Rail traffic in Montana paralyzed by record rainfall
Helena June 4. The state endures the heaviest rain in 28 years shutting rail lines from Basin to Great Northern routes. Dozens of trains stalled, wrecks reported near Kalispell and Whitefish, bridges and trestles endangered, with repairs and transfers delayed as rivers rise and services collapse across northern lines.
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Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Helena
Montana
Rocky Mountains
Kalispell
Western Montana Flood Strains Rail Lines and Renewed Snowfall
Flood conditions persist in Western Montana with rising Big Blackfoot and Missoula rivers. A NP line washout delays No. 2 passenger train toward Missoula. Bonner dam crews fight floods, canyon severely damaged, plan to reroute trains. Oregon Short Line and NP lines suffer further washouts and snow returns overnight. power restored by morning.
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Standard
Missoula
Montana
Northern Pacific
Drummond
Butte
Helena
Knights of Columbus
Spokane
Tacoma
Great Northern
Big Blackfoot Company
Bonner
Hell Gate Canyon
Garrison
St. Paul
Steps From Footbridge To His End In Waters
The swollen Silver Bow creek claimed its first victim Thomas Morrissey who walked off a partly washed-out footbridge at Rocker at 7 o clock yesterday morning and was swept away. His body had not been recovered. Efforts to locate Morrissey and his relatives failed. It is reported he had been drinking heavily. It was a half hour after the drowning before his companion Patrick Sullivan could raise the alarm.
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Silver Bow Creek
Thomas Morrissey
Rocker
Morrissey
Patrick Sullivan
Woman in Olalla Charged with Cremation Foul Play
Mrs. Madeline King of Olalla Washington is jailed for the murder of her husband Edward King after admitting she burned his body. She learned of cremation a fortnight earlier from her daughter’s neighbor and then built a funeral pyre near their cabin. Justice John E. Green and others investigated the death as a suspected premeditated crime.
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Seattle
Madeline King
Olalla
Wash
Edward King
Anna Marie Fisher
West Seattle
John E. Green
Fate of Secretary Rested on Contests
Chicago June 4 The full republican national committee will meet tomorrow at 11 oclock and begin hearings on contests involving 229 seats in the convention. The outcome affects Taft’s nomination and hinges on credentials. State contests include Alabama Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina Virginia.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Taft
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Virginia
Arkansas
Kentucky
Missouri
Ohio
Alaska
Arizona
Pennsylvania
Butte man honored by the physicians
The American Medical Association elected officers in Chicago with Dr. William Gorgas as president and Dr. Thomas Jefferson Murray of Butte as vice president. Dr. El. Simmons was re elected general secretary, Dr. Frank Billings of Chicago treasurer. Prof. Edward A. Schaefer spoke on resuscitation methods while Dr. S. C. Knops urged treating consumptives at home climate for better cure prospects.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
William ©. Gorgas
Canal Zone
Thomas Jefferson ‘Murray
Butte
Mont
el. Simmons
Frank Billings
Edward A. Schaefer
Edinburgh
Scotland
8. C. Knops
New York
Montana Banks Report Good Condition Shown
Reports to the comptroller of the currency show the May 1 close of business for Montana national banks. Loans and discounts total $20,622,467 with gold $1,479,320 and legal tender notes $3,258,272. Individual deposits are $26,427,234, with deposits on February 14 at $26,380,297 and a legal reserve to deposits of 2.159 percent.
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The
Standard
Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Montana
Victim Dies in Shelby Train Hold-Up Case
William Dempsey, the Shelby train hold-up victim, died at Columbus hospital from a leg wound believed caused by a 30-30 rifle shot. Four youths Hatch Rheams Randall Creswell face first degree murder charges. Creswell plans counsel. An inquest set for tomorrow.
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William Dempsey
Shelby
Columbus
Dempsey
Harry Rheams
Hatch
Randall
Rheams
Creswell
George H. Stanton
J. A. McDonough
R. W. Berry
Rhearms
Speer
Augusta
Hammond quits Guggenheim Exploration to pursue vice presidency
New York June 4 John Hays Hammond mining engineer and recent Republican vice presidential candidate nominee quit his connection with the Guggenheim Exploration company. His attorney Charles W Trueslow said Hammond feels free to wage an aggressive campaign for the vice presidential nomination.
