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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-04
IT CAUGHT his EYE,
Down ON SUNDAY Traa,na

Rockford Gill; dispatch: For two DAYS
q curious case has been on trial in the
County Court. The whole village of Rock
ton was suing a Door storekeeper, Mrs.
Ruth James, for the crime of selling pop,
cigars, lemonade and the like in her little
shop on Sundays. The village law allows
only the sale of n-ecessaries on the Sabbath.
Pretty nearly all Rockton testified TO va
rious purchases. Mrs. James acknowledged
to selling cheese and sugar, but the pop
and cigars, she said, were sold by her
husband against her instructions. He
swore, also, that she told him mot
to sell such luxuries, but he delib
erately ignored her request and broke
the Sabbath and the village ordinance. The
defense did not hold water, and the Jury
foundh her guilty and fixed the penalty at
". Tn case was tried twice before by the
village justice; the first time the Jury dis
agreed and the second time she was ac-
quilted. A novel circumstance occurred at
the outset OF this effort to stop Sunday
traffic in Rockton. The village president
gave orders that every offender should be
arrested. What was his surprise to find
the first person brought in was his own
partner, who had slyly opened the store
door to capture any stray dollars.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-04
A Feat Performed by John l.. in a Paris
Restaurant.

New York special: Arthur Picton, pro.
prietor of the Cosmopolitan Of Paris, the
resort OF English, French and American
sporting men, sends the following letter to
Richard K. Fox:
PARIS, March 14.-Sir: On Sunday night
last, at my house, Sullivan. Mitchell,
Moore, Kilrain, Phillips and others who
we're at the fight, were present. Sullivan
did not play the part of a gentleman, but
he did that of a bully. He was seated at a
table alone. He called a waiter and the
waiter obeyed the summons, and placing
tor, he asked him what he should bring. Sulli-
van seized the waiter by the collar, pulled
him over, and there and then for no cause
or offense whatever butted him with his
head between his eyes, cutting one eye open
and nearly broke the bridge OF his nose.
Then throwing the waiter down. he said:
THAT is what l wanted to order" The
poor wreteh's head was bound up, and he
was sent home in a cab senseless and bleed
ing, so much SO that he only came to work
on Tuesday night. His eyes are still black,
and the bridge of his nos had turned to
bright gold from the effects Of the fearful
beating. Most all present when the dis
graceful affair occurred wanted to cali
in the police, but my house is a licensed
one and never, since l have held it, some
ten years, has there been a complaint
laid against me. So l preferred not to have
the police called, inasmueh as all there
would have had to go rs witnesses. Know
ing that Sullivan was out on bail, I was
certain that if the police got him in their
clutches SO quickly after his escape from
Senlis they would have kept him, and it
was a dead certainty he would have got
twelve months hard labor, which punish
ment would not have been q day too much
for the unmanly assault he committed.
ARTHUR PIcToN.
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oRpEREp HIM no suRRENpER.

and he responded by leaning out with a
cooked revolver, ready to shoot. Police
man Street then shot him, the bullet en-.
tering the muscle OF the arm just below
the shoulder, inf1ieting a painful wound.
While several policeman guarded the pris-
oner, the others went outside and informed
the excited crowd that King was dead,
having been shot bya policeman while
resisting arrest. A cheer went up from the
mob, and in a short time nearly all left
under the impression that King was dead.
King was kept secured in the building I'M
Til a company of cavalry arrived from
Fort Leayenworth, when he was taken to
the fort to prevent lynehing.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-04
BONNER MERCANTILE co
An Alleged Burglary Turns Out to be
Only q Myth.

