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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-17

Gerry society, was learning the trade
of professional begging and crime.
The Gerry society received a letter last
Friday from a man who lived in a tene-
ment house on Chyrstie street. The let
ter said that at No. 81 on thai street Il
beggar kept two boys as prisoners. They
were locked up in the morning when he
started on his professional tours of men,
delaney and were kept there until he re-
turned at night.
At o'clock on Saturday morning
Agent Pisarra, Of the Gerry society,
gained admittance. Covering in the
corner of the room on a heap of old rags
he saw a ~light-haired, blue-eyed boy,
whose face vas pale and wan, but who,
in spite of his surroundings. still seemed
to bear evidence of some good home that
he had left long ago. He was clad only
in an un%dershirt, a pair of ragged trous-
ers and shoes that a no soles.
"How old are you?" asked Pisarra.
1.-The old man .old me to say that was
IS, out as a ma. >er of fact l shall be only
16 on my next birthday"
Agent Pisarra took the boy to the Ger
ry society. and there little by little he
told his story. He had run away from
his home, he said, in Altoona. Penn.
about a year ago, because his stepmotnef
had been unkind to him. His father
was a member of a well-knoWn theatre
cal that is now travelling
through the country. The boy mad Deen
to Harrisburg and Philadelphia, and
spent last summer playing the piano III
the concert dives of Coney stand. Wheh
he season closed there he had gone to
live with the beggar in whose tenement
he was found.
A telegram to the police of Altoona con-
firmed the boys story. His stepmother
wired that she had not been cruel to him:
that he had run away without cause. ana
that she supposed that he was dead.
On the roof Of the Gerry society is a
sort Of playground to which on pleasant
DAYS a piano is moved, and a teacher
plays marches for the children. me
teacher left her place at the piano FOR
a moment and Vincent could not resist
the impulse to improve his musical OPP
portunity.
Magistrate Deuel., in the Center street
court, held Vincent for further
ton. He will probab J. be brought TO
court again. His grandfati4-i is a Well
to-do business man of Paterson; N; n; =;
Unless he calims his grandson ne VIII
he nlaced in the permanent custody of
the Gerry society.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-17
W. R. CaldWell'S Bullet Wound
Proves Fatal.
HE DIED THIS MORNING
Shot Himself About a Month Ago
Gave No Reason For the
Deed.

William Robert Caldwell, the young
man who shot himself about Il month
ago with suicidal intent, died at st.
Pauls hospital this morning from the eff
fects of his self-inAicted wound. Cald-
we'll lived long enough to repent very
much his rash deed, and during the last
two weeks was as anxious to live as he
had formerly been to die. During the
first few days after he had shot himself,
and when it was thought he would re-
cover, ne was careless of his life, and
his desire to live was not apparent until
about two weeks ago. when he had
passed beyond the physicians help and
his life hung by a thread. During these
changing moods he said nothing regard
ing his reason for his action.
CaIdwells attempt was made on the
night of Tuesday, October "a, at the Will
liams lodging house. n fellow roomer,
becoming alarmed at the sounds he
heard in Caldwell's room, forced the
door. He found Caldwell, faint from the
loss of blood which was issuing from a
bullet wound in his left breast, busily
engaged in the effort to throw the burn
ing bedclothing from the window.
Caldwell informed him hat he had
shot himself with the intention of COM
hitting suicide, but declined to say why.
A search was made for the revolver, but
it could not be found. An ambulance
was summoned and Caldwell was taken
to st. PauIs hospital.
Caldwell was a plumber and was an
employee of A. j. Walker.
MI. Walker knows very little concern
ing him. A sister resides in Boston and
some relatives in Oregon.
The remains are at Richards UNDER
taking rooms.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-17
LOCAL BRIEFS

