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Show BUTTE PIONEER DROPS DEAD. .H Head of the Hennessee Mercantile H Company Falls Dead In the Street. H Butte, Mont D. J. Henncssy, pros- L Idcnt of tho Hennessy Morcantllo ''Ll company, a pioneer of Mbntana. and H tho richest merchant In tho northwem. dropped dead on tho street at 8 LB o'clock Monday morning, of heart dls- vf caBC. Ho was born at Fredorlcktown, JH N. D In 1854. A widow and thrco ""'l children survive. (mk Mr. Hennessy enmo to Montana In 1S79 and engaged In business In Hel- cna, with E. L. Donner & Co., a pic- H necr firm. Three years later ho es- k tabllshed a storo In Butte, then a small camp. This place was burned 'H out In 1889, but out of the ruins grew H tho present storo, tho largest botwoen 'H St. Paul and Portland. Mr. Hennossy was many times a millionaire. JH |