Hawaii Legislature Ends Amid Tension With Governor Dole
The first territorial Hawaii legislature adjourned without passing major measures, quarrelling with Governor Dole. Home rulers accuse Dole of hindering work, call for an extra session and his removal, while the county government act was vetoed by Dole. The concurrent resolution urging McKinley action passed both houses by large margins.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Hawaii
Dole
McKinley
Breckley
Senate
End of session sparks bribery accusations and extra session plan
Governor Dole faces bribery charges in the senate and local papers while both chambers demand proof. A May 1 joint session named four home rule senators for four-year terms and a May 8 extra session is called for appropriations. A Chinatown fire damages claim act and a million and a half appropriation are enacted, while a loan bill dies. A grand jury may probe bribery. two children drown in Waite river during a May day picnic amid a valley cloudburst.
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Senate
Dole
Humphreys
Waite
Jury Deliberations Continue in Missoula Counterfeit Case
Special Dispatch from Helena May 10 says a United States court jury is debating the case of Thomas A. Brady accused of passing counterfeit gold coins in Missoula last January. The defense claims the coins were loaned to Brady by a man named Schroeder or Schray and later redeemed. Shaw, the government witness, testified with other witnesses including J A Scott and Under Sheriff Evans. Brady previously worked as a bookkeeper in Anaconda.
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Standard
Helena
United States
Thomas A. Brady
Missoula
Brady
W. H. Shaw
Schroeder
Schray
Shaw
J. A. Scott
Evans
Missoula County
Anaconda
Amicable settlement reached in Oppenheimer estate dispute
In Helena on May 10 a stipulated agreement ended court battles over the Ferdinand Oppenheimer estate. Amelia Oppenheimer administratrix and her mother Caroline agreed the estate's interest in the prosperous wholesale liquor business will be sold for no less than $13,000, with details not disclosed by counsel.
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Helena
Ferdinand Oppenheimer
Amelia Oppenheimer
Caroline Oppenheimer
Governor Toole to Meet President McKinley at Great Falls
Governor J K Toole will travel to Great Falls on May 25 to receive President McKinley in the name of Montana. He has accepted the invitation and will be the city’s guest during the presidential visit. A state dinner at the Broadwater hotel hosted by Thomas Cruse will feature the entertainment arrangements for the party.
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McKinley
Great Falls
Standard
Helena
J. K. Toole
President McKinley
Broadwater Hotel
Thomas Cruse
L. W. Stacy
Custer County
Billings
Texas
George R. Milburn
Seventh Cavalry
Grover
National Cemetery
Flower
United States Cavalry
Sheridan
Wyo
Crow Agency
Mont
Burlington
Alaskan Rate War Ends Without Settlement
Seattle May 10 The Alaska Steamship association met three hours in the Pacific Coast Co Office but failed to restore Southeastern Alaskan rates. The breach remains wide with no settlement in sight and hints of further reductions in Lynn Canal rates.
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Seattle
Wash
Alaska Steamship Association
J. G. Woodworth
Pacific Coast Company
Manchester Duke’s Debt and Asset Totals Revealed
In bankruptcy court today the Duke of Manchester’s affairs showed total debts of 37,794 pounds and assets of 7,645 pounds. Liabilities include 6,000 pounds for a company promotion. Proceedings were adjourned as counsel promised a scheme for better creditor terms in a few days.
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London
Duke of Manchester
Additional Duty on Sugar
Washington reports the treasury department has imposed an additional duty of 10 centavos per kilogram on Argentine sugar following the prior action in the Russia case that placed a tariff on bounty sugar imports.
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Washington
Russia
Treasury Department
War Office Denies Kitchener Telegram on Boer Demands
The War Office denies a New York published statement that Lord Kitchener advised yielding all Boer demands except independence. It says his view is that Boers cannot be forced to lay down arms without a long war.
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London
War Office
New York
Lord Kitchener
Eight-Hour Day Strike Shuts Great Falls Smelter Construction
Two hundred workers are laid off at the Boston & Montana smelter in Great Falls as stonemasons demand eight hours pay for eight hours work, halting all construction on a new steam plant. Inside workers keep eight hours while outside labor faces the stoppage and potential longer layoffs.
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Great Falls
Boston & Montana
William Gamling
Gamling
Baumann and Dreckoff Sentenced in Pills Case
Young men sought to dodge military service by taking pills that caused artificial jaundice. Baumann received seven years in prison plus five years’ civil rights deprivation. Frau Dreckoff got two years plus three years’ civil rights deprivation. Several others were given shorter prison terms.
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Baumann
Frau Dreckoff
FLOCKMASTERS REPORT BRIGHT LAMBING OUTLOOK IN BILLINGS
Visiting sheepmen say lambing is underway with minimal losses and a favorable forecast. First clip arrives from P. B. Moss herd. Wyoming wool shipments and cleaner clips due to recent rains and warm weather. Also notes on cattle shipments to Texas, Memorial Day observance planning, new library grounds, schoolboard actions, and a boarding house project.
