Tramway plans and mine deals dominate Granite headlines
Special dispatch from Philipsburg reports Milwaukee Gold Extraction in Red Lion near Granite-Charl es Clark seeks Vallely interests in Butte. deal valued around 5 000 dollars. Cruse Helena to acquire Royal group for about 60 000, with Helena visitors expected next week. Stone supplies and mining work continue. Londonderry bond near Flint discusses California funding. A railroad spur will run from Stone station to the mines.
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Standard
Philipsburg
George H. Savage
Milwaukee
Red Lion
Savage
Granite
Charles Clark
St. Louis
Butte
James Vallely
Vallely
Clark
Royal
Thomas Cruse
Helena
Patrick McGurk
al Peterson
Martin Senty
Stone
Smart Creek
Quinn & Fraser
M. W. Bacon
Stone Station
Missouri River Breaks Through Cutoff Lake
The Missouri river in Omaha Nebraska floods Cutoff lake with a 20 foot wide channel and strong current endangering nearby families. Crops and livestock suffer heavy damage and further losses are feared.
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Omaha
Ned
Missouri
Fighting in Africa Report on Southwest Africa clashes
Berlin reports ongoing heavy fighting in German Southwest Africa with troops engaging bands of natives. The latest major action followed the Naras clash on June 17, with a significant engagement dated June 27 and telegraphed today. Major Graesser led forces in the operation.
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Berlin
Africa
Naras
Graesser
Three Companies Attack Hottentots Near Kochas
The dispatch reports three companies attacking 200 Hottentots near Kochas on the Fish River. They stormed a temporary trench and killed many natives. German losses were two officers and three men killed and one officer and eleven men wounded.
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Kochas
Fish River
Wreck Sends Five Cars Over River Bank Near Glendive
At Glendive on the river sidetrack a coupler failure caused five railroad cars to go over the bank. Two box cars lay on their sides in the water, a flat car off its tracks, another tipped on the bank, and a ballast car partly off the track. A wrecking crew began right away to clear the debris.
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Glendive
Russians Farewell Dinner for Cassini Before Petersburg Trip
Count Cassini hosts a farewell dinner with Baron de Rosen and embassy staff as he heads to St Petersburg for a conference with the emperor. He plans to deliver a personal message from President Roosevelt.
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Washington
Count Cassini
Baron de Rosen
Baron Schlippenbach
Chicago
St. Petersburg
Roosevelt
Farfadel Submarine Salvage Hope Dims Yet Crew Seen Lost
Paris officials report the Farfadel submarine salvage is underway as hopes of saving the crew fade. The ministry of marine notes the vessel has not reached port. crew did not answer a signal at 6 30 pm and rescue work continues with optimism for a Sunday morning raise.
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Paris
Ministry of Marine
Real estate broker E. J. Lewis agrees to return without extradition
Like a Lamb Seattle July 8. E. J. Lewis, the Wheaton Ill. real estate broker sought for frauds exceeding $40,000, will return without extradition after a sister said to be the wife of a city mayor urged him to go back. He stated he is ready to depart at once.
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Dan Canfield
van Buren Street
Topeka
Kan
Boiler Makers’ Union
Peruna
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Seattle
Wash
E. J. Lewis
Wheaton
Ill
Lewis
Illlinois
Miss Buck Kicks Extradition Fight After Seattle Arrest
Helen Fay Buck, sought by San Francisco police for parole violation, was arrested in Seattle this afternoon. Convicted recently of grand larceny, she will contest extradition as San Francisco authorities are notified and request her return.
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Seattle
Helen Fay Buck
San Francisco
California
Portland Chief Hands Duties to Acting Police Chief
At noon today Chief Charles H. Hunt transferred leadership to Acting Chief Gratzmacher, named by Mayor Harry Lane. Gratzmacher pledges strict enforcement of all laws.
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Portland
Charles H. Hunt
Gratzmacher
Harry Lane
Taft and Party Sail for Philippine Islands
The steamer Manchuria carrying Secretary of War Taft Miss Alice Roosevelt and a large party of United States senators and congressmen departed San Francisco at 1 PM for the Philippine islands. A throng gathered at the wharf to bid them farewell.
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San Francisco
Manchuria
Taft
Alice Roosevelt
United States
Philippine Islands
Secret Service Dismisses Holmes Over Crop Report Leaks
Washington reports reveal Edwin S. Holmes associate statistician guilty of juggling official crop data. He allegedly passed advance information to New York brokers through L. C. Van Riper and M. Haas, prompting a department reorganization and tightened safeguards. Prosecution deemed not warranted. Holmes dismissed.
