Riddell Roach trial details cash misappropriation claims
Witnesses described payments and checks among Riddell Roach Sutter and colleagues tied to the Bozeman and Montana school contracts. Testimony covered large sums, blank vouchers, and transfers between banks with Roach and others receiving funds amid an ongoing case. The trial adjourned with more testimony planned.
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John Skolich
School of Mines
Putte
South Africa
New York
Riddell & Roach
Commercial National Bank
C. E. Roach
Mr. Shelton
Day
D. C. Goss
Agricultural College
Goss, Green
Sutter
Riddell
Suiter
Roach
S. H. Brewer
Commercial National
Dahl and Mulveny
Butte Coal Offers Discounted Sweetwater Coal Prices
Overstocked inventory prompts the Butte Coal Company to advertise Sweetwater Rock Springs coal at lump six dollars per ton delivered anywhere in the city. Order now by phone 477. Located at 19 East Broadway.
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Sweetwater Rock Springs
Butte Coal Company
East Broadway
Wesleyan Wins Contest In Oratorical Debate
Bozeman March 28 Wesleyan University Helena defeats agricultural college in an oratorical contest on the topic resolved that trusts are beneficial to our prosperity. The Helena institution held the affirmative side before a well filled opera house audience. Judges were Lee Ward Helena Holloway Bozeman and Miller Livingston.
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Standard
Bozeman
Wesleyan University of
Lee Ward
Helena
Holloway
Miller
Livingston
Will Get in This Morning Special Dispatch to the Standard
Floods in North Dakota east of Mandan alter train routes. A Great Northern train will arrive in Helena around 4:30 a.m. and be transferred to Northern Pacific tracks for westbound service. Another Great Northern train with Northern Pacific passengers is expected to arrive around dawn and turn them over to the Northern Pacific.
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Standard
Helena
North Dakota
Mandan
Northern Pacific
Great Nothern
Great Northern
Unions Clash Over Vanderberg at Big Blackfoot Milling
At a Missoula meeting of the Carpenters union it was decided to call out all workers handling the mill’s products if Vanderberg is not removed. Vanderberg, recently from Hamilton and linked to Anaconda Copper Mining, refused union membership citing principles. The company Amplified upheld Vanderberg’s retention, prompting broader threatens to strike across Helena Butte Anaconda Great Falls Havre and Kalispell if discipline is not enforced.
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The
Standard
Missoula
Carpenters’ Union
Big Blackfoot Milling Company
Garrett Vanderberg
Hamilton
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Bonner Company
W. E. Fuller
Ross
Vanderberg
Helena
Butte
Anaconda
Great Falls
Havre
Kalispell
Willis shot in leg case leads to self defense plea
Willis pleaded self defense on a leg shooting charge and was discharged. Months later an explosion destroyed his store with dynamite placed by unknown parties. He blames two families near the site for the poisoning attempt. An examination is set for April 4 in justice court.
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Willis
Justice Court
Deadly shooting ends with Shannon's death in Montana
Frank Shannon a Ray mond resident near Choteau, Montana, shot himself after a failed attempt with a repeating rifle. A coroner's jury ruled the death self inflicted while he was seen acting strangely days earlier. Local officers surrounded the ranch and found Shannon dead with a 30 30 Winchester rifle beside him.
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The
Standard
Great Falls
Frank Shannon
Raymond
Choteau
Shannon
Jesse Davis
Brooks
Acton
Sheriff Taylor
Taylor
Poison in Water Suspect Arrested in Montana Case
Under Sheriff Lyons brought John Willis to justice in Big Timber for allegedly placing arsenic in the water supply serving the Dunbar and Hughes families. A sack of white powder was found at the spring mouth, attached to a wooden peg, with authorities noting the poison would not likely reach fatal levels. Willis has a history of county court appearances including gun-related cases and a land water rights dispute with Sherman Washburn.
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Standard
Big Timber
Lyons
Nye City
John Willis
Dunbar
Hughes
Willis
Sherman Washburn
Washburn
Wine of Cardus Promoted For Bearing Down Pains Relief
An advertisement extols Wine of Cardus as a cure for bearing down pains and related female ailments. It cites letters from women in Kansas City Mississippi Alabama New York Arkansas Ohio praising relief and urges readers to buy a $1 bottle from local druggists. The ad promises improved health through regular menstruation and offers free advice from Chattanooga Medicine Co. Ladies Advisory Department.