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Standard
Billings
P. B. Moss
Wyoming
Montana
Rocky Fork
Irish People seized over attacks on King and Catholic leaders
Police in Cork, Limerick and other towns seized all copies of William O Briens Irish People for an article attacking King Edward, Cardinal Vaughan, and a royal address. The piece demonized English Catholics and included scathing portraits of Anglican and aristocratic figures. Police in London also suppress the publication.
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Dublin
Cork
Limerick
Ireland
William O'Brien
Edward
Cardinal Vaughan
England
Zola
Nana
Uncle Tom
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Duke of Norfolk
London
Mrs Rudden of Anaconda Receives Cataract Operation
Mrs J B Rudden sister of Marcus Daly underwent cataract surgery at St Josephs hospital in St Paul Minnesota. Doctors reported she could see today and was rapidly recovering from the operation performed this week.
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St. Paul, Minn
J. B. Rudden
Anaconda
Mont
Marcus Daly
St. Joseph's Hospital
Rudden
Death Penalty Committed in Long Beach Murder
E V Methever, who killed Dorothy McKee in July 1899, was hanged at San Quentin today. He, aged 58, had been in love with the girl who spurned him.
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San Francisco
E. V. Methever
Dorothy McKee
Long Beach
San Quentin
Methever
Strassburg Express Plows Through Station Wall Hit Harbor Siding
An express train in Ludwigshaven Germany failed its air brakes causing a crash at the station. A woman was killed and several others injured as the loco crashed through a freight train on the harbor siding and toppled into the harbor embankment.
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Ludwigshaven
Bavaria
Strassburg
Diplomats Return Turkish Mail Seizure Reply
The German Austrian French and British ambassadors quickly returned the Porte’s reply to representations over Turkish seizure of foreign mails amid smuggling allegations. Until settlement, embassy couriers will carry European mail to and from the Bulgarian frontier.
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Constantinople
Porte
Heavy Sentences In Eldersfield Trial In Prussia
May 10 report states a sentence was pronounced on doctors and others charged with aiding in a case in Eldersfield Prussia. The dispatch notes strict penalties and identifies the involved medical and supporting figures.
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Eldersfield
Prussia
Emperor William arrives for gala Frankfort treaty anniversary
Emperor William arrived in Strassburg to-day for a gala dinner at the imperial palace. The event commemorates the May 10 1870 signing of the Treaty of Frankfort.
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Strassburg
William
Imperial Palace
Frankfort
Sunday Closing Order Revoked in Omaha
Mayor Moore revoked the Sunday closing enforcement order in Omaha Nevada, effective immediately. The move ends a policy aimed at restricting Sunday commerce.
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Omaha
Nev
Copies of the Irish People Forwarded Before Dublin Office Seized
Copies of the Irish People were forwarded before security forces seized the Dublin office. The action suggests governmental measures against the publication and its distribution in Ireland.
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Dublin
Irish Press Seizure Debate in Commons Defeated Vote
In London on May 10 John Dillon and William Redmond argued the seizure of the Irish People was an illegal attack on press liberty. Wyndham defended the action as regarding an attack on the king. The adjournment motion failed 252 to 64 as Balfour and Burns comments framed the issue as vulgar libel versus press rights.
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William Redmond
O'Brien
London
House of Commons
John Dillon
Dillon
Wyndham
Ireland
Wynham
Queen Victoria
John Redmond
America
Balfour
John Burns
London Ad Debate Over Irish People Seizure
Valuable Advertising notes that papers denounce the Irish People attack on the king but doubt Wyndham action seizing the issue was lawful and question its publicity value for O Briens paper. It says O Brien ill at Mallow and not responsible, with government not intending prosecution.
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London
Wyndham
O'Brien
Mallow
Clerk Will Investigate Bond Firm In Pennsylvania Litigation
Helena May 10 The Delaware Surety Co furnished a 350000 bond for the Montana Ore Purchasing case to protect the Boston & Montana in a possible Pennsylvania appeal reversal. Clerk Ricketts will study the company’s standing and filings before acting on the bond.
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Helena
Delaware Surety Company
Supreme Court
Montana Ore
Boston & Montana
Pennsylvania
Carlos Warfield
H G. Ricketts
F. Augustus Heinze
Montana Ore Purchasing Company
Max E. Arning
Johnstown Mining Company
Chile Gold Mining Company
Robert L. Martin
Germantown
A. B. Clements
Montana
Rickerts
Butte
Ricketts
Surety Company
Theond
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Oppenheimer Estate
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B.& M. Smelter
Miles Bros
Livingston
Burlington Railway
Moncrefffe Bros
Fred Billings
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Minnesota & Montana Laird and Improvement Company
Misses Cora Edwards
Mabel C. Gordon
M. Rea Lawrence
Laura B. Burns
Helen Carney
Mary Calhoun
Suicidal Tendencies
William Still- Water
Asylum For the Insane
Quinn
Board of County Commissioners
J. H. Rinehart
James Chapple
Australia
George
John Staffek
Henry McFarlin
North Thirty-first Street
First Avenue
Butte, Mont
Siegel
Boyden
Broadway
Empire
Cadet Blucher
E. Vv. Methever
Emperor William
Heinze
Mr. Ricketts
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