Big fee claim in 1891 Davis will contest in Butte
Ingersoll widow files suit seeking $95,000 plus interest from 1897 claiming Henry A Root and Gideon Wells failed to pay the remaining contingent fee in the Davis will contest. The suit asks judgment against Root and a receiver to protect funds, with intent to apply future estate distributions to the claim. The case outlines a 1891 agreement for a $100,000 fee if the will is defeated and details prior payments and arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert G. Ingersoll
Henry A. Root
J. A. Coram
Davis
Robert Ingersoll
Butte
Andrew JJ. Davis
E. B. Sherwood
John Lindsay
Abva A. Ingersoll
Gideon Wells
Joseph A. Coram
Elizabeth S. Ladd
Ellen Corrie
M. Laurie Dunbar
Herbert P. Cummings
Sarah Marie Cummings
Charles H. Palmer
Andrew J. Davis, Jr
John H. Leyson
Andrew J. Davis
Root
Butte City
Mont
R. G. Ingersoll
Maria Cummings
A. J. Davis
Lizzie
Ladd
M. Louise Dunbar
Ellen
Corrie
Sarah Maria Cummings
Coram
ROG. Ingersoll
Ingersoll
Dobbs’ Ferry
Winchester County
N. Y
J. H. Leyson
Summer Excursion Rates By Great Northern Railway
Summer excursion pricing lists Basin and return and Boulder options with Sundays and Saturdays through Monday. J. K. Dawson G A 41 North Main Street notes ticket terms and payment of plaintiff's claim. Entertainment line mentions "Coon Coon Coon" sung while driving through Dinsmore's Missoula Orchard Homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basin and Return
Boulder and Return
J. KE. Dawson
G. A
North Main Street
Dinsmore
Missoula Orchard
Broadway
Visitors and locals flood Butte for street fair week
A long list of visitors arrives in Butte from Helena Great Falls Sheridan Bozeman Anaconda Missoula and Helena figures include William Dower J J Kelly Ike Boyer Sam Robertson and Mrs Walter Livingston among others. Officials report about 40 daily fairgoers and ads note Orchard Homes and Orton Bros offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Alexander
Helen
Butte
R. D. Steele
Bozeman
D. W. Raymond
Sheridan
Sam Robertson
The
Boulder Sentinel
W. C. McBride
Harry Yeager
J. B. Habersham
Helena
J. H. Durston
Anaconda
BE. Rood
W. H. Cochran
George Frankfort
Theo Knutson
Great Northern
Nuisance Building Blocking Butte Street Faces Urgent Action
The Mollie Da Murska building has clogged a Butte sidewalk for days, forcing pedestrians into the street. Building Inspector Lane gave Pat Talent’s agent Steele until 24 hours to move it off the public thoroughfare or risk demolition by the street commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollie da Murska
Butte
Wharton
Lane
Mr. Steele
Pat Talent
Steele
Burglary in Butte Leads to Spokane Link to Clymo Case
On March 17 1898 W C Clymo residence in Butte was burglarized with $500 in goods stolen including a Mrs Clymo watch worth $200. A Spokane arrest tied to five or six burglaries yielded a Mrs Clymo watch and Mr Clymo chain. Thomas Howard, tried for a Spokane burglary, received three years and will finish August 1. Silver Bow officials may bring him back for trial upon completion. Funeral for Joseph Pene aged 28 will be Saturday at 2 from Duggan’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Clymo
Butte
Clymo
Thomas Howard
Spokane
Howard
Silver Bow County
Breen
Washington
Potatoes Face Decline If Seed Propagation Fails
The Albany Argus reports that potatoes and sugar cane may die out due to sterile propagation. Harvard researchers note the crop's seed is nearly extinct, with Luther Burbank credited for reviving potato seeds and creating new varieties to restore the species.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Botanical Department
Harvard University
Mexico
South America
England
Walter Raleigh
Europe
America
Ireland
Museum of Economic Botany
Harvard
Luther Burbank
Santa Rosa
Cal
Burbank
Dandene
Harvard Botanical Department
Day Outing to Pipestone Springe Train Leaves at Nine
Brief notice invites a day outing to Pipestone Springe with a train at 9 am on Sunday. Round trip tickets are priced at 1 dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pipestone Springe
Earth Tremors Traced From Center of the Globe
London telegraph notes that Professor John Milne has established an observatory at Newport Isle of Wight to study earth tremors. Instruments record constant quivers with shocks traveling at high speeds, revealing Earth's interior is more rigid than solid iron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Telegraph
Japan
John Milne
Newport
Isle of Wight
Alaska
Mexico
Java
Milne
New York Herald Reports Night Illumination Shell Experiments
The war department tests an illuminating shell that bursts in the air creating a bright globular light to reveal enemy positions at night. A blue flame from sulphur and saltpetre mixes with hydrocarbon lasts while oxygen remains. Experiments also test a smoke emitting bomb to conceal troop movements as a counter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
War Department
Leavenworth Shooting Victims Show Improvement After Attack
Dr. Charles McGee and Sergeant of Police Dodge, the two gravely wounded in Michael Kelly's attack yesterday, were somewhat improved today though still critically ill. The other three wounded are reported in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kan
Charles McGee
Dodge
Michael Kelly
Crazy Man
Kelly
Bozeman & Pass Creek Telephone Company Incorporation
The Bozeman and Pass Creek Telephone company was incorporated today in Helena with Z. B. Morgan Archie Martin and B. B. Duncan named as organizers. It plans a telephone line from Bozeman to Pass Creek with a capital of 5000 dollars of which 9 dollars has been paid up.
Also Mentioned on This Page
B. Gallick
Butte, Mont
Butte Street Fair & Carnival
Queen’s Stand
Exhibit Street
Mohammedan
BIG Blackfoot Milling Company
Ceeuer Arisons
Bonner, Moy
Butte Briefs
William Dower
Jardine
J. J. Kelly
A. Brown of
Great Falls
Finlen
Ek. S. Sutherland of
Ike Boyer
BR. & Palmer
Missoula
E. Broadway
Orton Bros
N. Main Street
Mo Nevers Tigh
His Majesty
Rex
Columbia Gardens
Hennessy’s
Hennessy
Montana
Joseph Pene
Duggan
Albany Argus
Voles of the
Banister
Russia
Tan Oxfords
Wakefield
Putte, Montana
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