Epworth League Holds Eighth State Convention in Butte
Butte welcomes about 75 delegates to the Epworth League annual convention at Mountain View Methodist Church. Mayor Davey and ex Governor Richards deliver welcomes as the three day program opens with religious services, leadership talks, and reports.
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Tate
Montana
Butte
Epworth League
Mountain View Methodist Church
Davey
Hickarde
Alfred H. Henry
Mountain View M
Charles RE. Avery
Missoula
League
Order
Richards
A. H. Henry
Judge Orders County to Pay Sheriff in Frank v Simpson
Judge J M Clements orders Silver Bow County to pay the sheriff funds due to M Frank to satisfy the April 25 1899 judgment against Simpson amounting to 190 85 plus costs and attorney fees. The county had refused claiming money owed to Simpson for indexing records. A June 25 hearing was set to show cause.
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Helena
J. M. Clements
A District Court
Bilver Bow County
M. Frank
Simpson
Justice Court
District Court
John Steinmetz
Silver Bow County
Simpsone
Mr. Frank
Government Narrowly Clears House In Commons Vote
London reports on a tense session in the House of Commons with the government winning by a slim margin. Prime Minister faces questions as MPs debate measures affecting domestic policy and economic plans, reflecting ongoing party tensions.
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London
House of Commons
Lawmaker Proposes Refreshment Clause To License Bill
Henry Broadhurst moves a new clause within the license bill aimed at forcing publicans to provide reasonable non alcoholic refreshments for travelers. Government opposes. some unionists back the measure but it fails 178 to 4, reducing government majority.
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Lcense
Henry Broadhurst
Tourists Hurt In Yellowstone Runaway Coach Incident
A four horse stage coach owned by Waley Camping company overturned near Gardener on the Yellowstone boundary line. Mrs Bettie Burns fractured ankle and dislocated shoulder while her sister Mrs A F Griffith was badly bruised. Mrs Waleh of Pittsburgh escaped with minor scratches. The injured are cared for at Gardenier by the Waley company.
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Standard
Livingston
Worl
Gardener
Yellowstone Boundary Line
Bettie Burns
A. F. Griffith
Salem
Ore
Mre Waleh
Fit
Divorce Granted After Allegations of Abuse
Mrs. Mattie McDaniel testified in a Helena district court that Henry W. McDaniel habitually drank three to four times weekly. She claimed he threw water at her knocking her down and kicked her, and dragged her by the hair. Judge Smith granted the divorce and awarded custody of their child. The husband deeded property to her.
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Helena
Mattie McDaniel
Board Grants Two Pardons in Helena Meeting
The state board of pardons approved two pardons and Governor Toole granted one sentence reduction. Urban Moser, jailed for second degree murder, received a full pardon after years in prison and good conduct. Herman Kielhauer, jailed for grand larceny, also pardoned. Orlie Sworden had his $100 fine remitted after serving jail time for smallpox quarantine violation.
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Standard
Helena
State Board of Pardons
Toole
Urban Moser
Cokedale Park County
ISM
Fritz Brattenger
Deer Lodge
Rickards
Moser
Herman Kielhauer
Fergus County
Orlie Sworden
Flathead County
Cement question halts East Side School foundation work
Special Dispatch reports in Livingston on June 17 that work on the new east side school foundation paused after the school board ordered removal of stone laid due to alleged inferior cement. The contract required Portland cement, and officials recall the prior failing East Side school built for about $20,000, leading to its condemnation. Contractors are expected to return to resolve cement discrepancies.
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Livingston
East Side
Disappearance of Jim Banster Sparks Bridge Jump Theories
Columbus reports the sudden vanishing of Jim Banster after he told William MccCreight and David Stokes of intending to jump from a bridge into the Yellowstone. Authorities and locals speculate he may have taken his own life, last seen on Tuesday evening June 3.
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Columbus
Jim Banster
William MccCreight
David Stokes
Yellowstone
Baseball directors authorize $240 for next Sunday excursion
Billings June 17 meeting of baseball directors authorized deposit of 240 dollars. The agent of the Northern Duc will run an excursion train to Re Sans next Sunday for the beach game there.
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Standard
Billings
Menthe
Duc i
Re Sans Next Sund
Aseba
A4 Conference Set for Santa Fe Offices Tomorrow
Los Angeles report states a conference will be held in the Santa Fe offices tomorrow between General Manager A. and other executives, outlining plans and actions for the company.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Santa Fe
Boiler Makers Strike Contingent On Conference Result
The San Bernardino and Needles boiler shops join a strike committee. A conference outcome will determine if a general boiler makers strike on the Santa Fe railroad system is called.
