Stevensville Local Option Law Trials Draw Large Crowds
Milton Hammond of Darby was found guilty of violating the local option law and fined 200 dollars after testimony from Fred Van Vliet and J. J. Cameron. The trial drew crowds from across the valley. Other local cases include Al Deroche’s acquittal and scheduled hearings for William Mason, and several defendants from Hamilton in mid June.
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Fred van Vliet
Hammond
J. J. Cameron
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Inch
Calkins
al Deroche
Florence
Deroche
W. O. Fisk
H. S. Page
William Brien
Louis Peterson
Hamilton
Jesse Donson
Charles Carlstrom
Death of Mrs T A Wilson Reported From Pageville
Sheridan announces the death of Mrs. T A Wilson at Pageville at 10 o clock on Wednesday due to injuries from a buggy mishap a year earlier. She was 44, survived by husband mother daughter Nellie 16 and brother Will Willis. Funeral Friday at Pageville with Rev Ford Burtch officiating, burial in Sheridan cemetery beside her two daughters.
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T. A. Wilson
Pageville
Nellie
Will Willis
Methodist Church
Ford Burtch
Sheridan Cemetery
Twin Bridges Brick Yard to Supply Orphans' Home
Twin Bridges will soon turn out pressed brick from a new yard run by S. J. Monroe of Butte. Machinery is nearly installed and first bricks will go to local buildings. Monroe already has orders to furnish the state orphans home for a seasonal building and other local projects.
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J. Monroe
Butte
Monroe
Spontaneous Fire Flares at Virginia City Courthouse Fuel House
About 10 o'clock this morning great clouds of smoke issued from the courthouse fuel house where a carload of coal was found ignited by spontaneous combustion. Under Sheriff Gainan ordered men to move the fuel to safety to avert a serious blaze.
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Gainan
Treasurer's Report Shows Good Balance
County Treasurer George I. Gohn reports for May 31 1905 a beginning balance of 51411 91 with receipts 2178 70 and disbursements 5797 balance June 1 1905 47393 11 amounts include licenses official fees and other sources sent to the state treasury.
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Virginia City
George i. Gohn
No Sunday Mail Service In Twin Bridges
Beginning Sunday June 4 residents of Twin Bridges will lose Sunday mail delivery as the post office discontinues the daily stage to Dillon. Officials cite light traffic as the presumed reason for the service cut.
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Post Office Department
Dillon
Boatman Divorce Suit Filed for Cruelty and Intemperance
Attorney M. M. Duncan filed divorce papers in the district court for Addie Boatman against Robert T. Boatman on cruelty and intemperance. Alimony and division of property sought. The couple reside in Home Park in the upper Ruby Valley and are known locally.
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Virginia City
M. M. Duncan
District Court
Addie Boatman
Robert T. Boatman
Home Park
Upper
Ruby Valley
Three Men Escape Teton County Jail in Chateau
Great Falls dispatch reports Ed Challenger Lansey Berst and Joseph Johnson escaped from the Teton county jail at Chateau Wednesday night. They used a caseknife to saw through a corridor window, freed the jailer’s keys and seized two revolvers and a shotgun. A large posse pursued them but no trace found. authorities believe they headed toward the Canadian border.
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Great Falls
Teton County
Chateau
Ed Challenger
Conrad
Lansey Berst
Joseph Johnson
Challenger
Chester
Johnson
Berst
Proposed Association of Commercial Clubs Formed in Billings
Henry White secretary of the Billings Commercial club sent invitations to commercial bodies statewide for delegates to Billings on June 24 to organize a state association of commercial clubs. The plan emerged from a club meeting last night to coordinate efforts for Montana.
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Billings
Henry White
Billings Commercial Club
Commercial Clubs
Montana
Fell 10 Death Under Moving Freight Train
Livingston June 1 Harry Hart an 18 year old was killed tonight after being crushed by a moving freight train. Hart and other youths rode a work train distributing gravel on Mull hill four miles from town. he missed his hold, fell under the cars, and died an hour after at St Luke's hospital. He was son of S B Hart and a Park County High School freshman.
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Harry Hart
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Mull Hill
Desperate Hotel Fight Over Alaska Tin Property
In Pittsburg on June 1 Arthur Elliot of Empire Trust New York John P D Morgan of Alaska and Japan tin property holder John F Saunders Montana mine owner and prospector Joseph H Riehl mining engineer were involved in a violent confrontation at the Griswold hotel. Saunders demanded Elliot sign a paper. Elliot resisted and was beaten with the revolver drawn. All four were jailed. Police court later heard Elliot claimed he was not an agent for Orlando M Harper of New York seeking 35000 in commissions.