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Cardus
Fay Lee
Kansas City
Kas
W. L. Dausensebeck
Benwood
Ohio
Cardui
Ladies’ Advisory Department
Tio Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Tenn
Primaries Nominate Aldermen in Great Falls Wards
Great Falls Republicans report ward primaries with four nominees. First ward names Arthur H. Stephens and William Albrecht for long and short terms. Second ward selects George W. H. Shaver. Third ward contest yields H C Shipke with 33 votes over John Jose. Fourth ward names Frank Scottnan. Delegates chosen for ratification convention tomorrow at 8 at the county court house.
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Standard
Great Falls
Arthur H. Stephens
William Albrecht
George W. H. Shaver
Stockholm Concert Hall
Henry ©. Shipke
Carpenter
Frank Scottan
Sullivan
John Jose
H. C. Shipke
Scottan
Voted on Just the Same Special Dispatch
Great Falls March 28. E H Cooney and O B Warden who declined to be candidates for school trustees will be voted for as nominees. County attorney says certificates filed and cannot resign. A third ticket of candidates was named James W Freeman A R McKenzie George W Ryan Herbert Strain Sam Moore. Meeting held too late for filing under law.
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Great Falls
E. H. Cooney
James W. Freeman
A. R. McKenzie
George W. Ryan
Herbert Strain
Sam Moore
Gormley
Is Russia Discriminating Question Sparks House Inquiry
Representative Goldfogle of New York introduced a resolution directing the secretary of state to inform the House whether American citizens of Jewish faith with U S passports are barred or restricted from entering Russia and whether Russia discriminates among U S citizens by religion or persuasion and what actions the U S government has taken.
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Washington
Goldfogle
New York
Empire of
Russia
United States
Barnes Wins Buckley Oratorical Prize at University Hall
In Missoula on March 2, George Barnes won the H N Buckley oratorical contest held in University Hall. Six contestants spoke on varied topics including Our Ship of State, Abraham Lincoln, Death, The Curse of the Twentieth Century, and The Perpetuity of Our Republic. The program featured vocal and violin solos and a lively audience as judges tallied marks.
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Missoula
H. N. Buckley
University Hall
George Barnes
Martin Tucker
Ship of State
W. O. Craig
Abraham Lincoln
King
Miss Kellogg
Arthur Westby
Fred Fraser
Hope Whitaker
Guy Sheridan
University contest winner announced in Helena
Judge John M. Evans declared George Barnes the Buckley prize winner in the state contest. Barnes will represent the university in the state oratorical contest in Helena on the first Friday evening in May, facing rivals from the agricultural college Wesleyan university and the state university.
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George McAllister
John M. Evans
Evans
Sentleman
Helena
George Barnes
Barnes
Buckley
The
Agricultural College
Wesleyan University
State University
Woman shoots and kills alleged assailant in Las Vegas
Mrs G B Walker of Las Vegas says she shot and killed J B Judd of Chicago in her rooms after he allegedly attacked her. Judd, 55, was reportedly wealthy with three sons who are physicians. Walker, wife of an Iowa farmer, claims the act was justified.
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Kansas City
Journal
Las Vegas
N. M
G. B. Walker
Juda
Chicago
Judd
Topeka
Kan
Walker
Iowa
Suspected of Murder Arrest of Alfred R. Keh ew in Back Bay Case
After police talks, Alfred R. Keh ew of Cambridge was arrested in connection with forging Mrs. Julia French’s signature on a 1900 stock transfer of 100 shares valued at 1500 dollars. He worked for a law firm tied to Mrs. French’s estate and was committed to jail with bail later set. He faces arraignment tomorrow.
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Boston
Julia BR. French
Back Bay
Alfred R. Kehew
Cambridge
Kehew
French
Massachusetts Central
Like American Railways
Washington reports that a Prussian expert committee’s 1900 assessment of U S railway construction has been submitted to Baron von Thielen but will not be published. Consul General Mason says the German ministry regards the American locomotive system with interchangeable parts as efficient and well suited to Germany’s needs.
