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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-17
THE B%0ST0NIANS."

Inc mere announcement that Americas
tronges and best opera the
Bostonlans, will appear al the Grand the
alance OF the week, has created. an un-
precendented demand for seats. Musi-
cal circles are agOg with delightful ex-
pectancy and large theater parties have
been arranged to greet the ever popular
of this superb organization,
rms season youth n beauty have been
the keynote Of the Engagement of the
members of the chorus who so admirably
second tie efforts OF the ever genial and
graceful comedian Henry Cla Barnabee
whose versatility and a~daptability have
kept him to the forefront Of all operatic
ventures. Besides with the bril-. ant bar
itone w. H. Macdonald, who's superb
vocal methods grave and finesse in act
ing stamps him as one of the really great
artists on the American stage, the spir-
lted beautiful and charming soprano Hell
en- Bertram, and the exquisitely moulded
contralto Marcia Van Dresser, the Bos-
tonlans nave a cast whose excellence II
beyond question, while George Frothing.
ham,, Frank Rushworth, w. H. Fitzger-
aid, John Dunsmure, Josephine Bartlett.
Chas. B.. Hawley, Grace Cameron and the
beautiful young danseuse Edith Hendee.
round out the performance to a high
state of excellence. No organization gives
such care to detail as do the Bostonians.
and no other company, with the possible
era company carries with 1t such a COM
plete orchestra, scenic investiture and
thoroughly competent chorus.
The repertoire is as follows: Tonight.
Friday night and the SATURDAY. matinee
ROBIN Hood" tomorrow night Victor
Herbert's The Serenade,' Saturday night
the m opera The Smugglers."
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-17
Indians On Blackfeet ReServa-
tion Have a Big Claim.
COUNCIL AT BROWNING
According to Story They Have En-
ployed a Butte Attorney to
Bring Suit.

A story was current yesterday to thu
effect that on January 18th, a council Of
the chiefs and head men on the Blackfeet
reservation was held, and addressed by
Chancellor Charles O'Donnell Of Butte,
who has been retained by the Indians to
prosecute a claim against the govern
ment of the United States. The In
dams, it is said, claim that through the
Misrepresentation of agents, the govern
ment has defrauded them out of from &C.
000, 900 to 80, DOC, 900 acres Of land, which ia
nearly a third Of the entire area of Mon
tana. A violation of the treaty OF 1856 is
alleged by the Redskins. According to
that treaty, they say the government
set apart for them for 80 years, a vast
hunting ground but in 1887, a new treaty
cut their reservation down to q small
area. Prior to the latter treaty, the gov
eminent. they allege in 1874, tool without
right, 26,4 51. 200.
Recently the Indians invited Attorney
O'Donnell to meet them in council, and he
addressed them through an Interpreters,
r. j. Hamilton, a full blooded Indian.
a graduate Of the Carlisle Indian school,
According to the story, the meeting was
also addressed by White Calf, Bear Chief,
Running Crane, Brocky Mad Wolf, Lit
tie Dog, John fiddle Calf, Tearing Lodge
ana other chiefs. The tribes represented
were the Blackfeet, Piegans, Bloods, eros
Ventre and River Crows. and the council
assembled at Browning Hall, Browning
Teton county. -<
The address Of the chancellor was a
review OF the Indian treaties, affecting
the land in question M his history il
said to have been exhaustive.
AS a result of the council, it is report
that he will at once begin the prepara-
ton of a petition setting out the claims
OF the indians, to be presented to the
court of claims o. to form the basis of
an action against the government.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-17

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
Second Judicial District, State Of Mon.
tana. in and for the County of silver
Bow.
In the matter Of the application Of the
Beef Straight Quarry Company. a COR
poration. to dissolve.
Notice is hereby given, that the nee1
Straight Quarry Company. a Corporation
formed under the laws of the state nf
Montana. has presented to the Hon. John
Lindsay, Judge Of the District Govt of
the Second Judicial District, State Of
Montana, in and for the County of Silver
Bow, q petition praying to be allowed ia
distncorporate and d~issolve: and that
Saturday, the 18th day of February. A n
1900. at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon. or Ar
soon thereafter as counsel can be heard
has been appointed as the time. and fhe
court room Of the District Court of the
Second judicial District Of the State ~
Montana, in and for the County Of Sill
yer Bow, in the City of Butte, Montana.
as the place at which the said application
Is to be heard.
In witness whereof. I have hereunto act
my hand and affixed the seal Of the Dis.
trict C0ur aforesaid, this 3rd dav ar
January. A.. D., 1909.
court seaD CLINTON C. CLARK.
Clerk.
BY WILL HARDCASTLE.
Deputy Clerk.
4 Coombe.
Attorney for petitioners.
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Tells How Sullivan Threatened
Edward Gilman.
TO CUT HIS HEART OUT
Witness Says He Lost His Job For
Expressing Opinion About
the Murder.

