Arraignment in Missoula Murder Case Stuns Elder Defendant
J Victor an elderly Missoula man charged with murder after shooting William Phernetten amid dispute over a cabin. He pleaded not guilty, a preliminary hearing set for next Monday, and he was jailed without bail. The inquest found a fatal gunshot wound to Phernetten’s head. A separate Missoula bidding notice for Whittier school heating and plumbing projects appeared, followed by a Stevensville wedding involving Bennette Baker and Miss Matte Noonan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Victor
William Phernetten
Victor
H. H. Parsons
Alphonse Lavance
Qld
Lavance
Phernetten
Vietor
Lucy
Charles Dinsmore
J. B. Catlin
I. M. Keim
Joseph Willett
N. BE. Howell
John Co. Veader
Missoula
Bennette, Baker
Stevensville
Matte Noonan
Paris
Rankin House
Mr. Flowers
Missouri
Missoula Health Board Elects Officers and Plans Sanitary Measures
The Missoula city health board met at Der Pixley's office and elected J. W. Lister as chairman and Dr. Pixley as secretary. They discussed improving sanitary conditions and said they would make recommendations to the council soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
New City Health Board
der. Pixley
J. W. Lister
Pixley
Couel
Fort Missoula Marriage Unites Madison and Swanson
Missoula on May 21 saw Charles T. Madison a colored first sergeant at Fort Missoula wed Hester Cordelia Swanson in a ceremony officiated by Justice Phillips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Harles T. Madison
Fort Missoula
Hester Cordelia Swanson
Justice Phillips
Hubert Hoyt Case Noted In Missoula District Court
In Missoula district court on May 21, the case of Hubert Hoyt was noted with proceedings recorded. Details remain limited in the fragment of the transcript.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Hubert, Hoyt
Guardian requested for Hoyt in Montana and suit over land liens
Missoula Vermont resident aged 17 applied to Judge Webster to appoint Frank H Woody as guardian in Montana due to large Missoula real estate holdings. Gaspard Deschamps filed suit in district court against Napoluta Coulombe and others seeking disposal of real estate to satisfy a 1528 note plus interest and asserting liens from additional defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Webster
Frank H. Woody
Montana
Hoyt
Missoula
Gaspard Deschamps
District Court
Napoluta Coulombe
Coulombe
First National Bank
Deschamps
Missoula Notes Highlight Local Movements And School Terms
Alexander Conde and John Minnehan arrive in Missoula from regional posts while Ss R Oldaker of the Northern Pacific land dept visits. Mrs W Q Ranft returns from Helena. Miss Lewis accepts Missoula teaching job next year as W Gentry plans return to railway dispatch duties. School terms end at Huson and Clinton. dances at the social club resume. A Missoula high school ball game against Stevensville is scheduled tomorrow at the south side grounds. Dr Parsons prepares to inspect slaughterhouses in Superior and Lothrop under state health directives.
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Alexander Conde
John Minnehan
Coeur d'Alene
Ss. R. Oldaker
Northern Pacific Land Department
Palmer
Miss Lewis
Grass Valley
Ore
Missoula
W. Gentry
Railway
Standard
Montana
West Main Street
Huson
Marmer Tower
Winnie Beamer
Clinton
Frank Turk
Spokane
Toole Avenue
South Side
Stevensville
Joseph Willett
Ogden
Parsons
Superior
County Board of Health
Thomas D. Tuttle
Helena
State Board of Health
Lothrop
Missoula May Gala Sports Day At University
Missoula hosts a dual program of field events and afternoon baseball between the University and the Agricultural College with the athletic field in good condition. A special athletic association meeting raised funds to cover transportation and entertainment costs for the Bozeman trip, while university teams have faced tight finances this season. Various campus activities fill the day with YWCA rally, Hawthorne Society meeting, art department progress, and forthcoming commencement events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Agricultural College
University
Position Agricultural, Trembley .Iits. Oe. W. A. Flaherty Cutcher
Bozeman Boys
Capitola
Cal
Alice Herr
Avery
Hawthorne Literary Society
Hovey ‘Polleys
James Bonner
John Haywood
Short in His Accounts, Secretaries of the Sons of Hermanna
A fragmented note reports a secretary among the Sons of Hermanna facing scrutiny over accounts. Details are incomplete but indicate financial irregularities tied to a local organization. No dates or places are readable.
