Hamilton to Try Today for Big Aviation Prize
New York report on Charles K. Hamilton preparing for a flight to Philadelphia and back for major prizes. He took off in rain from Governor's Island, hovered over the harbor, and damaged a survey stake and a guy wire during a test. A special train will accompany him with fair to cloudy weather foreseen along the route.
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New York
Charles K. Hamilton
Governor's Island
Hamilton
Philadelphia
New York Times
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Saloon Brawl Lands Two in Jail. Hop-Herd Held on Insanity Charge
Pete Harkin and James McBride argued violently in an East Broadway saloon and were jailed for disturbance. Red McNeer, a local hop-herd, locked up at 4 am by Detectives Williams and Morrissey on an insanity charge. Ruth Spencer and Jennie Bank, residents of the restricted district, were arrested after a brick-throwing altercation yesterday morning.
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Pete Harkin
James McBride
Senate and House differ on long and short haul clause
Conference reports reveal tentative agreements on rail rate rules with pages of debate over long and short haul discrimination. Senates and houses clash on through routes and jurisdiction expansion for the Interstate Commerce Commission. Insurgents fear lost battles if House provisions prevail.
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Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
House
Commission
Hank Keenan's Hurt in Runaway
Miner Frank Keenan of 445 East Broadway was injured in a runaway near the cemeteries. His horse spooked by a street car, throwing him from the wagon and breaking his jaw, cutting his head, dislocating a thumb, and bruising his body. Jo seph Mackin escaped with minor injuries and Keenan was taken to St James hospital and home.
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Frank Keenan
East Broadway
Joseph Mackin
Mackin
Keenan
St. James’ Hospital
Double Header Scheduled At The Ballpark This Afternoon
A city league double header is set at Columbia Gardens this afternoon. Teams M. J. B. Coffees and Courthouse face Boston & Montana and Bankers in two close games with 2 pm first pitch and the second to follow. Brown and Haws will start for Bankers and RB. & M. respectively, with Wilcox and Delaney also slated to pitch.
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Columbia Gardens
Boston & Montana
Bankers
Brown
Haws
Wilcox
Murphy
Delaney
Three Butte Girls Hurt in Accident
A wrecked car overturned and rested in a ditch after a collision. Three Butte girls were injured but reported resting well at the hospital. Mothers remained at their bedsides to aid recovery as doctors expected a full, but cautious, recuperation.
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Butte
Expert Indian service farmers to visit agencies soon
Expert farmers in the employ of the Indian service will begin visits to agencies this week to instruct the Indians on how to use the implements. The program aims to foster responsibility for the Indians' own welfare.
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Indian Service
Maillett and Hesse Win Their Games Yesterday
In the first round of the handicap tennis tournament on Holland courts Dr Maillett defeated Ames 6 2 2 6 6 5 and Hesse beat Rodgers 6 1 6 3. The event drew strong turnout as six courts stayed busy from morning till late afternoon. The first round must be finished by Thursday night June 16.
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Holland
Maillett
Ames
Hesse
Rodgers
Fettle
Professor explains why Roosevelt did not die
New York, June 12. Professor Frederick A. Starr of the University of Chicago, back from a world tour, warned Roosevelt would not survive Africa’s interior jungles. Starr noted Roosevelt picked a safer path, avoiding deadly swamps, and observed Japan reacting against Western customs while American trade in the Orient remains limited.
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New York
Frederick A. Starr
University of Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Africa
Starr
Roosevelt
Japan
Orient
Butte Girl Miss Mary Holmes Linked to Local Figures
Miss Mary Holmes, an 18 year old Butte resident and friend of the Mulhollands, is described as a sister of Peter Holmes who has chauffeured for Harry Turner of the electric light company for two years. Her mother left town after news of the accident, and Holmes works for the Hennessy company. The Silver Bow National bank savings department offers 4 percent interest and notes it operates under national supervision.
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Mary Holmes
Peter Holmes
Harry Turner
Electric Light Company
Butte
Silver Bow National Bank
Miners Union Election Ballot Count Progressing Slowly
The count for the Butte Miners union election held last Tuesday proceeds slowly as judges and clerks tire. About 500 pink tickets remain at midnight as delegates to the Denver convention are tallied and a recess may be taken for a holiday. A final ballot will decide whether an assessment is levied for an incapacitated miner.
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Butte Miners’ Union
Denver
Smallpox Epidemic in Mexican District Kills Hundreds
An epidemic of smallpox rages in Ozumbia district Northern Chihuahua Mexico with hundreds dying in six months. Citizens appeal to Mexico City for medical officers and soldiers to enforce quarantine. The region includes Mormon colonies where no deaths occurred due to treatment and sanitation.
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el Paso
Texas
Ozumbia
Chihuahua
Mexico
Mexico City
Boxer Ad Wolgast Injured In Fight With Redmond
X ray shows a small bone splintered about three inches above the wrist and a ligament torn in the Friday night bout with Jack Redmond. Wolgast cannot box for at least two months and has returned to his Michigan farm for rest.
