Bold Butte Hold Up Report Stirs City Police Silence
A traveling salesman recounts a near 11pm hold up in Butte as Con tractor Soss, kin to the capitol builder, was robbed of nearly $50 near Silver and Idaho streets. Chief Lovell searched the area while a snow storm started, possibly erasing a trail. police offered no confirmations or arrests.
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Mr. Loss
Silver
Idaho
Butte
H. McGregor
Forman, Ford & Co
Minneapolis
Standard Office
Soss
State
Mr. Soss
Lovell
Business Men's association to push gambling license bill
At a Butte meeting the Business Men's association organized to seek a license statute aimed at revenue from gambling. Members urged hiring an attorney, possibly visiting Helena, and pressuring the Silver Bow delegation. The discussion condemned the current anti gambling law as ineffective and urged a regulated license system. The license committee set daily meetings to draft a legislative recommendation. Also noted, a fast bout at the Casino where Jack Foley defeated the Coeur d Alene Spider.
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Business Men's Association
Helena
Silver Bow
Supreme Court
O’brien
Paris
France
Association
Marcus Daly
New York
Montanana
Washington, D. C
Potomac
Arlington
Association of Butte
Congress
Montana
Chamber of Commerce of
Great Falls
Butte Organization
D. J. Hennessey
Hennessy
Horgan
J. W. Passmore
W. O. Speer
Butte
Peter Breen
Good Citizenship League
Passmore
Mr. Horgan
Mr. Hennessy
Association Room
Kingsbury
Mystery Object Found in Trevonia Mine Shaft
Early yesterday Kelley and Fin ley miners in the Trevonia mine discovered a mystery object dropped into a shaft. Wrapped in white cloth, the item was given to the coroner and then to Undertaker Richards for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelley
Finley
Trevonia
Undertaker Richards
Mother Earth
Indian murderer sent to Sitka for double wife killings
The steamer Alpha arrived from the north with an alleged Indian murderer from Unalaska. In Sitka he was jailed pending trial for beating his second wife to death and is accused of killing his first wife similarly. Bound over to the Nome court by US Commissioner Whipple.
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Seattle
Jan
Unalaska
Sitka
Nome
United States
Whipple
Indian Brought to Sitka by U S Marshal Sullivan
Unalaska reports the Indian was transported to Sitka by Deputy United States Marshal Sullivan to face local authorities.
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Unalaska
Sitka
United States
Sullivan
Promoters Confident On Jeffries Ruhlin Fight Fate
In Cincinnati on January 14 promoters push the Jeffries Ruhlin bout set for February 15. Ruhlin attends matinee and evening shows without incident. Evangelical alliance cancels a meeting as premature. Saengerfest Athletic association accelerates work and contracts as chamber of commerce members sign a petition backing the event. Business leaders largely support the venue unless political leaders issue a firm ultimatum.
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Cincinnati
Ruhlin
Evangelical Alliance
Saengerfest Athletic Association
Chamber of Commerce
Loss of the Leone Steamer Off Corsica Reported
The Italian steamer Leone of 3610 tons net was lost near Lachiappa Corsica with many bodies washing ashore. The ship, 201 feet long, 25 feet beam, 15 feet depth, built at Greenwich in 184, remains untraced in shipping references. In Washington Colonel Mills told the Senate military affairs committee hazing is decreasing and legislative action is unnecessary.
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Lachiappa
Corsica
Leone
G. Denaro
Catania
Greenrock
Washington, Jan. M
Mills
West Point Military Academy
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Congress
Trains Reach Odessa After Severe Snow Drifts
Odessa correspondent reports trains arrived, ice hardens drifts, a tunnel four yards long and twenty eight feet deep was cut. Sleigh parties recovered passengers frozen to death while attempting to walk. In Louisville Sullivan fight ends in draw after 25 rounds.
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London
Odessa
Daily Mail
Northern Montana Office Advertising Rates
The Northern Montana Office of the Standard sits in the Bach-Cory Block Great Falls opposite the Park Hotel. Advertising rates are available upon application.
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Montana
The
Standard
Bach-Cory
Great Falls
Park Hotel
Irish sheep herder James Grady found dead near Pondera
Coroner reports James Grady, about 55, found frozen on the prairie two miles from his sheep camp near Pondera. He had been herding for August Kropp and was last seen January 4. A dog led searchers to the body, suggesting exhaustion in deep snow. Grady, Irish-born, lived about 10 years in the region, had over $5,000, and was recently divorced from his Portland-born wife. Funeral held at Choteau Methodist Church.
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Great Falls
Titus
Teton County
James Grady
Pondera
Grady
August Kropp
George Mackle
Ireland
Portland
Ore
Methodist Episcopal Church
Choteau
Mrs Thomas Dean Dies at Dupuyer
Great Falls reports the death of Mrs. Thomas Dean at her Dupuyer home last week. An Ireland native, she came to the United States in 1861 and later moved to Montana. Survived by three sons and a daughter, the daughter identified as Mrs. C. B. Perkins.
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Great Falls
Thomas Dean
Dupuyer
Ireland
United States
Troy
N. Y
Montana
C. B. Perkins
Great Falls Notes Highlight Local Moves and Changes
S. A. Willis heads to San Francisco for a visit while Er. C. Garrett deputy recorder of Teton county visits Great Falls. Alfred Pierce and family plan a California winter. Mrs. Frank Marion returns from Boston. Campbell of Fort Shaw Indian School and local business figures also travel. Neihart’s Joe Hegener finds a rich ore streak. Neihart Herald ends, plant moved to Salmon City Idaho for Lemhi Herald. Professor H. Garvin and Miss Pearl Mann wed at Chateau, Garvin a former Sun River principal and now Chateau Mercantile bookkeeper.
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S. A. Willis
San Francisco
Er. C. Garrett
Teton County
City
Alfred Pierce
Neihart
H. Garvin
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Coeur d'Alene
Jack Foley
Foley
W. Park
West Point Mazag
Louisville
Kia Broad
Dave Sullivan
Frank Marion
Armington
Boston
Janiuary
Cloak Dept
Col
Lonsdale Muslin
Ic Yard
Pepperell
Berkley
Linen Department
Bates
Derby
Snomists
Pecty
W. Park St
Lutte, Mont
Symons
Gaomists Ton PE
Park St
Vutte
Mort
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