Wife and Child Vanish After Missing Funds Case
Missoula reports Theodore Fischer, secretary of the Sons of Hermann, absconded with dues money, possibly over $200, as the lodge reviews books. Pictures issued as search widens to locate Fischer and his whereabouts. In a separate case William Archer learns his wife and son fled with a $68.50 check, likely toward Spokane, leaving home cold and unpaid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Theodore Fischer
Hermann
Fischers
George Nink
Fischer
William Archer
Archer
Mr. Archer
Unsuccessful Escape Attempt In Missoula Jail
John Kelley, a vagabond, created a disturbance this morning as he awaited transfer next week. He seized a dirt-pail escape chance at the jail and fled to the stockyards before Deputy Sheriff Gannon recaptured him and re jailed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
John Kelley
Kelley
Gannon
Bids Sought for Plumbing at Irving School Missoula Mont
Notice to contractors invites bids for plumbing work at the Irving school building in Missoula Montana. Bids due at the J H Kennedy architect office by 2 30 p m on Wednesday May 27 1903 with certified check of 50 dollars. open to all bidders.
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J. H. Kennedy
Whittier
Missoula
Mont
Paul
Irving School
Woman Named Managing Editor by Brooklyn Laureate
Stanley Waterloo, founder of the St. Louis Chronicle, promoted a young society reporter to city editor after overhearing her exclaim about a murder. Within months she became the managing editor, perhaps the first woman to hold such a daily paper position without ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Brooklyn Sage
Stanley Waterloo
St. Louis Chronicle
Waterloo
Asd
Disturbance in Front of Blossom House Ends in Return
An unknown man and woman created a scene near Blossom house in the early evening. The husband, possibly seeking a Union avenue bar, fled north of T'nian station but was intercepted by his wife. She commanded him to return, grabbing his arm and guiding him back toward the depot. He yielded after a brief confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Journal
Blossom House
Union Avenue
T'nian
Traces of Wagnitz Thought True Theories Edge Toward Murder or Madness
Missoula May 21 Will Cave returns from a weeklong search for Wagnitz missing county assessor with few clues. Riverman’s tale of a satchel and handkerchief offers one link amid two main theories that he was murdered or temporarily deranged and wandered away. Deputy Watson planned a river voyage through Cabinet Gorge to continue the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pher Netten
Fischer
Phernetten
James Cooley
Mhany
Theodore Fischer
Missoula
Will Cave
Wagnitz
Mr. Wagnitz
Mr. Cave
Plains
Cabinet Gorge
Teachers Spend Summer Vacations Around the Region
Missoula May 21. As schools close tomorrow teachers plan for the break. Some attend summer schools at the University of Chicago and at Dilton State Normal. Others head to Iowa Nebraska Montana Wisconsin Spokane and Yellowstone areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Fisher
Evans
Bellew
University of Chicago
Rich
Cronkrite
Ronan
State Normal
Dilton
Milk Schoup
Iowa
Cedar Falls
Lillian Morgan
University of Nebraska
Keup
Spokane
McDronald
Wisconsin
Porterfield
Nebraska
Beulah Morgan
Poherty
University of Montana
J. Ulysses Williams
Wylie Transportation Company
Yellowstone Park
R. H H. Daniels
Billines
Mackinac Island
Mich
Kay
Grand Larceny Charge Dismissed in Missoula Court
Simon Wilman faced a grand larceny complaint over alleged wood theft in Justice Phillips court. The grand larceny charge was dismissed because the complaint could not specify multiple offenses under one count, though Hilman had pleaded guilty to petty larceny for wood theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Simon Wilman
Phillips
