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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-02
A COOL

That lead ruling hasn't come yet nor
will it. What has been done was done at
the suggestion of the Republican man
gers in Montana for campaign purposes.
1t was done to deceive the people and it
is a fair sample Of Republican methods.
What better evidence of this does any
sane man want. Weeks have elapsed
and still the position Of the Republican
secretary of the treasury is that of a
cool looker-on in Vienna. A subordinate
has been made the tool of deception;
otherwise the honorable secretary would
have ratified his acts long before now
and given to the lead market a certainty
which it does not now possess, and re-
lieved this whole question Of the stigma
Of political jobbery. Until he had had
time to give the force Of his signature to
what had been done by his subordinate
ostensibly for the protection of our lead
industry, our people had the right to be-
lieve him sincere; but that time has long
gone by, and we have now the right to
believe him to be a miserable hypocrite
and the tool Of a party that is willing and
anxious to wallow in any cesspool of
political iniquity, that its leaders may
wine, dine and grow rich from the spoils
of Office dishonesty administered. W.
J. Chamberlain 6 Co.'s weekly circular
has the following to say about the lead
situation:
The treasury department keeps the
market in continued suspense by its
oracular silence, and the trade is tired
out with this stupid delay. First we
hear that it has been decided on, and the
reversal is soon to come. Then rumor
states that the matter is to be made a
political issue, and that a reversal is a
necessity to the Republicans to carry
Montana. Next we hear that the de-
partment is unwilling to let the Demo-
Gratis make that statement and have it
appear true, and that in consequence
the decision will be reserved until after 1
the elections, and the result is that trade |
is all at sea, and has concluded to paddle
its own canoe independently, rejecting
meanwhile that the best governed coun-
try is the country least governed. En-
glish lead has been very quiet and
at ELI 12s. Sd. The general i'm
preston among lead merchants is that,
barring any government action, we
shall have steady prices for some time to
come.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-02

Bradstreet gives the total Of failures
i'm the United States January 1 to date
as 8,126, against 7.180 in 1888; labor
strikes to date for 1889, 15,342. What
business has a man to fail under Re-
publican protection ? What business
has labor to strike, since it is the special
ward of that guardian angel, Republican
protection Workingmen of the United
States, what are you kicking about, any
how 2 Why don't you starve to death
and tell the world that having put your
faith in Republican protection you
died happy Workingmen of Montana,
in the name of the dignity Of labor
stretch out your arms on Tuesday next
and extend the hand of help to your
struggling brethren of the east by vot-
ing the Democratic ticket. Try it, and
the prayers of the suffering will bless
you and their smiles will greet you in
the great beyond.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-02
THE GREAT ooNFLAGRAr1os.

AsEA NocE AAOnAllONs
The fire Of Sunday is the most disas
trous that has ever occurred in this city
Ip fact it is the only great confiagration
in the long list of fires which constitute
the fire record of the city. The burnt
district is in the center of the business
center, and the loss will probably exceed
100000, upon which there is an esti-
mated insurance of $25O,OOO. Besides
the loss of property, one manswas killed
by falling walls, and a number were
more OF less burned and otherwise in
jured, though it is believed that the in
juries of none are serious.
Many of the fires which have occurred
in this city during the last few months
were Of incendiary origin beyond a rea-
sonable doubt, and that the great fire Of
yesterday was the result Of the incen-
torch is almost conclnsiyely
shown by every circumstance connected
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-02

with Its origin. 1t originated in what Is
known as the Bowes hotel building, a
.fye-st0fy brick on the corner Of East
Granite and Utah streets. The building,
though nearly finished. vas still in the
hands Of the BUILDERS, but being Sunday,
work was suspended, and no one was
known to be In or about the building.
That 1t was deliberately set on fire by
some worse than human miscreant is the
only plausible theory Of which a careful
Investigation will admit. A west wind
having almost the velocity of q gale was
blowing when the fire was discovered,
nor did it abate, which made the destruc-
tion much greater than it otherwise
would have been. For a considerable
time the entire destruction of the city
seemed to be imminent, and the fate of
Seattle and Spokane to be upon us. But
the promptness and efficiency of u fire
service, aided by that Of the Alice Mining
company, Blue Bird Mining company.
Montana Union Railway company, thou
sands of unorganized but willing hands,
and an inexhaustible supply Of water
finally conquered, and though the loss is
great, all should feel thankful that it is
not worse, and that Butte still survives.
While our own facilities proved equal to
the great emergency, yet we are indebt-
ed to our sister cities, Helena and Ana
conda, for their kind offer by telegraph
to place their respective fire departments
at our service, and they were held in
readiness for Immediate transportation
by railway specials, until the fire was an,
nounced as being under safe control.
Yesterdays great fire is suggestive in
many particulars, and while none of
these suggestions are new, it is to be
hoped that they will now receive that at
tention which they demand. The atten-
tion Of the city council is especially
called to the following:
I. The expulsion from the city of all
suspicious characters, hundreds of whom
are already known to the police.
III. An increase in the number of pa
trolmen that will better insure the safety
Of property and person.
III. The streets should be better
lighted.
Nv. The fire ordinances against the
erection Of fire traps should be rigidly
enforced without fear or favor.
V. The fire department should be put
on a more metropolitan basis.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-02
THE "MEL1oAN" CLOTHES LINE.

