The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-09
BUTTE News.
THE EAGLE WILL SCREAM
Butte Will Have the Biggest
Kind of a Fourth of July.
NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT
Soliciting Committees Are Appointed
and Other Preliminary Steps Taken
to Pull Off Tremendous Cele-
bration of the Day.

Butte is to have a Fourth Of July
so decided and in no unce.:a.l terms
at mass meeting of citizehs held at
. the city -.all las evening 10 discuss
& the subject. The1e was BIZ! one rpir
!. ion, that was that we shoIgld celebrate
and the only thing that remained to b.
settled was the size of the lemonstra-
ton. 1t did not take lon@ to settle
{. that. Every one was in favor of
whooping it up rs we never did be-
fore, and preliminary steps we're taken
with that object in view. officers were
elected and an executive committee
named. who will manage the affair.
This committee was gwen full author
ity to run things and was directed To
run them in such Il way that the Gel
ebration would discount anything of
the kind Butte ever knew. At the close
of the general meeting 'he executive
, committee met and attended to the
first business on hand in connection
with such an undertaking-the APP
pointment of soliciting committees to
raise the funds it will re necessary TO
expend. If all of these committees per-
form their duties a fund will be rails
ed which ought to make possible a Gel
ebration that will meet the mos OK
travagant ideas of the enthusiasts who
expressed themselves at the mass meet
ing.
In the street discussions Of the sub
ject of a celebration some people have
been heard to favor me ;dca of hold
ing no celebration on me Fourtn, put
instead to reserve every energy for
a magnificent ovation o the soldier
boys when they get back from the
Philippines in August, but # there
We're any at the mass meeting they did
not express themselves, and only once
was the subject hroac12i. That was
during the meeting of the executive
& committee, which followed the general
meeting.
An outsider ventured his views, but
was promptly sat upon. The gertle-
men of the committee agreed that
Butte could very well afford to cele-
brate the Fourth ani give the loTs
big reception as well; ana SO Butte
will grow hilarious about midnight on
July 8, and keep it up to- "A hours.
The mass meeting vas held IN the
police court chamber, which was rot
large enough to az ,mmodste ore
tenth of the people VINO tried to
squeeze in. A. f. BRAY was elected
chairman and e. ,. Dugal secretary.
The chair then announced that lie
would listen to remarks from those
who desired to eX9-c IS their views
with regard to a ce'ehrati0n. A great
many responded, ard ali expressed the
same sentiments that there Should be
a celebration, and big one. Aft,r
the speechmaking the meeting daci1-
ed to name an execI i've con:raittee, Of
which Mr. Bray sh >uld be chairman
Mr.. Dugan secret Try anu W.llam
Thompson treasurer. The other meT:-
bers of the executive committee select
ed We're J. F. Davis, W. PinlIham, w.
E. Deeney, E. H. Renisch and Will
lam Bartel.
The committee was en- powered to
4 take full charge and to appoint all
4 such subcommittee as were found
necessary. After the mass meeting ad-
tee met and appointed soliciting COM
mittees as follows: A general solicit
ling committee of two from each ward
= to act with the alderman appointed by
the council, the alderman t. act as
chairman: First ward, Hon. T. F.
+! Courtney, Phil Goodwin; Second ward,
= George Pascoe, James Thorlpson;
Third ward, Joseph .Trossmau, ref
C. H Moore; Fourth ward, Hayes can
well Davis, r. M. Camonau; Sixth
ward. w. H. Davey, Judge A. II. Bar
ret; Seventh ward, F. - Melc Ter, T.
Jefferson: Eighth ward, d. J. Charlie s,
William Gallick.
An attorneys soliciting comni: ee
was named, com posed If County At
torney c. P. Connolly. John Kirk ar
City Attorney E. NJ. Lamb.
The bankers conlnl-tGe is compose
of T. NJ. Hodgens, \. J. Davis, jams
A. Murray. ]. V. Long. j. f.. Hcs1et
and Fayette Harrin%,"a.
Real estate committee. T. Rick
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