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VERDICT FOR WEBB.
jury Decides That His Reputation Was
Injured.

Jury Decides That His Reputation Was
Injured.
The &c., 900 damage suit of John Webb
against Lou Hess, manager of Cans 6,
Klein. was tried before a jury in Judge
Smiths court yesterday and resulted
in a verdict for the plaintiff for 81.
About the list of March. 1898, Webb was
employed at Cans & Kleins place as
clerk, got into trouble with Mr.. Hess
and quit or was let out. When some
one inquired of Hess why Webb left,
the former. it is alleged, referred to him
as a - - thief and repeated it to
other parties. Webb heard of it and
brought suit for damages Several EN-
ployes of Cans e. Klein, among them
William Tonkin, Thomas Reitz and NJ.
Herman. testified that they heard Mr..
Hess call Webb thief and - =,
and they also said that they had never
known Webb to steal anything.
Mr.. Hess and several other witnesses
terrified for the defense. Mr.. Hess
said he had seen Webb wear night
shirts. ties and a collar button taken
from the store. and which he had not
paid for. j. M. Hinkle was attorney
for Webb and Robert Mcbride for
Hess. The evidence also showed that
while Webb considered his reputation
damaged. he is now employed at higher
wages than he was getting at Cans &
Klein'S
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BUTTE News.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
Boston & Montana Receivership
Comes Up in Various Forms.
WANTS $4,000 DAMAGES
James Byrne Seeks to Recover for Per.
sonal Injuries Sustained in Com
ing in Contact With Live
Electric Wire.

mt. p.. o ,,z-..a ;, =,
Inc bostoii " holitaid ieIe'EV''"'p
case was up in court in several differ
ent forms Yesterday. John ], McHat-
~, .,ornse1 FOR +ha ,,o,t,,o .n.o pur-
No''''7~1 40 @'''
CHASING company, aFpGareu 'eior'
Judge Smith yesterday morning with a
motion to dissolve .ba ,9mnorlrv re-
.,,;o,, 80 .,o,, ss,,ad
s'iaihiis oi"ei winch ''''e' 'Se
the day before in a new action brought
by the Boston & Montana company to
sn;oin tho Montana Ore Purchasing
..-.,:.
company IRON WORKING certain POI 'i'ns
of the Pennsylvania mining claim.
Mr.. Mediation based his motion on the
r,,;x, t,,4 t,o po-+,, . ,ro,to ANN,
.'"'''' ma cav va" * -'
pany had no cepacity 10 sue IN It's own
name, as Thomas Kinds had been ap
ro;nted receiver Of tho comnanv and
80. +, x,,z.o.z;o,, 81 a.. ota
was III possessi'ii u an i'S as@e's anu
property. Judge Smith said he did not
have time to hear the matter, and tenn
porarly transferred the case to the
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MIGHT BE WELL.
Loss of the Treaty Would Not BE Such
Serious Thing.

Loss of the Treaty Would Not Be Such
Serious Thing.
Washington, March 1.-Leaving aside
the desire of our people to be regular
and correct in all attitudes, it is a
question whether our government would
not actually profit by the loss of the
treaty, provided this loss could be
charged to the action of the Spanish
government, as would be The case if the
cortes refused to ratify it. The United
States, it can be stated on the highest
authority, would refuse to surrender
the Philippines, and on the other hand
would be relieved from the treaty obli-
cation to pay the Spanish government
| $40, 900, 900 on account of the cession of
the islands. Cuba would retain her
present status, and all that would be
| lacking would be a recognition by the
! Spanish government of the legality of
| that status.
In case the treaty should fail there
| also would be a continuation of the
! state of intercourse automatically
| that has existed since the outbreak of
the war, as technically and as legal
! fiction we would still be at war. This
state of affairs, though really embar-
RAISING in some respects, would not
| prevent trade between the United
States and Spain. However, as already
stated, the officials here do not believe
that the Spaniards will go to the ex-
IRENE of defeating the treaty and
probably the worst that can happen
will be a delay in the exchange of rati-
fications. These should be exchanged
on or before June 10, which date is six
months from the date of signature of
the treaty in Paris. Should the time
limit expire without the exchange hav-
ing been made, it is possible for the
United States and Spain to arrange
| through the French government, which
has been serving all along as an inter
| mediary in their relations, for an tx
| change on later date without dis
| turbing the articles of the treaty at
| other points Should the Spanish gov
| eminent undertake, however to reopen
! the negotiations in the effort to secure
! another treaty more faVora BILE in terms.
and especially as to the cession OF the
| Philippines, than the pending treaty. it
will be doomed to disappointment. Cor
| it is said here that if the existing terms
are withdrawn those to follow will be
even harder for Spain to bear.
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A RAVING MANIAC.
Charles Mccormick Becomes Suddenly
Violently Insane.