An Alleged Burglary Turns Out to be
Only q Myth.
Yesterday morning the inhabitants of
West Granite street were startled by the
reports of pistal shots in that vicinity and
they at once, and very naturally, con-
Guided that a tragedy was being enacted.
Visions OF gore at once became uppermost
in their brains and sleep was out of the
question. It did not, however, take long
to solve the problem for the police were
soon on b espot and all the facts were made
known to the anxious ones. The first story
story was that a desperate burglar had at
tempted to invade the premises OF Mrs.
Mulloy, who keeps the lodging house near
the court house, and this for a time being
had a color of fact. Subsequent inquiry,
however, showed that the supposed burglar
was q young man well known in town, who
had been out on q lark and who in search
ing for a friend who rooms in the house,
had made a mistake in the number of the
room, hence the row. The occupant
thought, very naturally that his nocturnal
visitor had come to the room with evil
intent and made an outcry, at
which time the young man tried
to make himself scarce. He was, however,
pursued to the street, and the pistol shots
spoken of fired, and the pursued at once
to a halt, and was corralled until the
OF the police, who took him in GUS
tody. A charge Of disturbing the peace
was entered against him, and he gave the
proper bonds for his appearance. This
ends the burglar story which was the talk
the town yesterday.
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Unanimous Action.

KANSAS CRY, April /. The. witch engi
neers and fremen OF all the roads entering
this city except the Burlington, held a meet
ing late last night at which they resolved
that after IL O'Clock noon Monday they
would refuse to handle any Burlington
ears OF freights except it be live stock Oh
perishable freight which has been started
previous to that hour. A committee call
ed on the superintendent to-day and mott
fed them OF the orders. If road engineers
are put in theyards to do switching or new
men are hired in their places then the
switchmen will refuse to work. Managers
OF lines have not yet made known what
they will do, but it is presumed they will
attempt to handle the freight.
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M TT

steam heaters, gas and electric lights, baths,
etc. The basement win be used for furnace,
engine rooms, store.rooms and other pur-
poses. On the first floor there will be the
Office, billiard room, reading room, bar
room, dining room, ladies' ordinary
kitchen, pantries, etc. The upper portion
will contain parlors, and rooms en- suite
and single, to the number OF about ninety.
1t will be thus seen that the structure will
be devoted exclusively to the purpose of
the hotel. 1t will be called the Hearst
House and it is understood that Marcus
DAILY is the heaviest stakeholder. D. F.
McDevitt, the well-known contractor ard
builder will have charge of the building, and
work will be commenced about the LIST of
May.
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ANOTHER HORROR.
Mine and is Instantly Killed.-Details
of the Affair.