THE "MELICAN" CLOTHES LINE.
The Scott exclusion act wa a Demo
cratic measure and during Mr.. Cleye.
lands term a Chinaman would have as
soon thought Of parting with his queueas
to have attempted to land on our shores
But since Mr.. Harrison's accession the
act Is fast becoming q dead letter and
John now comes with almost as much
freedom rs ne did before its passage.
Under the Harrison ruling Chinese schol.
airs and tourists are admitted and no
further questions are asked. ALI China
men who hang their hopes on the "Meli-
can" clothes line are quite willing to
pack their consciences in the tourists
grip or hang them on the schOol-room
peg as prerequisite, and the Republican
administration is even more willing.
While in the United States senate Benja-
min Harrison always voted for the Chin
aman. This is a part Of his record as
given in the Congressional Record:
When the first Chinese restriction bill was
before the United States senate. in 1881,
Harrison invariably voted against it.
An amendment was offered providing
that the bill shall not apply to any skilled
Chinese laborer who ehall come to this
country without contract to other parties.
Harrison voted for the neutrality-suspicious.
gressional Record, vol. 10, p. 1716.
Another amendment was offered provid.
ing that any Chinese artisan who had a
certificate from the United States consul at
the port Of departure that he is coming to
the United States at his own free will and
expenses shall be permitted to land. Har-
rison voted for the observation-disclosures
sional Record, vol. ID, p. 1717.
After President Arthur vetoed the bill
and it came up in the senate for passage
over the Presidents veto, it was defeated.
not having the requisite two-thirds major.
ity. The vote stood 20 ayes to 81 noes.
Harrison's vote would have passed it but
he voted no.-[Congressional Record, vol.
90, part 8, p. 1851.
Hevoted to n~aturalize Chinamen.-ECor-
gressional Record, vol. IL, p. 1864.
He voted to admit skilled coolies and
neutrality-suspicious. Record, vol. 10,
p. Bali.
He voted against the restriction bill, the
vote standing, ayes 80: noes 15.-[Con-
gressional Record, vol. ID, p. 3412.
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HON. j. j.

J.J. Mediation, the Democratic candi-
date for district judge, has not only the
legal requirements which eminently fit
him for the judicial ermine, but his ster-
ling honesty and correct conception of
right and wrong add a tower Of strength
to the man which no good citizen can
afford to overlook in the selection of the
judiciary. Politics should cut no figure
where the impartial Interpretation Of the
law is at stake, but it should be alone a
question Of legal qualifications and
character. 1t was a Republican board
Of county commissioners that said that
Mr.. McHatton's accounts as police mag
istrate were among the very few that
bore no evidence of an intention to rob
somebody. When Mr.. Mediation was a
candidate for reelection to the Office OF
police magistrate he was defeated, and
this is another certificate of good char
acter of which he and his friends should
feel proud.
He favors a secret ballot.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-02
FkAUDi

Fraud" is the title of Millionaire A.
j. Seligman's last appeal in defense OF
fraud. Seligman is the Chairman of
the Republican state central committee,
and his last fraudulent act in defense of
fraud, SO far as heard from, is his fraud
ulent chapter on fraud which appeared
in the fraud column Of yesterdays Inter
Mountain, and which later in the day
made its fraudulent appearance under
cover of the darkness, in the form of a
fraudulent hand-bill upon the streets of
this city. 1t is no more nor any less than
a fraudulent defence of fraud made with
the fraudulent intent of covering up
fraud and Of fraudulently attempting to
fasten that fraud upon the innocent. No
one knows better than Chairman Selig-
man the frauds which his party have
committed and which they expect to
commit in this territory for the very
purpose, as he says, of defeating the will
Of the people. And no one knows better
than the astute Seligman, that
there is no better way to carry out
the remainder of his program
of frauds than to issue just
such a fraudulent circular on the sub
ject of fraud as he has done, thereby
fraudulently conveying the impression
that he and his party are not engaged In
the fraud business except to expose and
punish fraud. 1t is a very smooth prac- |
tice, well known to the criminal law, for /
a criminal to accuse an innocent man of
his crime, and to weave a web around
his victim. that the real criminal may
thus escape suspicion and punishment.
But the fraudulent antics of Mr.. Selig-
man have already been exposed, and the
yell of fraud only adds fraud to his
in trade, and it will be so received
by all honest men in every county of
Montana.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-02

There's no telling where lightning may
strike but when it proceeds from .
Republican cloud 1t seldom makes an
ofice-holder Of d foreigner. II it hits
him at all he is q corpse. A foreigner
stands q better chance of drawing the
capital prize in the Louisiana State
Lottery than he does of becoming even a
policeman If the appointment deYolves
upon a Republican. Foreigners, vote for
your friends on next Tuesday and do not
turn the other cheek also. 1t won't do
in politics nor does the Lord expect it.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-02
The Office She Wanted.

