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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1900
Page
8
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In a busy police court session Judge Sullivan fined Joe Bills $50 for a vicious assault on C. Driscoll after a failed debt dispute in a saloon. Driscoll lies ill from injuries. DeHill and Lionel Morrison were fined $25 each for disturbing the peace. Frisco Nell, Nancy Hanks and accomplices faced charges of petit larceny and related arrests. John Brown paid $10 for carrying concealed weapons. Sandens and Williams pled guilty to fighting at the Imperial theater and await further action. The Terrible Swede and Clyde Smith were jailed 30 days for vagrancy with 12 hours to leave. Red McNally faces later trial for vagrancy.
The Serenade proved a laughably comic and musical success sharing honors with Robin Hood. Victor Herbert and Harry B Smith produced an opera with lasting appeal. Casts include Henry Clay Barnabee as the jealous Duke, Hawley the baritone, Frothingham in comic disguise, Van Dresser as Dolores, Cameron as Yvonne, Fitzgerald as Colombo, and Dunsmore as Romero. Tonight and tomorrow Robin Hood repeats and The Smugglers follows.
The Independent notes potential federal action to permanently locate Northern Cheyenne Indians on a reservation in eastern Montana to end recurring conflicts with Montana settlers. Major James McLaughlin studied land titles before reporting to Washington, with twenty townships eyed within the Cheyenne land in Custer county.
The passage notes Indian tribes in a Civil War era context facing limited tools and hired labor. It states they argued land ownership, proposals to restore the original reservation plus an extra strip about 20 miles wide and 24 long, and whites may have land purchased if Congress passes the bill. A bill to restore the original reservation was left unfinished in the last Congress.
Seventeen years ago George W. George left Scranton for the west seeking work but vanished after possibly joining a lake steamer. His wife and two daughters remain, hoping for news. A daughter now grown seeks facts on his fate, with possible property interests due. contact John Moore of Elmira, New York for information.
A Phoenix Republican correspondent cites United Verde Copper mine income of 371 million dollars a year and claims Senator Clark earns 30 thousand dollars daily from it. He estimates future installments, heirs' wealth, and a mine value of 540 million, noting past mines exhausted after brief booms.
Advert says the tonic cures constipation indigestion and dyspepsia and helps malaria fever and age. Claims fifty years of use and urges faithful taking to regulate bowels improve appetite and restore health and strength. Warns to ensure a Private Revenue Stamp covers the bottle neck.
Judge Clancys motion docket lists cases for tomorrow including the arraignment of Edward Gillman for murder in the first degree and multiple demurrers, motions, and hearings involving defendants such as Shafer, Symons, Gillman, Knight, Sullivan, Van Epps, De Lyle, Mellier, Strogsi, Guldoni, and others. The docket also includes retax costs, letters of administration, and show cause orders in various civil matters and estates.
In Butte district court department two a trio of mining cases are lined up for Monday. The docket opens with an injunction show cause in Hickey et al vs Parrot Mining Co regarding development and survey rights. A second matter involves F Augustus Heinzer, the Anaconda Co, relating to a petition for permission to proceed with property work.
The passage notes a motion for judgment on the pleadings and an order to show cause why an injunction should not be granted pending the determination of the suit. It mentions that the title of the third is the reverse of the second and references a surveying effort in India.
A dispute over ownership of a ranch claim at Meagher county ended Tuesday with the death of William Cameron after an altercation with Whitworth, a herder hired by Long who contested Cameron’s claim. Cameron ordered the herder off the land. he refused and Cameron was killed with a club. The body was found later, and authorities are en route.
The Northern Pacific operates the Pullman Standard sleeping cars on the Anaconda to St Paul and St Louis night service. Two sleeping cars are assigned to the night train from Anaconda and Butte, one via Billings and the Burlington line to St Louis and the other from Butte to St Paul, with no car changes en route.
The Dewey diamond, found near Richmond in 1855 by a laborer, illustrates evolving American stone knowledge. Described by George F. Kunz, the gem’s rough weight was 23 1/2 carats, cut to 11 11/16, and valued at about $4,000 in Richmond, with high price largely tied to its size and sentiment.
By Henry D. Morse of Boston the vessel cost 1600 dollars and passed through owners Samuel W. Dewey of Philadelphia Edmund August and John A. Morrisey. It bore names Orinor and Riminsy with loans and a noted debt. The hay color flaws and the European population claim add odd notes about value and lending.
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