Cascade Tunnel progress and railway time changes in Butte
The article notes revised Butte times for the Butte Anaconda line replacing the Copper City limited, with a 12 40 p m departure and adjustments to 9 05 a m and 6 00 p m for other trains. It also details the Cascade tunnel nearing completion with an electric traction plan, 15 258 feet long at about four million dollars, and notes three years of construction beginning January 1897 under John F Stevens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Copper City Limited
Northern Pacific
Butte, Anaconda & Pacific
Copper City
Great Northern
Anaconda
James J. Hill
Cascade Mountains
United States
Great Northern Road
Pacific Ocean
Germany
John F. Stevens
Local Transportation and Home Goods Ads From Butte
A depot ride to Dan Tewey's Southern hotel costs 5 cents and ends at a popular West shop. Schatzlein Pain Co offers glass installation by calling Ring up 69 with size and lights. Orton Bros at 219 N Main St Butte advertise pianos and organs for best value.
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Dan Tewey
Southern Hotel
Price
Schatzlein Pain Co
Orton Bros
N. Main Street
Butte
Reward for proving Mayer overcharges on mainspring
A local ad offers 25 reward to anyone who proves that F. F. Mayer at 40 West Park does not use the best mainspring in watch cleaning priced at 1.00 and 1.50 dollars. The notice highlights questions over quality and value in repair work.
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F. F. Mayer
West Park
Public notice of debt nonresponsibility by husband
A public notice states that the signer will not be responsible for debts contracted by his wife Mrs. Even Williams. The document names EVEN 0. WILLIAMS and asserts nonliability.
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Even
Williams
Plank Walk Feud Over Walkerville Trestle Dispute
Ex Alderman Bat Invernezzi built a plank walk over a trestle in Walkerville promising reimbursement from neighbors and city. after failed pleas and a canceled council vote the planks were torn up. The walk now sees use only in wet weather and Invernezzi says he was cheated by neighbors.
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Bat Invernezzi
Walker Ville
Butte
Walkerville
B Street
Invernezzi
Mr. Invernezazi
Briney
Inevernezzi
In Vernezzi
Daly
B Streets
Invernez#zi
Mr. Tavernezzi
T Invernezzi
Mr. Invernezzi
Main Street
Lexington Hil
Invernegzi
Itkin and Itkin Handle Downtown Revolver Incident
Abraham Itkin, a North Main street railround ticket dealer, faced a well dressed Gentile who flashed a revolver in Itkin office. The man, intoxicated after a $43 rebate dispute, threatened to kill Itkin and his wife, struck Louis Hamburger, and was ejected by patrons. Detectives Murphy and police pursued the suspects as a crowd gathered on a busy afternoon.
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Abraham Itkin
North Main Street
Jerusalem
Itkin
East End
Putte
Mr. Itkin
Louis Hamburger
Chicago
Ara
Hamburger
Duel request aims for 10 paces shotgun test in Illinois
Judge Righter in Shelby County received a letter from Italian Reion Corts asking permission to duel Peter Camalti. Corts proposes a 10 pace shotgun test to determine who falls dead with the lashed duel in a Meneagua mine dispute where a previous $200 debt arose.
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Chicago
Pana
Righter
Shelby County
Reion Corts
Luel
Peter Camalti
Wie
Dlama
Meneagua
Politician Eugene Sullivan Dies in Greenwood B C
Eugene Sullivan once sheriff of Silver Bow county and a popular Butte figure has died at Greenwood British Columbia. His brother Daniel J. Sullivan will bring the body to Butte for burial. no cause of death is given. Sullivan, born in Ireland, rose in Montana politics from the 1880s through the 1890s and helped defeat W A Clark in 1888.