"Now," said the bridegroom to the bride,
when they returned from the honeymoon
trip, "let's US have a clear understanding
before w settle down to married life. Are
you the president or vice-president of the
society,""
II want to be neither president nor vice.
president, /" she answered; Il will be content
with a subordinate position"
"What is that?"
Treasurer. "C-Boston Journal.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-02
Not to Be Swindled.

The Italian who runs the peanut stand
at the corner of Woodward avenue and
Congress street was turning his Leanut
rooster the other day with slow and meas
ured hand when an old woman came to a
halt and carefully observed the operation.
After scrutinizing the rooster from every
side she finally gave it up and remarked:
mo, sir; you don't get a cent out OF me
for no such music as that. Why! I can't
catch half OF any OF the tunes, and it smells
as if something was burning on the in
side.-[Iietroit Free Press.
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EeOnOmy,

Lowenstein Ito his clerk)-Jacob, you
need not fish any longer for dot nickel lost
under de grating.
Jacob-But it vas a dead loss, Mr.. Low
enstein.
Lowenstein-Mebbe; but you hat spent
four cents wort of time on it, und l don'd
want any drinks that cos me one hundred
per cent. of it's value.-TPuck.
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Down to Hard Facts.

Testy Old Gent-Huh! Do you think yor
could support my daughter in the style te
which she has been accustomed?
Young Suiter-Well, no.; but l ian sup.
port her in the style to which her mother
was accustomed for a good many years
after she married you.
Old Gent (subdued)-Take her, my son,
and be happy.[-New York Weekly.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-02
A Serious Case.

Mrs. Briske-Johnny, did the doctor cal
while I was out? "
Little Johnny stopping his play)-
Yes'm. He felt my pulse an looked at my
tongue, and shook his head, and said il
was a very serious case, and he left this
prescription and said he would call again
before night.
Mrs. Briske-Gracious me! It wasn'tyou
| sent him to see; it was tie baby.-lNew
York Weekly.
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Street

