Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-03
MlSS0 uL NEWS
Branch Office Inter Mountain Publish
ing Co., 1876 Higgins avenue.
Sent. 1.

Missoula, Sept. 1.
William Chester, who was brought
here from Phi!ipsburg last Monday, suf-
fer1ng from an abdominal tumOr, was
taken to the Sisters hospital and died
yesterday morning from the effects of
an operation which was performed on
Tuesday. The funeral took place from
the undertaking rooms of j. M. lucy &
Co. this morning, and the remains were
inferred in the Valley cemetery.
The camping party consisting of Mr..
and Mrs. Mollinalli and son Cecil, Mrs.
j. HI. P~ennglase and Fred Pierson, re-
turned from De Borgia last evening, and
report that the rain was cold and wet in
that vicinity during the past week and
they We're glad to get rex to town.
Beach & Bowers minsrrels are billed
to appear at the Union opera house on
September 8. Minstrel shows are always
popular in Missoula, and as this is the
first show of any kind TOR nearly two
months they will no doubt receive good
patronage.
The merchants in the city ave agreed
to observe Labor day, and will close their
stores all day Monday The meat mar
kets will be open in the morning until
$50 and the Darber shops until noon.
The postoflice will observe Sunday hours
and the banks and county Offices will re-
main closed all day.
Union hall has been profusely deco
rated with flags, bunting and emblems
of the allied lodges, preparatory to the
dance on Monday night, which will be
given under the auspices of the Western
Labor union S~chrieber's orchestra has
been engaged for the occasion, and a
large crowd will undoubtedly find enjoy
ment there that evening.
Franklin Hollensteiner of the Missoula
Mercantile and Miss Alice f.
Porterfield were married at the home of
the brides parents IN Fullerton Neb., on
August 2S. Mr.. and Mrs. Hollensteiner
arrived i'm the city yesterday and will be
at home to callers after September II.
Mrs. Sidney J. Coffee and Mrs. George
Wilds expect to leave for Kentucky some
time next week.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Chaftin on Thursday night and died
the Valley cemetery In the afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chatin. who reside in
Lows addition, are prominent in Salva
ton Army circles.
Winnefred Mabel. the eight months
old baby of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Pete,
died yesterday morning at Z o'clock. The
funeral will be held from the family
residence on the North Side Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock and the remains
inferred in Valley cemetery.
Miss Ray ockm returned on last
evenings train from Port Angeles
Wash, where she has spent the past two
weeks visiting with her mother.
A. J. Gibson returned from Hamilton
yesterday where he is experimenting the
construction of the Ravalli county court
house, and reports that good progress
is being made in it's erection.
Considerable excitement Is being de-
veloped at the town of Florence in the
, Bitter Root valley which is occaslOnet
:, by the discovery of what appears to bt
. good copper developments on Eight Mile
! Creek "a short distance east of the city
I A United States land agent spent las
|. week in the Bitter Root valley inspecting
) reported ~treSpasses on Indian lands II
that locality. He found several viola
! tons of the law by ra1lcilers, who have
I fenced in Indian lands. It is not likely
: that there will be any prosecutions, ant
|. it is expected the violatofs of the law
} will remove their fences as ordered.
The Eagles celebration, which was
4 postponed from last Sunday on accoun
OF bad weather, bids well to be partici
pated in by a larger and more enthusiast
tic crowd than would have been on hant
a week ago. The republican convention
today. Eagles picnic tomorrow ant
Labor day celebration Monday. has at
tracted a large crowd from the sur
rounding towns, and hotel
tons are again nearly exhausted and