Machine of Death Ready for Lucey
The gallows for the execution of Daniel Lucey on Friday morning were erected yesterday and will be tested today with Lucey weighed to calibrate the drop. Lucey held a public reception, received flowers from female visitors, and spoke with Father Callahan before Sheriff Regan and County Attorney Kelley. County Physician Sheeran visits daily. Lucey eats well but sleeps poorly, likely due to morphine and whiskey. A niece in Providence wrote a sorrowful letter describing her father, Lucey’s brother, who cries all day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Lucey
Lucey
Lacey
Father Callahan
Regan
Kelley
Ryan
Sheeran
Providence, R. I
Silver Bow County
Montana
Legislative Assembly
Mormon leader George Q Cannon visits Butte en route to Lethbridge
George Q Cannon and the Smith family arrived in Butte and planned to take the Great Northern to northbound Canada. H O Wilson arranged transport to the Butte hotel while Cannon described Mormon colonization efforts near Red Lodge Wyoming and Lethbridge Canada and expected to dedicate a new house of worship there.
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George Q Cannon
Smith
Butte
Oregon Short Line
George Q. Cannon
Great Northern
Monida
Mont
H. O. Wilson
President Snow
Mormon Church
James F. Smith
H. M. Smith
Alvin N Smith
Salt Lake City
Cannon
Lethbridge
Canada
Mr. Cannon
Wyoming
Red Lodge
Husband Pleads as Judge Counsels Drunken Wife Home
The police court heard a miner plead for his wife who had been jailed drunk and disorderly. Judge Sullivan admonished the woman and ordered her release, while neighbors note her 12 children and her husband’s steady care. The description includes the husband’s plea for motherhood and sobriety amid repeated drunken relapses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Nipper
Pockets Picked Clean Experience of a Son of the Desert
A report on a theft incident along Galena Street recounts a traveler known as a Son of the Desert who had his pockets picked. City police investigate the event and seek witnesses. No injuries reported and investigators request any helpful information from residents.
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Galena Street
Nimble Fingered Salem Asead Aids and Admits Loss
Salem Asead arrived from Arabia and wandered with a friend on Galena Street in Butte. He could not speak English but understood some words. Inside a home they were invited in by two girls who spoke briefly with them as Salem carried two crisp $50 bills and $20 in his pockets.
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Salem Asead
Butte
Arabia
Galena Street
Salem
Clark
Paris
Montana
Charley Clark
Robbery in a Desert Encounter on Galena Street
Salem Asead reported losing 20 dollars and fifty dollar bills after a man’s attack and embrace on Galena street. He pursued the thief to a closed den, then spent the night on the sidewalk. A warrant for Jennie Doe was issued. Asead waits near her home as investigations continue.
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Salem
Galena Street
Jennie Doe
Salem Asead
A Good Collector Forges Complaint Sparks Warrant
Babe Simington reported to the county attorney leading to a grand larceny warrant for Burt Marsh. She said a miner owed $70, and Marsh and a brother handled the account, taking the money on the 24th last month after promising collection.
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Babe Simington
Burt Marsh
Simington
Homestake
Maresh
Brother
Marsh
Ananias and a Shanghai Dispatches Quotation
A fragment notes that if Ananias could read the dispatches from Shanghai he would be content to remain dead. The line appears to reflect a literary or philosophical aside on perception and fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ananias
Shanghai
Philadelphia
Reversed the Old Game Woman Robbed on Galena Street
A woman was robbed on Galena Street in an incident described as reversing the usual game. Police investigated details and sought witnesses as the case unfolded.
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Galena Street
Two Men Named in Robbery Warrant in Galena Street Case
Josie Williams, a Galena street resident, alleges Patrick McMahon and James Mitchell entered her den uninvited and assaulted her after demanding money. A warrant for robbery was issued after the complaint to Justice Smith of South Butte and the pair were arrested last evening. Williams says she counted money, a $20 bill lay on the dresser, and the men forced entry, knocked her down, and fled with the cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josie Williams
Galena Street
Patrick McMahon
James Mitchell
Court of Justice
Clarkites Abandon Democratic Primaries Reported
Clark faction signals independent primaries while factional leaders dispute legality and plans. A key meeting amid pressure collapses. reporters excluded as sides argue over Clark control and acceptable representation ahead of Helena contest.
Revere Paralleled by Heroic Ride to Taku
Jim Watts of Tientsin rode six miles to Taku to warn Admiral Kempff as shelling and Boxer danger engulfed Tientsin. Despite hostile crowds and firefight, Watts delivered the warning aboard Kempff's flagship, marking the first alert of the rising threat to foreign legations.
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Paul Revere
Jim Watts
Tientsin
Taku
Hexsers
Admiral Kempff
Watts
Captain Watts
China
Gordon Hall
Daylah
Missionaries in China and the Christianizing Drive
The effort to Christianize China has grown since its start years ago with 43 missionary groups totaling about 2300 missionaries. Alongside are over 5000 native pastors and assistants, nearly 109000 Protestant converts, and about 9900 students in mission schools. Auxiliary societies such as Bible, educational and Young Men's and Women's Christian associations plus mission printing offices push the cause under Li Hung Chang’s remark on Chinese soul care.
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N Mission
Mission
Young Women’s Christian Associations
Christian Endeavor Societies
China
Li Hung Chang
United States
America
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Machine OF Death
The
Church of Latter Day Saints
Mori Agi Ware
Legs Jeweler
Optician
Owsley Block Butte
N. Main St
Butte, Mont
Jack McLaughlin
Clark Democrats
New York
P. J. McArthur
Democratic Central Committee
Helena
Central Committee
A. H. Barret
F. FE. Corbett
W. M Bickford
Messrs. Corbett
Rickford
Messrs
Corbett
Bickford
Dingeron
Lark
Heinze
Hicinze Republican
Saxony
Courtney’s Cash Grocery
Park Street
Roquefort
Japan
India
Ceylon
Ib Choice
California
Eure
Collins Land CO
Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Hardware Department OF
Butte Georner Malin and Quartz Streets
Neee
Egates
John Cadigan
City Hall
Walkerville
John Curran
P. J. Sullivan
Hibernian Hall
Union House
Grant's Place
North
Dugan
Florence
Oetagnon
Galena Clarence
S.seeer
William Gallick
West Porphyry
Main
Kiondike
South Arizona Keystone
East Park
Watson Avenue
Judge Miller
Meaderville
Joe Lazzari
Mullin
Silver Bow Park
Lawrence Toule
Lake View House
Centennial Brewery
John Jane
Burlington
William Stolte
Silver Bow
Brown's Gulch
Ed Gavin
Silver Bow Junction
Feeley
Pat Lilly
Divide
Napoleon Guyer
Melrose
James Lamb
Lipper
Ralston House
Ralston
County Central Com
Dgay Stivers
Brary Rynolds & McDowell Cottage
West Galena
Andy Dahblock
Talbot Avenue
Meaderville School House
Basin Creek
Kehoe’s
Rocker
Brown's Gulch Soap Gulch
Gregson Springs
Mittee
P. J. McArther
Davol Medicine CO
P.O
San Francisco
Cal
Martin Drug Company
Anaconda
Mon
Liver Bow County
Jerry McCarthy
T. G. Heine
Hennessy
Democratic Party of
Renshaw Hall
Putts, Mont
Sites Theater
China War
Sutton’s
Electric Contracting Co
East Broadway
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