Dynamite Explodes Train West of Butte Injuring Several
East bound Burlington No 6 was dynamited about a mile west of the Northern Pacific station in Montana. Engineer Bussy and Fireman Ehle died from injuries. tramp Carl Ming also died. Express and baggage cars were derailed, mail car wrecked, fish car destroyed. Northern Pacific offers 5000 reward. agents hunt perpetrators under Special Agent W T McFetridge.
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Butte
Mont
Burlington
Northern Pacific
Bussy
Ehle
Carl Ming
Express
J. B. Valentine
St Paus
W. T McFetridge
Rescuer Mrs Kehl Saves Children From Fire
Mrs John Kehl rescued two small children from a burning locked house in Ladysmith Wisconsin on May 5 while their parents were away. After breaking a window she carried the children to safety as the residence burned down.
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Ladysmith
Wis
John Kehl
William Houpt
Houpt
Patent drives man to acute mania in Marshalltown
J B Mathiesen a machinist for C A Dunham company in Marshalltown Iowa was deemed insane after working nights to perfect a device he planned to patent He was taken to the state hospital at Independence Doctors diagnosed his condition as acute mania caused by sleep loss and nervousness
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Iowa
J B. Mathiesen
C A. Dunham Company
State Hospital
Independence
May Basket Incident Ends in Shooting Near Seattle
Eddie Gregg, a boy from Foy Station near Seattle, delivered a May basket to Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Copeland as a sign of affection. In return he was shot in the thigh and may die. Copeland is accused of the shooting.
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Seattle
Wash
A. W. Copeland
Eddie Gregg
Foy Station
Copeland
Burglars Loot Pierre Grocery but Miss Cash Drawer
Burglars entered the grocery store of B. F. Gifford in Pierre South Dakota last night and stole cigars and candy while breaking open a money drawer and scattering papers. No cash was secured as Saturday evening receipts had been taken home by the proprietor.
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Pierre
S. D
B. F. Gifford
Saloon Fight Fatal in Lead South Dakota
In a quarrel over a card game Eli Raich a saloonkeeper shot and mortally wounded Mitchell Ogressa a Homestake miner. Raich surrendered to authorities.
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S. D
Eli Raich
Mitchell Ogressa
Raich
Gift for Maj Chamberlain at Crow Agency
Just before Maj Harry D. Chamberlain left his post as agent at Crow Agency a large group of government employees presented him and his wife with a $100 set of silver.
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Maj. Chamberlain
Mitchell
D. D
Maj
Harry D. Chamberlain
Crow Agency
Wrong Men In The Law's Grip
Warren Minnesota May 5 Authorities say the Stephen bank robbers are confined to Canada after five men from Emerson St. Jean and Morris were captured. Two gangs operated in Emerson and Canadian authorities seized the wrong crowd. Two suspects were near Winnipeg and may be in hiding there. Evidence from the region includes a bloodstained coat with a letter to Charles Fisher Fairmont Minn and a cache found by homesteaders near Deer Post Office Marshall County containing tools soap a nitroglycerin bottle and jimmies. A Rural Mail Carrier Christian Ingvald found a bag with 795 in gold guiding the search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox
Roseau County
Charles Fisher
Fairmont
Minn
Christian Ingvald
Assessors at Sea in St Louis County
In Biwabik Minnesota on May 4 the township assessors of St Louis County were told by Franklin L McVey president of the Minnesota tax commission to assess property at its real value. They then received a letter from County Auditor Halden noting that elsewhere counties use a 50 percent valuation and that a full levy in St Louis County would be unjust.
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St. Louis County
Biwebik
Minn
St Louis County
Franklin L. McVey
Minnesota Tax Commission
Halden
St Louis
Derailed Great Western Passenger Train Near Red Wing
Near Red Wing Minnesota on May 5 a Great Western passenger train from Minneapolis derailed one and a half miles north of the city due to the engine tank climbing the rail. No passengers or employees were injured though the smoke and baggage car left the trucks and several windows were broken.
Secretary Garfield Opens 205 Farms Near Great Falls Montana
Secretary Garfield opens 205 farms near Great Falls Montana to homestead entry effective May 7. The 18000 acre tract was withdrawn from disposition in connection with the Fort Shaw unit of the Sunn River irrigation project.
