Victor Tells Blood Tale Of Girl And Butcher
A man named Victor drew police to a sensational tale of Minnie Pasco abducted by Gus Nehof and kept in a cabin east of the city. Detectives searched two days, found Pasco alive at Nehofs home near the cemetery, who laughed at the story and denied the letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Victor
Luetgert
Chicago
Victor
Minnie Pasco
Gus Nehof
Nehof
Nehot
Ietter
Murphy
Ray
Gus
Liquor Cases to Be Advanced by Judge Clancy
John Bloor secretary of the Silver Bow County Liquor Dealers Protective association states that Judge Clancy will advance ten liquor cases. The claim underscores ongoing legal actions affecting local liquor trade and enforcement steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bloor
Silver Bow County
Grocers' Illicit Aquor Sales Cases Move Up Calendar
The Linitor Dealers' Protective Association grievance committee blocked a petition to county commissioners to address illegal Aquor sales by grocers. Judge Clancy has decided to advance these appeals from lower courts, giving them preference on the calendar as matters affecting taxpayers and the entire community alongside saloonkeepers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bloor
Linitor Dealers’ Protective Association
Clancy
Gus Marion Returns from California Horse Tracks
Gus Marion, the horseman, came back from California after five months on racing circuits. He notes California bookmaking is down this winter with sixteen men active, down from twenty to twenty-five in earlier seasons. He says betting remains lively with sizable sums on results, including a $150 to 1 bet on the Duke of York owned by Morehouse, who won at long odds but was later disqualified, chilling Marion’s earlier enthusiasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Marion
California
Marton
Duke of York
Tke Morehouse
Marion
Charles Prisk Dies From Injuries At City Jail
Charles Prisk died at St Pauls hospital from injuries suffered early Monday. He was found behind the Golden Gate saloon on East Park Street with a head wound and was taken to the city jail then to hospital where trephining was performed. The coroner will hold an inquest. Alderman Archambault denies Prisk was near his saloon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Prick
St. Paula
Prisk
West Park Street
St. Paul's Hospital
Alien
Golden Gate
East Park Street
Archambault
Prick
Oglesby LeVere Boxing Match Planned In Butte
A meeting tonight in the office of President Morely of the Butte Athletic Association aims to arrange a glove contest between Kid Oglesby of Helena and Chester LeVere of this city. Weights cited 183 and 130 pounds. Both undefeated. Prize listed at 250 dollars plus house receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President Morely
Butte Athetic Association
Kid ‘Oglesby
Helena
Chester LeVere
Oglesby
LeVere
Warrant Issued for Burt Marsh Arrest in Disturbance
Justice Nichols issued a warrant for Burt Marsh after a disturbance at his home on West Copper Street. The county attorney sanctioned the warrant following a neighbor’s complaint alleging loud and boisterous language at No. 803 West Copper Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burt Marsh
Justice Nichols
Marsh
West
Copper Street
Copper mining shares rise as Parrot leads gains
Copper mining shares firmed today with Parrot up about two points amid little change in other stocks. Closing quotations show Amalgamated at 83, with statesd 27 83 and other stamps trailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parrot
Amalgamated
Stetesd
Happy Thought Controversy Moves To Federal Court
Harry P Wales and Frank Strickfaden sue John F Forbin over the Happy Thought placer mining claim in Beaverhead County. Forbin also claims the Daisy Beil ground and seeks a patent. The federal question prompts both sides to pursue relief in federal court after transfer from Beaverhead district court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry 5. Wales
Frank Strickfaden
John F. Forbin
District Court
Beaverhead County
United States
Beaverhead Co
Million Involved in Mine Extraction Lawsuit
Helena dispatch reports jury verdict for Montana Ore Purchasing in E Rollins Morse v. Montana Ore Purchasing Co. claim over alleged illegal extraction of ores from a Michael Devitt lode, Butte. Trial began Dec 11 with lengthy instructions and defense exception on vein continuity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
E. Rollins ‘Morse
Montana Ore Purchasing Company
Inter Mountain
E. Rollins
Personal notices from Great Falls city rail service and illness
