Making a Strong Case on Bribes in St Louis Lighting Bill
Grand jury probes city lighting bill payments totaling about 47000 to house committee members and other sums to ringsters in the council. Key witnesses include former delegates Mepham and Nieber, with officials pursuing bribe givers as authorities seek indictments. A $700 reward is offered for Charles E Kelly as court actions sweep core figures into the case.
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St. Louis
House
Ringsters
Fambiya
W. Laer
Wasa
Kngil
Bigar Mepham
Jens
Nieber
JAK
Mephain
Charlies E. Kelly
Fouk
Adolph Wailiner
Sheridan House
Folk
Mr. Kelly
Kelly
J. K. Murrell
Combine
Murrell
Circuit
Jefferson City
Chester H. Krum
Gantt
Supreme Court
St. Louis County
John Helms
Charles A. Gutike
William Tamblyn
Otto Schumacher
J. H. Schnettler
Krum
Gold Shipments Seen From London May Reach U S
A London arbitrage house official said there is inquiry and some exportable gold for the United States. About $400,000 is afloat from Cape and other sources and may soon be available. He doubts a large export movement unless American competition rises. The open market price is a cent above bank price. He believes United States demand and Europe debt will limit urgency.
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London
United States
Associated Press
Cape
America
Europe
New York
Helena’s Oldest Carpenter Joseph Black Dies at 80
Special Dispatch reports in Helena that Joseph Black, regarded as the city's oldest carpenter, died this morning at his Sighth avenue home. He was more than 80 years old.
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the Standard
Helena
Joseph Black
Sighth Avenue
Dearfield Mercantile Files Bankruptcy Petition
Special Dispatch to the Standard Helena. Fergus county firm Dearfield Mercantile seeks insolvency in district court. assets listed at 14 754 dollars with liabilities of 14 009.41 dollars.
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Helena
Dearfield Mercantile Company
Fergus County
Emperor William praises Roosevelt and New York leadership in Berlin farewell
In Berlin on Sept. 12 Emperor William bid farewell to Generals Corbin Young and Wood and praised President Roosevelt for versatility and hard work. He noted admiration for Miss Roosevelt and Miss Alice, and discussed German representations for the St Louis exposition. The Americans praised the German army’s spirit and pledged further exchanges as Corbin, Young, Johnston, and McKinley proceed to Düsseldorf and Paris.
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Berlin
William
Corbin
Young
Wood
Roosevelt
Seth Lows
New York
Andrew D White
United States
Germany
Roosvelt
St Louis Exposition
Alice
Mioperer William
Evel Roberts
General Young
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Prince Henry
Frederick the Great
Washington
Col
John A. Johnston
McKinley
Dusseldorf
Paris
London
General Wood
McCoy
Dresden
Austria
Ranchman Wins Land Claim Appeal in Choteau County
William Blevins, a Choteau county ranchman, gained possession of land at the Highwood creek junction with the Missouri river after a 160 acre excess was disputed. He offered $1.25 per acre for the extra land, and after hearings the Helena land office allowed the amendment of his patent. The decision was affirmed by the commissioner of the general land office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Standard
Helena
Choteau County
William Blevins
Bleving
Highwood Creek
Missouri River
Great Falls
Brewns
John
Tilevins
W. 8. Frary
Blevins
General Land Office
Masonic bodies to send representatives to grand lodge
Great Falls Masons from Blue Lodge Chapter and Knights Templars prepare for the grand lodge meeting. Delegates include Woehner Race Danks Brown and others with Race serving as grand representative for Montana. Delegation plans to depart Sunday morning.
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Great Falls
Grand Lodge
Blue Lodge
F. A. Woehner
W. M
W. N. Race
W. W. C. Danks
J. W
F. W. Woehner
H. P
W. FP. Brown
Knights Templars
F. H. Jones
ER. C
M. N. Race
H. Cooney
W. F. Brown
J. T. Athey
State of
Montana
Women’s Guild Elects Officers for Incarnation Church
The Women’s Guild of the Church of the Incarnation elects officers for the coming year. President Mrs. Matt Dunn, vice president Mrs. Fred Wright, directress Mrs. W. E. Chamberlain, secretary-treasurer Mrs. Lewis Lockett. Regular meetings to be held Fridays at 2 o’clock in the church rectory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Women's Guild of the
Church of the Incarnation
Matt Dunn
Fred Wright
W. EF. Chamberlain
Lewis Lockett
Curran Returns After Salt Lake City Bout Cancelled
Jack Curran came back from Salt Lake City today without meeting Thompson as planned. The wrestling match was to open in the city under the athletic club but was postponed for opening delays and other unfavorable conditions.
