Early Day Plamtes On Me Jay After Release From Bastile
Fragmentary account states James B. Daniels was tried by a court lacking jurisdiction and sentenced by a judge without authority. A governor’s reprieve is described as mistaken and the subject was hanged in Helena, involving Virginia City Montana and Helena Vig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay
Virginia City
Montana
James B. Daniels
A& Court
Helena
Norelund Co
St. Louis
Alexander Leggatt
Butte
Thomas Francis Meagher
Daniels
Meagher
Plummer
J. A. Sanders
Pienistorien
Nathaniel P. Langford
California
Gartley
Lyman E. Munson
United States
John E. Shober
Territorial
Edgerton
Bannack
Shober
Munson
Nebraska
Madison County
Judge Munson
Dry Gulch
Broadway
Leggatt
Townsend
Laird
Femiperson
W. Y. Pemberton
Territorial Prison
Pemberton
Lewis and Clark
Montana Territory
Mr. Sanders
M. T
T. F. Meagher
James Daniels
Montana Judges Stand Fast Against Governor in Daniels Case
Montana Territory U.S. Judge L. E. Munson defends judicial independence amid Governor Meagher’s push for legislative action after the Daniels reprieve. The 1866 case recounts vigilante justice, a coerced release, and a fatal vigilante backlash, with Munson urging lawful authority and protecting court integrity.
Old-Time Whisky Runner Recalls Money In Hauling Chinese
Montana story recalls Mike McLean a fur trader and wagon driver who moved whisky and Chinese laborers from Canada into the United States. He details routes methods disguises and bribes highlighting a dangerous era of frontier law avoidance and cross border smuggling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Gladys Robinson Costello
Canada
United States
Mike McLean
Havre
Missouri
Milk
Montana
McLean
Kansas City
St. Louis
Mounted Police
Fort Assinniboine
California Fig Syrup Praised for Constipation Relief
Mrs. W. W. Buchanan of 4615 West Thirty-Fourth Street Denver reports her child Shirley suffered constipation for years until California Fig Syrup was given. She says it produced rapid relief and she now uses it for every upset, noting the product’s pure vegetable ingredients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
W. W. Buchanan
West Thirty-Fourth St
Denver
Shirley
Shovel Projects Colstrip Coal Mining Giant Open Pit
Northern Pacific at Colstrip Montana uses a 1100 ton stripping shovel with a 120 foot boom to mine the Rosebud coal vein. The machine can move 15 tons of earth per shovel, lift to 100 feet high, and dump a yard 300 feet away. The Colstrip operation began after 1923 with Foley Brothers. A second larger pit is planned with 11 million tons of coal over two miles, costing 1.8 million dollars for new plant equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliat
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Colstrip
Mont
Montana
H. E. Stevens
Rosebud
Wyoming
Northern Pacific
Foley Brothers, Inc
Forsyth
United States
Cone Tractors
Trout and Ling Fry Planted in Deer Lodge Streams
According to J N Templer assistant forest supervisor more than 6000000 trout and gray ling fry were planted in streams in the Deer Lodge area last year. He credited Montana sportsmen for preserving fish life within the crest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Lodge
J. N. Templer
Templer
Montana
Captain Welliver Recuperating in Porto Rico Service
Captain E M Welliver, engaged in government service in Porto Rico, is recovering from a severe tropical fever. Mrs Welliver and two sons left to join him. He previously served as field executive with the federal prohibition forces in Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto Rico
E. M. Welliver
Captain Welliver
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Edward B. Neally
William Chumasero
W. ¥. Pemberton
Chumasero
L. E. Munson
U. S
Australia
J. U. Sanders
Wilbur F. Sanders
Montana Society of Pioneers
John Shoher
Ature
N. P
Welliver
State Nursery and Seed Co
Melena, Montana
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