Witness Not Positive In Cascade County Commission Probe
Great Falls July 21. County Auditor Carr failed to prove a case against Cascade County Commission Chair Cooper. Cooper had supplied and paid for lumber and labor for bridge repairs from his own funds. a key witness admitted uncertainty about lumber origin. The board decided to defer further action, with no decisive charges proven. Separately a Fergus county murder case involved W C Craft, who shot himself after confessing via unsigned letter to Sheriff Shaw.
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Cooper
Cascade County
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Delphy
Murderer Walter MeClure Victim of Rose Creek Killing
Special Dispatch reports Lewistown Montana July 21 that W Craft who killed sheepherder Walter MeClure on Rose creek and attempted to burn the body has killed himself. Craft, once a Fergus county resident, vanished after the deed and was traced toward the Missouri brakes by widespread wire descriptions.
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Missouri
Taft Meets the Pope in Rome Audience Delights Taft Party
In Rome on July 21 Governor Taft and party met Pope Leo XIII in a farewell audience. The pope voiced satisfaction with the talks and predicted a complete solution, noting strict instructions to a forthcoming apostolic delegate. Gifts were exchanged and blessings given before Taft’s group left for Naples.
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Hay
Court's Supervisory Power Over Contempt Case Annulled
Helena July 21. Justice Pigott writes the supervisory control writ reversing the Silver Bow district court for contempt in the Silver King mining case. Sutton fined 200 dollars and jailed until paid, others lesser fines. The court finds no substantial evidence Sutton disobeyed the injunction, orders set aside, and warns the writ must not supplant lawful remedies.
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Helena
Justice Pigott
Silver Bow District Court
Wakeman Sutton
Silver King
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Clancy
Plymouth
District Court
Milburn
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Supreme Court
J. Boyle
John Powers
William N Ton
Butte Lodg House
Justice Ott
Paree Convicted of Third Degree Assault in Elk Park
In Boulder July 21 district court Joseph Paree was found guilty of assault in the third degree on N Brisson at Elk Park. He faces sentencing Thursday after the trial featured a broken butcher knife and bloody clothes. The Hermann Keyes burglary case proceeded to a jury and involves jail breaking charges for which both defendants will plead twice.
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Boulder
Joseph Paree
N. Brisson
Elk Park
Paree
Hermann Keyes
Boulder Springs
Butte
Charles Olea
Charles ?. Forstelle
C. R. Stranahan
Murphy
Narrow escape in Royal Milling mill gear accident
Fred A. Smith miller for Royal Milling in Great Falls was caught by clothing in a conveyor and hurled into a bevel gear. He fell 12 feet into flour bins, suffered a deep cut but survived without serious injury and was expected to return to work in a week at Columbus hospital.
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Royal Milling Company
Smith
Columbus Hospital
Date fixed for hearing on railroad roadbeds tax dispute
Helena July 21 July 30 fixed by the state board of equalization as the hearing date for railroad representatives on roadbeds and related matters. County commissioners will attend to present their taxation views. Officials aim to align railroad property assessments with other personal property, promising a heated session between railroad interests and county authorities over valuation.
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Helena
State Board of Equalization
Oliver T. Crane Named Librarian For State Law Library
Helena July 21 The board of trustees of the state law library chose Oliver T Crane marshal of the supreme court to succeed Miss Lou Guthrie who has resigned The appointment follows Guthries long tenure and is met with general regret Crane is an attorney Crutcher was appointed marshal of the supreme court by the supreme court after the announcement
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Helena
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Supreme Court
Lou Guthrie
Hold up fails as police officer kills man in alley
Chicago July 21 special policeman Robert E. MacMahon of the Auditorium Annex shot and killed Frank Murphy after a running gun battle with two men, one of whom was captured as Mack Ray. Ray fled after opening fire as MacMahon pursued through an alley behind a hotel.
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Lieutenant Ordered to Fort Missoula
Washington July 21 First Lieutenant Joseph Herring 24th Infantry ordered from the Presidio to Fort Missoula to join his company.
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Washington
Joseph Herring
24Th Infantry
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Fort Missoula
Former detective Norbeck pleads guilty in bribery case
Minneapolis July 21 Christopher Norbeck once a police detective fled during bribery trial and was recaptured near Chaska Minnesota. He pleaded guilty today and was remanded for sentence.
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Minn
Christopher Norbeck
Chaska
Salem man dies in carriage duel over marriage refusal
Frederick Morrison of Salem Ohio shot himself in a Miles avenue carriage after proposing to Miss Mary Cowley who refused him. He died shortly after the self inflected wound in Cleveland.
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Salem
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Mary Cowley
Bitters touted for wide range of ailments
The advertisement claims Bitters cures indigestion dyspepsia constipation headaches heartburn biliousness malaria fever and ague. It asserts fifty years of successful use and guarantees results to persuade trials of its value.
Supreme Court sustains three Thresher objections in disbarment case
In Helena on July 21 the Montana Supreme Court sustained three of B. Thresher's objections and overruled two in the disbarment proceeding filed by Morrin. Thresher demurred to most charges, except the claim he defrauded Mrs. Van Dusen of 75 dollars, which he pleads not guilty to. The court also denied Morrin's request to file a supplemental complaint.
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Helena
Morrin
Thresher
Attorney Thresher
Supreme Court
Victory for Dr Allan in medical examiners case
The Montana supreme court holds the district court may hear an appeal from the state board of medical examiners decision. Chief Justice Brantley writes that certiorari cannot lie here and the proper path is an appeal from judgment or a new trial motion. Dr Arthur G Allan, practicing in Butte, gains a favorable ruling.
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Helena
District Court
State Board of Medical Examiners
Supreme Court
Brantly
Arthur G. Allan
Butte
State Board
Supreme court orders McDonald returned to jail after stay
The Montana supreme court orders George A. McDonald returned from Deer Lodge to the Silver Bow county jail pending further proceedings after a temporary stay of his grand larceny conviction. Bail appeal was denied and a supplemental order directs the warden to deliver him to the sheriff.
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Helena
Supreme Court
George A. McDonald
Butte
McDonald
Deer Lodge
Silver Bow County
Brantly
B. S. Thresher
Theodore Brantly
Supreme Court of
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Montana
Helena City Attorney’s Motion Denied in Water Rights Case
The Montana Supreme Court denied the city attorney of Helena a rehearing in the case City of Helena v Hugh J Rodan Ames Realty Company and others. The ruling affirms the lower court, holding the city failed to sufficiently describe the water rights sought to be condemned.
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Helena
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Ames Realty Company
Supreme Court
Cardinal Gibbons Birthday Praise From Baltimore Citizens
Citizens of Baltimore extend congratulations to Cardinal James Gibbons on his sixty eighth birthday born in 1834. He received the red hat from Pope Leo and remains active in the priesthood despite advancing years.
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