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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1899
Page
16
Sing Sing March 18 Mrs Martha Place faces death by electrocution next week for murdering her stepdaughter Ida Place in Brooklyn on February 7 1898. The courts refused her appeal and the governor will not commute her sentence.
Washington March 18 The Navy Department has begun steps to add second lieutenants in the Marine Corps under a naval reorganization bill. Secretary Long permits enlistees who served in the Spanish War to re enlist and appear before a special board. Only eighty vacancies exist with 35 volunteers seeking exam. 45 places remain. In San Francisco reports misidentify an ex corporal as a traitor but Henry T Haze is named as the brave erratic figure.
News from Seattle dated March 18 reports five Finnish researchers asserting they found signs of the original Alaska boundary inscribed on ancient mounds. If proven, the discovery could redefine the Kiondike country’s territorial claim and redraw local boundaries.
United States Consul McCook at Dawson will communicate with Washington authorities regarding the matter, outlining actions and seeking guidance for further steps. The note indicates coordination between regional officials and central authorities to address the issue.
Wichita special reports Choctaw baseball star Walla Tonka narrowly escaped execution after his white wife Tookah Tookamore pleaded with Indian Judge Clayton and then used self harm to seek mercy. Reprieves kept him alive through multiple dates. the couple’s legend grew amid frontier spectacle and tribal honor.
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