Butte Welcomes Marian Cook Aready to Promote Clarke
Mrs Marian M Cook arrives in Butte as advance agent for Harry Corson Clarke. She is among the few women who succeed as press agents and writes copy fit for printing. Clarke's Grand show opens Sunday night with What Did Tompkins Do and Mrs Cook seeks milk for the route and hundreds of pounds of taffy candy bids.
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Marian M. Cook
Harry Corson Clarke
Butte
Cook
Los Angeles
Clarke
Tompkins
Portland
Butte Delivers Weathered Tales of Montana Politics and Tragedy
A visiting drummer from Omaha notes Montana politics with multiple factions while in Butte. He recalls election discontent and diverse party loyalties. J M Dwight discusses the death of Gerald Donnelly, a cultured but troubled Irish-born former stenographer and carpenter, who died alone after heavy drinking and morphine use. L Sears of Milwaukee discusses local insurance and a Chinaman client. An ice carnival opens at Holland rink with prizes and a 10 cent admission.
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Seaman
Omaha
Het
Silver Bow County
Montana
J. M. Dwight
St. Paul
Butte Tast
Malls
Gerald Donnelly
Ireland
Dublin
L. Sears
Milway
Butte
Grim Reaper
Holland Rink
Advance of the Invaders Reaches Sutherland
Cape Town January 8 reported the Boers have reached Sutherland in a bold advance. Details emphasize strategic movement and the widening scope of the campaign as forces press forward in the region.
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Cape Town
Sutherland
Kimberley Region Sees Scorched Earth Tactics Reported
Within 20 miles of Piquetburg the Kimberley countryside is being cleared of people livestock and provisions. A commando of 150 looted a cattle farm seven miles from Kimberley. Reports say Vryburg residents unable to supply two months of provisions must be moved south.
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Piquetburg
Kimberley
Vryburg
Chinese Frauds Prompt New Exclusion Bill
Representative Jenkins reports a judiciary committee bill to tighten Chinese exclusion abuses in New York and other districts. The measure, backed by the attorney general, aims to curb crossings by Chinese born here and smuggling, and to empower prosecutions before designated commissioners.
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Washington
Jenkins
Wisconsin
House
Judiciary Committee
New York
United States
Custom House
Supreme Court
Franklin County
Paddock
Malone
George H. Curtis
Northern District of
Montana Delegates Named for National Live Stock Convention
T. C. Power, president of the state board of sheep commissioners, announced Montana delegates to the National Live Stock association convention in Salt Lake City January 15 to 17. Appointees include I. D. O Donnell Yellowstone county, A. M. Wiley Custer county, H. Hl. Nelson Cascade county, E. E. Leech Teton county, Oscar Stephens Fergus county, and J. L. Poindexter Beaverhead county. Power expects many others to attend and hopes for strong state representation.
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Standard
Helena
T. C. Power
State Board of Sheep Commissioners
Montana
National
Live Stock Association
Salt Lake City
IT. D O'Donnell
Yellowstone County
A. 3. Wiley
Custer County
H. Hl. Nelson
Cascade County
E. E. Leech
Teton County
Oscar Stephens
Fergus County
J. LB
German Diet Opens with Canal Bill Amid Budget Surplus
Berlin opened today by Emperor William’s name with Chancellor von Buelow reading the throne speech. The extended canal bill would cover Rhine Elbe waterways and a Berlin to Stettin waterway, plus improvements on Oder Vistula Wartha Havel Bates. The speech noted a budget surplus for the year and urged reforms in Berlin local government and provincial finances.
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Berlin
Jan
William
Count von Buelow
Rhine and
Elbe
Stettin
Oder
Vistula
Wartha
Lower
German press reviews speech from the throne
Berlin papers criticize the speech as colorless and bureaucratic under Count von Buelow. Some outlets support the canal bill but lack their usual energy. The National Zeitung questions the government view, while Krutz Zeitung warns conservatives oppose the bill mainly on financial grounds.
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Berlin, Jan
Berliner Tageblatt
Count von Buelow
National Zeitung
Krutz Zeitung
Excelsior Sails North to Gold Fields Amid Large Seattle Crowd
The steamer Excelsior sails for Port Valdes tomorrow with one of the largest Seattle crowds bound for the gold fields in the Cape Fear River country. Over 100 passengers, two thirds seeking fortune in the Chosotena diggings, plus twenty taking the overland route from Katmai Sound for Nome.
