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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1901
Page
9
The Symons Dry Goods company unveiled its millinery opening today in a record event. Hundreds of women visited the store with crowds of ladies admiring critiquing and buying from the vast stock. Miss Worthen leads the department occupying half of the second floor of the building.
Symons Dry Goods in Butte hosts a two day millinery opening led by Miss Worthen from New York. The showcase features Paris and New York styles with sailer and turban hats, mushrooms, Tom O'Shanter crowns, and popular children’s Mexican shapes. Gifts include bronze busts of Pope Leo and painted Easter eggs as crowds admire an expansive second floor display and scientific hat shaping for varied faces.
The London market mood echoed in New York as many internationals opened under pressure. Sugar surged and Brooklyns fell to 5% while Missouri Pacific rose to 100. Readings show heavy profit in select stocks amid unsettled speculation. Railroads gained on demand for Wabash, Erie and Granger issues rose, and Eries spurred a broad rally. Closing activity remained buoyant with a generally firm tone despite uneven gains.
The report lists closing bids for leading stocks including American Steel & Wire and Atchison among others, with currency and bond notes. Money on call is nominal, sterling exchange firm at about 4.88. Wool, cattle, sheep, and hog markets are reported from St. Louis and Omaha with prices and receipts. Chicago grains show May wheat up to 76% and corn around 40, while pork, lard, and beef quotes appear for March and May contracts.
Constable Frank Zimmerman arrested Felix Burns on a warrant from Justice Taylor's court for forging the name of Thomas Boney to a promissory note for 341.60 and presenting it at the Hen nessy store. Burns, a young man with a wife, was jailed, and his wife cried and talked to him through bars. The alleged forgery dates to the 12th of the month.
In the case of F A Heinze versus Carl Kleinschmidt as administrator of John D Allport's estate Judge Clancy set aside his order of the 19th allowing E H Wilson to retain a repair duty as receiver of the Minnie Healey mine. The property remains in suspense with Wilson returned to private citizen status.
Thomas R. Hinds who once acted as receiver for the Boston & Montana properties in the Forester and MacGinnish suit has notified the parties that he will on Saturday ask the district court to hear and pass upon his report as receiver.
Personal items report B Riley and P B Sheehan sailing to Queenstown Ireland on the Great Northern and White Star lines. F W Blackford and Mrs Blackford return from Honolulu after two months away. Mrs Blackford plans a stay in Southern California before returning. Mrs P J Burns of No 1 Seal terrace has left St James Hospital after an operation and is now able to be about.
The state case against Tony Jantz opened with jurors hearing a jumbled confession detailing a December 15 robbery and murder attempt at Henry Staebler's butcher shop. Defense counsel sought adjournment, was rebuked by Judge Clancy, and witnesses testified to Jantz's character while he described a chaotic sequence involving two companions, a bank win, a hat snatching, and a loaded revolver.
Edwin H. Van Wart and Florence Dunn married Wednesday evening by Rev. John Hosking at Trinity M E parsonage in Butte. After the ceremony they travel to visit friends for a week or two and will return in early April to 648 Colorado street. Co G First Montana Regiment members are asked to meet at the Armory on Friday at 8 pm. Rentals offered: nicely furnished rooms at 113 N Washington and finely furnished front rooms at 21 W Park Street.
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