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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1899
Page
8
Don’t wait for winter start now learn how easy it is to acquire a swell little home. The first few lots on the Empire Addition six blocks from the new post office site will be sold at exceptionally low prices to home builders.
John P F Smith was found dead at his sister Mrs M A Hood home on West Broad at about 9 am from heart failure. Coroner Phil Jullien investigated and ruled no inquest necessary. Smith, blind for three years, moved from Ottawa Kansas a year ago to live with his sister. He had been in good health recently and retired after a pleasant evening with family. Funeral plans pending arrival of his mother.
Charles Cline pleaded guilty to assault and was fined 15 dollars after a rock he threw hit a man and shattered a window. He also faced a malicious mischief charge to be tried Friday. Henry Menier pleaded not guilty to assaulting a Chinaman with a rock. his case set for Friday. William Brown Frank Johnson and James Daly received 30 day sentences for vagrancy. William Henshaw, charged with unlicensed saloon operation, pleaded not guilty and posted 50 dollar bond for Friday. Lille Winchester and Kitty Smith pleaded guilty to fighting and were fined 10 dollars each.
Kellogg Johnson & Co. v Ostourke decided in department 1 with judgment for 820.90 but responsibility assigned to Arthur Ducharme and Thomas O Rourke. John O Rourke dismissed. John Balmo of Norway admitted to citizenship. Sheriff Regan took Thomas Hogan to penitentiary for burglary. Deputy O Neill to Great Falls for Connors witness in Shadwell murder case. G W Newill returned from Missoula after arrest for bicycle theft.
Tom Murray, a helper at the Silver Row No. 1 hoisting engine, lost the little finger of his right hand and suffered a severe palm laceration after his hand caught in the engine clutch.
Dr Wix of Chicago Times Herald notes a neighbor recounting a night fire at the Hawkinses house. The witness describes people waking in panic as flames and wind drove rapid smoke and urgency. No official details or injuries confirmed in the fragment.
The Birchdale Stock Farm stockholders meet August 14 1899 at 29 West Broadway Butte Montana for election of three trustees and other business. Sealed bids for carpentry masonry heating and electric work on Paul Clark home date to August 1 1899 with plans by Lord Hewlett Hull and viewing hours listed. Mrs J M White president reserves right to reject bids.
A monument on the northern Minnesota border near an unnamed lake marks the burial site of a noted Indian chief. He fell in battle and wished to be interred where he died. Stones have been added for years by passing Indians, making a growing pile atop the grave.
A Seattle Times interview outlines how the Arctic Brotherhood began as a joke among miners and grew into a widely spread secret order. Capt. E W Johnson recalls organizing lodges from Skagway to Dawson, with help from Northwest Mounted Police and local merchants, while highlighting the lure of wealth and adventure.
A two year old anecdote recounts Colonel John P. West of Minneapolis recalling a hotel incident amid widespread disappearances. A man arrived seeking a room and then could not state his name or origin, nor offer any account of himself. The tale links medical advice on exercise with memory loss and personal identity.
After the White Pass and Yukon railroad linked Skagway to the pass summit freight rates dropped sharply. General merchandise rates fell to 2.50 per hundred pounds, with carload charges at 1 cent per pound White Pass to Log Cabin and 2 cents to Bennett. Through rates average 3 4 cents per pound Skagway to Log Cabin and 4 5 cents to Lake Bennett, a notably low level given pre-railroad costs. Cassidy, optician, advertises glasses at Hight and Fairfield.
Devils Lake in the Grand Coulee area north of Coulee City Washington was measured last winter by Roscoe Rupe. While the ice supported his weight he lowered rope and weight through three holes about 200 yards apart and found depths of 115 feet with minimal variation, indicating a very level bottom.
Australia converts rabbit skins into sealskins for export to the United States, aiming to supply the American market with fur products derived from rabbits rather than seals.
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