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Milwaukee
Ad Wolgast
Jack Redmond
Wolgast
Michigan
Fort Keogh Remount Station Hopes for 600 Horses
Special Dispatch from Miles City reports 456 horses at Fort Keogh remount station with 60 workers, 20 on staff. War department rules require one attendant per 10 horses and Captain Howard aims for 600 by July 1, with potential to reach 1,000 horses and 120 staff.
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Standard
Miles City
Fort Keogh
War Department
Howard
Mothers of country are real conservationists
Denver June 12 Miss Elizabeth Harrison president of the Chicago Kindergarten committee told the National Congress of Mothers convention that mothers are the real conservators of the nations resources. She urged study of psychology to better perform maternal duties and to conserve spiritual forces along with natural resources. An informal reception was planned but canceled due to a headache.
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Denver
Elizabeth Harrison
Chicago
National Congress of Mothers
Miss Harrison
Youth Is Nineteen Days Ahead Of Weston's Record
Jack Eldredge pursues a cross country walk from Boston to San Francisco begun March 18 to beat Edward Payson Weston 105 day record. The 24 year old is 19 days ahead and aims to reach the coast June 18 in 77 days. Eldredge recently topped Weston's 72 mile daily mark with 75 miles and bets totaling $2,000 await if he wins.
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Reno
Jack Eldredge
Boston
San Francisco
Edward Payson Weston
Eldredge
Weston
Rankin follows Carnegie example in giving fortune
St Louis reports David Rankin has donated over 3,000,000 to his favored school plus 3,000 a year for his life, which will revert to the institution after his death. The David Rankin Jr School of Mechanical Trades will be enlarged and its curriculum improved. Rankin, a 7 year old Irish native and real estate and stock speculator, is retiring from public life.
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St. Louis
David Rankin
Ireland
Pensions for 69 year old letter carriers urged
The Rocky Mountain division of the National Association of Letter Carriers adopted resolutions in Denver demanding government funded pensions for members at age 69. Two hundred delegates attended the meeting. The resolutions oppose using a reserve fund built from carriers' salary withholdings as the source of pensions.
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Denver
Rocky Mountain
National Association of Letter Carriers
President commutes 15 year murder sentence for Philippine subject
Washington reports the president commuted the 15 year term of Natalee Nalis, a Philippine subject, who was sentenced December 18, 1902, by the Shanghai consular court for the murder of a Chinese man. The commutation expires immediately and includes a condition he will not revisit China.
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Washington
China
Natalee Nalis
Shanghai
Judge's New Limousine Sparks Humorous Courtship Moment
A judge parades in a shiny imported limousine, calls for water from a spring, while Maud Mulled blushes at her muddy dress and listens as the judge jokes about engines and tires. She sighs wishing to be the judge's bride, then the scene ends with a light, comic note.
Death Grief Ties To Son of New York Pitcher
Pueblo Colorado June 12 grief over the death of her son William Hogg a former pitcher of the New York baseball team is held largely responsible for the death of Mrs Addie Hogg here today Mr Hogg died in New Orleans about two months ago
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Pueblo
Col
William Hogg
New York
Addie Hogg
Hogg
New Orleans
Aviator Prevents Crowd Disaster Over Springfield Show
Charles F. Wilard, flying a Curtiss biplane, ditched the engine at 150 feet and steered the craft away from a dense spectators’ area. The plane crashed near the crowd, breaking the engine and injuring the aviator, who saved many lives by keeping the machine from entering the audience.
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Springfield
Charles F. Wilard
Ridder and Hill Dine With German Emperor in Potsdam
Herman Ridder of New York and David Jayne Hill the American ambassador dined with the emperor and empress at Potsdam. Ridder then held a long conversation with the emperor about relations and events of the day.
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Potsdam
Herman Ridder
New York
David Jayne Hill
Ridder
Bride Refuses Suitor Triggering Fatal Stabbing at Altar
In Brownsville Texas yesterday Basilio Martinez stabbed Bonita Garcia at the altar as the bridal party stood ready. Martinez attacked in a frenzy after Garcia altered her mind about a rival and refused to marry him.
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Brownsville
Texas
Basilio Martinez
Bonita Garcia
Martinez
Miners' Union Day Coffee Now Available at Sandwich Booth
On Miners Union day Price's deli will sell ready to drink coffee all day at the Columbia gardens sandwich booth. Coffee is ten cents per cup and seventy five cents per gallon with pure cream sugar free.
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Price
Columbia Gardens
Modern farming implements to be shipped to western reservations
Washington reports carloads of the most modern farming tools will start arriving this week at all western Indian reservations, signaling new agricultural equipment reach.
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Washington
Furnished Rooms Pay Off When Rented Cleverly
Urban trend shows one in three city families rents furnished rooms and many tenants in single room homes seek distinctly fitted rooms. Stand out by tasteful design and targeted advertising to secure quick, profitable returns.
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Alexander Mackel
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Ain and Park Sts., Butte
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Puck
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