Roosevelt Honored by Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
President Roosevelt elected honorary member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in Chattanooga. He lauded organized labor for peace and progress, praising railroad workers for courage, initiative, and duty. He urged balance between union strength and individual character, stressing honesty courage and hard common sense.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Roosevilt
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Order
Sargent
Brotherhood
Troop B
State Guard
Hanrahan
Canada
John F. McNamee
Columbus
Ohio
Roosevelt
America
Chambliss
McMillan
Palmer defeats Dixon in 15 round bout at National Athletic Club
Pedlar Palmer, English, defeats American George Dixon in a 15 round fight as Dixon underperforms after round two. The bout, at 120 pounds, shifts betting favor to Palmer. Harry Ware retains England bantam title and eyes Chicago’s Harry Forbes for world title. Tom Jones defeats FE. Lawrence in lightweight wrestling.
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London
Palmer
George Dixon
National Athletic Club Tonight
Dixon
Harry Ware
England
Harry Forbes
Chicago
Tom Jones
FE. Lawrence
Old Engineer Corkin Takes His Own Life in Oregon
Phillip Corkin, the oldest Southern Pacific engineer in Oregon, shot himself this afternoon after refusing a new suburban assignment and entering a period of despondency. He had worked on the main line out of Portland for 30 years.
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Brotherhood of Firemen
Brotherhood
Association
Queen & Crescent Railway
Mr. Maguire
Portland
Ore
Phillip Corkin
Southern Pacific
Oregon
Corkin
Boxing Carnival at Havre Set for Sept 24 25
Special Dispatch reports a boxing carnival at the Montana concert hall in Havre on September 24 and 25. Phil Green faces Kid Lee on the 24th and Wisconsin Kid meets another pugilist on the 25th. Both bouts are expected to go to completion within 20 rounds amid a large race meeting crowd.
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Standard
Havre
Montana Concert Hall
Phil Green
Kid Lee
Wisconsin
Weinig Naseled in Second Round Disqualification
Billy Stift of Chicago defeated Al Weinig of Buffalo by disqualification in the second round of a scheduled six round bout at the America club. Weinig was counted out twice, first for a five count and then again, after rising, without a strike, leading to the stoppage.
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Chicago
Billy Stift
al Weinig
Buffalo
America Club
Weinig
Neely Wins Western Tennis Title By Default
Woman tennis champion Miss C. P. Neely of Chicago won the western championship at Kenwood by default as the opponent did not show.
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Chicago
C. P. Neely
Kenwood
Hamilton Press Association Outlines Tour and Banquet Visit
The Hamilton press association meets to review delinquent dues and proceedings, elect officers, and plan for a new presidency. A carriage tour of the Daly estate and a grand Ravalli hotel dance cap an eventful visit with hospitality from Hamilton residents and publishers.
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Hamilton Society
Ravalis
Pacific
Atlantic
Green Sword
Ravalli Hotel
Hamilton
Press Association
Montana
Aiken
J. W. Kelley
Butte Inter Mountain
Art
Ara Cole
Forsyth
Gosh
Walter Aiken
Presbyterians Vote For Church Union In Midwest
The Cumberland Presbyterian church presbytery voted to union with the Presbyterian church. Similar action occurred at Decatur Illinois and leaders expect broader united action across the denomination.
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Washington, Ind
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
The
Presbyterian Church
Decatur, Ill
Assembly to Study Matter at Chattanooga Meeting
The general assembly plans to take up the matter and discuss it favorably at their next meeting to be held in Chattanooga in May 1903.
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General Assembly
Chattanooga
Two Desperadoes Killed Near Rogersville Tennessee
In Rogersville Tennessee on September 8 Jim Wright and John Templeton, noted Hancock county desperadoes, were killed after a posse led by Joe Moss of Gate City Virginia engaged them. Wright’s son was captured. Wright had escaped from the Tennessee penitentiary where he served a murder sentence. The two outlaws were said to have killed six men each. The action occurred about 18 miles from Rogersville as mobs hunted Wright and Templeton for weeks.
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The
Standard
Hamilton
Press Association
Sam Levy
Butte
Boyle
Justice of the Peace
Morris
Miles Romney
Walter Aitkin
Daly Estate
Kings of the Turf
Hamburg
Tammany
Ogden
Montana
Rogersville
Tenn
Jim Wright
John Templeton
Hancock County
Wright
Joe Moss
Gate City
George Wolf
Spears Ferry
Jack Rogers
Templeton
Tennessee Penitentiary
Sensational charges against strikers in Spokane
The Spokane Falls Gas Light company accuses strikers in a signed Chronicle letter of conspiring to cause a calamity that could have killed and destroyed homes. It says the gas holder was low and boiler pressure risked extinguishing gas mains, and vows no proposition to reinstate the strikers.
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Spokane
Wash
Spokane Falls Gas Light Company
Chronicle Today
Working Up the Bretons Festival Turns Clerical Rally
A Breton festival at Bolguet in Finisterre draws thirty thousand peasants as the bishop of Quimper and 300 clergy march to an altar. A Breton language preacher denounces closing of unauthorized schools and claims Freemasons seek to drive God from schools, pledging Bretons will endure chains prison and death rather than yield.
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Paris
Les Nevin
Department of Finisterre
Bolguet
Brittany
Quimper
Free Masons
Beavers Protected by Commissioned Deputy Warden
Flathead county adds a beaver protection program with a deputy game warden serving without pay. At Pettit ranch on Flathead Lake west shore beavers began damming a small stream prompting Pettit to seek protection, leading to a commission for aBeaver warden authority to make arrests.
