Butte Current Notes highlights and notices
Local tidbits include rent pianos from Orton Bros Grotto cafe and piano tuners Fred Orton and J G Bates. City arrivals and visits from Missoula Helena Great Falls Philipsburg and Anaconda. Health resort Gregeon Springs promotion and X ray services in town. Summer travel rates to Gregson Springs and church services details.
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Orton Bros. Grotto Cafe
Fred Orton
N. Main
J. G. Bates
Montana Music Co
M. V. Wilson
Capital City
Three fugitives from Butte jail still at large in 1901
Sheriff Furey offers 400 dollars for the three escapees Peter Dempsey Gus Schrickengost and Pat Healey saying they remain in the city and likely to be recaptured soon. Dempsey described as convicted murderer with a 400 dollar reward leads the list with 200 for his arrest. The notices outline physical descriptions and rewards for each man.
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Peter Dempsey
Gus Schrickengost
Pat Healey
Furey
Dempsey
Sheriff's Office
Butte
Schrickengost
Healey
Mont
Ius Schrickengost
Snyder
United States
James B. Furey
Silver Bow County
Sheriff Offers Reward for Three Suspects
Sheriff Furey expresses confidence the three men will be captured. An individual reward is offered by the sheriff for information leading to their arrest.
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Furey
Property Damage Report Amid Sunday Blaze In Vicinity
A Sunday fire caused about 75 000 dollars in property damage in the area. The coal tipples suffered the heaviest loss though no lives are known to have been lost.
Cloudburst Hits Narrow Defile Far West Virginia
Roanoke news notes slim updates on the West Virginian flood. Reports describe Keystone and the Elkhorn area as heavily damaged with 200 to 300 houses swept away. No definite death toll given though flood fears persist.
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Roanoke
W. Va
Bluefields
Ennis
Keystone
Elkhorn
List of missing grows larger in West Virginia flood
The 249 known missing and drowned may be a small part of those perished as flood details emerge from Bluefields and Clinch valley. Miners and residents describe rescues and destruction, with a sawmill swept away and three Van Dyke family deaths noted. Ohio Governor Nash offered help to West Virginia.
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Bluefields
W. Va
Algoma
North Fork Junction
Belcher Bros
Clinch Valley
van Dyke
Columbus
Ohio
Nash
White
West Virginia
City closes poolrooms after mayoral orders
Chief Reynolds, following Mayor Davey, revoked licenses for Butte poolrooms the M. and M. and King and Lowery's and ordered their immediate closure after citizen complaints. The crackdown targets horse betting and pool betting, with many patrons affected and some leaving town to seek other livelihoods. A separate classified note advertises a miners hotel for sale at $2,500 in Butte, with Reynolds and McDowell listed.
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Reynolds
Davey
Butte
King & Lowery
Death of W. H. Lewis in Boise Ends Long Illness
W H Lewis died at Boise Idaho at 7 o clock after months of suffering. He was about 40 years old and a prominent longtime Butte resident born in Lancaster Wisconsin. He was unmarried and survived by his mother two brothers and other relatives. The body will likely be sent to Wisconsin for burial.
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First Church of Christ, Scientist
West
Broadway
Excelsior Avenue
Anna C.ick
Crowley
Spokane
Tossland
Seattle
Tacoma
Vancouver
Victoria
Portland
Northern Pacific Railway
Knowles
United States
Christian Science
Butte
Gregson Springs
W. F. Cobban
Boise
Idaho
Standard Office
W. H. Lewise
Thio
Walter CC
Lewin
Park Street
Lewis
Lancaster
Wis
O. K. Lewis &Co
Wisconsin
W. C. Lele
O. K. Lewis
Salt Lake
Cobban
Norfolk & Western to halt southward travel due to track loss
Columbus dispatch reports that the Norfolk and Western railway will accept passengers for no points south of Williamson. Local offices state 25 miles of track beyond that point are destroyed, affecting service and routing.
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Columbus
Ohio
Norfolk & Western Railway
Williamson
Mrs McKinley Goes Downstairs at Luncheon
Washington reports Mrs. McKinley, once feeble after a California return, joined the president for luncheon and then returned to her room amid a favorable recovery. Denver records a 17 year old girl, Celestine Colman, assaulted with a club near Thirty ninth avenue and Goss Street, but not fatally wounded. London notes the death of composer Charles Kensington Salaman at age 87.
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Washington
California
Denver
Celestine Colman
Thirty-ninth Avenue
Goss Street
Capitol Hill
London
Charles Kensington Salaman
Fire Laddies Celebrate Chief Sangers Birthday
At Quartz Street fire station last night Chief Sanger marked his birthday with a party for the fire crew and their partners. Alderman Thomas Bryant hosted a lively evening with dancing and ice cream, praising the department's past services and hospitality.
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Alderman Bryant
Sanger
Department
Quartz Street
Chief Sanger
Thomas Bryant
Who Shall Be Queen of the Carnival Contest
The carnival queen vote tally shows Geneva Smith leading with 218 votes, followed by Mabel Zinn with 179 and Leona Finch with 150. Other candidates include Lena Leford 18, Cora Eschle 143, Nan McCarthy 133, Dessie Masterson 12, Grace Southworth 98, Carrie Clements 80, Bessie Carter 72, Fannie St. Vrain 60, and Laura Smith 36.
