Refugees Fill Miles City as Indians Ravage Territory
A Miles City dispatch reports about 60 refugee families from the reservation remain in town with more arriving daily. Indians off the reservation number over 200, and a 1300 population is said to remain on the reservation. Civil authorities fault Agent Stouch for withholding evidence andco operation with Sheriff Gibb to arrest White Sull Yellow Hair and Sam row.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Miles City
Mont
Otter Creek
Captain Stouch
Sheriff Gibb
Smith
White Sull
Yellow Hair
Sam Row
Gibb
Carter
T. J. Porter
Stouch
Stanley
Sheeriff
Sherf
Patent Lawyer Shoots Woman Then Kills Self in Washington
In Washington on June 8 Miss Dorothy Squires was shot in the back of the head by patent attorney Charles Barber who then killed himself. Barber, once associated with Benjamin F. Butler, had recent notoriety for eccentric acts and had threatened Squires after employment as her stenographer. Squires likely recovers. Barber’s past included a court assault over a dog and prior protective bonds.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Dorothy Squires
Charles Barber
Barber
Miss Squires
Euall
Plattsburg
N. Y
Benjamin F. Butler
Massachusetts
Mob hanged jailer Mitchell in Urbana crowd attack
In Urbana Ohio on June 5 a mob overran the sheriff’s jail after soldiers declined to act. They forced entry using sledge hammers and keys, unlocked Mitchell’s cell, and executed him by hanging from a tree in the courtyard as thousands watched. The event unfolded rapidly with severe mob violence.
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Urbana
Ohio
Bushnell
Third Infantry
Springfield
Mitchell
Durrant Granted Six Month Appeal Stay by Supreme Court
In San Francisco on June 4 the Durrant defense secured a writ of superseders to halt execution and an appeal to the U S Supreme Court was granted. The stay’s exact effect is unsettled but with the high court not meeting until October, a six month respite appears. Attorney General Fitz wired the warden to pause action pending appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Theodore Durrant
Gilbert
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Fitz
Warden Hale
United States Supreme Court
Ex-Congressman Aldrich Named Havana Consul General
Ex congressman J Frank Aldrich of Chicago arrived in Washington and will head to Cuba as consul general in Havana. He came on explicit instructions to be in Washington when Mr Calhoun arrives, signaling a short stay for Consul General Lee.
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Washington
J. Frank Aldrich
Chicago
Calhoun
Aldrich
Havana
Lee
Islands
Wanted burglar arrested in local city
Be taken to Tacoma Spokane June 8 R. 8. Heale wanted in Tacoma on a charge of burglary was arrested in this city Saturday evening.
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Tacoma
Spokane
Heale
Favorable Outlook for Crops across Washington
Special crop reports from the Spokesman-Review indicate the hot wave passed with little damage to grain. Pul lman wheat is far advanced and would need prolonged extreme heat to suffer. Soil moisture remains high in the Big Bend with excellent crop prospects overall, especially fruit. minor pest activity from grasshoppers and squirrels is reported but not damaging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Spokesman-Review
Pullman
Big Bend
Pettigrew Proposes Popular Vote for Free Coinage
Senator Pettigrew today introduced a bill to submit in 1898 a popular vote on two questions. One asks for immediate free coinage of silver and gold at 16 to 1. The other seeks a constitutional amendment for direct election of the president, vice president, and senators. State secretaries would forward results to the president, who would send statements to Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pettigrew
Congress
United States
Mayor Demands Police Chief Myers Removal in Portland
Portland June 7 Mayor Pennoyer demanded the resignation of Chief of Police John Myers and the police commissioners agreed to remove Myers. Patrick James Barry, a longtime police captain, will take his place to promote efficiency in the police department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland, Or
Pennoyer
John Myers
Myers
Patrick James Barry
Barry
Progress in Northwest Rural Development and Industry
A survey spanning Idaho Montana and Washington notes Montesano creamery milk output between three and four tons daily, new sawmill chimneys at Ocosta, Tacoma coal exports, Yakima mail delivery costs, and state projects including university and rail developments. It also reports legal and fiscal moves, bank openings, and forthcoming wool shipments from Big Timber and Billings as well as agricultural prospects in Idaho.
