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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1899
Page
3
A legal dispute seeks 600000 dollars in ore value from Montana Ore Purchasing against Boston & Montana Mining, alleging 150000 tons of ore were clandestinely extracted from the Pennsylvania lode claim from April 1, 1695, to April 8, 1898, amid injunctions and complex vein continuity questions.
Two smallpox cases identified today. James Hamlin, a machinist for Butte & Boston, lived in Kennet block at Park and Arizona. Panic followed as many tenants escaped quarantine. acting Chief Leyen and patrols secured the scene. Hamlin sent to pest house. George Estefard, demander at First Street Walkerville, also sent to Dest house. Dr O Leary believes several more cases exist in Hornet addition.
Charitable group in Butte held a Christmas tree entertainment at the auditorium yesterday. Many proteges and other children attended, some uncarded, with boisterous but joyful behavior. Mayor Mottary spoke, noting Santa Claus’ neglect and the comeback by 2006 ladies. A musical program followed with a Christmas anthem and The Star Spangled Banner, sung with the children assisting. Each invited child received a present.
John Brannigan petitions the district court for an order authorizing F Heinze to sell estate property of James Larkin who died at Warm Springs last year. The estate holds mining claim interests largely sold for delinquent taxes, with about $10,000 owed and no funds to meet demands. $1,000 is claimed as his services as special administrator, Heinze currently serves as administrator.
Reproduction of the famous Coney Island clash between Jeffries and Sharkey set for Suttons theater starting with matinees on Sunday and an extra matinee Monday January 1. The full twenty five rounds will be shown each entertainment with additional vaudeville acts.
A notice states 5 Shop removed from 3 South Main Street and that Ladies' Home Journal and the Puritan for January will be at the P O News Stand.
A South Butte court heard Judge Sullivan sentence Tim Murphy to six months in county jail for assaulting young girls and attempting to lure them to his cabin on South Main street. Murphy, with prior offenses, drew outrage from local parents and a threat from one father. Pat Harrington received thirty days. John O Larkin, John Cary, and Thomas Hill pled not guilty to vagrancy and will be tried Tuesday.
Beatrice Tucker obtained a divorce from Walter G. Tucker after proofs heard by Judge Clancy. She testified the defendant was cruel on various occasions and that she conducted herself properly. Facts included alleged cruelty and failure to support, corroborated by a lady friend.
A patchwork of local notes lists dealers and services from Reed's Stable at 248 Main to Park Street shops offering tinware, stamps, chemicals, and clothing. It mentions Dr. McDonald moving to 23 North Montana, Advani visiting the Butler hotel, and Elizabeth Symons filing for divorce from James Symons in Cornwall England, citing cruelty and false accusations.
Attorneys for Margaret J. OConnell and the Butte Anaconda and Pacific Railway petition the district court to move the case to Deer Lodge County. An affidavit from A J McCabe, superintendent of the B A P company, accompanies the petition.
Mrs O Connell sues the railroad company in Deer Lodge County claiming about 5000 in damages for injuries from a foot bridge rail at Anaconda picnic grounds last summer. She alleges the company invited people to the site and that Deer Lodge County is proper for the will to take place.
W McHaskle arrives from Pony while I C Parker of Garnet visits Butte. F H Rhoades and wife from Denver are today's arrivals at the McDermott. Sam Jackson came over from Helena on Wednesday.
Funeral arrangements for Dan Sullivan are listed as imminent with services at 2 p.m. tomorrow from the residence of his brothers Dan and Mike on Park Street. Jno Sullivan is reportedly arriving from St Paul today.
A fragmented poem recalls a idealized land called No-Such-Place, contrasting boyhood virtues with adult vices. It personifies a nurseless, gossip-free realm where a dutiful child grows, while a distant memory of Sunday school and stern discipline lingers in the speaker’s longing for innocence. The piece drifts into a brief note about German trade education and New York opium use.
A notice announces an option on a large block of shares at a low price. The offer targets 500 share blocks or larger at the same site. The plan is to tie the whole block to benefit clients by buying in bulk at reduced lot prices. The option is available for ten days.
New York Dec 29 Luis C MP AL Paveira Portuguese consul general said he had no knowledge of any agreement regarding the sale of Delagoa Bay. Senor Taveira cautioned such an agreement might exist unseen by him until public disclosure. Duarte suggested no treaty with Portugal surrendering colonial possessions could be credible or endure in power. Details incomplete and in dispute.
Alfred Boring once a teller at American Banks and Trust is removed from all duties after a shortage of 7.80 is repaid. The sheriff records no further action and no prosecution will follow. Bank officials sign a document absolving him from claims or consequences.
A fragmented telegraphic brief reports three million persons receiving relief and government spending near eight lakhs. It mentions $1,600,000 in gold, a cabinet meeting with limited importance, Secretary Wilson discussing rural Alaska prospects, and London dispatches about miner satisfactions and settlements amid anticl es Tailires.
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