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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-04-11

reference to the license committee Of
J. g Wheelef'a application Tor n
liquor license al No 90 Washington
street. lie said he had been told
that the Seattle brewing and Malt
ine company had made the state
l.lert that theg owned the council.
which he. for one. reEuted Andrew
Heinrich and +. Y. Sweeney. ~ the
brewing company. werc on the bond.
witch fact Mr.. Dliler considered
worthy OF examination. especially
IN the face Of the runner he had
heard. The license VAS granted not
wi,hHtandtnx.
Mayor fiumes aent In the name Of
Melody Choir as a park commission.
err lie was confirmed,
The following petitions were acted
upon;
Mrs.. Mary Josephine niekman. Of
ferinw % pay t1T.s.. in settlement Of
tax delinquency on certain lots. from
November fss1. TO April is. 1929, ups
on which lien was ordered. refer
red 20 committee on claims.
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ny Heinrich bros. brewing conn
pany. 10 lay about twenty feet Of
two-ineh pipe alongside % the sewer
now being constructed on Republic
an street. granted.
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Compton a Co. for rebate Of wa
ter rent. allowed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-04-11
Comfort, Good Wear, Popular Priced

TEN DOZEN Ladies' Fine Summer
Net corscts. made 10 sell at sSc.
while they last. our price will be
Csc a pair.
LADIES Medium or Long Waist.
Fin. Fast Black or Gray corsets.
grand wearing. TIC value. only
Zoe a pair,
LADIES' Fine Gray Athletic or
Bicycle Corset. built just right
for the athletic girl. grand wear
ing. 81.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-04-11

LADIES' Pine Imported Fancy Net
Corset. new French shaped. beau
tiful hitting. TSc value. only Zoo
each.
LADIES, Fine Fast Black or Eng
lIsh Gray Contei Corsets. short.
medium OF long waist. beautiful
itting; grand wearing; TO see Ia
TO buy: only 81 pair.
THOMPsoS's Glove-fitting Cor
sets. black OF gray. medium %
short waist. the new spring
style: 81 "a pair.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-04-11

want stocks of Groceries; will pay cath,
l. 20, Star Office.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-14
SHERIFF'S SALE.

American National Bank of Helena
plaintiff, VS.. Eli D. Bannister ct al, de-
PENDANTS.
To be sold at sheriff's sale. on the 2sth
day of January, A. D. 1899, at 2 o'clock D.
M, at the front door of the court house in
state city oy H of Butte county of Silver Bow,
real property, to-wit:
mat certain mining claim or premises
known as the valley Lode Mining Claim"
ueslgnated by the surveyor general as lot
number ZIG, embracing a portion of Sec
ton "a, in township three, north of range
elsht, west OF the principal meridian in the
summit Vailey Mining district. in the
and more particularly described as fol.
lows:
eesinning at Corner No. l, a granite
stone, .OXl2x3 inches, marked M. C..
III, LIZA and 1-216, with mound of earth
being also Corner No. 2 of Lot No. III. the
Iecumseh Lode claim and Corner No. l
OF Lot No. IA, the Despatch Lode claim,
from which Corner No. . Of Lot No. SO the
Star West Lode claim bears north 6S deg.
SO min. west seven feet distant; thence first
course magnetic variation 20 deg. east,
south l deg. 40 min. west Cos feet to Corner
No. 3; thence second course, magnetic va
ration 20 deg. 80 min. east, south "a deg.
.. min. east 1S5 feet. to a point from which
ols overy shaft bears north 10 deg. O3 min.
east 800 feet distant; three hundred and
n1ty leet intersect the north side line of
Lot No. ia. the Pixies Peak Lode claim.
at north 81 deg. 10 min, west. COL feet. from
corner NC. 2 Of said claim, 971 feet intersect
the east end line of the said Lot No. ia
at south deg. Is min. east 103 feet from
corner No. ? of said claim LIP feet to Cor
ner no. 5; thence third course. magnetic
variation 20 deg. 30 min. east. north p deg.
81 min. east 29 feet to the Corner No. 4;
oneHce iCurth course, magnetic variation,
~ oes. 81 min. cast, north ] deg, I5 min, east
,i 1eet, 1nterscct the south side line of Lot
NO. 49, the Shonbar Lode claim at south
n deg. 30 min. east i13 feet from Corner
no. l or said claim aN feet, intersect the
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-14
NOTICE TO CO-OWNER.

