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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1900
Page
4
Seventy dozen pure Irish and Swiss linen handkerchiefs offered at ten cents each. Hemstitched designs include British manufacture items with decorative corners and lace embroidery. Limited quantities, often two per customer, with assorted hemat stitching and tucked effects.
An assortment of infants mitts and mittens in ribbed wool and silk wool blends, in black white pink blue red, with sizes from 0 to 3 and prices around 20 to 50 cents. Also included are Misses and boys knit mittens in black and mixed colors with prices of 26 and 35 cents per pair.
Auction listing details large crystal tin covered trunks with staves and metal fittings. Describes Eugene tray parasol cover, stitched leather handles, leather corners, steel frame, brass locks and buckles, with sizes from 24 to 36 inches and discounted prices from 7.50 to 11.50 values down to 4.00.
The Independent Democrats county convention in Silver Bow will name 122 delegates and a full county ticket. T. S. Hogan, Montana secretary of state, is the favored governor candidate though he has not agreed to permit his name. Hogan opposed fusion offers and remains popular among working men pushing his candidacy on the independent ticket.
The piece highlights Emerson of Oshkosh a commercial traveler who signs as Emerson of Oshkosh and defies conventional writing. It notes his unreadable, diamond crowned script that dwarfs Horace Greeley in notoriety, his umbrella business, and reputation as a good natured kicker with typographic notoriety.
At noon word from the pest house indicates patients are improving and no new cases have appeared in three days. The woman’s friend from the New Orleans dance house grew very ill but not with small pox and wishes to return to town. Health Inspector Cronin reports no new city cases and no outbreak risk amid pleasant weather.
The Royal Marine Band of Italy wins acclaim from managers from here to annex follows California tour. Encores surge nightly as the classically and popularly varied program pleases all. Boston copper shares rise with Boston & Montana leading gains. Michael Coll contests a suit filed by his wife in California.
The document contains allegations by a man that his wife has been a Michigan resident for thirteen months and that she refused to move to Montana. He claims a prior arrest in Montana was dismissed because it arose from a sham grievance at her request. He asserts he has always treated his wife properly.
A digest of local notices lists professionals and services at 114 N Main and 8 N Main, a funeral for Ed Murphy at Duggan's Undertaking, and Pat McCarthy's funeral from 26 Center Street. Other items include school notes, a bazaar plan by St John’s Guild, infant Dan Peoples’ death, a man’s disclaimer of debt liability for his wife, and a moved barn study on Broadway.
Thomas Cruse of Helena will host a ball and banquet at the Auditorium in Helena this evening honoring his niece Miss Cruse. A special train of three coaches and a buffet car chartered over the Great Northern line by P Aug Telze will carry forty guests to the state capital, leaving Butte at 2 pm.
The Traders Insurance Co of New York has failed, a fact announced this week. It should not be confused with Traders of Chicago represented in this city by Hall Bros, a separate entity with a long history among established insurers.
Freight rates west of Chicago have returned to the original tariffs after a New York conference of railroad presidents. By yesterday the standard rates were in effect though some routes required allowances eastward. The Spokane agricultural exhibit claims superiority to Spokane’s current displays, with a Great Northern official noting Flathead valley’s exhibit as superior.
In Butte on September 28 1900 C K E and Elizabeth Dutton filed separate demurrers to George A Cobban s complaint alleging contracts not signed by Mrs Dutton and unenforceable under the statute of frauds with charges of laches and inequity Miriam Rebeka Lodge Nv 2 10 O F calls a meeting at Fidelity hall September 2 at 2 0 p m by order of the N G Minnie Heine
A state convention of the Retail Liquor Dealers Protective association of Montana will convene at Butte on Thursday October 4 at noon. An accompanying convention ball will be held that evening at Renshaw Hall. The secretary is JOIN BLOOR.
Daniel Warren appeared at a preliminary hearing in Tuatice Nichols court on grand larceny charges for stealing $120 from Charles Bye at Sullivan & Kehoe's saloon on South Main. He was bound over to district court with $1000 bond after a lengthy State case aided by witness John B. Sullivan.
A contract between the Northern Pacific Railroad and Minnesota officials led by Governor Lind and Acting Attorney General Douglas ends state action over the St Paul and Duluth line by dismissal without prejudice. The agreement ensures the line remains a separate, intact interest and will be maintained as such.
Galveston Texas September 28 reports show 6000 bales of cotton received today while grain is still moderate. About 1700 men work along the wharves and 1400 clear debris with a need for more labor. Corpses are found daily and burned, averaging 25 per day.
Lawrence Pierson of Lake Forest University, injured in a game at Lake Forest, Illinois on Wednesday, died today at the local hospital in Chicago. The incident has prompted updates on the team's status and medical condition.
Spokane Washington shows a population of 36844 in the latest census, rising significantly from prior counts. Commentary on urban expansion and demographic shifts is mixed with quoted reflections on wealth, land, and the imagined social implications of growth.
Rocky Fork Coal now delivered from our yard as an agent for Butte. Your dealer can buy it for you. Ensure your scale ticket shows ROCKY FORK COAL. Delivered price five dollars per ton. Butte Sewer Pipe and Tile Co. Corner Granite and Hamilton Streets.
The notice advertises dancing at Crystal Springs with multiple sessions at Langlois Stables starting 10 pm 2 pm and 6 pm. Extras offer private parties and Langlois provides band wagons for comfortable city dancing opportunities.
Rostand's great earnings from Paris theater revenues are noted as substantial, with Berhardt and other performers highlighted. The report mentions payments to Rostand and associated royalties, including figures for July and August, reflecting the expo era theater boom and the financial impact on writers and stars. A separate stockholders meeting for Silver on Abstract Company is announced with date and location.
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