Reuben J. Gridley, one of the witnesse.
for h defense in the case Of the state
against Edward Gilman. who shot and
killed Daniel d. Sullivan at the Duggar
house in Dublin gulch on Christmas
night. has signed his deposition. which
was taken before Justice Nichols a few
days ago.
There are, in Gridley's testimony. some
rather pointed assertions in regard to
the killing and the cause that led up to
it. Following are the principle questions
and answers in the testimony:
Where did o reside on or about the
oath or 25th of December"
"At the Duggan boarding house."
did you know Edward H. Gilman and
Dan D. Sullivan"
"Yes, SIR"
d you remember seeing them in. the
boarding house on the evening Of the
24th?"
Yes, sir. I saw them in the dining
room about 8 o'clock in the evening"
What, II anything. did you notice be-
tween Gilman n Sullivan at that
timer"
"A quarrel. I heard Sullivan use very
abusive language oward Gilman. I
was then in the kitchen, but I could see
them. Sullivan called Gilman a d
your head the first time I get you out
side. I will cut your d heart out. I
will twist your d. head off, He said
1t repeatedly"
about how long did this language
continue?"
about five minutes
What was the relative positions Of
the two men?'
sullivan was standing and Gilman
was sitting at the table. Sullivan was
at h opposite side of the table, but
while he was talking he was moving
towards Gilman"
Ibid you hear Gilman say anything %
The only thing he said was oh, Dan,
Dan, what are you using such Language
for?'" S
ibid you notice the parties just after
this language has been used; that is, as
to what they did where they went and
so aon?"
II believe Mr.. Sullivan went outside of
the and Mr.. Gilman came into the
Kitchen"
(Which left the dining room first?'
Il believe Mr.. Sullivan did"
Where did he go?'
H went out around the boarding
house n stood outside of the kitchen
door,"
AT the tim he stood outside, where
was Gilman"
H a been in the kitchen just be-
fore that, but I could not say for sure
whether he was in the kitchen at the
time Sullivan was outside"
"At the time Sullivan was outside the
kitchen door did you hear any remark
of his at that time 2"
Yes, sir"
What did you heal him say relative
to Gilman and the happenings in the
dining room and quarrel they had?'
He said, I will lay for the ---
- land finish him right here"
"Dou you know where Gilman went
after leaving the kitchen?"
II believe he went out al the west door
through a different portion of the
house."
On cross-examination. Gridley said he
was 10 years old, had been in Butte since
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-17

All the dress circle seats reserved At
twenty five cents. The entire parquet,
t~hirty-five cents. box. loge. and alcove
fifty cents. front two rows balcony thirty
y cents. rear balcony Twenty-Five, gall
lery ten cents.
Macoys comedy company with high
class vaudeville will present for the frst
time In Butte the sensational comedy,
Held In Slavery" The well-known DaW
export sisters will also appear.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-17
Smallpox Did 1t.

the oore-Roberts company engaged to
open at Sutton's theater Sunday, January
2lst, refused to come to Butte at present
on account of the exaggerated reports of
smallpox in Butte.
The theater will open as advertised
Sunday matinee, January 21st.
The prices have been greatly reduced,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-17
stormy weather.

Is usually followed by a cold wave,
Don't get caught short Of coal. but order
q good supply Of Kemmerer. now. It ID,
dai!y growing to be the most popular
coal In Butte, because Of it's lasting quail
itles. .. J. Monroe & Co., ~ East Broad-
way. Phone $685. .
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-17

DIR. DODD, EYE SPECIALIST,
Shodair Block. S West Park. Glasses
at reduced prices this month.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-17

