Governor White May Enjoin State Payments in Bond Dispute
Former Governor B F White seeks to stop the state treasurer from paying warrants and salaries claiming the state is over its constitutional debt limit. Attorney General Galen says warrants may be paid from taxes and bonds cannot be used to increase debt. The dispute involves bonds for state normal college and could trigger a special legislative session.
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Helena
B. F. White
Dilton
State Normal School
Galen
Capitol
Dillon
Rice
Attorney General
Butte
J.H. Rice
Teasurer Rice
White
State Normal College
Normal College
A. L. Stone
State Bank of
Stone
Court Business of Last Year in Beaverhead County
Clerk Frank A. Hazelbaker reports district court activity for 1904 in Beaverhead County. Civil filings 81. dispositions 42. civil cases pending 134. Criminal cases pending 51. felonies convictions 2. dismissals 1. insanity rulings 4. Administrations 76. guardianships 40. estates probated 10. estates settled 3. marriages 49 licenses. divorces total 9. Naturalizations total 29 across multiple nations.
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Head
Austria
Canada
Denmark
England
Germany
Ireland
Norway
Sweeden
Switzerland
Cards of Thanks for Owen Ellis
We express sincere thanks for the kind treatment and sympathy shown by the people of the Big Hole basin in the death of our brother Owen Ellis.
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Big Hole Basin
Owen Ellis
Umbrella mixup leads to return request in town
A gent lent his umbrella to a lady who mistook him for someone else, so she cannot return it. The owner must ask Mrs. W. H. A. Johnson for the umbrella. James Murray learned of his cousin Dan Murray’s death and left for Fort Benton to attend the funeral. Dr. Walker and Fred Huffner bagged 40 ducks after a dawn hunt. Mrs. W. F. Cashmore traveled to Anaconda as a Rebekah lodge delegate and planned visits in Butte.
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James Murray
Dan Murray
Fort Benton
Dillon
Dr. Walker
Fred Huffner
W. F. Cashmore
Anaconda
Rebeckah Lodge
Grand Lodge
Supreme Court Clears Flynn Contempt Ruling on Technicality
The Montana Supreme Court nullified Judge Callaway's contempt ruling against Thomas Flynn in the Beaverhead water case. Chief Justice Brantly ruled the district court lacked a written charge, requiring a commissioner affidavit rather than a simple statement. A secretary filed a clerk’s notice in Hazelbaker’s office as John Morgan v Washington Nyhart adds seventeen witnesses, swelling defendants to fifty two, the largest Beaverhead county case to date.
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Thos. Flynn
Supreme Court
Helena
Flynn
Callaway
Brantly
District Court
Beaverhead County
Thomas Flynn
Hazelbaker
John Morgan
Wash. Nyhart
Sid Houk Arraigned Preliminary Trial Set
Sheriff Duke Gist brought Sid Houk to Dillon after the fatal shooting of Owen Ellis in Jackson. Ellis died from a gunshot wound. a coroner’s jury ruled death a gunshot kill by Houk. The preliminary hearing is set for Monday at 10 o’clock with attorney W S Barbour aiding the prosecution.
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Duke Gist
Dillon
Sid Houk
Owen Ellis
Houk
Gist
Jackson
Hook
Ellis
Edwin Norris
C. W. Robison
Justice of the Peace
A. A. Elliott
W. S. Barbour
Melton
Disappearance of Thomas F. Hamilton Sparks Dillon Concern
Friends in Dillon fear foul play after Thomas F. Hamilton vanished about a year ago while traveling from Dillon to Southern California for health. He sent postcards from various points but last contact was before reaching San Francisco, and no word has been heard since. Hamilton, former sheriff and longtime Montana resident, is the subject of a friends’ search to locate him or learn his fate.
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Ted Ellis
Owen Ellis
Frank Dunbar
Jackson
Houk
Dunbar
Ted
Tripune
Dillon
Thomas F. Hamilton
Mr Hamilton
Southern California
E. Provost
San Jose
California
San Francisco
Portland Exposition
Provost
the Tribune
Mr. Hamilton
Hamilton
Montana
Scharrenbroich
Helena
Denton Oliver
Gateway
Canada
Oliver
Pacific Slope
Washington
Mississippi Valley
Idaho
Oregon
West
Oliver Murderer Captured After Wild chase in Canada
Wason Oliver’s killer Camille Remy is captured in Vancouver B C after a chase from Wolf Creek Mont through Canada. Canadian officers overwhelmed him in a Poodle Dog restaurant room and Oliver’s son Denton aided the pursuit. Oliver seeks extradition via Governor and Lt Governor to try Remy in Montana.
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Vancouver
B. C
Othe Offic
H. Frewey
Tives Mulhiont
Waddell
Camille Frederick Remy
W. J. Oliver
Wolf Creek
Mont
Dupont Street
Columbia Avenue
Oliver and Son
Denton
Helena
British Columbia
Scharrenbroich
Canada
Gateway
Wason
Willb
Wason Oliver
Gov. Toole
Edwin Norris
Washington
Montana
Secretary of State
Ottawa
Scharrenbrobroich
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State Bank
The
Wek
Standard
State Normal
Wagner
Supreme Court of Montana
Frank A. Hazelbaker
State Bureau of Agriculture, Labor and Industry
Beaver
Judge Callaway
Mr. Ellis
Dubois
Thomas F. Amilton
W. M. Oliver
Tribune
M. M. 0.” and Telegraphed To Mr. Oliver
Calgary
Jumbo
General Land Office
Mitchell
D. B. Ayers
Horace Ayers
Anderson Livery and Safe
Springfield
Illinois
M. R. Ayers
Gladys
Shiveley
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