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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-02

will induce a greater number OF clerks to
come to Butte. and thus make composition
sharper, need not alarm any intelligent
clerk, The clerk that goes to Butte from
any point, like those that are there, has
a proper conception OF justice, which
taken together with your powerful union.
should dispel any fear that competition
will reduce the wages of clerks. If h
wages Of clerks are reduced IN Butte, or
any other city, the shortening OF the
workday cannot honestly be presented
and sustained as the cause. Now, as to
what disposition clerks are to make OF
the extra time they are TO have at their
disposal. when he six O'Clock closing
movement goes into effect. One thing
certain it will not require any act of the
legislature to decide that feature of the
question. Like the average mortal, they
will invest their time as it best suits them,
which means 1t Is nobOdy's affair but
their own. 1 venture to say that the rec
ORC of the library will show an increased
patronage Of the institution. AS 1t is, the
average man or woman who puts in
twelve hours per day in the store has ned
Their time nor desire to devote to reading.
My years association with the clerks
of Butte is evidence sufficient to me that
they are in honesty. intelligence, capable
ity, and conversation, the equals of n
like number Of men and women, in the
SuAAfN la AAAy w - AANS USAo
for has been granted to a great majority
of clerks throughout the country, and in
nearly every instance, employer and ems
ployee would not more think of returning
to the old style Of keeping open until
late in the evening than would a Butte
pioneer attempt, at his day, to make a
trip from Chicago to our city in a stage
coach, merely because he travelled in that
fashion on his first trip out, a generation
ago. The mode OF doing business has
undergone quite as radical a change as
that OF travel. Butte can offer no rea-
son that other cities could not present on
the subject OF early closing, yet Butte Is
among the exceptions Of working long
hours. No city boasts of a greater pro-
portion of organized labor than does
Butte. 1t is safe to say that Is per cent,
of the men that the clerks of Butte cater
to are members of a union. Their sense
of justice should be all that is necessary
to enlist the m in the cause If the unions
that endorse the movement are consistent
then the question will settle itself, be-
cause il the working men do not purchase
after 6 p. M. there will he no necessity
tor keeping open after that hour, and the
merchant, as we'll as the clerk, will have
cause to bless The promoters Of the early
closing movement, for they will be bene-
fitted with shorter hours and VIII have
suffered nc loss in business. If on the
other hand, the workingman persists in
trying to get into the store after s p. M,
then it is his fault. and his union should
discipline him. With best wishes to the
, members of No.. u, I am yours fratar-
nally, HUGH CAVANAUGH.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-02
According to Mrs. Christians
Allegations.
SHE WANTS A DIVORCE
That He Beat Her and
Also Accused Her of I'm
chastity

Susan M. Christian is suing Stephen
Christian for divorce, her complaint be-
ing filed today. She alleges that the de-
PENDANT and herself were united in mar
riage in New York City on the 2Sth Of
August 1884; hat the defendant has
treated her IN a cruel and inhuman man.
ner. On the 25th Of December 1899, she
he struck her on the arm with a
rolling pin n then beat her about the
head and body with his fists, punctuating
the thumps with EXPLANATIONS laden with
accusations of u~nchastity. She further
alleges that on January / he brutally
kicked her in the face and struck her witt,
his fists, following the assault with an
attack on the household furniture, OF
which he destroyed a lot.
The plaintiff also alleges that Christian
has repeatedly accused her of u%nchastity
and his accusations were publ. in
the newspapers of the city; that he has
stopped her credit at the stores and she
AND her children have Consequently suf-
fered for the necessaries of life; that
there are six children and she wants their
custody along with a decree of divorce
alimony and the household furniture
which h values at $50.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-02
AN EASTERN VIEW.
Cincinnati, O., Feb. %, 1900

