Butte News Collage Shows Crime Losses and Local Shocks
Coyotes probe Columbia gardens in Butte and a round of thefts, saloon gunplay, and a train wreck follow. Banking firm closes in Round Mountain Nevada while Bozeman reopens after scarlet fever and diphtheria outbreak. Officials report eggs price rise at Butte market and a coroner clears a Helena youth in a fatal farm dispute.
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Columbia Gardens
Butte
Will House
Round Mountain Banking Corporation
Round Mountain
Tonopah
Nevada
Agricultural
Bozeman
Mont
St Paul
Rocky Mountains
Frank Spaulding
Episcopal Diocese of
Utah
Salt Lake
Nn Western
Colorado
Bishop Knight
Vsheart
Samuel Alexander
Bart Monahan
Co. B. Davis
Southern Pacific
Imlay
Nev
Denver
Hume Hahn
Helena
Mark Ansden
Hahn
Joe Grimminni
Louise Toinois
Reno
Goldfield
Olive
Plains
E. B. Carney
Secretary of State
State of Washington
Taft
Independence
Prohibition
Miles City
Montana, Wyoming & Southern Railway
State of Wyoming
Cheyenne
Sam H. Treloar
Boston and Montana
Bingham-Butte Consolidated Company
Pingham
Treloar
Montana
James Geary
Deer Lodge County
Helmville
Geary
Denver Retains Headquarters and Mining Congress Actions
The eleventh national convention of the American Mining Congress adjourned in Pittsburg after a four day session. Officers elected include J H Richards Boise Idaho and W F R Mills Denver as senior officers. directors include E G Bromley Denver H Foster Bain Urbana and Samuel A Taylor Pittsburg. Resolutions urged mine disaster prevention miner compensation and a tax to support widows and injured miners. Headquarters location remains Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
American Mining Congress
Colonial Annex Hotel
J. H. Richards
Boise
Ida
E. R. Buckley
Flat River
John Dern
Salt Lake City
W. F. R. Mills
Denver
J. F. Gallbreath
E. G. Bromley
Colo
H. Foster Bain
Urbana
Samuel A. ‘Taylor
VICTORIOUS HAYTIEN GENERAL ENTERS PORT AU PRINCE
General Simon arrives at Port au Prince with an army and proclaims himself chief executive while planning a provisional government. Exiles General Fouchard lands after a cordial meeting with Simon who then names Fouchard chief executive of the army as guns fire a 21 gun salute. Strife grows around Goanives and St Marie where Antoine Firmin’s movement gains strength.
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Simon
Port Au Prince
Oteri
Kingston
Fouchard
Goanives
St. Marie
Antoine Firmin
Netherlands Blocks Venezuelan Ports With Naval Demonstration
The Netherlands began a naval show of force off Venezuela after failed talks. Ships including the Jacob van Heemskerk, Gelderland and Freisland steamed from Puerto Cabello to La Guaira and Maracaibo in a multi day display aimed at establishing a blockade readiness.
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Willemstad
Venezuela
Netherlands
South American Republic
Puerto Cabello
la Guaira
Jacob van Heemskerk
Gelderland
Freisland
Maracaibo
Heemskerk
Bay of
Butte Mass Meeting Protests Washoe Smelter Closure
A large audience in Butte led by Mayor Joseph Corby gathered at the Auditorium to oppose federal action that might close the Washoe smelter at Anaconda. Resolutions denouncing such intervention were adopted and sent to President Roosevelt and U S Senators Carter Dixon and Rep Pray.
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Butte
Mont
Joseph Corby
Anaconda
Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas Carter
Joseph M. Dixon
Charles N. Pray
Convictions in Sherman Antitrust Case In Salt Lake City
In Salt Lake City a federal court convicted Union Pacific Railroad and Oregon Short Line Railroad along with Union Pacific Coal and executives Everett Buckingham and J M Moore for Sherman antitrust violations. Each party faces up to 5000 fine and up to one year jail, corporations only fined. Verdict holds coal price fixing aimed at depriving D J Sharp of coal due to price cuts. The case likely goes to the U S circuit court of appeals then possibly the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Oregon Short Line Railroad Company
Union Pacific Coal Company
E. Buckingham
Oregon Short Line
J. M. Moore
Western
Everett Buckingham
Coal Company
D. J. Sharp
Salt Lake
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
Parley L. Williams
Four Cosino Garcia family murdered in Trinidad area
In Trinidad Colorado the Cosino Garcia family were found fatally stabbed with an ax in separate beds at their Corriso Creek home. Maggie Garcia 18 is missing and believed dead or kidnapped. Francisco Martinez, once courting Maggie, also missing and suspected. he was last seen near the Garcia ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinidad, Colo
Cosino Garcia
Corriso Creek
Trinidad
Nicholas Fernandez
Maggie Garcia
Francisco Martinez
Tso
Martinez
New Mexico
Garcia Ranch
Garcia Place
Garcia
Castro Must Apologize For Expulsion Of French Official
Paris reports that if President Castro of Venezuela visits Bordeaux he cannot land in France without a formal apology. The cabinet kept the plan secret fearing a Santander arrival and possible urgent hospital care. The move seeks redress for Castro’s expulsion of M. Vaigny, the French chargé d’affaires, in January 1906.
