Woman Suffrage Defeated By Tie Vote In Montana Senate
Helena January 14 the senate indefinitely postponed the woman suffrage bill after a 12 to 12 tie, Lieutenant Governor Higgins switching to aye to defeat the measure. The judiciary committee reported for postponement and the house faces a similar fate. Clerks for committees and senate election probes also fill the session as factions clash on appointments and policy.
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Butte
Hey
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Judiciary Committee
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Hoffman
Kennedy
K. M. Hughes
Missoula
Arthur Wright
Fergus
Minnie Stubblefield
Sweet Grass
Bertha Sands
Grace McNierney
G. Landstrum
Lewis and Clarke
Mary Tobin
Deer Lodge
Allen, Miller
Swindlehurst
Brownlee
Cannon
Senate approves new bills as suffrage measure dies
Helena January 14 four new bills introduced in the senate session adjourned after a 30 minute meeting. A suffrage bill was killed as it moved toward general orders while other measures on stockgrowing and grazing duties for sheep inspectors cor porations annual reports and penalties for carrying concealed weapons juror fees arson and fence destruction were referred to committees.
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Jordan
Capitol Commission
Maddox
State Law Library
Supreme Court
Committee On Libraries
Mayon
Committee On Public Morals
Cullen
Committee On Judiciary
Anderson
Hoffman
Hoggins
P. E. Kennedy
Kelly
Waite
A Tidal Wave of Bills In The House
Helena hosts both forenoon and afternoon sessions as routine business proceeds. Notices announce new bills including one by Hefferlin to regulate ditches and water rights and another by Hefferlin to amend existing statutes.
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IN MONUMENTS SHADOW THREE DROWN WHILE SKATING
A trio of skaters drowned in a Washington area incident near a monument as others escaped danger from a hazardous ice surface. Investigators probe the hot water pipe outlet blamed for thinning ice and prompting the perilous outing.
Ice Breaks at Washington Basin Skating Disaster
A large crowd skating near the Washington monument fell through ice after a hot waterpipe rupture. Three deaths confirmed including Miss Jessica C. Thomas. two other victims identified as Arthur Wasserbach and Henry C. Hamill. About 2,000 witnesses watched as rescues occurred and police cleared the scene.
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Washington
Washington Monument
Jessie C. Thomas
Bureau of Ethnology
Arthur Wasserbach
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Henry C. Hamill
War Department
Wasserbach
Hamill
Michigan
Thomas
Frederick
Devastating Explosion at Hamilton Powder Works
A massive blast at the Hamilton Powder company works near Nanaimo kills George Simons James Fulford and 10 Chinese workers. A gun cotton storage building and a gelignite mixing house exploded, blasting debris over acres. Nitro glycerine maker James Preston barely escaped, saving machinery from a near second blast. No cause is given and no witnesses survived.
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Hamilton Powder Company
George Simons
James Fulford
James Preston
Nanaimo
Murderers Seek Appeal in Capital Case
Ottawa Ontario January 44 A special session of the supreme court bench has been convened for 2 o clock tomorrow to hear an appeal in the capital case of Labelle and Fournier sentenced to be hanged Tuesday at Dawson for murdering miners and robbing them of gold dust.
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Ont
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Dawson
Senate confirms Hawaii judge and Oregon officials
Washington January 14 confirmations by the senate appoint John T Debolt first judge of the circuit court for Hawaii Morton tower collector of customs district of Southern Oregon Portmasters Oregon T I Ambler Mt Angel
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John T. Debolt
Circuit Court of the First Circuit
Hawaii
Morton Tower
District of Southern
Oregon
Portmasters
T. I. Ambler
Mt. Angel
Chapman Is a Bad One in London Murder Case
London officials probe George Chapman once linked to US birth claims. Court testimony refutes sensational life story from Michigan farm to 1895. Consul Evans sought proof of citizenship. Chapman offered none. A woman testified receiving poisoned gifts but she burned them.
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London
George Chapman
Michigan
Chapman
Washington
Gen. Evans
Hewitt in Critical Condition No Change in Three Days
Dr. E L Keyes reported Abram Hewitt remains critically ill and extremely weak in New York on Jan 4, with no material change in his condition over the past three days.
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Bridger bank robbery case swells as suspects reportedly turn state
Special Dispatch from Red Lodge reports sensational bank robbery updates as four jail inmates may have become state witnesses. Authorities deny details while rumors link Pat Murray to the crime and point to further arrests in the county. Sheriff Potter declined to comment.
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Red Lodge
Bridger
Pat Murray
Sheriff Potter
Menebbe death report unfounded as Tangier quiet wears thin
British subjects arrive from Fez while Tangier and its villages stay calm. Authorities expect fighting to resume tomorrow as two battalions of the foreign legion in Algeria are ordered to the Moroccan frontier for active service.
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Menebbe
Fez
Paris
Foreign Legion
Algeria
Smallpox Cases Reported in Sweet Grass Hills District
Havre dispatch reports smallpox has gained a foothold in the Sweet Grass hills area with multiple cases at Hill and Gold Butte and among nearby ranches.
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Sweet Grass Hills
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Gold Butte
Judge Harney Relates Bribe Offer In Disbarment Hearing
Judge Edward W. Harney testified about a $100 000 to $250 000 bribe offer to admit bribery by Heinze and resign the bench. He described Clark’s statements and Shores involvement as the disbarment case against Arthur J Shores proceeds before Judge McClernan with continued questioning.
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Edward W. Harney
Minnie Healey
Arthur J. Shores
Amalgamated Copper Company
McClernan
Charles W. Clark
Clark
Heinze
Young Clark
Harney
Charney Clark
Clarke
Jesse B. Roote
Montana
Democratic Party
Mr. Shores
Charley Clark
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