VA INC kAublTs
Yesterday afternoon there occurred In
the Lexington mine one OF these sudden
an ~unaecountable accidents in which a life
young in years and full of promise for q
vigorous manhood was cut off. The victim
in this case was Enoch G. Kellogg, aged Is
years, and a hearty, healthy boy, of large
stature and development for his years. He
was the son of the foreman of the mine and
while he has been working underground for
some time, he has only been in the employ
Of the Lexington company for three months.
The accident occurred about 3 o'clock and
subsequently DR.. Amsden, the Coroner, held
an inquest with the following as the panel
OF jurors: J. s. Fraser, A. s. Lohman,
Malcolm Mcdonald, Thomas Burns, Arthur
Francis and John A. Bordeaux. The body
was viewed, but as it was certain life had
departed NO special examination was made,
the opinion being that the neck had been
broken in the fall. There were several wit
nesses examined, but only two could throw
any light upon the subject. and even their
testimony was not absolutely conclusive
of the immediate manner in which the Door
boy made the misstep.
According to the testimony young KEEL
logg wa running IN ore car in the 30O-foot
level. and at the hour canned he drove his
car to the main shalt to send it above as
usual. When near the mouth of the shaft
his candle went out, and he retreated back
to where a couple OF men were working, and
asked one OF them for q light, which was
given. Immediately in the rear of the
party was a chute which runs from the.
three to the GU r-hundred foot level, and
as the boy stepped behind them, for some
unknown reason, they heard a sound, and
turning, quickly realized that he had fallen.
Assistance was at once rendered, but there
was nothing left but the iifeless remains OF
what a moment before had been a human
being full OF life and vigor. As soon as DOS
sible the body was brought to the surface,
the inquest held, Inc the facts as above
stated elected. After the testimony had
been completed, the jury returned a ver-
dict that deceased came to his death by
accidentally falling into an ore chute in the
Lexington mine, and that no blame could
be attached to the management" At the
conclusion of the inquest the body was
turned over to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. G.. kellogg, where it was afterwards pre-
pared for interment. The funeral will take
place this afternoon at $3.50 o'clock from
the family residence near the Lexington
mine. In the sad bereavment Mr.. aud Mrs.
kellogg have the sympathy of all who
know them, and who knew the bright arr
promising boy b was SO suddenly cut
off by the terrible accident.
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accompanied by a man, a relative. who was
going to take them to their home in Mime.
apolis. All had tickets through to their
destination. twas noticed by the officials
at the Garden that Mrs. Magnusson, who
is a large and muscular looking woman,
showed symptoms of being deranged.
Thereupon she was detained. The man
who accompanied her made affidavit to The
commissioners that Mrs. Magnusson was
returning to her husband, who has been in
this country over eight years; that she her.
self had
LIVED HERE FOR -FOUR YEARS,
returning to Sweden about three years ago,
and that the eldest of her children, a girl of
six, was born in Minneapolis. He further
more expressed himself as DESTROYS OF TAX
ing the woman and her children to the hus-
band and father. who was a~nxiously an
ticipating their arrival. This was denied,
and the oma and her children detained
and reported to the Collector as coming
within the p~rohibitory class, notwithstand-
ing the evidence that the woman was the
wife OF an American citizen. The Collector
decided that the woman should be
FROM LANDING,
n she was to have been returned a week
ago, but at the earnest request oil the
Guion Steamship Company her departure
was delayed until to-day. Torn from her
friends and escort, confined in the insane
asylum at Wards Island. Mrs. Magnusson's
grew worse, until now physicians
pronounce her case a hopeless one. Super
intendent jackson informed the husband
of the Collectors decision, and the bereaved
asked that his children, at least, be
sent to him, his circumstances not allowing
him to come East. Even in her insane
moments the clings devotedly to
her little ones. and it would, the authori
ties say, be cruel to force the children from
her. The case involves a qeustion that has
never been decided before.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-04
Another Canard.

A story was recently ~telegraphed from
Chicago to the effect that the works Of
Chalmers Il Frazer, in that city, had been
destroyed by fire. Mr.. L. C. Trent, the
Montona representative OF the company,
called last evening to say that there was
no truth in the report, that the works were
being pushed to their full capacity, and
that all orders would be promptly filed
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-04
Meager Details of the Proposed New Hotel
to be Built There.

Butte will, in a short time, be put to
shame by the ~snielter town of Anaconda,
and in a manner, too, that will reflect seri-
ously against the enterprise and public
spirit OF the Gu capitalists OF this city. For
more than a year we have been building
hotels On paper and Anaconda has said
never "a word. Our schemes have all fallen
still born and row Anaconda steps to the
front with an assured proposition, the
money and material ready and the contract
executed for the finest hotel in the Terri
tory. The ground upon which the new
hotel is to be built is located south OF the
Foster. Estes Co.'s store. The building will
be OF brick with stone facings, will be three
stories high and basement, and will he
fitted with all modern improvements, in
Guiding passenger and baggage elevators,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-04
An American Citizens Wife Prevented
From Joining Him..

New York dispatch: Collector Magone
acting upon information furnished him by
the Commissioners of Emigration, has de.
cided that Mrs. Mary Ann Magnusson and
her two children. who arrived here on the
Guion steamship Alaska March Is, to join
her husband, a citizen living in Minneap-
oils. Mimi. should be debarred rom land
ing. He directed that they should be re-
turned to Europe this afternoon on the
Guion steamship Wyoming. The Commits
sioners of Emigration have kept it a pro-
found secret, but a humane friend Of the
poor woman las related her sad and
REMARKABLE STORY.
Mrs. Magnusson and her children were
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-04
A CLOSE CALL.
A White Coal Miner, Attacked by Negroes,
Shoots Three Colored Miners The
Colored People Pursue Him and He
Is Saved by the Police.