DR.. Reed. Dentist, lis North Main. "
See Hight & Fairfield's add. Page S. Il
j.. G. Bates. tuner. Montana Music
company. Tel. 50i.
Alexander Laist. attorney-at-law, room
81, Silver Bow block.
Wanted-A girl to do general house
work. 213 North Montana.
Horses Wintered--Inquire of H. b. Ash
worth at Reeds Stable, 224 S. Main.
Tinware. roofing. eavetroughs. smoke
stacks made to order. A. E. Jones, 266
East Park.
Business lunch. 15c. from II to 8, at the
Hamilton. katenback & Kerth, 80 West
Broadway.
Butte Stove Repair company for AK
lures and Home Comfort ranges Phone
b29. ZIG e. Park.
Chemicals ana assayers' supplies. Fair
Drug and Assay Supply company. lis
East Park street. .
Tobacco chewers appreciate the patent
vault that Heilbronner keeps his plug
tobaccos in.
The funeral Of Henry Moughtin will
take place Sunday afternoon at . O'Clock
from the family residence, No. 1923 Wat
son avenue.
John Peter st. John, aged 40 years,
died this morning. The funeral will take
place Sunday at 3 p. m. from Richards
undertaking rooms.
Dick P. Sutton's Union Family theater
Will open again on November 10 with the
Woodland Theater company. The open
ing play will be '"The Ensign
The third annual reunion of the An
cient Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Ma
sorry of the Valley of Butte will be held
In this city commencing November 81
and continuing up to and including No
vember "a. A beautiful programme has
been printed and distributed to members
of the order and others. An invitation is
extended to members of the Rite to be
present.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-17
BEGGAR BOY.

New York Journal: From a piano on
the children's roof garden on the top
of the Gerry society's building there
came the strains of "Cavalleria Rusti-
cana Above the changing of car bells
and the rumble of wagons wave on wave
of melody floa ted down in to the street,
Fourth avenue and Twenty-third street
stopped and listened. Seldom a they
heard Mascagni's opera played so we'll.
The execution was marvellous. 1t was
apparently the result of years of study
and practice in musical technique.
WHO is your musical visitOr?" they
inquired Of the Gerry agent at the desk.
'Oh, that's not a visitor" was the re-
ply. That is a prisoner, n of the in
mates. He is the boy h lived with
a crippled beggar on Chrystie street."
The boys name is Charles Vincent. He
is Is years old, and, when Dun by the
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-17
FATALLY INJURED
Thomas Bresnahan Dying at
the Sisters Hospital.
SKULL WAS CRUSHED
Struck By a Falling Fragment at the
Never Sweat Last
Night.

Thomas Bresnahan, a Never Sweat car
man. is dying at the Sisters hospital.
His head was crushed almost to a jelly
about 2:3O O'Clock his morning and the
attending physicians say he can live but
a few more hours.
The fatal accident of which the unfor-
tunate man was the victim occurred IN
the 7OO-foot level of the mine. He was
taking ore from an ore chute and had
the ore almost cleared away when he put
his head into the mouth of the chute,
when piece of rock fell down the chute,
striking him on the left side of the head.
The blow was a powerful one, crushing
into the top of Bresnahan's head and
pushing the fragments Of bone into the
brain. Bresnahan was removed to the
Sisters hospital as quickly as possible,
and after an examination the surgeon
stated that nothing could be o to save
his life.
At 2 o'clock this afternoon he was very
low. His right side is paralyzed. and the
attendants were expecting death at al
most any minute.
Bresnahan had resided in Butte a num-
Der of years. He was about As years OF
age and resided with his sister, Mrs.
Alex McMahon, at No. 443 East Broad
Way.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-17
ADVOCATES SPANKING,

Mrs. Lena Ruiz. a wife who believes in
spanking husbands to improve their
health and tried the experiment on her
own and was arrested, talked freely about
her theories to the Chicago correspondent
of the New York Journal.
"Spanking." explained Mrs. Ruiz, lis
the finest tonic known. There's my nus
band, now. He's a miserable. lean little
man, and his appetite was something aw-
ful-or rather his lack of appetite. l tried
cod-liver oil and a dozen other things. I
could have bought a lovely bonnet with
what I spent hat way. Then ! recol!ect-
ed that when we We're little ones at home
and wouldn't eat our meals-turn up our
noses at the food, as mother said-she'd
give us a spanking and we'd be glad to
eat. So l tried it on my husband and it
worked like a charm. He got a splendid
appetite. Then I got to spanking him
twice a day. once before he went to work
in the morning and again when he came
home at night.
mo, l don't think he liked it," said Mrs
Ruiz, musingiy. In fact, to be frank
with you, he objected strongly, but l was
firm. l recollected that when we were
children we always objected to a spank,
ing, so | never paid any attention to his
protests. I'd just lay him over my knee
and if ! didn't have my slipper handy
I'd use the palm of my hand, or maybe {
book. Books are nice things to hav.
arGund the house, amt they? They Civ,
an air of refinement to a room, and i
they're well bound and not too heavy they
are very useful for spanking purposes
I've got a nicely bound volume of DIR
Hills sermons, which / found jus
; weighty enough. l used to use a volume
of Carlyle's at first, but he's prett!
/. heavy, you know, and l didn't want to b.
brutal, so I went back to a mediun
! weight, like Hills"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-17

