Butte News Covers Local Crime and Widely Varied Matters
Mrs. Walter Garrison, wife of a confidence man in jail, asks officials to send her home to South Dakota and vows not to surrender her children. The piece also notes fire insurance agents named as delegates to a national meeting and a court report on the estate administrator in a damage suit against Basin Mining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Garrison
South Dakota
Associated Charities
Fort. McArthur
Basin Mining and Concentrating Company
Jefferson County
Butte Briefs: Visitors and Local Movements
F C Webster and BR FE Palmer arrive from Missoula. J A Sargent from Great Falls. L C Hayee of Fort Belknap and H P Brown of Great Falls in town. Father Murphy from Salt Lake City. Mrs J H Miller from Twin Bridges. Alex D Leaming moves to Butte from Great Falls. W F Sanders registered from Helena. T H Carson from Great Falls. Miss H M Parkins from Twin Bridges. Harry Bush and J E Stuart mining men from Jardine visit. Mrs Louis Stadler and Mrs E Aldrich from Helena. Helena pitcher Gibson expected to arrive to face Butte. Marysville cricket team to play Walkerville at Columbia Gardens next week. Packard Sullivan joins Billings Gazette mechanical department. Mrs Carrie Day arrived from the coast after husband’s death. Old Catherine divorce case noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Murphy
Salt Lake City
Butte
J. H. Miller
Twin Bridges
Alex D. Leaming
Great Falls
W. F. Sanders
Helena
T. H. Carson
H. M. Parkins
Harry Bush
J. E. Stuart
Jardine
Louis Stadler
E. Aldrich
Gibson
Marysville
Walkerville
Columbia Gardens
Packard Sullivan
Billings Gazette
Carrie
Day
Catherine
Wool Market Shows Quiet Trade Amid Cautious Buyers
Boston reports a generally quiet wool market with some large lots held above the market and bids refused by owners seeking higher prices. Territory wool remains active at unchanged quotes. Montana and Texas wool show firm, mixed results. eight month spring wool sells at 18c and Californian activity rises. Domestic receipts today 4611 packages. weekly totals 17,499 domestic and 733 foreign.
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The
Standard
Boston
American Woolen Company
Territory
Montana
Texas
Oregon
Ife
Wool market notes from Nevada to Oregon regions
San Francisco reports a mixed wool market with spring wools priced in Nevada and Eastern Oregon at about 164 18 per cent, Western Oregon at 14 0 and 14e, and fall wools noting Mountain lambs in Humboldt and Mendocino around W120. The terse dispatch covers regional price points for wool and lambs across Pacific states.
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San Francisco
Nevada
Oregon
Valley
Humboldt
Mendocino
Army officers assign staff moves and overseas duties
Washington report details Hospital Steward R H McComyn leading a detachment from Jefferson Barracks Missouri to Fort McDowell California and accompanying Major John J W Hoff on a China voyage. Major Hoff serves as chief surgeon on General Chaffee's staff. Major George Ruhlin, quartermaster, departs Honolulu for Seattle to relieve Major F W Robinson Jr who goes to Honolulu as depot quartermaster.
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Washington
R. H. McComyn
Fort Porter
N. Y
Hospital Corps
Jefferson Barracks
Missouri
Fort McDowell
Cal
John J. W. Hoff
China
Hoff
Chaffee
George Ruhlin
Honolulu
Wildfire Threatens Wyoming Towns Burned Sheep Missing Herder
A Wyoming forest fire near Encampment has burned an 8 by 10 mile area and threatens Battle and Rambez. Two thousand sheep owned by Frederick Geddes of Saratoga are dead and a Mexican herder is missing, believed killed in the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Wyo
Battle
Rambez
Frederick Geddes
Saratoga
Des Moines Town Reports Severe Flooding Across State
Extreme rainfall across Iowa over the past days has threatened crops. Des Moines records 6.7 inches, and statewide four day totals exceed six inches. Des Moines River flooding reaches alarming levels with many lowlands underwater and bridges swept away.
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Des Moines
Columbus Hotels Put In Receivers Hands
Three leading Columbus hotels the Chittenden the Great Southern and the Neil operated by the Columbus Hotel company were placed in receivership today creditors said the firm is insolvent with debts totaling 130 000 dollars and unpaid debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Chittenden
Great Southern
Neil
Columbus Hotel Company
Record set for daily gold receipts at Seattle assay office
On August 18 in Seattle Washington the assay office reported a new one day high with deposits valued at over 2.5 million dollars at closing time. A single deposit from the Canadian Bank of Commerce was worth 1.5 million dollars.