CoIored People Pursue Him and He
Is Saved by the Police.
KANSAS CRY, April IA journal special
from Leavenworth says: This evening as
James King (white), a cableman in a
L~eayenworth Goa mine, was walking along
the street, he met Harrison Young, a noted
colored politician. Sam Hedspath aud
Ben Easton, also colored. The three
negroes were standing at the spot where, a
year ago, Hedspath had knocked down
and brutality beaten King. King was &C.
costed by Young and Hedspath who
wanted to fight. Hedspath drew a knife
and sprang towards King. while Young put
his hand in his pocket saying "Let's kill
him." At this King drew a revolver, fired
two shots at Young, who dropped dead
with a bullet through the forehead and
SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.
King then turned on Hedspath and shot
him in the right groin, infiicting a fatal
wound. He then shot Easton in the left
thigh. There has been bad feeling between
the colored and white miners for some
time, and the report that a white miner
had killed three colored miners created in
tense excitement among the people, who
compose a large portion of the population
in that neighborhood. In a few moments
the colored people iocked to the scene
from every direction, carrying shotguns,
knives, pistols and weapons Of every de-
scription, all clamoring for revenge. King
at once started to run. The mob fred six
shots at King, who. gamely turned and re-
turned fire. In a short time King now
PRESSED BY HIS PURsUERs,
turned and hid in the pump house Of the
water works. The negroes searched the
place for an hour, but couldn't find him.
While the excitement was at it's height
Mayor Nicely appeared on the scene and
to order the crowd back. A
dozen revolvers were pointed at him, and
Chief of Police Roberts met with no better
Mayor Nelly made unsuccessful
efforts at communicating with the Sheriff
or deputies by telephone, and finally |
mounting a horse started for Fort Leaven.
to get a force of soldiers. In the
meantime the entire police force of the city
had arrived and aided in the search for
King. A squad of policemen finally found
him crouching under an obscure stairway.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-04
Refuse to Handle O Freight,

MILWAUKEE, April 1.-The switchmen Of
the st. Paul Company in this city have
formulated a demand to be presented to
General Roswell Mills, that no o freight
shall be handled by the road under any cir
cumstances. In the event of the demand
not being complied with they will quit work
at IL O'Clock Tomorrow.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-04
in a Wreck.

LONDON, April 1.-The bark British
Princess has been wrecked of C~aninaha,
Portugal. Twenty three persons were
drowned. 1t is reported that the Spanish
customs officers prevented the saving of
lives by firing upon the Portuguese life
boat, which had gone to the rescue.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-04
Clearings of the Week.

BosroN, April IA table compiled from
specials to the Post from managers OF
leading clearing houses in the United
States show gross exchanges for the week
ended March 81, were $798, 915 1854, a
decrease of 25.5 per cent. from the cor
responding period last year.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-04
In Danger of Their Lives.

ST. JOSEPH, April All the freight brake
men on the Kansas CITY, st. Joe & Council
Bluffs Railroad struck to-day. They assign
as a reason the danger of their lives in
working with 'scab" engineers. This makes
five hundred strikers now in the city.
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wouldn'r Go.

Paddy Ryan, who was arrested several
days ago on the charge of yagrancy and
taken before Judge Dingevon. pleaded
guilty. but asked that he be given time to
leave the city, as he had q Job at Ana
conda. He was granted twenty-four hours.
but failing to avail himself OF the privilege,
ne was re-arrested yesterday and sent to
the County Jail for seventeen days.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-04
Residence

JERSEY Cry, April 1.-The residence OF
VIM. Walter Phelps, two miles from Engle-
wood. burned tonight. The fire was caused
by the explosion of gas in the art gallery.
The loss is very heavy. Phelps was in New
York.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-04
Fatal Domestio Ouarrel.

KANSAS Cry, April LAS the result of a
domestic quarrel Ellsworth Setter shot
his wife and himself this morning. Both
will die.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-04
BONNER MERCANTILE co.