E. S. Wyman has arrived at Great Falls
to succeed P. ]. Pheeney, Great Northern
railway agent. who resigned several days
ago. A petition signed by many of the
prominent woolgrowera has been for
warded to General Superintendent Ward
asking for the retention OF Mr.. Pheeney.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-10-17

and shipped usually to Manila, where
they are separated, rebaled and
shipped either to Hong Kong, where
there Is an immense rope-walk, or to
New York, Boston or London. The
rope-walk at Hong Kong is one of the
largest in the world. Its product prac-
tlcally supplies China, Japan and Aus
tralia. Very little hemp is made into
rope or twine in Manila. Although
crude rope-walks exist IN different
parts of the island, their manufac-
tured article. although strong and
durable, would not compete in the for
elgh market Hemp subserves every
purpose that leather might with the
native. lie twists it into sandals.
uses II for harnesses, and it answers
for binders in the building of his nipa
hut. The utility of hemp Is well un-
derstood to the Filipino The finer
quality Is selected and reserved for
weaving purposes, being made up into
really handsome cloth, while the or
dlnary hemp is universally used 10
make a coarse though durable mate
rial, worn generally by the natives,
who delight In gaudy colors and pic.
turesque though scanty costumes.
There is still another texture woven
from the selected strands of outer
fibre, intermiXed with the fibre of the
plne-leaf. The cloth has the semblance
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that the animals become practically
useless, and must be abandoned, to
the enlargement of the life of the
traveller who has put his trust in ca
nine motive power.
As n precaution against misfortune
of this kind 1t has been common
thing to wrap the dogs feet in cloth,
n piece of leather or rubber. AT best
all of these however, were crude and
poorly adapted to carry out the desired
object. They protected the dogs feet.
but at the same time interfered with
the free use of their legs. The devel-
opment of the Klondike has given spe-
c!al impetus to the demand for some
proper protection for dogs feet.
The dogs shoe, of which the accom-
panying photograph was sent from the
far Northwest to Shoe and Leather
Facts, is made of chrome tanned elk
leather, and the upper of calf, making
soft, pliable and yet comfortable
shoe. There Is tongue at the back,
and the lacings are at the back of the
leg instead of on the front, because a
dogs knee bends just opposite from a
mans.
The dogs, it is said, take very kindly
TO these shoes. They become so ac-
customed to wearing them that they
don't like to go without them, with
the result that on the trail they will
often come up to the driver in the
morning and hold out their legs to
have their shoes put on, not unlike
children. If by chance the shoes
should be laced too tight, they will
whine and speedily make manifest
their discomfort, wagging their tails
with joy when the shoes are laced to
! their liking
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model illustrated exemplifies one ex-
cellent style and is singularly well
suited to all soft stuffs, such as cash
mere, Henrietta, yelling, wool crepons,
nlbatross and the like. As shown, the
material is cashmere in brilliant Ok
ford red, with the dots embroidered
In white silk, and vest and under
sleeves in white mousseline and cream
lace. The fichu drapes the figure with
singular grace, and the double sleeves
add a touch of quaintness that greatly
adds to the whole. The design will
be found adaptable for stout as well
as slender figures. as the drapery ta-
pers sufficiently to apparently reduce
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tages over models of every other sort
designed for little girls. The smart
May Manton model illustrated COM
bines all the latest features, and Is
sufficiently shaped to be graceful and
trim, at the same time that 1t allows
perfect freedom and falls in the SIM
pie lines that are so becoming 10 uni
formed childish figures. AS illustrated
1t Is made of tan-colored cloth, with
collar of brown velvet and handsome
smoked pearl buttons, but covert cloth,
dark blue. and red and brown cloth
can be substituted. The last Is some
what odd in its effect, and nothing Is
quite so smart as tan cloth in its varl-
Gus shades.
The coat Is cut with straight fronts
and Is fitted with shoulder and under
arm seams that curve well back. The
collar is Joined to the neck. and is
faced with velvet, then turned back,
with the self-faced fronts that form
revers. The edges and seams are all
stitched, and pockets are inserted in
each front. The coat is Tapped over
in double-breasted fashion, and closed
with buttons and buttonholes. The
sleeves are two-seamed and fit stylish.
ly.
To cut this REFER for girl of eight
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hazel nut had been attacked by nut
hatch and clean round hole made IL
1t at one end-the marks of the blows
of the birds beak being clearly visible
in the actual specimen. The nut was
dropped by the bird after the kernel
had been removed and happened to
fall to the ground with the hole down.
ward. Into this hole grew the tip of
the sprouting dogs-mercury, and find
ing itself in n blind alley the plant
was compelled to describe complete
circle within the cavity of the nutshell
and to emerge at the same hole MS that
by which it had entered. Having eX-
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he ,,aling and local marketing of tn,