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Eugene D. Sullivan
Silver Bow County
Butte
Greenwood
B.C
Daniel J. Sullivan
Nick Tregear
Mr. Sullivan
Dan Sullivan
Eugene Sullivan
Ireland
Rockland
Mich
Eugene
George Irvin
Hank Valston
Harry C. Kessler
John B. Lloyd
Issh
Myr. Lloyd
Offce
Tie
W. A. Clark
Congress
Clark
Ofice
John Caddy
Walkerville
Copper Discovery Boom and Sullivan Family History
A brief note recalls a man who ventured to British Columbia about a year ago during a copper discovery boom. He was never married. Relatives in Butte include brother Dan J. Sullivan deputy county treasurer and sisters Miss Julia Sullivan Mrs. Joseph Hogan and Mrs. Jerry D. Murphy wife of the present under sheriff. Three brothers died in Walkerville in 1886 and another in 1882. His mother died in Butte about three years ago.
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British Columbia
Butte
Dan J. Sullivan
Julia Sullivan
Joseph Hogan
Jerry D. Murphy
Walkerville
International boundary dispute may trigger treaty review
Reports from New Whatcom Washington indicate a railway party found a new boundary monument in the Mt. Baker district near Colliwhack beke. If the line follows the old swath the US would hold Red Mountain and much of the disputed area. Dominion surveys may settle the question and involve Washington state authorities.
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New Whatcom
Wash
Mt. Baker
Colliwhack Beke
Red Mountain
Dominion
Washington
Boundary Commission
Native Uprising in Kro manga Islands In New Hebrides
Australian reports via Rev H A Robertson say Kro manga natives rose on Eremango with 14 killed. Missionary teachers hid in caves and built a bullet proof stockade while a British cruiser headed to Eremango. Over 30 native teachers remain active. only one white man on the island.
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Victoria
B. C
Kromanga
New Hebrides
Sydney
H. A. Robertson
Canadian Missionary Society
Eremango
Sensational gold discovery near Long Flat Gungadi
A Sydney report describes rich gold finds at Long Flat near Gungadi with iron oxide covered specimens weighing up to three quarters of a pound and about 2 ounces from a single pan. Indicates continued gold shows in the Roof Drive with a seam of near pure gold.
Argentina grants Formosa land for Japanese colony
A Buenos Aires Times correspondent reports Argentina will grant 200 square leagues in Formosa to Senor Valle to found an agricultural colony. The contract contemplates settling 20,000 Japanese there.
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London
Argentina
Buenos Ayres
The
Times
Formosa
Senor Valle
The Traveling Man Recounts a Wealth Tip Gone Wrong
A Cleveland traveler, A N Booth, recalls a westbound trip where a Rich Chicago stock broker shared a tip before a market rise. Booth followed the advice, lost faith when the broker refused further tips, and reflects on how intoxication alters judgment and fortunes in the stock market.
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A. N. Booth
Cleveland
McDermott
Philadelphia
Chicago
Pullman
Railway Tickets On Sale To Anaconda And Stations
Butte Anaconda and Pacific railway tickets are now on sale at the Great Northern ticket office 41 North Main Street. Information as to time card and freight rates cheerfully furnished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Anaconda & Pacific Railway
Anaconda
Great Northern
North Main Street
London Docks Inadequate Sparks Trade Complaint
Elder Bempster Co. writes to papers protesting London port inadequacies. They blame lack of docks and dredging neglect, noting attempts to push Canadian trade but cargo discharge now delays of 11 days, calling the situation monstrous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Elder
Bempster
Meri
Hippi
Also Mentioned on This Page
Butte News
A &P
Cascade
Great Northern Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Relay
John Vanlear McMahon
America
Baltimore & Ohio
Potter
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Helena,s
City
Hennessy’s
Childre Veal
Mal Itkin
Rebater
Brussels
Butterick
Buite
Hercules
Lewis
Seward
Douwen
Gene Sullivan
Silver Pow County
Greenwood, B. C
Politica
Mount Baker
Kromanca
New South Wales
Franks
Fortune
London Docks
Oller
Children’s Reefers
Melton
Paris
New York
Montana
Heads and
Kurt
In Nation Dept
Zbc
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