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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-05
About Sundays Blaze,

Messrs. Niles OF the Union Insurance com.
pany, Bates of the Liberty, and Gartner oil
the Phoenix, are all in town to
adjust the losses experienced by
their respective companies by Sun.
days blaze. They have not yet be.
gun the active work OF adjustment as they
prefer to await the representatives OF other
companies involved. In the case Of the
Hennessy Mercantile company, whose loss
was SO complete as to admit of no cues.
ton OF salvage the matter of adjustment
will not consume much time. Mr.. Hen
messy began rebuilding with that view of
the case.
1t has Teen stated that the Barnard
block would not be IT built this year. This
view OF the situation was taken by Mr..
Barnard himself before he had taken time
to determine what he would do. Now he
that so soon as the adjustment
OF insurance has been made he will begi.
operations, and that he will have a. new
drug store for Mr.. Gushing as soon as
hands can erect it. The remainder of the
block may and may not be finished his
year.
Some OF the humorous features OIL the
hre are now more apparent thar they were
before the sufferers had forgotten their |
misery. DR.. johnson tells OF d friendly |
chap who rushed into his, the doctors, |
Office and, after staring aboutfor the most
thing to rescue, picked up O. box |
containing a dilapidated skeleton and an |
empty picture frame and left books, furni.
tnre. instruments and other costly articles
the mercy of the flames. In telling
about it DR.. Johnson says: 1.-The man who
used to belong to that skeleton has been
lead for upwards OF a. hundred years and
il he had burned up he wouldn't have felt
t much. As it stands l have a skeleton to
for articles like those l lost"
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-05
WHAT THEY WILL DO.

Seligman, the Journal and the Inter
Mountain will start a little warm place
Of their own in opposition to the ortho-
dcx place where the wicked entertain
the proprietor with wickedness. 1t will
be a preparatory school for the benefit of
the Republicans who expect to take part
in the next canvass. The curriculum
will include lying, fraud, coercion, bal
lot-box stuffing, defamation of private
character and general cussedness. The
Helena Journal will fill the chair of
Pre~varication /; Seligman, the chair of
SANDER, and the Inter Mountain, the
chair of General Cussedness. Tuition
the usual price, $12 a year.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-05
MARSHAL IRWIN.

United States Marshal George Irwin, II
is an old-timer in Montana, an old citi
zen Of Butte and a good fellow. He is q
prohibitionist, but he enjoys a good
square meal, the flavor of a good cigar
and is not averse TO ladies' society. But
Marshal Irwin Is a Republican, or he
wouldn't be a United States marshal, and
he has been dipped and redipped so often
in the s%anguinary dip Of %partisanship
that when an election comes around,
especially such an election as that of
yesterday, the gory dip comes to the
surface and makes our esteemed fellow
townsman the picture of a Sioux
brave on the warpath. Then and only
then doth our usually handsome and
genial marshal thirst for more gore and
seek for Democrats to devour. But even
when in such a condition his liberality
does not desert him, and hence he ap-
points a countless number of deputies to
join In the symposium. Marshal Irwin
thought there were just about Eve hun
dred more Democrats In Anaconda
than there should be, and
hence he and his deputies, Of whom
there were from twenty to seventy, took
possession Of that peaceful little town
and each man, with a chip on his
shoulder, dared some u%noffending Demo-
,rat Of smaller stature to knock 1t of,
The mayor, city council and all of the
Republicans of much abused
Anaconda assured the marshal by pc
protest and prayer, that there was
10 occasion whatever for federal inter-
erence, and because of which 1t would
70 both outrageous and illegal. But the
work Of intimidation had been planned
the Democratic defeat in Anaconda
vas the stake, and the United States
marshall stood pat" but got gloriously
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-05
PROCTOR KNOTT,S STORY.
How Gov. Stewart Revenged Himself on a
Brutal Captain.