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Paris
Castro
Venezuela
Bordeaux
France
Satander
Spain
M. Vaigny
Soo City Wreck off Cape Race Claims Crew Loss
Wreckage from the Soo City, a twenty year Lakes excursion steamer, washed ashore at Cape Race revealing a likely total loss of the vessel and its crew after a gale two days earlier. Captain John G. Dillon of Brooklyn commanded the ship. exact crew numbers are uncertain though at least eighteen aboard with reports of twenty eight recently.
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St. Johns
N. P
Cape Race
Soo City
Great Lakes
Newfoundland
John G. Dillon
Brooklyn
United States
Missouri
Mining congress opens in Pittsburg at federal lab ceremony
Miners, operators, engineers, scientists, and officials gather in Pittsburg for the American Mining congress. The ceremony includes dedication of the federal laboratory and testing stations with an artificial mine showing explosion outcomes and safety agency tests. Secretary James R. Garfield presides with remarks by John Mitchell and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
American Mining Congress
Secretary of the Interior
James R. Garfield
John Mitchell
Miners’ Organization
Anc Ty Operators
Senator Dick Calls for Federal Bureau of Mines Establishment
Senator Charles F. Dick of Ohio headlined the American Mining congress at North Side Carnegie Music Hall in Pittsburgh. He urged creation of a federal Bureau of Mines within the interior department and a substantial appropriation for investigations. Also speaking were Congressman W F Englebright and George H Harrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Charles F. Dick
Ohio
American Mining Congress
North Side
Carnegie Music Hall
Bureau of Mines
Department of the Interior
W. F. Englebright
Nevada City
Cal
George H. Harrison
Columbus
Burton Seen As Treasury Chief Prospect In Washington
Washington reports say Representative Theodore E. Burton of Ohio has been offered the treasury portfolio. Burton, a long studied financier with Banking and Currency Committee ties, would prefer the treasury post but hopes for a Senate seat over a cabinet role.
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Washington
Theodore E. Burton
Ohio
Secretary of the Treasury
Cleveland
House Committee On
Cannon
Burton
Senate
Fog Shuts Berkeley Ferry in Dense Marin Fog
In thick fog in Oakland California the ferry steamer Berkeley grazed the pier while approaching the slip at the Oakland mole injuring eight or ten people with one fatality The collision toppled the forward lifeboat stanchions and dropped the heavy boat onto the crowd below.
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Oakland
Cal
Berkeley
Moyer Works to Free Preston and Smith in Carson City
Charles Moyer head of the Western Federation of Miners visits Carson City Nevada to advocate for Preston and Smith jailed in Goldfield murder case. Accompanying him is Jim Burns, another federation official, as they push for clemency and legal relief amid the labor trouble case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson City
Nev
Charles Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Preston
Smith
Jota Silva
Goldfield
Moyer
Jim Burns
Western Federation
Arrested on Old Charge in Helena
Helena Montana George A Mitchell operator at Perma when the wreck at Olive occurred September 5 was arrested here Sunday night by Sheriff Massey of Sanders county on a charge of manslaughter. He was recently exonerated by a jury at Thompson Falls on the same charge. He had come to Helena hoping to get a position and was greatly surprised at being taken into custody the second time on the same charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena, Mont
George A. Mitchell
Perma
Olive
Massey
Sanders County
Thompson Falls
Helena
Panama Canal Bond Bids Exceed Forecast at Treasury
Bids for 30 million dollars in Panama Canal bonds closed at 4 30 Saturday afternoon underscoring heavy demand. Secretary Cortelyou noted bids vastly oversubscribed and said details on numbers and prices would be released later due to tabulation work.
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Panama
Washington
Panama Canal
Cortelyou
Treasury Department
Murdered Over Debt in Vernal Shooting
Vernal Utah saw a fatal shooting when Gilbert Workman shot James N Griffin on a street after a debt dispute. Griffin died minutes after being shot twice as Workman demanded repayment.
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Vernal
Utah
James N. Griffin
Gilbert Workman
Workman
Griffin
Workman de Mande
Denver Seizes Large Quantities of Fake Butter
Deputies of the internal revenue office conduct what is described as the largest raid on imitation butter makers in Denver. The biggest seizure to date totals 30,000 pounds from Star Creamery, led by former State Senator J. E. Button as president. Additional raids have confiscated over 2,000 pounds to curb the traffic.
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Denver
Internal Revenue Office
Star Creamery
J. E. Button
D. M. Clemson Lost in Lake Superior Gale with 22 Crew
The steel freight steamer D. M. Clemson carrying coal from Lorain to Duluth sank in a Lake Superior gale last week. Twenty two crew members perished. Owner A. B. Wolvin of Duluth abandoned hope Sunday night, suspecting the vessel lies at the bottom. Master S. R. Chamberlain of Duluth led the doomed voyage.
