House Closes Debate on Postoffice Appropriation Bill
Ashington March 13 The House closed general debate on the post office appropriation bill with no amendments adopted. Discussion focused on further funding for general mail facilities between Washington New Orleans and Kansas City Newton Kan. Crumpacker opposed subsidies while Underwood defended them. Jenkins argued Cuba is U S territory and questioned reciprocity with Cuba. A note approved inviting French families and honoring Rochambeau and Lafayette with a $20 000 appropriation for the statue unveiling May 24 1902.
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Ashington
House
Jenkins
Wisconsin
Cuba
United States
New York
Washington
Southern Railway
New Orleans
Underwood
Alabama
South
Supreme Court
Spain
Congress
Cochran
Missouri
Great Britain
Marshal Rochambeau
Marquis de Lafayette
France
Mrs Loretta Orcutt Faces Preliminary Murder Exam
Mrs Loretta Orcutt appeared before Justice Alexander Fraser in Billings for a preliminary examination on the charge of murdering her husband Charles Orcutt. Defense waived reading of the complaint and the exam was set for Saturday at 10 to allow subpoenaing witnesses. she remains in sheriff custody.
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Billings
Loretta Orcutt
Alexander Fraser
Charles Orcutt
W. M. Johnston
Resolution seeks recognition and goodwill for South African republics
Representative Randall of Texas introduced a joint resolution urging recognition and sympathy for the South African republics. It appeals to Great Britain to cease hostilities and asks the president to offer the United States good offices to mediate.
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Washington
Randall
Texas
Bank Wreckers Loot Minooka Exchange Bank
Six men dynamited the Minooka Exchange Bank near Joliet and robbed about 2900 to 3000 dollars. Theodore Kline, alerted by the blast, rose from illness to warn Bank President Knapp of the break in.
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Joliet
Exchange Bank
Minooka
Theodore Kline
Knapp
Robbers Assault Trader After Return. Detained Then Escaped
Krine was attacked on his return by robbers who gagged him. He was found about two hours later unharmed apart from the assault. The suspects fled on a hand car.
May stop buying bonds the price
Secretary Shaw weighs stopping government bond purchases for the sinking fund. He has not decided or spoken for publication but discourages bondholders from selling to the government. Banks holding deposits may be urged to reduce circulation, a policy he may soon decide to continue or halt.
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Washington
Shaw
Express Tax Case Declares License Law Unconstitutional
Helena March 13 Judge Smith held Montana license tax on express companies unconstitutional for lack of uniformity by omitting any license for receipts between 40 000 and 60 000 a quarter The state plans appeal likely advancing to the U S Supreme Court if a federal question is raised.
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Helena
Smith
District Court
Montana
William Wallace
Northern Pacific Express Company
Express
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
State Supreme Court
Boom era district mines attract Butte investors
In Boulder three miles from town the Boomerang district draws Butte interest as William Owsley James Pritchett and new buyers John N Kirk and R L Clinton take control of the Baltimore Self Supporting and Plaindealer claims with a 15000 bond due May 6 1903 royalty ten percent. Workers advance the Great Northern tunnel toward Wickes at 20 to 30 feet daily with 125 to 150 men under A McIntosh and expect completion late this week. A Sanity examination of Michael Sheehy reveals delusions of a copper ore mine near Wolf Creek. Sheriff Sherlock escorts him to Warm Springs. Rocky Mountain Bell to establish a local exchange with 35 instruments linking springs and town.
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Boulder
Butte
Boomerang
Here
William Owsley
James Pritchett
Baltimore
Samuel Mackey
John N. Kirk
R. L. Clinton
Mr. Pritchett
George Benjamin
Messrs
Owsley, Kirk and
Clinton
Benjamin
Great Northern
Wickes
A. McIntosh
Cascade
Michael Sheehy
Wolf Creek
Lewis and
Clarke County
Toronto
Canada
Bridget Sheehy
Mary A. Smith
Sherlock
Warm Springs
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Senate OK Mossberry bill loosens railway debt limits
Des Moines March 13. By a vote of 38 to 70 the senate passed the Mossberry bill removing the limit on indebtedness for railways. The measure is believed to be promoted by the Northern Securities company to position Iowa as the future home of a railway merger.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
Northern Securities Company
Amalgamated Copper Directors Change Dividend Dates
The Amalgamated Copper company announces by law changes setting dividend action for the third Thursday of April July October and January instead of March June September and December.
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New York
Amalgamated Copper Company
Supreme Court Overturns Contempt Finding in Silver Bow Case
In Helena on March 13 the Montana Supreme Court ruled Wakeman Sutton was not in contempt of Judge Clancy’s order at the Silver King mine, exonerating him and vacating the $200 fine. The court also upheld the lower court’s $10 contempt against Attorney J Healy for actions during the Boyle injunction hearing, quashing the related habeas corpus writ.
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Helena
Wakeman_ Sutton
Silas F. King
Silver King
Butte
Clancy
Supreme Court
Sutton
J. ¥. Healy
Boyle
Nixons
East Granite Street
Plymouth Ground
Supremms Court
Milburn
Pigott
Brantly
Entef
District Court
Silver Bow County
Montana
Silver Bow
Robinson
Healy
William Clancy
Barrows Testifies on Philippines Policy Before Senate
Washington March 13. David F. P. Barrows testifies before the senate committee on the Philippines answering questions about literacy land use and labor. He says most adult Christianized Filipinos can read and write arable land under rice or sugar cultivation is occupied and whites would not do plantation work. He notes Filipino labor is not a threat to importation. He stresses agricultural investment attracts capital and that Filipinos support Taft administer plans though self government is not imminent. He recommends governance measures for Igorrotes and notes few cruelties by American troops while praising Filipino cooperation with the United States.