How Gov. Stewart Revenged himself on 8
Brutal Captain.
From the New York Sun: Sitting in the
rotunda of the Alexander hotel of Louis.
vile Proctor Knott last night told this
story:
ut vas the most remarkable scene
ever Witnessed. It urred during nv
early manhood wJeISn 8 attorney gem
eral OF Missouri. RlLbert Stewart Vas the
governor of +nat State. One lay I was in
his private oass whea he pardoned a
steamboat man Tor sonoerime. What it
was have forgotten. but thas dies not
matter. The man had been hrcught from
The penitentiary to the governors efics.
He was a large, powerful fellow. with tho
rough anner OF his class.
"The governor looked at the steamboat
man and seemed strangely affected. He
scrutinized him closely. Finally he siensd
the document that restored him to liberty.
but before he handed it to him, said: sYSu
will commit some other crime and be in the
penitentiary again, I fear.' The man ael-
O"Aiy phoAlAcOu CHhU fO "OulO not. Ih0
looked doubtful, unused a few
moments and said:
"'You will 60 back on the river and h., .
mate again, l suppose?'
"The nan replied that he would.
"'Well, I want you to promise M one |
thing resumed the governor. Il want Won |
to pledge your word that when Won are q
mate again you will never take a billet NJ
in your hand again and drive O sick !
boy out OF a bunk to help you load your
boat on q stormy night
1.-THE steamboat man said that he womb
not and he inquired what the governor
meant by asking him such q question.
THE governor replied: Because Soma,
lay that boy may become a governor and
you may want him to pardon you for q
One dark stormy night many ye,rs
ago you stopped your boat on the Miss;s.
to take On a load OF wood. Thsro
vas a boy on board who was working his
passage from New Orleans to St, Lou.s
,ut he was very sick Of a fever, and was
ying in u bunk. You had plenty of men to
10 the work, but you went to that how
nth a stick OF wood in your hand ard
him with blows and curses out into
he wretched night and kept him toiiino
Ike a slave until the load was completed
was that boy. Here ia your pardon !
lever again be guilty OF such brutalitv,
md the man, covering and hiding his face
rent out. As l never heard of him again. Z
suppose he took care not to break the
Il
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-05

H- ....."- e". ~ w.. -. +. n5N ..
Al. Seligman is the Tom Pepper Of
the Republican party In Montana. He
was kicked out Of hell for lying and
landed in Helena just in time to tele-
graph back that Montana had gone Re-
publican. The Helena Journal and the
Inter Mountain corroborate him.
The Helena Journal of yesterday
claimed everything. 1t lied during all
Of the campaign and 1t is lying yet. Do
people want to pay $12OOs year to be
mislnformedp There are plenty of liars
who will take the contract for less
money, and theyhave a better reputation
for veracity than the Journal. They
might deceive somebody.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-05
AFTERM OF THE FTBp
Insurance Agents Kept Busy-Hann.
Safe and Contents All Ripht

oSy1
Safe and Contents All Right
What will probably pass into Butts L..
tory AS "The Big Fire. was not .t,o.4"
the ''ill wind that blows nobody ,oosn
The insurance agents will reap q bsn0s.
from it. No matter how great the lo0... -,
the companies may have been, the a,.,t'
will find in the great increase OF tbs;, 49,.
missions a consolation which even Do.-
cratic victory could not impart. Not orI,
will those who we e burned out renav a.
insurance when they begin again; tbav ~. S1
insure in larger amounts. Tradesma1 VI"
others who were wholly unprotected bn;u
uranc are now firm believers in tbot - ~
BILE form OF protection and will No. |" !.
caught again off their guard. Mercbo,t'
and freeholders who were unharmpd hn I'
Sunday frolic of the elements and v i
have, up to the present time, trusted -
luck rather than to their own business oooS
sense, are 10Y converts to the p~roteetior
idea. The consequence is that all III. l..
surance agents in the city are I'm to tbo;,
ears 10 business, making out policies ani
accepting new risks.
Nothing has been done in the matto, n,
adjustment OF the losses. Onlv o,a oS
~iuster, Mr.. Niles. representing the TJDion
Insurance company of San Francisco, ba,
arrived and he will not attempt to eHac,
any settlement until the adjusters OF otbs,
companies arrive. All that will be bas
will arrive either to-day or to.morrov
Their stay will doubtless cover as murb a.
a weeks time. Mr.. Caswell, Representing
the Germania company, has left Cbiesoo
so a telegram to s. V. Kempsr stated,
Interest in the fire abated somewhat m.
der the excitement OF the election, but Tho
ruins and the progress OF reconstrue
ton proved attractive enough to hold
a crowd all day around the col.
ner OF Main and Granite streets,
In the throng at different times were pr.
sons who had just come to town. Their
comments were generally contemptuous.
rs that the extent of it?' said one spects.
tor gazing at the burned district. "Why,I
hearc in Pocatello that all the business
houses in the city had burned to The
ground" Men from Helena and other
points had heard the same exaggerated 70
port. From the number OF requests for
''specials," received at The MINER office
even before the fire was fairly extinguishd,
it is evident that the exaggerated nsHsd
Butte's misfortune was wired hurriedly to
the uttermost ends of the United States.
Hennessy's safe was dug out yesterday
afternoon from beneath a dense massG Of
brick, stone and charred wood and goods
and was opened without any difficulty
whatever. The combination lock worked
easily as if it had never been subjected
to the intense heat through which it had
passed, and the doors swung open without
a hitch. The contents of the safe were
found wholly unframed by heat Or water.
The interior of the strong box had been
hot enough to warp and twist some Of the
woodwork, but not hot enough to seorch
the papers.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-05
NOT A WALK OVER.

