Great Falls Plans Dazzling Midway Carnival This Summer
Great Falls Business Men's association to host a July 8 to 15 midway carnival with a board fenced enclosure charging 10 cents entry. A harbour company contract funds construction of a $2000 fence and the association takes 15 percent of gross receipts. The lineup includes a menagerie trained animals streets of Cairo oriental theater moving pictures German village lunar Egyptian illusion and more with a king and queen contest and a parade of exotic acts including 125 araby Arabs and a bear and a humpbacked camel amid fireworks sermons in Sanscrit.
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Standard
Great Falls
Business Men's Association
Cairo
Royal Dutch Visit Opens Schwerin Festivities
Queen Wilhelmina and the Prince of the Netherlands arrived at Schwerin and were warmly greeted by the people. The Netherlands flag fluttered, grand ducal officials met them at the station, and a procession led to the town hall for formalities and celebrations.
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Berlin
Wilhelmina
Prince of the Netherlands
Schwerin
Netherlands
Prince Henry reply to welcome address marred by press injury
A royal welcome address was followed by a brief response from Prince Henry. In front of the castle a cavalry escort struck two Dutch journalists, seriously injuring one, as onlookers watched.
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Master
Prince Henry
Treasury rejects Durkee claim on Pacific bonds
The secretary of the treasury replies to John A. Kuykendall as administrator of Charles Durkee's estate. He states no record of any ownership or deposits exists in the U S treasury for the Durkee claim and that no legal basis supports it. Courts have dismissed suits and the Treasury will decline further communications or interviews on the matter.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
the Durkee
John A. Kuykendall
Charles Durkee
United States
Pacific Railroad Company
Durkee
Treasury Department
Treasury of
Court of Claims of the
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Women to vote on county free high school bonds
Helena May 9 Women are entitled to vote at an election to decide whether Gallatin county should issue bonds for a county free high school building. The attorney general confirms women with the necessary qualifications may vote in this school bond referendum.
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Helena
County Free High School
Frank B. Lewis
Bozeman
Gallatin County Free High -School Board
Barn Fire Destroys Company Barn at Smelter
Special Dispatch from Great Falls reports the Boston & Montana smelter company barn burned down around 2 am. Loss estimated at $3,000. Fire department protected all other company buildings, and the blaze did not spread despite high winds. Night watchman Frank Lamotte discovered the fire. cause believed to be a spark from a passing engine.
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Great Falls
Boston & Montana
Frank Lamotte
Geer v Amalgamated Copper Case Heard in Jersey City
In New York on May 9, arguments were heard before Vice Chancellor Pitney in chancery chambers over Calvin Geer and others seeking to restrain Amalgamated Copper from absorbing Boston and Montana and Butte and Boston mining firms. The injunction request contends proposed prices are excessive, and Pitney reserved his decision.
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New York
Calvin ©. Geer
Amalgamated Copper Company
Boston & Montana
Butte & Boston
Jersey City
Pitney
Chancery Chambers
Strike of the Machinists at Great Falls Repeats Stagnation
Great Falls May 9 there is no change in the machinists strike with Superintendent Ross absent and no shop openings planned. Railroad sources say there will be no attempt to open the shops at this time leaving the workers idle and waiting.
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Great Falls
Standard
Ross
Round Over Helena May 9 Gambling Arrests
William Tompkin Henry F Borg and James J Kelly were arrested last week for maintaining gambling places with fare and roulette. Justice of the Peace Stein metz bound them over to district court in 200 bonds each after a preliminary hearing.
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Standard
Helena
William Tompkin
Henry F. Borg
James J. Kelly
Justice of the Peace
Steinmetz
Remodeling the Hospital Contract Awarded for St. John’s
Special Dispatch to the Standard from Helena on May 9 reports Sister Mary Lawrence awarding the remodeling contract for St. John’s hospital. The project costs 38495 dollars and includes adding new wings to make the building nearly a new structure by completion date December 1.
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Standard
Helena
Mary Lawrence
St. John's Hospital
Warden Candidates Under Investigation Across Eastern Montana
State Game Warden W. F. Scott departed Helena for Billings Miles City and other eastern Montana points to investigate applicants for deputy game warden positions under the new law.
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Standard
Helena
W. F. Scott
Billings
Miles City
Minister von Novoski Tours University Towns in Moscow Visit
Visiting the Colleges St Petersburg May 9 General von Novoski arrives in Moscow and is warmly greeted by students. He calls them the country’s hope and urges continued study. Kharkoff University begins recalling absent students at summer’s end and acts to implement this decision.
