The Helena independent., 1893-06-28
STOLE A GOLD NUGGET,
Sneak Thieves at Chicago Pay At
tention to the Montana Min
eral Exhibit.
Two Schemes OF Citizens OF This
State Have Gone to
Pieces.
Poor Business Given as tho Cnuse-Promi-
nent Home People Who Attended the
Derby on Saturday.

Recent arrivals from Chicago say ths
Montana exhibit In the mining building
mas suffered from theft like many of the
sxhibits from oshsr states. II is evident
that all the prominent sneak thieves Of ths
sountry are at the fair. and that one of their
objective points is the rich mining build
ing. Tho loss to Montana is trifling be-
'ng only 4 gold nugget was extracted
from a piece OF gold quartz. Iile OF
which lis always lying around the booth
exposed and unprotected. Though the pc
euuiary loss Ia small, the marrinR Of the
specimen Of gold quartz ia the most un'
pleasant feature. II ia understood that Or.
sgon is anothes northwestern state that has
suffered from sneak-tkieves in the mining
building.
Two Montana Worlds fair enterprises.
from which il was expected that much
money would be made. according TO
the same authority. have become defunct
They were the club house on Michigan
avenue, jus. south Of tho auditorium.
known as "Montana State Headquarters"
and 'The Montana Columbian club" The
former club house at 391 Michigan avenue
was the enterprise Of James Bn,nes. Jr.. OF
Great Falls, and others. He and his asso-
ciates became involved in Q wranGle, with
ths result that Barnes went back home,
gave a chattel mortgage on the furniture
and had IL foreelosed at once, thus protect
ing himself. The Montana Columbian
club was managed by Charles Warren ana
others. Here much the same sort of row
occurred owing to poor business, and the
house was closed with loss Of several
thousand dollars to Warren and his part
ners. Both club houses were first-c!ass
places. but evidently should not have been
opened so early in the season.
The beginning of tho Washington Park
running meeting, ushered in by the great
derby race. brought to Chicago and the
Worlds fair host Of prominent Montan-
ians. Foremost among the Montana
patrons of the turf and owners of fine
strings, now there, is Marcus DAILY, OF Ana
eonda. Next In Importance is John Beilen-
berg. OF Deer Lodge, the owner of Regent,
one of tho greatest Sizes in the country.
Noah Armstrong, owner of the famous
Spokane. Hugh kirkendall, of Helena, and
other famous horsemen are also doing tho
fair. Other Montanians seen on the streets
of the White city are John r. Tools, Of
AuhCOOQdS JOHN TcW0E, SOmmOuOES IOW-
sr's brother; Col. George w. Morse. of New
Chicago. member of the state Worlds
fair board and one Of the three republican
presidential electors of Montana; Shelley
Tuttle, president of the Tuttie Manufactur-
ina company, of Anaconda. and Hon. Hi
ram Knowles. United States circuit judge
for the district of Montana.
A. II. Bailey, the Helena taxidernist, has
sent two boxes of finely mounted heads Of
slks, mountain sheep and deer to the Mon
tana building. They are very fine speoi-
mems and are welcome additions to the ex-
hibits of John Sinolare and DR.. Bradley of
the same state.
Mrs. Laura Howey. secretary of the Mon
tana women's board. is in Penrsy lvanin to
address the alumnae of Beaver college. her
alma mater. To the efforts ef Mrs. Howey
Is due much of the success of Montana's
woman's exhibit at the fair.
The Montana state building contains
beautiful chair from Flathead county, up
holstersd in buffalo hide which has been
finely embossed, SO that one needs to bs
told that it is buffalo hide he is sitting in to
know of what it is comp osed. The legs of
the chair are made of the feet of the buffalo
and tiny buffalo heads peep out from IN
derneath the arms of the chair. Another
odd ornament of the chair is miniature
map OF this new county under q glass case
in the back. Near by this unique chair
stands table with top of inlaid jasper
from the famous Alder gulcb, which has a
product Of Sl,O0O.O0O Of gold. Madison
county sent this to the building.