Bills for the Purchase of the Insane Asylum
Special Dispatch from Helena reports shifting voter support among MacGinniss and Conrad factions amid battles over bills. Jurisdictional votes show Cooper and Toole gaining, with ongoing Senate and House maneuvers to advance or block measures including a biased judge bill and a company store bill.
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Widow of James Davidson in Dillon dies from gas asphyxiation
Special Dispatch reports Mrs. Davidson wife of James Davidson of Dillon died from gas asphyxiation and was buried Tuesday. She says Davidson's sons in Montana notified to bury their father. Police have no evidence the gas was turned on after retirement and seek leads on a $700 robbery that may connect to the gas incident.
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Dillon
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Death Lays Its Hand On The Aged Statesman Evarts
New York February 25 William Maxwell Evarts aged 73 died at his home from pneumonia after years of blindness and frailty He led Evarts Choate Beaman firm and served as US attorney general and secretary of state He was born February 6 1818 at Boston Yale graduate Harvard Law and long prominent in Republican politics Funeral planned for Calvary Church with burial in Windsor Mass and family plot.
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Windsor
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Boston
Boston Latin School
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Harvard Law School
New York City
William H. Seward
Horace Grev
Paris
United States
United States Senate
Government Not Considering Move Against Industrial Combine
The speaker said he understood a combine was forming but rejected Sir Howard Vincent's claim that it aimed to destroy Britain’s iron and steel industries. He did not believe government action would be useful.
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Great Britain
Three Men Killed in Oklahoma Coal Mine Explosion
An explosion at No. 5 mine near McAlester Oklahoma on February 28 killed three shot firers named Steve De Lucas Bristo Barto and W. B. Welch. A rescue party works to reach the victims as the mine suffers extensive damage. The Osage Coal Mining Company owned by Missouri Pacific railroad operates the mine.
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British troop mobilization on Bulgarian frontier near Kustendil
London reports 5,000 Turkish troops ordered to concentrate on the Bulgarian frontier near Kustendil. The move follows advice from the war ministry amid agitation by the revolutionary Bulgarian committee in Macedonia. Prince Ferdinand opposes the Macedonian operation but cannot stop it. many Bulgarian officers priests and merchants are arrested as alleged accomplices.
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Bulgaria
Train Collision Kills Two in Coal Valley Crash
Two men were killed when passenger train No 16 collided head on with a local freight on the Pittsburg & Charleston line at Coal Valley. Engineer Frank White and mail clerk M. M. Thompson died. Fireman C. Shaver, baggageman Charles Stroud were badly injured and burned. passenger Michael Kulick suffered back injuries.
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Coal Valley
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Charles Stroud
Michael Kulick
General McKibben Dispatches Troop to Ennis Recruit Train
In San Antonio Texas on February 28 General McKibben ordered 20 men under Captain Beall and Lieutenant Perry to Ennis to meet a recruit train bound for San Francisco. Beall's detachment left Fort Sam Houston late tonight via the Southern Pacific and will arrive tomorrow.
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Southern Pacific
Emperor William narrowly escapes injury in Berlin carriage collision
In Berlin on February 28, Emperor William faced a near serious accident while crossing Unter der Linden. His carriage collided with an electric car near the schloss. The brake failure caused the car to shake the carriage. the emperor was thrown against the carriage side and slightly bruised.
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Demonstrators Clash With Jesuits in Oporto Turmoil
In Oporto several hundred workers marched on the Pestana palace after riots against Jesuits. They attacked the palace amid protests over alleged involvement in a botched abduction of the Brazilian vice consul's daughter, then stoned a Catholic association house.
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Senate approves grazing on forest reserves in three states
Washington date February 28 Senate adopts sundry civil bill amendment permitting grazing on forest reserves in Colorado Montana and Wyoming expanding land use rights in public preserves.
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Surrender of General Botha Reported in Commons
War secretary Broderick stated in the house that official confirmation of General Botha's surrender has been received. De Wet and Steyn, with Hertzogg's commando, remain on the south bank awaiting a crossing, with locals saying a crossing will be impossible for at least four days. De Wet plans to move eastward.
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Forces Near Nor val and Naarwpoort Face Boer Columns
Storms hinder operations as Thorney craft push from the west and Boers advance in every direction. General De Wet and Commandant Hertzogg move east of Phillipstown with about 2,000 men, while the river is expected to rise after heavy rains.
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Dutch Consul Pott Loses Exequatur Over Heliograph Export
The minister of foreign affairs said the exequatur of Herr Pott, Dutch consul at Lourenes Marquez, was withdrawn by Portugal for illegal heliograph imports for Transvaal troops and alleged passport misuse. Pott admitted the first charge.
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BothaSurrender Talks Reported In London
The Daily News reports Commandant General Botha offered to surrender on certain conditions and that discussions continue. It is believed Mrs Botha carried proposals from her husband to Lord Kitchener in London on March 1.
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General De Wet Fails to Cross Orange River
The General De Wet forces are said to have failed to cross the Orange River at Daltonspoort and are moving toward Roentontein as the river falls rapidly.
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Bubonic Plague Cases Reported in Cape Town and Somerset West
Cape Town records one fresh bubonic plague case on February 28, with three more cases at Somerset West. All patients are among the colored population.
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Conference on submarine torpedo boats stalls in senate
In Washington on February 28 a conference on the marine bill failed to reach agreement. Personal remarks by two senate conferees led them to withdraw, halting proceedings and leaving the outcome uncertain.
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Bulgarian minister urges crackdown on Macedonian movement
Feb 28. Bulgarian press report a circular from the minister of justice directing prosecutors and judges to take strong action against the Macedonian revolutionary committee and related agitation across Bulgaria.
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Macedonian Revolutionary Committee
Ameri can Smelting directors accept resignations
At the company board meeting in New York on February 28 the directors accepted the resignations of H. H. Rogers and Leonard Lewisohn. The president was authorized to contest any threatened litigation against the company.
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American Smelting & Refining Company
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Cowboy Band Heads to Washington for Inaugural Ceremonies
Cassius M. Barnes and ex Governor A J Sea of Oklahoma travel from St. Louis with a 35 piece cowboy band toward Washington to take part in the inauguration. They are joined by a Cheyenne dogen and the Cheyenne braves accompany the party.
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United States Steel Trust Seen Harmful to Iron Prices
London reports a ruinous drop in Seotech pig iron prices tied to the steel trust rise in the United States. Sir Michael Hicks Beach contests claims exports dominated Britain and disputes fiscal parity aims, while Sir Howard Vincent presses for protective measures before Parliament.
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Amaconda Standard touted as Montana’s home newspaper
Marshall Field of Chicago praised the Standard for reaching homes over street sales. The paper was read daily in February in about 11,954 Montana homes, marketing it as a great home newspaper and a paying advertising medium.
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