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St. Petersburg
General von Novoski
Moscow
Kharkoff University
Plans To Raise Money For Indemnity In China
Indemnity claim of 450 million taels will be presented to Chinese plenipotentiaries this evening. Officials discuss methods to meet the demand with a loan guaranteed by foreign powers or alternative means to raise funds. The court seeks reductions, while plenipotentiaries are instructed to clarify the total expenses and China’s ability to pay.
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Pekin
Chang Chi Tung
China
Chinese Envoy Conger Visits Washington to Review Dispatches
United States Minister Conger met Acting Secretary Hill and Assistant Secretary Cridler at the state department. He plans a brief stay in Washington to review dispatches between Washington and Pekin and advise on any overlooked details of the Chinese situation.
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Washington
United States
Conger
State Department
Hill
Cridler
Pekin
French Post Attacked by Chinese Brigands in Ling Jan Incident
Official dispatch from Pekin reports a band from Kwangsi attacked the Ling Jan post, drove out the garrison, killing five and wounding seven. They later struck Soogian, left 53 dead, and on May 2 were driven into Kwansi with heavy losses. ten French soldiers were wounded.
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Paris
Pekin
Kwangsi
Ling Jan
Lin An
Soogian
Kwansi
British report on Manchuria opening talks
Lord Cranborne stated in the house of commons that China has not approached the powers about a general Manchuria opening and that Britain has received no communication from China or the United States on trading access.
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London
House of Commons
Lord Cranborne
Associated Press
China
Manchuria
Despondent 82-Year-Old Man Shoots Self Near New Chicago
Charles Mac Gowan of Butte visiting relatives near New Chicago killed himself with a bullet through the heart early Thursday. His despondency stemmed from family trouble. He was about 82 and survived by brothers Pete and Tom in Butte and James in New Chicago.
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Standard
Phllipsburg
Charles MacGowan
Butte
New Chicago
Mac Gowan
Pete
Tom MacGowan
James Mac Gowan
Cuban convention expected to accept Platt amendment
Havana reports strong likelihood the Cuban constitutional convention will approve the Platt amendment though final vote may be delayed. Senor Gomez urges public sessions to hear statements before dissolution. A delay in printing the commission report to Washington postponed today's meeting until tomorrow. General Rivera, on leave in Honduras, advises acceptance. Mayors contenders named by Democrats Republicans and Nationalists nominate Gener.
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Havana
Senor
Juan Gualberto Gomez
Special Commission
Washington
General Rivera
Honduras
Senor Cortes Garcia
Senor Estra Mora
Senor Gener
Watch Trust Off as Waltham Company Refuses Consolidation
A director says American Waltham Watch Co informed the promoter that the firm will not join any watch industry consolidation. Other firms also declined to enter a trust movement, causing the $75,000,000 combine to be abandoned.
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Boston
American Waltham Watch Company
Reichstag to Adjourn in May or June
Count von Buelow and Count von Ballestram conferred on Reichstag business. Parliament will adjourn mid May or early June due to pending measures. Many members want a rent interval.
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Reichstag
Berlin
Count von Buelow
Count von Ballestrem
President of Williams Resigns in Williams College Meeting
Williamstown Massachusetts May 9 At the trustees meeting of Williams College President Franklin Carter tendered his resignation effective September 1 due to prolonged ill health.
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Williams
Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
Franklin Carter
Carter
Great Northern Increases Capital Stock by 25 Million
The Great Northern filed with the secretary of state a certificate of increase of capital stock by 25 million dollars. The action was announced in St. Paul on May 9.
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St. Paul
The
Great Northern Today
Secretary of State
Union seeks best settlement this year in steel industry
Pittsburg May year Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers plans higher wages. The union will press manufacturers for the best settlement in years as the demand is to be made this year.
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Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Wage Committee Sets Meeting in Milwaukee May 17
The wage committee is announced to meet in Milwaukee on May 17 to discuss extending the wage scale for three years. Lodges have largely agreed to the plan, and a satisfactory basis is expected if an agreement is reached.
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Milwaukee
Rioting Continues as Barcelona Factories Clash With Troops
In Madrid on May 9, a massive crowd at Barcelona tried to halt factory work, causing clashes with troops and injuries among soldiers. Over a hundred arrests were made of anarchists socialists and Catalan separatists. Twenty one anarchists led by Bofarull and Foncuberta were confined on the warship Pelayo. General Weyler ordered arms in response to cries of Death to Spain, as order was restored and factories resumed. The cabinet plans court martial for agitators and expulsion of foreign anarchists, with bills for workers' interests but no compromise with Catalan separatists.