Yesterday va . day long . Be rsn.n
bered ~ the ladies Of Butte. They cam
" thousands, and whsn they went ava.
carried with them BARGAINS d ! char
aessr 4 produce lasting impressions. i.
we predicted, at the close Of business y,sster
day scarcely : vsstise remained d the dam.
aged goods. There were two features Of The
day that are particularly gratifying to us
the first, that the people Of Butte conf
IDENTIFY rely upon our advertising state
ments, because they always find them ABB
soIorEIr TRUE. The second, that the re-
suit Of an unavoidable railroad accident
was the distribution OF such unusually sub
.stantial benefits among The psople OF Butte
Whenever an opportunity of this character
Is presented to us, we always evidence a
most liberal spirit, believing that the
people, who are our steadfast friends, should
eceive every benefit we are able to accord.
For the balance OF the week we have
bargainsi in our BOOT and SHOE
DEPARTMENT that it will pay you to
AXE advantage of. They consist Of
80 pairs LADIES KID BurroN SHOES at
$1.S5, worth $3.50.
40 pairs LADIES KID Burton, sAr1N-LrNED,
at $2.75, worth $4.00.
30 pairs KID OPERA SLIPPERS at slips,
worth $1.75.
} pairs FRENCH KID OxFoRDs, PArENr-
LEATHER TIP. at $2.75, worth $500.
ot INFANTS SHOES, ASSORTED, at 20 cents
Der pair.
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AWife EIopes With a Married Man Whom
She Leaves for Another.

Minneapolis dispatch: Charles F. Smith
is a locomotive engineer well known in Min
neapolis. He is o in Jail at Denver for
running away with another mans pretty
wife. Smith used to run an engine on the
Chicago & Northwestern between Ashland
and Bayfield,. In Bayfield, the engineer
rented rooms from Charles Patterson, an
architect at Ashland. Patterson has a
wife, with whom Smith became infatuated.
She returned his affections. Recently Mrs.
Patterson visited her mothers home in
Minneapolis. Letters confided to a mutual
lady friend for delivery we're opened and a
demand for $500 hush money was made.
Smith
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REFUSED TO PAY IT,

and the letters were sent to Mr.. Patterson
Smith anticipated this move and, aban
doning his wife and children, ran away. 1t
was on March 8 that the engineer and the
lovely Mrs. Patterson took a train from
Minneapolis to Kansas City, and thence TO
Denver. 1t was there that grief began to
come to them. All their money was gone,
and Smith pawned Mrs. Patterson's jew
elry. They rented dingy roo ms and began
to wonder how they were DIN to live.
Mrs. Patterson seems to be somewhat OF a
hnancier. She could not see the advantage
OF starving to death, even by a slow, grace
tul process, with an engineer, SO she
LEFT THE THROTTLE PULLER
She went to a dry goods store and obtained
employment. Her companion was soon
forgotten. A dry goods clerk c~aptivated
her risky affections. He was a nice young
man, wearing a mustache and a sweet
smile. Smith learned OF it and it broke his
heart. He was wildly, ~insanely jealous.
While in this state he went to the police
and old them the whole story. Charles
was promptly arrested, and so was Mrs.
Patterson. Mrs. Patterson confesses that
her conduct was not exactly proper. She
Is an intelligent, cultivated woman, it is
said. Her husband is now on the way to
Denver. Mrs. Patterson is very, very
sorry, and she hopes her husband will for
give her. Smith will probably be prose
cuted.
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pEBARRED FROM LANDING,
A Denial From Garnet.

PARIS, April president Carnot denies
the truth of the statement that he guar
relied with Boulanger when they were in
office together, because the General refused
to shoot down De Caseville miners during
riOtinp there.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-04
Ripe for the Sickle.

PITrsBURG, April Hon. David N.
White, formerly editor of the Pittsburg
Gazette, died this morning aged 81.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-04
Adyertised Lattar List.

Advertised list of unclaimed m Ill matter
remaining in'the postofice at Butte City,
Montana, for the week ending Monday,
Anril 9 1879.