To Benjamin Armstrong, your heirs or
assigns: You are hereby notified that we
have expended during the year 1893 one
hundred dollars ($l00.0) in labor and i'm
provements upon each of the following
quartz lode mining claims, situated in the
Divide Creek Mining district, Silver Bow
county. Montana, a more particular de-
scription of which is found in the location
notices of the said lode claims as recorded.
The Silver King, recorded in Book II, page
2O6; the Sage Hen, recorded in Book r, page
POI; the Tacoma, recorded in Book J, page
20; the Goodwin, recorded in Book j, page
Ali; the Golden Bell, recorded In Book l.,
page SO, in the office of the county recorder
of Silver Bow county, Montana; that the
said labor was performed and the said i'm
provements We're made for the purpose of
holding said claims under the provisions
of Section 1924, Revised Statutes of the
United States, and the amendments thereto
concerning annual labor on mining claims
for the year 1898, when said labor and i'm
provements were made. II within ninety
days after the last publication of this no
tice you fail or refuse to contribute your
proportion, amounting to one hundred and
twelve dollars and fifty cents ($112. 50), Of
said expenditures, as a co-Owner, your in
terest in the said claims will become the
property of the undersigned, your CO.
owners, who have made the above de-
scribed expenditures according to the re-.
quirements of the said section.
PAT KIRBY,
JAMES KIRB
FRANK KIRBY.
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The ship moved forward slowly, grating
I little as she dragged herself over the
hidden obstruction and then, free once
more, she proceeded under forced draught
10 an anchorage off Tompkinsville.
AS the Massachusetts began to clear
from the obstruction she signaled to Gov
ernor's Island for help. From there word
was telegraphed to Rear Admiral Bunce.
c~ommandant of the navy yard, that the
Massachusetts had struck on Diamond
Reef, and that three tugs were needed.
This request was q uickly changed, how
ever, and one tug was asked for, as the
battleship was churning the water in the
race to reach Tompkinsville.
BY the time the Massachusetts reached
the anchorage at Tompkinsville she was
listing so much to port and her bow was
SO low in the water, despite the fact that
her pumps had been used vigorously after
she had 1oated off the reef, that Captain
Nlcon Ludlow thought best to go back to
the yard. 1t then was believed that only
two or three of thecompartments forward
on the port side We're flooded. but the ship
was listing so much and her nose was
tlckln so far down in the water tina it
was deemed prudent to get back into the
shallow water in the yard.
hi result of the third accident was
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-14

ITS rotten bad; that isn't the swell
shake. Make 'em shake hands at the
! height of the chin"
The head clerk tried that, but the
| fingers were of wax and stiff, and he
couldn't get the hands together.
A customer came in the store and Van
/ Dyke said: "Now watch me wiring this
! wax fellows hand Off" And to the
amazement of the visitor the clerk sew
cred the wax hand of the dummy free
| from the wrist.
you see he explained, "every wax
! figure is supplied with several extra pairs
of hands to strike different attitudes or
to serve him in case of an accident"
Bring us the wire hand, sonny said
! Van Dyke. This hand was covered with
pink cotton flannel n was flexible, that
it might be bent in any way and stay in
position. Van Dyke secured it to he
| wrist of the right arm and raised it to
the height of the chin. Then he shook
hands critically with the junior clerk
after the latest fashion, and proceeded
to arrange the hands of the figures in the
same way. The clerk went out in the
street and locke in. Van Dyke tried to
bend the wire hand round the wax hand
and broke off one of the wax fingers.
The junior clerk began to dance about
on the sidewalk. holding his finger in
his mouth one minute and Singing it
about the next like a man with a smashed
thumb nail. He came into the store
grooming, oh, Lord" "Oh, Lord.'
Another hand was secured in place and
the figures arranged in a satisfactory
way.
Al last" sighed Van Dyke. But that
was easy: dead easy"
The best wax figures in the world are
made in New York by Gustave Schmidt,
formerly chief sculptor for the Eden
Musee. He Is of German parentage, but
was born in France and received his edu-
cation there. His wax figures are not
the tawdry things one usually sees in the
shop windows, but are really works of
art. One firm here has two to show in
it's store. Each of these figures cost 5000.
They are made entirely of wax and are
the exact counterpartS of two famous
New York models. The first figure was
sculptured after a French girl. Almost
the only difference betWeen the little
French model and the polite, dainty fig
ure in wax is that the girl of flesh and
blood has dark hair and the hair of the
wax figure is yellow. The second figure
is that of an American woman. Her
figure and the soft pink flush of the skin
seem almost perfect. The woman who
stood for the mode Of this one was said
to have the best American figure in New
York.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-14
WAX FIGURES.

