District Court Proceedings Highlight Jury Acquittal and Parolees
The district court saw multiple cases with varied outcomes. Annie McBroom was acquitted after a 21 hour 15 minute trial over a 1913 alleged criminal operation. Parolees included Cornelius Harris and John Walgamott, with Walgamott facing a two year term for involuntary manslaughter in a fatal rifle incident.
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Annie McBroom
Poindexter
R. R. Price
Joseph Butala
Pease & Stephenson
John Walgamott
Walgamott
Guy Pearson
Walgomott
Pearson
Cornelius ‘Harris
Deer Lodge
Harris
D. W. Irwin
Wisconsin
Roscoe Cornell
Christensen
Miller
O ted-Stevenson Company
Pearl Connor
Bill
Greenbaum Brothers
St. Louis
Alfred St. Louis
Fine Showing at Elkhorn
The Boston and Montana Development company plans a 2000 foot tunnel from Wise river bed into Elk horn claims. A new camp 2000 feet lower gains a wagon road to the Big Hole river. machinery and boilers will be moved in as snow permits. Tunneling started with 36 feet advanced. 150 feet monthly progress expected and first big veins near June 1. Miners praise the outlook while railroad surveyors winter at Dewey.
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Anaconda Standard
Boston & Montana Development Company
Wise River
Elkhorn
Big Hole
Dewey
Butte
Butte, Wisdom & Pacific Railroad
Forsgren Thomas Co Formed From Dissolved Grocery Firm
The Forsgren Thomas Company is formed after the Forsgren and Thomas grocery and feed business on Helena Street is dissolved. Incorporators J W Forsgren C A Forsgren and C P Thomas hold 15000 dollars in capital stock and also direct the firm. The business grew rapidly since the pair took charge about 18 months ago, was started by Carl Bond years ago, and plans expansion and an addition to the store.
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Forsgren and Thomas
Helena Street
Forsgren-Thomas Company
J. W. Forsgren
C. A. Forsgren
C. P. Thomas
Messrs Forsgren and Thomas
Carl Bond
Bannack man visits county seat shows Henry Plummer carving
A. Bessette of Bannack visited the county seat yesterday. He examined a tree section display in the TripuNE window featuring the carved legend Henry Plummer 1862.
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A. Bessette
Bannack
Henry Plummer
Mild Winter Recalled In Helena As Old Timers Debate
Helena Record surveys winter weather comparing modern mild spells with historic cold snaps from 1866 67 78 and 57. Granville Stuart notes harsh winters while locals recall days when snow was scarce and conditions for work were extreme.
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Helena
Granville Stuart
Butte
Seventh Infantry
Fair Grounds
Bannack
Virginia City
Beaverhead
Big Hole
Salt Lake
Divide
Twin Bridges
Arctic
The Church Sermon Series at M. E. Church
The pastor preaches on The Church as a Christian Brotherhood in the morning service and The Best Choice in the evening. Epworth League meets at 6 30 p m and Sunday school at 10 a m with classes for all ages.
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M. E. Church
Epworth League
Montana Rail Commission Rates Face Interstate Challenge
Discussion over a Montana railroad commission order cutting rates 26 percent below Washington tariffs and 10 percent above North Dakota tariffs faces the Interstate Commerce Court challenge. Local Oregon Short Line officials say current Oregon rates are lower than the new state rates, with 50 and 100 mile comparisons cited. The Great Northern and Northern Pacific seek a rehearing of the case.
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State Railroad Commission
Washington State
North Dakota
Montana
Interstate Commerce Court
Dillon
Oregon Short Line Railroad Company
Commission
Oregon
8. S. Carruthers
Montana Railroad Commission
Lima
Monida
State Commission
Butte
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Montana Commission
Meeting Called by Girls' Friendly Club Chairwoman
Mrs. A. A. Elliott, chairman of the associate ladies of the Girls' Friendly club, calls a meeting for next Thursday evening at 8 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Burt Adams Tower.
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A. A. Elliott
the Girls’ Friendly Club
Burt Adams Tower
Mexican Secret Police Veteran Talks on Revolution and Carranza
E W H Heath a former two years and three months in Mexico’s Federal Secret Police hosts at the Metlen hotel. He discusses Huerta’s possible fall within three months, Carranza’s rising leadership, and roots of the revolt tied to peonage and oil interests. Heath recalls duties, comments on US Monroe Doctrine, and notes police numbers and border postings. He also shares travels from El Paso to Montana and plans regarding property near Mexico City.
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E. W H. Heath
theMexican Federal Secret Police Service
Metlen
Heath
Federal Secret Police
Mexico
Madero
Huerta
Mr. Heath
Tribune
United States
Carranza
Tuerta
Aaustino Carranza
Senor Carranza
Constitutionalists
Coahuilia
Monterey
Torrean
Cohullia
Zacatacis
Sonora
Guaymas
Sinaloa
Mazatlan
Gongales
Obregon
Pancho Ville
Torribio Ortega
Standard Oil Company
Diaz
Orozco
Eagle Pass
Texas
el Paso
Portland
Oregon
Vancouver
B.C
Montana
Great Northwest
Northwest
Dillon
Mexico City
Armstead Store Burglary Leads to Two Suspects’ Detention
Heywood Brown and Robert Fivy are jailed for investigation in the Armstead Wedum store burglary. Entry came from a broken door pane, a safe drilled open, yielding 66 dollars in silver and about 5 dollars from the register. The crime occurred between midnight and 4 30 a m Tuesday. Monday night Ted Ames locked the safe leaving 5 dollars for change. Sheriff J W Erwin alerted. Brown and Fivy were recently released from vagrancy sentences.
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Heywood Brown
Robert Fivy
Wedum
Armstead
Weduim
Ted Ames
H. W. Bates
J. W. Erwin
New Cash Grocery Set to Open by Whitehall
The former Harrison cafe space is being fitted with bins and shelving for a cash grocery store to be operated by S. L. Clinton, a Whitehall merchant. Clinton lost his previous store and stock in a destructive Whitehall fire last fall and chose this location as a fresh start.
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Harrison Cafe
S. L. Clinton
Whitehall
Clinton
Dilton
Ladies' Aid to Meet at M E Church Thursday
Mrs E M Yeaman will entertain the Ladies' Aid society at the lecture room of the M E church on Thursday Jan 22 between two thirty and five o clock p m All are cordially invited.
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E. M. Yeaman
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. E. Church
Miss Marion Leach Ill With Pneumonia At Home
Miss Marion Leach is ill with pneumonia at her Bannack street home. The report notes her condition but provides no further details on treatment or prognosis.
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Marion Leach
Bannack Street
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Robison & Gilbert
J. W. Kemper
Alfred
Cordelia
the Forsgren-Thomas CO
Los Angeles Daily Times
Carruthers
Federal Police Service
Orozco and
Salazar
Armstead Store
A. J. Wedum
Safe and Register
New Cash Grocery
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