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Great Falls
Jack Curran
Salt Lake City
Thompson
Athletic Club
Place
Gwendolin Astor Dies at Clivedon at Age Nine
Miss Gwendolin Astor, daughter of William Waldorf Astor, died of consumption this morning at Clivedon. The body will be taken to New York for burial. The young heiress was nine years old.
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London
William Waldorf Astor
Gwendolin
Clivedon
New York
Gwendolin Astor
Ex Chief Justice Charles B. Andrews Dies in Connecticut
Ex chief justice of the Connecticut supreme court Charles B. Andrews died at his Litchfield home today from heart disease. He served as chief justice and was a prominent legal figure in the state for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litchfield, Conn
Charles B. Andrews
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Rupture in Isthmus Fall Trade in Bass It Looks Serious
Navy reports two warships, Wisconsin and Cincinnati, sailing toward the Isthmus. Rear Admiral Casey to command naval forces aboard the Wisconsin on arrival. Pradstreet's notes fall trade expansion with strong commodity prices, active building, and limited fuel, wheat exports, and business failures rising modestly.
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Washington
Navy Department
Casey
Pacific
Wisconsin
Bremerton
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
T. C. McLean
Cincinnati
Colon
Moody
Panama
New York
Pradstreet
Suoe
Portsburoh
Chicago
St. Louis
Canada
Marrying and Divorcing Divides Anglican Synod in Montreal
St John New Brunswick September 12 Anglican general synod in Montreal debates marriage and divorce rules. Delegates push for new legislation but no changes. synod votes to prohibit marrying a deceased wife’s sister or her sister’s daughter. House of bishops backs barring remarriage of divorced persons and asks adoption by clergy nationwide.
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St. John
N. B
General Synod
Anglican Church
Montreal
Canada
House of Bishops
House of Deputes
Lengland
Canda
Burial of Union county’s first coffin horse Propoet Wilkes in Ohio
In Marysville Ohio on September 12 the pacing stallion Propoet Wilkes was buried in a coffin the first known in Union county and perhaps the state. The 20 year old horse owned by John N Laird died this morning after a short illness of congestion of the bowels. He stood about 11 hands with a 2:14 to 2:30 record and weighed 1150 pounds valued at 3000 dollars. The burial followed a specially built box for a decent interment reflecting his racing lineage from George Wilkes through Onward and Edwin Forest. Bred by Timothy Anglin of Lexington Kentucky, Propoet Wilkes was noted as a fine looking stallion and a profitable asset to his owner.
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Marysville
Ohio
Union County
Propoet Wilkes
John N. Laird
Prophet Wilkes
Laird
Profit Wilkes
Yealy
George Wilkes
Onward
Angelin
Gladiator, Jr
Edwin Forest
Timothy Angelin
Lexington
Wisconsin Sails Through Smoky Puget Sound Toward Panama
A Bremerton dispatch reports the Wisconsin pushing into smoke from forest fires at 1 PM. The warship sails under sealed orders with 500 Marines aboard and ammunition to breach the canal if needed. Admiral Casey predicted a 14 day voyage to Panama as Captain Burwell takes the ship to sea.
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Seattle
Wash
Times
Bremerton
Wisconsin
Puget Sound
Panama
Casey
San Francisco
Burwell
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Prince in a Quandary in Rome over Rospitios Marriage
The lawyers for Princess Rospitios formerly Miss Marie Reid of Washington D C request that the original registers of St Matthew s church Washington and the chancelery of Baltimore be brought to Rome. They aim to prove no church dispensation for her marriage to Mr Parkhurst was granted.
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Rome
Spt
Rospi¢tios
Marie Reid
Washington, D. C
Frederick Parkhurst
Bangor
St. Matthew's Church
Washington
Baltimore
Czar Accepts Baron de Staal’s London Ambassadorship Retirement
The Official Gazette reports a czar rescript allowing Baron de Staal to retire from the Russian ambassadorship in London due to ill health. He will join the council of the empire.
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St. Petersburg
Baron de Staal
London
Council of the Empire
Queen of the Belgians II Attack in Spa
The queen of the Belgians suffered an asthma attack in Spa on September 12. Her condition is serious but there is no immediate danger reported.