| the ihaling and local marketing of tn,
The presses at the seaport towns are
crude affairs. After the fibre is classi
fed and separated into three piles OF
classes, II Ia dumped in bulk into n
huge press and screw applied. AZ.
ter this operation II is taken out and
put into another press of more regular
design and of more imposing charac-
ter. The second press is operated by
an eight-armed capstan on an over
head platform, and score or more of
naked coolies, usually Chinese. push
II around. The sight Is most amusing.
With grunts, laughs and confused jar
gon and raillery they urge each other
on and manage to bring their strength
together at loudly accentuated periods.
A good-sized press will turn out 300
to 400 bales n day, and in the course
of year a million or more bales are
prepared lor shipment. In Cebu large
quantities are handled. principally the
products of Leyte and Samar, al
though in Manila the largest presses
are In operation.
The classification of hemp requires
the skill of an old hand, and the expe-
rienced eye of n buyer who knows all
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-10-17

Although n great variety of shapes
are seen in the new hats, some posis
lively eccentric in their blazarre out
lines, there is little doubt that the
model with sweeping circular brim,
set on broad, extremely low crown,
has the palm of grand chic" If you
notice such things you become aware
that the shape of such n hat is ex-
actly right for showing off the long,
curling ostrich feather and the demi-
wreath of roses, which are the two
conspicuous favorite modes Of decor
nting millinery in the present season.
For mid-season hat choose one with
a broad, low crown.
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Wild Sheen Shooting.

The sheep began to move toward us.
1t had been long climb to get be.
yond and above them. but now we
had our reward. On they came, only
two hundred yards away. l could
see their white muzzles,as though they
had been sticking their noses into a
flour bag. Now / could see the wrin-
lles in the horns of the rams. The
hoofs of the advancing flock made q
swishlng, patterlng sound, and they
were only fifty yards away. l took
the nearest ram, and he never drew
breath again. Johnnie's forty-four
barked spltefully. He made n neat
hit on another ram, further away than
my already dying victim, but failed
to stop it. Those sheep did not sail
away like deer, touching here and
there high place. They flattened
themselves out, shot around corner,
and were gone. Johnnie followed, and
] was alone. In few seconds / heard
Johnnics gun feebly humping away.
There was no echoing roar, such as
YOU hear in the thick woods. l picked
my way cautiously after Johnnie and
when | saw the jumps he had made,
and the chances he had taken, knew
there was much for me to learn about
hasty mountain travel. Johnnie shot
six times, and two hundred yards
ahead, on the crooked. rocky descent
the sheep had taken. l found him on
his knees by the big ram. Three bul.
lets had strqck.-Seribner's. ~
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veal the front of the gown. When
closed the buttons serve to ornament
the front, and may be of cut steel. in
cameo or any handsome sort preferred.
The back of the blouse is smooth.
without fulness at any point. The
fronts fit snugly at the upper portion.
but are slightly full and pouched over
the belt. There are no darts, the fit.
ting bein. accomplished by shoulder
and under-arm seams. The capes and
the collar close at the centre front, the
edges of the latter being concealed
when the blouse is worn open. The
sleeves are two-seamed, and fit stylish
ly The belt curves slightly to fit the
figure, and may be stitched onto or
worn over the blouse.
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Of unfinished silk and is pretty and
durable, though not rs beautiful or
dressy as the pure plne-leaf fibre silk
known ms pima cloth, the best woven
product of the islands.
The entire hemp industry OF the
Philippines is still worked 10y primi.
tive me,nods and with simple contrlv.
ances. he native, though unambl-
tious himself, is jealous of the China
man, and is averse to the Celestial get
ting control of the plantations or CON
tracts, while scorning up-to-date meth
ods himself. The "Cheno," however,
has made .nroads in this industry, as
well as in Others in the Philippines.
Had he not, the development would
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would. With his bolo in belt and n
bamboo canteen full of rice slung over
his shoulder he hies himself to the
uplands. After feeling the plants,
which at the age of three years are
about ten feet high, he proceeds to
clip off shoot and rep ant it. After
number of trees are cut the strip.
ping process begins. All the leaves
are torn off and the outer skin of the
stalk Is peeled off. Inside of the trunk
Is pithy substance, and around this
are layers of fibre imbedded i'm soft
Juicy substance. The fibre must be
separated from the stalk at once lest
1t rot. Many Americans have cher
ished the idea of exporting the trunk
intact, but the enterprise is not FEAST
.ble because of the pershable nature of
the pulpous segrement.
A bamboo-made bench is imDro-
vlsed. and at one end the strlpper binds
his bolo; the handle attached to his
foot by another bamboo strip. Across
he blade he draws the stalk unril the
fibre Is thoroughly separated without
injury, preserving its length of from
eight TO ten feet, and leaving it fine
and beautiful that the tropical sun
may lick up the moisture still bleeding
from the operation. The work OF
stripping is very tiresome and requires
the skill of a trained hand.
The white man has often attempted
to improve upon the brown mans
method OF stripping the hemp. but de-
spite large expenditures and Ingenious
mechanical contrivances no machine
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BALING HEMP.

