First baseball game opens season with Anaconda win over Butte
Nearly 1,500 fans watched Butte host Anaconda in the season opener. Anaconda shaded Butte 10 to 9 after a ragged yet spirited match. Mayor McCarthy threw the first ball as part of a festive opening day in Helena.
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Butte
Anaconda
McCarthy
Lewis Davis
Butts
Thielman
St. Vrain
Hughes
Hickey
Swindell
McHale
Donohue
Schuster
Tommy Lloyd
Butte Boys
AB. R
Bissel
Feat
Powell
Iba
Schnabel
Merkle
Thieleman
Lloyd
Diesel
Behils
Grim
Free Flynn
Swindells
Fear
Flynn
Falls by Helena a close game 7 to 6
Helena defeated Great Falls by a single run in a tight contest. Davis the Great Falls pitcher impressed, with attendance described as excellent. Score by innings shows Helena leading 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 and Great Falls 0 0 0 0 3 0 8 6.
Butte People Sail for Cape Nome on Oregon
Butte residents Ea Lynch John Lynch Marco J Medin Tr and Milo French left Seattle Sunday aboard the Oregon bound for Cape Nome. The ship carried 600 passengers and heavy freight amid reports that ice blocks several vessels from San Francisco and Vancouver routes near Dutch Harbor.
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Ea. Lynch
John Lynch
Marco J. Medin
Milo French
Butte
Seattle
Oregon
Cape Nome
Bering Sea
San Francisco
Vancouver
Dutch Harbor
Alpha
Pitcairn
County officials consider aiding reform school release
Don Shea of Cen terville met with county commissioners about his son at Miles City reform school. The superintendent has decided to grant liberty to the boy, who is nearly 18 and has been in the institution about a year. Mr. Shea asked for transportation funds home to Butte, which the commissioners agreed to provide.
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Don Shea
East Summit Street
Centerville
Shea
Miles City
Butte
Elks Dedicate New Quarters on North Main Street
B P O Elks of Silver Bow lodge will formally dedicate its renovated quarters at 318 to 320 North Main street tomorrow evening after the regular meeting. A social session for members will follow and a public social may be held later. The lodge previously occupied by the Butte Athletic association now houses a stylish new hall.
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Silver Bow Lodge
B. P. O. Elks
North Main Street
Butte Athletic Association
Elks
Court notes leave court calls and probate actions
John D. Barton sues C F Riggs in district court to collect a $430.75 judgment from Cook County Illinois. Chancelor O Donnel seeks a new receiver in Murray vs Conlon and Miltz with a history of the Corona and Narrow Gauge lode claims. A J Marchand once served as referee but died before duties completed. Michael Ward and wife Mary Ann dispute wages and ranch services owed from the estate of Mary Duegan. Ward claims about 1500 while Mrs Ward says 440 was owed and Michael counters that wife paid 300 and could employ him. Elizabeth Jane Johns seeks letters of administration on John D Johns estate dated October 15 1899. Johns held a 500 life policy in Prudential London and administration is needed to collect. Dr German dentist 114 N Main St. Excelsior sewing machine ad. Sherman sells it.
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Chancelor O'Donnel
District Court
James A. Murray
Patrick Conlon
Miltz
A. J. Marchand
Michael Ward
Mary Ann
Mary Duegan
Elizabeth Jane Johns
John D. Johns
Prudential Assurance Company Limited
London
England
Bartlett Perjury Case Arguments End. Wife Testifies
The Bartlett case moved to jury deliberation after yesterday's arguments. Mrs Bartlett testified that her wealthy St Louis father gave $5,000 as a wedding gift which she loaned to her husband in Butte. He later repaid $4,770 and then left on a world tour with no further contact since Glasgow seven months earlier.
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Bartlett
Rodgers
Cotter
McHatton
St. Louis
F. A. Bartlett
Butte
Main and
Park Streets
Glasgow
The wax works will Interest you and more
A jumble of ads mentions Allen's Foot-Ease for aching feet and corns, a stockholders meeting for Parrot Silver and Copper Mining with June 6 date in Butte, transfer book closure May 24, 1900, Great Northern excursions, wax works promotion, legal notices, and real estate ads.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Parrot Silver and Copper Mining Company
Butte
Mont
Buch
Charles D. Burrage
Theatrical Differences Harmonized In Theatrical Syndicate
In New York and Boston reports confirm a five year extension after the present contract ending next season. Nixon and Zimmerman will not withdraw. The syndicate now controls Nixon and Zimmerman houses and shares management. Hayman calls the season one of the most prosperous with leading stars drawing large grosses.
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New York
al Hayman i
Nixon
Zimmerman
Knickerbocker Theater
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Roy
Erlinger
New Orleans
Henry Irving
Maude Adams
Leslie Carter
Future of Negro Addresses Rights at Metropolitan Church
Booker T. Washington spoke at the Metropolitan A M E Church in Washington on the future of the negro. He warned against weakening the fifteenth amendment and argued equality of opportunity, saying denying the Negro the ballot would undermine the government and the principles of the Revolutionary War.
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Washington
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee
A. M. BE
Spooks and Spookdom Lecture at Christian Tabernacle
Rev Edward Oliver Tilburn will lead a Thursday evening lecture on Spooks and Spookdom or Trying the Spirits He will expose spiritualistic mediums cabinet manifestations second sight and related phenomena He plans to illustrate these workings in open light It promises to be interesting.
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Edward Oliver Tilburn
Christian Tabernacle
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Helena
School of Mines
Leonhard
Richards
J. W. Long
J. W. Forbis
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J. B. Richards
Long
Forbis and
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Leondard
Helen
Cooks
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Montana
Idaho
Seaman E. Louk
East Park Street
Reform School
Elks’ New Quarters
John D. Barton
C. F. Riggs
Cook County
Illinois
Dr. German
Main St
Excelsior
Sherman
Great Northern Excursions
Duluth
St. Paul
Sioux City
Chicago
Great Northern Ticket
J. E. Dawson
J. E. Cowperwatte
Owsley Block
Lewis A. Smith
Silver Bow Block
Cural Office
Setzer & Hall
East Broadway
The
Colton Pears
Colton
the Smith Grocery Co
S. Main St
May
Brownfield-Canty Carpet Co
West Park Street
Butte, Mont
Packare
York State
Eagle Mill
Cash Grocers
Park
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