Roosevelt Sips Champagne Amid Whiskey Testimony
Marquette Michigan May 2 The Roosevelt libel suit against Ishpeming editor George A Newett nears completion after four days of testimony on drinking rumors. Witnesses describe Roosevelt's sobriety during campaigns and travel from Chattanooga to Oyster Bay while detailing wine and liquor at events. Verdict uncertain as court adjourns until Saturday.
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Marquette
Mich
Theodore Roosevelt
George A Newett
Ishpeming
Roosevelt
Union
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Africa
Europe
Oyster Bay
Mei
Charles Willis
Thompson
New York
Washington
Cal
Vaintiff
Pino
Senate backs inquiry into lobbyists over tariff fight
Washington May 21 The Senate adopted a resolution directing the Judiciary Committee to probe charges of lobby influence in Washington over legislation including the Underwood tariff bill. President Wilson signaled support and offered to provide names if public necessity required. Committee to report in 18 days. hearings likely begin promptly.
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Senate
Judiciary
Finance Committee
Wile
Wilson
Judiciary Committee
Desperate Hold Up Haunts La Salle Payroll Route
Four masked bandits attacked a payroll party five miles south of La Salle, wounding four and killing one. The squad seized $6000 destined for the Black Hollow mine, then fled under heavy fire from auto shotgun blasts. Ben Dierks and Henry Osterie were among the wounded. Frank West suffered critical injuries.
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Police of
Peru
Henry Osterie
Dierks
Frank West
Two Pretty Girls Walk Across Country to San Francisco
Chicago, May 22. Walking from to San Francisco for the fun of it, two pretty girls Margaret Iuxhter and Marion Smith arrived in Chicago. There were 209 in bets on the trip. One man bet they would be married before reaching San Francisco, but the money is already gone. They plan to return to Detroit and find a real man.
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Chicago
San Francisco
Margaret Iuxhter
Marion Smith
Miss Itghter
Detroit
Conservatives win in bitter fight over local control
Conservative factions clashed last night to expel radicals from the local chapter. Al Herman and Clarence Smith were elected chairmen as charges were moved against William Sullivan and Cooney, while radicals warned of forming a separate party. The meeting drew in Industrial Workers and a tense crowd, with threats and protests spilling into the streets.
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Dum Choles
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Sullivan
Cooney
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Jobe
Tocal
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Smith
Skate
F Sandry
Confessed killer claims murder of Gen Meagher in Montana
Special Dispatch to the Standard Missoula May 2 A self styled assassin named Frank Diamond confesses to killing Gen Thomas Francis Meagher former governor of Montana territory and famed orator and statesman He was jailed in Missoula after being brought from Plains by Sheriff Kelly Diamond lists other killings and admits changing details while sick He claims Meagher was killed on a steamboat and his body dumped in the river He names other victims and asserts vigilantes sought Meagher’s death for political reasons He is 67 and reportedly well in western Montana as authorities review the confession
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Pat Miller
Fallan
Frank Diamond
Thomas Francis Meagher
Montana Territory
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Mysteriou
Montana
Asasasin
Vigilantes
Cenveal
Meagher
Fort Benton
Sentinel
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Diamond Ace
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Lee
Ore
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Snd
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Sour River
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George Mitchell
Bill Clark
Dalles
Big George
Thomas Irwin
Frank
Ial
Plains
Sherit Kelly
aRere
Jon
Watt
Kelly
Galt
Territory
Lever
Miller
Slump In 2-Butte Team Amid War News And Classified Ads
In today’s issue a Butte hopeful team endures a slump while major war coverage dominates pages. The paper notes lobbying investigations, socialist meeting charges, and a range of ads from auto mining to Memorial Day plans alongside market and mining reports.
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Sporting News
Goldberg
Wright
Timeelfee
Dales Mountain
Sar Dens
S-Butte
Sheriff Reaches Plains Arrests Confessor in Old Murder
Plains, Moot May 2. Sheriff Kelly reports the arrest of Frank Diamond after a long confession dictated while a physician attended him in a saloon. Diamond, worn and tearful, claims to confess to a murder from nearly 50 years ago and faces formal charges.
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le Thompson
Camas
Dr. Cotte
Frank Sutton
Dia
Thompson
Diamond
Sheri Kelly
Biamond
Montana pioneer Pat AM questions Meagher murder confession
Granville Stuart of Butte denies believing the oddly timed confession by Frank Diamond or Miller claiming to have killed Thomas Francis Meagher. Stuart recalls Meagher’s strong leadership during Montana Territory’s early years and says he once knew the governor, who vanished amid Reconstruction memories.
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Pat AM
Frank Diamond
Mt Plains
Fen
Thomas Francis Meagher
Montana Territory
General Meagher
Feagan
Butte
Nvernor Meagher
Granville
Stuart
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