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Show I TttUrmountain news, j BUTTE, MONT. Rev. Father Callahan.' priest of Sacred Heart parish, has returned from a several sev-eral weeks' sojourn in the Mississippi valley states. He visited Minneapolis. Chicago, St.. Paul and many other cities in the hope of securing a further addition addi-tion of educated and progressive priests for various parishes in the state. Montana is increasing so rapidly in population that more priests are necessary neces-sary and it is the wish of Rev. Father Day, present administrator of the diocese, dio-cese, to secure only f riesta of equal qualifications. He sent Rev. Father Callahan into other states to see what could be done for Helena. As a result, promises have been obtained from four efficient young 'priests.- Two are expected ex-pected about Easter and two wilFcome later in the summer. J ' r 4 . :- ; Larry Buggan, the undertaker., received re-ceived a telegram last week from Salt Lake announcing the death of Dennis O'Neill at that place. In due. time the body arrived from Salt Lake and was buried here. The deceased has relatives in this city and formerly worked in the mines on the hill. At the time of the shut-down last fall he went to Utah, where he was engaged in mining at the time of his death. 4 " - ' ' J. E. McNamara,. who retired recently j from the grocery firm of McNamara & Hayes, has gone to San Francisco to enter business in that city. Mr. Mc- Namara was very well known in Butte, having been in business here in the firm name for over two years and a resident ' of this city for several years. He also has many friends and acquaintances ac-quaintances in San Francisco, where he formerly lived, and in locating in a new field he has the best wishes of all. After he becomes settled in San Francisco Fran-cisco he will be joined there by his lnnthfr r. n rt Tiici ciefpp tips T T Air- Grath,. who will leav-3 here Feb." 15. Another sister. Miss Mamie McNamara, who is head saleslady in the cloak department de-partment at Symons' dry goods store, will remain in Butte. The funeral of John Hughes, brother of Pat'Hughea of the city police force, who died Saturday, was held from the 'residence of the.. latter at- C22 West Granite street. ' Services Were held in St. Patrick's church. Burial was at the Catholic cemetery. The anniversary of St. Sava, the patron saint of all the Servians, was celebrated in grand style at the Audi- . torium by a large number of ladies and gentlemen of the Servian colony in , Butte, and a number of their Slavonian cousins invited by tho Servian union i and Benevolent association under whose auspices the celebration was conducted. conduct-ed. f Miss Haggerty, who is a popular young lady of Butte, will leave for Lewistown. Mont., on Mondnv. bivinr : accepted a lucrative position with the banking. firm of Wright Eros. -. At the last meeting by the unions bent upon maintaing a separate central i labor body, sixteen unions were , rep- resented and a permanent organization ' was perfected. This new central body will be known as the Butte Central La- j bor Council, and. those unions consid- I ered eligible . to membership are the J national, international and independent j labor organizations of Silver Bow county. coun-ty. Those' represented at the aneeting I were Butte '.Typographical,- building Ja-- Ja-- borers; Knights of Labor, cigarmakers, I plumbers, pressmen,- sterotypers, plasterers,, plas-terers,, blacksmiths, bartenders; theat-j theat-j rical' stage employes, lathers, painters, I paperhangers and tinners. 4 , William Scallon's telegraphed state ment of his resignation from the management man-agement of the Amalgamated Copper company Montana interest is as follows: fol-lows: "1 have resigned the presidency of the-Anaconda Copper Mining company and am withdrawing from the service o: the Amalgamated company to engage en-gage in busim-ss on my own account. Once before I took steps toward retirement, re-tirement, but the matter was not at that time followed up. On June 1, 1903, ' : I wrote from Butte to Mr. H. H. Rog-j era. tendering my resignation, and ask- f ing to be relieved. Mr. Rogers declined 1 1 to accept my .. resignation, and very 1 1 kindly insisted on my remaining. I felt , C, persuaded to do so after a visit to New j I; York,. and again took-up the. weight ft with little or no thought of anything but the business in hand. '. . fs "Recently my attention again turned f to the subject, with the result stated, fl The organization"1 of -which I have had 1 j charge is now in very good shape, the 1 relations between the company .and men If are generally of the best. With the awakening of the. public .sentiment, which insists upon justice and equal rights for all. with the passage of laws enacted at the special session of the I legislature designed to secure fair trials to all litigants, with the favorable