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John F. Saunders
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Park County Firms File Annual Statements
Livingston reports Emigrant Gulch Consolidated Placer Mines at Chico filed its annual statement with the county clerk. Capital stock $1,000,000 with $500 cash and the rest in property. Liabilities about $10,000. New World Smelting Co of Arizona at Cooke filed its statement showing $1,000,000 capital stock with $20,000 cash and $50,000 property. Assets $50,000. liabilities $2,000. A trust mortgage for $400,000 ore purchasing vuges was executed but none issued.
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Livingston
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Club forms committee for Montana Editorial association visit
Billings June 1 At a Commercial club meeting a committee was appointed to arrange entertainment for the Montana Editorial association when it meets in Billings in July.
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Billings
Commercial Club
Montana Editorial Association
Red Lodge Commencement Week Highlights 1905 Class
Red Lodge Montana reveals the 1905 high school class of three: Mayme McLennan Jennie May Peoples and Bina Elizabeth Kerrigan. Eighth grade exercises open the week with diplomas medals and class songs. Tonight the high school graduates perform while tomorrow hosts the main commencement exercises with essays speeches and musical numbers.
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Red Lodge
Red Lodge High School
Mayme McLennan
Jennie May Peoples
Bina Elizabeth Kerrigan
Red Lodge City
County Free High School
W. C. Donaldson
Maurie Katherine McLennan
E. E. Esselstyn
J. H. Chandler
J. A. Metcalf
F. P. W?icher
D.J. O'Shea
County Free High School Board
George W. Pierson
J. M. Kay
Maude Chapman
Theresa Feroglio
Mabel Chapman
Ruth Flager
Bozeman Eighth Grade Graduates Named
Bozeman public schools announced the eighth grade graduates for the Eighth grade list includes Hattie Koop Beulah Nelson Leo Jeffries Edith Jones Albert Crainard Mattie Holderby Margaret Parington Joseph Nordquist Edna Bromley Christiana Cameron Walter Fox Ray Riggins Maye Riggins Myrtle Landon Lucinda Shaw Zade Morgan Robert Gullie Lela Maxwell Josephine Arnold Genevieve Benepe Ernest Border Edna Border Edith Clark Rhoda Dawes Ella Harmon Victoria McDaniells Margaret McNaugh ton Della Stevens Frieda Speith Jean Penwell Rachel Pepworth Etta Brainard William Pratt Claude Cumming Jean Brittan Ben Moore Lawrence Wylie Cordelia Robertson Charles Luce Annis McLean Arthur Durham Douglas Christie Russell Freeman Harry Fridley Paul Hodson Alice Saxton Clifton Hills Tirzah Bressler Bertha Mcleod Glenn Pease Walter Wilson Phil Dodson Maud Mitchell.
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Bozeman
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Hattie Koop
Beulah Nelson
Leo Jeffries
Edith Jones
Albert Crainard
Mattie Holderby
Margaret Parington
Joseph Nordquist
Edna Bromley
Christian
Jean Brittan
Ben Moore
Lawrence Wylie
Cordelia Robertson
Charles Luce
Annis McLean
Arthur Durham
Douglas Christie
Russell Freeman
Harry Fridley
Paul Hodson
Alice Saxton
Clifton Hills
Tirzah Bressler
Bertha Mcleod
Glenn Pease
Walter Wilson
Phil Dodson
Maud Mitchell
Butte Inventor Peter Reynolds Dies at 33 in Pneumonia
Victor North prosecutor Judge J G Denny rushed from the courtroom when told his brother in law Peter T Reynolds had died of pneumonia. Reynolds 33, of Butte, inventor of a mine ventilator, survived by three sisters and one brother, single, funeral plans pending.
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Helena
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Bismarck
Joseph
Wallace
Idaho
Knights Templars to Attend Ascension Sunday Service
Billings group plans a body attendance at St. Luke's Episcopal church on Ascension Sunday as part of their religious observance in June.
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State Attorney General Denies Rifle Camp Funds From Encampment Grant
Helena June 1. Attorney General Galen states the legislature may not use encampment funds for selected National Guard detachments at Fort Harrison. The encampment appropriation covers general military camp life and drills, not rifle practice for specific companies or detachments.
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Galen
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Alderson
Fort Harrison
Foreman Kicked by Mule Breaks Arm at Mountainside Mine
June 1 report from Chestnut says Jack Bailey foreman for Northwestern Improvement company was kicked by a mule yesterday at the Mountainside mine and suffered a broken upper arm bone.