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Garfield
Warrhington
Great Falls
Moot
Fort Shaw
Fern case pits teacher Nellie Bates over whipping claim
John Moore sues Fern Wisconsin teacher Miss Nellie Bates for damages alleging excessive whipping of his son. Bates contends the discipline was in self defense and necessary.
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Fern, Wis
Nellie Bates
Fern
John Moore
Moore
Miss Bates
Beloit College President Quarantined Over Smallpox
Beloit Wisconsin May 4 President Eaton of Beloit College has a mild smallpox case and is quarantined along with thirteen girls mostly freshmen Vaccination was general and secrecy sworn to amid calm school response.
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Eaton
Beloit
Wis
Beloit College
Petition seeks national forestry for Bad Lands in North Dakota
Devils Lake North Dakota May 5 W W Barrett of Charles Ferry circulates a petition to present to the president urging conversion of the Bad Lands in North Dakota into a national forestry area.
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Devils Lake
N. D
W. W Barrett
Churles Ferry
North Dakota
Tot Trampled Upon by Horse in St Paul
May 5 report from St Paul states Catherine Segale three years old daughter of fireman Anthony Segale was run down by a horse last evening. The child was seriously injured with two broken ribs and extensive cuts and bruises to her body and head.
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St. Paul
Catherine
Anthony Segale
Three Switchmen Hurt in Minnesota Transfer Yard Derailment
In St. Paul on May 5 three switchmen at the Minnesota Transfer yards were seriously injured when a switch engine derailed last night. The accident disrupted yard operations and authorities investigated the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minnesota
Senate Adopts Sundry Civil Bill Speeches Mark Session
Washington April 29 The house spent most of yesterday in speeches on diverse topics and closed by hearing the president’s special message. The pension and District of Columbia appropriation bills were approved by the Senate before adjourning at 6 27 p m Senator Warner continued his remarks on the Brownsville affair.
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Washington
House
District of Columbia
Senate
Warner
Brownsville
Senator Davis Sparks Senate Over Choctaw Roll Records
Senator Davis of Arkansas accuses the interior department of omitting about 10 000 tribal members from Choctaw and Chickasaw rolls in Oklahoma and cites a case of a nine to one racial rating in a family. The exchange with Senator Foraker interrupts the chamber before Davis’s resolution passes. A Mississippi senator presents a minority petition on timber duties.
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Washington
Davis
Arkansas
Senate
Secretary of the Interior
Oklahoma
Foraker
House debates Hepburn act enforcement funding boost
The House resumed the sundry civil appropriation bill and approved Townsend of Michigan’s amendment raising the Interstate Commerce Commission enforcement budget from 50000 to 350000 for nationwide audits of railroad accounts to detect Hepburn act violations and publish findings. Senate consideration focused on the agricultural bill with most committee amendments cleared except those on the forest service to be addressed today.
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Washington
House
Townsend
Michigan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Forest Service
Senate Delays on Trust Bill and Hepburn Clause Reform
Washington May 2 The senate spent two hours on Senator Jeff Davis Arkansas request to discharge the judiciary committee from his trust suppression bill and then debated Elkins proposed delay of the Hepburn commodity clause to 1910 The clause now imposes up to 6000 at each interstate haul involving mine or factory tied rail assets The Elkins plan would grant railroads 20 months to separate such properties while Congress weighed financing and ownership issues The House meanwhile advanced the sundry civil appropriation bill through suspension of the rules
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Washington
Senate
Jeff Davis
Arkansas
Committee On the Judiciary
Elkins
Bulkeley Talks on Brownsville Issue and Negro Soldiers
Senator Bulkeley of Connecticut argued in the senate for the innocence of the Negro soldiers in the Twenty fifth regiment amid the Brownsville affair. The senate approved a $250000 relief appropriation for tornado victims in Alabama Georgia Mississippi and Louisiana. The house overrode committee cuts in the sundry civil appropriations bill.
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Washington
Senator Bulkeley
Connecticut
Military Committee
Senate
Brownsville
Bulkeley
Twenty-fifth Regiment
House
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Louisiana
Committee On Appropriations
Russia and U S Agree on Customs Value Certificates
Russian minister of finance announces that the United States will recognize the bourse committee certificates fixing the customs value of Russian goods imported into America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
America
Home of Quarry Foreman Wrecked by Blast Near Anaconda
The home of J G Wicklund foreman at Amalgamated Copper quarries near Anaconda Montana was blown apart by a dynamite blast. Wicklund seriously injured but alive. his wife and six week old baby unhurt. The explosion demolished the four room cottage and shattered neighboring windows. theft of 123 sticks of dynamite was reported. foreigners’ labor preference policy sparked threats against Wicklund.
