Great Falls Grounds Ready for State Sportsmen Meet
Extensive improvements to the Great Falls Rod and Gun club grounds as the Montana State Sportsmen's association readies for the annual state tournament in May. The event features numerous shoots including the blue rock, live bird and team cup contests with substantial cash and medals, backed by local sponsors and leadership from President Grant and club members.
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Great Falls
Montana
Grant
First National Bank
Great Falls Hardware Company
Dan Jaeger
Montana Brewing Company
Park Hotel
Park Hotel Company
Vent No
Western Hardware
Murphy-Maclay Hardware Co
Butte Rod and Gun Club
Montana State Sportsmen's Association
C. H. Smith
Mint
D. C. Dulin
The
Strain Bros
Brownlee
M. B. Brownlee
American Brewing Company
Stockholm
Robert Johnson
Randolph Thompson Ill With Pneumonia In Helena
Special Dispatch to the Standard from Helena March 16 Randolph Thompson private secretary to Governor Toole is critically ill at his Chessman flats home with pneumonia Doctors say recovery possible if heart complications subside The illness follows a long night at the legislature where he aided the governor with key appropriation bills Thompson has lived in Helena ten years and is related to the late Associate Justice tuck
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Standard
Helena
Randolph Thompson
Governor Toole
Chessman Flats
Legislative
Thompson
Tuck
Demands Presented by Miners in Conference Impasse
Mine operators refuse to meet the United Mine Workers executives. Delegates vote to suspend all anthracite mining if joint talks fail by April 1, 1901. Mitchell and district heads plan further talks in Scranton. strike probability acknowledged amid demand for union recognition and a uniform wage scale.
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Hazleton
United Mine Workers’ Convention
Mitchell
Executive Board
National Executive Board
With &S
Scranton
D. Nicholls
Lehigh
Schuylkill
Wyoming
Mail Bag Robbery Arrests Made in Helena
Federal authorities in Helena arrest W G Osborne Frank Monroe and Joe Keys on suspicion of stealing a mail pouch from a wagon between the post office and Great Northern depot. The pouch, found next day in a vacant lot, lacked Christmas money and other valuables. Postmaster Inspectors Beaty and Blosser say strong evidence exists. Monroe previously released for lack of evidence. A hearing is set for next week.
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The
Standard
Helena
W. G. Osborne
Frank Monroe
Joe Keys
Great Northern
Beaty and
Blosser
Monroe
Judge McAfee frees black man after Enid cakewalk
In Enid Oklahoma Territory two years ago white mobs attacked black cakewalk participants. Federal Judge John L McAfee discharged the black man on his own motion after the trial, urging colored men to defend their race if laws fail. He warned whites that if white juries cannot convict, black defendants may defend themselves.
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Wichita
Kan
Enid O. T
John L. MccAfee
Territorial
McAfee
Cuba Convention Committee Seeks Pines Cession Details
Havana reports say many members favor granting the United States the Isle of Pines and allowing sanitary measures under Washington control, while rejecting other Platt amendment terms. The committee plans an extensive report outlining why full acceptance is unlikely, with submission expected next Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Havana
Constitutional Convention Committee On Foreign Relations
United States
Isle of Pines
Washington
Foolish School Girl Suicide in La Grande
Blanche Bates an accomplished Portland high school girl aged 16 committed suicide this morning in La Grande Oregon by taking carbolic acid obtained at a drug store. She died within 20 minutes after the poisoning. A reprimand received the previous evening is the suspected motive.
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Portland
la Grande
Ore
Blanche Bates
Sears Discharged After Kellogg Trial Contempt
Helena March 16 William Sears arrested during the Kellogg trial for contempt of court for approaching juror Schoote was discharged by Judge Smith after the court condemned busybodies talking to jurors.
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The
Standard
Helena
William Sears
Kellogg
Schoote
Smith
Fasting Guthrie Man Weakens in March News
Starving to Death from Guthrie Oklahoma reports J. H. Richards, who has fasted since January 9 in Wichita Kansas, is very weak and unlikely to live more than a few days. He has stomach trouble and a traveling doctor advised fasting with only orange juice. Authorities urged by Guthrie physicians to intervene.
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Wichita
Kan
Guthrie
Okla
J. H. Richards
Bond Approved frees Miss Morrison in Eldorado case
Miss Jessie Morrison of Eldorado Kansas had a bond of 5000 dollars approved this afternoon and was granted her freedom again. The bond is among the strongest ever given in the county. Morrison still declines to discuss the case for which she was tried last fall.
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Eldorado
Kan
Jessie Morrison
Miss Morrison
Lottery to aid the Boers organized in Europe
The Hague March 16 Henri Roche Fort announces a large European lottery to raise funds for the Boers. This charity effort aims to mobilize broad support across nations, leveraging a wide draw to generate relief.
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the Hague
Henri Rochefort
Europe
Koers Loots and Fires Through Cape Colony Route
Litton Cape Colony March 16 The Koers passed through yesterday morning looting stores seizing forage and burning what chest they could not carry off.
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Litton
Cape Colony
Koers
Signor Crispi Attacked by Illness After Audience
Friday reports say Italian statesman Signor Crispi, famed premier, fainted from illness after an audience with Dowager Queen Marguerite. Once a dominant figure, Crispi left public life on March 5 1896 amid Italy’s colonial wars and the Abyssinian defeat at Adewa.
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Signor Crispi
Marguerite
Crispi
Europe
Italy
Africa
Adewa
Fire destroys major factories in St Joseph. several girls dead
A blaze at the Noyes Norman shoe factory and Richardson Roberto Hymes factories on Third and Farnon in St Joseph injures and kills multiple workers, all women. Louise Blondau is confirmed dead. Florence Terry and Mamie Berry jumped from the third story and were rescued badly burned. Fireman John Friede injured. Loss totaled about 100000.