Cincinnati. O., Feb. %, 1900.
To the Clerks Union, Butte. Mont:
Through the medium Of the press Of
your city, I have become somewhat IA
miliar with the agitation relative to the
shorter work day for the clerks.
/ congratulate you and the membership
of Union No. Il, on the SUCCESS of the
Grand Opera house meeting. AT this
distance, it looks as though a gathering
SO representative should exercise an in
fluence that would mean the early and
successful elimination Of this movement,
the justice, righteousness and economy
of which cannot be successfully disput.
ed. The day will come in Butte. as it
has in nearly every mercantile center,
when merchant, customer, and clerk will
express surprise that such a Anticipated
system should have been retained so
long after it had been abolished in nearly
every other city of any consequence in
the business world. with accord they
will exclaim, why were we so short
sighted as not to see that it was to the
disadvantage of none, but rather bene-
fetal to all that the early closing hour
should be adooted?"
I note in the controversy, as it APP
pears in the papers. hat the opposition
to the six o'clock movement comes from
Clerk and Another Clerk" A care
full reading of the communications over
these signatures suggests the thought
that the writer's had either c~aucussed, or
Wnat ID 6VenmOre prODaDle, that they
composed a trinity In the strictest sense
Of the term. The chief argument pre-
scented agains the shorter work-day Is a
warning that the wages Of the clerks will
be reduced in proportion to the number
of hours the day is to be shortened, from
which we are to infer that these annoy
NOUS writer's imagine hat clerks are
paid for the number of hours they re-
main In the store, rather for the part
they take in the business in which they
are engaged. Surely there Is no clerk
so ignorant OF economics that does not
know that his wages are not paid out OF
the capital of his employer. The wages
of the clerks is considered when deter
mining the selling price of the article,
just the same as are the items Of rent.
light. heat, taxes, etc.
Now. il the same volume of business
IL to be done in Butte, the stores closing
at six p. M, as where they kept open
until 8 or $3.50, which no one for a mo-
ment questions. why should the clerks
be threatened with a reduction Of wages?
The statement "that q careful investiEa-
tion shows that in every city where the
early closing movement has been inau-
gurated wares hav been reduced 20 per
cent" is so at variance with the facts
that it will not bear the slightest inves-
tigation. The history of the industrial
movement proves the contrary. Wages
are higher in every calling where the
thours of. labor ave been reduced than
they were on the long hou system.
The fear that one of h trio enterta'n MS
that better conditions, viz. shorter hours
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-02
STANDARD LIBEL
CASE DISMISSED,

The suit brought by William R. Ben
ham against the Anaconda Standard to
recover judgment for SO. 10000 damages
for the publication of an alleged false
and defamatory article about him on
September %, 1897. vas dismissed for
want OF prosecution in Judge Ciancy's
court to-day.
When the title Of the action was called
by the judge, c. P. Connolly, the coun-
ty attorney. asked that the name OF j.
K. Mcdonald. one of the Anaconda COM
pany attorneys, and his own name be
entered as counsel for the defendant. He
then said his side was ready to proceed.
bailiff stepped into the corridor and
called Benham. but there was nc re-
spouse and the judge dismissed the case,
taxing the costs to the plaintiff.
The suit was filed on October IL, 1897,
the complaint alleging that in its issue
OF September %, of that year., the Stand
and contained an article. the heading OF
which was as follows: "Benham Starv-
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-02
ELLIOT WILSON Is
APPOINTED RECEIVER.

In response to the petition Of Clara A.
Larkin n Burdette O'Connor for the
appointment of a receiver for the Snoho-
mish and Tramway mining claims, Judge
Clancy last evening named Elliot H. Will
SON as such receiver and fixed his bond
at 5000. The bond was approved be-
tween 8 and 9 O'Clock, John Noyes ard
John Mcinniss being the sureties.
Some time ago Judge Knowles appointed
General Harris receiver for the same
properties and Mr.. Harris has been con
Quoting operations there. He will, it is
understood. continue in the work, but Mr.
Wilson wall also have a hand in it..
Mr.. Watson is also receiver for the Min.
ME Healey mine n is operating it to the
best possible advantage.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-02
STATE TREASURES REPORT.

