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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1899
Page
3
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Corporal Joe Williams formerly a Butte post office employee writes from Manila dated December 14 that life for Montana Volunteers is unhappy. He reports hospital stay but good spirits, expects return to the United States by March 1, notes sentry police duty, transport shortages, and various troop conditions, including hospital cases and rumors of insurgent activity.
The state’s case against John Mowitt, charged with grand larceny for stealing and pawning a gold watch, was dismissed by Justice Buick after testimony. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Alley led the state. defense counsel were PL A. Burns and Charles Cole. Hewitt, Prosher, and Ay Presher appear in the proceedings.
Judge Maney performed a marriage of Tsia Siegel and Sadé Siegel while Llewellyn & Hatch represented the parties. A Richmond arrival faced a 700 claim over Pacific Mutual Life assets. bail set by Judge Claney. James H. Mille’s 1898 administration report for Susan A. Smith shows cash receipts of 2670.28 and related disbursements.
The Anaconda Mining company sues FV rock and ER D Elderkin to foreclose a lien on a house in Butte townsite West 50 feet of East 100 feet of lots 9 and 10 block 64. The plaintiff alleges lumber valued at 168.51 furnished for construction. Warnock promised payment. Elderkin owns the property and contracted Warnock to do the carpenter work.
John A. Paul sues for about five thousand dollars alleging Deputy Sheriff Ed Ty Vane possessed the funds from a mis sions case. He says Evans arrested him January 3 on a third degree assault charge and kept him in prison for one hour, with the arrest based on a warrant issued by the county attorney.
In late 1910s Montana scene, the Sheppard murder trial resumes as the defendant invokes the right not to self incriminate. Witnesses describe sightings near the river, footwear, and riverbank tracks. Testimony includes Mose Menard and M Chattette recalling details of the case and conditions around November 6.
City news in brief lists J G Petes piano tuner and Montana Music Co, Grantley coal and dry wood suppliers, Oregon Short Line agent G Tittle visiting Butte, Dr H W Hanson surgeon, Dr T L Napton dentist, and various suppliers including Shermal’s and Butte Stove Repair. Mentions Cottonwood Lamp Cool, Centennial Brewing Co and stock market notes. announces a meeting of stockholders of Butte Gae Bag & Coke Co and a Friday event on June 20th.
Local notice advertises Sunday dances at Langlois stall and PuAs in Lynndale with entries for Od seven dollars and Wieeron eight dollars. Stage departure listed as 2 pm each Sunday.
A chaotic scene unfolds as a youth led Hog Drivers union clashes with a Missouri hog buyer over wage and work rules. Boys aged seven to twelve march on the firm’s yard, pelting workers with stones as the strike escalates. Police intervene. several arrests follow.
A rambling, highly distorted reminiscence describes wild water, geysers, bolts and boiling trout, with a fisherman’s narrative interwoven with a chaotic catalog of events. The speaker recounts cooking trout, a bystander’s odd observations, and a tangled, surreal sense of place and danger.
In Helena January 2 the Senate in committee of the whal e passed Clark passenger bills on alias summons and admitting Spanish and Mexican war veterans to the soldiers home, and referred the arid land commission and other measures back to the general file. The committee then reported and the Senate passed Norris-DL charter mortgages and Cullen’s bill substitute on vote registration.
The State versus Phil Care and The Cohn faced assault charges in the case of Mrs James Dillon. Justice Harrington dismissed the complaint after a defect and amended filing issues. The men, alleged to have assaulted and bruised Mrs Dillon and attempted a criminal assault, reportedly rode to Dillon's cabin on December and forced entry after a refused admittance.
A Cuban dispute unfolds as Havana's bishop and local priests clash over a recently promulgated document. The bishops aim to present both sides to church authorities while resisting American influence, with tensions spreading to bookstores and literacy restrictions amid broader Spanish rule.
Andrew J Thekir, administrator of Grace E. Faylons estate, petitions for order to sell thirteen fifteenths of one hundred acres in Parrot River and Caper company shares. District court requires heirs to appear January 1, 1899, at 2 PM in Silver Bow Montana to show cause. Published in Daily Inter Mountain and posted in three public spots ten days prior. John Lindsay.
Gans and Klein sue Charles E Warren in a sheriff's sale set for January 2 at 2 PM. Property includes an undivided interest in Black Pike mining claim number 110 and all interest in Meeks claim in Lutte townsite, Silver Bow County Montana. Sheriff Patrick H. Regad and Deputy M Reynolds finalize the proceedings dated January 6, 1899.
The Montana Second Judicial District court in Silver Bow County issues an alias summons to Montana Smelting and Mining Co and others. Plaintiffs William Owsley and Charles Schate seek judgment for 7000 plus interest on a note dated October 19, 1897, with mortgages on stock and mining leases in Madison county. Defendants must answer within twenty days or face default judgment including attorney fees of 566.00 and related relief.
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