The clerks We're dressing two dummies
h~aoerdasher's store and a group of men
had gathered in front to watch them.
The clothes We're put ont was like
dressing corpses-the neckties arranged
and the hair carefully brushed.
Nov, sonny" said Van Dyke to a
junior clerk, tell us how to fix the
hands, He paused for an idea.
1t is to be understood that the hands
of q lay figure are as difficult to dispose
OF as are the hands on an awkward youth
at a party. They are always too conspicu-
Gus. To put them in the pocket is too
open an effort to hide them and to leave
them off entirely would be ridiculous. The
great thing is p~oise-natural, graceful
poiSe. So Van Dyke looked at those
hands, which he had already arranged
in 10 different ways with bad effect, and
wrinkled his eyebrows.
Put them behind his back suggested
the junior clerk.
Van Dyke regarded him carefully.
"These two wax fellows are meeting
in the street. When men meet in the
their backs? What do they do?"
"They shake hands, said another
clerk.
Make EN- shake, Van,'' said the junior
clerk.
Van Dyke stood the two very swell
young wax gentlemen face to face about
two feet apart and joined their hands at
the height of the waist. Nov run out in
front and see how it looks, sonny he
said.
The clerk came back shaking his head.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-14
No. 1910.
INU. TNfN.
ALIAS MONS,

In the District Court Of the Second Judi
cial District OF the State Of Montana,
in and for the County Of Silver Bow.
William Owslcy and Charles Schatz-
lein Plaintiffs, VS.. Montana Smelling
& Mining Company, a corporations; e. l..
Larsen, l, M. Jacobs, A. S. Binnard,
Abraham Binnard and Sewel Davis, de-
PENDANTS.
The state Of Montana sends greeting to
the above named Defendants.
You are hereby m to answer
the complaint in this action, which IL
filed in the office of the clerk Of this
court, a copy of which is herewith served
upon you and to file your answer and
serve a copy thereof upon the plaintiffs
attorney within twenty days after the
service OF this summons, exclusive of the
day Of Service; and in case of your fall
ure to appear or answer, Judgment will
be taken against you by default, for the
relief demanded in the complaint.
The said action is brought to obtain q
judgment and decree of this court upon
a certain promissory note for the sum of
81, 10000 alleged to ave been made, exc
cuted and delivered by the defendant,
the Montana Smelling & Mining COM
pany, a corporation organized and exist
the state of Montana, to the plaintiffs on
October 10, 1897, and bearing interest at
the rate Of n per cent per month from
date until paid. and which now remains
due, owing and unpaid, and Is held and
owned by the plaintiffs: that a certain
lien Of mortgage, as evidenced by con-
tracts in writing executed October 10,
1897, and alleged in the complaint to have
been given as security for the payment
of the said promissory note, be foreclosed
upon the property set forth in said IN
tracts, to-wit: Upon 24,0S6 n shares Of
the capital stock OF the said Montana
Smelling & Mining company and upon
certain mining leases upon the Longfel-
low, Cooper, Buckeye, Lighthouse and
Calcite lode claims in Madison county,
Montana, and that the same be sold;
that the plaintiffs have judgment against
the said Montana Smelling & Mining
company for the amount Of said note:
that the interests Of the defendants, e.
L. Larsen, L. NJ. Jacobs, A. S. Binnard,
Abraham Binnard and Sewell Davis, bo
decreed to be subsequent and subject to the
lien Of the plaintiffs upon said property,
and for an attorneys fee Of $500 90, to be
taxed as part of the costs of said action:
and for such other relief as may be
equitable.
Witness my hand and the seal Of said
court this s0th day Of November, A. y.
1898.
CLINTON G. CLARK, i
(SEAL OF COURT.) Clerk.
By T. e. BOOTH. Deputy Clerk.
William E. Carroll. Attorney for Plains
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-14
A NEW PHASE OF 1T.