Chief of Police John Guerin is in the city with railway mail service connections. W. W. Earnest and George F. Day from Helena and Butte respectively are in town. Butte Water Co. veteran George F. Day is seriously ill in Los Angeles with slim recovery hopes. General Joe A. Browne of Beaverhead County mourns the death of his young son in Butte. the family loses include four children, with relatives in Idaho and Manhattanville N Y. William Thompson departs from Black Butte Wyoming after eyeing mining properties. Alex Johnston, Clark Bros. bank cashier, travels to Washington to testify before the senate on the Clark case, visiting relatives in Pennsylvania. Wm. B. Shovel, ex of Alice and Washoe mines now at Bald Hutte, surveys Grass Valley resources in California. Dr DePutro Giiddon, a Colorado mining operator linked to a Butte investment firm, has moved to Pasadena California. Laurence Harris, former Revenue Mine worker, returns after accompanying his brother’s body from Los Angeles to Pennsylvania on January 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Guerin
Great Falls
McGinnis
Washington, D. C
W. W. Earnest
Helena
George F. Day
Butte
Butte Water Company
Los Angeles
Joe A. Browne
Beaverhead County
Idaho
Manhattanville
General Browne
William Thompson
Nent
Black Butte
Wyoming
Alex Johnston
Clark Bros. Bank
Washington
Senate
Clark
Mr. Johnston
Pennsylvania
Wm. B. Shovel
Alice and Washoe
Bald Hutte
Grass Valley
California
DePutro Giiddon
Colorado
Pasadena
Cal
Laurence Harris
Madison County
Mr. Harris
Real Estate Deeds Filed In Butte Valley Addition
Two deeds totaling about $2000 were filed today in the county clerk’s office. One transfers from John A. Stewart and wife of New York to W D Rumsey of Butte about a dozen lots in the Valley addition to Butte. The other transfers from Rumsey to the Cobban Casey Day Company on part of the same property. The first deed is dated January 9 and the second January 30 of this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Stewart
New York
W. D. Rumsey
Butte
Vailley
Rumsey
Cobban-Casey-Day Company
Pretty Songs in The Hottest Coon in Dixie Performance
The show features a standout number titled I Gong to Hear That Old Song Again with Clara Bell Carey as the old mammy figure. She delivers a poignant ballad while the company softly exits and the scene shifts to a reverie in a rustic cabin setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie
Clara Bell Carey
French Tansy Tablets for relief of menses
Ladies PAY attention. A noted remedy offers relief and cure for painful and irregular menses with tablets marketed by A. Augendre of Paris. Sold in Burts Montana by the Newbro Drug Co. at 2 per box, mailed securely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Augendre
Paris
France
Newbro Drug Co
Burts
Montsole Agente
The Hottest Coon In Dixie praised by Brattle Post
The Brattle Post Intelligencer praises a southern musical program noting "The Hottest Coon In Dixie" as a popular number and lauds two encores nightly while calling the show one of the citys best opera company performances in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuecky Home
South
Virginia
Dixie
Brattle Post-Intelligencer
Appointment of Receiver for Minnie Healey Mine
F Augustus Heinge and Johnstown Mining petition for a receiver to manage the Minnie Healey mine. They allege rival claimants possess the property, fear loss if ore is not mined, and assert Boston & Montana has diverted ore from the Minnie Healey to its own use. They seek a receiver to oversee operations with proceeds divided to Klein Schmidt and Mary A. Willer until title is resolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Augustus Heinge
Johnstown Mining Company
Minnie Healey
Carl Kreinachmidt
Miles Finien
Piccolo and Gambetta
Boston & Montana Company
Boston & Montana
Miles Finlen
Boston& Montana
Sterilized Milk Plant Gains Montana Attention
Dr. M. E. Knowles the state veterinarian hires Dr. J. W. McClure of Oxford Pennsylvania as deputy. McClure arrives to enforce sanitary milk inspections and promote sterilized milk plants as a safe milk source. Plans mention a plant near Butte with potential expansions to other Montana towns as demand grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Knowles
Montana
Butte
Local briefs items and notices from Butte area records
Local briefs list a string of business names and addresses including Fisher Taylor 110 8 Bain Street Read dentist 115 North Main Orton Pianos 219 Main 3.G Bates tuner Montana Music Tel 604 tinware roofing cave troughs smoke stacks A J Jones 266 Bust Park Butte Stove Repair 216 E Park Mail Drug and Assay Supply 16 East Park Ticket 178 won Jan 12 Lucky number Mrs Pope 110 Dakota smallpox cases John Rohan Klondike saloon Cass McKenzie 420 East Wyoming Copper State cigars MT Liquor Co 34.00 box Associated Charities meets Thursday at 2 20 pm attendance urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Bates