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Spa
Belgium
Western crop outlook viewed by Secretary Wilson
Secretary Wilson returns from a Western tour covering Nebraska Kansas Iowa Illinois Indiana and Ohio noting no great regional abundance but good corn crop and frost safe. He cites very fine Western wheat and exceptionally good grass with a ten year rise in cattle numbers suggesting lower meat prices.
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Washington
Wilson
West
Nebraska
Kansas
Iowa
Plinoeis
Indiana
Oho
United States
Land Fraud Probe Moves Through Great Falls District
Special agent M B Camplin arrives in Great Falls to scrutinize desert land entries and perjury risks. He warns violators will be prosecuted and asks residents to report suspected land frauds to the interior department. Edward Sullivan, an old-time gambler, is declared sane by Judge Clements after walking from Warm Springs to Helena.
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Standard
Great Falls
M. B. Camplin
Department of the Interior
Camplin
Department of the Interior Direct
The
Helena
Warm Springs
Edward Sullivan
Northwest
Clements
Sullivan
Eighth Avenue
Montana
Police chief files charge against John Vinson in distur bing the peace
Chief of Police Jackson filed a complaint in Justice Fraser's court charging John Vinson with disturbing the peace. Officers say Vinson was intoxicated at the race track yesterday and fought several men, drew a revolver, and was arrested and jailed. He will be tried tomorrow.
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The
Standard
Billings
Jackson
John Vinson
Fraser
Vinson
Three County Conventions Set Dates in Flathead
The Flathead republican central committee fixed the county convention for Sept. 25 and primaries for Sept. 19. Democrats schedule primaries Sept. 17 and convention Sept. 20. Socialists call county convention for Sept. 20 with plans for a full ticket.
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Standard
Kalispell
Republican Central Committee
Flathead County
Cuticura Remedies for Skin Scalp and Hair in Infants
An old advertisement extols Cuticura products as safe remedies for infant skin and scalp issues. It promotes warm baths with Cuticura soap to cleanse crusts and scales, and Cuticura ointment to ease itching and inflammation. It claims universal usage by millions of women for baby rashes and scalp care, plus various skin benefits.
Change in Mail Service Delays White Star Vessels
London reports that after October 1 mails for White Star steamers will reach Queenstown at 10 15 a m on Thursdays instead of 7 a m. The delay follows White Star line’s refusal to further cooperate with the post office in linking with the mail boat from Fuston station London to Dublin. The line previously contributed 30000 dollars annually to the acceleration but says it will not continue.
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London
White Star Line
Queenstown
General Post Office
Servce
Fuston
Dublin
Not the General but His Nephew
Berlin reports a nephew of General is mentioned in court or political dispatches dated September 12. The fragment notes familial tie to a high-ranking officer, implying intrigue or succession concerns without detailing events or identities.
General Dewet Treated for Gunshot Wound
Boer general General Dewet arrived to receive treatment from Professor Bergmann for a gunshot wound. The paper incorrectly reported that Dewet had a bullet removed from his body.
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Eral Dewet
Professor Bergmann
General Dewet
Andrew Florida Declared Insane and Committed
In Helena on September 12 Andrew Florida was adjudged insane and ordered committed to the asylum. The court found his delusion involved that he was guided by heavenly spirits and compelled to follow their commands to go where they called him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Standard
Helena
Andrew Florida
Florida
Democratic State Convention Planned in Bozeman Sept 25 1902
The Democratic State Central Committee met in Helena September 2 1902 and ordered a convention in Bozeman at 10 30 a m on September 25 1902 to nominate a representative to Congress and an associate justice of the Montana Supreme Court plus other business. Delegates are apportioned by county with one delegate per 70 votes and three at large per county. The committee set rules for delegation voting and presence, with Walter Cooper as chair and Harvey Bliss as secretary.
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Helena
Mont
Democratic State Central Committee
Bozeman
Congress of the United States
Supreme Court
Montana
Eod Votrore
Shaebes
Biden
Corongia
Mastek
Arent Schaus
PGI
Nateabay
Uae
State Central Committee
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ST. Louts
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Gans
Klein
North Main St
Emperor William
Seth Low
White
Masonic Grand Lodge
Women's Guild Offeers
Miss Astor
Bass
Northwestern Markets
Bradstreets
New Bruns
Wick
Darth
Queen of
Our
Butte
Will
Secretary of the Interior
Deter
Punisher
Walter Cooper
Harvey Bliss
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