Helena Dispatch Notes Western Counties and Senate Contests
The article recalls French Gulch valuation and sparse settlements while detailing legislative contests in Helena. It notes delays in filing the Gilchrist-Tewey contest and compares to the Geiger-Whiteside precedent, with questions about commission testimony procedures and senate proceedings.
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Gov
Higging
Gilchrist-Tewey
Higgins
Justices of the Peace
Secretary of State
Mr. Higgins
House
Geiger-Whiteside
Geiger
Whiteside
Flathead County
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Sunday Closing Bill Moves Through Montana House
Helena dispatch records the Montana House session opening with a Sunday saloon closing petition from Albert May and about 40 signers referred to education. Lawmakers introduced bills on direct legislation tax reform and judicial pay, plus appointments for capitol postmaster and stenographer duties.
Legislature waits for committee appointments before action
The article notes no commission was appointed and Silver Bow county affairs are in flux while lawmakers delay real business until committees are formed.
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Silver Bow
Senators Ready to Receive Mileage in Montana Session
Helena January 7 The Montana senate met at 2 pm for a brief session. Mileage for members was reported with totals from 20 cents to 118 dollars for 1180 miles. Bills introduced include deaf and dumb asylum name change and a woman’s suffrage measure. Adjourned to tomorrow afternoon.
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Helena
Senate
Gilchrist
Tewey
Mahon
Albright
Whipple
House
Anderson
Durham
Kennedy
Johnson
Biggs
Lewis and Clarke County
Brennan
Flathead
Montana Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Montana School For the Deaf and Blind
Supreme Court
McLean
Sherlock
Montana lawmakers prep suffrage bill as capitol activity rises
Helena January 7 The suffrage bill advances from women’s clubs with support from Senator Sherlock and a prepared data dossier. Legislators face a flurry of bills in the coming weeks while clerk Miss Reddington aids the senate. Governor Toole warns on bounty fraud tied to Cree and half breed hides crossing the border. Railroad land sales draw scrutiny as state land sales fall below minimums.
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Standard
Helena
Sherlock
Capitol
Miss Reddington
Senate
Gov. Toole
Montana
Canada
State land policy and gambling law debated in legislature
Gov Toole urged easier land payment terms and a 14 year limit to boost state land sales and invest surplus cash. A Silver Bow delegate urged licensing gambling in towns that vote for it, arguing revenue and enforcement concerns. Senators Brennan and Biggs are highlighted for travel stipends with payments varying from 20 cents to $118 across legislators.
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Toole
State Land Department
Silver Bow
Butte
Silver Bow County
Twenty Austrians Die as Floods Sweep Austria
A flood disaster in Austria claims about twenty lives. A boat capsized near Szolnok after ice broke, eight dead. A Pasua train wreck killed two and left seven injured. Nine boys drowned skating at Jarkasi. Danube risen five feet, threatening Budweis and other towns. Rivers flood South Bohemia.
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Vienna
Austria
Szolnok
Fee
Paussa
Jarkasi
Danube
Yides
South
Bohemia
Colorado Solons Meet on Joint Ballot For U S Senate
In Denver the 14th Colorado General Assembly convened to choose a successor to Henry Teller. Republicans claim a 3 vote house majority but many absent. Democrats edge Senate by 13. Anti Wolcott Republicans and Democrats plot to block Wolcott, with Frank Goody as top GOP Senate candidate. House adjourned without clerk results.
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Denver
General Assembly
Colorado
United States
Henry M. Teller
House
Edward O. Wolcott
Wolcott
Senate
Frank Goudy
Tragic Wall Collapse Sets Off Fatal Crushed Worker
A one story brick wall on the east side of a Fourth and Spring streets excavation collapsed trapping and killing Charles Burton a colored laborer and injuring five others seriously or moderately.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Fourth and Spring Streets
Charles Burton
President nominates Army officer to brigadier general
The president sent to the Senate on January 7 a nomination of Col. John A. Johnson, assistant adjutant general, for appointment as brigadier general in the Army.