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Geneva Smith
Mabel Zinn
Lena Leford
Leona Finch
Cora Eschle
Nan McCarthy
Dessie Masterson
Grace Southworth
Carrie Clements
Bessie Carter
Fannie St. Vrain
Laura Smith
O Brien Murder Trial Opens in Dawson
The George O'Brien murder trial in Dawson began this week. He faces charges for killing Lynn Wallace Relfe, Fred H. Clayson, both Seattle residents, and Ole Olson, a Dawson Skagway telegraph lineman, on Christmas day 1899 along the winter trail near Minto south of Dawson. The government estimates over $100,000 has been spent on the prosecution.
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Dawson
Seattle
George O’brien
Lynn Wallace Relfe
Fred H. Clayson
Ole Olson
Dawson-Skagway
Minto
Butte Briefs Note Arrivals and Local Pins
E B Howell arrived from Missoula last night. R Guire came from Great Falls yesterday. B McGinty of Hamilton stays at the Thornton. A daughter was born to the wife of William Riley of Walkerville. D A Boyle of the Northern Pacific is registered at the Finlen. J S Campbell a prominent Oakland horse owner is in Butte.
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Belle Springs
Ll. H. Mott
Missoula
Finlen
Frank D. Browne
Philipsburg
George H. Stanton
Great Falls
Butte
George H. Casey
Harvard
Fred J. Rowlands
F. Broadway
Dr. Hanson
William Ray
G. H. Babcock
Finelen
E. B. Howell
R. Guire
B. McGinty
Hamilton
Thornton
Wiliam Riley
Walkerville
D. A. Boyle
Northern Pacific
Campbell
Oakland, &al
Madrid Riot Destroys Convents as Infanta Kissed
In Madrid on Sunday a mob with anti clerical chants stormed a monastery during the night and shouted Burn the convents. The crowd also kissed Infanta Isabella before police dispersed them.
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Madrid
Infanta Isabella
Mexican admits guilt in killings of three officers
Mexican prisoner Gregorio Cortez, captured near Laredo, admits his identity and says he killed Sheriffs Glover and Morris of Karnes County and Henry Schebel of the posse ten days ago. He was brought to San Antonio on a special train and jailed. transfer to Karnes County awaiting decision.
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Dallas
Tex
Gregorio Cortez
Laredo
Glover and
Morris
Karnes County
Henry Schebel
San Antonio
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Butte News
The
Standard
East Broadway
Telephone
Fairfield
Jewelers
Montana
Henry N. Blake of
Helena
City
Warde
Gertrude Warde
Fr. J. Lloyd
Henry N. Blake
Gregeon Springs
Fayette Harrington
Joseph Price
East Summit Street
Winnie
Agnes Cooney
E. H. Cooney
W. K. Quarles
Virginia
Montana Liquor Company
Coopman
Duffy
Alexander
C. Blackiston
Anaconda
Great Northern Railway
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Hall Safe Company
Anna P. Hall
Ladies’ Home Journal
Woman's Home Companion
P.O
West Park
Charles Fernald
Boston & Montana Company
Sheriff
List
Reynolds & Mdowell
E. Broadway
New York
W. H. Lewis
Ene
Dan Tewey
Southern
J. E. Cowperthwaite
DPD
M. Newbro
William Gallick
Sigmond Genzberger
D. J. Bennetts
Hugh I. Wilson
Harry Manilaras
Duggan
Undertaking Rooms
Sewina Machine
Ingrain
Slea Yard
Brussels
Wilton
Brownfield-Canty Carpet Co
Ide
Cereals Star
Booth’s
Soc
Atlas
Ralston
Washbure Crosby
Butte Leader
Isic
Booth
BANKS
Lee Mantle
Chas, Schatzlein
View
Frank W. Haskins
A. B. Clements
Charles KR. Leonard
F. Aug. Heinze
Henry Mueller
James H. Monteath
Alexander Macaulay
South Main Street
Butte, Ment
Montana Book Company
Main Street
W. H. Klein
Butte Briefs
McBrayer
Dewars
Old Continental
Elson
A. Booth Cash Grocery
West Park St
Pvre Food Products
Liquor Departments
W. R. Tonkin Co
East Park
WR. Tonkin Co
E. Park St
St. Charles
Montana Cash Grocery Company
Park and Montana Sts
Silver Bow Foundry and Machine Company
County Road
South Butte
P. O
Daly Bank and Trust CO
OF Butte
W. W. Dixon
John D. Ryan
C, CC Swinborne
RK. A. Runkel
Rass't
J H. Vivian
V. P
Payette Harrington
M. A. White
Silver Bow National Bank
Mont Capital
Europe
First National Bank
Andrew J. Davis
James A. Talbott
Ebb Weirick
George Stevenson
State Savings Bank
Orner Main and
Perk
John A. Creighton
G. W. Stapleton
Coaldens
T Hodgens
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