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St. Joseph
Noyes-Norman
Richardson, Roberto & Hymes
Third
Farnon Streets
Louise Blondau
Florence Terry
Mamie Berry
John Friede
A New Prophet in Uganda Proclaims New Doctrine
Reports from Menge Uganda describe rising excitement as Muladzi Uganda, a middle aged man with a long beard and impressive presence, declares himself prophet and leader of a new Islamic doctrine. He spent ten days in solitude, says an angel instructed him to act, and his teachings align with Mohammedan principles while allowing three new vices for followers.
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London
Menge
Uganda
Africa
Muladzi
Quiet Restored in Catalonia via Prefect Mediation
Madrid reports that calm returns in Catalonia after arbitration by the prefect. Several Spanish ambassadors abroad have offered resignations over the government shift. most are expected to be replaced, except Senor Leon y Castillo, ambassador to Paris.
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Madrid
Catalonia
Senvor Leon Y Castillo
Paris
Von Buelow Praised for Frankness on China War
Berlin reports Friday and today’s Reichstag debates show weariness with the China adventure. Socialists demand withdrawal at any price while conservatives also call for ending the war. Praise is noted for Count von Buelow's frankness, as press assess his statements on Germany Russia and China diplomacy.
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Berlin
Reichstag
China
Munich
Count von Buelow
Dreibund
Lokal Anzeiger
Vossische Zeitung
Tageblatt
Deutsche Tages Zeitung
Die Post
Kreuz Zeitung
Cologne Volks Zeitung
von Buelow
Russia
Germany
National Zeitung
Pekin
Vorwaerts
Pechik
Great Britain
United States
Pechili
Coal mine inspector bill moves toward approval in Montana
Helena March 16 Governor Toole signed many bills including a measure creating the coal mine inspector’s office. The appointee must be a graduate of a recognized school of mines with 10 years of coal mining experience and know timbering and gas safety. Salary set at 2000 dollars annually. Other bills include university bond funding for a women’s hall, normal school improvements, and state education consolidations.
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Helena
Toole
Dixon
Missoula
State Board of Education
Normal School
K. B
State Deaf and Dumb Asylum
H. B
state orphans'’+home
W. M. Brees
State Historical Society
State Board of Land Commissioners
Permanent University
State reform school funds planned for machinery and upgrades
The plan allocates $1,000 to purchase machinery while the remaining funds will be used for other improvements at the state reform school.
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State Reform School
Fake fire report sparked denial in Baldwin county
A sensational tale of a turpentine camp blaze in Baldwin county Alabama causing 60 deaths is denied by local turpentine dealers and Associated Press editors. Mobiles statements challenge the authenticity noting no fire occurred and no one rowed naked across Mobile bay.
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New York
Baldwin County
Alabama
F. C. Pressler
Mobile Bay
John L. Rapier
The
Register
Mobile
M. ©. Stone
Associated
General Press
Ala
Stone
Associated Press
Colonies were poor investments in German budget
Berlin reports this week’s Reichstag discussions show German colonies remain a financial burden. German East Africa, twice the size of Germany, had trade to the empire of only 3,000,000 marks in 1899 while administration costs hit 14,000,000 marks. Kameroons territory barely covers expenses.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Germany
German East Africa
Kameroons
Dowager Duchess of Manchester Attends Funeral in New York
Consuelo Yznaga, now Dowager Duchess of Manchester, arrived on the Campania today to attend the funeral of her brother Ferdinand Yznaga in New York.
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New York
Duchess of Manchester
Consuelo Yznaga
Campania
Ferdinand Yznaga
Still in Session as Salt Lake Legislature Ends Late
In Salt Lake on March 14 the legislature remained in session until midnight without completing business. Another session is scheduled for tomorrow.
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Salt Lake
Stomach Bitters Promises Appetite and Digestion Aid
Advertisement claims Good Digestion is waited by appetite. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is taken before meals to stimulate stomach secretions, cleanse bowels, purify blood, and strengthen liver and kidneys. It touts itself as the most efficient medicine for stomach troubles and notes a private revenue stamp on the bottle neck.
Duel in Paris Leaves Rodays Wounded in Thigh
The March 16 Paris duel between Count Boni de Castellane and M. de Rodays ended after a thigh wound to De Rodays at 25 yards. The meeting at Parc des Princess was tightly watched by witnesses. De Rodays was cared for and expected to recover in about 10 days, while Castellane remained uninjured.
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Paris
Boni de Castellane
M. de Rodays
Count de Castellane
Parc Des Princess
Duke de Dion
Marquis of Castellane
M. Jollivet
Count de Dion
de Rodays
Count Boni
Byers Knocked Out by Frank Childs in Seventh Round
In Hot Springs on March 16 George Byers was stopped in the seventh round of a planned 20 round bout. Frank Childs made Byers absorb blows in the fourth round and dominated from the third round onward, knocking Byers down three times with left swings before the finish.
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Hot Springs
George Byers
Frank Childs
Childs
Byers
Democratic Convention Endorses Mayor Jones for Third Term
In Toledo on March 16 the Democratic city convention adopted a resolution endorsing Mayor Jones of Golden Style fame for a third term. The vote was 197 to 183.
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Toledo
Democratic City Convention
Jones
Golden Style Fame
Carnegie Offers 70000 Library Gift for Site and Maintenance
Jackson March 16 Andrew Carnegie offers seventy thousand dollars for a new public library if the city furnishes a suitable site and agrees to provide seven thousand dollars annually for maintenance. The terms will be met.
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Jackson
Andrew Carnegie
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