Amalgamated Copper Stops Ore Extraction at Butte Mines
Amalgamated Copper company will suspend mining in and around Butte Montana due to H H Rogers illness at Fairhaven Mass overproduction and weak demand fuel supply issues and a 280 million pound refined copper surplus in the United States. Monthly output to fall from about 20 million to 8 million pounds with no general shutdown and Sundays off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
H. H. Rogers
Fairhaven
Mass
Amagamated Copper Company
Butte, Mont
Butte
United States
Wall Street
Trust
Mont
Amalgamated Copper Company
Gillis
Blydenburgh Freed After Judge Clears Defendant
Suffering years in prison for alleged murder of his wife Blydenburgh walks free in Eldora Iowa as Judge Wade directs the jury to acquit after the state rests. Judge Evans cites doubt of guilt and absence of evidence of poison while excluded testimony on rat poison raises controversy.
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Soldiora
Blydenburgh
Wade
Evans
Eldora
Jiu Jitsu Outdone by American Sailors
Denver report describes a brief street confrontation in front of the Fioneer building where two Navy recruiting sailors repelled two Japanese men in under a minute with no injuries or ammunition used. The attackers boasted of Japan’s superiority before being challenged and retreating.
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Denver
United States
Japan
Fioneer
Uncle Sam
Pioneer Building
Navy
San Francisco
Sailor’s Defiant Aria Amid Siege Echoes In Fractured Tale
A dazed man contemplates an unusually starry American flag at a doorway and mutters a defiant line about Japan and San Francisco. He warns that the city cannot fall in three hours while urging American sailors to fight longer.
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Japan
San Francisco
Bloody Trail Ends in Death of Bad Man
Cokeville Wyoming news reports the Bates brothers, Joe and Sam, and a 17 year old boy were victims of a shooting spree after a drunken crime spree. Joe Bates dies, Sam Bates jailed, the boy dying, with an Indian and his wife as witnesses. A land agent and other travelers were briefly robbed. Branson prevents further harm, and a lynching is threatened if the boy dies.
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Cokeville
Wyo
Joe Bates
Sam Bates
Bates Brothers
Bates
C. E. Cotton
Cheyenne
Union Pacific
J. S. Branson
Branson
Salt Lake City
Thermopolis Misses Burlington Line Extension
Thermopolis, Wyoming reports disappointment as Burlington plans end at Kirby twelve miles from town. Local leaders granted free right of way and inducements hoping for a full extension, but crews are moved north and no further construction is planned toward Thermopolis.
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Thermopolis
Wyo
The
Burlington
Kirby
Gebo
Big Council of Redmen Adjourns in Norfolk
The great council of Improved Order of Redmen adjourns in Norfolk Virginia and sets Bridgeport Connecticut as the next session site. It votes to lower mileage for members, abolish some committees, cut Great Incohenee travel allowance, raise per capita tax and expand orphans guardians fund eligibility.
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Norfolk
Great Council of Improved Order of Redman
Bridgeport
Conn
Great Council
Postmen Not to Climb Beyond Second Floor
Washington D C Sept 14 The acting first assistant postmaster general orders relief for letter carriers from climbing beyond the second floor of buildings lacking elevator service. Tired horse and foot weary carriers will not be required to deliver mail from upper floors, easing daily routes.
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Washington, D.C
Railroad Earnings for 1906 Summary on ICC Report
The Interstate Commerce Commission released a nineteenth annual statistical abstract for the year ended June 30 1906. It notes $14 570 21 478 or 69 986 per mile of U S railways capital and that over 95 percent paid no dividends. Net earnings rose to 788 887 896 with 3 548 per mile and a total payroll of 1 521 355. Passengers carried reached 977 607 838 and freight 1 641 374 219 tons. casualties were 10 618 killed and 97 706 injured.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Unknown Corpse Buried Where Found in Montana
Coroner Jump returns from Rock Creek headwaters with the body of an unknown man found about ten days earlier by a prospector. The man, about 37, 5 feet 8 inches tall, with dark brown hair and gray-tinged mustache, wore near new clothes. An envelope addressed to W J Barker and a pocketbook with several names were found, aiding identification attempts. The coroner suspects death occurred late last fall, with snow preservation likely keeping the body intact until melt.
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Bozeman
Mont
Jump
Rock Ereek
West Gallatin Basin
W. J. Barker
Ranchester
Wyo
Rumgarner of
Livingston
Dynamite Wrecks Newspaper Office in Joplin
A dynamite blast damaged the News-Herald offices in Joplin on Friday night injuring none. Three sticks blew the new press, two destroyed type-setting machines, while four additional sticks in the building failed to detonate. The paper had clashed with city authorities.