Charles Mccormick, a miner well
known in the community, became a
raving maniac last night and had to
be taken to the county Jail for deten-
ton, pending the customary measures
taken in insanity cases. Some time ago
Mccormick sustained an injury to his
head, from the effects of which he has
never fully recovered. Recently he has
been troubled with fits, and within the
last few days has developed marked
symptoms of insanity. Last evening
he was taken by a fit and became so
violent that the neighbprs in the vicin-
ity of his home in East Park street had
to be called in to control him. 1t took
four men to hold him on his bed while
the officers We're being summoned. He
was unmanageable and could only be
cajoled into accompanying the officers
by being told they would get warrant
for the arrest of the men who had held
him. This appeasetl him and he allowed
himself to be taken to jail
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SENT TO HIS FATHER.

wiIbert Bulger a Bad Boy, Will Go to
Portland.
Chief of Police Mulholland received a
letter yesterday from William Bulger,
patrol driver in the police department
at Portland, Ore. asking to have his
son. Wilbert Bulger. who was being held
at the county jail to be sent to the re-
form school, sent to him instead. 1t ap-
pears the boys parents are separated,
the mother living here. A few days ago
the mother turned the boy over to the
authorities and asked that he be sent
to the reform school. as she could do
nothing with him. The request was to
be complied with, but upon receipt Of
the letter from the father stating he
thought he could control the youth. a
conference was held with Judge Clancy
and it was decided to send the boy to
the father.
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A BRIEF SESSION.
Report of Receiver j, II, Mills submitted
in the L. :. Court.

There was only brief session of the
United States court yesterday. few
ex parte matters coming up. The re-
port of Receiver j. II. Mills of the
Helena Consolidated Water company
was submitted, but hnWing Of 1t was
deferred till the Sth. 1t is IN pursu-
ance of the courts order IN he case
of the Boston Safe a'@it company VS..
the water company and IS the eighth re-
port submitted and TIE final one. 1t COW
ers the period of tive mnntlls, from jan
uary / to February ~, 1899. The receipts
during that time were $9,069.37; dis
bursements, $685..
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SILVER BOW FINANCES
Treasurer Kinds Prepares His
Last Monthly Statement.
HE RET|RES NEXT MONDAY
After This Week John G. Holland With
New Force Will Take Charge
OF the County's Money
Bags.

County Treasurer Kinds yesterday made
up his last monthly financial statement.
Next Monday he will retire from the Of
take charge with a new force of deputies.
Mr.. Kinds statement of the financial con-
dition of the county, particularly cover
ing the month of February, is as fol-
lows:
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WILL MAKE A MAN OF HIM.

John Bertheau VIII Bc Taken Care OF by
u Friend
John Bertheau, on If the boys VINO
have been complain against for in
corrieibility. was dl., harged by Judge
Clancy yesterday al the request of the
county attorney, Us Martin Bjorgum,
a Centerville tailor, uftcred to take the
lad and try to max a good boy out
of him. Biorgum saw the boys name
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A BROKEN ARM.
Mrs. Peterson of Anaconda Falls on an
lev Pavement,

The wife of n. Peterson of Anaconda
suffered broken arm yesterday by
falling while on her way to the depot
to take the train for home. The Peter
sons are moving to Butte and came up
yesterday to make arrangements for
house. Mrs. Peterson was carrying a
baby. She slipped on the icy walk and
fell. and in trying to save her baby she
came down on her left arm with such
force that the bone was broken just
above the wrist. She was taken to DR..
Halls Office, where the broken bone
was set,
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Don't Read This Unless You Want 80 Per
Cent Interest on Your Money.

