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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-17
LOCAL BRIEFS

Turkish. electric and medicated baths
at 2l0b East Park. ponular prices.
Miss Ulrica Frisberger and Miss Maud
Jones will visit Butte friends tomorrow.
Mrs. c. p. Chapman, from Deer Lodge,
is the guest her brother Mr.. j. w. Smurr,
and sister Mrs. A. d. Peck.
Frank Morenzy, a blacksmith in the
employ of Thomas French, died at St.
AIMS hospital yesterday of paralysis, oc-
casioned by cerebral hemorrhage.
Mrs. James NJ. Geary of Helmville. is
visiting Anaconda friends during which
time Mr.. Geary is meeting with the coun-
ty commissioners of which he is a men,
Der.
John Munder (colored), charged with
sodomy, and who vas tried in the dis
trict court last Monday, but the jury
disagreed, pleaded guilty yesterday and
was sentenced to five years in the peni-
Tertiary.
BY mutual agreement between Agent
Smart of the Great Northern Express
company and joint agent Brown of the
Northern Pacific Express company the
express offices close at 7 o'clock every
evening except Saturdays and pay nights.
James Mcdowell, ST., has received the
news of the death of his mother at Isphe-
ming. Mich. The deceased was a lady
over so years of age and has been in poor
health for some time. The funeral was
held at Detroit, Mich. the old home of
the family.
Ward and Vokes in their new musical
farce 1.-The Floor Walkers with forty
people, twenty specialties and two dozen
pretty girls will be at the Margaret thea
ter Saturday night. According to press
comments it is IN attraction no one can
afford to miss.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred c.. Wills and daugh-
ter, departed yesterday afternoon 70,
Boise City, Idaho. their future home. They
We're accompanied to the train by a host
OF friends, who regret their departure
very much. because they We're one of the
best families in the city. Their beautiful
home at the corner of Cedar and Third
street will be occupied by MI. and Mrs. F.
III. Errett
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-17
FORMAL OPENING.

The much-talked-of formal opening OF
the new Deer Lodge county court house
was held last night. in which only simon
pure democrats and republicans sub
servient to their wishes took an impor-
tant part.
The original cost of the building was,
according to the contract, SloO,ooo OF
less, but nothing was said in the
speeches made last night about the
trimmings to the extent of s21 900. more
or less. The attendance was fair, con-
sidering the weather.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-17
THEY PLAY TONIGHT.

The attraction at the Margaret the
alter this evening will be Dunno &
RyIey's all-star cast. presenting Hoyt's
"A Rag Baby" 1t is a superb comedy
combination. including Mathews & Bull
ger. Dunno & Ryley's all-star cast is
en- route to San Francisco. and is espe-
cially organized for a 10-weeks' engage
ment at the California theater. where
they open Tune 3. Prices for this en-
from Csc to $1.50.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-17
DAILY ONE OF THEM.

AT the annual meeting of the ~stockhold-
ers of the Anaconda Copper Mining COM
pany. held yesterday in this city. trustees
for the ensuing year We're elected as fol-
lows: Marcus DAILY. II. II. Rogers, Will
liam Rockefeller. Albert c. Burrage, Will
liam l.. Bull. William G. Rockefeller and
f. G. Bogart. A meeting of the trustees
will be held in New York for the purpose
of electing officers,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-17

MINING APPLICATION NO 4191. U. s.
Land ONCE. Helena Montana. April
Is. 1900.
Notice Is hereby given that Henry
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-26

