Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-13

Great Falls: The Cascade Land COM
pany sold $4,000 pounds of wool yesterday
at 20 cents. Nearly. half a million pounds
sold at an average above IL cents.
Washington: The report on the pro-
duction of copper in 1898 has just been
submitted to the United States geological
survey by Special Agent Kirchoff. The
production of the United States in that
year was 526. 1875, 591 pounds. which is by
far the largest production ever reported.
The increased production of copper was
the largest in Arizona, while the Lake
district also recorded an advance. Mon
M fell off considerably.
Washington: The. output of copper in
Montana. according to the report of the
geological survey. aggregates 2O6. 173. 157
pounds in the year 1898. as against $780,
2SS, la in 1897. The falling off was due
to the lack of production in the Butte
district, but this bids fair to be eclipsed
in the report for 1899. The demand for
copper has become SO great that new
properties are being developed and the
yield for this year will far exceed that
for last. OF the total output Montana
produced 1872 per cent.
Helena: D. S. Johnson. secretary and
manager of the Johnson Land
of st. Paul. who has been in the city a
few days comforting with the members of
the state arid land commission relative
to taking hold of the proposed ditch in
the Billings land district and construct
ing it. departed Tuesday night for the
east. and If the negotiations he has on
foot are successful it is not unlikely that
his company will build the big ditch for
the state arid land commission
RnrhaCtnr NJ w. T1n HNn1foo S1ao1n,.n
that Harry st. Clair. from Butte, the
young man who is under $4,000 bonds in
this city to answer to a charge of bigamy,
has another wife. This makes six wives
to his credit, and the police thin he may
have more. The name of the newest one
has not been given out. She lives in
Rochester and she will appear against
st. Clair when he Is brought before the
grand jury. She was married to st. Clair
three weeks ago. The police also claim
to have discovered that st. Clair is not
the mans right name at all. They say
he is Frank O'Brien, and that his home
is in Hamilton. Ontario. The young man
says that is all nonsense. but he will not
deny that he has the number of wives
first attributed to him. He says that the
statement that he has a sixth wife is
false.
Helena: The supreme court yesterday
afternoon passed on the demurrer in the
Welcome disbarment proceedings, sus-
tanning it in part and everything it in
part. The court struck out some of the
bribery charges as indefinite and declined
to hear the case unless it can be shown
there was reason for not bringing crimi-
nal action in the district court. The at
torney general was given five days in
which to submit affidavits in an attempt
to prove that the case could not have
been brought in the lower court. Counsel
for Welcome is directed to file an answer
within five days of the time the attorney
general submits his proof. If the SUI
preme court decides to continue with the
proceedings it will. If usual practice is
followed. appoint a referee to take testi-
mony. Attorney General Nolan said he
would file affidavits within the required
time. 90" "'"