Five-rnom house, handsomely furnish
ed, on lot 42xlO0 feet. Property close in
rents for S420 year. Can sell for 81 400
half cash Lot is worth $1.100.
REYNOLDS & MCDOWELL,
46 East Broadway. Butte. Telephone.
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Eugene Mortality, aged 80 years. died
yesterday The body is being embalmed
at Duggan's and will be shipped to-
night to Chicago.
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motion to stay all Proceedings under
the appointment of the receiver until
the disposition of the motion to dis
charge was also filed in court by the
defendants attorneys.
James J. Byrne yesterday commenced
suit in the district court against the
Colorado Smelling & Mining company
and the Northern Pacific company for
$4,000 damages on account of personal
injuries received by coming in contact
with a live electric wire. Byrne says
in his complaint that on the I'd OF last
January and for a long time prior to
that date, he was in the employ of the
Northern Pacific as switchman. On the
date mentioned an electric wire, con-
stantly charged with electricity, was
neglgently and carelessly maintained
by the Colorado company across the
track of the Northern Pacific at an al
titude of not more than four feet above
the passing cars. Both defendant COM
panies had knowledge of the conditions
and no danger signal was placed upon
or near the wire. On the I'd of Janu-
airy, while in the line Of his duty. the
plaintiff was on top of passing freight
car and was struck on the head by
the electric wire and received deep,
ragged wound, the flesh being seriously
burned. He was thrown to the ground
three weeks was confined to a sick bed
under the care of a physician, and is
still sick and permanently disabled.
Ever since the accident he has been dis
abled from attending to his business
He has been under an expense of $441.50
and has been damaged in the sum of
$4,000 He demands judgment for
SO, 44750.
An action was brought yesterday by
County Attorney Connolly in the name
of the board of county commissioners
against Marcus DAILY, Maggie p DAILY
and John A. Leggat for the purpose or
condemning lots s, 9. 10, II and II of
block 16 to be used for enlarging the
court house. The property adjoins the
court house on the west and runs from
Granite to Quartz street along Mon
tana street. Leggat is named as
defendant because he claims to own
a strip of ground between lots and
9 and between lots 10 and II, being the
short end of the alley in that block.
The court is asked to appoint three
competent persons as appraisers to fix
the value of the property. The com
plant in the case states that the pres
ent court house Is insufficient for the
purpose of conducting the affairs of
government of the county, and the ad-
joining ground is needed to enlarge the
building.
Six cases had been set for trial in
Judge Clancys court yesterday. but
all were vacated at the request of the
attorneys.
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The funeral of Otto Anderson will
take place from Sherman's undertaking
rooms Friday at p. m.
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the Boston & Montana company stat
ing that all money and assets of every
description had been turned over to
the Montana company by the New York
corporation.
A motion to stay all Proceedings under
the appointment of the receiver until
the disposition of the motion to dis
charge was also filed in court by the
defendants ATTORNEYS
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in the papers few days ago and rec
ognized it as the name of a family
he had known well. He said the boys
mother died in BUTT in February 1898.
and the father committed suicide in
Denver in October Of the same year
The boy is but Is years of age and has
been running wild. Bjorgum offered
him a job and a home and the boy ac-
cepted.
1t is calculated that the men and wo-
men of to-day are nearly two inches taller
than their ancestors.
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PROSPECTORS AND MINERS

SHOULD NOT HESITATE TO CON
SUIT MR.. WILHELMY, FOR IF YOU
WILL BRING HIM A SPECIMEN OF
YOUR ORE HE WILL TELL YOU
JUST WHAT TO DO.
WITHOUT EVEN ASKING YOU
ONE QUESTION HE TELLS YOUR
NAME, TELLS WHAT YOU CALLED
tells you how TO be successful in every
WaV
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$3O6,666.7
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Six cases had been set for trial in
Judge Clancy's court yesterday. but
all were vacated at the request of the
attorneys.
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These are from the great fire
which occurred on the corner Of
Park and Ohio streets, and were
slightly damaged by water, but
still just as good as ever.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-22
MAsslNG ON THE BORDER.
Boers Preparing for the Defense of the
Republic.