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Washington
Senate
Army
John A. Johnson
University Building Destroyed by Fire in Norman
Guthrie Okla Jan 7 The state university building in Norman was totally destroyed by fire last night The blaze is believed to have started in the laboratory among explosives The loss is estimated at 50000 dollars
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Guthrie
Okla
State University
Norman
Fort Shaw School Chief Denies Smallpox in Montana
A Montana health official warns of possible smallpox spread in the north and says Fort Shaw Indian school is at the center of rumors. Superintendent Campbell arrives to deny any smallpox cases, insisting only chicken pox has occurred among about 150 pupils and family cases.
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Great Falls
A. F. Longeway
State Board of Health
Montana
Longeway
Valley County
Havre
Teton County
Brooks
Chateau
Fort Shaw
Campbell
McCreedy
Gelsthorpe
County Board of Health
Arlington
Kibbey
Belt
Cascade
Quarantine Officer Appointed in Cascade
Frank Warner was appointed quarantine officer to keep everyone from an infected neighborhood out of Cascade and to enforce strict quarantine regulations.
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Frank Warner
Cascade
Limestone or Land Grant Hearing in Great Falls
A pivotal hearing begins in Great Falls to decide if limestone lands near Albright belong to the Northern Pacific land grant or remain under Albright mineral rights. Examiners doubted limestone as mineral. Albright cites decades of mining and shipments with quarries leased to Boston & Montana for local smelter supply.
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Great Falls
Northern Pacific Railroad
Secretary of the Interior
Albright
Boston & Montana Company
Upton and Mrs. Hirschman Wed in Dillon
Special Correspondence reports Fore man of the Examiner job office Frank E. Upton and Blanche Hirschman married at the Episcopal church on Saturday evening. Rev. S. D. Hooker performed the ceremony with Gruwell as best man and Mrs. Jennie Leason as witness. A wedding supper followed at Mrs. Mc Goughs home. The couple will reside in Dillon.
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Dillon
Jan
Examiner
Blanche Hirschman
Episcopal Church
S. D. Hooker
Gruwell
Jennie Leason
Mr. Upton
Massachusetts
Montana
New Drill of His Own for Prospecting Ground
Special correspondence notes master mechanic G R W Christian of the Bannack dredge boats has built a prospecting drill in Anaconda. He will test placer ground in Missoula county with plans to move the dredges there next year if results justify relocation.
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Dillon
Jan
R. W. Christian
Anaconda
Christian
Missoula County
Supreme Court frees bondsmen in Omaha Bank case
Lincoln Neb Jan 7 The supreme court issued a ruling in the Omaha National bank embezzlement case involving nearly three quarters of a million dollars by former State Treasurer Bartley. The decision releases Bartleys bondsmen from all liability.
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Lincoln
Neb
Supreme Court
Omaha National Bank
Bartley
Northern rail union wage dispute stalls. Great Northern balks
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen clings to a 20 percent pay rise plus double-pay rule for long freight trains. Great Northern asks for a smaller increase but is told no less than the full amount. Chicago meeting planned. disparities persist among railways centered in St. Paul.
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St. Paul
Great Northern
Chicago
Santa Fe Talks Stall Over 20 Percent Wage Increase
In Topeka unions press for a 20 per cent rise as committees stay in session awaiting guidance from western movement leaders. No date set for a new meeting with general manager Mudge, and officials say the matter remains under consideration until a conference request is made.
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Topeka
Kan
Santa Fe Railroad
Mudge
Order of Railway Conductors
Brotherhood of
Suterland Divorce Proceedings Deferred in Court
Testimony was taken in the district court in Boulder in the divorce case Fannie Suterland of Anaconda versus W. Suterland. Service by publication was defective when the defendant lived in Illinois. The court vacated the previous default and halted proceedings until personal service is achieved as the defendant now resides in the state.
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Boulder
District
Fannie Suterland
W. Suterland
Anaconda
Illinois
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