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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-24
"SHOPLIFTER's ELBOW"

A few days ago, toward the close Of
the afternoon, a clerk in one Of the large
dry goods emporiums on Canal street
saw, OF fancied he saw a woman at the
counter slip a bolt of silk under her
cloak. She was a person or middle age,
with a plain but attractive face, and her
handsome attire n easy bearing indi-
Gated a well-tO-dO g~entlewOman. The
clerk beckoned to a nearby flOOrwalker.
and in an excited whisper told what he
had witnessed. You're crazy" said the
Hoorwalker. THAT lady is Mrs. -;
above suspicion" II don't care what she
is,'' persisted the clerk. II saw her steal
that silk" At hat the proprietor hap
pened to pass and heard the story. He
is q man Of much experience and habit
ual promptitude. Are you absolutely
the clerk. The merchant sighed and
walked down the aisle to where the wo-
nan was standing. Excuse me. mad
anne" he said, quietly: will you kindly
claimed. taking a step backward and
turning CHASTITY pale. Throw open that
cloak!" he said, sternly, dropping any
p%retense of courtesy, but still speaking
in a very low one The woman's face
had assumed a frightened. hypnotic stare,
trembling so violently that she could
scarcely unfasten the buttons. Under
the garment was the telltale bolt of silk
and a strange collection Of smaller ar
ticles-a pair of stockings, three gloves
some lace, a quantity of edging, a white
shawl, a roll Of jet trimmings-evidently
things snatched up at random as oppor-
tunity offered. AS the plumber was rang
ed on the counter the woman hung hel
head and began to sob Historically
Nov. madame" aid the merchant II
a matter-of-fact voice, II "a just one
thing to say to you: You have traded
here for over Is years, to the best of my
recollection, and were one of u mos
trusted customers. I won't charge thest
things to you, as is usually one in sucl
cases, and the affair shall not be men
toned. But I must ask you never agar
to come into this store"
Suppose you had found nothing unde,
the cloak" suggested a newspaper mar
| who CHANGED to witness the incident from
beginning to end: wouldn't that hav'
| put you in a terribly awkward positfon?'
yes" admitted the merchant, frankly
"but I was really taking no chances.
knew to an absolute certainty that tn,
woman was a shoplifter before l address
| sed her." lis it a trade secret?" "Well
it's one / don't mind explaining. I knew
because h had what I call h shop
lifter's elbow BY long practice stor
pilferers acquire an extraordinary griI
with the left upper arm, and can hol'
anything with ease that is slipped agains
the body on that side. Their dexterity i
that particular is really astonishing, an
1t Is almost like the acquisition of a ne,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-24

re%sentatives providing thai no picture or
description of n prize fight or pugllis-
tic encounter, or any proposal of betting
on a fight shall be transmitted in the
mails or by any common carrier engaged
in interstate commerce, whether IN a
or periodical, or in my other
form. Amy person sending or knowingly
receiving such matter for Transmission
ceeding-$1 900, with a provisO that the act
shall not apply to n person not engag-
ed in the preparation, publication or sale
of such prohibited newspaper, periodi-
cal or picture.
Peter Maher was given the decision
over stockings Conroy of Troy, N. r.,
on a foul in the fifth round of what was
scheduled as a twenty-round contest:
The fight was under straight MARQUIS OF
Queensberry rules. and Manner had the
best of the fight throughout. In the
fourth round Conroy threw Maher heaV-
lily. Peter was up in a flash, and ralned
blows on Conroy's head, Conroy hanging
on to save himself. The fifth and last
round was opened by Maher landing a
clinched, and in a breakaway hit Maher
in the groin. Maher fell into his chair,
and appeared to be suffering great ag-
ony. Referee Braden of Beaver Falls
| gave the decision to Maher at once.
Billy Madden is having a lard time
| getting a match for his man, Gus Ruth
lin. Tom O'Rourke's last declaration
that Rubin will have to wait for a
chance to fight Sharkey has aroused
Madden to make a few pointed remarks,
which he did the other day, as follows:
'Sharkey's first response to Ruhlin's
challenge looked to me as though the
sailor had finally picked up nerve enough
to meet Rubin. But l see | was mistak-
en-, as his manager, Tom ORourke. now
$50 ..11s .-:11 1,~r,a , r-ott fC
tiresome. The so-called top-notchers
think Rubin is a soft mark. Why dom
they fight him? They are all looking for
easy things. Sharkey fought Jim Nc
Cormick of Texas the other night, and
is matched with Stockings Conroy, whom
Rubin beat in seven rounds. Fitz made
a match with Maher last week, and Nc
Coy recently fought Jack Mccormick. ]
honestly think the gentlemen 1 have
named are afraid of Rubin. I see that
Maher will be unable to meet Fitz at
Philadelphia owing to sickness. Ruhlin
will gladly take Peters place if Fitz is
willing"
Tommy White has finally agreed tc
take a six-round chance with Terry Nc
Govern. On the night OF April 2S White
and McGovern will clash at Chicago, &C
cording to articles signed by both men
White has never been knocked out ii
his long career, and it will be interest
ing to watch his performance with Ter
ry, who never fails to floor his man.
White has been fighting a long time
In his time he has always had a reputa
ton for cleverness. He was the first mar
to introduce the straight left jab in thu
East four years ago in his first meeting
with former champion George Dixon. Fo,
some time White has not been before TIL
public until his bout with Oscar Care
ner. White cut all kinds of circle
around Gardner. His hitting power
seemed to be better than ever. When h
and McGovern meet it will be simply
question as to whether the Chicago fight
err can hold McGovern at a safe distanc
with straight left-hand jabs.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-24
MAKE BOXING A CLEAN SPORT.