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Washington
David FP. Barrows
Senate Committee On the Philippines
Carmack
Barrows
Dubois
Philippines
Allison
Hale
Philippine Islands
Dietrich
United States
Lawyer Sentenced to Five Years in Old Bailey Case
A. S. Francis, a lawyer, pleaded guilty to misappropriating 3000 pounds of funds of the Countess of Orkney formerly Connie Gilchrist of the Gaiety theater. He was sentenced to five years forced labor at the Old Bailey in London.
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London
A. S. Francis
Countess of Orkney
Connie Gilchrist
Gaiety Theater
Old Bailey
Woman Suffrage Amendment Indefinitely Postponed
Des Moines Iowa March 13 by a 46 to 38 vote the house adopted the committee report and killed the woman suffrage amendment, effectively delaying it indefinitely.
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Des Moines
Iowa
House
Portuguese Forces Liberate 700 Slaves in East Africa
Portuguese government troops attacked 12 slave trader strongholds near Pemba Bay in Portuguese East Africa. After a prolonged fight, they drove out the traders and freed 700 enslaved people.
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Lisbon
Pemba Bay
Portuguese East Africa
First Montana coal mine closed by injunction over safety
Red Lodge March 13 special dispatch reports Clarke Fork mine at Gebo to be shut by injunction for failing to provide two means of ingress and egress and other safety measures after repeated notices from Mine Inspector Welch. The Gebo mine employs about 65 men and is linked to eastern capitalists.
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Red Lodge
Clarke Fork
Gebo
Henry
Caswell
Welch
Revy Hammer Leads Shelby Schoolhouse Meeting and Local Track Plans
Special Correspondence from Shelby Junction reports Rev A J Hammer led a regular service at the schoolhouse and secured supplies for a new Sunday school. Surveyors arrived to map sites for tracks enabling transfer of material for widening the narrow gauge. J B Lea becomes stock inspector with duties centered in Shelby.
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Shelby Junction
A. J. Hammer
Shoemaker
Clark
Gold Butte
J. B. Lea
Shelby
W. W. Parrott
Sweet Grass Hills
S. H. Wood
Montana Co-operative Ranch Company
Local Transfers and County Contract Award in Choteau
Ed Williamson sold his residence on upper Main to Andy Boutilier who moved in last week. Dr. Beaupre returned from sheep ranches near the Sweet Grass, finding his flocks in good condition. County commissioners awarded the annual printing contract to George W. Magee of the Dupuyer Acantha at legal rates, with books purchased directly by the county clerk. Donald Bradford, one of the arid
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Chateau
Ed Williamson
Upper Main Street
Andy Boutilier
Dr. Beaupre
Sweet Grass
George W. Magee
Dupuyer Acantha
Swamp-Root Promises Kidney Relief For Women
An advertisement claims women suffer from misdiagnosed womb issues while kidneys cause distress. Dr Kilmer's Swamp-Root is touted as a cure with a free sample offer by mail from Kilmer Co, Binghamton NY. Readers in Anaconda are urged to request the sample and a testimonial book.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Swamp-Root
Binghamton, N. Y
Anaconda Daily Standard
Montana land grant officials visit for official business
Land grant commissioners of Montana have been here the past week for official business. Tommy Langhorne who worked in the local telephone exchange has gone to Spokane for similar work. W. P. Coe, ex Montanian Chronicle staff, left for Dupuyer to take a job with the Acantha. The Alfalfa Dramatic company of Burton gave a well attended entertainment at the Burton schoolhouse Saturday night. Judge D. F. Smith arrived from Kalispell and opened court. Three divorces were granted and other nonjury business was handled before adjournment at 2 p m.
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Land Grant Commissioners
Montana
Tommy Langhorne
Spokane
W. P. Coe
Montanian Chronicle
Dupuyer
Acantha
Alfalfa Dramatic Company of
Burton
D. F. Smith
Kalispell
Smith
Great Falls Notes Highlights And Local News
County Superintendent M A Kerans mails election notices for April and Vena Goff wins with 2090 votes out of 15348. Funeral for W E Phillips draws Great Falls travelers to Helena. Congregational church weighs parsonage. Locals summoned to Butte testify in federal cases. Mild smallpox case hit Hugh L Brady. Cascade County Humane Society elects officers and fixes meeting date.
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Great Falls
M. A. Kerans
Vena Goff
Grand Opera House
Helena
W. E. Phillips
First Congregational Church
Butte
C. A. Wight
E. H. Cooney
Evening Leader
B. B. Cook
Schuler
James Freeman
Hugh L. Brady
Montana
Milwaukee House
Cascade County Humane Society
John Randolph Smith
R. C. Hill
W. E. Ellsworth
J. T. Stanford
Fourteen Reasons Why Prohibition Enforceability Fails
New York district attorney Jerome argues to the legislature that law cannot be permanent when locals do not view the act as morally forbidden. He cites Sunday drinking in Greater New York, cosmopolitan city sentiments, and that unenforceable laws invite blackmail and erode respect for law, warning the present liquor regime degrades officials and commerce.
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New York
Jerome
Canton Protests Over Indemnity Tax Demands
Merchants petition the viceroy in Canton on March 13 to seek relief from the high levies said to fund Chinese indemnity installments. They warn mandarins may provoke unrest if demands persist.
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Canton
Indemnity Installment Paid Barometer of China Treaty Stance
Pekin March 13 The bankers committee announced the payment of the February installment totaling 1 820 000 taels of the Chinese indemnity The payment brings satisfaction to the ministers of the powers and signals progress in treaty obligations.
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Pekin
Bankers’ Committee
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