Legal uncertainty over Silver Bow county attorney tenure
A dispute erupts over whether James E. Healy validly served as county attorney for Silver Bow after a lengthy absence. Questions rise about the legality of prosecutions by deputies, potential vacancies, and whether convictions since late March stand if Healy’s authority ended four months ago. The county commissioners’ next move and gambling order fallout loom large.
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Yeaterday
James E. Healy
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Legal Department
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Bow County
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Quarantine Controversy At Fishtail Smallpox Case
Dispatch says Commissioner J J Frank faced trouble enforcing a quarantine at Fishtail where a smallpox outbreak has persisted. Reports claimed theft of pest house clothing, a family forced into isolation, and a quarantine facility burned. one detention hospital patient remains a young lady.
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Ted Lodge
J. J. Frank
Fishtail
Butt
Franke
Collins defies officer in British Columbia extradition case
Victoria, B C July 1 Detective Gibson of San Francisco arrives with warrant and depositions for the extradition trial of George D Collins accused of perjury. Collins says he will not be taken back until legal avenues are exhausted up to the highest court in British Columbia. He introduces Gibson to his family and prepares for the resumption of the case before Judge Lampman.
Heat Wave Grips East With Record Temperatures
A blazing heat wave settles over the eastern states and New England with hundreds of prostrations and several deaths. New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago report record highs as hospitals and services struggle and streets grow quiet under the extreme conditions.
Senator W A Clark On Road To Recovery
New York July 18 Senator W A Clark is steadily recovering from the operation of Saturday. Dee afe Kernes was called out of town late today and did not expect to see the senator again before tomorrow. It was learned that the first dressing of the brain wound made this afternoon found the healing process nicely begun. Ernest M Pollard republican of Nehawaka won the First congressional district contest over Francis W Brown by a majority. Pollard will succeed E J Burkett who resigned to become United States senator.
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W. A. Clark
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Neb
Ernest M. Pollard
Nehawaka
Francis W. Brown
Pollard
E. J. Burkett
United States
Once Again He's a Boy and Is Going Camping
Oyster Bay July 18 President Roosevelt and his three sons left Sagamore Hill for their annual camping expedition. A party of cousins and friends accompanied them as they rowed toward Lloyd's Neck for a planned camp site. The group includes Theodore Jr Kermit Archie Roosevelt W L Roosevelt and two sons of Mrs J Went Roosevelt plus neighbors and a friend of Theodore. They expect to return to Sagamore Hill around 9 o'clock tonight.
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J. Went Roosevelt
Mr. Landon
Theodore
Sagamore Hill
Two Buyers Lead Great Falls Wool Market Sales
Special Dispatch reports on July 18 Great Falls wool exchange sales to F. W. Thayer of Whitman Farnsworth and Thayer Boston and to C. W. Dow for J. Koshlund Co. Boston. Purchasers include Peter Churbide 27000 pounds at 20½ cents, C Miller 12000 at 2⅛, T W Luce 35000 at 2⅛, D A McRae 26000 at 21½, Joseph Sturgeon 000 pounds at 22½, Jensons 18000 at 22½, James Miller 79000 pounds, McFindlay Porter 48000 at 21½, O A Ainsley 16660 at 22½, Peter Eyrand 16000 at 2½, Exland Pearson 16000 at 22½.
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C. W. Dow
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James ‘Miller
Mc Findlay’ & Porter
O. A. Ainsley
Peter Eyrand
Exland & Pearson
Celestial Mystery Above Mt Hood Baffles Residents
Hood River Oregon July 18 observers within nine miles of Mt Hood report a dazzling gold celestial body high above the summit. Bright and sunlit it glitters in the sky and, viewed with powerful glasses, appears to be a celestial object of uncertain nature.
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Mt Hood
Head injury follows irrigation ditch dispute
Dick Merkel and ranchman Hoff man clashed over water flow from an irrigating ditch. Merkel allegedly threw a stone that struck Hoff man below the left eye, fracturing bones and putting him in critical condition. Merkel faces a warrant as authorities review the case amid community concern.
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Navy Accepts Battle Ship Ohio Flagship of Asiatic Fleet
Washington July 18 The Navy Department accepts the battleship Ohio flagship of Rear Admiral Tram commander of the Asiatic fleet. The Ohio was built by Union from works of San Francisco.
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Four Fatal Accidents Reported in Yellowstone County
Four fatal accidents occurred in Yellowstone County within the last twenty days. The incidents involved multiple vehicles and individuals, with authorities investigating the scenes and notifying families. No further details were available at this time.
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Yellowstone County
Two Men Die In Railway Accident At Miles City Crossing
Special Dispatch from Billings reports four fatal accidents in the county in 24 hours. Reuben Riley of Miles City and George L. Cresap, former Helena resident, were killed at the Twenty seventh Street crossing of the Northern Pacific railroad when a switch engine struck them while they waited for a passenger train. Coroner’s jury says deaths were by their own carelessness. Cresap’s wife and three children are in Helena. Riley leaves a son in Spokane. No eyewitnesses to the Miles City crash.
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Miles City
George L. Cresap
Helena
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Cresap
Wie
Reud” Riley
Baston
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Miasouri
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Spokasie
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Two Men Die on Musselshell River Dams
Special Dispatch from Billings reports two fatalities on the Musselshell river in northern Madison County. John Deerwart of Arkwright Sheep Company drowned while attempting to free entangled team remains during irrigation dam work. his body recovered after about ten hours in nine feet of water. A. G. Bateman, unloading rock from a platform above the Musselshell, was crushed when a rock slid off and toppled him as he stood nearby. Both men were unmarried and respected ranch workers.
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Musselshell
John Deerwart
Arkwright Sheep Company
Deerwart
A. G. Bateman
Bateman
Avena
Montana company seeks new trial in US court
Special dispatch from Helena July 1 reports Montana company limited sues for a new trial in a United States court. The St Louis company is named as defendant. Plaintiff recovered a judgment for 95 dollars. Petition claims the verdict was erroneous and lists five alleged errors in the trial court proceedings.
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Montana Company, Limited
United States
St. Louis
Hilaintistang
Matrimonial Game Interfered With Marriages Void
Spokane Washington July 18 in superior court Judge Poindexter ruled that marriages contracted within six months after a divorce granted by Washington courts are void even if the ceremony occurred in another state. The decision favors Olle Bovett against James A Bovett. Such marriages have been common here and those so married face criminal prosecutions.
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Wash
Poindexter
Washington
Olle” Bovett
James A. Bovett
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