decision deci-sion in the Maginness cases, the most important crisis in the history of Amalgamated Amal-gamated affairs in Mantana has been successfully passed, I feel that I can consistently retire." The Butte Business Men's association are preparing for the banquet to be given giv-en on Washington's birthday. At a meeting held at the office of J. ,T. O'Brien, secretary of the association, Charles Schatzlein "was elected chair-' chair-' man and J. T. O'Brien secretary of a 'committee which will have in charge plans for the spread and pragramme j for the occasion. HELENA, MONT The order of Eagles in Montana have made the orphans happy by a liberal ' donation. A total of $408 was donated, with Butte 11 heading the list with $100. The money was sent to the two state homes with careful instructions. At Saint Joseph's home there were 210 orphans, and at the state home at Twin Bridges 127. To the former $254 was sent, to the latter $134, which would be at the rate of $1.21 to each child. The inmates of both of these institutions institu-tions are children whose parents resided re-sided In the stal. and belonged to all religious denominations. At Saint Joseph's home a large blackboard was placed in the assembly hall on which had been drawn the outline out-line of an eagle holding in his beak a pocketbook with the figures $254 across tho face, while, below was writteu. "From the Fraternal Order of Eagles of Montana." 4 Some time within the next few-weeks few-weeks th Catholic congrega tions . of Helena, Mont., will issue a memorial volume devoted to the life and work of the late Bishop John J. Brondel. The volume, which will be compiled by Rev. S. J. Sullivan of Helena, will contain a sketch of the lif.; of the late bishop. James M. Supple, one of the best known expert stenographers in this j city, died. Sunday afternoon of pneu- I monia. He had been ill about three! weeks and his death was hastened by Mr. Supple is survived by a widow, who was Miss Ella Cooney. His parents, par-ents, who live in Chicago, have been notified. j . The Montana supreme court reversed the decision of Judge Clancy in Butte in the injunction suit of John MacGinriiss againat the Boston & Montana. This is the suit which caused the shutdown of air the Amalgamated properties in Montana last summer. The decision is very voluminous and I far-reaching. The substance is that MacGlnniss is a private individual and has no right to maintain action against ! the Amalgamated doing business in Montana or whether it is a monopoly. Such action is only maintainable by the state. That under the evidence in the record the Amalgamated Copper company com-pany is neither a trust nor a monopoly; that under the laws of Montana one corporation may hold as completely as individuals ' stock in other such cor-" porations, and that same is. not against I public policy. House bill 132 is inct-I inct-I dentally discussed and its constitution-I constitution-I ality upheld. The case is remanded for further proceedings not inconsistent I with the supreme court's views. ' f The decision will release the Boston & Montana dividends, provided the supreme su-preme court does not grant rehearing. Remittitur of the supreme court will be handed down for fifteen days. In the meantime counsel for MacGlnniss, . it is expected, will ask for a rehearing. If the motion is denied, the dividends of the Boston & Montana become available. avail-able. ' f- Mis Evelyn B. Kennedy, a Miles City attorney, has been appointed a notary public by Governor J. K. Toole. Miss Kennedy is the first woman to be appointed ap-pointed a notary by Governor Toole, and so far as the records in the office of the secretary of state show she is the first woman to r whom a notary commission has been issued in the history his-tory of the state. Miss Kennedy has been practising law in Eastern Montana Monta-na several years. A few weeks ago her brother came to this state from South Dakota and formed a partnership with her for the j practice of law, being recently admit- i ted by the supremo court. ANACONDA. MONT. The meetings being held every week by the Associated Charities of Anacon- I da are well attended. The organization organiza-tion is doing splendid work in the city. Those interested in tt devote much of their time to sewing for the city's poor and in otherwise looking after their wants. The society has been organized or-ganized on permanent lines, and especially es-pecially during the present cold spell has its efforts been appreciated. 4 A new weekly, known as the "Voice of the People," has entered the journalistic jour-nalistic field in Anaconda. 