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Washington
Secret Service
Richard Cheatham
Cotton Planters’ Association
New York
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Edwin S. Holmes
L. C. van Riper
M. Haas
Holmes
Theodore Price
Department
United States Attorney
District of Columbia
Wilson Judd
T. N. van Riper
Cheatham
van Riper
Judd
Mr. Cheatham
United States
General Agent and State Agents Reports Summary
The summary focuses on the report by the general agent alongside the state agents' findings. It highlights the key conclusions, figures, and recommendations presented by these officials. It notes governance, oversight measures, and any identified issues requiring action or further inquiry.
Olmsted Named Assistant Statistician for Agriculture
Victor H. Olmsted is appointed assistant statistician of the department of agriculture succeeding Holmes, who Secretary Wilson removed today. Olmsted has led the division of domestic crop reports in the bureau of statistics and formerly served as assistant statistician of the department. He previously directed the census of Cuba and the Philippines.
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Washington
Victor H. Olmsted
Department of Agriculture
Holmes
Wilson
Olmsted
Bureau of Statistics
Department
Cuba
Philippines
Fire wardens urge immediate state action in Washington
Seattle July 8 a state game warden who has served as fire warden warns that unless the state quickly appoints a deputy fire warden with jurisdiction in this county the area north and northeast of Seattle will be in flames within weeks. The act now shifts wardens from county commissioners to a state warden who must divide the state into districts and assign deputies.
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Seattle
Wash
State Medical Institute
United States
Hundred Barrels a Day From New Oil Well
Great Falls on July 8 reports visitors from the Swift Current oil fields say the Swift Current Oil Land and Power company well now yields about 100 barrels daily. Hundreds of gallons have been pumped, all vessels filled, and the well capped pending storage. The well depth is 94 feet, located two and a half miles from Altyn mining camp and 43 miles northwest of Browning on the Great Northern.
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The
Standard
Great Falls
Swift Current
Swift Current Oil, Land and Power Company
Altyn
Browning
Great Northern
Returns From Asylum To Find Children Gone
Great Falls July 8 Mrs Hattie Brown released as cured from the insane asylum learns her husband is missing and her four children are unaccounted for. The children were sent to an orphanage but no records show their custody. Relatives live in Wisconsin and the county may arrange transport there.
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The
Standard
Great Falls
Hattie Brown
Hardy
Wisconsin
Two Ranchers Committed to Insane Asylum
Great Falls July 8 and ranchers Matt Halmas and John Oliver were today committed to the insane asylum. Both men's insanity is shown as a refusal to work, with Halmas also having a religious mania. Halmas had previously been committed from this county three months ago and discharged after six weeks.
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Standard
Great Falls
Matt Halmas
John Oliver
Halmas
Longtime Fort Plain resident David Timmerman dies at 102
Fort Plain New York July 8 David T Timmerman aged 102 the oldest man in the area died here today in his home tributes noted his long life and community involvement neighbors mourn the passing of a local elder.
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Fort Plain
N. Y
David T. Timmerman
Formidable Japanese Fleet Lands on Sakhalin Island
St. Petersburg reports a Japanese landing on Sakhalin Island with a fleet of 2 battleships 7 cruisers 3 gun boats 36 torpedo boats and 10 transports. Troops landed at Aere between Shepivan and Korsakovsk as Russian forces destroyed coast guns and government stores.
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St. Petersburg
Sakhalien
Rojestvensky
Linevitch
Washington
Sakhalien Island
Japan
Aere
Shepivan
Korsakovsk
Three of the Eight Convicts Captured
James Leslie staggered into Kent and was arrested by Marshal Shepich after escaping with seven others. Officials reported Malone captured near Stone's landing while three more convicts were pursued. three of eight remained at large.
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Tacoma
James Leslie
Kent
Marshal Shepich
Leslie
Stone’s Landing
Sherlock
McCarthy
Ledger
Malone
Mysterious attack on two prisoners in Ironton
In Ironton Missouri on July 8 masked raiders overpowered Sheriff Marshall, entered the county jail, and fired on prisoners William and Arthur Spaugh, who are held on murder charges related to Sheriff Polk’s death. Both men were shot in the legs but not fatally. The raiders vanished, and the motive remains speculative as only the prisoners were targeted. Sheriff Marshall was bound and gagged and his keys taken.
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Ironton
Sheriff Marshall
William
Arthur Spaugh
Polk
Spaughs
Marshall
Commission to Review Chinese Exclusion Laws
Washington July 8 The Metcalf commission appointed to examine Chinese exclusion and immigration laws met and outlined its work The panel will determine changes needed in department rules and regulations amid complaints of harsh and unreasonable enforcement
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Washington
Metcalf
Department of Commerce and Labor
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Miller Group
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Schatzlein
Schatzlein Paint Co
W. Broadway
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Isaac Sharp
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Dewitt C. Nelles
Seventeenth Judicial District
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John L. Slusser
Chandler Street
Modern Woodmen of America
Mystic Shrine
Masonic Lodge
Clark’s Bank
Buttemont
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