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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1900
Page
9
A former student later appointed principal of Bozeman high school, then elected city superintendent, building a strong reputation as an educator. He has wide contact with eastern Montana and is noted for active involvement in the State Educational association and modern educational matters.
A speaker urges taking on the work rather than leaving it for others noting Seward's Alaska purchase and the later expansion to the Hawaiian and Philippine islands. The speaker envisions the Pacific as the American arena for future prosperity and calls for reelection of McKinley and Roosevelt with three cheers.
S. G. Murray, the Republican congressional nominee, hails from Ohio. Born on a farm he pursued education, teaching in a country district at age seventeen funded by his teaching earnings.
Mr. Murray, educated at Wabash College, taught in Helena and Missoula, studied law, and was admitted in 1885. A genial man with high morals, he held county offices, served in the territorial legislature, and played a leading role in Western Montana litigation and public interests.
Abraham N. Yoder, state auditor nominee, born 1856 in Ohio, grew up on a farm, and graduated from Mount Union College in 1875. He taught briefly, then moved west to Denver in 1877, Salt Lake in 1878, and Butte, Montana, where he has remained and entered jewelry business fourteen years ago, later serving as city treasurer of Butte.
The report notes that he earned a reputation as a capable officer by having been a successful businessman.
The narrative traces Thomas J Porter from a farm upbringing and public schooling to prep school in 1874 and college in Lebanon Ohio where he earned high honors. He taught briefly then studied law with John E Smith before moving to Montana in 1886 to lead Miles City schools and join the firm Strevell Porter. He has been a Republican activist and for four years chaired the Custer County Republican committee.
Mr Porter has also served as county attorney of Custer county for the past four years.
The Republican nominee for state treasurer, born in Helena on September 11, 188, was educated in Helena public schools. At eighteen he started a crockery and glassware business and entered politics, serving on the city council in 1894 and becoming Helena mayor in 1898 by a large margin. He was re elected in April and supports municipal ownership and taxpayer votes on large expenditures.
C C Proctor a Great Falls printer and former De Pere editor rises as Republican candidate for state auditor. He served as Cascade county deputy sheriff and sheriff, led union activity, and moved from Wisconsin to Montana for work. The piece outlines his career and early life in Ontario and New Hampshire roots.
Prof. W. E. Harmon of Bozeman is the Republican nominee for state superintendent of public instruction. A longtime educator, he has served nearly 14 years as Bozeman city schools superintendent and is well known in educational circles. Born in 1856 in Northwestern Ohio, he educated in rural schools and Morenci High School before attending Valparaiso Normal School. He taught five years at Valparaiso, led Clayton and Fayette high schools, then moved to Montana fifteen years ago to become Livingston High School principal.
Longtime eastern Montana booster Paul McCormick from Billings rose from ranching and stock growing in Gallatin valley to heading a major mercantile firm. Born 1845 in New York, he aided against Indian conflicts with Col. Baker and Major Pease, later moved to Junction City, then established McCormick Mercantile in Billings. A Republican influencer in Yellowstone County politics.
General Lester Willson born June 16 1839 in St Lawrence county served in the Civil War with the Army of the Potomac and Army of the Tennessee. He came to Montana overland in 1867 settling in Bozeman where he later served in the territorial assembly and built a successful business career. He is a Grand Army of the Republic member respected by townsmen and Montanans alike.
A genealogy note details Gene Kessler born in Philadelphia on March 1 1844 as a member of a German family in Pennsylvania before the Revolutionary War. It traces his lineage to a grandfather a ship’s chandler in the revolutionary navy and to a 1281 ancestor in the One Hundred and Fourth Pennsylvania volunteer infantry. The narrative covers Civil War and Philippine campaigns, his rise to colonel, and brevet appointment as brigadier general of volunteers by President McKinley.
The Milwaukee Sentinel reports Galveston under martial law with soldiers and policemen controlling streets after dark. Written permits are required to move furniture and to search for items near wrecked buildings. Orders to shoot robbers extend to United States troops to restore order and protect life.
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