Butte Current Notes and City Visitors
Butte notes list numerous visitors and residents in town from Helena Anaconda Missoula and Kalispell including J P Wright Fred Orton and M A Miller. Births marriages and bankruptcies are recorded along with theater listings and local business notices.
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Orton Bros
J. P. Wright
Helena
Fred Orton
N. Main
Montana Music Co
W. M. Fergus
Whitehall
Ity
J. H. Kent
Finlen
M. A. Miller
Dillon
Butte
T. J. Walsh
Thornton
Ek. S. Adkins
Pony
City
E. J. Carter
Missoula
W. M. McConnell
Thomas Boynan
P. K. Gilfillan
Chicago
I. M. Rockefellow
Anaconda
Walter A. Goss
Portland
Ore
W. H. Lindsay
North Jackson
Stromberg- Mullins Co
State Distributors
C. R. Burkett
Pipestone
C. Schmidt
Olympia
Wasa
A. T. Morgan
California
Hanson
T. C. Hand
Flathead County
Kalispell
Police Committee to Probe Multiple Officer Allegations
A police committee meeting will review charges against Detective Murphy Officer Parini and Officer Foley. Murphy faces accusations of abusing two prisoners in the city jail and other misconduct. Parini is accused of snubbing Chief Reynolds and defying orders. Foley faces drunk and disorderly charges and resisting Captain Everts. A council meeting next Wednesday will hear the committee report on these cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police Committee
Murphy
Wlse
Parini
Reynolds
San Francisco
Foley
Poley
Everts
Evans
Pennsylvanian’s calm reply saves life during Civil War raid
Judge Penny Packer recalls a 1864 raid when Sheridan ordered burnings from Staunton valley to Winchester. Rebels captured a quiet Pennsylvanian Dutchman who asked what they would do with him. They replied Hang you, and he answered Whatever is the rule, provoking laughter and sparing him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Pennypacker
Philadelphia
Sheridan
Staunton
Winchester
President Tucker declines New Hampshire farm boarding
Dartmouth college president Tucker and his family spent summers on a New Hampshire farm until last year due to the pig pen proximity and the hired girl. He refused to return after the farmer asked again, replying with a note that there have been no hogs since he left and Hannah has went.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Tucker
Dartmouth College
New Hampshire
Dartmouth
Hannah
Goat and puppy rescue in Cascade farmyard
Susquehanna crops up in Cascade where a pet goat and its puppy friend wandered Sunday afternoon. The goat led rescuers to a 10 foot deep pit where the puppy lay struggling, and the animal was saved and reunited with the goat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susquehanna
Penn Cor
New York Sun
Wainwright
Cascade
Shake Off the Sarsaparilla Extract for Overall Purification
Shake Off is promoted as a gentle natural laxative for the bowels and liver, a diuretic for the kidneys, and an alterative to purify the blood. It claims to improve complexion and bodily condition and is offered at $1.00 per bottle by local sellers.
Santos-Dumont Arrives in New York to Discuss Aerial Exhibition
Alberto Santos-Dumont, famed airship builder and navigator, lands in New York aboard the Deutschland to confer with St. Louis exposition managers on aerial navigation plans. He will stay five days before heading to St. Louis, not flying during this visit, and may return for a race or exhibition later. He praises U S progress and names Langley as a leading figure.
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New York
Alberto Santos- Dumont
United States
England
Edward
Atlantic
Manuel Aime
The
Aero Club of Paris
Albert Chapin
Santos- Dumont
St. Louis
Paris
5. P. Langley
Rhodes Lays In Rock Tomb At Opulent Matoppo Hills
Cecil Rhodes is buried in the Matoppo hills near Bulawayo after a massive five mile funeral procession. Chiefs and 2,000 natives witness Christian rites followed by traditional oxen sacrifices as bells toll and a band plays Dead March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulawayo
Matabeleland
Cecil Rhodes
Matoppo
Queen Alexandra
Fuller
Kopje
Shembli
Faku
Umegula
Mashonaland
Saul
Mr. Rhodes
Dr. Jameson
Col
Francis Rhodes
Colonial officials attend service as stock market halts
Lain the colonial secretary and cabinet members joined the nobility for a notable ceremony. The mining department of the stock exchange closed for an hour while St Pauls held its service.
King Edward and Restrictions on Royal Personal Conduct
The article outlines limits on the British king's private actions and powers. It notes he cannot be a business partner, tenant, or clerk to any subject, may appoint executors but not act, must consult the privy council, and cannot appoint foreigners. The king cannot exempt classes from duties, levy taxes by royal decree, or imprison or execute at will, and must be Anglican to remain sovereign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Chronicle
Edward
Great Britain
Privy Council
Anne
George III
London
England
Memorial for Cecil Rhodes Held at St Pauls Cathedral
London noted a grand memorial service at St Pauls Cathedral for Cecil Rhodes, aligned with the burial hour at Matoppo hills. King Edward was represented by Gen Godfrey Clerk and the Prince of Wales by Sir Wynn Carrington Carrington. many notables including US Ambassador Choate and financiers Pierpont Morgan and Joseph Chamberlain were unable to attend.
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London
Cecil Rhodes
St. Paul's Cathedral
Matoppo Hills
King Edward
Godfrey Clerk
Sir Wynn Carrington-Carrington
Prince of Wales
United States
Mr. Choate
J. Pierpont Morgan
Joseph Chaimber
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Butte News
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East Broadway
Butte Telphone 422
Fairfield
al E. Doull
H. Yager
L. Murray
Great Falls
Customs Office
J. H. Moore
Big Timber
C. C. Douglass
Houghton, Mich
Wall
West Side Paper Company
West Broadway
S. C. Blackiston
W. J. Alexander
Jefferson Island
Edward Bennett
E. S. Becker
Forsyth
M. J. Ready
Spokane
William Brennan
Annie Iiley
John Verzich
Marie Stefanich
P. O. News Stand
West Park Street
Kansas City
Denver
Frisco
Seattle
Bartley Campbell
Newspapr
Montana
Frederick Warde
Sutton
Proadway
Mountebank
H. W. Lawton
Thomas Scallon
Wise Old Goat
Newbro Drug Co
Butte, Mont
James E. Keyes
Santos-Dumont
America
Chotl Rhodes TS
Toppo Thelgs
Tives
NOU SS
Britain
Dutte
Brownfield-Canty Carpet Co
West Park
Galena Street
Booth
Graham Flour
Eagle
Sauer Ae
Self
Ralston
Banquet
Montana Cash Grocery CO
Cor. W. Park and
Montana Streets
Grand
Peter McHenry
New Clark Building
Corner Park
Academy
Montana Book Company
W. H. Klein
N. Main St
Montana Undertaking CO
Thos. Lavell
Thos. Sullivan
Mgr
KE. Park
BANKS
F. AU * Heinze
Chas
R. Leonard
A. B. Clements
Daly Bank and Trust CO
Butte Capital
John D. Ryan
John R. Toole
Co. C. Swinborne
R. A. Kunkel
Aags’t. Cashier
State Savings Bank
Main and Park
John A. Creighton
G. W. Stapleton
McM. Hodgens
Europe
Omaha
G. W Stapleton
A. H. Barrett
E. D. Leavitt
V. Kemper
T. M. Hodgens
S. 0. Hodgens
First National Bank
OF Butte
Andrew J. Davis
Femee Talbott
Eurick
George Erenain
Siebenll Casne Jer
A. Augendre
New Drug Co
Mont
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