The Timid Young Writer raped at the
door of the Great Editor.
Come H." said the Great Editor in a
bearlike voice.
Now. the Timid Young Writer was new
at the business, but he put on a bold face
and he walked into the den and said: Il
have here a manuscript which | would
like you to read and return to me in the
envelope that l have provided For he
was minded to leave it.
Sit Town, and l will read it now" said
the Great Editor, for he had dined we'll.
The Timid Young Writer did as he was
requested, and in the cours of a few min
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-14

The best water to be found in the best
course she could pick on the day the Mas
~sachusettS touched was one foot and four
inches less than the drafe of the ship as
inches less than the draft Of the ship as
OF course, these conditions are not nor
mai IN the harbor, but they may occur on
any low tide with the wind in a certain
quarter, so the matter will be brought at
once to the attention of congress with q
view to securing the removal of the up
per part of Diamond Reef and Of the har-
! bor'S "Merrimac.' 1t is expected that a
consldera bic portion of the s., 500. 900 ap-
propriated to New York harbor in the riv-
er and harbor bill will be devoted to this
one obstruction.
While congress is preparing to aid the
of this port and of the country
by a necessary widening and deepening
of the channels leading through thel over
bay to the open sea, 1t will not do to ne
glect the demand for the removal of a
considerable part of Diamond Reef, and
the local "Morrimac" which lies but a
short distance from the battery, and be-
comes more embarrassing as the length
and draught of ocean-going vessels in
crease,
The justification for this is ample for
unless the reef be reduced and the sunk
en- barge be removed the usefulness OF
the Brooklyn navy yard will be greatly
impaired as to our large warships. since
they will not trust themselves to enter
and depart from the East river save at
high water.
1t is plainly absurd to continue condi.
lions which render the navy, in the lead.
ing port of the country, dependent upon
either wind or tide for reaching the navy
yard after entrance to the harbor. The
cost OF accidents like that to the Massa-
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-14

In the ownership of the craft or it's cargo,
the sinking of a barge in New York har-
Dor is not a matter of very great interest.
Six lines in a newspaper will tell the
story of the loss and there, so far as the
general public is concerned the matter
rests. So there is absolutely nothing
known now of when this "Merrimac'' was
sunk.
To the navy, however, the wreck began
to attract attention to itself in the early
part of 1897 when the cruiser Montgom-
cry struck the floating rock" and in en-
deaVor1ng to sheer away from the OBJ
structlon ran ashore on Diamond Reef.
rms reef extends across from Governors
Island toward Liberty Island and has al
ways been a source of anxiety to the pilots
particularly in the winter season when
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-14

year he would put the government to a
loss of $3.50, 900.
1t is a fact, however, that such a loss
has been entailed. And though local
harbor authorities. and those interest,"
cd III shipping, have endeavored to prove
that this loss was o%ccasioned by ships
striking on the outer edge Of a ledge of
rocks near Governors Island known as
Diamond Reef, most naval officers and
the majority Of the New York pilots
know that this instead of being a ledge
of rock is an old scow laden with pig
iron. Indeed in naval circles there is a
grim joke about the Floating rock that
lies in wait for warships. Since the Hob
son exploit, however, they have usually
alluded to this sunken barge as New
York Harbor's Merrimac."
Except to the people directly interested
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-14

sprung plates, five days in the dry dock,
and an expense of ST., 900. The naval Off
GERS coming in or going out of the Brook
Ign Navy yard began to tell weird tales
about the floating rock" off Diamond
Reef. And although it was treated in the
light of a joke it began to be a very grim
one for commanding officers.
NO further attention was paid to the
obstruction than to include it in the gem
eral plan for the improvement Of New
York Harbor when the next a%ppropria-
ton bill vas asked for in the river and
harbor bill. On the tenth of last December
the necessity of immediate action in
clearing away the"Merrimac" was point
ed out very clearly by the battleship
Massachusetts striking it on the after
noon OF that day and doing a great deal
of damage to her hull and bilge keels.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-14

damage to the battleship's bilge keels,
a great number Of broken and sprung
plates. three weeks in the dry dock. and an
estimated loss Of 500. 900. Thus within a
year a SIS 900 cargo of pigiron cost the
government of the United States $3.50, 900
IN money to say nothing of the vessels
services and all the upsetting of the ma
chinery of the navy's plans for the time
being.
Since the Massachusetts hit the "Merri-
mac the coast survey service has made a
SPECIAL survey of the waters in the inn
mediate vicinity of Diamond Reef.
Their report shows that a ship of the
Massachusetts size on leaving the navy
yard must pass along the Brooklyn
shore and then cross over to the channel
between Diamond Reef and the New York
shore.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-14

