Woman kills husband in drunken assault at home
Mrs. Orcutt shot and killed Charles H. Orcutt at their home in Billings after a domestic altercation. Three shots from a 38 caliber revolver struck Orcutt in the chest and arm as the couple argued while witnesses slept. She surrendered to police and awaits coroner’s inquest with testimony expected from Mrs. Page and Chilcott.
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Charles H. Orcutt
Billings
Standard
March
34Th Street
Second Avenue North
Orcutts
Page
Ch'scott
Mrs. Orcutt
Mrs. Page
Chilcott
Orcutt
Chappelle
H. F. Clements
Henry Ostrander
Ohn Todd
W. P. Matheson
L. F. Parker
W. E.hasgaler
C. S. Chilcott
Dulin and Hayden
Andrew Clark
Overthrow Threats Loom in Belgrade on King Alexander Day
A Belgrade dispatch reports heightened precautions for March 6 marking King Alexander's anniversary. The scene is described as volatile with a potential uprising aimed at the throne and regime supporters. King Alexander is reportedly confined, while rival factions plot successors.
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Vienna
Belgrade
Alexander
Quarrel Leads to Fatal Stabbing at East Pacific Mine
At the East Pacific mine boarding house in Winston Paul Koch 40, an unmarried cook, was stabbed to death by foreman Thomas Tighe after a kitchen quarrel over work orders. Koch died within minutes. Tighe is jailed in Townsend awaiting trial. Koch’s relatives in Jersey City were notified.
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Paul Koch
Cook
East Pacific
Winston
Thomas Tighe
Townsend
Tighe
Koch
Gene
Jersey City
Sons of Hermann
Butte
Slain Koch Suspect Brought In By Sheriff Poole
On March 6 Sheriff Poole and County Attorney Goodman were summoned to Winston by telegram. They returned with Tighe, the alleged killer of Koch, arriving on the first train.
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Townsend
Poole
Winston
Goodman
Tighe
Koch
Arctic Explorer Andrea Reported Killed by Eskimos
Alleged statement claims Professor Andrea reached Winnipeg and that the daring balloonist and some companions fell to weapons used by tribesmen. The report notes the assertion as a later statement.
Andree Balloon Expedition Murder Confirmed By Hudson Bay
Reports from Port Churchill confirm that Andree the Swedish aeronaut and his two companions were killed by northern Eskimos after their balloon voyage toward the north pole. The tale traces their ascent on July 11, 1897 from Danes Island and follows the searchs and subsequent discoveries including preserved gear and claimed sightings.
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Associated Press
Andree
North Pole
Hudson Bay Company
Winnipeg
Man
Hudson Bay
Port Churchill
Alston Churchill
S. A. Andree
Nils Strindberg
Knut Fraenkel
Gothenburg
Danes Island
Spitzbergen
Tromso
Oscar
Baron Dickson
Dr. Nobel
Professor Andree
North America
Sweden
Arctic
Grenna
Five Die in Coal Mine Blast at Catsburg Mine
An explosion in the Catsburg mine of Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Co. kills five men and injures several others. Victims include mine boss Robert Howey, 50, and his son James Howey, 20, plus Isaac Fastwood 40, John Gilder, and William MacFarland. Rescue efforts fail. two others fatally burned James Hagger and James Torrent badly burned.
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Monongahela
Catsburg
Monongahela River
Fea
Seddon
Loutitt
John Coulter
James Hagger
James Torrent
Gilder
Nominations Sent to Senate for Navy Postmasters and Montana
The president sent nominations including Navy Commanders William Marshal and Lucien Hugh and Captains Henry B. Mansfield, plus Montana postmasters George Irvin of Butte and Ada A. Bennett of Miles City. Butte celebrates Mr Irvin’s reappointment as postmaster with broad, cross party endorsement due to his popularity and efficient service.
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Washington
Senate
Navy
William Marshal
Lucien Hugh
Henry B. Mansfield
Montana
George Irvin
Butte
Ada A. Bennett
Miles City
George W. Irvin
Irvin
Chicago
Austrian ministry to be elevated to embassy in Washington
Austrian minister Ladislaus Hengelmuller von Fengervar confirms the plan to raise the Austrian-Hungarian ministry in Washington to an embassy. He met Secretary Hay at the state department to convey his government’s aim and Hay offered warm congratulations. The next step is to elevate the United States ministry in Vienna to an embassy.
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Washington
Ladislaus Hengelmuller von Fengervar
State Department
Hay
United States
Vienna
Bacon
Georgia
Judiciary Committee
McKinley
Depew
New York
Platt
Connecticut
Philippine Health Report Shows Decline in Sick Rates
Washington March 6 Surgeon General Sternberg received the military division health report for the Philippines month ended June 15. The sick rate stood at 6.16 percent with 2 534 total cases and 19 deaths, a decrease from the prior month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sternberg
Military Division of the
Philippines
Senate Debate Highlights Shipping Bill And President Protection
In Washington on March 6 Senator Hanna of Ohio addressed the senate on the pending shipping bill stressing the need for a robust American merchant marine under navy control in war. Debate over the president protection bill continued with senators urging amendments and cautioning over state powers and treason definitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Washington
Senate
Hanna
Frye
United States
Bacon
Georgia
Patterson
Colorado
Mr. Hanna
Clay
England
Germany
France
Navy Department
Europe
Atlantic
Spain
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
Smelter at Great Falls to be Modernized and Reopened
A letter from Charles Kretlow, ore buyer for American Smelting and Refining at Salt Lake, confirms remodeling of the Great Falls Silver smelter. Work, funded earlier, will begin soon and finish by standard gauge completion of the Great Falls and Canada line. Steam power will be replaced with water power, lowering costs. ore from the North is expected to feed the plant.
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Great Falls
Charles Kretlow
Kretlow
American Smelting and Refining Company
Salt Lake
Canada
Krellow
Great & Canada
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Ame Noeve
Julia Belle Page
Charlie Lemon
S. Chilcott
Carbon County
Alexander of
Servia
King Alexander OF
The
Thomas
Winston Miners’ Union
Andrea
Explorer
Andre
Hupsoor
Churchill
Unipeg
Jos
MR. Irvin
Public Affairs
Philippine Health Report
Ment
Hoar
Massachustes
Iowa
Tillman
Mr. Tillman
Morgan Syndicate
Great Lakes
Prince Henry
America
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