the tricks of the trade. The native
plantation in a moist state and offer
it for sale at night, hoping thus to fool
the middle-man as to weight and quail
ity, but as this part of the business is
mostly in the hands of the Chinese,
there is little danger that they will
be deceived or cheated. The China
man is the sharpest bargain-driver in
the world, and whether 1t is hemp,
silk or old junk, he is fully capable
of looking after his interests. Fine
ness of fibre, color, strength and
length determine the value and grade
of hemp. If 1t he carefully stripped
over q smooth knife, Immediately and
thoroughly dried, and of good length,
1t will bring the highest price. If it
be carelessly stripped, juice being left
in the fibre, 1t loses its color and be.
comes coarse 1t then Is considered
OF second and third grade quality
and brings n smaller price. The ma
tive watches the market, and If he
hear tat the demand is heavy he
| takes advantage of the middle-man
and compels him to pay first-grade
prices for secord and third grade pro-
duets. Formerly hemp brought in Ma.
Mia from $40 to $3.50 per ton, always
fuctuatinG according to the supply,
ut times going up 20 $500 per ton, but
at present the price is practically pro-
hibltlve, and 1t looks as if it would
remain so for the next two years,-Ed.
win Wildman, in Harper's Weekly.
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The Fat Mans Pre-Eminence,

We are pretty sure for long gener.
atoms of seeing the prepoaderance of
northern races. One of their peculiar
tiles is that of being heavy eaters.
This is Inconsistent with a clean-built
figure. The modern capitalist rarely
comes from climate like that of Ath-
ems or Naples. He fortifies himself
against the long winters of New York,
London, Amsterdam, Berlin and Frank
Tort by substantial and oft-recurrlng
meals. His body is quick-combus.
ton stove wrapped up in warm gar
ments that prevent light. easy motion.
Men of the money-making class have
considerable girth of waistcoat.-Lon.
don Truth.
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prospector seeking for in
Nestinent need not ulg DclOW
the surface in the Philippines.


the surface in the Philippines.
The culture and harvesting
of hemp is the biggest gold mine he
will find. The islands seem to have
been especially made for the benefit of
the abaca plant. The moist though
not swampy country to the south of
Manila, the Camarircs, Samar, Leyte
and Cebu. would produce a solid over
growth OF the abaca trees If left to
take it's own course.
The tree itself resembles closely the
banana palm, but differs essentially
in the fneness of its fibre and its bar.
renness of fruit.
The natives. too. seem to have been
cspccl. ly provided for the hemp coun-
try. Tenung to improvidencc and in
doleney. the hemp industry furnishes
them employment whenever they run
short of rice and tobacco. for hemp
can be harvested almost at any time
except during the short rainy season.
Attempts have been made to trans
plant the hemp trees, taking them only
textiles refused to cohabitatc with any
but Philippine soil. The Pacific slopes
of the volcanic regions of the islands
produce the best plants. Although the
abaca tree coddles to thin soil. and
rather dry. quickly drained localities,
the trunk and leaves demand frequent
and abundant moisture. Given the
proper conditions, the vast plantations
will thrive like asparagus beds. Nc,y
little cultivation Is required; an occa-
sional wedding and rcplanting at
the harvest time and nature does the
rest. The crop is not gathered as if it
were corn field. but the trees are
found in all stages of growth, and the
native passes through regular routes.
slashing plant here and there, his
practiced eye the sole judge of its ma
turlty. Three years is the proper age
for harvesting. The hemp-stripper
goes forth much as huntsman