BY Charley White, the veteran referee.
There would be no possible cause to
criticise the boxing bouts held in New
York state if the Horton law was strict
ly enforced and the rules and conditions
slightly changed.
n the first place l think the referee
should have more power. There ought
to be no question of his right to stop a
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-24
'SHHXOa HHL HLIM

''Terry McGovern will have to fight the
lightweights now" is the opinion of most
of the fans, but the king-pin of the 1922
Founders is not likely to leave his class
for a time, says the Sporting News. It
is true that there is not a featherWeight
in sight at the present stage of the game
who would be conceded more than a peek
in with the champion. But Terry a
not whipped Ben Jordan, Kid Broad,
Henry Lyons or Tommy White. and lie
would draw big money with any of them.
The astute Sam Harris, who does Ter
RVS matchmaking, is likely to leave the
lightweight class alone as long as there
is some sure money to be made putting
it over the feathers hat are left. Ter
ry is not yet 81. and he is still growing.
In another year he'll probably scale pref
ty close to the ~130-pound notch. He'll
get to the lightweights soon enough. and
when he does he'll clean them all up"
Since Jim Jeffries left Hot Springs for
his home in Los Angeles interest in his
coming fight with Jim Corbett has been
on the wane. The latter has gone into
training again, n reports from his
quarters say he is in fine fettle. Jeff, -
so 1t is said, is trying to kick over the
traces. He and Brady. his manager. are
not as warm friends as they were last
summer, and as JEFF" says his CONTRACT
with Brady expires March Is there may
be a row In sight.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-24
DIDN'T SPEND IT ALL.

81 want you to prescribe for my wife.
Doctor"
whats the matter with herr
IT don't know, but / am sure there Is
something; she went shopping yesterday
and brought home part of the money ]
gave her.'-Harper's Bazaar.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-24

]. B. Haggin will ship at least 200
yearlings to England this year and dis
pose of them there at public sale. In ad-
dition to these about the same number
will be sold in New York.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-24
MUSIC.

"Shall I sing or play, Mr.. Bored
host?"
"Oh, it doesn't matter, Miss Blimm-
whichever you think you can do with
out i~nterrupting the flow Of CONVERSE
tion."-Detroit Free Press.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-24
OTHER WORLDS TO CONQUER.

"Show me the man that struck my
wife" howled a man in the mob.
What will you do if you find him?"
asked a bystander.
Introduce him to my mother-in-law,"
was the suggestive reply.-Chicago News.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-24
HORSES AND HORSEMEN.