John n. Olson, Music Teacher and Or
1926 West Granite.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-17

Boston market, tumbled to $3.50 and YES
terday was quoted rot $500. To-day
1t opened veal but before an hours
trading had jumped to 1919, closing at
3 O'Clock at 1917.
All the copper shares were similarly
affected, Anaconda gaining a point and
utah Con reaching $39. closing at $3S.
The closing quotations to-day were:
Amalgamated, $SS: Anaconda, $46la ;
Boston & Montana, $317: Butte & Bos-
ton, $40; Calumet & Hecla, $3.50; Osceola,
$S5; Parrot, $40: Tamarack, $215; Utah
Con, $3S.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-17
PUT TO REST.

Both in the northern and western
islands of Scotland the natives have some
peculiar customs unfamiliar 70 the
dwellers of the main land. One of these,
known as the marriage test is prac-
ticed in the island of st. Kilda, where
the population barely exceeds a hundred.
The des re among the islanders to in
crease this number does not seem to be
exceptionally strong, and every man be-
fore he is deemed suitable for a husband
has to perform an evolution with no little
bodily risk. The st. Kildans are. Of
course, adept dock climbers. and the as
pirant FOR matrimOny is therefore sub
jected to the test of balancing himself
on one leg on a narrw ledge Overhang-
ing a precipice, bending his body at the
| same time in order to hold the foot of
his other leg in his hands. If found
lacking in courage the maiden With
| draws her betrothal. and should the man
fall oven the ledge it is presumed that,
in his case, he will be disqualified.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-17

We will sell property in any part OF
the city and will see that you get a clear
title to the same.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-17
hi ALLPoRT WILL.

The Airport will case is on trial at
Boulder. Yesterday Justice Nichols,
Captain Brannagan n James Murray
Of Butte gave their testimony. Justice
Nichols stated that Mike Geigerich
brought him the alleged will and Captain
Brannagan and Murray testified to All
ports signature. Several handwriting
experts from the east are in attendance.
Geigerich and b.. G. w. Evans, whose
names are attached to the alleged will
as witnesses. cannot be fOund.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-17
MASONIC BANQUET.

The Masons Of Butte will give a ban-
uuet at Masonic hall tomorrow evening
in honor of Lieutenant Joseph Corbly and
John P. DAILY. returned Filipino veterans,
and Past Master Charles II. Little, who
Will leave very shortly for Washington
to assume the post of private secretary to
Congressman Campbell.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-17
WASHED NUT COAL. 81 90 A TON,

No dust. No clinAers, will start fire
quicker, give more heat, last longer than
any other coal on the market. It has
no equal for cook stoves aal ranges.
That is What customers say. Once .,sed
you will use no other. Are W. saving
you any money at our prices.
Lump. $3.50 per ton. Office &t Utah
ave. Telephone 20.
II. J. JOHANNES. Agent,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-17
THE COPPER SHARES.
BOSTON & MONTANA RECOVERED
TO $311 TODAY.

The copper mining share market has
been giving a remarkable acrobatic en-
hibition during the past few days. A
few lays z Boston & Montana. prob
ably the very best copper shares on the
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-17
NOTICE TO