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Duluth
Minn
D. M. Clemson
Loraine
Lake Superior
A. B. Wolvin
Clemson
Hope
S. R. Chamberlain
Historic Malvern Hill mansion burns near Richmond
The Malvern Hill colonial residence in Charles City County, 17 miles below Richmond on the James River, belonging to William H. Hall of New York, was destroyed by fire on Thursday while Hall hosted a party from New York. Built by Governor Randolph about 270 years ago, the house once sheltered General Lafayette during the Revolutionary War and the farm witnessed the Battle of Malvern Hill.
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Richmond
Malvern Hill
Charles
James River
William H. Hall
New York
Hall
Randolph
Lafayette
Trains Collide on Santa Fe Line Near Amarillo
Two dead and three seriously hurt after a Sunday collision on the Plainview branch west of Amarillo at Haney. Engines lifted high, wreckage strewn. passengers largely spared. Deceased are Ed Maham of Roswell and K Smith of Carlsbad. others injured listed.
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Amarillo
Tex
Plainview
Santa Fe
Haney
Here
Ed. Maham
Roswell
N. M
Repeal Talk Sparks Debate Over Timber and Stone Act
Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota urged repealing the Timber and Stone Act at a National Conservation Commission session. He argued millions of acres were taken by land speculators at low figures and sold later for big gains as debate drew in Senators Flint Smoot and Dixon.
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Washington
National Conservation Commission
Knute Nelson
Minnesota
Nelson
Flint, Smoot and
Dixon
Government probes loans to P F Trainor by Southern Pipe
Federal counsel pushed to learn the purpose of loans totaling 22 million dollars from the Southern Pipe Line company to P F Trainor. In cross examination, John D Archbold offered little help as government inquisitor Frank Kellogg pursued leads for over a year without solving the mystery in the suit to dissolve the trust.
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New York
P. F. Trainor
Southern Pipe Line Company
Standard
John D. Archbold
Frank B. Kellogg
Deaf and Blind Pupils Escape Fire at Idaho School
The old Central school building housing the Idaho state school for deaf and blind students caught fire Friday morning. Forty four pupils, all deaf and blind, were sleeping on the third floor but were led to safety as the blaze began in their dormitory area and the children were orderly brought to the basement for breakfast.
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Boise
Central School
Idaho State School For Deaf, Dumb and Blind
Four Perish in Pricesburg Fire in Scranton
Four people die in a blaze that started from an overheated kitchen stove destroying the Shapiro block in Priceburg Scranton. Victims: Abraham Shapiro merchant his son Arthur daughter Anna and mother in law Mrs Sarah Blatski. Mrs Shapiro was lowered by ladder two sons escaped through windows one with a fractured ankle another son returned home from a nearby town as the roof collapsed.
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Scranton
Shapiro
Priceburg
Abraham Shapiro
Arthur
Anna
Inlaw
Sarah Blatski
Sha- Liro
President Alexis Deposed in Haitian Revolution and Flight
In Port au Prince Nord Alexis is deposed and seeks refuge aboard the French ship Duguay Trouin as General Legitime is proclaimed president and General Simon leads 5000 insurgents. A mob swarms the palace and wharf, guns fire to clear rioters, and a seized trunk yields 10,000 gold and 20,000 gourdes.
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Port Au Prince
Nord Alexis
Port -Au- Prince
Antoine Simon
Legitime
Alexis
M. Carteron
M. Cameron
Hipolyte
Burglars Loot First National Bank in Pepperell
Fourteen thousand dollars in cash was taken from the First National Bank in Pepperell Massachusetts after a vault was blown. Police believe professional burglars carried out the job with three men seen fleeing in an automobile. Bills and silver were scattered inside the vault and a large amount of gold remained untouched except for a missing $10 Colt.
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Pepperell
Mass
First National Bank
Monetary Commission Hears Treasury Critics on Bank Examinations
Washington officials told the national monetary commission that defects in exam methods and the inability of the comptroller to deal with infractions without severe penalties hinder enforcement. They said a general revision is not contemplated, and any changes will likely be frictionless amendments workable within current law.
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Washington
National Monetary Commission
Treasury Department
Stock Losses Forecast as Cattle Starve in Colorado
Thousands of Colorado cattle are starving with winter losses expected to be unprecedented. Feed is scarce and expensive with hay priced at 25 to 30 dollars per ton in the Arkansas valley and Park range districts. Early snow in October blankets the Park range, leaving stockmen unprepared.
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Denver
Colorado
Arkansas Valley
Park Range
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Pioneer Printing and Publishing Company
IG Timber
Northwest
Congress
Haytien
Government Bureau of Mines
Alexis OF
Hayti
Monetary Commission Meets
Treasury
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