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Chestnut
Jack Bailey
Northwestern Improvement Company
Mountainside
Despondent Miner Dies By Own Action in Lake
In Aldridge Oliver Atkins, a miner, was found in a lake after missing since Sunday. An inquest returned a verdict of death by own action amid union intrigue rumors. Coroner Short deemed the inquest unnecessary, but miners' union members pressed for it.
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Aldridge
Oliver Atkins
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Atkins
Lafferty and Kingland to Face Grand Larceny Charges
Information prepared by the county attorney charges Harry Lafferty and Harry Kingland with grand larceny in the theft of $600 from Peter Blue. The pair, former Pacific Express employees, disappeared from Butte and were captured in Denver after Blue handed over the money for safekeeping.
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Harry Lafferty
Harry Kingland
Peter Blue
Pacific Express Company
Butte
Denver
Blue
Lafferty
Grocery scam victim in Livingston seeks refunds from St Louis firm
Mrs A N Kellum of Livingston says a St Louis get rich quick groceries concern took orders for $38 with half price promises but sent no goods. After delays and a bounced check plus protest fees, a lawyer will pursue damages and victims may petition the post office for a fraud order.
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A. N. Kellum
St. Louis
Post Office Department
Alumni association holds annual meeting and banquet in Bozeman
The Montana agricultural college Alumni Association met at the Bozeman hotel on June 1 with retiring president Mrs Beatrice Freeman presiding. Officers elected for next year were Miss Mignon Quam president H J Reese vice president Dr H C Gardiner treasurer Miss Edith Brown secretary and an executive committee. The group adjourned to the dining room for a banquet where toastmaster Charles Sacket 1904 led alumni and faculty in speeches. Letters from absent alumni were read.
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Bozeman Hotel
Montana Agricultural College
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Mignon Quam
H. J. Reese
H. C. Gardiner
Edith Brown
Lucile Quamn
Wyatt Jones and Co. D. Flaherty
Charles Sacket
Woodmen Hold Informal Court At West Broadway
Woodmen of the World camp 153 members held a reception in their rooms, calling it an informal court. Judge Donlan presided and fined several for lingering at lunch, drinking lemonade, and other minor offenses. Luke Williams was convicted for earning his own living, paying his fine. Two Woodmen police officers helped enforce the penalties, with no resistance from those involved.
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Butte Briefs Highlight Local Moves and Travels
W W A Clark Jr travels to Denver. H F Bess of Dillos visits Butte. Adolph Gottmeller of Melrose in the city. Mrs A L Steele heads to Portland for the fair. A H McVay and wife of Wisdom in town. Miss Ida Francis to the Portland fair. F B Storey and wife of Bozeman at the Thornton. Patrick Heany departs for San Francisco. Mrs H B Helliker to Springfield Minn. Mrs Peter Valston from Deer Lodge arrives. Born to Mr and Mrs John Metz of Rocker a son May 31. Thomas Davis off to Portland for the opening of the fair. George P Durham state senator Granite county at the Thornton. Miss Mary A McLaughlin on a trip to Seattle Portland and San Francisco. Peter Lund Charles A Oleson and Hannah Oleson depart for Sweden. Dr R C Monahan returns from Flathead county. W C White returns from New York with the Heinze party. First to return. Ladies guild hosts a reception and fancy work sale at St John s church rectory with a large attendance and sociable afternoon. Refreshments served.
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Sweden
R. C. Monahan
Flathead County
W. McC. White
New York
Heinze
Guild
St. John’s Church
State Educational Board To Hold Regular Meeting
Helena June 1 The state board of education will hold its regular semi annual meeting in the office of State Superintendent Harmon next Monday. The meeting will cover all matters related to state educational institutions including finances salaries faculty hiring and reengagement of heads of institutions. No major changes are expected beyond minor adjustments.
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Harmon
Paul L. Van Cleve Heads to Hunt er's Hot Springs
Big Timber reports rancher Paul L. Van Cleve and his wife passing through town en route to Hunts er's Hot Springs. Mrs. Van Cleve was ill in Big Timber and required a stop to regain strength before continuing the trip for treatment and recovery.
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Big Timber
Paul L. van Cleve
Melville
Hunter’s Hot Springs
Teachers Reappointed. Miss Lewis Replaces Saville
At Philipsburg the county free high school trustees reappointed all teachers except Miss Saville who is science and German instructor. Miss Lewis of Columbus, Ohio, was appointed in her stead. Eighth grade commencement exercises were held at the high school with an engaging programme.
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