The regular examination for teachar.,
certlncates Will be held at the office OF
the county superintendent of schools. No
vember l 7and IS, 1899.
B. p. DOWNEY.
County Superintendent.
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OF these great powers to intervene, with
Russia presumably autegouistic to British
interests. 1t is clear that in such a juno
ture the balance Of power would be left in
the hands OF France, should France decide
TO follow the car in any mandate which
should forbid the destruction Of the auton-
ony of the South African republic.
1t is hopeless, however, to imagine that
any moral resistance Of an outraged cIviIi-
cation will hold back the British govern
ment in its purpose to finally possess Itself
of the Transvaal. The losses and expenses,
however heavy, will be atoned for by the
surely gained profit in the acquisition of
the richest undeveloped territory now open
TO the grasp Of any strong lation. The
geographical advantages Of the move make
the Cairo and Cape railroad national
necessity as well a preordained success,
and, at whatever cost of blood and treas-
uIe, at whatever disproportionate slaugh-
ter of British troops, the dominating idea
of Cecil Rhodes viii be carried out and
that idea is expressed in the declaration
that, though stained with blood and I'M
furled against all dictates of national NOR
atty, the British banner shall wave victor
icus from the Cape of Good Hope TO tho
minarets Of Cairo. The greater includes
the lesser. and the extinction of the Boer
autonomy viii be but one bloody page In
the history OF the parcelling out of Africa
to the strongest.
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went. until it was almost possible to stand
upright upon the lee bulkheads of the
beam ends. Now l gave all up for lost.
and waited, hardly breathing, for the crash
of the end. The water on deck burst in
through every CreviCe, and rose upon the
lee Size until l was obliged to climb Up TO
the fast-clamped settees to windward to
avoid being drowned. The upTOar on deck
was louder than ever, and l fanCted that
/ could hear, every now and then, through
the tuuult, the rending and crashing Of
spars. and feel the shattering blow of their
great masses against the hull alongside.
Hut St-L the vessel appeared stanCh, al
though every inch Of her framework visi-
bic in the cabin was all awOrk. And after
what seemed like d whole day, but could
only h@.e been two or three hours, she
BE- gan to right herself and the din outside
grew loss deafcning. Rapidly the howl of
the wind moderated. although the vessel
tossed and tumbled about in frantic fash
ION. UNTIL my anxiety to see daylight again
got the better Of my fears and l painfully
made my way up the companion, opened 1t
and stepped on to the poop. The sight
beheld took away my breath.
The Bitten was a complete wreck. Not
a stick was standing except the three
Jagged stumps Of the lower masts, the
bulwarks were stripped from her sides for
their entire length, the house on deck had
clean disappeared and everything that
could be torn from its fastenings about the
decks haC gone also. 1t was clean sweep
a cold sEiyer went through me, such as one
might fee! upon awakening TO find his
house rout,ess and all his household goods
exposed TO the glare Of day But the sky
was clear, the sea going down and we
We're still afoat. A great wave of thank
fulueSs came over me. suddenly checked by
the paralyzing thought that perhaps We
Dad sprung a leak. I stood still for a mo-
ment. while this latest fear soaked In, then
br5ciuS myself up 20 learn the worst hur-
ried forward to Try and find the rod to
sound the well. But IL had gone among the
rest Of the carpenters gear, with the deck
house. and l was obliged to give I'D the
idea Returning aft, l uncovered the cabin
skyliEht and went below, finding You Sing
busy preparing some food. Then I sudden-
ly remembered that l was ravenouslv hum
CRY and We all three sat down and ate our
ill Chcerfully and gladly But while we
were swallowing the last morSels of our
meal You Sing gravely lifted his hand and
sat listening tntently. There was a strange
sound on deck, and it made me almost help
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| N T H E CHI RICHES

