Montana House Holds Separate Organizational Sessions
The Montana House split into two branches with Republicans meeting on Main Street and Democrats at the court house. A. C. Witter was named speaker for the Republicans and Bickely for the Democrats. both chambers organized with sworn members and early recesses. The Senate met at the court house but lacked a quorum as Democrats were absent.
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Helena
Mont
Court House
Kenny
Blake
A. C. Witter
Beaverhead County
House
Bickely of Gallatin
Senate
Richard's
Judge Hunt
Republicans Organize Separate Montana House Seats
In Helena on November 23 Republicans explain their split from the governor's assembled assembly. They base action on Governor Toole’s proclamation and certify election by county clerks. The constitution’s canvassing board is to decide membership while the governor loses power to grant access. Republicans cite lawful separation and reorganization away from governor designated venues.
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Helena
Mont
Republican House
Toole
State Board of Canvassers
Mine Fire At Burrk Stirs Copper District Tragedy
At the St Lawrence mine in Burrk Montana a morning fire trapped four rescuers Weber Lyons Murphy and Page who died from gas and smoke. The blaze spread to the Anaconda mine as timbers burn risking a cave in with nine men unaccounted for. The Anaconda system valued around twenty million dollars.
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Burrk
Mont
St. Lawrence
Weber
Lyons
Murphy
Page
Anaconda
Yale Beats Harvard 6–0 in Closest College Classic
In Springfield Massachusetts on November 23 Yale defeated Harvard 6 to 0 in a noted afternoon game. Earlier Dartmouth beat Williams 20 to 0 in a morning football contest. the Yale Harvard clash drew about twenty thousand spectators and stood as a brilliant, closely fought rivalry game.
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Springfield
Mass
Dartmouth
Williams
Yale
Harvard
Whisky Smugglers
MonoREAL Nov 23 report says C A Gornellier traced whisky smuggling into Canada via St Pierre Miquelon. This year 3,000 barrels of American whisky have been smuggled, costing the government about 300000 in lost revenue on duties.
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Monoreal
C. A. Gornellier
Quebec
Canada
St. Pierce Miquelon
Death by Own Action of Preacher in Biures
The body of Rev. Martin Soren sen, an episcopal clergyman aged 64, was found in a woodshed in Biures on November 23 with a deep neck wound and a wrist wound. Authorities classify it as deliberate self harm attributed to insanity, ending in his death.
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Biures
Martin Sorensen
Horensen
Quotation on Michigan Gold Mine Shaft Find
About 200 pounds of quartz carrying gold from the Michigan mine shaft were taken last night. Assays on three samples show values of 1 6a1, 51 553 and 110 958 dollars, indicating substantial yields from the recent extraction.
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Detxoir
Ishpeming
Aton
Michigan
Electric flashes burn corn for fuel in Hiawatha Kansas
Farmers in Hiawatha Kansas burn corn for fuel as cheaper than coal while in another note a joint net session at Bismarck North Carolina shows Johnson short of a Senate majority. The Cronin case adjourns to Monday without new evidence as the defense prepares to close. Nine lives are believed lost after the Manhattan collided with the Agnes Manning on Thursday night.
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Hiawatha
Kan
Bismarck
N. C
Johnson
United States
Cronin
Old Dominion
Manhattan
Agnes Manning
Lynching of Bland in Disputanta Virginia
A mob seized Bland, the Negro accused of assaulting the daughter of Dr. Gwe, a U S inspector in Alaska, from the jail in Disputanta Virginia. Henry King the colored jailor resisted and kept the keys but the mob dragged Bland toward the jail before discovering anEVs in his pocket and releasing him. Bland begged for mercy without success.
Educated Army Proposal Seeks Universal West Point System
General Lew Wallace writes that the board would expand military education nationwide by turning every fixed post into an academy with a company officer as instructor. Enlisted men would be selected for West Point based on standing, discharged after four years if not chosen, and commissioned officers would be supplied as the army grows.
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Washington
Board of Visitors
West Point Military Academy
Lew Wallace
West Point
Wyoming livestock law reform questions circulated
A Cheyenne dated November 23 circular from Hon T B Adams seeks input from stockmen on revisions to the Maverick law and livestock commission funding. It urges respondent opinions on a possible statewide commission, funding, county representation, Maverick features, sale of Mavericks, and potential new taxes or abolition of bounties.
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T. B. Adams
Cheyenne
Wyo
Deak Sik
Board of Livestock Commissioners
Powderly Predicts Labor Consolidation To Control Elections
In Philadelphia an interview with General Master Workman Powderly claims a fusion of Knights of Labor and Farmers Alliance could form a 3 million vote bloc. He says the coalition would influence the presidency and tariff legislation and could spawn a new political party.