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Montesano Creamery Company
Ocosta
Aberdeen
Tacoma
Yakima
California
Vance
Cheatham
Penitentiary Revolving Fund
State Grain Inspection Fund
State Historical Society
Historical Magazine
Hobart
W. N. Allen
Rogers
Jenkins
Thurston County Bar
Olympia
Supreme Court
Hanford
C. J. Smith
Oregon Improvement Company
Columbia & Puget Sound Railway
Seattle
University Commission
Missoula
Mont
Comptroller of the Currency
H. F. Douglas
D. R. Mead
H. R. Porter
C. W. Butler
F. P. Fleming
National Bank of Glendive
Capital
Centerville
Monte Carlo
Butte
Faro
Indiana
Burton Colony
Idaho
Stewart
Boise
Stonenberg
Warren S. Truitt
Moscow
The
State University
J. J. Coakley
United States
Detroit
Mich
Lewiston
Normal Schools
Scientific
Agricultural College
Insane Asylum
Kentucky Man Shoots Trotting Trainer in Domestic Dispute
J B Payne a Kentucky descendant of a vying family shot Percy Stackhouse a driver and trainer of trotting horses in a quarrel over a slight matter. Payne living at Stackhouse home. He is held for trial likely defended by his kinsman W C P Breckenridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
J. B. Payne
Kentucky
Percy Stackhouse
Payne
Stackhouse
W. C. P. Breckenridge
Elevator Fall Hits Post Office Staff in New York
The post office freight and employee elevator plunged from the fifth floor to the basement when its rope broke. Injured include Captain J. J. Cox and George W. Daly with internal injuries, John Murphy with a broken ankle, Joseph Luffer with a broken back, Thomas McGovern of Brooklyn with a broken back, and Frank Birdsall with a broken leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J. J. Cox
George W. Daly
John Murphy
Joseph Luffer
Thomas McGovern
Brooklyn
Frank Birdsall
Gas Explosion Injures Several at Brown Coal Mines
Explosion of gas in the Black Diamond mines of the Brown Coal Company near Monongahela Pennsylvania injures several men. A rescuing party entered the mine and all workers were removed before succumbing to afterdamp. The gas reportedly ignited from an open lamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monongahela
Brown Coal Company
Omitted Opportunity in Verse Timeliness
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph notes a poet friend lags in current verse, citing he has not produced poems beginning At midnight in his guarded tent the Turk lay dreaming of the hour. The remark underscores missed timely writing in a local literary scene.
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Pittsburg
Brazilian Ants Discover Tree Nesting in Brazil
A German traveler to Von Ibering reports a Brazilian ant species that spends winters on the ground and summers in large tree nests. The ants migrate to escape floods when snow melts and rivers rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
von Ibering
Brazil
Madrid Story Comes Amid McKinley Sympathy Dispatch
The Madrid cabinet council heard a Washington dispatch reporting President McKinley’s assurances of sympathy with Spain after a July incident. The note came as the Duke of Tetuan received the message from Foreign Affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Duke of Tetuan
Washington
McKinley
Spain
Turks Commit Excesses Reported in Epirus and Larissa
Officials announce Turkish troops committed excesses in Epirus including violence against women, desecration of churches, and widespread pillage. Similar abuses are said to have occurred in villages near Larissa. Elsewhere, women are noted driving cars in Santa Barbara and a labor union push appears in Schenectady for metal polishers painters and brewers.