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Seattle
Wash
Excelsior
Port Valdes
Capeper River
Chosotena
Katmai Sound
Nome
Bellevue nurses indicted for manslaughter in Hilliard death
Grand jury indicts Clin ton Marshall J R Dean and Eugene Davis all Bellevue nurses for manslaughter in the first degree over the death of Louis Hilliard. It is alleged injuries including broken ribs occurred at Bellevue hospital.
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New York, Jan
Grand Jury
Clinton Marshall
J. R. Dean
Eugene Davis
Wellevue
Louis Hilliard
Hilliard
Bellevue Hospital
President McKinley Confined to His Room
Washington report states President McKinley remains in his room for three to four days due to a bad cold that has developed into a grip. Dr. Rixey notes no complications and the White House says the illness should run its normal course with no cabinet meetings or diplomatic reception until further notice.
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Washington
Rixey
White House
Cortelyou
Hawaiian Advices and Deaths Mark New Year
Honolulu reports W Horace Wright journalist lawyer and royalist leader died by carbolic acid in his Independent office. David L Noone legislative leader died of paralysis in Honolulu. The old Kekuanaumau palace torn for modern building. Gage Chinese registration rules grant residency certificates to Hawaii residents up to 14 June 1900 with no limit until 13 June 1901.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
W. Horace Wright
Hawaii
The
Independent
David L. Noone
House of Representatives
Republic of Hawaii
Kekuanaum
Kamehameha
Gage
Hawaiian Islands
Lipton defends secrecy on Shamrock II construction
Sir Thomas Lipton replies to critics over the secrecy of Shamrock II boat building, arguing Herreshoffs withheld details and launching at night was previous practice. He says secrecy is needed to protect Watsons discovered improvements and that he would not challenge again without such advances.
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London
Bulding
Thomas Lipton
Herreshoffs
Morever
Watson
German Commerce Jeopardized at Berlin Congress
Berlin January 8 The interior secretary Count von Posadowsky Wehner opened a commercial congress and warned delegates that German commerce faces tougher struggles to find outlets as states shift toward self sufficiency. He argued German products’ excellence will help hold markets abroad and in new fields.
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Berlin
Interior
Count von Posadowsky Wehner
Germany
Storms Leave Russian Railways Snowbound and Vessels Sheltered
Dozens of trains are buried or stuck on southern Russian lines as heavy snow disrupts transport. About ten thousand laborers are deployed to clear tracks while several steamers are reported missing. Sebastopol harbor shelters numerous ships, mail delivery halted by snow. Separately, Charles D. Lane, bound for South America, faces salvage actions by Saginaw Steel over assistance rendered during a recent Cape Flattery storm incident.
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Odessa
Sebastopol
Seattle
Wash
Jan
Charles D. Lane
South America
Saginaw Steel Company
Cape Flattery
The
Steel Company
Washtenaw
Berlin Talks Edge Toward Washington Transfer
Berlin reports no U S Russia transfer request received by the German foreign office yet. Ambassador White held talks with Baron von Richthofen this evening and Hay s suggestion may have been discusssed.
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Berlin
Jan
United States
Russia
Washington
White
Baron von Richthofen
Hay
Burmah Official Shoots Self in Carriage
Sir Edward Spence Symes, chief secretary of Burmah government since 1890 and India legislative council member, shot himself in a carriage in Rangoon. He lingers between life and death. In Washington, a Senate military affairs panel agreed to accept a Hoar amendment proposing an army canteen investigation committee.
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Rangoon
Burmah
Edward Spence Symes
Government of Burmah
Legislative Council of India
Washington
Jan
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Hoar
Insurgent Camps Captured Across Luzon and Marinduque
Several insurgent camps were captured and destroyed in Luzon districts and Larro. One camp fell in the mountains of Marinduque. A scouting party of the 46th regiment captured a score of ladrones near &ilang. Arrests of suspected insurgents continue in Manila and vicinity.
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Manila
Jan
Luzon
Larro
Marinduque
Ilang
Zionists vote to call national Jewish congress
A large Zionist meeting in Berlin on January 8 voted to call a national Jewish congress to protect threatened Jewish interests.
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Berlin
Zionists
National Jewish Congress
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M’kinley
Lipton
Symons
Columbia
California
Alexande
Cloak Department
Temptations
Alaska
Lonsdale
Guinea
W. Park St. Butte, Mont
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