Five and ten year men pardon granted in Montana cases
Governor Toole pardons Edward Erickson of Silver Bow County serving five years for second degree assault and John W. Smith of Jefferson County serving ten years for manslaughter. Erickson’s case involved a Park Street altercation with Mike Cavanaugh in Butte in 1899. Smith faced criticism over alleged cruel treatment of a child and a typhoid death after being jailed. the governor notes lack of evidence linking parental neglect to the child's death and cites letters praising Smith's character and the justice of the sentence.
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Standard
Helena
Toole
Edward Erickson
John W. Smith
Erickson
Smith
Silver Bow County
Mike Cavanaugh
Park Street
Butte
Cavanaugh
Connolly
John Lind
Minnesota
C. A. Towne
F Erickson
T. C. Kurtz
Moorehead
Minn
Ericksons
Conley & McTague
John V. Smith
Jefferson County
Montara Central
Cannery Bosses Offer High Wages for Chinese Labor
Portland August reports indicate a salmon boom drives cannery owners to offer high pay and bonuses for Chinese workers. Chinese contractor Seld Back says inquiries flood in from Columbia river and Puget Sound canneries. Some messages promise 75 dollars a month with board lodging and travel paid, plus 100 dollar advance and three months steady work. Demand far outstrips supply.
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Portland
Ore
Columbia River
Puget Sound
Seld Back
Puget
Fosburg Acquitted in Pittsfield Murder Trial
Robert Fosburg is found not guilty after Judge Stevens directs verdict in a Pittsfield court. The jury, not leaving their seats, applauded as the acquittal is announced. The case centered on the killing of a sister with a 42 caliber revolver and the suspected burglary theory.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Fosburg
Stevens
Foreman
Robert
Robert S. Fosburg
Robert Fosburge
Wendall
Nicholson
Fosburgs
Esther
May Fosburg
Robert 8. Fosburg
Tragedy Strikes Fosburg Family in Pittsfield Burglary
A wealthy Pittsfield family suffered a brutal night as three burglars allegedly entered the Fosburg home killing May Fosburg and injuring others after a loud struggle. The Fosburgs and Miss Bertha Sheldon backed the tale of an armed break in. Police searched three days without locating the suspects.
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Fosburg
Pittsfield
Buffalo
8&T. Louis
Robert L. Fosburg
New England
May
Esther
Beatrice
Robert Stewart
James Robert
Robert
Bertha Sheldon
Providence
R. I
Miss Sheldon
Winliv
May Fosburg
May’s Mother, Too, Hat Hon
Mr. Foosburg
Robert Stewart Fosbure
Beatrice Wes
Mr. Fosburg
Editors on a Jaunt to Survey Union Pacific Trek
A press special on a 2000 mile Union Pacific troley party ends half way at Salt Air beach near Salt Lake City after leaving Spring Valley Wyoming. Editors visited Evanston Echo Canyon Weber Canyon Ogden and Salt Lake with welcomes refreshments and a dip in the Great Salt Lake before planned return Saturday.
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Salt Lake
Union Pacific
Troley
Park
Wyoming
Salt Air Beach
Spring Valley
Wyo
Leroy
Bear Creek
Aspen
Aspen Tunnel
Noy
Evanston
Echo
Weber Canyons
Messrs. Lomax
Darlow
Park and Griffin
Ogden
Great Salt Lake
Two Men Die In Freight Train Wreck Near Palestine Ark
Memphis July 26 Freight train on the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf road wrecked near Palestine Arkansas after striking an open switch. Engineer Kelley and fireman Symmons both of Little Rock were killed and Brakeman Wood injured. Authorities believe the switch was opened to wreck and rob a passenger train due about 30 minutes later.
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Memphis
Tenn
Oklahoma & Gulf Road
Paltestine
Ark
Kelley
Frieman Symmons
Little Rock
Wood
Great Falls Wool Exchange Tops State Prices In Week Sales
Great Falls Montana July 26 the wool exchange reports 3 025 000 pounds sold this week with today’s top at 15 1 2 cents a pound surpassing prior highs. Buyers plan the Fort Benton closing sale Tuesday with Monday set aside for baleing and shipment. Leading lots include Waite Morse 90 000 pounds at 14 1 2 cents to Nunn Dewey Gould & Co and Bower Bros 250 000 pounds at 14 1 2 cents to Nunn for Dewey Gould & Co.
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Great Falls
Fort Benton
Waite & Morse
Nunn
Dewey, Gould & Co
Waite & Elliott
J. Koshland & Co
Bower Bros
Oscar Stephens
Slow at Big Timber Market Prices Telegram
Special Dispatch reports a quiet market with buyers reluctant to sell at 1 to 124 cents. Reported sales include Anderson Peterson and Thomas Rapstad with sacks sold to Riley & Widdecombe Bros and Jeremiah Williams & Co. Three quarters of a million pounds remain unsold in warehouse and cars. Some growers regret not selling earlier when prices were higher.
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Standard
Big Timber
Anderson Peterson
Springdale
Thomas Rapstad
Riley & Widdecombe Bros
Jeremiah Williams & Co
Prejudice Cited Over Buyers Impacts Big Timber Wool Market
The report notes buyers' prejudice discouraging activity in Big Timber as a wool market. Local traders complain that biased attitudes are hindering sales and prices, affecting the town's wool exchange and economic outlook.
Market Inactive As Wool Slump Hits Billings Exchange
Crowded wool warehouse conditions at the Northern Pacific dampen trading in Billings on July 26. About a quarter million pounds changed hands with prices lower after a burst of sales. Buyers were slow as sellers held wool awaiting better demand.
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Billings Exchange
The
Standard
Billings
Henry Holling
J. Koshland & Co
Wool auction sale extended as demand holds firm
The July wool auction series extended to today after closing yesterday. Fourteen thousand four hundred forty two sales were offered, mainly medium stock, with small attendance and irregular prices. Australian merinos remained in a similar position to May, while 291 thousand bales were sold from 3.%,000 available, and 12,000 bought by American buyers.
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Tondon
Wool market price report from Pacific coast regions
San Francisco reports on summer wool prices with figures for Nevada Eastern Oregon and Oregon valleys in July. Fall wool prices for Mountain lambs San Joaquin plains Humboldt and Mendocino are listed in cents per pound.
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San Francisco
Nevada
Eastern
Oregon
Valley Oregon
Mountain
San Joaquin Plains
Humboldt and
Mendocino
Chinaman Shot Dead in Accidental Police Shooting
Kalispell July 26 Officer Eckright mistook Chinaman Yeng Sue Hong for a wanted man and fired a warning shot that killed him. Medical testimony described a neck wound severing the artery and breaking a rib. The officer has not yet been arrested as Chinamen seek counsel to prosecute.
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The
Standard
Kalispell
British Columbia
Eckright
Yeng Sue Hong
Earthquake Shocks Elko Center City
A heavy quake was felt in Elko Nevada at 2 20 this afternoon lasting three or four seconds with vibrations from north to south.
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Elko
Nev
A Blessing to Livestock Relieves Drought in Kansas
Rain sweeps Kansas easing stock water shortage though corn crop saved only marginally. Towns from Pittsburg to Iola report rainfall varying from light showers to heavy rains, cooling temperatures, and promise of hay cutting and improved pastures. Stockwater relief cited as urgent in several counties.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Pittsburg
Lawrence
Leavenworth
Eureka
Chetopa
Raymond
Lecompton
Osage City
Burlingame
Emporia
Parsons
Iola
Lindon
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