Beers Preparing for the Defense of the
Republic.
London, Sept. 2O.-The special dis
patches from South Africa confirm the
reports telegraphed yesterday that the
Beers are massing artillery in positions
commanding Laing's Mex. Small Boer
detachments occupy positions above
Buffalo river.
The members of the afrlkanderbund
in Cape Town intend to convene the
bund in congress- to consider the situa-
ton.
A Bloemfontein paper reports the
Dismissal OF several Englishmen from
the Bloem fontein police force, because
of tfeir refusal to serve on the com.
mand.
The general apprehension in regard
to the outcome was reflected by the de-
cline in consols and stocks on the Lon
don stock exchange, where. although
all stocks continued depressed, there
was not the slightest approach to ex-
citement.
The text Of President Kruger's reply
was issued by Secretary Cham berlain
this afternoon. The language in many
places is taken to indicate finn, un-
yielding position. The reply. how
ever, concludes:
IF her majesty's government is
wiling. and ieels able to make this de-
cision a joint commission. as at first
proposed by Cham berlain. it would put
an end to the present state of tension.
hot Mould and Hio
out, and the prosperity and welfare oi
the South African republic and the
whole of South Africa would be devel-
oped and furthered, and determination
would increase"
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-22
CUBAN CROPS FAIL.


War and Weather.
New York. Sept. 2O.-William
Willis Howard. general manager of the
Cuban industrial relief fund, and who
has recently returned from Cuba, saws:
Scuba is in a pitiful state. Instead
of rainy season. Cuba has had a
drought. Not since lS44 has there
been such long continued dry weather
during the summer. The result has
been disastrous. The United States
weather bureau reports that all small
crops have been ruined. Sugar cane
has been SO damaged that the crop next
year will be less than the crop ground
this year.
''The most distressing feature of the
drought is the destruction of the corn
crop. Even under favorable circum-
stances, the corn crop would have been
small, for it was planted in driblets,
here and there. The weather bureau
reports show that the corn crop will
yield not more than per cent. On
our relief farms we have better corn
than any have seen in Cuba, due no
doubt to the fact that we put more la
Dor on the growing crop than anyone
else was able to do.
Business in the cities is desperately
dull. The hotels are empty, restaurants
idle and all small affairs are lifeless.
Large business concerns are scraping
along as best they may, in the hope
that the future of the island may be
definitely settled.
'.In the country the desolation
wrought by war and weather still con-
tinues without abatement.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-22
Seattle Markets.

Onions. new, $l.52@1.5 per sack.
Potatoes. new, 75c@$1
Beets, per sack, 75@$1.
Turnips. per sack. 50c.
Carrots, per sack, 50@75c.
Parsnips, per sack, $1@1.75.
Caulifiower. 75c per doz.
Cabbage, native and California
$1@1.a5 per 100 pounds.
Cherries. 75c@$1.
Peaches, 75@90c.
Apples. $1.25@l.75 per box.
Pears, $1.75@2per box.
Prunes, 81 per dox.
Watermelons, $1@2.5O.
Cantaloupes, 50@75c.
Butter-Creamery. 27c per pound;
dairy 17@22c ranch, 125a @17c per lb.
Eggs, acc.
Cheese-Native. 13@14c.
Poultry-13@1 14c; dressed, .1616c.
Hay-Puget Sound timothy. $7@9;
choice Eastern Washington tim
othy, $14.00.
Corn-Whole. &2s. 80; cracked, s2s;
feed meal, $23.0 90.
Barley-Rolled or ground, per ton
sal; whole, $22.
Flour-Patent. per barrel, So. 90;
blended straights. $3.26: California
1925; buckwheat -four, IS. so; graham,
per barrel, $500; whole wheat -four.
s.; rye -four, $3.75.
Millstuffs-Bran. per ton, $15;
shorts. per ton. &l6.
Feed-ChoppS6 feed, $20.5o per
ton; middlings, per ton, $22; oil cake
meal, per ton, $50.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-22
San Francisco Market.

Wool-Spring-Nevada. 12@14c per
pound; Oregon, Eastern. 10@14c; VAL
ley, 17@ lee; Northern. s@10c.
Onions-Yellow, 75@85o per sack.
Butter-Fancy creamery. 25@ acc;
do seconds, 28@24c: fancy dairy.
2l@23c do seconds, 10000 per
pound.
Eggs Store, 20@ 2sc; fancy ranch,
25@2Sc.
Hops-1s99 crop. 10 q 13c per pound.
Citrus Fruit-Oranges, Valencia.
e2.7B@8.26; Mexican lines, $4@5 90;
California lemons, 75c@$1.5O; do
choice, t1.75@2.O0 per box.
Hay-Wheat, $6@9L; wheat and
oat. $6K@8K; best barley, 5000
2: alfalfa, 6.00@7 per ton; straw, 300
86c per bale.
Early Rose, 50@60c;
Oregon Burkanks. e1.25@$l. so; river
Burbanks. 60@7 roc; Salinas Burbanks,
90c q l. 15 per sack.
Tropical fruits-Bananas, $1.5o@
s.50 per bunch; pineapples, $2@
400; Persian dates. 6@6Kc PEI
pound.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-22
LIBERAL OFFER 70 AeulNALDo
Remarkable Terms which the Chief of
the Tagals Refused.