The statistical report CT Washington city
presbytery, which was presented at the
meeting of the synod of Baltimore in Will
mington, Del, few days ago, was as fol-
lows: Number of ministers, 4S; churches,
"a; elders, 146; deacons, 113; candidates for
ministry, 6; communicates, 1919.
With the report of the temperance COM
mittee Of the synod, presented by Rev. T.
F. Dixon, and which was adopted. was
this resolution: That as synod we enter
our emphatic protest against the retaining
of the beer canteens in the army of the
United States in plain violation of the will
of the people and the Interpretation of con-
gressional enactments, and we urge that an
immediate appeal be made to President Nc
kiniey for its instant suppression"
1t was decided to send copy of the reso-
luton to the President and to the members
OF congress from the districts represented
by the synod
This resolution was also adopted THAT
we regard the rental of property for the
sale of intoxicants, as well as sanction
ing the evil by signing applications for
license, to be violation Of our church cove
nant, and aiding and abetting the sworn
antagonist of Christianity.'
Bishop satterlee is in St. Louis, Mo-, In
attendance upon the annual meeting of the
house of bishops and missionary council of
the Protestant Episcopal Church. During
the meeting number of important cues
lions are TO be decided. One of these is
the advisability of appointing a bishop for
Japan, and also to determine whether there
ought TO be bishops for Porto Rico and the
Hawaiian Islands, respectively At this
time there is an Episcopal bishop in Homo
luiu, but ne is connected with the Church
OF England. In view of the fact that the
Sandwich Islands have become a part of
the United States, it is agreed by all con-
cerned that it is only proper that the
churches in them shall be under American
jurisdiction. In order, however, to decide
how the churches in these islands are to be
brought under the jurisdiction of the
American Protestant Episcopal Church,
there will have to be some correspondence
with the authorities Of the Church of Eng
land.
The following have been elected officers of
the Epworth League convention of WASH
ington conference Methodist Episcopal
Rev. J. Naylor of Baltimore; secretary,
Rev DR.. d. w. Shaw, Charleston w. Va,
and treasurer Rev. w. 7. Harris, Sandy
Spring, Md. The annual report states that
Alexandria district has sixteen chapters.
with 600 members; South Baltimore, fifty-
three chapters, 800 members; Washington,
d. c., thirty-one chapters, 1 6O2 members:
Staunton district, fourteen chapters, 622
members; Wheeling district, sixteen chap
ters. 1000 members; total membership.
All of the delegates from this city to the
golden jubilee convention OF the Christian
Church, or Disciples Of Christ, which has
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he went to investigate. Noiselessly he gid
ed away from and was gone. leaving us
a prey to the most narrowing sensations, IN
the belief that all our cruel forebodlngs
were about to be proved true. For some
time not a sound could be heard in our hid
ing place except the soothing creak of the
tirnbers or the wash of the caressing waves
outside the hull. Yet l remember curiously
how even in that agony of suspense l no.
ticed that the motion of the ship was
changed. She no longer seemed to swing
huoyantly from wave to wave, but solemn
ly stoldly, she rolled. as II the sea mad
taken possession of her and bereft her of
her own grace of mastery.
A confused thudding sound reached US
from above as if caused by the patterfng
of bare feet on deck, but there were no
voices nor indeed any other noise to give
US any clue to what was going on. Very
soon even that slight sound ceased and we
were left again to the dumbneSs of our
surroundings. The child went to sleep, and
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1 stole from the little state room and across
the saloon. With all my terrors Weighing
me down | craw!ed worm-like up the COM
Tanion ladder and wriggled onto the deck
on all fours. The sea and the sky and the
barren deck all lay in perfect silence which
weighed upon me like one of those night
mares when you feel that unless you can
scream you must die After two or three
attempts l moistened my parched mouth
ard called: You Sing!' There was no voice
or any that answered. But that think the
limit of my capacity for being terrified had
been reached some time before, / believe
this Responsiveness, with its accompany
ing sensation of being utterly alone would
nave made me an idiot AS it was, l only
felt numbed and tired. Slowly l stood up
upon my feet and went forward to the
break OF the poop, learning at once the rea-
son of You Sings silence for by the side
of the after hatch lay three Chinese naked
ana DEAD, bearing on their bodies the grim
evidences of the method of their ending
Close to the cabin door, as If he had drag
Geu himself away from his late antagonists
IN m me van nope of reaching his friends,
lay You Sing. AS l looked down upon him
he moved slightly. In a moment forgetting
everything else, / was by his side aud had
htted his head upon my knee He opened
his glazing eyes and looked I'D into nv
face with his old sweet smile. now with
something of highest satisfaction in it, His
Tfy hps opened and he murmured: "Ullo,
emmy; all n-tee.' Then the Intelligence
Idded out of his eyes and he left me-
II must nave been hours afterward when
again realized my surroundings Elsie
was sitting by the piece Of yellow CLAW that
n no, Deeh You Sing, perfectly still, but with
an occasional tearing sob. She must have
peen CRYING for long time Gradually the
whole of the past came back to me, and
saw how our dead friend had indeed paid
IN run what he considered to be his debt
70 us. although how that mild and gentle
creature, In whom 1 never saw even so
much as shade Of vexation. much less
anger, could have risen to such a height Of
ngntlng valor as to slay three men in our
defense, was utterly beyond my powers of
comprehension. For, without attempting
any eloquence of panegyric, that was pre-.
cisely what he had done, and with his on
ponents own weapons, too. To say that 1
mad not really felt lonely and helpless I'M
Til now only family conveys the appalling
sense Of loss that had come upon me- AS
Tor the poor child, she crouched by the side
OF the corpse, scarcely more alive than 1t
was, manifesting no fear or repugnance at
the presence of death; indeed, she appear
ed unable to realize the great fact In its
full terror. How long we both sat In this
dazed condition 1t Is impossible to say with