]. B.. Haggin will ship at least 200
y%earlings to England this year and dis
pose of them there at public sale. In adj
dition to these about the same number
will be sold in New York.
Tom Heating, who created such a great
furore in sulky circles last season with
Anaconda, Owyhee, Searchlight and oth-
err cracks, will invade the East with an
other powerful stable this year. Keat-
ing is wintering a dozen horses, the most !
of which will be seen on the Grand cir
cult. OF course, the famous Anaconda
heads the list. The great PAGER is look
ing 100 per cent better than when he fin- |
ished the arduous campaign at Los An-
geles last fall. The tropical climate of
~Pleasanton, CAL, has built him up to the
noble-looking animal which he was last
spring. Heating began to jog him with
the rest of the horses a couple of weeks
ago, and If nothing happens to him, he
looks for Anaconda to beat Joe Patch-
en-, John r. Gentry and the best that
come out. James Butler bought Anacon-
da last fall from J. B. Haggin for &c., 900.
J so he will be a stable companion to the
champion ~3-year-old KlataWah, now in
his 5-year-Old form.
Heating says of Klatawah: The horse
that beats him this year will have to go
faster han two minutes to do it. He
has had a whole years rest now, which
I am sure will do him a world of good.
If horses We're raced less and rested
more, there WOuIU DC I1OIc 6ICdl tIOl~
tiers. There was nothing particularly the
matter with Klatawah when he finished
his 3-year-old season on the turf. He
was simply laid off to grow and accum-
ulate strength"
Stories are often told of colts and fill
lies selling for mere songs and then turn
ing out great race horses and money
winners. The ones that bring big prices
prove to be failures are lost sight
of and forgotten. At the great sale OF
Lord Falmouth's horses in England in
1884, four 2-four-olds brought big prices.
these being Lo~uisvourg. $40, 900; Armida.
SIS, 600; C%ocoanut, $12, 500, n Esther Fac.
81. 900, but each was a miserable failure
and nearly all the yearlings were as bad
though bringing high prices. The high
priced broodmares and foals did little
better. These cost IN aggregate of $685.
! 700, and'such supposed gems as Wheel of
Fortune, $4,000; Spinaway, $27, 500: Cati-
. Mere, $21, 600. and Dutch Oven, SIG, 900.
{ were virtually dead failures thereafter.
!, The foals were unanimously unsuccess-
;. full on the race course, and the only one
) of the stations to do at all well was GAL
:. lard, IS. 1000. The grand total realized by
:. Lord Falmouth's stable and stud was
!. $559, 400.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-24

Representative Hepburn of Iowa intro
Auced a bill in the National House of rep
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-09-06

although his refiSI6nt was COM
manded bv auoth<x nan. he euc.
ceeded by means that modern
weapon OF warfare ovn as news
paper bureau in win ing more re-
novn in a week thaz scneraI Grant
did in fonr years d 6ard lighting,
and he seems to 81 he only man
on this continent 10 boasts of
having with his 4xn hand shot
down and killed Epaniard that
was fleeing from Efs battlefield. In
his book he says S. they turn-
cd to run | close Is and fred
twics, missing the hIst an1 killing
the second" He then boasts that
he had considered this feat unioue.
and 40 il is. He ia the frat brave
man to shoot an enemy in the back.
Again the modern historians tell
us that il was he who first demon
strated to mankind that however
useful the camera NAV be to Sci
ence, to art and to industry, its
true mission is to develop tinplate
heroes.
The records at Albany show that
the Governor got the legislature to
pass q law taxing the franchises of
corporations-a most righteous law.
But the records also show that at
the demands of Tom Platt and the
cornorations he reconvened the T,eo.
islature, in extra session and had
~ chanse 'h's 10" as the corpora
''ons s uio'A'sa'
Inc ,.n.' i.nu u .s" NC .aa aosn nn nau
osen loooeu Vi aoous S''ooo'ooo oy
nepuoi'can poiiIiclans' and' ai-
'nougn ne 'aikea iouaiy Oh prose-
'u'ion' 'ne "osefhor mas not
pfousn' one u 'nese men 70 lus-
'ice.
nis'ofy recorus 'ne iac' 'na' she
"o'einof nas ne'ei ios' an oPpor-
.uh''y' "neh s'anaipg IN tue
.ep'o '. 'ae p'a'e, " .aAe
ioau piosessasious VI neioiS "I'ue
0us '.e nissoi'.n nAS ssafoneu ~
A vr 5 e..1'n'o " pe.io.m
aA.o, n' 'o'u"e u pioi'sS'on
- -u,' Ou' '"e pas' u peiiofnAuoe
vulgar Assaults Ignored.
l wish to avoid even the appear
ance of severity, and as I haye not
the language to properly character
ize this mans career, | shall not
attempt it. He is the right man to
defend criminal aggression and the
abandonment of plain duty by the
President. He is the right man to
defend war of conquest, the burn
ing Of towns, the slaughter Of
people, and the assassination of
liberty. But the Democratic party
will pay no attention to his vulgar
assaults
Let MS read again from his speech !:
"After infinite labor thew finally
did decide at Kansas City that thev
still believed in free silver. This
decision was reached in their com.
mittee by a vote of 2s to "a 30 that
it appears they have only SO per
cent Of faith in their 4s cent dollar
after ALL"
Had the Governor stuck TO the
truth az a candidate for 40 dieni.
fed an office as the Vice. Presidency
should do, he would have told his
audience that there were tvo sets of
delegates at the Kansas City CON-
yention. One set wanted simply to
reaffirm the Chicago platform.
claiming that inasmuch as that
platform contained as strong and
clear a plank on the financial oues-
ton "a could be framed q reaffirm-
m A.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-09-06
Englara's Lsvs for us.

