Curious will contest over unborn child care and bequests
Mrs. Kate Toomey prepared a holographic will dated September 11 1899 arranging $1000 to Miss Garrity with 400 to their mother and a share for each sister plus $1000 for her unborn child and funeral costs. Her husband Toomey contests the will claiming it was not fully dated and executed before her death as a lodging house fire. The case features witness testimony on handwriting and the will’s torn corner plus questions over administration of the estate.
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Kate Toomey
St. Paul
Della Pitts
Miss Garrity
Mrs. Toomey
Sisters of Mrrs. Toomey
Lindsay
Toomey
Miss Glarrity
Justice Court
Pitts
Phil Harrington
Chancellor O'Donnell
John W. Cotger
Russian general claims Manchuria under Russian rule
Honolulu dispatch reports Baron Alexander Kahlbahrs stating Manchuria is entirely under Russian domination with a rail link from the Yellow Sea to Moscow. He travels to St Petersburg to report on military operations claimed to be entirely successful.
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Associated Press
Honolulu
San Francisco
Alexander Kahlbahrs
Manchuria
Peking
Kathbahrs
Amur
Russia
Yellow Sea
Moscow
Kahlbahrs
St. Petersburg
Fillipo Ango
George J. Augur
Board of Health
Molokai
Supreme Court refines writ in Wakefield Sutton contempt case
Helena dispatch reports the Montana Supreme Court alters a writ in the Wakefield Sutton contempt matter, shifting a writ of certiorari to target the court rather than a specific judge, and preserves the original return. The court also denies Miles F Finlen’s rehearing motion regarding supervisory control over Judge McClernan and orders stricken portions of a brief.
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Standard
Helena
Supreme Court
Wakefield
Silver King
Sutton
Miles F. Finlen
McClernan
Harney
Minnie Healy
Court may hear rehearing on Minnie Healy case
Justice Pigott dissented urging the court to hear arguments on a motion for rehearing. The ruling likely ends the Minnie Healy case and its affidavits until the appeal from Judge Harney's decision is heard, anticipated in about 18 months.
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Justice Pigott
Minnie Healy
Harney
Basin and Bay State Plant 10 resumes operations
A New York telegram says Basin and Bay State Mining has raised funds to pay off debt and deposit for that purpose. The Basin smelter and mill near Basin, Montana, are expected to run again using ore from the IhXatie mine or nearby districts. Eastern stockholders’ rep Ek W Beattie Jr. aided the effort.
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The
Standard
Boulder
New York
F. C. Berendes
Basin and Bay State Mining Company
Basin
IhXatie
Ek. W. Beattie, Jr
Springfield
Mass
Boston
Providence
R. I
Glass Brothers of Basin
Fatal collision on Great Northern near Larimore
A light engine northbound struck the rear of the Great Northern eastbound flyer at 5 am in Larimore North Dakota killing Fireman W B Josselyn and Brakeman Claude Whitaker and injuring Engineer Thomas Dean who lost a leg. The rear steel private car carrying President J J Hills and a porter was lightly damaged. Conductor Driscoll says the light engine crew ignored a stop signal.
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Larimore
N. D
Great Northern
W. B. Josselyn
Claude Whittaker
Thomas Dean
Grand Forks
J. J. Hills
Driscoll
Rich Boulder mining district eyed for future growth
Kka Kearney of Butte visited the Boulder mining district to assess Deer Creek Mining and Development holdings and the mineral potential. He believes the area will become a leading mineral center as veins may widen with depth, with timber nearby and a wagon road to Big Timber fifteen miles away.
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Boulder District
Standard
Big Timber
Mont
Kka Kearney
Butte
Kearney
Boulder
Deer Creek Mining & Development Company
Charles Bolton Dies. Ex Mayor and Lecturer Dead at 60
Charles Bolton former East Cleveland mayor and education lecturer died today at his home at age 60. He authored several municipal problem books that drew attention.
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Cleveland
Charles Bolton
East
Bolton
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Dunlap Hat Agency
N. Main St
Hawaiian Islands
the Supreme Court
Minnie Healey
Basin and Bay State Plant
Hii
Comfort Calico
Brainerd & Armstrong
Henrietta
Norfolk
Clark
Vibeck
S.sccesnias
Castile
Paris
Symons
Olcott
W. Park St. Butte, Mont
Agency McCall
W. Park
Monat
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