Mormon Immigration Seen Pressing Into Canadian North West
The Journal argues large Mormon immigration may enter Canada from Salt Lake delegates and a Mormon colony near McLeod prospers. Detectives surveil the Lees Creek colony and new arrivals amid fears of a Utah like conflict. public figures urge pre session policy on immigration terms.
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Ottawa
Ont
John McDonald
Canadian Northwest
McLeod
Salt Lake
Dominion
Canada
United States
Utah
Lees Creek
Stubbs Returns to Southern Pacific After Milwaukee Resignation
J C Stubbs vice president of the Milwaukee and St Paul admitted rumors he would resign and return to his old post as general manager of the Southern Pacific. He said SP officials claimed long service obligates them to reconsider him and with St Paul president Miller’s consent he will return, causing a stir in railroad circles.
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Stubbs
Southern Pacific
Milwauner
J. C. Stubbs
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Miller
St. Paul Road
Editor in Jail in Cavendish Street Scandal Case
Lonston November 2 Parke editor of the North London Press arraigned on criminal libel charge regarding the Cavendish street scandal and remanded until tomorrow after being admitted to bail of two pounds.
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Lonston
Parke
North London
Earl of Easton
Cavendish Street
Noted European Forger Brest Norton Rolfe Sentenced
London reports journalist Brest Norton Rolfe received ten years penal servitude for forging a bill of exchange. The judge called him a veteran forger and swindler, noting multiple prior sentences in Europe and America.
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London
Brest
Norton Rolfe
Rolfe
Europe
America
Trust company resolution ends Burton case for 330000
The Farmers' Trust Company of New York settles with ex mining magnate John E. Burton for 330000 in full. Burton withdraws usury allegations and a receiver is appointed to Burton's property. The settlement ends the suit and secures payment in full.
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Racink
Farmers’ ‘Trust Company of
New York
John E. Burton
Burton
Mormon investigation case heard. Penrose case deferred
Arguments were heard in the Mormon investigation today and Judge Anderson took the case under advisement. He recessed consideration on Penrose from the penitentiary for the day.
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Sarr LaKk
Day
Jiss Anderon
Pean Penrose
Cattle Receipts and Prices at Attic Market
Attic Market in Chicago reports cattle receipts of 1,500 head for the period. Beeves sell around 6.00 to 6.80 per hundredweight, steers mix at about 4.80 to 4.60, stockers and feeders around 1.75 to 2.90, with Texas cattle and Western range offerings between 4.00 and 4.80.
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Cmicaco
Pyexas
Western Rangers
Rio Grande Rail Upgrade Targets Westward Connection
Denver and Rio Grande officials met to approve converting the line from Canon City to Grand Junction to standard gauge. This link, nearing completion with Rio Grande Western, would give Missouri Pacific and Chicago Burlington and Quincy a direct lower grade route to San Francisco. Estimated completion cost ranges from 6 to 8 million dollars.
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Rio Grande
Denver and Rio Grande
Canon City
Grand Junction
Rio Grande Western
Denver
San Francisco
Union Pacific Earnings Rise in October Report
The Union Pacific issue for October shows gains over last year with earnings up $298,000, expenses up $102,455, and surplus up $195,555. For ten months ending October, earnings rise $435,455, surplus $903,147, and expenses down $467,659.
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Boston
Union Pacific
Woodruffs Defense Denies Mormon Interference Claims
President Woodruff responds to a Salt Lake City investigation with a dispatch denying church interference in elections. He cites devotion to US law, rejects blood atonement rumors, and affirms endowment secrecy rights while condemning apostate testimony.
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Cuttenco
Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Woodruff
Mormon Church
Congress
United States
Joseph
Hiram Smith
Mormon College Principal Testifies on Plural Marriage
James Tallmande, principal of the Mormon college, testified that pupils were taught that the revelation on plural marriage came from God and that constitutional limits do not override divine revelations. He maintained polygamy was right and the anti polygamy law unconstitutional despite the U S Supreme Court ruling.
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Saur Lake
James ‘Tallmande
Mormon College
United States Supreme Court
Landlord Bids for Rent Despite Delays in Court
A Detroit Free Press item recounts a Circuit Court constable visit over five months of unpaid rent. The tenant cites illness, unemployment, and no dying relatives as delays while the landlord demands payment and legal action proceeds. The caller attempts to verify identity and plan another visit with papers next week.
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Detroit
Double Murder Over a Pool Game in Utah
In Rosston Texas on November 25 John Collins a farmer and his hired man fought in a field after a dispute over a pool game. Both drew knives and slashed each other multiple times. Collins is dying and the other man is dead.