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Washington
Mason
Berlin
State Department
United States
Baron von Thielen
Ministry of Railways
von Thielen
Mississippi Flood Strands Port Gibson Rail Service
The Port Gibson area has been cut off from rail traffic for 36 hours with no north or south trains since Wednesday. Floods are widespread across Mississippi causing extensive damage. Claiborne County suffers, Carlisle reports come in with few details, and rivers Big Black and Bayou Pierre rise from backwater.
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Port Gibson
Miss
Mississippi
Claiborne County
Carlisle
Big Black
Bayou Pierre
Wilson on Stand in Murder Trial Details
Witnesses described finger marks on Wilson’s throat after arrest and a row with Johnson at the bunkhouse. A forge worker heard shouting, a scuffle, and three shots as Johnson accused Wilson of taking tools.
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D. Kenney
F. M. Nowak
Wilson
W. C. Thompson
Johnson
Wells McCabe
Philipsburg
Harry Latchem
Crowley in Disgrace Across Chicago Catholic Clergy
Archbishop Feehan issues a sweeping decree to all Chicago priests declaring Rev. Jeremiah Crowley in open rebellion against church authority. Any priest aiding him morally or financially is suspended ipso facto, per the letter signed by the archbishop and Chancellor F. J. Barry.
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Chicago
Feehan
Jeremiah J. Crowley
Jeremiah Crowley
F. J. Barry
Helena Group Pushes Water Reservoirs for Prickly Pear Valley
Helena business leaders report Senators Gibson and Chirk and Rep Edwards favor acting on a plan to survey lands in Prickly Pear valley north of Helena for federal reservoir storage. The measure aims to reclaim about 40 000 acres for irrigation with government construction anticipated soon.
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Standard
Helena
Helena Business Men’s Association
Gibson and Chirk
Edwards
Secretary of the Interior
Prickly Pear
Business Men's Association
T. J.walsh
Disguised Kentucktan in a Cloakroom Tale
A Washington Post dispatch recalls Senator Fairbanks and Governor Shaw stumping Kentucky. In a hotel bar, the Kentuckian hosts the two Republicans and asks for drinks. Fairbanks requests cold Apollinaris while Shaw opts for buttermilk, then the colonel sighs deeply.
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Washington Post
Fairbanks
Indiana
Shaw
Iowa
Treasury
Kentucky
Yukon pioneer Lassman dead in Circle City mine accident
William Lassman a Yukon pioneer is killed in a Circle City mine collapse on February 14. He was alone when the ground gave way at the far end and he attempted to flee with his tools but was buried beneath fallen timbers and gear.
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Seattle
William Lassman
Yukon
Circle City
Lassman
Mutinous French Sailors Detained In Seattle Under Treaty
In Seattle the mutinous crew of the French bark Les Adelphes is confined after surrendering to police. They will be held until the French vice consul requests their removal aboard ship, a procedure not previously used in this port but allowed by the 1853 consular convention.
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Seattle
United States
France
Les Adelphes
Japan Taxing Foreigners Sparks U.S. Support Claim
London dispatch reports Tokyo’s stance on distraining foreign property for unpaid house tax. The Times correspondent notes the Washington government accepts Japan's claim as just and declines to join any arraignment of the issue.
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London
Tokio
The
Times
Japan
Washington
New Bedford Textile Workers Win 16 Percent Wage Increase
In New Bedford Massachusetts on March 28 mill operatives secured a 16 percent wage hike effective April 7 after a conference between the Manufacturers' Association and ten textile council members who did not demand the raise.
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New Bedford
Mass
Manufacturers’ Association
Textile Council
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G. L. Ramsey
Navy
J. A. Riddell
Paulsen
Riddell & Sutter
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Blackfoot Mill
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Dunbar and Hughes
Mets
Fay Kn
Miss Fay Lee
North Seventh Street
Margaret Robinson
Bridges
Ala
Louisa Carber
Little Falls, N. Y
Mary Keifer
Noland
Arkansas
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Silk
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Interior Department
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Newbro
Gold Dust Twins
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St. Louis
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