Man Sentenced to Two Years for Coat Theft in Great Falls
William Smith pleaded guilty to stealing an overcoat from the Maverick saloon and giving it to a boy to dispose of. Judge Leslie sentenced him to two years in the penitentiary, rebuking the defendant for involving the boy Patsy Grogan and noting prior employment on the Great Falls & Canada construction.
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Standard
Great Falls
Leslie
William Smith
Maverick
Smith
Great Falls & Canada Construction
Anniversary of Victor Emmanuel II Death Observed in Rome
A two mile procession to the Pantheon marked the twenty fifth anniversary of King Victor Emmanuel II's death. About 30 000 people, including provincial delegations and one thousand veterans, laid wreaths as the king and queen attended services.
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Rome
Victor Emmanuel II
Pantheon
Victor Emmanuel
Surr
National Committee
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Navy
Army
Idaho's grand irrigation project announced for Snake River plain
Plans approved by the interior department and President Roosevelt set Idaho on a vast irrigation scheme. The 270000 acre Snake River desert in Cassia and Lincoln counties will be reclaimed, water sourced at Twin Falls, supported by Frank H. Buhle and private capital with an estimated two million dollar expenditure. Land to be sold at 25 dollars per acre on easy terms, water rights perpetual under Carey act, promising a growing Twin Falls city and related towns.
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Standard
Boise
Idaho
United States
State Land Board
Twin Falls Irrigation and Power Company
Interior Department
Roosevelt
Snake River
Cassia
Lincoln
Twin Falls
Frank H. Buhle
Pennsylvania
Will Boost for America
Alfred Chasseau of New York was named United States commissioner to the international hardware machine and allied trades exposition to open at the Crystal Palace London next March. The assignment aims to help American firms introduce their specialties to consumers in England and its colonies.
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New York
Alfred Chasseau
United States
Crystal Palace
London
England
Russia restricts banquet for old newspaper anniversary
In St. Petersburg on January 9 the police barred a banquet planned for the 200th anniversary of Russia's first newspaper. Authorities feared a radical resolution pushing freedom of the press would be presented during the event.
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St. Petersburg
Von Holleben Estranged as German Ambassador Faces Leave
Berlin reports Ambassador von Holleben has requested a long leave and will not return to Washington due to dissatisfaction with his handling of the Venezuelan arbitration and other issues. Baron Speck von Sternberg will become chargé d affaires and later ambassador, while von Sternberg stays consul general in Calcutta. The Vossische Zeitung notes a rumored influence by Dr. von Holleben on Emperor William's March 1899 Kipling telegram and criticizes his overall management of the Witt and statue episodes.
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Berlin
von Holleben
Washington
Baron Speck von Sternberg
Germany
Calcutta
Baron von Sternberg
Foreign Office
Saxony
Baron von Holleben
Roosevelt
Hague Arbitration Court
Ambassador von Holleben
Vossische Zeitung
Emperor William
Kipling
New York
Dr. von Holleben
Witt
Frederick the Great
Holleben
United States
Smoot Poised To Win Utah Republican Caucus
In Salt Lake City a Republican caucus chose Thomas Hull as speaker of the house and E. M. Allison Jr as senate president candidate. Four candidates seek Rawlins's seat including Reed Smoot, George Sutherland, Heber Wells, and George Cannon with Smoot expected to win a large caucus majority.
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Salt Lake
Thomas Hull
Salt Lake County
House
E. M. Allison, Jr
Weber County
Senate
Rawlins
Apostle Reed Smoot
Mormon Church
George Sutherland
Heber M. Wells
George M. Cannon
Reed Smoot
Swift & Co To Sell Coal To Aid Poor In Chicago
Swift & Company announces entry into the coal business to relieve shortages and aid the needy. The firm has mine output contracts and will sell surplus coal at cost to the poor, limiting buyers to one bushel at a time priced at 20 cents per bushel, 10 cents per half bushel, and 5 cents per peck.
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Chicago
Swift & Co
Montana manufacturers push state seal trade mark bill
A large meeting of Great Falls manufacturers and business men resolved to urge Montana lawmakers to require the state seal or a suitable device as a trademark on all locally produced articles. A committee including Dan McKay KX B Judd and Attorney General Donovan will draft the bill for the legislature.
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Standard
Great Falls
W. G. Conrad
Dan McKay
Montana
B. Judd
Donovan
Boy 10 to be prosecuted for fake nickels in Great Falls
Federal authorities will prosecute 15 year old 8S. K. Taylor for making imitation nickels of lead used in local slot machines. Taylor, from Shelby, admits creating the coins to beat the machines and faces federal counterfeiting charges. He is jailed as the U S attorney plans a hearing next week.
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Standard
Great Falls
United States
K. Taylor
Helena
Green
Taylor
Shelby
Frary
Federal Grand Jury
Venezuela Arbitration Brings Key Nations Toward Settlement
Reports from London and Berlin confirm Castro’s acceptance of Allied arbitration terms, signaling finality on major disputes. The Hague orders Dutch ships to stay near West Indies while Venezuela blockade transport shifts are arranged. Red D Line suspends Caracas sailings as Porto Rico service reroutes mails to Curacao.
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Berlin
Castro
Foreign Office
Washington
Hague Arbitration Court
New York
Caracas
Porto Rico
San Juan
P. R
Curacoa
Lane Captured After Staging Rich Man Persona in St Louis
W L Lane alias Doc Butler, linked to the Abingdon bank robbery, was arrested at an all night restaurant after a theater outing. Detectives seized his revolver and found a matching weapon linked to the case, and Lane faces preliminary trial in Galesburg that evening.