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Utah
Rosston
Texas
John Collins
Collins
Pool dispute ends in murder near Monti
Patrick Mc Taiilane shot Kelley Hansen of Kansas City and W Golding of Salt Lake after a game dispute. Hansen died about an hour later and Golding died the next morning. Both men were part of the Rio Grande surveying party as a posse hunts the killer.
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Salt Lake
Monti
San Pete County
Patrick McTaiilane
Kelley Hansen
Kansas City
W. Golding
Hansen
Golding
Hey
Rio Grande
Mob Hangs Man in Preston Wisconsin Incident
In Preston, seven miles from Hans, Jacob Olsha was seized by a mob and hanged from a tree this morning. The alleged crime is unclear though rumors claim he committed a brutal murder.
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Wuitsenatt
Wis
Preston
Hans
Jacob Olsha
Inferno at Idaho Territorial Insane Asylum Claims Lives
Fire at Blackroot Idaho destroys the territorial insane asylum. Fifty seven of sixty five inmates were rescued while two men and two women are reported dead and four others missing. The blaze started in the kitchen and the main building burned within an hour, with all records lost and losses pegged at thirty thousand dollars.
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Blackroot
Idaho
Territorial Insane Asylum
Warnen
Lyman R. Casey Elected U S Senator on First Ballot
Bismanek November 25 Casey wins the U S Senate seat on the first ballot after ten ballots for the second senator. Final tally shows Casey forty two votes to thirty two for Johnson with scattered votes for others.
Don Cameron’s Cold Advice at Republican State Convention
General Cameron’s remarks recount his son Don Cameron’s bid to control the Republican state convention. The elder Cameron counsels conciliation with rival factions, warning that a hard line could cost Don his influence and his life in politics as events unfold.
Snails as Delicacy Across Europe and Beyond
The article notes snails as a valued delicacy in Dijon and Swiss cantons, with annual earnings for one Parisian proprietor and widespread consumption in Austria, Spain, Italy, and Egypt along the Mediterranean. Hygienists cite 17 percent nitrogenous matter and nutritious value comparable to oysters, reflecting a long European culinary tradition.
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Paris
Dierks
Dijon
Austria
Spain
Ialy
Egypt
Mediterranean
Ine Dowd
Birove
Various Novembers Tales of Disasters and Deeds Across Cities
A compilation of terse items reports a fatal death in Brisels, major property losses in multiple towns, a rail robbery unsuccessfully yielding most of its loot, a large workers strike in Glasgow, and naval powder arrangements in Washington. The notices mention Heela tron works damage in Williamsburg, a wreck on Town Central at Applington, a $300000 fire loss in Loxpos, and a Vatican Germany rift rumor tied to Pall Mall Gazette.
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Lesnosx
George HL Pendleton
Brisels
New York
Heelatron
Williamsburg
Font Doman
Applington
Ampsville
Loxpos
England
Piltapetrnia
Isador HH
Sultzbach
Montana's Mess Senate Recesses as House Swears In
Helena Nov 25 The senate met at ten with eight members present and recessed until two. The democratic lower house opened with twenty eight members and Humber of Deer Lodge sworn in. All officers took oaths. The republican lower house meets this afternoon.
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Helena
Senate
Representative Humber
Deer Lodge County
Bold train robbery near Perry station nets $50,000
Osweep Kansas November 25 Last night the Missouri Kansas and Texas line near Perry station was robbed in a bold professional style. The express car was looted of 50000 dollars and the loss is charged to the Pacific Express company.
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Osweep
Kan
Perry Station
Pacific Express Company
Steamship India Sinks Near Constantinople With 500 Aboard
A report from Constantinople says the steamship India carrying 500 Mohammedan pilgrims has gone down. The captain and two passengers were saved. all other lives are lost or unrecovered.
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Constantinople
India
Toothpicks and Etiquette at Table Manners
Theodore Child in Harper's Bazaar argues against metal and ivory toothpicks as unsanitary and snobbish. He endorses wooden splinters or quills used discreetly and discarded, noting refined European tables use quill picks at wine glasses without drawing attention.
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Theodore Child
Harper's Azar
Europe
Ussty
Charge, Confusion, and a Lost Arm at Trevilliog Station
A conversation describes a man recalling a prior incident where he lost an arm in Missouri about five years earlier after charging a man with deceit and being attacked with a coro knife. The scene involves a manager questioning a person about the event and the arm loss.
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Trevilliog Station
Missouri
Amber Supply Gap Narrowed by Mexico Replacement
A fragment notes amber supply to Europe shrinking and being replaced by shipments from Mexico. The brief hints at trade shifts affecting European markets and sourcing changes without specifying dates or figures.
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Europe
Mexico
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