Montana Music Company
A. J. Jones
Bust Park
Butte Stove Repair Company
E. Park
Supple, Mail Drug and Assay Supply Company
East Park Street
Montana Liquor Co
Associated Charities
Court Notes Involving Johnson Riddell and Morris
In a court dispute, W H Johnson seeks to strike part of the defendants answer as sham and immaterial. Leopold Winterhalter denies indebtedness and that $50 attorney fees are reasonable in a separate action with Pfaff as plaintiff. A motion by George Gemmel to substitute as defendant in the Butte Consolidated Mining case against Louis Frank and Charles Lowenstein will be heard by Judge Clancy on Saturday. Bruce petitions the district court to appoint an administrator for the estate of Taviel Zlan who died last year in a Park Canyon mining dispute. widow seeks appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Johnson
J. A. Riddell
J. L. Morris
Leopold Winterhalter
Tt Re
8. Pfaff
P. A. Gamer
Mr. Winterhalter
George Gemmel
Butte Consolidated Mining Company
Louis Frank
Charles B. Lowenstein
Clancy
Bruce
Taviel Zlan
Scne
Park Canyon
Still Hope for Ladysmith Continues Despite Setbacks
The account notes a continued Allied effort to destroy Boer forces by surrounding and closing in. It mentions forming a fresh column and critiques a dispersion strategy, with General Kelly-Kenny tasked to mend the Steysberg railroad bridge as forces move eastward into hilly terrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly-Kenny
Steysberg
Thornycroft's Gallantry in Spionkop Retreat
London dispatch reports Buller praising Colonel Thornycroft for ordering the retirement from Spionkop. Spearman's camp telegram dated today notes Buller believes Thornycroft's personal gallantry saved a difficult situation on January 24 and, under heavy losses, directed the defense with conspicuous courage. He sees no blame for withdrawal and commends his conduct throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Buller
Spearman
Thornycroft
Spionkep
Boer Casualties Report From Splenkop Action
Pretoria reports 58 Boers killed and 120 wounded at Splenkop. Webster Davis, assistant secretary of the Interior, travels with U S Consul Hollis and the state attorney to Ladysmith in the president’s saloon carriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pretoria
Splenkop
Webster Davis
Washington
United States
Hollis
Ladysmith
Causes of the War and Milner’s Role in South Africa
Montague White analyzes the factors behind the South African War in a February North American Review article. He stresses discontent in Johannesburg, Chamberlain’s diplomacy, Rhodes’s ruinous ambition, and three main forces greed of gold empire and revenge, detailing Milner as shaping personal rule to curb Afrikanerdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Montague White
London
Johannesburg
Chamberlain
Rhodes
White
South Africa
Alfred
Town of Winfield Destroyed by Fire in Kansas
A Wichita dispatch reports a major fire last night in Winfield Kansas population 6000. The Hackney Clock building three stories and its contents burned. Arlington hotel destroyed. Rutser livery barn buried with horses lost. Loss on Hackney block estimated at 140000 dollars, hundreds made homeless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tribune
Wichita
Kan
Winfield
Here
Ington
Rutster
Plague Reports Arrive From Honolulu Ship
The steamer Australia from Honolulu reports 41 deaths from the plague and 12 caves prior to departure. Quarantine orders are in place and further details await examination and fumigation. There are strong indications Honolulu's Chinatown has been burned or demolished as part of the response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Australia
Honolulu
Ambush Near Bubig Kills Army Noncom and Three Men
On January 31 near Bubig Lieutenant Schenck leading a scouting party from the 26th Infantry met insurgents in the mountains. Schenck was shot in the head, Sergeant Singleton and three privates were killed, five more were wounded as American forces withdrew. A stronger force later pushed the insurgents away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bubig
Schenck
Seregeant Singleton
Many Sick Soldiers Inbound From Asianfronts
The transport Senator arrived in San Francisco and refueled with troops from the Benmore and Ohio in Nagasaki. The Missouri reportedly left Nagasaki before the Senator, heading to Honk tala with about 300 dead and many ill soldiers, nine of whom died en route. The Senator brought officers Totten Iatsatry Captain W L Laterman First Lieut Iseor U S A G First Lieut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Benmore