Mr.. John Walsh, Of Arizona street
claims that although he has been a citi
q Of Silver Bow county for five years
and had duly registered, he didn'l
have a walk over" by any means WheI
he offered his ballot yesterday. Mr.
Walsh votes the Democratic ticket, and
the supply yesterday seemed to be a good
deal greater than the demand at Mr.
Walsh's voting place. Finally, with the
assistance of Mr.. Thomas Lavell and
some other gentlemen, Mr.. Walsh was
permitted to exercise the highest pre-.
rOgative of an American citizen.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-05
New Suits Begun.

John Davis brought suit in the district
court yesterday against Constable o. B.
Benson for $643, damages alleged to have
been caused by defendant to plaintiffs stock
OF cigars and tobacco in the store on the
corner OF Broadway aud Wyoming streets.
The complaint sets forth that the damage
was caused by negligence while Benson was
in custody OF the place under a writ of at
tachment issued in the case of A. Spanger
VS.. j. p. Slasser.
.. !. Jacobs began suit against Joseph
Hoggln and Charles Ward, partners, for
S4Sl Tor goods sold, delivered and not
paid for. = -
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-05
SUNDAYS FIRE.

A further investigation as to the
origin of Sundays great fire tends to
dissipate the theory of incendiarism.
1t is now generally believed to have
been occasioned by carelessness but it is
probable that the true history will never
come to light. Butte's well-known en-
terpriss Is already clearing away the
debris, and in a few short weeks much
of the burned district will be better
built up than before the fire. IL the
owners Of the burned buildings on Main
street below Granite would cooperate
they might erect q block which would
not only prove highly remunerative as
an investment and an ornament to the
city, but indirectly 1t would prove a
great benefit to the owners and to the
general welfare of the community. 1t
would tend to give character and per-
manency to our city. 1t would tend to dis
sipate the impression abroad that we are
still a mining camp" and inspire out
side capital with a confidence that would
lead it to seek an investment here. 1t
would inspire confidence at home and
stimulate building and the erection of
permanent and desirable buildings. Its
influence would be felt in every channel
Of trade and 1t would soon be apparent
that they builded better than they knew.
Some of the property owners to whom
we have referred are amply able to take
just such a progressive step as that
which we have outlined. Should they
do so they will not only take a long and
rapid stride in their individual pros
perity but they will become public bene-
factors as well.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-05
ALMOST BEATEN TO DEATH.

Michael Smith Set Upon by a Crowd Who
Almost Kill Him.
A fight occurred in the Centerville billiard
hall Monday night which may result in a
very serious manner. The principals to
the ARRAY were William Moylan, a shift
boss il the Mountain Consolidated, and a
miner named Michael Smith whom Moylan
had discharged several days before. From
parties who claim to know the facts it is
learned that Moylan and several Others
entered the saloon and Moylan asked
Smith, who was sitting in a chair, to drink
with him. Smith refused and some words
followed, Smith saying that he would not
drink with a man who vas attempting to
him OF his living. Upon this, it
is said, Moylan struck him az cid also
some of Moylan's friends. Smith fellto the
floor and the crowd began kicking him until
he was almost insensible. Outsiders inter-
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-05