the Tagais Refused.
New York. Sept. ia special to
the World from Ithaca, N. Y, says:
Your correspondent is able to say on
authority that the Schurman peace
commission offered every inducement
short of absolute self government to
Aguinaldo and his followers. Agui-
naldo was promised as the price for the
restoration of peace in the Tagal tribe
bonus of more than $4,000 year
while the Tagals remained peaceful.
He was told that he could choose men
from his own tribe for this minor mu-
nicipal offices. The commission went
SO far as to promise Aguinaldo the
moral support of the United States gov
eminent, if such were needed, to make
his leadership of the Tagals thoroughly
secure.
With all these inducements. tempt
ing as they must have been, Aguinal-
do, as the recognized head of the insur-
gent movement, declined to yield. He
insisted upon immediate self-govern-
ment, and as his insistance was 80 firm
as to make an agreement impossible,
the American commissioners ceased ne
gotiations.
President Schurman was frank in
telling your correspondent day or go
ago that he favored giving to the various
tribes the largest possible measure of
home rule at the earliest moment. He
thought the several tribes could admin
lister their. local affairs. elect their
municipal officers. establish courts and
penal institutions, ETC., but did not
believe il possible to allow the natives
to participate in the general govern
ment.
"How could they govern the islands,
in view of the hetroggnity and multi
plicity of the trlbes?" he added.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-22
aLO0DY RIOT IN illinois
Negroes Shot Down at Brush
Mines, Carterville.
OPENED FIRE ON THE WHITES
culrnination OF Long Standing Trouble
between Union and Non-Union Min
ers-Militia Called Out.

Carterville, ILL.,, Sept. 19.-Carter-
tille was the scene of a bloody riot be-
tween white and negro miners today.
Six negroes were killed, and one other
mortally wounded. Company G.
Fourth regiment, Illinois National
Guard, arrived here late this evening,
and will endeavor to preserve order.
Forty miners from the aHerrin mines
left that place for this city this even-
ing. armed with Krag-Jorgensen rides
deter mined to assist the white miners,
should their services be required.
Trouble has been brewing ever since
the militia was recalled by Governor
Tanner last Monday, since which time
the negro miners to como into town.
Today IS negroes marched into the
town and opened FIRE on crowd of
whites. The whites returned the fire
promptly. and running fight ensued.
The negroes, closely followed by the
whites, scattered, some running up the
main street. the remainder starting
down the railroad track. Here tine
worst execution was done. After the
fight was over. four dead bodies were
picked up, and another man WAS found
mortally wounded. They were taken
to the city hall, where the wounded
man was given medical treatment, and
an inquest was held over the dead ones.
Later, near the Brush mines, in anoth-
er part of the city, two other dead bod
les were found.
The killed are: Rev. o. 7. ]. Floyd,
Huse Bradley. John Black. Henry
Brannum. Two unidentified.
Mortally wounded: Sim Cummings.
The mayor has taken every pIecau-
ton to prevent further trouble, and
none will occur unless the negroes
make an attack.
Superintendent Donneny, of the
Brush mines, where the negroes reside,
reports that the peglo oes are worked up
into frenzy, and. while he is doing
all in his power to hold them in
check, he is afraid he cannot do SO
much longer, and that unless the milf
tia appears shortly further trouble may
be looked for.
Trouble has existed here, off and on,
for over year, but no fatalities oc-
Cured until June 80. when a passen-
ger train on the Illinois Central rail-
road was fred into and one negro wo-
man killed. These negroes were on
their way to the mines. having come
from Pana. A short time afterward q
pitched battle ensued between the
union and nonunion forces during
which time the dwellings occupied by
the union negroes were burned. Sew
eral arrests were made, and the parties
are in Jail at Marion on the charge of
murder, awaiting trial.