Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-11
news IN BRIEF

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Helena-Frank A. vanderlip, assistant
secretary Of the treasury, and c. v. Rich,
ms private secretary, arrived here yes
terday. Senator Carter, Assayer Braden
and others met them at the depot. Mr..
~Vanderlip is making a tou of inspection
of the assay offices inc mines in the west.
He 0 over the assay Office site for
shown generally around the to- n. He
left last night for Washington.
Victor-While attending the funeral of
the infant child Of Mr.. and Mrs. Gates
on Saturday afternoon. Miss Annie Blake,
eldest daughter of Hon. A. s. Blake and
Miss Jessie Guyer were ~sunstruck. Miss
Blake's condition was so bad Sunday
that it was not expected she would live
until morning, but she improved slightly
during the night m hopes are now en-
tertained Of her recovery. Miss Guyer's
condition was not SO bad, though she was
unconscious for some time after the at
tack. Both of the young ladies are about
- years of age.
misunderstanding to a we'll known
wool buyer who was in the city yesterday
on his way to Great Falls, the highest
prices for wool this season are liable to
be reached thisW week.
Some of the big clips will be offered
for sale this week." he said yesterday,
land the buyers will be right after them.
Some OF the larger wool growers have
not completed shearing yet, and the mar
ket will not be abandoned for some time
yet. Prices last week were better than
the week before or for any time this year
or last, and while I do not think they will
average any higher the present week,
doubtless some exceptionally good clips
VIII bring fancy prices. Down in Bill
ings last week it was reported that one
CLIP brought over 20 cents, but ] am in
ciined to doubt the report. 1t was re-
! ported that one bidder had offered 90
cents to another firm. 1t may be so, but I
have not bought any 20 cent wool or bet
ter vet and | really don't expect to-"
Helena-At a meeting Of the state board
of land commissioners yesterday steps
were taken to invest about $3.50. 900 Of the
permanent school fund in bonds to be is
sued by the state school Of mines at
Butte and deaf and dumb school, Boul-
der. 1t is understood that the local
boards Of the institutions desire to issue
bonds with which to take up warrants
now drawing a high rate of interest. and
the board Of land commissioners desires
to invest the school fund 50 that mutual
! arrangements advantageous to both can
be made. At the next meeting Of the
UOdEu, WuiCu WIFI We Ill lWO WcCNS,
trustees of the institutions will appear
before it here to mak necessary arrange
ments. The plan is to issue $4,000 bonds
for the deaf and dumb school and $780,
600 for the school of mines, both to draw
four per cent interest. State Treasurer
Collins approves the plan.
Helena-August Bodin, a Occur d'Alene
miner, who arrived here recently was
found dead in his room at a local hotel
Sunday night. Until recently he worked
in the Morning mine in the Occur
d'Alenes. He belonged to the Occur
d'Alene Miners union and to the X. of p.
lodge Of Wallace, Idaho. It is claimed
tina he recently attempted to commit
suicide in a Missoula hotel by taking
morphine, but was prevented by the in
reference of the hotel proprietor. He IS
said to have threatened to again try to
kill himself A message was received
yesterday from the K. of T. lodge at WAL
lace by a local lodge requesting that the
body be gwen suitable internent. The
dead man had worked in mines in Clos
ter and Marysville for the past ID years.
He was a native of Sweden, and about 40
years of age. A coroner's jury found that
death resulted from neglected treatment
of a case Of s~trangulated hernia. and not
from any drug, as first reported. The
evidence brought out that he was an in
dustrious man of good habits, owning an
interest in a mining claim of some value
in the Seven Devils country, which Butte
parties were trying to bond. He also
owned a patented claim in Granite coun-
ty. He suffered intensely from his bodily
ailment, and last Friday said to a friend
that he did not expect to live long. lie
is said to rave been engaged to a woman
at Burke and the coroner is trying to To-
cate her in order to find out more of his
affairs. -