Nolan urges broader laws for state legal system
Attorney General Nolan to Governor calls for increased state legal capacity and new laws. He seeks a road law, uniform special levies for schools, reforms on building and law associations, and a clear procedure for Supreme Court supervisory powers following the Whiteside decision. He notes rising business volume, extensive landed interests, and heavy court activity.
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Trier
Helena
Nolan
Supreme Court
Equity
Tate Bank
Whiteside
State capital report on Silver Bow cases and bonds
Helena report cites 70 informations filed in 1900 against 60 in 1899 with 29 convictions and nine acquittals each year. Seven children charged with incorrigibility sent to reform school, five habeas corpus petitions denied, and bond details for Boston and Montana Mining bondors with total loss listed at 1,325,000. Governor Mindy Sith recommends pardon for RC Camp in Lewis and Clarke.
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Helena
C. P. Connolly
Silver Bow County
Atorney
Reform School
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Montana Ore Purchasing Co
Pennsylvania Mins
Butte
H. Skerls
Supreme Court
Clark
F. A. Heinze
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H. J. Frank
John MacGinn
John M. Stewart
Louis Linneman
Charles Schmidt
Sith
RC. Camp
Lewis An
Clarke County
Italian Vendetta Shock Wounds Garvorsio in Chicago
John Garvorsio lies dying at his home after being slashed and gored in a Tuesday night attack. He refuses to name his attackers, sparking a mystery police suspect to be a vendetta linked to his cousins’ murder in Italy.
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John Garvorsio
Cme
Garvarsio
Italy
Gavarsio
Denver polices Crowe crime clue from Laramie tale
D L Deley of Denver asserts Pat Crowe is jailed at Laramie awaiting trial for attempting to steal diamonds from a jewelry store. Deley, longtime hunter of criminals, says Crowe’s description matches and confirms the lead.
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Denver
Col
D. L. Deley
Pat Crowe
Laramie
Crowe
Wheat traffic via Erie Canal falls from prior season
York reports official New York produce figures show a downturn in Erie Canal wheat shipments to New York. Canal wheat moved 3,525,000 bushels versus 2,017,980 by rail. total grain receipts for the year reach 99,615,730 bushels, down from 107,840,000.
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Y York
New York
Erie Canal
Hansa to Start New Steamship Service to Calcutta
A new Deutsche Dampschiffahrts Gesellschaft Hansa express will launch a monthly New York to Calcutta service with return trips via Calcutta to New York. Exact start time was not announced.
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New York
Calcutta
Deutsche Dampschiffaheits Gesellschaft Hansa
Hansa Service
New Yu Tou
Cost Of American Schools By State And Nation
A Washington dispatch reports total last year school expenditures at 28,058,565, with per capita spending highest in Massachusetts at 5.07 and Nevada 4.96, California 4.09, while North Carolina spent 53 cents. New York enrolls 1,176,351 pupils, just behind Pennsylvania’s 1,186,146, and Kansas leads in enrollment relative to population at 27.87 percent. Iowa’s 554,992 pupils equal 26.42 percent of its population, with the best teacher ratio at 28 teachers per 1, or about double Pennsylvania and New York figures.
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New York
the Herald
Washington
Massachusetts
Nevada
California
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Iowa
Towa
Meyer Cleared in Assault Case Says Inter Mountain
Special to Inter Mountain Red Lodge Dec 27 The prosecution failed to prove its case against Hon W F Meyer and the judge threw it out. Meyer did not testify and the defense offered no evidence with the case collapsing on its own weight. The charge is seen as political ploy and Meyers vindication is welcomed.
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Inter Mountain
Red Lodge
W. F. Meyer
McIntosh
Meyer
Poliies
Boers seize wagons with Christmas gifts for Lord Methuen
Telegrams from across the country report a Boer raid capturing two wagons carrying Christmas presents and luxuries bound for Lord Methuen, while other items cover czar’s health, ore train wreck at Mitchells Montana Central, a dismissed assault case in Red Lodge, Apache activity in Chihuahua, Jeffersonian club ovation to Bryan, and various other telegraphic notices from December 27.
Rider dies from runaway injuries in Montana
John Drinkcorn, fatally injured in a runaway near Met Lodge, Montana, on December 21, dies at noon after lingering unconsciousness. Obe Sherry, missing at first, is found. Drinkcorn, a long-time rancher and former soldier, was 54 with no known relatives in the area.
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Mont
John Drinkcorn
Obe Sherry
Sheriff Dunn
Deinkvori
Tobe
Drinkcorn
Dart
Drinkecorn
Lynch Victim's Widow Wins 4000 in Indemnity Suit
Mrs Lulu Jenkins of Chicago has won $4000 from eight bondsmen of former Sheriff Henry Bushing over her husband Wu Jenkins one of five men lynched in Sept 1807 in Ridgley county Indiana. Settlement ends a nationally watched case. Jenkins awaited in Versailles jail when mob attacked.