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Athens
Epirus
Larissa
Santa Barbara
Cal
Schenectady
N. Y
Desperate Escape Attempt by Local Prisoner in Missoula
Alex Goins a colored prisoner at Missoula county jail tried to flee at noon after asking to call Fort Missoula. He escaped to the river, swam across, and was shot in the leg by Jailor Pitchette before being captured and treated for his wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Mont
Alex. Goins
Fort Missoula
Company H
King
Company G
Pitchette
Goins
Missoula River
Crow's Nest Pass Railway plans and mine prospects
Spokane reports on the Crow's Nest pass line from Lethbridge to Rossland with a 330 mile span and a government bonus of 11000 per mile. Prospectors from Washington state swarm to Moyie Werner creeks and Sullivan group as iron deposits and coal nearby promise a regional boom. Dan Mann and William McKenzie win the CP contract to build the 300 mile route at an estimated 25 000 to 29 000 per mile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hich
Spokane
Crow's Nest Pass
Spokesman-Review
Washington
Fort Steele
Moyie
Perry
Werner
Wild Horse
Bull
Kootenay
St. Mary's
North Star
Sullivan
Wardner
Sheep Creek
America
Crow’s Nest Pass
British Columbia
Canadian Pacific Company
Lethbridge
Rocky Mountains
Rossland
B.C
Canadian Pacific
Montreal
Dan Mann
William McKenzie
Toronto
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Robson
B. C
Tragic End of Pine City Man After Family Tragedy
Leonard Nihoul a former Pine City resident and blacksmith killed himself with strychnine after returning to his wife's grave. He was shot in the head during a crisis and his body was found in the grave he dug. A coroner's inquest ruled his death as passing by own action. his remains were buried beside his wife and child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nihoul
Oakesdale
Wash
Pine City
Leonard Nihoul
Spokane
Failure of a Big Factory in Meriden
Wilcox and Wheeler Manufacturing Company of Meriden has made an assignment. The firm, once a leading organ maker, faced long standing financial trouble and stockholders, plus Meriden businessmen, had earlier attempted to salvage the situation. Company head J H White could not present asset details today, with direct liabilities excluding contingencies not expected to exceed seventy thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilcox & Wheeler Manufacturing Company
Meriden
Conn
United States
J. H. White
Drowned in Skykomish River Near Gold Bar
John Swanson drowned while crossing the Skykomish River a mile and a half above Gold Bar. Companions F. F. Randolph and T. H. Lee escaped unharmed.
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Skykomish
Sultan, Wash
John Swanson
Gold Bar
F. F. Randolph
T. H. Lee
World News Roundup Highlights Global Events
A weekly survey notes Miguel A. Otero named New Mexico governor and T Lloyd elected to Congress in Missouri. It reports Angell to Constantinople, Taft appoints Felton receiver, Union Pacific and Southern Pacific traffic ties, and a star Derby win in England. Also covered are a Baltimore shooting tragedy, executions, tax cases, earthquakes, Vesuvius eruption, and other world and local incidents.
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Miguel A. Otero
New Mexico
T. Lloyd
Missouri
John Fratt
Racine
Wis
Rock Island
Washington
Turkey
J. B. Angell
United States Court
Samuel N. Felton
Columbus, Sandusky & Hocking Valley Railroad
Omaha
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Ogden
Ogden Gateway
Oregon
England
Galteemore
J. Gubbin
Kendal
Morganette
Edgar Harris
Baltimore
George
Ada
Ella
Harris
D. Wilson
Morristown
N. J
Chamber of Deputies
Baron Des Rotorous
United States
Richard Crocker
Americus
Epsom
Urbana
Ohio
Click Mitchell
Gaumer
First National Bank of
Dover
Del
William N. Boges
Pennsylvania
Lawrence Townsend
Portugal
Ellis H. Robberts
New York
Helena
Mont
Colorado Springs
Benjamin E. Crowell
Colorado
Conrad N. Jordan
Mount Vesuvius
A. V. Monarch & Co
Owensburg
New York City
Richard M. Scruggs
St. Louis
Grand Jury
London
Portland
Rambler Cyclery
Cactus
J. McNamar
N. N
Home Land Cattle Company
Montana
Inland Empire
Nebraska
Kansas
Lansing
Iowa
Olmsted
Spokane
President Hill
Great Northern
Boston
Standard Biscuit Company
San Francisco
Ten-Year-Old Boy Drowns In Everett Incident
In Everett Washington a 10 year old son of John Harring slipped into a bag from a boom stick and drowned. His body was later recovered. A nine hour committee referenced printers union dues in a 1 percent earnings assessment to fund ongoing efforts.
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Everett, Wash
John Harring
P Cade
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Missoula Shet
Uncle Sam
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Frere Presse
Canea
W. E. Tierney & CO
General Merchandise
Baxter
John M. McDonald
Broadway
Townsend Hotel
Townsend, Montana
Ideal Restaurant
J. S. Mitchell
Prop
Bank OF Townsend
J. EB. Kleinschmidt
Weston, Hyaty
Kanouse
Herman Berg
W. BE. Tierney
Cashier Yr. BE. Kenaston
Thomas Dixon
Townsend Brewery
Peter J. Meloy
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