Butte Police Break Up Domestic Fights Daily
A string of disturbances led to multiple arrests in Butte as police intervened in domestic and public quarrels. Derville Pardee May and Wilds face assault or disturbing the peace charges, with varying claims of provocation. Keating and Wing dispute resulted in injuries and jail holds, while two deaths were reported in city facilities with funerals pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Derville
Frank Pardee
Frank C. May
FB. W. Wilds
W. M. Wing
Thomas Keating
George Washington Scott
Er. W. Wilds
Scott
Wilds
Silver Row Club
Wing
Keating
Sullivan
Divorce suit and property dispute filed in district court
Mrs. Effie F Long files for divorce from John N Long on grounds of cruelty citing abusive language frequent accusations of unchastity and threats to her life. She seeks custody of five children and a share of ranch property valued with dairy livestock and land. An injunction restrains disposal of assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie F. Long
District Court
John N. Long
Eureka
Bitter Root
Oro Fine Gulch
Mischievous 10-Year-Old Fred Willard Faces Judge in Rabbit Theft Case
In Meaderville Justice Libby presided over a rabbit theft case involving three boys including 10-year-old Fred Willard. Willard admitted taking three large and two small rabbits from Cesaire Cote while James Williams and Joseph Lanyon faced minor roles. Williams watched for others and Lanyon claimed to have taken rabbits the next night. Willard received county jail time pending his mother's illness, with other youths fined $10 conditionally for good behavior. John D. Holland, 26, dies. funeral set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. from 438 Anaconda Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Willard
Libby
Meaderville
Willard
Cesaire Cote
James Williams
Joseph Lanyon
Ellsworth
Young Williams
Lanyon
Cote
Fred Boise
Joe Swazi
Williams
Reform School
Olmstead Acquitted in Beaver Killing Trial
Fred Olmstead was found not guilty on a charge of killing beaver near Whitehall. Prosecutors Game Warden Scott and Deputy Warden Aware testified to a concealment of three beaver skins, with Olmstead confessed earlier. witnesses Mrs. Schultz and George King corroborated trapping dealings. The jury accepted Olmstead's account of a mysterious trapper named Green and a swap of two otter skins for two beaver skins, leaving the verdict acquittal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulder
Fred Olmstead
Whitehall
Scott
Olmstead
Schultz
George King
Butte
Green
Record silver price slump hits London and New York markets
The metal fell to the lowest level on record as China sells silver to fund the war indemnity in gold, while the United States also dumps silver. Experts say insufficient exchange remittance and lack of London support drove the decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
HOLC
China
United States
Coffield Case Ends in Jury Disagreement
The jury trying O. W. Coffeld for the killing of Santa Fe detective C. G. Montgomery reported a disagreement after 48 hours and was discharged. The court announced a retrial during the June term. Montgomery was shot from outside while seated in his parlor at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield, Kan
O. W. Coffeld
C. G. Montgomery
Santa Fe
Montgomery
Ventura Pioneer Doctor Dies After Operation
Brother of United States Senator Bard, Dr C L Bard, dies at his Ventura home after an operation failed to save him. Bard is a pioneer resident of Ventura. Senator Bard is expected to arrive from Washington on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ventura
Cal
C. L. Bard
United States
Bard
Washington
Mother Wields Axe and Sons Hurl Stones at Shingle Job
Charles J. Marsh complains to Deputy County Attorney Lynch of neighbors menacing his house shingling near the Colorado smelter. Metz family accused of assault in the third degree after throwing rocks and an ax threat. Ground ownership disputed. hearings set in Justice Olsen's court at South Tutte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles J. Marsh
Lynch
Colorado
Valentine
William
Henry Metz
Marsh
Lizzie Metz
Metz
Metzes
Justice Olsen
South Tutte
Black cell horrors and a tale of fruit cake at a lodge ball
An account recounts a British colonial punishment in Ile Nou with a prisoner confined in a dark cell and later softened by authority. The second fragment recalls the Campbells notorious housekeeping and a Christmas fruit cake saved by Kate Campbell, then Roselea Lodge plans a grand ball at the A U W ball in South Butte with admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ile Nou
Griffith
Miss Tompkins
Campbells
Kate
Roseleat Lodge
D. of H
U. W. Ball
South Butte
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Ville
G. F Buley
Sherman & Reed
F. A. Russell
Montana Undertaking Company
Chamberlain
Standard Drug Store
Smith Drug Store
Martin Drug Store
J. M. Kennedy Drug Company
Philip E. Rhoads
Pennville
David Rk. Forbes
The
Sun
Quarry- Ville
Martn Drug Store
Naughty Little Boy
Mead
Erville
John D. Holland
Anaconda Hill
Fred
Price
Moire
Paris Charlies
Silver
New
York and London
Coffeld
Senator Bard
Paris
Mets
Preven
Ting Tiim
Jockey Johnson
Burt O Neill
John Doe Brady
John Doe Seers
Judge MoeHatton
West Broadway
O'Neill
Johnson
Helena
J. J. Murphy
Justice O'Connor
Walkerville
Black Cell Horrors
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