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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1899
Page
3
A local grocer advertises an exhibition of groceries and delicacies with teas and coffees priced per pound. Brands include TEAS 11b GILT EDGE India Tea and 11b can ITO Japan Blend, with refunds offered if not satisfied.
Beav erhead county sheriff announces the arrest of Phil Carr and Ike Cohen with Deputy O Neill heading south by train to return them to Butte. They are wanted for several alleged offenses including an attempted assault on a woman south of the city and suspected highway robbery. The county attorney and Judge Clancy push bonds to keep witnesses near court during pending trials. Elizabeth Ray must post 500 dollars to assure her attendance at Martin Harrison’s trial, while E P Meyers Sam Harris and Andrew Howard will post bonds for Patrick Quinn and John R Burke trials.
In Meaderville a cow diverted a locomotive and nine ore cars of the M. A. line near Heinze's smelter. The engine slid off the track and down a 30 foot embankment while eight ore cars left the road bed but no one was hurt. The cow was killed in the incident.
Local brief notes a grand ice carnival at Holland skating rink with music and a festive crowd. Alfred Martin Johnson dies at Wells hospital aged 83. John Johns dies at Meaderville and is moved to Richards' undertaking rooms. Rev. O F Dalberg to preach at Scandinavian M church corner Copper and Alaska streets. Danes invited. Granite-Bimetallic officials visit. H L Frank visits Helena to back senatorial bid. Montana politics foresee Expansion and free silver as key issues. Centennial beer hailed by state voters.
Lynch and Bachelor offer the Bee Hive building in the southern city section for sale at half value. The property includes a 95 room modern brick structure and is marketed by local brokers.
The Alice Gold and Silver Mining Co. held its annual meeting in Salt Lake last Tuesday. Joseph R. Walker was elected president, Matthew H. Walker vice president and treasurer, and I. H. Farnsworth secretary. Directors include Henry W. Lawrence, Wl. Pickard, Sharp Walker, Boyd Park, J. R. Walker Jr., and C. K. Gilchrist. A dividend was posted and total paid to shareholders now reaches 1,071,000.
A meeting of the stockholders of the Combination Mining and Milling Company was held this afternoon in the Bee Hive building at 2 o'clock. Nearly all principal stockholders attended but after about an hour of discussion it adjourned until Tuesday January 17 at 4 o'clock. No action was taken on removing the office from St Louis to Butte.
An Irish judge, Mr Justice Ball, recalls a case where a man was indicted after being tried in a cage. The brief note underscores a brutal legal scene from judicial history.
A widow's daughter testified that the accused smashed her mother's wooden chest during a burglary. The judge questioned why murder wasn’t charged, noting the chest was wooden and unlikely to cause death. The crown counsel explained the chest's nature, concluding the act did not prove murder.
In New York a prominent paper claimed John P L Jones of Nevada as the senate's richest member. He says the title drew many letters seeking aid for wild schemes and shows a private drawer holding promissory notes totaling over 1.5 million dollars with many more due bills.
A report notes money was distributed in small lots of tens twenties fifties and hundreds. The account highlights scattered payments across several recipients with no large withdrawals or single lump sums.
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