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Madrid
Barcelona
Bofarull
Foncuberta
Weyler
Spain
Cortes
Cat&linists
Disorders Subside in Barcelona After 500 Arrests
Dispatches from Madrid report that about 500 arrests have been made at Barcelona amid disturbances, but the disorders are now subsiding. The note cites London and Madrid as sources for the update.
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London
Madrid
Barcelona
Delaware Surety gains Montana license amid bond talks
Helena May 9 Delaware Surety company was licensed to operate in Montana and may post a $350,000 bond tied to a Pennsylvania mine case. Agents H. Fischer and A. Clements filed charter papers and paid $493.60 in fees for licensing and filings. Beaver Creek Irrigation also incorporated to build ditches in Valley county with $1,200 capital.
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Standard
Helena
Montana
Delaware Surety Company
Delaware
William H. A. Fischer
H. T. Stuart
G. B. Fischer
Brooklyn
N. Y
Robert L. Martin
Germantown
Henry Vilthagen
New York
A. B. Clements
Butte
Clements
Calderhead
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Beaver Creek Irrigation Company
James McNab
Peter Tretault
R. V. Tucker
George B. Clinton
Edward Pierson
James L. Lenair
Valley County
Beaver Creek
Challenger in a Gale Race From Hythe to Weymouth
The Shamrocks started at midday in a Hythe to Weymouth race. A fierce squall off The Needles crippled Shamrock II losing a gaff topsail yard and forcing Sir Thomas Lipton to duck a falling block. The ship’s sails were damaged and she retired to Southampton for repairs.
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Southampton
Hythe
Weymouth
Thomas Lipton
Captain Capron Dies in Winnetka At Home
Captain Albert Banfield Capron of the renowned American army family died at his Winnetka residence near Chicago. He served in the Civil War with distinction and later received a significant military posting to Japan when Grant was president. He long sat on the board of trade and was a familiar figure in military and G. A. R. circles.
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Chicago
Albert Banfield Capron
Winnetka
Japan
Grant
Interchangeable Mileage Book Debate at Western Passenger Meet
At a meeting of the Western Passenger association executive committee in Chicago a fight over adopting a uniform interchangeable mileage book erupted. Rock Island and Missouri Pacific support the plan while other lines oppose it, signaling a possible coalition against the two endorsing carriers.
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Chicago
Western Passenger Association
Missouri River
Rock Island
Missouri Pacific
National Municipal League Elects Officers for Year
Rochester N Y May 9 The National Municipal League today unanimously elected officers for the ensuing year James C Carter New York president Thomas N Strong Portland Ore vice president Clinton W Woodruff Philadelphia secretary George W Burnham Jr Philadelphia treasurer
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Rochester
N. Y
National Municipal League Today
James C. Carter
New York
Thomas N. Strong
Portland
Ore
Clinton W. Woodruff
Philadelphia
George W. Burnham, Jr
Life insured banker dies by own action in Seattle
N. P. Pollock, president of the Cuyahoga Savings and Banking, killed himself in Seattle yesterday. He carried life insurance totaling $65,000 to benefit his family.
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Cleveland
N. P. Pollock
Cuyahoga Savings and Banking Institution
Seattle
Deserted Fort Sheridan Sentry Kill Denial
Captain Horn of Fort Sheridan denied reports that sentry Camber lange was killed by soldier Smith Wheelock on guard duty. Both men allegedly deserted together, per authorities.
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Chicago
Captain Horn
Fort Sheridan
Camberlange
Smith Wheelock
Reciprocity Treaty Extended With Denmark West Indies
Acting Secretary Kill and Danish minister Mr Brun signed a protocol extending for a year the ratification of the reciprocity treaty with the Danish West Indies in Washington on May.
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Washington
Kill
Mr. Brun
Denmark
Danish West Indies
Smallpox Epidemic Prompt Action Urged in Montana
Montana state board of health met to prepare circulars urging local boards to enforce detention hospitals or quarantine for smallpox cases and to vaccinate the public. They reject chickenpox as a misdiagnosis and call for rapid reporting, disinfection, and strict quarantine to stamp out the disease statewide.
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Helena
State Board of Health
Boards of Health
Germany
Board of Health
National Funeral Directors’ Association
American Association of General Baggagemen
County Boards of Health
Missoula
Ravalli
Longeway
Toole
Donovan
Belcher
Townsend
A. F. Longeway
Great Falls
Treacy
Loebinger
Butte
Thatcher Indicted for Forgery in Mercer Estate Claim
Springfield Ohio May grand jury returns an indictment against George W Thatcher charged with forging the name of the late P P Mast to three promissory notes totaling 298000. Thatcher says the notes were part settlement of heirs claims of the Mercer estate allegedly collected by Mast.
