Miners' union day victim dies after stabbing
Mike White, a miner of 13 East Gagnon street and a 15 year Butte resident, died at St James hospital after being stabbed Friday morning by Mike Powers near the Bugsy assay office. Powers was jailed on assault in the first degree and likely to face a homicide charge after White's death.
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Mike White
Mike Powers
St. James’ Hospital
Matthews
Stevens
Sherman & Reed's
White
Bell
East Gagnon Street
Butte
Henderson
Powers
Bugsy Assay Office
Copper Street
Freight Engine Ditching Near Leonard Sparks Inquiries
A freight engine ran into a ditch after a switch was tampered with near Leonard mine. A pusher engine and the head ore engine were damaged while the Great Northern passenger train, due to arriving from Helena, was slowed but no injuries occurred. Passengers walked to Braund house and rode streetcars into town as crews worked to clear the wreck and restore service.
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Great Northern
Helena
Butte
Leonard Mine
Woodville
Braund House
Leonard Switch
Peerless electric pianos offered by Charles J. Kops in Butte
Charles J. Kops, state agent for Peerless coin operated electric pianos, is in Butte at the Butte hotel for a few days offering introductory prices and easy payment terms. He invites interested buyers to drop a postal card or call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles J. Kops
Great Falls
Butte Hotel
Mr. Kops
Jack Cohen S mother dies in New York at 55
A telegram from New York reports the death of Mrs. Lemuel Cohen aged 55. She is the mother of Jack Cohen of the Symons store in Butte. The community offers sympathy to Mr. Cohen and family.
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Butte
Lemuel Cohen
New York
Miners Savings Bank Ad Promises Small Deposits
We invite your deposits, no matter how small. One dollar will start an account in our savings department. Four per cent interest compounded twice yearly. Miners' Savings Bank and Trust company, 45 West Park street.
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Miners’ Savings Bank and Trust Company
West Park Street
Comment on Orchard's Confession by Some Montana Newspapers
From the Miles City Journal, editors argue Orchard may be the most prolific serial killer of his class if truthful. They note his detailed confessions align with real crimes and accuse those in mining districts of using violence to control rivals, while defending lawful citizens seeking the truth.
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Orchard
Montana
Miles City Journal
Orchard testimony shocks Dillon as cross examination exposes crime tale
The Dillon Tribune reports astonishment at Harry Orchard's testimony in the Haywood case. Lawyers for Haywood concede no prior cross examination challenges match Orchard's stubborn truth telling, implying compelling proof of Orchard's account and hinting at Haywood's alleged complicity in crimes. Orchard's past as a penitentiary inmate and his rise in the Western Federation of Miners are noted.
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Dillon Tribune
Harry Orchard
Haywood
Orchard
Western Federation of Miners
Trial notes call for Orchard’s swift hanging in Haywood case
The Livingston Post editorial harshly denounces Harry Orchard as a bloodthirsty villain and urges immediate execution if the trial of William D. Haywood for conspiring to murder Frank Steunenberg leads to a guilty verdict. It states Orchard is unequivocally guilty and deserves swift punishment.
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Livingston Post
William D. Haywood
Boise
Frank Steunenberg
Idaho
Haywood
Harry Orchard
Orchard
Lucretia Borgia
Herod
Paris Commune
Villain on the stand in Boise taints labor conflict
The piece brands Orchard as a soulless killer for hire and warns that if his testimony is proven true, leaders Moyer Haywood and Pettibone could be exposed as monsters driving organized labor to shame. It argues a labor cleansing may follow and vows unions and workers will demand a new deal.
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Billings Gazette
Boise
Orchard
Western Federation of Miners
Moyer
Haywood
Pettibone
Noted criminal Harry Orchard in Idaho trial spectacle
Lewistown Democrat frames Harry Orchard as a towering criminal or colossal law through the Boise Idaho trial. Orchard admits he committed numerous murders including the Caldwell dynamiting and claims allegiance to Moyer Haywood Pettibone and Western Federation of Miners officials. The paper notes the dramatic case drawing vast national and foreign attention and expresses faith in American courts to render justice.
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Lewistown
Harry Orchard
Steunenberg
Caldwell
Worst fiend on witness stand, Orchard testifies
Glendive Independent reports Harry Orchard, the confessed killer of ex Governor Steunenberg, claims to have slain eighteen more people and practiced bigamy. He described his crimes in a cold, methodical manner, marking him as a monstrous witness against Haywood.
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Glendive
Harry Orchard
Steunenberg
Idaho
Haywood
Towns end Star prefaces on governor murder trial evidence
The Townsend Star cautions against premature judgment as three men face capital charges in the Steunenberg murder case. A principal witness admits past crimes but claims he was only an accomplice hired for the killings. The paper questions the admissibility of such evidence.
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Townsend Star
Steunenberg
Woman’s vow to wed annulled on capitol dome wedding
Miss Pearl Eunice Ivey, who once swore never to marry, wed Michael Henry Gallagher at noon on the Georgia State Capitol dome. Dr. A C Ward performed the ceremony as friends gathered above the city, joking the couple defied ground-bound matrimony.
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Atlanta
Pearl Eunice Ivey
Michael Henry Gallagher
State Capitol
A. C. Ward
Markiet
Man feigned sleep dies after 77 days on train
Kansas City June 16 Thomas C Webster 60 of Horseshoe Bend Idaho died at the general hospital here. He began sleeping on a train between Kansas City and Denver April 1 and did not open his eyes for 77 days. Doctors declared the sleep feigned and said he suffered from acute melancholia.
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Kansas City
Thomas C. Webster
Horseshoe Bend
Idaho
Denver
General Hospital
Webster
Explosion in Covilho Kills Thirty in Lisbon Dispatch
A Standard dispatch from Lisbon reports that a dynamite blast at Covilho, a manufacturing town, killed 30 people. Authorities believe fired workers carried out the attack in vengeance.
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London
The
Standard
Lisbon
Covihilo
Corner Stone Laid for Lutheran Church in Great Falls
The German Evangelical Lutheran St. Mark's church on Montana and Silver streets marked the corner stone ceremony with Rev. Martin Mertz and Rev. Ernst Wachsmuth delivering addresses. The ceremony included a roster of members, official papers, and daily papers. the project has costs paid and aims for fall completion.
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St. Mark's Church
Montana and
Silver Streets
James Walsh
Martin Hudtloff
Vhe
John Miller
Ladies’ Society
General Synod
Roosevelt
Martin Mertz
Helena
Church
Montana
Ernst Wachsmuth
St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Church of Jesus Christ
Trinity Church of Great Falls
Body of Christ
Wachsmuth
God
Jesus
Martin Huddoff
St. Mark’s Church
Dr Wiley War on Pie of Our Fathers
Washington June 16 The fate of the pie hangs in the balance as Dr Wiley pure food chief begins a crusade against the tradition. He denounces commercialized pie noting benzoate of soda used to prolong shelf life is harmful and should be suppressed.
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DR. Wiley
Washington
Agricultural Department
New England
Wiley
Woman shoots grass-cutter on doorstep in St Louis
St Louis June 16 Mrs Nancie Van Holland of 5541 Maple avenue faced a threatening grass-cutter William Smith on her lawn. After he demanded pay and grabbed her arm she retreated to the house, retrieved a revolver, and fired once to knock the sickle from his hand.
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St. Louis
Nancie van Holland
Maple Avenue
William Smith
van Holland
Smith
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Mrs. Leslie
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Draggia
Leonard
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