City graft dispute over registry pay sparks finance panel clash
In Butte a graft dispute over registry agent pay from the city election split witness accounts. Medin and Cohen claimed most work and payment with both sides pressing for equal shares while the council sought a resolution. The committee eventually recommended equal division, ending a heated exchange and leaving the matter to the full council.
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Aldermanic Finance Committee
Butte
M. L. Holland
W. J. Naughton
Charles Lyford
Marco J. Medin
Medin
Morris H. Cohen
Eld
Cohen
Mayo
Man
Chester
Abe Cohen
Mr. Mayo
Kroger
Media
Finance Committee
Peace Reigns in Detroit After Campus Crowd
Mayor Maybury and Police Director Andrews reached a peaceful solution to campus tensions in Detroit. Andrews agreed not to act on suppressing free speech without mayoral consultation. About 7 000 people gathered to hear the mayor with no police present and no disturbance.
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Detroit
Mich
Maybury
Frank C. Andrews
Andrews
Mr. Maybury
Tom Bawden
Searching for a Sister in New York
Dorrington Grimston, claiming kin to English actors Mr. and Mrs. Kendall, arrives in New York to find his sister Miss Ethel Grimston who has vanished and may be in need of help. He traveled aboard the Etruria and reached the city last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dorrington Grimston
W. H. Kendal
Ethel Grimston
Brother hunts sister through past and stage life
Grimston traces his sister from Dresden trained music to an American stage career and a troubled family rift. He fled at 21 and spent seven years as a wanderer while their parents opposed acting and financially controlled her. He recalls his father’s warnings and attempts to limit her use of the Kendal name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
D. C
Grimston
Dresden
America
Keith
Poston
Kendal
England
South
Journey Across Continents and Wars Encounters
The speaker recalls travel to Australia and South Africa, service with the mounted police and British Army in clerical roles, and presence at Mafeking. After returning to London last March he seeks a reconnection with his mother and sister, noting failed contact and a vow to reunite with family in distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
South Africa
Mounted Police
Mafeking
London
Bill Bazarus Runs Rampant in Darkest Africa Riot
A Clinton Street clash at the central precinct ends with Bill Bazarus escaping via a secret underground passage after a mob led by a Queen Lil type of beauty demands protection from policemen. Lieutenant Downey orders a strong response as a squad hunts the deterrent outlaw.
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Africa
Clinton Street
Downey
Hull
Lillian Avordupois
Bill
Perleeceman
Ossifer
Razor
Lady Macdonald recounts Pekin siege and convalescent ward
Lady Macdonald wife of the British ambassador to China describes life inside the Pekin legation during the Boxer siege. She recalls a poor cook resigning, convalescent ward created in her husband study, sandbag making by sewing women, and relief dawned as Sikh troops charged onto the tennis lawn led by Major Scott of the third Sikhs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Macdonald
China
Pekin
Legation
Korea
Macdonald
Major Scott
Prince of Wales in Washington 1860 with Harriet Lane
William Perrine recounts in May Ladies' Home Journal how Edward VII visiting as the Prince of Wales stayed at the White House with President Buchanan and Miss Harriet Lane. The group enjoyed fireworks, gymnasium antics, and a playful bowling rivalry highlighting the prince's bashful yet gallant mood.
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Washington
America
President Buchanan
Executive
Lafayette Square
William Perrine
May Ladies’ Home Journal
White House
Mr. Buchanan
Miss Lane
Prince
Mrs. Thompson
Duke of Newcastle
Harriet
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Butte News
Gwsley Block
Butte Mont
Christie & Leys
N. Main St
Heart of
Quincy Adams Sawyer
Gallon Monsieur Beaucaire
Talkington
Amelia E. Barr
Graystark
McCutcheon
John Winslow
Henry D. Northrop
Honey Island
Louisiana
Calkins’ Book Store
North Main St
Butte, Mont
W. H. Wix
D. D. S. Broadway and
Main, Butte
Graduate University of Pennsylvania
THE
Undertakers
Kembalmers
Park
City
aRomantic Stay
Bill Bazarus
Edward VII
Harriet Lane
West Broadway
KENNEDY /PURNITURE COMPANY
Weirda Veel, Butte, Mont
Newsy Store
McKinley
Kennedy
Canton
Ohio
Major McKinley
Montana
Orthwest
Heywood Baby
Minneapolis
Globe Wernicke
France
North Main Street
F. M. Grady
Standard Carriage Works
South Main
Telephone
Silver Bow Foundry and Machine Company
County Road
South Butte
P. O
BIG Blackfoot Milling Company
Arisona
Bonner, Mont
Butte, Anaconda
Missoula
B.C. Leader
Svend Carlson
Main
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