Praying for the Governor on Allen's looming execution
Fifty women and men petition Governor Smith at the executive office to reprieve Joe Allen, a 21 year old condemned youth. The letters urge mercy, arguing self defense and circumstantial evidence, while others defend the court's verdict and the law. The piece weighs mercy versus justice and notes the governor's stance ahead of Thursday morning's execution.
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Allen
Guvernue Smith
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Young Allen
Moses
Ding
Nia
Vighi
Bowers
Henry Watterson’s Struggle With Democratic Loyalty
Henry Watterson, famed Kentuckian, is portrayed as torn between loyalty to the Democratic Party and its shifting factions, with past rebukes and renewed forgiveness cited. The piece notes his opposition to Bryan in 1896, his fluctuating stance amid Goebel and Bryan, and his ongoing efforts to align with party aims while railing against changes. It also remarks on President McKinley’s reception, praising his popularity and the hope for Southern peace through Lincolnian magnanimity.
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Henry Watterson
Watterson
Cleveland
Bryan
Louisville Courlee Journal
McKinley
White House
South
Mc.Kinley
Wheeler
Lee
Lincoln
Democrats Reconsider Philippine Policy To Save Party
Opinion notes that Democratic leaders fear national ruin if they pursue Aguinaldo’s side in the Philippine question. The Chicago Chronicle urges targeting the Republican party, not the nation, warning that calling for withdrawal amid armed resistance would doom the Democrats in many states.
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Democratic Party
Union
Chicago Chronicle
Chronicle
Demands to whip Filipinos and defeat Aguinaldo
A controversial editorial critiques the Democratic Party for opposing the Philippine War effort, urging support for U S government actions against Aguinaldo. It argues Democrats would betray the flag by calling the war a failure and suggests whipping the Filipinos first, then the Republicans, warning against retreat under pressure.
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Democratic Party
Philippines
Wdr
Aguinaldo
Nites
Ok Aguinaldo
George Washington
Chronicle
Hye
A Cold Day for Explorations and Peary's Delay
Lieutenant Peary again faces severe cold in the Arctic proving delaying the North Pole discovery. The unusually harsh season hampers progress and leads to the loss of several toes, dampening public enthusiasm for future polar ventures. Yet many divers pursue unknown lands beyond the Arctic sea as science and adventure press forward.
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Peary
North Pole
Butte
Inter Mounytain
Columius
Andree
Northeri Sea
Tie Quekersme
Fedien
Reuben
The Veno Case Reexamined in Inter Mountain Discussion
The Inter Mountain revisits the Veno case noting repeated claims that Veno was wrongly charged and wrongly convicted. It cites the Montana Supreme Court decision 21 Mont. 595, which upheld grand larceny charges, clarifying that the trial court mis-stated the law by implying the offense was obtaining money under false pretenses.
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Inter Mountain
Veno
Supreme Court
Saprems
Mont
Veno case in Butte County Attorney remarks on larceny ruling
County Attorney Collly defends prosecution of Veno under New York influenced larceny statute. He notes supreme court decisions, witnesses abroad, and a later retrial not due to charge defects but to travel and punishment concerns. He claims grand larceny charge was proper and cites financial penalties after imprisonment.
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Clancy
California
Supreme Court
New York
Veno
Butte Haewy
Colly
Cosmopolitan coin idea gains international discussion
A Philadelphia financier and George Stevenson of Sailor & Stevenson discuss a proposed universal gold coin with uniform weight and fineness. They note benefits for global trade and education while acknowledging resistance from small trades and national traditions. The article explores how a cosmopolitan coin might coexist with national currencies.
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Philadelphia Tiquirer
Philadelphia
George Stevenson
Sailor & Stevenson
Debating Decimal Coinage and Old-World Customs
The passage argues that commercial practice might aid decimalization but would not overcome entrenched currency names and systems. It cites England’s reluctance to abandon pounds shillings and pence and suggests nations would resist adopting others decimal schemes, noting impracticality of such reform.
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England
France
Germany
Italy
United States
Wesent
Thumbnail sketch of a man after wife’s discipline
A Detroit Journal caption describes a man as the picture of woe following his wife’s reprimand, noting the term yego as a shorthand thumbnail sketch. The brief item conveys a teasing, pointed portrait of domestic discipline in a concise phrase.
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Yego
Detroit Journal
The Temper of Timmins
In the Cleveland Plain Dealer the character Timmins is described as mild yet a terror when his wife acts. The dialogue hints at his failure to notice behavior change, suggesting a comic domestic dynamic centered on Timmins’s impression of himself versus reality.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Timming
Probate order for Samuel H. Stuart estate Silver Bow
In the District Court of the Second Judicial District Montana Silver Bow, an order appoints time for probate of the will of Samuel H. Stuart deceased and for hearing Lucena S. Wadsworth for letters testamentary. Notice by publication at least ten days before September 23, 1899 in Daily Inter Mountain. Judge William Clancy.
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Second Judicial District
Montana
Silver Bow
Samuel H. Stuart
Ume
County of
Samuel EH. Stuart
Lucena
Wadsworth
Inter Mountain
Said
William Clancy
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