Unfortunate Woman Leona Clifton Death in Big Timber
Leona Clifton of Big Timber died this morning from morphine taken in a personal crisis. Despondency over her life led to the act. she had recently learned of her former husband’s remarriage. An inquest returned verdict of death by own action. Funeral costs to be borne by her associates.
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Standard
Big Timber
Leona Clifton
Annie Woods
Tenderloin
Sheridan
Wye
Tomamell Bluffs
Iowa
Inquest Rules Charles Linscott Death as Powell Gunshot
Coroner Adair held an inquest at Stevensville. The jury found Charles Linscott died from a gunshot wound inflicted by Rees Powell. Powell was jailed in Hamilton and said he would do it again if needed to defend his water rights. Relatives of Linscott were not located. Burial will be at the county cemetery. Powell to be examined Saturday in Stevensville or Hamilton.
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Standard
Missoula
Standards
Stevensville
Adair
Charles Linscott
Allen May
Green
Linscott
Rees Powell
Powell
Hamilton
Kitchener Praises Surrender Leaders in South Africa
Lord Kitchener sends identical telegrams to Generals Botha Delarey and Dewet praising their energy and tact in surrendering burghers Accepting the change of government and reconciliation with the King and British people is welcomed as a new era in South Africa
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Pretoria
Lord Kitchener
Botha
Delarey
Dewet
South Africa
Bonner Stage Upsets After Horses Run Wild
Two Bonner residents aboard a stage en route to Missoula were thrown from the coach when frightened horses ran through fences and toward the river near Finntown. Both women sustained minor injuries while the team suffered light damage and the driver Mr Peat escaped unharmed.
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Missoula
Bonner
Finntown
Northern Pacific
North Coast Limited
Mr. Peat
Two Very Young Robbers Nabbed in Helena
Helena police captured Asa Weller, age six, and Bodie Weller, age five, amid raids on F H Winters carpentry shop and I W Neill harness shop. The brothers confessed they stole goods to buy baseballs, marking them as among the youngest detained in local history.
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Helena
F. H. Winters
I.W. Neill
Asa
Bodie Weller
Harleson Divorce Suit Filed in Billings
Billings June 17 Mrs Georgia Harleson sues for divorce from David Harleson on habitual intemperance as the ground. The couple wed in Billings on January 3.
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the Standard
Billings
Georgia Harleson
David Harleson
Schwab Gifts Hall to Aloysius Academy at Cresson
Charlies M. Schwab president of United States Steel Corn cashdonated a $25,000 alumni and assembly hall to Aloysius Academy in Cresson. The new structure adjoins the academy and was presented today.
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Cresson
Aloysius Academy
Charlies M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Editor’s Frustration Sparks Sudden Resignation
A query editor reads a wife’s letter forcing him to answer social and household questions. He fears her handwriting will compel him to settle every issue and take the blame. After deep thought, he resigns from his position.
Trunk Held as Evidence in Butte Shoplifting Case
At the Great Northern depot in Butte a trunk owned by John Doe Kiley is held by Constable Boyle awaiting opening after a court attachment. Mrs Ellen Kiley faces petty larceny charges for shoplifting from Hennessy’s store and a possible broader shoplifting operation is under investigation with Detective Murphy and railroad staff present.
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Ellen Kiley
Hennessy
Constable Boyle
Justice
Boyle
Bond
Kiley
Murphy
Seal Terrace
Walkerville
Butte
Europe
Great Northern
Riley
Minneapolis
Steamer Huronian Vanished After Leaving Glasgow
A note found in a bottle 45 miles east of Halifax reports that the Allan liner Huronian turned over Sunday night in the Atlantic. The ship departed Glasgow for St John New Brunswick on February 7 and has not been heard from since. The writer, Stillwell Parke of Head Ship Harbour Nova Scotia, forwarded the find from June 2.
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Halifax
Atlantic
Glasgow
St. John
N. B
Missionary Budget Details Include Utah Montana Idaho Alaska
A church document outlines appropriations for home missionary work totaling 35000 dollars with an extra 7500 for special efforts in Utah Montana Idaho and Alaska. The text frames funding as part of anti polygamy related reforms.
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Utah
Montana
Idaho
Alaska
Episcopal Convocation at Missoula Sees Business and Papers
The second day featured church-state reports and personnel changes. Rev Gesner presented the state of the church with gains in most departments but declining Sunday school attendance. Helena’s Rev W W Love resigns as Churchman editor. Rev C H Linley will take over. A reception for visitors followed at the McBride home.
