The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-07

NAMED in Baltimore hospital for two
months early in the season.
James K. Hackett was so i'll in st.
Louis that he was obliged to retire for
the remainder of the season. Nine.
Bernhard disappointed two immense
audiences in Pittsburg on account of la
grippe. Nine. Melba and Mime, Sem
brich and Jean de Reske are similar
sufferers and have by their absence
from the cast ruined the prospects for
the spring season of Grand opera in
New York.
Every theater in New York City has
Teen obliged to substitute understudies
BECAUSE of the ravishes of la grippe.
The profession in a body should protest
loud and long against the neglect for
ordinary comforts in the theater dress
ing rooms.
Mr.. Herne contracted his fatal ILL.
ness at the New Theater Republic, New
York, where Sag Harbor'' was the in
augural attraction, opening the theater
IL December. and continuing there for;
three months. Mr.. Herne's dressing
room was damp and cold and was still
unfinished at the end of Sag Harbor's
three months stay in New York. The
rush to get the front of the houses
habitable induced the architects to keep
the stage waiting until the last moment,4
hence it was Mr.. Herne was obliged to
live for three months in this pneu-
r'ona cell of DEATH
An, that tastes good; that's the real
thing. Ii l were at the Hotel Lafayette
In Philadelphia now, would have a hard
time getting anything like that. I'm
glad I'm in Butte"
1t was a commercial traveller that
made the remark. He stood at the bar OF
the Thornton this morning and lingering
~ slipped Manhattan cocktail as he
talked to man with the white apron
who had just served him.
why. how's that?" queried the inqui-
sitive barkeeper.
well, you see, it's this way. Two
weeks ago l was at the Lafayette and
walked into the barroom and asked for
a. Manhattan-that's my favorte drink;
that and mint julep. What do you
think was able to get?-a lemonade or
settler. l was never so disguised in my
Life as when 1 was informed that it was
a temperance house until a row was set
tied.
What kind of a row was it,"
"Well, it certainly was a daisy. and no
mistake, either. 1t seemed that one man
had license to sell liquor in the Hotel
Lafayette but no lease to the barroom.
Another fellow had lease to the bar
room but no liquor license. The man with
the lease dare not sell anything intoxi-'
eating and the second was unable to take
possession of any other room in the no.
tel.
Both sides seem to be at a disadvan-
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nothing by selling temperance drinks,
while the person with the liquor license
is unable to use it, Both sides We're in,
an uncompromising mood when 1 left the
place and 1 don't know whether they
have settled it yet or not. l understand
that the peculiar situation has arisen
from long and complicated litigation re-
sulting from the former owner of the
hotel going through bankruptcy. 1t is to
be hoped you hotelmen in Butte don't get
into any litigation.
Attorney Alex Mackel, paid. Anaconda
a brief visit yesterday. \;
Senator W. r. Meyer. of Red Lodge
was Butte visitor yesterday.
w. w. Welch and wife of Helena, are
registered at the McDermott. .sn. ~
S. A. Smart, general baggage agent OF
the Great Northern. is at the Thornton.
After staying few days in this city
William Adams has returned to Chestnut
Joseph K. Clark left Butte last night
for business trip to the Occur d'Alene
country.
Thomas D. Wright editor of the Great
Falls Tribune, arrived in Butte last
night and will remain two or three days.
P. H. Seaman, travelling passenger
agent, of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul, railway with headquarters at st.
Paul, is at the McDermott.
Benjamin C. Kingsbury of Spokane,
who was formerly a resident of Butte.
was in this city for few hours yester-
day. He took the train for Salt Lake
in the afternoon.
Thomas Mallon, formerly of the Forty
sixth Ohio volunteers. now doing service
in the Philippines, arrived from Manila
last night by way of San Francisco. He
was honorably discharged from service
April % last. Mallon has a cousin John
Mallon, in this city.
Colonel w. N =. Aylesworth of Deer
Lodge, who arrived in Butte last night,
says that Peter Walton has recovered
the most of his cattle which were run off
a range in Granite county last week by
five masked men. Detectives are now
working on the case.