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News-Herald
Joplin
News- Herald
Murder and death by own action at Kadoka
Philip Review. Wm Lawrence, a Kadoka deliveryman, shot and killed his housekeeper Mrs Kerr, then shot himself in the head, dying instantly. He had pressed marriage, she refused, their earlier dispute led to arrest and release, and she planned to depart for the coast.
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Philip Review
Wm. Lawrence
Train Station Tragedy Ends in murder suicide
A gunman named Lawrence shot a woman on a station platform as the train left, wounding her fatally before shooting her and then killing himself. Coroner C H Vickerman conducted an inquest at Kadoka following the deaths.
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Lawrence
C. H. Vickerman
Kadoka
Borah to be tried on September 16
Boise Idaho September 14 the federal grand jury that returned the indictment against Senator Borah and others for conspiracy to defraud the government in land fraud cases has been called for September 18 the action follows charges of intimidation against District Attorney Buick by three jurors who implicated Borah
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Idaho
Boise
Federal Grand Jury
Borah
Buick
Stensland Fails to Obtain Pardon in Forgery Case
Chicago reports former Milwaukee Avenue State Bank president Paul Stensland must serve his full term at Joliet Penitentiary after the Board of Pardons refused to grant clemency. He will be released after eight years and three months for forgery, citing good behavior.
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Chicago
Paul Stensland
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Joilet Penitentiary
Board of Pardons
Joilet
Stensland
Broncho Buster's Last Request Granted
Thermopolis Wyoming September 14 In compliance with the last request of the dying man friends in the Thermopolis district have been notified by letter of the death of Little Digek Lindley which occurred in Butte Montana two weeks ago Lindley who was employed by the Embar Cattle company in this district for several years engaged in a broncho busting contest at Butte for the championship of Montana He won but in making his last ride he sustained internal injuries which caused his death three hours later
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Thermopolis
Wyo
Digek Lindley
Butte
Mont
Lindley
Embar Cattle Company
Montana
South Dakota fruit crosses promise hardy climate crops
Prof. Hansen reports a Sioux Sand cherry and California blue plum cross producing a tasty fruit with no acridity. It fruits this year and, with limited plants, he plans large propagation to stock South Dakota gardens. He notes other promising sand cherry crosses and aims for crutchless varieties that endure severe winters.
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Pierre Dakotan
Hansen
South Dakota
Grover Cleveland Rapidly Failing in New York
A prominent Democrat passing through New York reports Mr. Cleveland's health is failing fast. He suffers from gout in his feet and knees and severe digestive and intestinal troubles. Recovery is not expected. he may live weeks and will not return to office.
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New York
Princeton
Cleveland
South Dakota Irrigation Work Under State Engineer
Samuel H. Lea, South Dakota state engineer, outlines the department’s duties and methods under the irrigation code. He describes supervising non navigable waters, dam and reservoir construction, hydrographic surveys, data tabulation, and advisory services, plus efforts to publicize laws and cooperate with the Reclamation Service on the Belle Fourche project.
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Samuel H. Lea
South Dakota
Sacramento
Cal
National Irrigation Congress
Belle oFurche
Reclamation Service
Butte County
Pettibone Seriously Ill in Hospital
Boise Idaho September 14 George A Pettibone charged with complicity in the murder of former Governor Steunenberg was taken to the hospital in a critical condition and an operation may be necessary There will be no further prosecution of the case at present.
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Boise
Idaho
George A. Pettibone
Steunenberg
Canning Factory to Be Built at Loveland
Loveland Colorado is to gain a $100000 canning factory. J A Empson president of the Empson canning company has awarded the construction contract. The plant will employ a large winter workforce with completion hoped for January 1.
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Loveland
Colo
J. A. Empson
Empson Canning Factory
Telegraphers Enlist in Army at Fort Omaha
Terrence Howe of Oklahoma joined the signal corps after losing work in the telegraphers strike. He left a precarious job to avoid being deemed a scab and said Fort Omaha offers a strong, progressive training site for wireless telegraphy. Many others are enlisting to enter the signal service.
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Omatta
Sam
United States
Signal Corps
Terrence, Howe
Oklahoma
Howe
Fort Omaha
Army
Signal Service
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Denver Street
Wyoming
Outlaw
Redmen
Bridgeport, Conn
Gallatin
New Town
Wrecked Bank
Broncho Buster
New South Dakota
Grover Cleveland
B. S. Bunch
Blacksmith
Hulett, Wyo
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