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Seattle, Waeh
Seattle
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Argyle Steamer Registed for US Service to China
The Argyle, formerly a British steamer, was granted an American register at the Portland customs house. The transfer documents list James Jerome of San Francisco as the new owner, and the vessel is chartered by the United States to transport army supplies from Portland to China.
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Portland
Ore
Argyle
Custom House
James Jerome
San Francisco
United States
China
Puget Sound Salmon Pack Estimated at 199000 Cases
Portland reports P. F. Kelly of Seattle estimates the 1900 Puget sound salmon pack at 199000 cases, far below last year’s 528000. The figure reflects a smaller run and reduced harvest prospects across the region.
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Portland
Ore
P. F. Kelly
Seattle
Puget
Pass Two In Gallery Indispensable Orders Tale
A London theater manager and a persistent beggar of orders clash over a demanded "order." The manager pens a final note and hands it to the beggar, who reads that two passes in the gallery, evening dress, are required. The tale ends with the beggar's mixed fortune.
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London
Assurance of Early Federal Building Construction
A letter to Senator Carter from the Treasury Department promises to begin and complete the foundations this fall with the superstructure started next spring as weather permits. After two years of discussion and a year since site selection, work is forecast to finish and be occupied within two to three years, with details to be shared at the Business Men's Association meeting Tuesday evening.
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Federal
Carter
Treasury Department
Washington
Business Men's Association
England's volatile Shanghai troop landing feeds press outrage
London reports British policy in Shanghai as a theater of vacillation. The Times and other papers deride Lord Salisbury while the government touts a staged sequence of announcements and withdrawals. Plans unfold to recall Lord Roberts in October as Wolseley relinquishes command and Troops return to Aldershot.
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Associated Press
London
England
Shanghai
East
Europe
Times
China
Foreign Office
Lord Salisbury
France
Russia
Admiral Seymour
Germany
Austria
Lord Roberts
South Africa
Lord Wolseley
United Kingdom
Aldershot
Marquis of Londonderry
Mats
Pretal
Stoneyhurst College
Ovelli
Baron Hussell
Liverpool Post
Edward Russell
Post
Baron Russelll
Mays Brick
Maybrick
Clark Bell
New York
The
Medico-Legal Society
Paris
United States
Joseph Choate
Bell
Lord Russell
Home Secretary
Giant Helper Story Shows Circus Gimmick Power
An old circus man recalls a beguiling advertising stunt where a giant helps townspeople by lifting women and children over a 20 foot stream after a bridge is removed. The ruse draws crowds, with the giant and the ringmaster weaving spectacle and practical setup to draw villagers to the show.
Breaker of neck thrives as inventor at world fair prize
Albert C. Searles of Oakland California gained a diploma as designer and draughtsman at the Chicago World’s Fair while living 27 years with a broken neck. Born in London, he survived a fall in infancy and has since defied doctors, growing into an active inventor who aids his father in wire fence patents. He walks with a cane, had temporary paralysis in his legs, and bears no outward hump.
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Chicago
Chicago Chronicle
Albert C. Searles
Oakland
Cal
Searles
Mr. Searles
London
England
Mr. Searles Jr
Master Searles
Searles Pere
Permisson
Svery
Father
America
Benjamin Scarles
Stockton Wire Fence Company
DR. McLaughlin
English noble houses tied by tenure and lineage
The text notes the closeness of the lines of Mowbray and Segrave in tenure, with Lord Mowbray described as head of five ancient English families dating back to 1838, highlighting longstanding noble heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ies
Mowbray
Segrave
Lord Mowbray
England
Calf liver freshness sparks sharp butcher exchange
In a Megeensdorfer Blaetter style vignette a housewife questions meat freshness provoking the butcher to insist he slaughters only calves with fresh livers. The exchange highlights kitchen doubts and local pride in quality.
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Megeensdorfer
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Butte News
County
Butte Briefs
F. C. Webster
Missoula
BR. FE. Palmer
J. A. Sargent
L. C. Hayee
Fort Belknap
H. P. Brown
A. L. Duncan of
Dr. Dodd
West Park St
Butte, Mont
Brownfield-Canty Carpet Co
Calder
Wall Paper Co
West Park Street
Butten
V. Franzman
W. Park St
Boston Market
American Register
Salmon
Federal Building
Senator Carter
Business Men
Cation
Roberts
California
Hich
S.S. S
S.S.S
Mr. H. Borden
Saumaville
ID. R. Johnson
Blackshear
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta, Ga
Susanville
M. A. McLaughliin
H. H. Ames
M. A. McLaughlin
Ite Columis Streets
General Neadquarts
J. N. Nevills & Co
East Park Street
Butte, Montana
E. W. Griffin
East Broadway
McDermott
Arizona Streets
Collins Land Company
Wntana
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