The Washington dispatch in yesterdays
Post-Intelligencer to the effect that the
senate committee on territories had de-
cided to report favorably on the removal
of the capital Of Alaska from Sitka to Ju-
neau is recognized as defeat for Gov.
Brady, and IT is thought brings the fight
on the Alaskan capital question almost to
an end
Gov. Brady lived in sitka years before
he became the chief executive. He ran
q sawmill, raised potatoes. developed elo-
quence on prohibition and identified him.
self with Rev. Sheldon jackson and his
missionary influence. The governor still
owns the sawmil. still has his potato
patch, and has acquired in the slow pas
be of great value If Sitka should ever
shake on its rural semblance and grow to
be . city.
The removal of the capital to Juneau
means much for that town. 1t Is at pres
ent really the central point or Southeast
ern Alaska An appropriation of $4,000
has been hanging fire at Washington for
q courthouse and jail at Juneau for near
ly two years. The money has been avail
able, but not cents worth of work has
been done. Juneau people lay the delay at
the door OF the governor, and the alleged
missionary pull at Washington, but
this has amounted to little more than con-
lecture. If Juneau Is made the capital.
not only win the Federal building for
which the appropriation has been SO long
available be erected. but a capitol build
ing viii also have to be provided. The
government now provides living quarters
for the principal Alaskan officials. furnish
ing them with fuel. light and all the nec-
essaries except provisions.
Tho main activity, support and dignity
of Sitka came from the government OFF,
ola nd al 20
ital removed to Juneau, Sitka will. 1t Is
claimed, become little more than VII
lage Of Indians and mixed descendants of
the early Russian settlers.
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PERSONALS.

NJ. D. Leehey, an attorney Of Butte will locate
in Seattle
J. Jamison, Kamloops mining man, is a guest
of the Northern.
T. H. Brownell. a prominent merchant of Ever
EFT, is at the Rainier-Grand.
III. L. Byram, superintendent of the Coast divi-
sion Of the Great Northern at Everett. is at the
Butler.
r. ]. Farmer. Of the Pacific American Fisheries
Company, of Fairhaven. is guest of the Rainier
Grand
NJ. Kalish, owner of the steamship Humboldt
arrived from San Francisco yesterday. and is at
the Butler
J.. Berger. proprietor of the Emporium Jcwelry
Company, returned yesterday. after a months abb
sencs in Los Angeles
Joseph Sweeney. of the pioneers of Puget
sound. and at present the largest stock and prop
erty owner in San Juan county, is guest OF the
Seattle.
T. B. Lynch, assistant general passenger agent Of
the Great Northern in st. Paul accompanied by
T. q. Mooney, Great Northern passenger agent at
Duluth, arrived on the overland last night.
A. Hirseh, real estate agent for Swift & Co.
of Chicago. Is at the Rainier Grand. He is ac-
companied by ]. H. Good, formerly private Sec
rotary Of l.. F. Swift. who will become manager
of the Seattle branch.
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WERE THEY MURDERED; DID THEY
FALL THROUGH THE IG, OR
DID THEY GO ON A STAMPEDE !?

tremely dark morning. It is hardly rea-
sonable that three could have done so. for
on all northern trails men travel In single
file, some little distance apart Perhaps
one fell in and the others perished like
wise in an attempt to rescue. But in this
case some trace, as disturbed snow, brok-
en- Ice. ETC., would surely have been left
about the hole. and no such trace was
observable. The presence Of open water
holes on the northern rivers in midwinter
Is always made conspicuous by the cloud
vapor constantly rising stherefrom.
Did they wander on the trail and. losing
their way. perish from cold and hunger?
All travellers report that this could scarcely
have been possible. From the head TO the
OF hills most Of the way steep and well
defined. To wander far from the trail be-
tween Mimic and Hootchikoo one would
have to climb over at least one range or
hills. Returning Kiondikers say there are
no important or noticeable branch trails
leading on the main trail between the
points mentioned. The new winter cut
off trail (shown by the accompanying map.
which greatly shortens the distance be-
tween Sellsirk and Lake Labarge, would
not have puzzled the travellers, as there
was no other trail to take. Yet 1t fs true
that IL this trail had been drifted over they
might have missed it and continued on up
the river toward Five Fingers for some
miles, when, discovering their mistake,
they attempted to reach the "cut-off" trail
by making short cut to the right, and be-
came bewildered.
The superstition that the men might have
attempted some other route IL untenable.
They would never have dreamed of at
tempting the Dalton trail, and had they
followed the river past Five Fingers, leav-
ing the "cut-off' trail entirely. they must
inevitably have encountered some one of
the police stations, as Five Fingers, Little
Salmon, Big Salmon or Hootalinqua. I'm
less, indeed, they tumbled into some water
hole en- route while breaking new trail.
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DESERVING THE KLONDIKE.
People Leaving the District by the
Hundreds for Cape NOme-Great
Scarcity of Dogs.