Origin of the Fire.
As to the fires origin opinions vary,
some incline to the belief that it was the
result OF accident and others that it was
set Intentionally. The latter opinion is
probably the correct one as a number o.
circumstances go to show.
Warden & Grogan had the contract for
the plastering and before beginning work
paid $50 to have it thoroughly cleaned and
cleared of all shavings, pieces OF lumber
and other rubbish usually left behind by
carpenters. After the men who had been
hired to do the work hal completed the job
Mr.. Grogan personally swept out each
room and told a MINER reporter last night
that not a shovelful of inf1ammable ma
terial was in the building when the fire
broke out. The first floor had been plas-
tered and the plastering was still wet and
no fire had been used within the building
for any purpose, excepting q couple of
small gasoline furnaces used by the plumb
ers. The latter were in a rear room on the
first floor which had been fitted up as a
shop by Gould Bros. who had the contract
for doing the steam-ftting and plumbing.
But three men were at work in the build
ing when the fire started. One was a
man named Bowers, a latber, working for
Warden & Grogan, who was in the third
story. The others were Arthur and Put
nam, who were at work in the plumbing
room. Mr.. Arthur was the first to notice
anything wrong. as he began to smell
smoke, and soon saw wreaths of it issuing
from the basement underneath. He at
once called to Bowers that the building
on fire, and then began to remove
tools and other property belonging to the
Gould Bros. The first things he took
out were the two furnaces and a |
OF gasoline used to feed them, and
these are now in the firms shop.
Bowers, as soon as he was warned by
Arthur, slid down a ladder to the first
no stairway having yet been built,
and attempted to leave the building by the
Iront entrance, on Granite street. The /
iames by this time were leapine out
through the sidewalk from the basement
cut off his escape in that direction.
then a through the hall which ex-
ended through the center of the building
ts entire length, and with Arthur and Pit.
lam got out through the rear. By this
lime the entire basement seemed to he q
'ast bed Of fierce flames and fire and
'fmost simultaneously the first floor above
vas a mass OF flames, fire and smoke. The
econd and third stories seemed to burst
nto flames at about the same instant and
'efore the alarm could be sounded the ent;ro
Interior OF the building was burning with a ,
ercenes7 that is indescribable. II
a. W. Barnard and DR.. Schultz, directly
pposlte, were about the first to notice the q
re from the outside and state that whom =
hey discovered it a small blaze apparently !
OF over two feet square, was burning in T
ne Northeast corner of the first floor. in v
ne OF the store rooms. Mr.. Mcsherry the o
also saw it about the same b
and with Mr.. Barnard attempted To .
u some water to put it out and ran To h
le rear OF Mr.. Barnard's Office. Before +
could get back to the street the fro q
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The Centennial Brewing company ownou
the building next on the south TO tDe pa-
"a, The flames damaged it to the extens
q per cent. Of it's value, about ! IVY.
The insurance was for $1,000. Schmidt
Gramer, proprietors Of the saloon OF sne
main door OF the building. may loose neas.
ily on q large cigar stock in the basement.
II the stock is ruined by water the hrm WIZ
loose about $40, 900; il not, the loss OF
Schmidt & Gramer, Or rather Schmidt q
Miller, Mr.. Gramer having sold out, Wii
not be heavy. The brewing company
owned the bar fixtures which arenot badly
damaged, and owned also the furniture
and fixtures OF Snlliyan& Kinds billiard
room on the second floor. The office OF
the company q on the same hoor. IL
was ruined. The total loss, including thai
ON the billiard tables, will not be lar from
$4,000.
The .311" a gents furnishing house nm
der the management OF Charles Palmer,
and owned by the Bonner Mercantile COM
nany. vas next south of Schmidt q Ga
mer. The loss by fire on the one-story
frame building is trivial, but the damage to
the stock is large. The rear part OF the
main foor was thoroughly drenched Il
the basement was flooded. The house car
ried a stock oil $4,000, about 80 per
cent. OF which, Mr.. Palmer thinks, will be
ruined. The insurance, taken out IN the
name OF the Bonner company. is ample to
cover the loss. The building is owned by
Mrs. Lewis, widow Of the first mayor OF
Butte.
Babcock & Co., matters and h~aberdash,
ers, next to 1911" will lose more heavily
by depredators than by fire. The flames
touched the rear of their building,
scorched the outside and 80 filled the
premises with smoke and heat that the
saving OF goods vas accompanied by hard
ship and danger. Despite this fact the
friends of the firm helped to carry many
of the goods TO places OF such great safety
that they could not be found again. One
hundred seal caps worth $1,000 and $500
worth of etiff hats are missing and it is
presumed that many other goods will be
unaccounted for when account of stock is
taken. The stock inveiced about $4,000
and was insured for $4,000 r .
Aggregate OF insurance. 49,
The insurance companies will. of course
lose heavily, but just what the losses ofeach
will be is not known, the different agents
not being able to tell at this writing.
The aggregate loss to all will probably foot
UP 1915, 900, divided among the various
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-02

STRAYED FROM BUTTE The
- lowing horses: o,Ider and
One IRON gray horse A on left shoulO0i
thigh. -. eour white
One black horse strip in face left foul
W on left shoulder. - f,0t white
2 on left shoulder. marked
E on left thigh. loft thigh
One bay no. Sc bIotch brand on 1911
all had T hair brand on when stIayeu. their re-
tu a reward tN OF $2' 20 sTT fh Ss Butte Mont
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Probable Losses.

Owing to the intense excitement and con-
fusion still existing, it is impossible to give
the exact losses at this time, and it is safe
to say that they win never be known, as
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-02

agencies as follows:
Mantle &Warren.......... $50, 900
8. v. 10000
F. E. W. Patten...-. $4,000
g. F. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $4,000
c. F. Eltinge. 10000
900
Loss and Insurance.
From the NEST reliable figures obtaina-
BILE the total loss is $512, 800 and the total
of insurance $315, 900. ..r
Diagram of Burned District.
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The man who was stopped while driving
OIL with a sewing machine, and who cheer
fully surrendered the property, remarking
as he did SO, swell, somebody took mine,
and can't afford to be without one, was
not a fair sample OF the ~plunderers who
made their presence felt. Much property
was carried away and not returned. Bah.
cock, the halter, lost upwards of 50, 900
worth OF goods, as is told elsewhere.
knowing that his insurance was wholly in.
adequate, he made an attempt to move
his stock to a place of safety. He found
many assistants who rushed his hest
goods out into the street and neglected to
report where they had stored them. Mr..
PADDOCK did not dream that he would be |
plundered on an occasion of the kind, but
when he heard that his hats and fur
goods were being offered for sale
oy the raggedest OF tramps
that some men oil his acquaintance
lad actually bought the goods at one
'enth OF their value, he set out to cause
arrests. Three OF the thieves were turned