Co. F. Thomas
New York City
Frederick P. Day
J. C. Smith BE. P. Douglas
J. L. Devenney
Keesport
H. H. Swaney
O. F. Thomas
M. J Currigan
Senate approves 25 percent pay rise for U.S. judges
The Senate passed a bill boosting salaries for U.S. judges by 25 percent, setting pay scales for chief justices and associate judges across federal courts. Debate touched on cabinet salaries and the Noyes case involving Alaska district judge Arthur H. Noyes as consideration of the urgent deficiency appropriation continued.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Hansbrough
North Dakota
Arthur H. Noyes
District Court of
Alaska
Alexander McKenzie
Noyes
John F. Dryden
William J. Sewall
New Jersey
Court of Claims
Part of Appeals
District of Columbia
Supreme Court
Hale
Lakme Must Pay 4.50 Damages in Puget Sound Collision
Federal judge Hanford orders the steam schooner Lakme to pay 4.50 to the Queen Elizabeth’s owners for a collision on April 14, 1909 off Point No Point in Puget Sound. The Lakme’s owners cross-claim of negligence against the tug Tyee and its tow Elizabeth is dismissed.
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Seattle
Hanford
Lakme
Point No Point
Puget Sound
Theakme
Tyee
Elizabeth
Roosevelt Daughter Invited to London Coronation Trip
Whitelaw Reid invites Miss Alice Roosevelt eldest daughter of the president to join him in London for King Edward VII’s coronation. She is expected to go but will have no formal role in the ceremonies, remaining a young American guest.
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Washington
Whitelaw Reid
Alice Roosevelt
London
Edward
Roosevelt
Queensland Premier Dissolves Parliament Calls Federation Dissatisfaction
Brisbane February 4 Parliament has been dissolved and Premier Robert Philip issued an election manifest protesting the Australian federation. He criticizes the commonwealth government and says it has disappointed the strongest advocate of the union.
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Brisbane
Queensland
Robert Philip
Commonwealth
Alaska Southern Railroad Chartered for 2 Mile Line
Guthrie Oklahoma Feb 4 The Alaska Southern Railroad company was chartered to operate a line from Burroughs Bay Alaska to Laketon I a distance of 2 miles with 2000 capital dock and with offices at Guthrie Osla and Danyiile The corporators include John W Batley W D Ford John J Campbell and Al Cook with J C Strange C H Wilson and C H Weeds listed from Guthrie
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Guthrie Okla
Alaska Southern Railroad Company
Burrough’s Bay
Alaska
Laketon
Guthrie
Osla
Danyiile
John W. Batley
Katchekan
W. D. Ford
Galena
Kan
John J. Campbell
Fort Bill
al Cook
Danville, ML
J. C. Strange
C H. Wilson
C. H. Weeds
Debate on oleomargarine bill stalls in House
Washington February 4 debate on the oleomargarine bill continued in the House with a vote not expected before Thursday. Proponents included Tompkins New York Robb Missouri Knapp New York Bates Pennsylvania Davidson Wisconsin Drisol New York and Hepburn Iowa. Opponents were Cowherd Missouri Lanham Texas Gosvenor Ohio and Kibler Texas.
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Washington
House
Messrs Tompkins
New York
Robb
Missouri
Knapp
Bates
Pennsylvania
Davidson
Wiseconsin
Drisol
Hepburn
Iowa
Messrs
Cowherd
Lanham
Texas
Gosvenor
Ohio
Kieber
Petition for Suspension of Hostilities in the Philippines
Washington February 4 Senator Hour presented a petition signed by prominent Americans calling for suspension of hostilities in the Philippines and a discussion between the war department and Filipino leaders. Signers include Carl Schurz George F Edmunds Judson Harman J Sterling Morton George H Boutwell and Mark Twain among others. The list also mentions 36 professors in the first group.
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Washington
Senator Hour
Asis
Philippines
Carl Behurz
George F. Edmunds
Judson Harmen
J. Sterling Morton
George B Poutwell
Charles F. Adams
W. D. Howells
Mark Twain
Rev . H Pakhrst
W. Hourke Cochran
Robert Treat Paine
Bishop Huntington
Ishop Vincent
Anson Phelps Stokes
Wiliam Lloyd Garrison
Chicago University and Education Leaders Team Up
Chicago University joins with a group of educators to advance a new academic program and study initiative. The collaboration includes several named universities and Chioago-based schools aiming to expand research opportunities and graduate training.
Representatives Babcock and Long Discuss Cuban Reciprocity
Washington February 4 Representatives Babcock and Long of the Ways and Means Committee met with President Roosevelt to discuss Cuban reciprocity. A Republican member said there is little doubt the committee will report measures of Cuban reciprocity.
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Washington
Babcock and Long
Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
Ways and Means
Senators Consider Equalizing Vessel Inspection Fees
Washington February 4 The house committee on merchant marine and fisheries reports a bill to equalize inspection fees and privileges charged by nations for ships. It targets Canada which has not charged American vessels in U.S. ports, unlike American charges.
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Washington
House Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries Today
Senate
Admiral Bowles urges warship construction in government yards
Washington February 4 Admiral Bowles chief of the bureau of construction told the house committee he favors building warships in government navy yards and asks authority to construct one or more vessels there. Action on that navy bill branch is pending but Bowles proposal may be added as an amendment later.
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Mitchell
Oregon
California
Nevada
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Hale
Bitka
Alaska
Hansbrough
Arthur H. Noyes
Alexander McKenzie
Tillman
McKenzie
Noyes
Minnesota
Davis
Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Hear
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Judge Noyes
Washington
Admiral Bowles
Bureau Oe Construction
House
Presidential Nominations Sent to Senate
The president transmitted nominations to the senate including Charles Warner for Register of Sand and Ice in Coeur dAlene Idaho and H C Ward to colonel along with Major B C Weed to major and A Brew to major and Jervin Jr to captain plus Caldwell to second lieutenant in the land forces.
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Washington
Senate Register of
Sand Owce
Coeur d' Alene
Jonn & Vost
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Charles i
Warner
My—Cieut
H. C. Ward
Jim Fantey
B. C. Weed
Infantry
Houanant
A. Brew ‘A
wWantre
President Grants Clemency in Military Case
The president has exercised clemency in the care of living James P. Howell, convicted in the Philippines of duty neglect and sentenced to be dismissed. In view of extenuating circumstances the pardon orders restoration to duty.
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Washineto
Clemmetu
Livut
James I’. Howell, Siath
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