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Chicago
Lulu ¢, Jenkins
Ridgley County
Ind
Henry Bushing
United States
Wu. Jenkins
Lisle Levy
Osgood
Levy
Robert Andrews
Heine Schuler
Clifford Gordon
Jenkins
Veresailles
Man Missing After Lumber Camp Murder Confession
Clare Michigan December 27 authorities link a murder confession to Owen Fenney misnamed as Bill Fenney. Kenney reportedly traveled to the lake area January 1 1808 with cash. A search found a train wreck near the camp and later Fenney’s body surfaced in the lake with a fractured skull and missing funds. The confession aligns with Sacrament police records.
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Mich
Owen Fenny
Bill Fenney
Green
Kenney
Chive
Tee
Fenney
Sacrament Police
Mystery surrounds death of H C Payne hardware store owner
Br Louis reports the body of H C Payne proprietor of a local hardware store and former twelve year public official found near the Missouri Pacific tracks at Webster Grove suburb. His head was nearly severed and investigators weigh whether a train wheel or a knife caused the wound. Payne’s valuables were not missing. Police continue inquiry.
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H.C. Payne
Demand for Colville’s Resignation Shocks London War Office
London December 27. The War Office demanded the resignation of Major General Sir Henry Colville, former South Africa field force commander. Colville refused, headed to England after a prior inquiry cleared him on the Lindley yeomanry disaster. Reports note a shift in Pall Mall attitudes toward recent South Africa matters.
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Henry Colville
Sth
South Africa
Colville
England
Lindley
Gibraltar
War Office
Pall Mall
Lord Lansdowne
Lord Wolseley
Col Iy
Methuen
Prince of Wales invited to attend America's Cup races
A London Tribune correspondent reports that the Prince of Wales may visit New York for the America's Cup races if accepted by initiation by the New York Yacht Club. The prince, a keen yachtsman, has shown interest in a England versus America match. royal plans may block a voyage next autumn. The Queen cannot visit Australia for the Commonwealth celebrations, and her infirmities complicate a cross ocean trip.
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Prince of Wales
Australia
Lonion
Athuntie Ocean
Deny Combine Again
Montreal reports A G Shaughnessy disputes a rail merger plan claiming no combination exists among Canadian Pacific Northern Pacific Evie and Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul. He says relations are cordial and future cooperation may improve but no truth to a continental railroad merger.
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A. G. Shaughnessy
Canadian Paette Railway
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Milwaukee
St. Paul
New York
Vancouver
Canadian Pacific
Mad Millionaire Escapes Bloomingdale Asylum
New York report states John Armstrong Banter, a millionaire, escaped Bloomingdale asylum at White Plains on November US date. Samuel B L Lyons, superintendent, asserts strong belief that Chanters intends to stay free and never return to the institution.
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Timer
John Armstrong Banter
Anillionaire
Bloomingdale Asylum
White Plains
Samuel BL Lyons
Chanter
Mr. Chanles
Winter Cruise Set by United States Squadron
The United States squadron begins its winter cruise from Hampton Roads to join the North Atlantic squadron, with the battleship Kearsarge leaving Hampton Roads on Saturday. Pensacola rendezvous planned in the Gulf as torpedo boats accompany the fleet.
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United States
Orpero
Brloswa
Hampton
Russian government to take over Manchiran railroad
The government in St. Petersburg plans to seize the Manchiran railroad with formal orders delivered by Commander Keller from Vladivostock. Leases from the Chinese authorities total about 4.9 million vehicles and are reportedly confined.
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Manchiran
Keller
Vladivostock
Stay of execution in Wallace murder case
Bowand Rice, who with Matt Malley killed in Wallace, Idaho, will not be hanged. He had been sentenced for Dec 1, 1900, but a stay of execution was granted due to an appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Spokane
Death of an Inventor Dee Tandon 27
Lord Win Geo Armes, renowned inventor of the Armstrong gun and a writer on electrical and selenetic topics, died this morning at his Craigs home. The obituary notes his age as 27 and honors his contributions to military and scientific fields.
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Tandon
Dee
Andree
Centenarian Michael Mast in Maloney Township
Michael Mast, aged over a century, is noted in Maloney Township Amistrose, patience, and Toland as a favorer of longstanding age.
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Michael Mas
Maloney
Amitrose
Pa Taney
Toland
What the U S Will Not Do
A Washington dispatch reports Minister Conger signed the agreement drafted by Pekin ministers with reservations. The United States rejects joining in resuming hostilities, keeping no permanent guards in China, and preventing arms imports. Secretary Hay will release full language details once received.
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Washinton Sagent
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Pekin
Prince Chine
United States
Pwim Aly
China
Arma
Hay
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