CASTOR Honore says there will be
heavy exodus from Dawson to Nome next
month. Mr.. Honore left Dawson Christ
mas day and came from Skagway on the
Cottage City.
THE Nome fever seems to have taken
fresh root in the Klondike," he said. 1.-THE
winter departures for that district are
certainly surprising. Up to the time l
left fully $50 people had started from Daw-
son down the river over the ice. know
of twenty big dog teams leaving. Some
of the teams had as many as fourteen
animals. But in February Is when they
expect the big rush from the Klondike to
the new diggings. Thus far the ice on
the Lower Yukon has been rough, but it
will be at its best during February, and
1t is certain that people will leave Daw-
son and the Klondike district by the hum
dred. 1t is hard to give an estimate of
what number will so, but it will be big
THE mine operators of the klondike,
in employing men, make them sign a con-
tract to work all winter, and will not give
work to anybody suspected Of having the
Nome fever. The party first signs a con-
tract to- remain a stipulated period. Many
of the miners who enter into this agree
ment are paid so cents an hour.
Dawson is short of dogs. And 1t all
comes through the Nome stampede. Good
.AskA eaMmahA kaS2 A31 anx ~ oUEla Eobs
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CONDITIONS AT LEBARGE.
Interesting General Information ON
Weather and Prices.


Interesting information covering the
general conditions that concern people
going to and coming from Dawson is fur
nished in a letter just received from D. II.
Hume, written at Lower Lebarge. Janu-
Lake Lebarge is frozen hard and fast
to within one mile of the mouth of Thirty
Mile river. In. travelling, the shore ls
travel down the Yukon Is by. the west
side of Lebarge, and from the foot of the
lake, taking the cutoff. All who intend
bringing supplies for Dawson or Nome
point and leave here May 10, following the
ice down the river. Four steamers and
eight scows are lying here ready for the
early spring trade trade, :. ,,,,,,s,or. ,ar. ;.
last until spring The cabins are large
and warm. with good accommodations.
such as mattresses and enough blankets.
neaa s0 se & FodS to InS beds ss%
and hams, As cents pound: sugar. 35
cents; milk is scarce. and brings $40 to SIS
case; beef, 30 cents a pound by the
cents: coal oil, $40 a case, and scarce; tur-
keys, 81 q pound; butter, rs cents; hay, 13
cents q pound; grain, 10 cents q pound; no
eggs to be had; dog feed, 20 cents pound;
"The winter SO far has been fine, 81
being the lowest register of the thermom-
ts Ta " Is gooH S0th in ns and o os
her for boat building. but pitch, oakum
and nails will have to be brought in. Sc
attic butchers bringing In stock might ar
of the principal supply. stations for steam-
ers, scows and other boats. and the gov
eminent Is getting ready to take the
rocks out Of Thirty-Mile. There are a
postoffice and police station here. 1 have
taken out 100 tons Of ice for summer use."
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Mimic to Hootchikoo is only sixteen
miles. but the party never arrived there.
They appear to have vanished as COM
pleteIy as though the earth had opened
and swallowed them.
If they were murdered, where are their
bodies? Two men have been arrested
on suspicion and are held at Tagish. 1t
il said that these two men occupied
tent on the trail between Mimic and
Hootchikoo, and that 1t Is strongly sus-
pected they were living on provisions
stolen from the caches of frozen-in scows.
One of these men, O Brien, is reported
to be a bad character. man who was
arrested year ago for robbery in Daw-
son. Travellers over the trail tell of
having asked for accommodations at this
tent and of being refused. with an APP
pearance of desire on the part of the
two occupants to be left alone. 1t ap-
pears that within a day or two after the
disappearance of tho trio (or quartette)
the two men of the tent decamped. One.
having a good dog, Travelled much faster
than the other and was arrested at Tag
ish, while the other was arrested at
White Horse. Suspicion had been direct
ed toward these men for some time for
theft, and when their deserted camp was
searched many articles are said to have
been found which were probably stolen
from the scow caches. Yet not trace
or clue indicating foul play to the travel
ers is known to have been found.
There is very little snow this season
in the Yukon valley this side of Dawson.
1t would have been impossible to hide
bodies In 1t without leaving unmistakable
traces, which would lead to their discov-
ery-that is, unless q severe windstorm
had drifted the snow to the level of all
tracks, and travellers say that no such
storm occurred before search had been
ad fnr Y1fq
had been murdered and their bodies
thrown into some hole in the ice, 1t seems
hardly possible that some trace would not
have been left. If murder was done, 1t
would seem a silly move on the part of
the perpetrators to include Oleson. a man
so well known. who would be sure to be
missed at once, and who as a workman
would not be apt to have much money
on his person. The theory that Oleson
could have done it appears absurd, as
if he had contemplated such action, he
would previously have drawn the six
months pay due him for his work as
lineman.
To murder three or four men is des-
perate and terrible undertaking, particu-
larry where the men are armed and ready
to resist. Men very seldom risk such an
attempt without being certain that their
intended victims carry a large sum of
money. Now, everybody along the Daw-
son trail knows that travellers carry drafts
when any considerable sum Is involved.
and that Identification is necessary before
payment of the drafts Is possible. Hav-
ing this knowledge, q scheme to muir
der would appear absurd to the most des-
perate criminal.
That the missing men accidentally fell
through the ice seems quite as improb-
able. But one open hole has been men
toned as existing between Mimic and
Hootchikoo. While 1t Is possible for one
man may have fallen in here on an ex-
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But no evidence of any new trail has been
found so far as heard from.
The report that the missing ones may
have gone on a stampede to strike, arose
from the fact that letter had been re-
ceived at Skagway to the effect that a
rich strike had been made thirty miles up
a stream tributary to the Yukon, and not
far below the Hootalinqua; that many men
bound out from the Klondike. and some
from the crews of the extension forces of
the White Pass &c Yukon road, were leav-
ing to join the new rush. The Daily
Alaskan of January IL states that letter
containing this news is from J. H. Regain,
at White Horse, who has been in charge of
horses for the Red Line Company, to his
sister, Mrs. Walter c. Mckenzie, of Skag-
way. The letter was dated January 4, and
the writer stated his expectation to join
the stampede.
If the men went on stampede 1t may
have been with the mysterious fourth man,
whose name is not known. But the fact
remains that they left no trace, and are
not known to have passed any stations be-
yond Mimic.
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A MYSTERY that battles all con-
~ lecture. a story that may remain
forever unfinished, is that of the
disappearance from the Dawson trail
OF the three acknowledgement Lineman
Oieson. #. II. Clayson. OF Skagway. and
Linn Relfe, OF Seattle.
Were they murdered? Did they fall
through the Ice into The whirling cur
rent of the Lewis? Have they gone on
a stampede to some alleged new strike?
Did they wander off the trail for some
purpose and lose their way? Have they
attempted to reach the coast by another
route?
These questions seem to exhaust the
possibilities. yet each one of them appears
to be controverted by many facts. Yet.
II none of these things happened, what
has become OF the men. The three men
(some reports say there were FOUR are
positively known to have left Mimic.
twenty-four miles this side of Pelly river.
Christmas day, for Hootchikoo, where
they expected to have Christmas dinner
at the police station. The distance from
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-26