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St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Quincey
Lil
W. L. Lane
Doc Butler
Abingdon
Lang
Lane
Lehey
Western Union
Chicago
Rallery
Tracy
Galesburg
Women and Children to Be Deported in Riots Case
Treasury Department orders the deportation of the wife and children of McQueen, convicted of inciting riots in Paterson and sentenced to five years. They arrived in New York recently and will be sent back on grounds they may become public charges. Appeals against immigration findings are ongoing.
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Washington
Treasury Department
McQueen
Paterson
New York
Department
Idaho Town Will Have New Smelter
Spokane dispatch reports Pan Handle Smelting & Refining Co has secured 400 acres at Sand Point Idaho for a smelter site and plans a 300 ton facility after starting with one furnace. It also bought three steamboats on Lake Pend d Oreille and the Venezia mining claims to operate with the plant.
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Spokane
Pan Handle Smelting & Refining Company
Sand Point
Idaho
Lake Pend d’Oreille
Venezuela Group of Mining Claims
Real estate investors from Iowa head to Gallatin County
A prominent real estate man said about 100 affluent Iowa ranchers will travel to Gallatin County in March to invest in local real estate. The group plans to settle in Bozeman for the inquiry and potential purchases.
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The
Standard
Bozeman
Iowa
Gallatin County
Four Robbers Arrested After Train Heist and Fatal Mistake
Investigators trace a Burlington line robbery six months earlier to six men who boarded a skiff trip from La Crosse to Dubuque. One robber was killed by his own gang after a failed signal. They dumped the engine, burned the loot, and sank the money with $2,200 recovered in sand.
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Charles White
la Crosse
Dubuque
Louisiana
Investigator Fusiin Arrives From Honolulu On Korea
San Francisco reports that D. H. Fusiin of Minneapolis, commissioned by Secretary Shaw to study Hawaii postal facilities, arrives from Honolulu aboard the steamer Korea today.
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San Francisco
D. H. Fusiin
Minneapolis
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
Hawaii
Honolulu
Korea
Tingley libel trial arguments clash over paper's justification
San Diego January reports long defense addresses in the Tingley-Times libel case. Eugene Daney argues no damages shown and questions Mary Dingley’s portrayal while challenging the newspaper’s motives and the Rajah Yoga leader’s status. Trial to continue with jury verdict expected after debate.
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San Diego
Cal
Tingley-Times
Eugene Daney
Times
W. R. Andrews
Tingley
Cuban boy Calixto Acosta Diaz sick, not produced
Katharine Tingley reports Cuban child Calixto Acosta Diaz is ill at Pont Loma school. Her attorney told Judge Conklin a physician unaffiliated with the institution would inspect the boy if he is not produced on Monday, under habeas corpus writ.
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San Diego
Cal
Katherine Tingley
Calixto Acosta Diaz
Pont Loma School
Asking Another Franchise Big Timber Lighting Franchise Question
The Big Timber city council debates granting a franchise for a new lighting system after the Big Timber Electric and Power Company proposes a two year term. The firm claims $22,000 invested, $18,000 current value, and plans to spend $14,000 on a stone building and new equipment if approved. It also offers to sell the plant to the city at appraised value by three independent electricians.
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Big Timber
Big Timber Electric and Power Company
Corliss
Second Stroke of Paralysis Strikes Col Gould in Omaha
Friends in Billings report Col Charles Gould longtime Burlington stock agent in Montana suffered a second stroke at his Omaha home a few days ago. About a year earlier he had a severe stroke while on a freight train from Big Timber Billings and has not resumed duty since, with his condition described as critical.
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The
Standard
Billings
Charles Gould
Burlington Railway
Montana
Omaha
Gould
Big Timbero
The Real Heroines Of Everyday Life Heroine Health Ad
A dated health notice touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female ailments. It frames women as daily heroes suffer, urging use of the product to banish pain and restore happiness and strength.
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Lydia FE
Pinkham
Anti-Trust Measure Nears House Approval
Washington reports the judiciary sub committee under Representative Littlefield has practically agreed to an anti-trust bill. The proposal relies on publicity via the interstate commerce commission rather than creating a new body. The committee plans to present its features publicly tomorrow and notes the attorney general drafter bills will go to the sub-committee under existing rules.
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Washington
House
Judiciary Committee
Littlefield
Derstood
Interstate Commerce Commission
Judiciary
Geer Pushes Independent Bid as Oregon Senate Vote Looms
At the Oregon biennial session a United States senator will be elected to replace Joseph Simon with Republicans holding a strong joint majority. C W Fulton, Gov T T Geer, Binger Hermann, and Jonathan Bourne are named candidates. Geer cites his June election majority as basis to demand the people’s verdict be carried out. Caucuses are unlikely. Fulton has set up headquarters in Portland as legislators converge on Salem. The Lewis and Clark exposition funding, seeking a half million dollars, is a key upcoming bill.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
United States
Joseph Simon
C. W. Fulton
Clatsop County
T. T. Geer
Binger Hermann
General Land Office
Jonathan Bourne
Geer
Gay Geer
Durbar Festivities Close With Royal Farewell
Lord Curzon hosted a small reception to close the durbar festivities in Delhi with the Duke and Duchess of Connaught present. King Ward ordered coronation medals in gold for the ruling princess India and a few others, and 2,000 silver medals for remaining recipients.
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Delhi
Lord Curzon
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