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Standard
Missoula
Episcopal Convocation
Messrs
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Barker
Atwood
Gesner
W. W. Love
Helena
Churchman
C. H. Linley
Manager of The Terrible Turk Arrest Settlement
Dunlap, manager of The Terrible Turk, who was arrested after the fake at the Auditorium, settled up yesterday. After all bills were paid he had little money left. Mr. White, who had him arrested, gave him $10 more to enable him to leave town if he wished.
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Dunlap
Mr. White
Holmes Argument Sparks Harvard Sophomore Debate
The Buffalo Commercial recounts Dr. Holmes replying to a Harvard sophomore who challenged the logic of the One-Hoss Shay. Holmes argues that if every part is equally strong it is also as weak as any part, so disintegration may begin anywhere much like a soap bubble.
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Buffalo
Shay
Co. W. Holmes
Push cart raid on Beaver Street shocks Wall Street crowd
Police raided Beaver Street push carts rounding up a dozen boys. An Italian ice vendor fled his cart leaving it to youths as brokers and office boys gathered. A stock exchange figure in a white hat drew laughs when questioned about cart ownership.
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New York Times
Beaver Street
New Street
Broadway
Exchange
The
Stock Exchange
Southern Pacific
Mob forms to lynch Edison in Vincennes jail
Terre Haute June 17 A mob gathers to lynch William Edison at Vincennes jail after charges he outraged a 4 year old girl a month ago. The fire department assists police in dispersing the mob.
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Terre Haute
Ind
William Edison
Vincennes
Fire Department
Edison
Hoag dies suddenly at home in Helena
Frank O Hoag of Helena received word that his father William Hoag died at 5 this afternoon from heart disease while at the supper table in White Sulphur Springs. Born in Woolwich England July 22 1848 he came to America at a young age and to Montana in 1880s leaving a widow and two sons.
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Standard
Helena
Frank O. Hoag
White Sulphur Springs
William Hoag
Mr. Hoag
Woolwich
England
America
Montana
Keerl Hearing Delayed in Milwaukee Bartender Murder Case
Helena reports June V J S Keerl will skip the June 30 hearing for murder of Thomas Crystal a Milwaukee beer hall bartender. County Attorney McConnell told Judge Henry Smith he spoke with Keerl s attorneys and they favored a continuance, which was granted.
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Standard
Helena
J. S. Keerl
Thomas Crystal
Milwaukee Beer Hall
McConnell
Henry Smith
Keerl
Knows Her Limitations In Brooklin Eagle Excerpt
An exchange highlights a rival noting a woman's limitations tied to place. The speaker suggests she is better suited for mountains than seashore and expresses admiration while denying unkind remarks.
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Brooklin
German Law Bans Saccharin in Beer Spurs Debate
The article notes a legal prohibition in Germany on introducing saccharin into beer. It questions whether the motive is political rather than scientific and raises a plant reference to Eupatorium rebau dlarum as a possible future disappointment, suggesting uncertainty about long term outcomes.
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Germany
Paraguay
Burglars Use Dog to Locate Hidden Beefsteak Loot
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer narrative style, two burglars stage a silent entry using a dog to sniff out a hidden stash. The dog leads them through rooms to a mahogany cabinet, where they retrieve a wrapped item and escape via a window, revealing the loot: a magnificent 18 carat four pound beefsteak.
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The
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Rover
Sprayed Fruit and Copper Sprays in Grapes
Summary of a Philadelphia Medical Journal report on agricultural spraying uses copper and arsenic solutions. Grapes treated per station directions show no deleterious effects, while copper residues mostly remain in plant matter with minimal transfer to jelly. Arsenic sprays warrant caution but have not caused serious harm yet.
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Philadelphia Metical Journal
Legion
Hiological
Hfe
Ch'o
Whos Our Girls Are Getting Beaver Lessons at Bryn Mawr
The Bryn Mawr program emphasizes outdoor exercise and gymnastic work. Students are urged to play basketball hockey tennis golf tether ball swim ride and bike. Outdoor games foster generosity endurance and fortitude as a pupil injures a hockey thumb.
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Louisa Smith
Bryn Mawr
General Bonnel Dismissed From Command in France
Paris June 17 The president signed an order removing General Bonnel from the post of commander in chief of the army school and placing him on the retired list after a court of inquiry charged him with improperly influencing a testator for his own gain.