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Springfield
Ohio
George W. Thatcher
P. P. Mast
Thatcher
Mercer
Mast
Pony Montana Holds Its First Municipal Election
Pony Montana held its first municipal election on Monday electing Judge W S Duncan as mayor and approving the Citizens ticket. The slate included J P Heck Bert Hofer W B Lambdin F H Wilbur Dr Smith and Samuel Marshal as aldermen in the Madison county town of about 400. Fifty miles southeast of Butte the community chose incorporation under municipal law.
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Pony
Montana
Citizens
W. 8. Duncan
Aldesi Manie
J. P. Heck
Bert Hofer
W. B. Lambdin
F. H. Wilbur
Dr. Smith
Samuel Marshal
Butte
Madison County
Pony elects Duncan as first mayor in 118 to 18 vote
The municipal election formed two tickets with Dr. Isaac H. Stafford and William Duncan. Duncan won with 86 votes to Stafford’s 32 in Pony, Montana, where Duncan, born April 2, 1843 in Jefferson City Missouri, had lived since 1884. His son Harry Duncan resides at 1018 Lewiston Street in Butte.
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Isaac
Stafford
William Duncan
Zpege Duncan
W. 8. Duncan
Pony
Jefferson City
Missouri
Bozeman
Mont
Harry Duncan
Lewishon Street
Butte
Opening of the first federal parliament in Melbourne
The Duke of Cornwall and York opened the first federal parliament in Melbourne with a royal ceremony attended by a mixed crowd. The event featured a telegraph signal, a royal address, prayers, oaths, and performances of God Save the King and Hallelujah chorus, with King Edward VII’s telegram read.
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Melbourne
Duke of Cornwall and York
Commonwealth
Federation
House of Commons
Duchess of Cornwall
York
Lady Hopetoun
Earl of Hopetoun
Duke of Cornwall
China
Edward VII
Edward
Intercollegiate Golf Opens Med Medal Championship
Atlantic City May 9 In the qualifying round 28 players competed for the medal championship at Northfield links Harvard Yale Princeton Columbia and Penn sent entries Percy Pyne the current champion fell to James F Curtis the 1898 champion Curtis won 3 up 2 to play Meyer of Yale defeated Harry Collins Jr of Harvard 2 up 1 to play Yale’s T W Robertson beat A M Brown Harvard 1 up in 19 holes and Harvard’s C H Lindsley beat John G Bales Columbia 1 up.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Northfield Links
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Columbia
University of Pennsylvania
Percy Pyne
James F. Curtis
John Reid
Ardsley
Curtis
Harry Collins, Jr
Meyer
T. W. Robertson
A. M. Brown
C. H. Lindsley
John G. Bales
Quarantine Declared Against Alaska Ports
United States Quarantine Officer Dr M H Foster declared quarantine against all Alaska ports and vessels arriving from the north must call at Port Townsend for inspection due to reports of smallpox in Alaska.
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Alaska
Port Townsend
Wash
United States
M. H. Foster
Richard Wadge Dies After Miner’s Consumption
Richard Wadge of Philipsburg died at Granite yesterday after long illness from miner's consumption. A native of Cornwall England he was 49 years old at his death.
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Richard Wadge
The
Standard
Philipsburg
Granite
Wadge
Cornwall
England
Finland Arranges 25 Million Mark Railway Loan
The Frankfurter Zeitung reports Finland has arranged a railway loan of 25,000,000 marks with Paris banks and major German lenders including Deutsche Bank and Dresdner Bank.
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Berlin
Frankfurter Zeitung
Finland
Paris
Deutsche Bank
Dresdener Bank
Sailors in Amsterdam Call for Wages Increase General Strike
The Seamen's union declares a general strike in Amsterdam demanding higher wages. The Daily Express reports from London that other ports are expected to join.
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London
Daily Express
Amsterdam
Seamen's Union
Freight rates cut on sugar wool and cotton via Magellan
Lima reports panama route competition forces steamship lines to lower freight charges on sugar wool and cotton. The move aims to attract traffic through the Straits of Magellan amid existing shipping pressure.
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Lima
Peru
Panama
Straite of
Magellan
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NEW Surety Company
Challenger
Captain Capron
W. S. Duncan
Duke of Cornwall and
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