Fred Riel
Hilman
Riel
Hall
Notice to Contractors for Garden City Bottling Building
Bids for heating and plumbing work on the Garden City Bottling and Liquor company building on Cedar street Missoula Montana are due by 6 p m Saturday May 26 1903. Right reserved to reject any or all bids. A J Gibbon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Gibson
Garden City Bottling and Liquor Company
Cedar Street
Missoula
Mont
A. J. Gibbon
Advertised Letters Missoula May 21 Unclaimed List
Missoula post office reports unclaimed letters for the week ending May 19. Names include Arthur Brewster Mrs Isabel Blackie George Baker Charles Cross Frank Hristman Charley Carmer Henry Clater Mrs Charles Crouch Mrs M E Combe Miss BE Doley Lewis Doda Samuel Dennison John Ereksen Mrs M Eba Miss Lucy Forkner W Freitag A L Fitch A W Gray Emil Gode R E Grund W H Herman Scott Higgins Charlie Johnston John Kelly Robert King Miss Jennie Johnston Mossy Levine William Lewnan J A Maynard Miss Ella Morton J B Morgan J Mattson N C Moore PH McCarthy Mrs Gusta Newton Edward Nieder John O Neill (2) Miss Annie Parnell Lovro Petruso E Powers Miss Frmna Patrick Klas Peterson I Parker (4) Miss Nellie Reed Will Ruotsala H D Shackleford W Stroszer John Sampson Frank
Glaciers Deemed a Mine of Energy in Europe
European engineers praise glacier melt as a new energy source with torrents feeding hydro power as electric transmission nears perfection. Glaciers in the Alps and other ranges reportedly shrink, prompting cautious forecasts about future supplies and the balance of gains and losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alps
Confederate submarine boat pictured in Civil War naval records
The Washington Post notes a Confederate submarine designed by H. L. Henley appears in Civil War naval records. It states the craft, intended to attack blockading vessels, failed on a test passing beneath a ship and seven crew were lost as bubbles marked the sinking in nine fathoms of water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Mr. Loom’s
Navy
Richmond
H. L. Henley
United States
Henley
Local Names Listed in Postal Notice
A fragmentary list shows Scott Carl Symons A W Brow Edwin Tucker and others including Miss Doris Voelker R K E Williams Mrs Jessie Wilson and J M Cyr. Postmaster George H Keep referenced with Packages John Berry James Burke and Frank Webb among entries.
Selection of land in Clearwater district announced
May 21 news from Missoula reports the Northern Pacific made four acre selections in six new townships. Surveys filed in the land office cover townships 17 north west 17 north 17 west 1% north 15 west 15 north 16 west 15 north 17 west 16 north 14 west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Northern Pacific
Clearwater
Fice
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Western Montana
Hayes
Hlayes
Hented
Vischer
A. L. Duncan
Baker
Marines
Missoula Notes
Jones
Pitcher
Goodbourn
Provitor
A. Eek
Sss
T. H. Heyman
Pbuedng Cing Ee Sey Asiacvs
Roveenke
Smith Copae
Ced J. Conley Peo Pacomeut Sane
Texedeée Terns
DoPvan
Freebourni
Murphy
Ardery
Ona Sloan
Eloise Knowles
Mr. Chase
Leslie Sheridan
W. A. Clark
Clark
Alice Dinsmore
Butte
Miss Knowles
A. H. Henry
Mountain View
School of Music
Ruth Kellore
Short
Dore Pilcher
Sons of Hermanna
Welleam Arc TA
Husband
Sherif
Naee
Treasu
Ree
Conte
Nrs
Riverman
Satchel
Wagnitsz
Vorce
Pields
PEW
Oliver
Buffalo Pitts
Hoosier
Planet Junior
Deering
Winona
Rushford
Copper Mining Co
Mercantile Department
Hamilton, Montana
Missoula, Mont
G. A. Wolr
John C. Lehson
J. al. Truman
First National Bank of
Cashley
R. A. Fiddy
T.L. Greenough
A. E. Hammond
Loewis
Khon Idsa Missoula
Barber Shop
Miller Bros
Eall
Remove Cigar
Finkelnburg
Orchard Home
BIG Blackfoot Milling
Conner, MO
PROM
Bonner
BIG Blackfoot Milling Co
Bonner, Mont
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