Tered and managed to get SIN tn out OF the
rear door and az he was about les wing
Moylan and his friends again assaulted
him and nearly killed him. After they left
him he was takento the Sisters hospital
and o doctor summoned. Examination
revealed the fact that his arm wal broken
in three places and that he was other wise
badly injured.
Last night it was reported that gangrene
had set in and that Smith was in q very
precarious condition, as he vas liable to
die from the effects Of blood-poisoning.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-05

The aggregate vote of Washington
territory last year was 52,O21. Since
then there has been such a constant
stream Of immigration that no intelli-
gent estimate can be made of yesterdays
vote. That the territory is Republican
by a large majority is the tenor of our
dispatches.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-05

After all North Dakota trembles in
the balance. W. N. Roach, Democratic
candidate for governor, and D. W. Mar
alta, Democratic candidate for congress
have an even show to win, and that
many Democrats will be elected to
county offices is conceded by everyone.
North Dakota and Montana may be able
to shake over a Democratic victory.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-05
SILVER,

The National Silver Committee will
meet In st. Louis on November 18th.
Senators and congressman are expected
to be present to participate In the de-
alterations, and the occasion will be n
the Importance of which Montana can
not afford to overlook. The free coinage
of silver should be pressed as never be-
fore at the next session of congress, and
the success of the measure will depend
largely upon what its friends shall ac-
c0mplish at the st. Louis convention.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-05

There were some big election bets
made in Helena yesterday. Democratic
money went a-begging on Toole, Ma
ginnis and the legislative ticket. Col.
Broadwater gave Seligman odds and
then soOn made him cry enough.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-05

Thomas will continue his attempt to
practice law In Helena and The other
Thomas will hold a great special sale Of
MISCELLANEOUS to get even. The "Old
War Hoss" will be reinstated and the
firm will again be The Northern Pacific
g. Sanders. Kill the fatted calf.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-05

There are more than 10000 Exon
federate soldiers in Virginia who belong
to the Republican party, and still the
Republican campaign speakers and press
of Montana yelled Rebel and waved the
bloody shirt even in the face of that
noble patriot and soldier, Major Ma
ginnis.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-05

Senator Edmunds, in speaking of
South Dakota's constitution, says: 1T
is one Of the most perfect constitutions
in the United States" We are willing
to take the senator's word rather than
to wade through it to find out. But can
anything be more perfect" or "most
perfect? If it is perfect, to make it
more perfect would stagger the average
man, and yet Jefferson, in his preamble
to the Constitution of the United States,
treats perfect" as subject to COM
parisOn.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-05
4 FRIEND OF SmH,T1e
Two Bars of the Hono
pany's Bullion Stolo,,
Thursday Night,
Fire Aftermath Hennessv,.
Safe Opened and the Con,
/ tents Found Intact. =

From wednesday Daily.
Agent Smith OF the Pacific Ern.
pany, received a dispatch from con-
Hall, superintendent of the No,tbs..G.
cifc Express company, yesterday in, r.
ing him that the company's offies a. urn
ipsburg had been robbed. Some on. q'
into the Office Thursday night and .s~ lug
of two bars OF silver bullion Of H. ~
Mining company. The bars wo,o Hs
bered 1,472 and 1,475 resrectivslr Na'
the smelteries have been notified -
for the bars, as it is thought that sttoNUt
might be made to sell the stuff or o,..l
it recast. 1t is safe to say, howeve, 20
the thieves OF thief will not mai. mat
efforts to dispose OF the bullion ~ any
section OF the country, as the dann.aa
detection would be too great, and 4 o.
such an attempt be made it ia not nnoud
bic that the bars will be in their piCOa.
form. Value OF the stolen bars Ginsna
known to anyiperson here. not
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-05
Real Estate Transfers.

Bertha Wolf to Sigmund Safer, loV 40
block 5, Hopkins addition to Butte sOVI'
Peter Krizer and wife to Hattle . .
Peter, west AZ feet OF lot 7, BLOCK -
Butte. $1,000. Mr..
John Cotter, C. F. Mcsherry, JONI 100 100
Bride and T. C. Gorie to B. E. JACOBS, lJr
acres of placer ground on Basin cr''''
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-05
DEMoCRATIC yICToRY.

