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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1899
Page
2
A store promotes its cash buying and cash selling policy. It claims the cleanest shop in town and quotes prices: 18c per dozen fresh eggs, 25c per pound butter, 50c for 5 pounds of evaporated raspberries, 12c per pound evaporated apples, 15c per pound evaporated apricots, 10c per pound evaporated pitted plums, and 85c per pound Hoffman House coffee.
The state charges John Moore known as Hot Water Slim with highway robbery for a December 26 1598 hold up of the Copper State saloon on South Arizona street. James Quinn was captured after a gunfight. Moore was arrested two weeks later. Prosecutors outline disguises and alibis as witnesses describe the heist and cash taken.
The clipped items mention Dr. W. Th Ball returning from a three months East and South visit. RC Chambees, once of Butte now in Salt Lake, is in Harelty. A list of names tied to travels and local matters follows, including Henry Henedlet and Winston with various locations and dates. The text also notes a political candidate Moeuie with his wife taking an early train to Ana fonda and items about a land deal and sale of a Payne ovine.
City Detective J. J. Murphy locates Miss Jonnie Lawsenne who vanished from her Whitehall home a few days ago. Her brother has led a search since yesterday. she denies leaving to be with a young man and says she planned to live independently. She is staying with Mrs. C. at 117 West Malinum Street in Butte.
City items include advertising, an upcoming grand masque and cake walk at Renshaw hall with March 26, 1899 date, a funeral service for George Biggins, and health ordinance arrest of M J Hulter. Also gospel lectures by Rev J L Albritton at the Auditorium March 27, plus Anaconda beer on sale at Hennessy’s in Butte and Centerville and a new Anaconda Brewing Co office at 22 W Park Street. notices for trade, harness makers, and assayers supplies.
In the U S court the order to show cause in the Bartlett bankruptcy was dismissed by Judge Judie Knowles. T D Farrow of Helena filed a bankruptcy petition this afternoon and a hearing for final settlement before F A Gaer was set for April 10.
At 3 20 pm the grand total of registered electors for the city election was 6144 with 1163 in District 1 and 2981 in District 2. Today's registrations added 300 in District 1 and continued with District 2 figures.
Syracuse reports Daniel Crehange of Arion Belgium is accused in Supreme Court of absconding with $18,000 in firm funds from Cert & Crehange. Cerf claims Crehange, a Belgian partner, disappeared after a Brussels sale, later resurfacing in Syracuse. The case seeks to prove the partnership and recover the money.
Market notes describe feverish trading with heavy losses followed by a cautious rebound. Local readings show weakness in sugar and general demand, while professionals steer the market amid mixed signals. Tsseis offers a notable $1.00 shoe sale and Dr. Wiz advertises $20 sets of teeth for $10.
Helena readers react as gossip notes rail lines fight over Northern Pacific scheduling changes and Great Northern mediation plans. President Cornish of the Oregon Short Line attends to expanding equipment and service between Chicago and Portland, while Helena mourns loss of mainline status with talks of future delays and capital-city impact.
The report notes various fare adjustments and route updates across Montana Utah and adjacent áreas. It mentions a 4 cent per mile rate cap on Montana points by Great Northern and Northern Pacific and a second class rate of 32.50 dollars from Missouri river terminals to California. It lists arrivals and personnel movements amid the Northern Pacific lines and Burlington Route through sleeper services from Butte to Omaha St Joseph and St Louis.
In a lively row from New York World extracts, performers Sonia Steves and mime artist Patt Jean de Reszke mingle with theatergoers and telephone operators. The piece surveys late evening wordplay at venues, curious exchanges over calls, and the cultural mood as audiences enjoy stage, screen, and musical acts amid changing times.
A garbled report discusses bridge construction and a transport concern. It mentions Dr. Wix, the Baltimore and One line, and alleged rude behavior by employees. Shaky references to Omaha, St Joseph, and Omaha area routes appear amid distorted place names and phrases about a steam millroad and Oxford wheels.
In Silver Bow county Montana the estate of Patrick A Largey deceased seeks to compel the administratrix to convey an undivided one eighth interest in the McQueen placer mining claim lot 205 patent numbers 16248 and 16348 to D N Upton. A hearing is set for April 11 1899 with publication of this order in the Daily Inter Mountain for four weeks.
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