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Paris
Loubet
Bonnel
Army School
Elks Leader Pickett Marries Miss Ryan in Louisville
Charles A. Pickett of Waterloo Iowa grand exalted ruler of the Elks wed Miss India Parmalee Ryan of Louisville at the bride’s parents home in Louisville Kentucky today.
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Louisville
Charles A. Pickett
Waterloo
Iowa
The
Elks
India Parmalee Ryan
Austgutana Lutheran synod adjourns with memorial to Congress
Missionary work in Montana and Marquette, Mich a June report notes the Augustana Lutheran synod adjourned for the day and adopted a memorial urging Congress to favor action on a proposed congressional amendment.
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Marquette
Mich
Augustana Luthegin Synod
Congress
A New Vegetable Sweet From Paraguay Containing Sweet Leaves
The Chicago Tribune reports a Paraguay plant with leaves that yield a sweet substance. Small pieces sweeten tea as effectively as sugar yet are not sugar and cannot be fermented. The Agronomical Institute director at Asuncion says the chemical is unlike known compounds. The herd is common and Germans plan cultivation trials for market potential. The article notes no known deleterious effects, though full investigation is needed. It references Ira Remsen’s 300 times sweeter than cane sugar saccarin idea for coal tar.
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Chicago Tribune
Paraguay
Asuncion
Ira Remsen
Johns Hopkins University
The Hard Working King
From Everybody’s Magazine King Edward asserts strict oversight of reign details. The late Queen’s nurses were mostly royal women and the new queen, urged into majesty, resisted. She locked herself away and threatened retirement or convent life lamenting the crown’s burden and Bertie’s demand.
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Bertie
Beaucaire of Mansfield Delights Butte Audiences at Broadway
Eminent actor Richard Mansfield delivers Beaucaire with refined French manner and strong stage presence. The performance, though dialogue light and act-deficient, pleases audiences as scenery and costuming elevate the show. Earnest Warde and Sheridan Black give standout support while Miss Ethel Knight Mollison may need more vigor for her role. A violin solo by Carl L Krusada adds a finishing touch.
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Broad Way Theater
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Beaucaire
Englan
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Winterset
Sheridan Black
Mr. Molyneux
A. Andrews
Mr. Bantison
M. A. Kennedy
Captain Badger
Josep Whiting
Mr. Mansfield
Ethel Knight Mollison
Lady Mary Charlisle Mill
Mr. Mansfeld
Carl L. Krusada
Conservatory of Music of Vienna
Fourth of July Goddess Contest Vote Totals
The close of voting shows Miss Kilgalle with 74 votes, Miss Bowman 749, Miss Julia Gin rup 512, Miss Mabel Zinn 720, Miss Gertrude Pierce 455, and Miss Mary Thompson 42 for the title of most popular goddess candidate.
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Bowman
Julia Ginrup
Mabel Zinn
Ge Trude Pierce
Mary
Coronation Arrangements In Victoria B C Attract Wide Participation
The sole location outside London where a state coronation ceremony is planned is Victoria B C. Governor Sir Henry Jolly and staff, provincial government, mayor and council, naval and military officers, and business groups will participate. Railways offer cheap excursions from Montana and other points north of Los Angeles.
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Victoria
B.C
Henr Jolly
Naval
Railwa
Montana
Los Angeles
Avers to Marry in Minneapolis Then Return to Butte
A. B. Avers, assistant in the Burlington railroad office in Butte, will travel to Minneapolis for his wedding on June 25. He plans to return to Butte with his bride immediately after the ceremony.
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A. B. Avers
Burlington Railroad
Butte
Minneapolis
King Albert Near Death As Anniversary Observed
King Albert of Saxony, critically ill, and Queen Karola prepare to mark their 49th wedding anniversary tomorrow. He has issued mourning edicts easing public amusements and curtailing certain court observances as his death nears. The imperial telegraph office will withhold death telegrams until official confirmation.
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Berlin
Albert
Saxony
Quee Karola
Imperial Telegraph
Kin Albert
Maine Democrats Nominate Gould for Governor at Bangor
The Maine Democrats met in Bangor on June 17 and nominated W S Gould of Skowhegan for governor. They adopted a platform denouncing imperialism and calling for Philippine liberty, criticizing Spanish Cuba policy and British actions.
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Democrats
W S. Gould
Skowhegan
Philippines
Horse and Tack Stolen from H. Rosean Ranch
News from Columbus reports a horse saddle and bridle valued at 275 stolen from the H. Rosean ranch north of town. Cliff Rosean owned the horse and A. Carleton the tack. Detectives followed the thieves toward Lake Basin along the trail.
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Standard
Columbus
H. Rosean
Cliff Rosean
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