Water claims clash in Montana mines and mills
In Butte Montana a water rights injunction is modified to limit diversions from Silver Bow and Blacktail Deer creeks. The Clark Smelter and Butte Ice Company seek priority as the Colusa-Parrot Mining & Smelting case presses. Court orders cap diversions at 250 inches amid warnings of plant shutdowns. Jerry H. McCarthy seeks probate of Con Sullivan will with a 40000 dollar estate. Vernie A. Davis sues Julia A. Swift over Gallatin placer lots. New styles and clothing ads appear in the paper.
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Colusa-Parrot Mining & Smelting Company
A. W. Barnard
Silver Bow
Blacktail Deer
Butte Reduction Works
John W. Cotter
Fred A. Pratt
Clark Concentrator
Butte Water Company
Clancy
Jerry H. McCarthy
District Court
Con Sullivan
Henry Nickel
Jilly W. Stapleton
Julia Sullivan
Florence Sullivan
George W. Stapleton
White Cloud Lode
Highland Chief
Homestake
Crystal
Pipestone Springs
Summit Valley
Vernie A. Davis
Julia A. Swift
William Beck
Gallatin Placer
Poor finish to Butte engagement by Stuart Robson at Sutton
Stuart Robson closed his Butte engagement with an abridged Taming of the Shrew titled Katherine and Petruchio. Dorothey Rossmore as Katherine performed adequately while supporting players were largely disappointing. The bill opened with a clever one act comedy Two Can Play at That Game by Russ Whyatal Charles Lane and Estelle Carter earning audience praise. Tonight Mr and Mrs Brune return for further Sutton performances Theodora by the Wilbur Kerwin Opera company also on the program.
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Stuart Robson
Butte
Sutton Theater
Katherine and
Petruchio
Bertie, the Lamb
Mr. Koebson
Dorothy Rossmore
Katherine
Russ Whyatal
Charles Lane
Mies Estelle Carter
Mrs. Brune
Sutton’s
Theodora
Wilbur-Kerwin Opera Company
Mas cotte Boys show and sale at Sutton Family theater
The Sutton Family theater opens tonight with Mas cotte Boys and a clothing sale for children at cost at Boucher's 45 East Park street. Biscuits and bills light at Dan Tewey's Southern hotel.
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Boucher’s
East Park Street
Dan Tewey
Southern
Coroner's Jury Returns On Bowes and Harris Inquests
Coroner Johnson held inquests into the deaths of Mrs. Bowes and Thomas Harris. Mrs. Bowes died at the St. Louis lodging house from self-administered morphine to relieve pain, with no intent to die. Harris, once employed at Rose mine, fell several hundred feet in a shaft and died Sunday evening after exposure and injuries. jury ruled accidental death from the fall.
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Johnson
Samuel Bowes
Thomas Harris
Harrie
Rose
St. James Hospital
French rancher charged with assault on 14 year old girl
Camille Peres of near Sand Coulee is jailed awaiting trial on a criminal assault charge. The victim Adrienne Basque, 14, is the accused’s sister in law and stepdaughter. The case centers on alleged rape two years ago and coercion to keep silent amid local indignation and questions from parents and officials.
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Standard
Great Falls
Camille Peres
Sand Coulee
Adrienne Basque
Peres
Justice Meagher
Tool
France
Paris
WISHES TO RAISE MONEY FOR MASONIC TEMPLE DEED OF TRUST
The Masonic Temple association asked Judge McClernan for leave to deed its West Park street property to First National Bank to raise up to 60000 dollars for completing the building. Bonds at 6 percent for 10 years are proposed, with early repayment optional. Hearing set for October 21.
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Masonic Temple Association
E. H. Renisch
E. D. Neill
Carrie Nation Detained In Wheeling For Refusal To Leave
Carrie Nation is jailed in Wheeling West Virginia after refusing to pay a $20 fine or leave town. She entered a local saloon with about 400 people but was arrested before acting. Habeas corpus will be sought for her release.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Carrie Nation
Embezzling Ex-Cashier Johnson Sentenced in Grand Rapids
Charles A. Johnson former cashier of the First National Bank of Niles Michigan pleaded guilty in Grand Rapids on October 8 to embezzling over 100000 dollars from the bank and received a ten year prison sentence.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Charles A. Johnson
First National Bank of
Fort Benton County Institute session praised by attendees
Oct 8 Fort Benton reports a helpful county Institute with Miss Flannagan delivering a paper on teaching dignity and Professor Vancil discussing The Bad Boy in School. Miss Blaisdell and Miss Lindsay contribute, while State Superintendent Welch planned an evening lecture on Ideals of the Twentieth Century.
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Standard
Fort Benton
Vaneil
Miss Lindsay
Miss Flannagan
Miss Blaisdell
Havre
Chingok
W. W. Welch
Opera House
Sheriff arrests Jesse Smith in Great Falls theft case
Fort Benton dispatch reports Sheriff Benner of Great Falls arrested Jesse Smith for aiding Neil and the Murray woman in fleeing with money secured by rolling a sheepherder. The suspects, including Mattie Hunter and others, were subpoenaed as witnesses after the woman was arrested in Great Falls.
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Standard
Fort Benton
Benner
Great Falls
Jesse Smith
Smith
Neil
Murray
Mattie Hunter
Causey Brothers Sell Electric Plant to Stock Company
Fort Benton reports that the Causey Brothers electric light plant has been sold to a stock company which filed articles of incorporation. Principal stockholders include J. H. Causey Charles Causey FE Duer T Power W K Harber James Townsend J W Carroll and L D Sharp with Sharp serving as secretary treasurer. J H Causey plans to move to Butte. Charles Causey will supervise the plant.
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Fort Benton
Causey Bros
Electric Light Company
J. H. Causey
Charles Causey
FE. Duer
W. K. Harber
James Townsend
J. W. Carroll
L. D. Sharp
Sharp
Butte
Cowboys Held on Horse Stealing Charge in Great Falls
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports Robert Jolley and J. Clayton, noted cowboys near Great Falls, were arrested on H. H. Nelson’s complaint for stealing Nelsons horse. Bonds set at 300 dollars each, they were remanded due to lack of bond.
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Great Falls
Robert Jolley
J. Clayton
Great Falll
H. H. Nelson
Nelson
Carlist Uprising Seen As Improbable in Paris
Baron Saingaren royalist leader in Paris dismisses Spanish uprising reports. He states Don Carlos currently favors peace, diminishing the likelihood of an imminent Carlist revolt.
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Paris
Baron Saingaren
Spain
Don Carlos
Carnegie offers Waterford £5000 for a library
Andrew Carnegie has offered Waterford in Ireland five thousand pounds to build a library. The grant aims to establish a public library and improve local educational resources.
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London
Andrew Carnegie
Waterford
Ireland
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Ice Man
Clark Smelter
Reid Millinery
West Broadway
Wilbur
N. Main St
Sutton Family Theater
St. Louis Lodging House
RED Lodge
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Bridger
Billings
Big Horn Basin
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Red Lodge and Wyoming Telephone Company
Pel
H. Summers
Helena
Fleming
Bell Gang
Summers
Herdity Council
Sugmers
Masonic Association
West Park Street
Enos Sheldon
A. L. Sheldon
L. W. Nixon
J. H. Smith
Justice Court
Sutton’s Family Theater
The
Wilbur-Kirwin Opera Company
Carrie
Carnegie Library
Ecoxcomb Boas
Root
New York Mills
Price
Jaconet
Hamburg
W. Park St. Butte, Ment
Valenciennes Laces
Perk
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