you should have included Capt Jansen,
of the Cottage City, among the heroes OF
the rescue of the City Of Seattle" said
a well-known Alaskan steamship man yes
terday. His own ship, being SO close to
the shore and rocks in the heavy gale that
was blowing, was in almost as great peril
as the disabled Seattle. Jansen, of course,
knew the great risk he was taking, but
remained as cool as a cucumber 1t took
nerve as we'll as seamanship to do that Job.
I doubt that II any other man had been in
command of the Cottage City he would
have gone to the aid of the Seattle in
that weather and under the conditions that
existed"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-26
AT EXPRESS RATES.
Western Lines Considering Bicycles
and Baby Carriages.

Transcontinental lines and all others do
ing business to the Coast are considering
a proposition to levy a charge on bicycles
and baby carriages carried on trains,
equivalent to that levied on express bag.
gage The minimum basing weight on
either will be fifty pounds. On the Coast
it is said the lines are not in favor of
adopting the plan, but would rather have
both bicycles and baby carriages carried
as baggage.
All agents have been asked for an ex-
preston of opinion, and the matter will
be finally disposed OF at a meeting of the
Western Passenger Association to be held
next week.
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bled up at s75 the only requirement being
that he will make bluff at pulling.
THE rush has had the further effect OF
throwing a lot OF undeveloped Klondike
property on the market I know of many
who were Offering claims at all the way
from $3.50 to 81 900. Their owners seem to
be willing to make any sacrifice in order
Honore is KIondike freighter and
og-teamster. He brought two passen-
gers, Mr.. and Mrs. +. Maury, from Daw-
son, both of whom were advised to leave
the district on account of poor health. He
expects to return to Dawson in February.
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BARRIERS Meet Tonight.