2EH
The Australian system is slow, but it
is sure and Democratic. The returns
are yet incomplete, but that a great
Democratic victory has been achieved
throughout Montana Is as certain as the
truth Of the Scripture. we have met
the enemy and he is ours" Montana
will 60 into the Union with q shout that
will be heard around the world. It will
60 into the Union baptised with the
great principles that are destined to
lead the nation out Of Repub-
publican bondage into q land of
peace and plenty where liberty and all
Of the blessings Of good government will
descend alike upon the rich and
the poor. No longer ago than
last year Montana gave a Republican
majority Of 4,846, but the progressive
spirit which characterizes Montana in
all things sent her whirling along the
line Of advanced political thought with
a rapidity which found expression In q
great Democratic victory on Tuesday.
The Hon. J. X. Toole has been elected
governor, the Legislature will be
democratic by 8 to 8 on joint ballot, and
the democrats have secured the lions
share of the county offices in nearly all
of the counties Of the territory. That
much is certain, and that's enough to
gladden. every patriotic heart in Mon
|tana. The contest between Maginnis
and Carter Is so close that the result
cannot be determined yet. At this writ
ing Carter leads. Silver Bow county Is
democratic to the core to the tune Of
about 400. although 1t Is possible that
the republicans may have elected the
sheriff, assessor and treasurer or some
one or two of the three, but 1t Is
doubtful. very doubtful. Deer Lodge is
democratic, and while Carter may have
carried Lewis and Clarke, it gave Toole a
majority Of about $50, and the county
ticket is nearly all democratic. The three
banner counties of the territory gave the
largest Democratic majorities which
proves that where school houses, church
steeples and laboring men are thickest
is the strongest. Hurrah for
the triumph of the right, and may the
Lord lead the erring Republicans to the
altar of repentance and make them good
citizens in the Democratic faith.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-05

Henry s. Ives, New York's Napoleon of
Finance has won again. The jury dis
agreed. There were ten for conviction
and two for acquittal. He will be tried
again on another charge.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-05

Last year the Republicans had a ma
jority in Montana Of about 5000, but
there was no Helena Journal then. The
journal occupied a new field in Mon
tana politics. Consult the returns to
see what its deadly parallel" accom-
nllahad ...t.' E.5.-.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-05

Carter was an accident last year and
he Is a political corpse this year. selig.
man, the Journal, Inter Mountain and
ex-Prsacher Knight please act as pail
bearers.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-05

Too much Doodle, too much Reed of
Maine, too much Sherman, too much
Quay, too much Tom Carter, too much
."Old~War Hoss" and not enough honesty,
decency and truth.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-05
Election Echoes

There were various reports foat;,,
around yesterday about the vote at The
railroad camp. One was that of ia voto9
only fifteen were Republican. Another that
1ne democrats had a majority of 40 in a
total vote of 176. 7o d
The Clipper mine, Precinct No. q r.-
turned eleven votes, six fer the rannh1;oan
tiekee throughout, except in the cases
Oh LLOYD and Booth, who received eiobt
eacn' D Sproule who got seven.
Iae Tunnel, Precinct No. "a, was heard
irom loudly and v~ariously yesterday, One
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-05

Minneapolis doesn't seem to be a good
show town. Its exposition lost $1,000
last year and $4,000 this year. Was
the show too big or the attendance too
small?
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-05

II Is said that Tom Carter will sue the
the Journal and Inter Mountain fol
bnghted happiness and for the salary
which be might have received as CON
gresham had they opposed him.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-05

IF the Inter Mountain-but then the
Inter Mountain lost its veracity in the
early part of the campaign and has not
yet availed itself Of THE MINERS "want"
column.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-05

The support Of the Helena Bladder
and Inter Mountain is equivalent to de-
feat. Either one is sufficient, and when
both pull together-well, read the re-
turns.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-05

Choice of two chromos-Wide Awake
and Fast Asleep-can be had at this
office for the man who will believe the
Helena journal under oath.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-05

The Helena Journal can decapitate its
rooster. 1t Is dunghill, and wouldn't
make good sh-house broth. Turn him
over to the Chinese brother.