Coaled and provisloned for six months
absence the Massachusetts left the navy
yard at II o'clock on the morning of that
day. The sound of the salut from her
guns and those on the Cob Dock had
hardly died away, the echoes of the noisy
acclaim from the river craft We're hard
ly silent, and the big warship was grimly
gliding along near Governors Island
when suddenly she seemed to stop and
tremble.
The black smoke belching from her
tunnels became fleecily transparent, and
the white steam poured out IN volunes
from her open saGcty valves.
The great battleship was aground. 1t
was for an instant only, but that in
slant was enough. The engines which
had been stopped began to work again.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-14
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
Second Judicial District of the State Of

49,
Montana, County Of Silver Bow.
In the matter of the estate of A. c..
White deceased. Notice Of publication of
time, appointed for proving will, etc.
Pursuant to an order of said district
court, made on the 9TH day of January
1899, notice is hereby given that Saturday,
the 4th day of February, 1899, at 2 o'clock
p. M, of said day, at the Court Room Of
said Court, at the City of Butte in the
said County of Silver Bow, has been ap-
pointed as the time and place for proving
the will Of said A. C. White, deceased and
for hearing the application Of Frank
Britton for the issuance to him of letters
testamentary, with will annexed, when
and where any person interested may ap-
pear and contest the same.
Dated January eth, 1899.
CLINTON c. CLARK,
:~a q Clerk.
IA By JAMES F. WILKINS,
~ Deputy Clerk.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-14

utes the Great Editor made an end of
reading and looked at the Timid Young
Writer over his ~spectacles.
You will never see this manuscript
again." he said in his gruffcst tones.
And the Timid Young Writer was
panic-stricken. "Oh, sir, what will you
Harm it not!'
Then the Great Editor answered: Il
am going to accept it,"
And they carried the Tinid Young
Writer out.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-14
The ~Merrimac~ of
New York Harbor,
$4,000 HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED CLEAR THE OBSTRUCTION WHICH
WOULD HAVE KEPT SPANS WA RsHIPs OUT OF THE FAMOUS
WATERS OF NEW YORK BAY.

When dmiral Sampson conceived the
plan of running the Merrimac under the
guns of MORO Castle and sinking her
across the mouth of the harbor he real
lied full we'll that by the loss of the
collier worth $75, 900 he would probably
save a few millions of dollars for Uncle
Sam to say nothing of thousands of
lives. Blu to the man whose careless
ness was responsible for the sinking of
New York Harbor's Merrimac it prob
ably never occurred that in the loss of his
scow laden with pig iron-worth proba-
bly, $15, 000-that in little more than a
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-14
NJ

There were two men in this town who
swore off smoking, the breaker of the
contract to pay the other for a $40 hat.
FINALLY one of them weakened. While he
meditated over the matter, however, he
thought out a scheme to save himself on
the hat. He went to the hatter's and
bought a $40 hat and had it charged to the
other fellow. Then he met his friend at
the club, and. pointing to the hat, said:
"See that hat, old boy2 1t Is the n I
have just pad charged Il XQN On that
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the northwest winds drive the water out
of the harbor. When these winds have
lasted for a couple of days there is one
foot less water over the 'Merrimac' ana
Diamond Reef thar IS sufficient to float a
heavy laden war vessel.
When the Montgomery was hauled off
and towed back to the navy yard it was
found that several Of her propeller blades
were broken. 1t took four days to repair
the damage at a cost of $50, 900. Some
months later tleauxiliary cruiser May
flower struck the 'Merrimac'' and also
went ashore. This resulted in a lot Of
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-14
DATES OF GREAT INVENTIONS.

The airbrake was invented by West
i%nghouse, 1874; the torpedo by Bushnell,
1777; watch by Peter Hele, 1477; Their
mometer. by Drebel, 1899; telescope, by
Lippersheim, 1908; printing by Cans
f1eisch, 1888; cotton gin, by Eli Whitney,
1893; microscope, by Jansen, 1880; litho-
graphy, by Senefelde. 1898: lightning
rods. by Franklin. 1852; gunpowder. by
Schwarz, 1920: balloon, by Montgoltier,
1888: barometer, by Torrecelli, 1913.