The BARRIERS of Seattle will meet at the
hall of the Western Central Labor Union
at $50 o'clock tonight to formally or
ganize a union. They will adopt a con-
stitution, elect officers and apply to the
national organizer for a charter
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Senator Pettigrew has been asking too
many questions as to how, why and who
commenced the Philippine war to suit a
lot of Tory politicians in congress, who
would like to place upon McKinley's brow
an emperors crown.--Olympia, Wash,
CAPITAL,
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To Dissolve n Company.

Gus Brown filed a petition in the super
for court yesterday afternoon asking that
the company which bears his name be
dissolved. He alleges that at a meeting
of stockholders January 10 it was decided
to take such an action. All debts are
March g.
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The efforts OF these ants will miscarry
and their conduct will but damage them
selves. 1t takes all kinds of people to
make a. world, and Pettigrew and Hoar
are two Of them.--Corvallis, Or, Union
Gazette.
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Creditor Instead of Debtor.

A. A. Seagrave, proprietor of the Occi-
dental hotel, in answering John +. Alling-
tons suit for wages as night clerk, por-
ter and cooks assistant, says that the
truth of the matter is that Arlington owes
him $3.50 in excess of his wages.
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AWAITING Her Husband,. Remain..

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25.-Mrs. John
A. Logan, jr., widow of Maj. John A. Lo-
gan, jr., who met his death in the Philip
pines, with her children and accompanied
BY her mother, Mrs. C. II. Andrews, and a
friend, Miss Parmalee, of Cleveland, Ohio.
has arrived here to await the arrival of
her husbands remains on the transport
Thomas, due in a few days from Manila
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Judge burke and Young Men.

Judge Burke will speak this evening at
the Y. NJ. C. A. on 1.-THE Young Man for
the Legal Profession This will be the
seventh. and probably the last, Of the
series OF vocation talks which the Y. M.
C. A. has been through during the win
ter. Admission lis free.
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County Clerk Holloway received noti-
emf If the SteiIacoom insane ASYLUM that
Herbert ID. Rowiey' had escaped from the
hospital He was sent up from Seattle
May 10, 1899: He was afflicted with melan-
s fd sHH asa saxnsssr;s ssssSs'ss ~
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WANTED--A first-class, sober, reliable
clothing salesman; first-class wages and
steady position, but want Al man only.
Address, with references, Herman Wise,
Astoria. Or.
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SENATOR PETTIGREW.

1t would seem that Pettigrew should
take a tumble to himself" before long,
or leave the country that he is SO much
ashamed of.-Port Orchard, WASH, In
dependent.
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s1kI AND THE CAPITAL.
Possible Dscadsnce Of Alaska's
Historic City.
JUNEAU MAY TAKE FRONT RANK

what May Happen to the Two Well
Known Towns II Congress should
Adopt the Committees Recon-
mendations and Move the Capital
/ Of Aiaska--Gov. Brady's Interests
Cause Him 10 Labor for sitka.
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SOLID gold eyeglasses or spectacles,
with axis cut pebbles, adjusted to the
eyes, from Sc up. Call on Louis Klodt,
scientific optician, No. S24 Second avenue
corner Marion,
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Hawks Released ON Rail.

Frank M. Hawks. accused by +. X. Mas
tiers of grand larceny, was arraigned be-
fore Judge Cam yesterday afternoon, and
his hearing was continued until Monday
He was released on 500 cash bail
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CHANCES GOOD FOR Alaska
Congress Is Willing to Pass Laws
Affecting the District.
MR.. HARTMAN AT WASHINGTON.

Seattle Citizen Speaks Before Senate
Committee on Territories I'm Fa-
vor of Pending Alaskan Measures--
Members of 10th Houses Anxious
to Acquire Information Regard
ing DistrIct-Laws to he Passed.