4 Anaconda. Mont., Feb. 2. The members mem-bers of Mount Haggin court. Catholic Order of Foresters, are looking forward with much pleasure to Friday night, when they will go to Butte to visit with St. Peter's court of that city. The local members and their friends will leave on a special train at 7:15 o'clock in the evening and return to Anaconda on a special which will leave Butte at 1 o'clock the following morning. At Butte a joint social session will bo held. . POCATELLO, IDA. After devising various bequests to relatives, the late William A. MrMana-my MrMana-my left to Rev. Father Van derDonekt "all his interest of every nature in oil land and stock sand his Interests in mining min-ing claims and corporations of which he was possessed." Mr. McManamy is said to have had two thousand dollars' insurance in-surance in the A. O. U. W. and one thousand in the Woodmen at the time of his death. The Pocatello Tribune pays this tribute trib-ute to the deceased: All that Is mortal of our old friend, W. J. McManamy, was laid at rest in the grave this morning. For twenty years he has played a creditable part on the stage of life here in Pocatello. Careful, industrious and frugal, he had attained the position of a man of substance. sub-stance. His children have grown up and are creditable men and women in whom he had reason to feel pride. He had those things which promise! ease and comfort for his declining years. But the call of death came suddenly and he has gone to his long rest. Peace to his ashes for he was a man, whose place in the community was one of usefulness. use-fulness. He had many warm friends who will miss his hopeful presence and who will sincerely mourn his all too early death. "There tire many Montana people Interested In-terested there beside myself, and. all are doinir well." Mr. Raymond has extensive ranching interests near Sheridan.- Mont. BOLSE IDA. ' Monday closed the date for receiving competitive plans for the proposed Carnegie free library, and the room of Mrs. J. II. Richards, secretary of the old board of trustees, presents an appearance ap-pearance of a pater's family on Christmas Christ-mas eve. The plans of nine different , architects have already been received. The plans have all been stored in the rooms of Mrs. J. H. Richards In the Idanha. where they will be retained until the meeting of the trustees is held, which w ill be w ithin the next few-days few-days or as soon as Mrs. J. H. Beatty, president of the board returns from her t.yisit to Salt Lake. , Harry Sheehau is again at his post of duty at the Fletcher-Steen Hardware Hard-ware company's store, after an enforced en-forced absence of three months, during dur-ing which ..tjme he passed .through, a severe siege of typhoid fever. Mr. Sheehan is glad to bo at work again as his friends are glad to see him. - -. . , . The last week of January at St.' Teresa's Te-resa's academy was devoted to the usual semi-annual examinations. Jiight .Rev. A. J. Glorieux examined the different dif-ferent classes and expressed his pleasure pleas-ure at the good work being done by the pupils. At the close of the examinations examina-tions each young lady" was given a complete report of her standing since the opening of the school session. A musical ana iiiera.iy programme was rendered and the bishop delivered a short address, rich in kindly advice and approval. Tho new term opened Monday, Feb. 1. ' . The Capital News says that Boise is on the verge of the biggest building boom in the history of the city. The plans already drawn and contracts let for building enterprises to be begun with the advent of spring indicates the expenditure of hundreds of thousands of dollars during the year and the employment em-ployment of a veritable army of working work-ing men in their construction. In addition addi-tion to this the operations of the street railway company, gas plant. Barber Lumber company and Page Lumber company mean a season of activity unparalleled. un-paralleled. More street paving will quite likely be demanded by interested property owners, who are. seeing the benefit and advantages of such improvement im-provement during the present winter. There is also more than a mere probability prob-ability that the Eolse-Valley-Pearl j electric railway will take definite shape i before the present year has grown much older. j NAMPA, IDA. H. Mueller of Uutte has purchased the Stoddard building on G street, consideration con-sideration $S,500. Father Dempsey went to Eruneau to' conduct eervices Sunday. Miss Florence O'Hara went to Snake river valley on a business trip. -4 J. J. McDonald returned from a business busi-ness trip to Shoshone. A number of the ladles here have filed on homesteads, among the number being the Misses O'Hara. EMMETT, IDA. Mr. J. M. Martin is contemplatinc laying off his -it-acre field north of town In town lots. This will make an elegant addition to Emmet as this tract of land lays along the banks of the Payette river, and would make delightful de-lightful homes, besides opening up a. direct thoroughfare to the bridge that spans the river near this place, which in itself would prove a great conveni- j ence to the traveling public. j LAS