Noted Desperado Henry Thompson Shot in Saco Saloon
Henry Thompson known as Long Henry, a feared Montana desperado, was shot and killed in the Valley Saloon by Eddie Shufelt after a confrontation over Georgia Grant. Eyewitnesses say Thompson fired first and Shufelt claimed self defense but the coroner's jury noted possible foul play and linked Dunn to past gun crimes.
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Standard
Saco
Henry Thompson
Long Henry
Montana
Eddie Shufelt
Valley
Duffy & Shufelt
Thompson
Shufelt
Georgia Grant
Georgia
Ana
Audresse
Sufelt
Deor
A C. Broome
A. C. Broome
Broome
Longe Henry
Lone Henry
Ed Shufelt
Thomas Dun
Son
Dunn
Seymour Runch
Lace
Corral
Southwest
Tom Star
Wyoming
District of Wyoming
Star
Desperado
Au Panther
Long Henry Thompson Kills Two In Montana Record
Great Falls February report recalls Long Henry Thompson as a renowned gunman in Montana with two killings. He first gained prominence after a Miles City incident in 1895 when he killed a drunken armed cook in self defense. Later he killed Tor Dunn near Saco after a quarrel over horses.
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Long Henry” Thompson
Montana
Glasgow
Long Henry
Miles City
Thompson
Wiship
Tor Dunn
Saco
Dunn
Long Mry
Thomp
Devastation After Shamaka Earthquake In Trans Caucasia
Reports from Shamaka in Russian Trans Caucasia say the town is almost completely destroyed with about twenty five thousand residents left homeless. By February 15 two hundred bodies had been recovered and search work continued amid aftershocks affecting the region.
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Shamaka
Caucasian
Tiflis
Trans-Caucasia
St. Petersburg
Muspelmans
Baku
Russian Trans-Caucasia
The Ransom Paid for Miss Stone
The state department received cabling that the ransom for Miss Stone has been paid to her brigand captors. It is unclear when she will be released, but the captors demand a one to sixteen day period to ensure their safe retreat before surrender.
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Washington
State Department
Miss Stone
Berlin Opens Partly Elevated Electric Railway
Berlin authorities celebrate the formal opening of a new electric railway partly elevated and partly underground with a trial trip attended by imperial state and municipal representatives.
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Berlin
White House Conference on Cuba Philippine War Tax Schley Case
A February White House meeting involved President and Republican leaders including Allison Aldrich Spooner Henderson Cannon Grosvenor. The session focused on Cuba Philippine policy repeal of war tax and possible Schley case implications, but no definite agenda or outcome was announced. The conference echoed the earlier war preparations and shaped expectations for future congressional action.
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White House
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Aldrich
Spooner
Henderson
Cannon
Grosvenor
Congress
Knox
Payne
Hanna
Senate
House
Rie
Schley
Ways and Means Committee
Committee On Ways and Means
Santiago
Navy Department
McKinley
Sehley
Oregon
Colon
Billy West Minstrel Leader Dies at 45
Chicago February report notes William H. West known as Billy West the minstrel died of cancer aged 45. His Utica, New York home was cited and friends estimate his fortune at 500000.
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Chicago
William H. West
Billy” West
West
Utica
N. Y
Mistrial Declared in Pooley Murder Case in Silver Bow
After about twelve hours of deliberation the jury could not agree in the Pooley murder trial. Judge McClernan discharged the jurors amid reports of a 16 to 2 split for acquittal. Pooley killed his son in law Thomas Littlejohn and Libbie Littlejohn died shortly after. The case may be moved to another county for a fresh jury.
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Thomas Pooley
Department III
Butte
Pooley
Silver Bow County
Cornty
Breen
Ed .S. Booth
Thomas Littlejohn
Littlejohn
Libbie Littlejohn
Montana
Virginia
Silver Bow
Thresher
S. Booth
Livingston man dies by self inflicted gunshot
James Morman, a 15 year resident of Livingston, shot himself in the head with a .22 rifle last night. William Kearns found the body this morning after calling at the island cabin for help and receiving no response.
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Livingston
James Morman
William Kearns
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Kearns
Morman
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Leard
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