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New York
John Hays Hammond
Guggenheim Exploration Company
Charles W. Trueslow
Trueslow
Hammond
John Allee Admitted to Practice Before Interior Dept
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports John Allee of Miles City has been admitted to practice before the interior department.
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The
Standard
Washington
John Allee
Miles City
Interior Department
Butte Bidders May Lose Pen Contract
Helena June 4 state board of prison commissioners ruled Henderson Wyman of Butte failed to meet contract conditions and must cure by tomorrow at 19 oclock. If not Conley McTague likely to have bid accepted. Henderson Wyman bid 39 cents per day per capita versus 45 cents for Conley McTague.
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Standard
Helena
State Board of Prison Commissioners
Henderson & Wyman
Butte
Conley & McTague
Galen
Conley & MceTague
Attempts to Kill Dreyfus as Zola Is Honored
A report notes violent acts tied to the Dreyfus affair while Jean. Zola receives official recognition and is honored amid political tension. The text mentions Rozeman and a Silver Bow vote urging individual preferences.
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Dreyfus
Zola
Democrats Hold Instructed Uninstructed Delegation Convention
Silver Bow county Democrats met in Butte to select delegates and alternates for the state convention at Bozeman. The gathering endorsed an uninstructed delegation while debating a Bryan pledge, leading to a modified unanimous resolution. Harry Gallwey was elected chairman as many old-time Democrats attended.
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Silver Bow County
Bozeman
Butte
Bryan
Johnson
Committee On Resolutions
P. C. Woodwin
Cc. P. Nevin
Drummond
Jerry Crowley
M. P. Gilchrist
H. A. Gallwey
I. G. Denny
Gallwey
Arthur Perham
French Pantheon Shooting Shocks Paris During Zola Ceremony
A prominent Italian born military writer Louis Anthone Gregori fired two shots at Major Alfred Dreyfus as leaders departed after Emile Zola’s canonization in the Pantheon. Dreyfus was wounded in the forearm. the assailant was seized by soldiers amid chaotic crowd violence.
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Paris
Emile Zola
Pantheon
France
Louis Anthone Gregori
Alfred Dreyfus
Zola
Gregori
L'Action Francaise
Court of Cassation
Dreyfus
Seven Montana counties file petitions for federal senate initiative
Helena June 4 seven of the eleven counties where petitions were circulated have filed with the secretary of state. The drive seeks the initiative and referendum on electing federal senators curtailment of labor injunctions and the employers liability act for mines mills and smelters. Supporters expect the required 5000 names by July 1 to make the petitions effective.
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Helena
Secretary of State
Friends of the
Slight Cut Causes Death of Cobbler in Dillon
Dillon June 4 Frank Schwartz 45 native of Bohemia died from blood poisoning after a very small cut on his thumb with a shoe knife last Friday. He learned the shoemaking trade in Germany and worked in Schoenborns store after farming and mining in Bancack.
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The
Standard
Dillon
Frank Schwartz
Schwartz
Schoenborn
Bohemia
Germany
America
Medicine Lodge
Bannack
Daily Picket Announces Afternoon Six-Column Folio
The Republican Picket management states an afternoon daily will start next Monday. It will be a six-column folio, expanding the paper’s reach and providing additional space for news and notices.
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The
Standard
Red Lodge
Republican
Political Leader McNichol Held for Trial in Libel Case
Philadelphia June 4 A crowd watched State Senator James P McNichol head of the Republican machine appear before Judge Gorman on a criminal libel charge. He was held for trial after testimony by Max Kauffman secretary to Mayor Reyburn. Kauffman admitted dealings with McNichol claiming funds were used to sway opinion in the 1905 reform efforts.
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Philadelphia
Judge Gorman
James P. McNichol
Republican Organization
Max Kauffman
Reyburn
McNichol
Law and Order Society
Weaver
Kauffman
Gibboney
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Butte, Anaconda & Pacific
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Trio Low
Guggenheims
Erence
Rozeman
Harry Gallwey
Ittee
Stormbound
Frank Riley
J. B. Leggat
W. H. Haviland
John Berkin
Thomas Lavell
C. H. Lane
J. J. Lynch
W. W. Walsworth
J. Bruce Kremer
J. B. McClernan
T. J. Walker
J. J. McHatton
John K. O'Rourke
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James
L'Action Trancaise
Charles Maurras
Leon Daudet
Maurras
Daudet
Seine
Mathieu Dreyfus
M’nichol
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