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Kalispell
Flathead County
C. E. Pettit
Flathead Lake
Scott
Logan
Schools Open With Good Attendance in Helena
Helena public schools opened today with good attendance on the first day. Superintendent Condon reported the initial figures from several buildings while two campuses remained unreported. enrollments are expected by tomorrow.
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The
Standard
Helena
Sept
Helena Public Schools
Sten
Condon
Lancashire coal trade expands on US orders
The Lancashire coal trade improves as United States buyers place orders totaling hundreds of thousands of tons for shipment to various regions in America. This boost comes amid rising demand from overseas markets.
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London
Lancashire
United States
Kalispell Man Injured by Runaway Team
Kalispell resident Ward C. Lyman was severely injured in a runaway team collision last night and is under a physician's care with a badly wrenched back.
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The
Standard
Kalispell
C. Lyman
Indians Clash Aboard Santa Fe Train in Kansas Tragedy
About 60 Indians on a northbound Santa Fe train returning from a Perry Oklahoma circus quarrelled on the car. George Bullow an Indian policeman was killed and Conductor Fennell was fatally wounded. Both incidents occurred near Wichita Kansas on September 8.
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Wichita
Kan
Perry
Okla
George Bullow
Fennell India
Fennell
Cave-in Injures Father and Son Near Wardner
In Wallace Idaho on September 8 a prospect tunnel collapse injured C A Hayes and his 4 year old son. Hayes broke a leg while the boy suffered severe injuries likely to be fatal.
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Wallace
Idaho
C. A. Hayes
Prospect
Wardner
Hayes
Body Found in Snohomish River Everett Child
The body of Mate Smith, nine, son of August Smith, was recovered from the Snohomish River in Everett, Washington. He had disappeared from home on July 20.
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Everett
Wash
Mate Smith
August Smith
Snohomish River
Billings Public Schools Open With Higher Attendance
Billings public schools opened today reporting a largely increased attendance over last year. There will be no sessions Thursday and Friday due to the fair.
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The
Standard
Billings
Sept
Innocent Swede or Forger Passes Bogus Check in Helena
August Albert, a seemingly naive Swedish borrower, forged a $4 check on William Albrecht of Langenbach and Albrecht and fled Helena after trying a similar payment on Jacob Fish. He collected clothing, borrowed money, and disappeared before authorities in Helena and Great Falls could locate him, with possible forgery charges in Butte as well.
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Standard
Helena
Albert
William Albrecht
Langenbach & Albrecht
Atlantic Hall
Jacob Fish
Fish
Leonard Steinbrenner
Great Falls
Butte
Death of an early settler David Auchard prominent Montana stockgrower
Helena Sept 8 David Auchard a pioneer of Montana died at St Johns hospital at 8 30 pm from inflammation of the liver He was 67 native of New York He came West in 1865 driving an ox team settling in Silver then Wolf creek and devoted to cattle growing He leaves a widow a brother Richard Auchard a sister Mrs James Gain No children Funeral arrangements pending interment in Forest Vale cemetery
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Standard
Helena
David Auchard
Montana
St. John's Hospital
Wolf Creek
Auchard
Lewis and
Clarke County
Dearborn River
North Fork
Missouri
New York
Oneida County
Silver
Richard Auchard
Augusta
James Gain
Royal Arch Masons
Forest Vale Cemetery
Helena Unitarian Pastor Leaves for Columbia Course
The Rev. Leslie W. Sprague of the First Unitarian society will sever his Helena connection on Nov. 1 to pursue an advanced course at Columbia University in New York City. He helped establish the society’s fine new church at Park avenue and Lawrence street, which was recently dedicated.
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Standard
Helena
Leslie W. Sprague
First Unitarian Society
Sprague
New York
Fraud alleged in Jackson school building dispute
Everett Wash September 8 A temporary restraining order bars the city board of education from accepting the Jackson school building from contractor T L Grant. The suit charges corrupt fraudulent intent by the board to permit Grant a payment of 28000 for a project that should cost at most 18000.
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Everett
Wash
A. W. Criswell
City Board of Education
Jackson School
T. L. Grant
Grant
State Treasury Receives Inheritance Tax Remittances
More than $9,000 was turned into the state treasury today as inheritance tax remittances. Cle ment Campana estate paid $452 via Silver Bow county. Yellowstone county sent $798.05, Deer Lodge $961.60, Beaverhead $696.60, Granice $160, and Madison $512.56.
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Standard
Helena
Clement Campana
Silver Bow County
Yellowstone County
Deer Lodge
Beaverhead
Granice
Madison County
Officials Return From Hunting Trip in Flathead Country
Helena residents state librarian C. O. T. Crane and Supreme Court stenographer A. C. Sneider completed a two week hunting and fishing trip in Flathead country. They did not kill a bear. Sneider shot two deer and Crane one. Their faces show deep sun tanning.
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Standard
Helena
Sept
O. T. Crane
A. C. Sneider
Supreme Court
Flathead Country
Sneider
Mr. Crane
Eighty Thousand German Troops Camp for Sham Battle
In Frankfort on the Oder eighty thousand soldiers camp tonight with twelve thousand more quartered in farm houses awaiting a four day sham battle starting at dawn tomorrow. Cavalry skirmishes occurred today as roads lay in poor condition after recent rains.
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Frankfort-on-the-Oder
Bonn
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