VEGAS. j Owing to a discovery of geld the ; wildest exejtcment prevails around j Tucumcari, on the Hock Island railroad. rail-road. Business men have closed their j stores and are flocking to the placer fields, eighteen miles east of Tttcum- cari, on Revulto creek. Three hundred men are on the ground. The forma- j tion is black Hand, and nuggets are j found everywhere as big as wheat grains. Gold is found in every pan. j Gold hod never been found in that sec- j tion before. EUREKA, NEV. i 7 j James Lueey. one of Eureka's highly respected and well known citizens, died at his home on North Spring street. January 24, 190-1. The immediate cause of death was physical exhaustion, for Mr. Lueey had been ill for many years. On Thursday alaxm'ng symptoms developed, de-veloped, and bis children remained 'by his bedside in constant attendance until the end came Sunday morning. The Sentinel says: "Mr. Lueey came to Eureka, with his family in 1875 from Pennsylvania, and for years he worked at the furnaces. While thus employed he got lead poisoning and rheumatism followed. He never recovered h'.s health and his sickness was long and painful. He Was si native of the City of Cork, Ireland, and aged 77 years, 6 months. He is survived by seven children, chil-dren, tour of whom, John. Elizebeth, Julia. Annie A., reside in Eureka; James G. Lueey of Carson City, Nevada; Neva-da; Dennis Lueey of New York and Timothy Lueey of Kasfon, Penn. "The funeral was held from St. Brendan's Bren-dan's Church, where Requiem Mass was celebrated by the Rev. Father Manion. The many friends present at the obsequies obse-quies attested the esteem in which deceased de-ceased was held, and expressed heartfelt heart-felt sympathy for the bereaved. The body was interred in the Catholic Cemetery." Cem-etery." -4 Mrs. M. Dolan of Eureka, who was' sent to the county hospital a few weeks ago, because on account of the infirmi ties or age sne was unable to eare f " " ' i herself, was committed to the Nevada , j hcspiial for mental diseases af k',,,, r " .' j CHEYENNE, WYO. f ; I More- than 100 coyotes arc b-in k':liei j weekly in Laramie county, the i,.,,--- j thickly populated of the state. -lVhii. in otln-r counties the- number la :au. , '. larger. Ranchmen are unubl to a. - count for" the great number of Iw-asv . I now infesting the range, as during th-.- ' I past: year th- y have ben hunted '. - letitlossly, the state having paid on" nearly $40.wu in ten months in bounty for their hides. The bounty approprta- , tion is almost exhausted, and when if I 1.-5 so professional trappers will cph"-' I operations, and the prediction is mad J that the country will be fairly overm ! by th-: pests. The r-poi; that tin- Union Pacific I to build a branch fr..m a point nea- Rawiins,Wyo.. ;u Klkhca l, Rout cmio- ty, Colorado. Is borne out by the fa r j that the company has let a. contrar t I for SoO.OOO ties which are being cut i" I the Medicine Row mountains this wit - I 'ter. This i.J fully iwV,- the number of I ties ordinarily reu;;n-eV. .Iso the pick- I ling plant at Laia'.ni-- has been ..yd- rM to prepare a much larger mi ni"!' "f ties than will be required iu '.- pa!:- i work. I In addition to opening up I deposits at Elkhead th- branch 1 I would pass through the Gran.; i :n -., a p- I ment. Battle Lake and Pearl ci-p- r 1 mining districts of southern Wy...:nit. ? I end northern Colorado. I i COUER D'ALENE, IDA. " j j John G. Yolk, whose parole by th 1 pardon bo.ird was announced recently, i arrived here and i? srending ti few da h y I with his friend. Father Puree!!, t . J , w hose unremitting and Indefatigable .j labor Mr. Volk owe his freedom at thi-t time. Volk. v,!ih his brother, was con-viete-l yrars ago .f assault with Inunt in kill, and Judge Jljyh-'iv imposed im-posed a sentence of thirty years in th-! penitentiary. Tie- brother. wh was in failing health, w as r leased tnree yea ra ago, and it is claimed that h" was not present at the tim- of the alleged assault. as-sault. Father Pureed says t h," t he never b- -lieved that John was guilty "f f!:? charge made against him. although it it- acknowledged Coat he assaulted th man for whom he had worked, and who refused to pay hir.i as agreed, and nn.-voked nn.-voked him by shaking the money In his face and telling him to get it It" he could. Later the man wa.s found near the railroad track, where it was claimed by the prosecution that he was pla'-td by defendant. Rut this was o:i!y a ru.-v to make out a stronger rase against th j defendant and his trot her. The young man has the best kind of a record ai'tiu- penitentiary and thoso connected with the institution were glad to see him gj anted his freedom again. It was intended l v the :,-nvruc to have- his tuiroij.no it: to HtVct on Christmas, but the papers o-canie mislaid mis-laid and action w is d-laea. Voik was so elated w hn ho met Father Purce'.l that he burst into tears. |