Cunningham Fatally Shot by Brother in Law at Cash Lodging House
The former Cash lodging house proprietor J V Cunningham, awaiting trial for allegedly trying to kill his wife, was shot dead by his brother in law L L Felker during a visit at the couple’s home on West Galena Street. Felker surrendered after the shooting as coroner Brown prepared an inquest. Cunningham, about 35, and once rumored erratic, left behind notes and a wife and mother in law as key witnesses.
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L. L. Felker
JV. Cunningham
Cash
Weat Garena Street
Aout
Cunninghame
Cunningham
L. A. Felker
Hia
E. BE. Germai
LD. E. Biderkin
Felker
L. A. Smith
Sherif Regan
Duggan
Mr. Rice
C. G. Kohl
aTéie
Mia
Cunnigham
Ed McKinstry
Cash Lodging
McKinstry
Minnie Higgins
J. ¥. Cunningham
Sadie
Thi
Inter Mountain
Charles McKinstry
Mrs. Cunningham
Brown
Cash Lodging House
Galena Street
Salt Lake
L Ving
Dallas
Tex
Coal miners scarce as new mines open
Industry reports a coal famine with insufficient miners to meet demand. Union Pacific’s J M Moore says new mines at Rock Springs Diamondville and Piedmont are breaking in workers, but the railroad uses about 4000 tons monthly and 1200 cars of coal cannot be filled. Montana Music Co.
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Rock Springs
JM. Moore
Union Pacific Coal Company
Moore
Cors
Oregon
Diamondville
Piedmont
Spring Valley
Whisky the Cause and Near Tragedies in Centerville
Pat Sullivan, a miner at Mountain Con, almost died when intoxicated and fell from a porch in Centerville near 8 o clock. He was unconscious, suffered a head concussion, and spent twelve hours in recovery at St James hospital before improving. Another intoxicated man, John Burns, narrowly avoided a streetcar tragedy in Meaderville, receiving only facial cuts as he was knocked from the track and treated at Murray Freund’s hospital. Sell the Mettlach steins and beer mugs separate or in sets.
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Pat Sullivan
Mountain Con
Centerville
Sullivan
St. James’ Hospital
John Burns
Meaderville Line
Burns
Murray & Freund's Hospital
Donovan leads visitors from Great Falls to city
The personals note James Donovan, attorneys general-elect, led a visitor from Great Falls to the city today. Also mentioned is a bachelor, district manager of Mutual Life Insurance Co., confined at home with an attack of erysipelas, and a claim that Bright & Fairfield carry their finest opera glasses yet.
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James Donovan
Great Falls
Bachelor
The
Mutual Life Insurance Co
Copper mining shares close on Dec 14 in Boston market
Special to the Inter Mountain reports Dec 14 in Boston that Amalgamated at 90.75 Anaconda 47.95 Parrot 47.50 Boston and Montana 327.00 Butte and Boston 79.50 Calumet and Hecla 80000 Tamarack 285.00 Osceola 73.00 Utah On 3400 Garters in silver and gold and a note on variety at Have Oligree silver spoons etc.
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Inter Mountain
Boston
Mass
Amalgamated
Anaconda
Parrot
Montana
Butte
Jewelry pins and hat pins offered at low prices
Chatelaine Bajamall and medium sizes in sterling silver gilt and oxidized mountings with graduated inks and ornamental dateline hooks. Prices 1 to 15 dollars each. Stick pins in various styles priced 0.25 to 1 dollar. Gold plated and oxidized bag extensions, prices 0.10 to 2 dollars. Friendship Heart of sterling silver engraved Butte Montana at 0.35. Sterling silver mounted dressing combs and rhinestone accents in all prices by quality. Silver plated hearts 0.10 to 0.20 each. Women's hat pins with coral sapphires emeralds and rhinestone settings 0.01 to 2.50 each.
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Nation
Butte
Mont
Fierce Gale Swamps California and Nevada Ports
Northern and central California endure a fierce storm with heavy rain and wind. Telegraph lines fall, San Francisco communications fail, ferry service may stop. Reno reports cut lines to San Francisco and a Pacific coast storm rages with high winds and snow in the Sierras. An ice plant near Truckee is toppled. Damage in Reno remains unconfirmed.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Hall
San Francisco
Reno
Nev
Pacific Coast
Sierras
Wicksatoon
Truckee
Montreal Director Sentenced for Fraud in Leather Stock Case
Montreal December 14 Donald McGillis one of three Montreal Old Storage Co directors was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary for fraud. McCulloch remains out on bail after a hung jury and Chisholm is in hiding in the United States. The stock of leather goods at Wight and Fairfield's is reported to be large.
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Cunningham
Duggan
Montreal
Donald McGillis
Montreal Old Storage Co
McCulloch
Chisholm
United State
Lecture the Senate in London Commentary
London newspapers debate the United States senate action on the Nicaragua canal. The St James Gazette derides the “Jingo senate,” accusing it of rebuffing the president and Britain’s generosity and continuing a sharp line in the canal dispute.
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London
United States Senate
Nicaragua Canal
St. James Gazette
Senate action risks canal treaty clash with Britain
The text notes that the senate ordains one party keeps its advantages while the other loses protection. It warns that if Britain persists in an ignorant selfish course, the country may rely on the Clayton Bulwer treaty to regain permission for canal construction. The Pall Mall Gazette adds British consent to changes is impossible and rejects the notion that everything should be free.
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Senate
Great Britain
United States
Pall Mall Gazette
Labor leaders debate federation roles at AFL session
In Louisville on December 14 President John Mitchell led the morning session of the American Federation of Labor. Resolutions were adopted favoring oil and gas workers organization and telephone girl unity, while rejecting a plan to hire a "labor reporter" to distribute labor news. Gompers backed Idaho authorities’ handling in Coeur d'Alene. calls for broader voluntary arbitration and restraint on compulsory labor laws. The convention adjourned to 11 am with reports from committees approved and stock patterns advertised.
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Louisville
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
American Federation of Labor
Brotherhoods
Telephone Girls of America
Exeecutive Council
Labor
Colleet
Labor News
Associated Labor Preas
America
Gompers
Idaho
Couet d'Alene
Shoshone Coun
Steunenberger
John Je Lents
Ohio
United States
Shoshone County
Ouer d'Alene
Gompern
Congress
Convention
Committee On
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Rhyme
Hight & Fairfield
the Hague
Wilhelming
Mr. Kruger
Dr. Leyds
Light & Fairfield
Hight & Fairfeld
Adlver
Montana Music Co
Whisky
Bight & Fairfield
Sight & Fairfield
Hennessys
Satan
Hennessy
Jou
Paris
Dewelry
New York
Wight & Fairfield
Nicaragua
Federation of Labor
Bee Hive
Granite Street
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