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J. G Wicklund
Hme
Te Amalgamated Copper Company
Anaconda
Wicklund
Amalgamated Copper Company
Tallest Chimney in World at Great Falls Tower
Great Falls Montana will gain a 506 foot chimney at its Amalgamated Copper works visible from about 75 miles away at Indian Point site overlooking the Missouri River. The new stack will top 742 feet above furnaces, use radial bricks, and require 5.7 million bricks if built with common brick. Construction aims to finish by October first.
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Great Falls
Benjamin F Thayer
Amalgamated Copper Company
Mont
Freiburg
Germany
Eastman Company
Rochester
America
Alphonse Custodis Company
New York
Indian Point
Missouri River
Boston & Montana
Ore Theft Case Opens in Butte Trial
The South Butte Mining Company sues East Butte Mining for $100,000 alleging ore theft from South Butte workings. Judge George M. Bourquin presides with many witnesses expected. defendants named include John Quinn and William Clancey. Prosecution claims ore removal was hidden by smoke in the drift to keep workers out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
South Butte Mining Company
East Butte Mining Company
South Butte
East Butte
George M. Bourquin
John Quinn
William Clancey
William Walt
John Doe
John Roe
Peter Robinson
Helena Engineer Drowns After Hauser Lake Dam Fall
Maurice E. Haman, a young Helena engineer for the Helena Power Transmission Co, fell from the Hauser Lake dam during preparations for repair work and drowned in the Missouri River. He was among workers at the partially washed out structure two weeks earlier.
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Missouri River
Maurice E. Haman
Helena
Helena Power Transmission Company
Hauser Lake Dam
Haman
Scandinavian North Notes Warmth From Norway’s Pulse
A Norwegian roundup reports Lars Gjeldaker’s 80th birthday, silver medals for rescue at sea, a new public high school project in Eidsvold, and strong Norwegian emigration to Norway funds. It cites political peasant leagues, Nansen’s move to teaching, and a mixed view of lectures at Christiania. It also covers Gotland’s population, Swedish clubs and actors, royal appointments, and King Gustaf’s social finance.
Denmark’s 1907 production and trade figures show shifts in sugar beer and butter
Denmark produced 105.3 million pounds sugar and 754000 barrels beer in 1907, with oleomargarine rising to 51.3 million pounds. Imports totaled 54.41 million crowns, while imports value reached 600.6 million crowns and exports 416.2 million crowns, leaving a 183 million crown trade surplus. Baron Zytphen Adeler dies at 60. his estate goes to George Frederick. Baroness Margaret, a physician, survives. The Wallberga dairy in Halland is Sweden’s largest dairy.
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Denmark
Zytphen Adeler
Adelersborg
George Frederick
Margaret
Fredericksburg
Sweden
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News of the Northwest
Man Mao
Red Wing
Montana
Sues
M . Es
Montana News
Norway
Martin W. Odland
Lars Gjeldaker
Aas
Kari Jensen
Ole Jensen
Hagbart Jensen Stave
Andreas Jensen Stave
Overberg
Bergen
Eidsvold
Arneberg
Farsund
Peasants of Telemarken
Norse Land Owners League
Fritchof Nansen
London
Lysake
Dawes
Dr Nansen
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Gudrun
Christiania
Johan Flottum
Flottum
O J Breda
University of Minnesota
Ciristiania
McCrackens
University of Christiania
Breda
McCracken
Verdens Gang Sjoke
Rurik Helm
University of Lund
Gothenburg
Messen Stock Company
John Svanberg
Berlin
Prague
Island of
Gotland
Gustav Frederickson
H. Morner
Queen Sofia
Claes Herman Sparre
Finnekumla
King Gustaf
Accademia Degli Arcadi
Rome
Gustav
Nobel Fund
President Falliers
France
Stockholm
Anderson of
Kullst
Count Wachmeiste
Egypt
Dfe
Cairo
C F
Prince Wilhelm
Princess Pavlona
Russia
St Petersburg
aniLlas
England
Royal Theater
Edward
Wallberga Dairy
Halland
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