You recall that the administra-
tion papers told rs in big headlines
that England loved as 90 much she
wanted as to keep all the islands.
It has since developed that Germa-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-05-04
MUSIC.
MR.. PADEREWSKPs REAPPEARANCE.

Mr.. Paderewsk returned from his winters jour
neyngs through the trackless West gave recital
last evening at the Academy of Music, In the Bor-
ough of Brooklyn. For reason not very clearly
to be determined there was a singuarly small
audience present Perhaps the storm had some
thing to do with it, perhaps the musical people OF
Brooklyn were afraid that. after his long and ex-
haustfng tour, the great pianist would come back
so wearied and worn that he could not do himself
justice at his first temperance in greater New
York. There would have been good reason for
thinking so If 1t had been generally known that
Mr.. Paderewsk had arrived only Yesterday
ing, after recital In Buffalo the night before.
following close upon the numberless others that
had preceded II. But, far from exhibiting any
traces Of this drain upon his vitality he played
with all the fire, all the poetry, all the depth of
passion and variety of mood that he has
shown his admirers here at his very best. His
muscles were as firm and responsive to every de-
mand his technique fluent. crystal clear.
vigorous. as ever they have been He rose to his
greatest heights In his performance Beethoven's
Sonata, OPP. ILL., that utterance of the seer and
prophet which only the high priests of art can
approach without repidation, and in which Mr..
Paderewski makes good his right TO be called a
great interpreter OF Beethoven beyond cavil. AL
most equally great he in the youthful sonata
of Schumanns in F sharp minor. OPP. ia differ
ent region altogether. but one in which he seems
TO be equally at home. intimate with the changing
moods of Florestan and Eusebius their fiery en-
thusiasms and brooding tenderness The eloquence
or Mr. Paderewski's playing of these works is
new thing to the music lovers of New-York; but 1t
seemed never greater more all-compelling in it's
sweep than last evening
So, too, were the other numbers of his pro-
gramme familiar. in spirit and in the exquisite per-
lection of his embodiment of them-the G. major
nocturne the minor mazurka. the studies
from OPP. IS. the A fiat prelude of Chopin. the
cert study and the tenth Hungarian Rhapsody OF
List. At the end he played additional num-
Der Tausig's paraphrase of Strauss's waltz, Man
lebt nur Einmal' almost, IL seemed. with great
er briancy and finish than ever before. II the
audience was small in numbers and a little apa-
thetc at first, it reused fervor Of
enthusiasm.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-05-04
LIPTON'S INTENTIONS UNSETTLED

