Bills Introduced In Senate And House Committees In Helena
Helena reports five house bills including reducing legal interest to eight percent and regulating stock drove through fenced enclosures plus fire department organization and disability fund creation. Senate bills include Montana state horticultural commission creation and alias summons code amendments.
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Senate
House
Helena
Hedges
Montana
Sweeney
Insurance Companie
Martin
National Livestock Association
May McCormick
Missouri
Bertha Kelly
Broadwater
Fish and Game, Federal Relations
State Lands
Library Rules
Whiteside
Montana State Horticultural Commission
Clark
Judiciary Committee
Committee On
Garr
Jacqueth
Shovelin
Joint Assembly
Cullen
Toole
Conrad
Sande Toole
General Miles Defends The Beef Controversy Remarks
General Miles defends his actions before the war investigation commission. He says he will not heed General Egan’s language and asserts he has not volunteered information. Miles cites letters of support from Governor Roosevelt and others and calls for testimonies from embattled privates who ate embalmed beef, insisting the truth will hurt only the guilty.
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Chicago
Tri- Dune
Washington
Miles
Egan
War Investigation Commission
United States Army
Roosevelt
New York
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Cuba
Return of Senator transports eight sick soldiers home
San Francisco dispatch reports eight sick soldiers aboard the transport Senator including Privates Newgard Terry Slater Sergeant Shoup and Col C P Whipple with Captain Franke Warren and Major C Bement also returning. Astor battery left Manila fever cases while O'Brien notes overall army corps sickness around eight percent. Commodore Lewis Sartori dies in Philadelphia at age 80 with a congressional bill pending to restore his rank.
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San Francisco
Jan
Senator
Newgard and
Terry
Minnesota
Slater
Idaho Regiment
Shoup
Fourth
United States Cavalry
Col
C. P. Whipple
Ordnance Department
Franke Warren
Washington
C. Bement
Merritt
St. Paul
Astor
Manila
Perry L. Burdick
O'Brien
Jore Sartor
Pailadelphia
Comodore Lewis
Sartori
Trenton
Tabasco
Mare Island Navy Yard
Congress
Commodore Sartori
Naval Register
General Egan Censured by War Inquiry Commission
Washington January 13 the war investigation commission censured General Egan for the language he used yesterday while answering charges against the commissary branch of the army by Miles. He returned a carefully prepared typewritten statement after reading it to the commission. A letter ordered to be sent to Egan followed the action.
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Egan
Asmany
Charles Denby
Leonard A. Wood
Washington
War Investigation Commission
Army
Miles
War Inquiry Commission
Death of Chas Parsons Jr Passes in New York
Charles Parson Jr vice president of the Rome Watertown and Ogdensburg railroad dies at his New York home at age 41. The announcement notes his high position and sudden death prompting obituary notices in the city.
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Chas. Parson
New York
Charles Parson, Jr
Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad
Controversy Ends as Gomez Reassures Spanish Cuba
A Havana dispatch notes Colonel Moulton’s report on police organization, with Washington’s admonitions ending the dispute with General Ludlow. Gomez seeks to unify Spaniards and insurgents, promising to honor wartime pledges and back a Cuban republic while urging all classes to cooperate. Labor unrest in Havana highlights currency tensions as workers demand American money.
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New York
Jan. W
the Tribune
Havana
Moulton
Ludlow
Washington
Menoval
Lee
Columbus
United States
Matanzas
Cienfuegos
Gomez
Remedios
Carbarien
Cuba
Spain
Caiharien
Oral Gomes
Cuban Army Assembly
Wis
They Are Eager to Attack Manila
New York reports from Manila say the situation grows graver hourly as Aguinaldo’s outposts hold near 30,000 native troops surrounding Manila. Posters urge independence or death and locals intensely oppose Americans. The Herald correspondent was repeatedly arrested then released with a consular passport.
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New York
The
Herald
Manila
Aguinaldo
Railroad Pool Being Formed Between Two Rail Giants
New York Jan 12 The Times reports settlement of disputes between the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific, noting a pool formed in Northern Pacific stock with prominent Wall Street financiers including friends of J P Morgan Governor Flower and John D Rockefeller. The pool is described as having capacity beyond others recently formed.
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New York
the Times
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Walltreet
Ananciers
Wall Street
J. P. Morgan
Gov. Flower
John D. Rockefeller
Northern Pacific and B&O merger likely claim
Reports claim Northern Pacific may absorb Baltimore and Ohio with direct Hill supervision. Dispatch from Washington notes Breckinridge ordered to Cuba and Porto Rico on long inspection trip. In Wisconsin a modiste Tennie Toward died after refusing treatment, amid a possible love affair. Surveyors for New York Power Company favored developing water power on Black Amicus and Boyle rivers to power Duluth and Superior.
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Northern Pacific
Baltimore & Ohio
James J. Hill
Trin
New York
Herald
Washington
Breckinridge
Cuba
Porto Rico
Brooke
Corbin
West Superior
Wis
Jan
New York Power Coms
Black
Amicus
Boyle
Duluth
Superior
Army officers silent as Egan statement stirs inquiry
Jan 13 report notes Army officials weighing the impact of Egan’s eruption on the force and its future. Officers from top ranks avoid public comment while debates center on Miles and Kean, with the president’s pledge to shield witnesses curbing government action. Egan maintains his official stance and readiness to testify.
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Egan
Offic
Kean
Miles
Eean
Department of
Breckenridge
War Commission
Senate Moves To Admit Iglesias Son To West Point
Washington Senate action authorizes Louis Iglesias son of Costa Rica president to enter West Point. A second resolution proposes a five senator inquiry into US Spain war conduct, encampment sites, provisioning and supply issues, troop care, health, discipline, and possible complaints. McLaurin speaks against imperialism as the West resolution stalls.
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Washington
Senate
Louis Iglesias
Iglesias
Costa Rica
West Point
Allen
United States
Spain
McLaurin
Naval personnel bill under special order in House
Washington Jan 18 Under the special order adopted Monday the House went into a committee of the whole and began consideration of the naval personnel bill. Chicago Jan 13 John H McGibbons Paris exposition commission sends Cannon a statement of needs for an American exhibit showing initial 700000 rising to 1300000 in latest estimate.
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Washington
House
Chicago
John H. McGibbons
Gales Hit England Coast With Wrecks and Losses
London reports a day of near isolation as communication with the continent and province breaks down. Numerous minor wrecks occur along the coast with several deaths. The gale has eased but another is feared approaching the Irish coast.
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England
London
Irish
Remnants Sale Offers Silks and Dress Goods Bundle
Friday and Saturday special remnants of silks dress goods linings trimmings short lengths odds and ends suitable for waists skirts and full dresses many blacks in several color combos ends for trimmings and linings all going sale items likely amid closeout event.
Half Price Sale On All Wool Fabrics And Linens
Remnants and odds and ends in plush fabrics and table linens priced at half price or less. All-wool French Broadcloth heavy suiting and swell mixtures offered in various colors and weights for dresses and skirts. Includes Towels Sheets Slips Flannels and Flannelettes at reduced rates.
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Siegel
Siegel Clothing Co
N. Main Street
Butte, Mont
J. H. Leyson
Main St
Butte
W. A. Clark
Spoula
Inter Mountain
Pax
Sanders
Frank Henry
Fox
Hartman
Mantle
Maginnis
General Miles
Marinette
Tennie
Menominee Hospital
Hennessy’s
Trianon
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