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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1899
Page
8
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Sheriff Regan returns with Dick Middleton alias Kenneth Haviland, wanted for Hellbronmer cigar store burglary. Bond $1000. Schatzlein and Mrs. Butler guaranteed. Middleton fled at initial hearing, later captured in Gallatin county. potential cost recovery discussed. Also notes on local arrests, divorces, and prosecutions with names and actions.
The first annual Eagles outing drew about 600 from Butte and other towns. Rain spoiled outdoor amusements while Helena and Butte teams split, with Butte winning baseball and Helena claiming the tug of war. Prizes included cakewalk victors and various race awards.
City council at a Saturday meeting cut the Arizona Street fire station length from 80 to 70 feet saving 9510.91 across stone and brick walls lumber Oregon flooring roof plastering steel I beams and columns. Alderman McArthur noted west side property owners refused sewer connections in the paving district and the city engineer was told to complete the connections.
Peter Tobin of Lawrence fell from the 1,200 level and was taken to St. James hospital with a minor injury likely to sideline him for weeks. Andrew Krebig, a Parrot worker, fractured his leg after a violent cage stop at the 1,000 level while returning to the surface. He suspects he forgot to throw out the chairs at the level.
Butte Typographical union No. 126 elected officers yesterday for the ensuing six months. President Fain Kilfeather. vice president CP Fisk. financial jary William Eb bage. recording secretary William Wells. reading clerk Harry Foote. executive committee M. TB MacCartney J. A. Davies Harry JT Paul. delegates to ides and Labor assembly James T Goodwin Phil Corcoran Sargeant-at-arms Major Flynn.
TBeware of water borne diseases, you can now have pure water even if you cannot have pure air in Butte. We rent you a Pasteur Family Filter placed over your sink for $1.25 a month. Pasteur Filter Co advertises germ proof filtration at 233 B Park street with agent R J Bohler and local music teacher John N Olson at 126 West Granite.
Copper mining stocks rise with Boston & Montana leading gains from $263 to $360. Butte & Boston, Parrot, Utah Copper, Mohawk, Osceola and Tamarack quotes listed. Notable visitors include A Wartenweiler, G M Hyams, A C Burrage and A W Bemis, with Wartenweiler from California, tied to Lexington properties and French syndicate. Hyams heads Boston & Montana while Burrage and Bemis handle Amalgamated Copper business.
The Lewissohn brothers, who bought the Copper Mountain group in Box Elder County, will erect a new smelter on or before the new year. Engineer George K. Fischer, who designed the Highland Bay plant, is drafting plans for the Copper Mountain facility under J. Parke Channing. The firm will use existing machinery from the old copper plant, with one stack at start and room to expand. Fischer will then depart to Santa Fe to work on a separate Standard Oil project while construction begins on both ventures.
The Montana Coke and Coal company reports full capacity operation under current coke contracts. New contracts have been secured and a six percent dividend will be paid October 1, with a third dividend expected to double. Shipments of coal will begin at a moderate pace and rise, while securities listing on the Boston exchange is planned for early fall.
A deal is on for the Daly-West mine in Park City with Boston capitalists offering 2 million dollars. Experts are now examining the property to assess its potential and value.
The protective committee of the Butte City Water Company met last Friday to organize. It aims to raise $2,000,000 or more in new money to expand the plant from 6,000,000 to 10,000,000 or 12,000,000 gallons capacity to serve Butte and surrounding area. Security holders are already depositing bonds, with no anticipated opposition.
The boxing event is set for tomorrow night at the Grand opera house with tickets from Jack McLaughlin across the street since the box office window will not be opened. The Armory gymnasium organizes the exercises and the drm corps along with the Meagher guards are asked to appear in uniform at the armory to participate.
Chief Lavelle receives a letter from Mrs. Jamilton Dagwatt of Aspen seeking police help to locate her 14 year old son who left Baker City, Oregon for Butte. She requests the boy be held until she can fetch him. Also notes junk mail and local time card ads mixed in the clutter.
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