Those who have been sure of receiving a
challenge for the Americas Cup on schedule
time have not succeeded in impartng their
certaintes to Sir Thomas Upton himself. In
deed. it has become evident that Sir Thomas is
in quandary about the whole affair. When
he last left America it was with the full intent
to challenge as soon convenient for match
races in 1901, but soon afterward the British
reverses in South Africa began, and since then
the whole outlook for sport in England has
been altered. The local yachting has received
especial damage and some yachts built for
the racing of the coming season will not even
be put In commission. Away back in January
The Tribune called attention to the fact that
Sir Thomas by no means so assured in his
tone as he had been, for he was then saying:
IF put challenge in it will certainly not be
before August. This will give any one a
chance to precede me if he wishes to do So"
There were no ifs about his intentions at a
former date. it given ont for publica-
ton that openings were being left for other
people TO precede him in the matter of chal-
longing. If any doubt has remained as TO the
uncertainties of Sir Thomas they will be eff
fectually dspelled by his letter printed ON
another page admitting that he is not in a
position TO say anything definite regarding his
intentions for next year.
We said in January last that II was greatly
TO be doubted whether any Englishman would
| challenge for the Cup between then and August
unless in the mean time a speedy and conclu-
| sive success to the British arms could be an
/ nounced from South Africa Since then the dealt
! list has steadily grown longer, till a the present
| time there is hardly home In England that
! is not more or less In shadow We have not
believed that Sir Thomas would send chal-
| lenge for international sport when his own peo-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-05-04

pie were In these unhappy conditions, though
it is not impossible that he may be asked to
do SO later on for the purpose Of divertng peo-
pies minds. And there is another reason why
he might be willing that some one else should
precede him in challenging 1t Is well within
belief that he appreciates the improbabllity
of obtaining a yacht designer in England VINO
can give him reasonable hope of defeating
the best output of the Herresboff genius. Yet
there are yachtsmen who think that In the
Columbia the Herreshoff genius played its last
and best card. and there is no saying how far
unlimited expense and patience may be re-
warded in the end. In connection with any
further challenge for the Cup the only thing
that can be regarded as a certainty is that Sir
Thomas Upton in any course he may elect to
pursue, whether for challenge or otherwise, will
endeavor to please the people of both the United
States and England; and if he should refrain
from putting in another request for match
1t is certain that he will do so grounds both
honorable and reasonable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-05-04

agency and not TO he tainted with the iniQuitie0
of that "Panamaism" which nearly wrecked the
French republic and which added new word
to the vocabulary of scoundrelism And 1t
wants the work to he done under American
direction and the finished canal to be forever
under American management and American
protection
Mr. Hepburn's BILL II enacted and executed
would accomplish those ends in a thorough and
radical manner. Whether it would be the best
manner is question fairly open to debate. 1t
would have the United States practically &C
quire-'acquire control of is the phrase used
the territory through which the canal is to pass.
That would make parts of Nicaragua and Costa
RIGA parts Of the domain Of the United States,
and that in turn, would lead to compiled tons
which il is desirable, if possible to avoid. Or
course it would make the canal as much
United States waterway as is the MISSISSIPPI
River, and that would not only authorize US,
but would practically compel us. to fordfy 1t
and maintain a considerable garrison there to
protect 1t. Circumstances are conceivable in
which that would have been the only true
course compatible with security and well
fare Such, for example. would have been the
case few years ago, when we had no navy
and no footing in the West Indies. But with
powerful Navy. and with Porto Rico ours and
Cuba under our tutelage, the question may well
be asked whether are not strong enough TO
neutralize the canal. as Great Britain has neu-
tralized that at Suez, and whether. indeed it is
not positively to our interest so to do
While the Hepburn bill might not. therefore
be desirable in all respects as a inality. 1t is
a significant and not unwelcome contribution to
current discussion of the matter, and that of a
most authoritative kind We believe that on
certain general principles it accurately reflects
the will of the American people-their will for
a canal under the American flag. The question
whether in detail it provides for the best pos
sible execution of that will is to be considered
further and by others than the members of the
House of Representatives. before it is finally
answered But the vote Of Wednesday has made
it more difficult hereafter TO palter over Ameri-
can rights and interests the isthmus more
difficult to delay on adequate grounds the con-
struction of the canal. and not only difficult
but we trust. impossible TO surrender the 18TH
milan waterway to unworthy or to alien hands.