Ohio
Nagasaki
Missouri
Huno- Tala
Wis
Solds
Sinater
Tieut
Iseor
U.S. AG Firat
Insane Soldiers Noted From Manila Departure List
Surgeons from U S A and Quartermaster Major Beckham report most sick on board convalescent. Those declared insane on leaving Manila include Hospital corps Frank A. Altgeld Milton F. Wallace and several infantrymen across units such as Fourth Thirteenth Sixteenth Eighteenth Twenty second Twenty third and Twenty sixth. Names listed include Wm Schwarsenberg Eugene McKeever Christopher D Farrell James W Thompson Frank L Spears John Quinn John J Malone M Lochfried Ralph R Blood Bernard G Dignan Andrew J Daloff Wm A Moore Wm Hunstol Sgt Wm Anderson and Clinton T Littlefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. A
Beckham
Manila
Hospital Corps
Frank A. Altgeld
Milton F. Wallace
Fourth Infantry
Wm. SchwWarsenberg
Thirteenth Infantry
Eugene McKeever
Christopher D. Farrell
Sixteenth Infantry
James W. Thompson
Frank L. Spears
Eighteenth Infantry
John Quinn
John J. Malone
M. Lochfried
Ralph R. Blood
Bernard G. Dignan
Andrew J. Daloff
Wm. A. Moore
Twenty
Wm. Hunstol
Wm. Anderson
Clinton T. Littlefield
Pettigrew Accused of Treason in Philippine Debate
Washington January 31 The senate debated printing Aguinaldo’s statement as a public document with Pettigrew Lodge Hawley Spooner Gallinger Jones Sewell and Teier participating Pettigrew threatened to read the statement to place it in the Record Hawley objected calling it treasonable Spooner urged setting a line on Aguinaldo’s attacks and Gallinger urged restraint Sewell deplored Pettigrew’s actions and accused him of treason to the country amid charges of selling out to Spain
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pettigrew
Senate
Aguinaldo
Lodge
Hawley
Spooner
Gallinger
Jones
Ark
Sewell
Teiler
United States
South Dakota
Philippines
N. J
Spain
Embezzler Captured In San Francisco Case
R V Wilson, an agent for the Great Northern Express at Franklin Washington, was arrested in San Francisco on a charge of embezzling a $600 package. He will be held until extradition papers arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
R. V. Wilson
Great Northern Express Company
Franklin
Kings County
Wash
Appeal Court Adjourns in Kentucky Amid Militia Notes
The Court of Appeals in Frankfort Kentucky adjourned indefinitely citing unsettled conditions after letters from Middlesboro claimed that Appellate Judges meet and Hobson were to have been killed yesterday. The report implies a dangerous atmosphere affecting judicial sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Court of Appeals
Middlesboro
Eet and
Hobson
Clark Case Adjourned In Senate Elections Inquiry
Washington January 31 under agreement between counsel the senate committee on elections adjourned until Friday when the defense will begin its presentation of the Clark case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clark
Senate Committee On Prive
Newbro's Herpicide praised by Butte woman in letter
A Butte Montana resident Mrs. C B Poster reports her hair loss improved after using Newbro's Herpicide for a month. She notes new growth and thanks the company. The document also records a Montana co partnership notice for Bennetts Scadden forming Thomas J Bennetts and Thomas Scadden & Company at Centerville addresses. It includes a notary public affirmation by Robert Coombe on January 23, 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Newbro Drug Company
City
Slee
Newbro
Mrs
C. B. Poster
Utah Ave
Butte, Mont
Thomas J. Bennetts
Thomas Scadden
Centerville
Silver Bow County
Montana
Thomas J. Pennetts & Company
North Malin Street
Cotlerville
Silver Low County
Thos
J, Bennetts
Scadden
State of Montana
Silver Bow
Robert Coombe
Thomas Seaddon
Notice of Forfeiture To J W Oberman And Heirs
Notice states Wallace M L Dernie expended 200 dollars on the Rack lode mining claim in Camp Creek district Silver Bow Montana for assessment work 1897 and 1899. If Oberman does not contribute one half of the total 200 dollars within 90 days of service or publication, his interest may be forfeited to Dernie as co owner under US Revised Statutes. Dated Butte Montana January 19 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Oberman
Arock Lode
Camp Creek
Silver Bow County
Montana
United States
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Charles Prisk
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Michael Devitt
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