The report Of the state treasurer
filed Wednesday by Deputy George NJ.
Hays. shows that during February.
$50, O89.2 IS were received by the state
and sos, 972.13 paid out. There were
$641, 316.6 SO in the several state funds
yesterday. The permanent school fund
had 1910, 927. Sc in cash and securities
and the state university SIC, 377.67. Tbs
following balances We're In the more
important state funds at the end of the
month:
Permanent school, $685., 463. Sc; school In
come. 81, 1893. 9S; university bond. 49, 2l. IS;
permanent university, tic, 010. so: normal
school bond. SIS. 707. on; agricultural col
;lege bond, $685. IS; reform school build
ing. 81, 766 ~; state capitol building, 1884,
475.15: general, $26. 1895. 40: stock inspector
and detective, $31. 663.O8; stock indemnity,
SO, 419. 65: sheep inspection and indemn-
ity, 6.998. Y; state examiners, : .675; es-
$S06 SO; agricultural college income. &c.
S79. 68: horticultural board. $501.40.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-02
CLERKS, WITH MUSIC AND CHEERING
CELEBRATE SHORTER WORKING DAY

procession and played Jubilee melodies
which gave the tubas am opportunity to
laugh in harmony with tine exuItant
squeal Of the piccolo. Rag time muse, m
dicative of the mirth and happiness, pre-
dominated, n the marching clerks cake
walked in the streets until the mud spread
itself out in fiat humility to the soles Of
the statesmen. After the marching sales
men came a procession of carriages head
ed by a 'bandwagon in which the m
ployes of the Davis & Wednesday, COM
pany rode. and which was followed by a
number OF carria ges filled with the roses
OF organized labor-handsome young
saleswomen.
After marching about the streets the
procession returned to the Auditorium
and d!shanded.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-02
REWARr.

The undersigned will pay the sum OF
twenty-five hundred dollars ($2. 500. O0) to
dersigned vita Information which viii
lead to the detection and conviction Of
any person or persons or corporations.
who have heretofore or may hereafter
trespass upon and extract n remove
pres or minerals from any Of the under.
ground workings beneath the surface u
those portions Of the Michael Dewitt lode
claim. which are included within injunc-
tons issued by the state or United States
courts OF Montana.
MINING COMPANY.
BY c. s. Batterman. Asst supt.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-02

ed Cows-The butcher kept them a week
without food-Was Incredible cruelty
From the time they were driven Into TN
pen until they We're Slaughtered he gave
them little water"
Then followed an article in which II
was stated that Benham had a COW pen
out near the race track and had kept q
few cows and a bull In 1t = week without
giving them much food and only one
barrel Of water; that A. r. Recore, q
neaghbor. had sworn out q warrant for
the arrest Of Benham.
Benham was tried in Justice Traps
court for the offense with which Recore
had charged him and acquitted. He
then brought the damage suit against
years ago Elder disappeared and never
returned,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-02
RE

The undersigned viii pay the sum Of
twenty-five hundred dollars ($2. 500. 00) to
any person or persons furnishing the un-
aersigned with Information which will lead
to the detection ana conviction Of any
person or persons or corporations who
have heretofore or may hereafter tres
pass upon and extract and remove ores
or minerals from, any of the underground
workings beneath the surface Of the
Pennsylvania Lode Claim, Lot No. liz. In
Silver Bow county. Montana.
BOSTON AND MONTANA CONSOLE
DATED COPPER AND SILVER MIN.
ING COMPANY.
BY c. S. Batterman. Asst Supt.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-02
ACCIDENT UNAVOIDABLE.

The accident which resulted in the
death of Milton Keller was unavoidable
That was the verdict If the c~oroner's Jury
which investigated the case last night.
The accident occurred at the moonlight
mine Friday night. Keller and David
Gann.Nan were at work in the 900 level
when a slab of ledge matter fell, crush
ing Keller. INJURY him internally, break
ing both legs and an arm.
Deputy State Mining Inspector Franz,
Hunter testified that in his Judgment. the
place was properly timbered and nc
blame could be attached to any one for
the accident,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-02
ST. PAUL AND ST. LOUIS

The Northern Pacific 10 the only line
operating the Pullman Standard sleeping
cars from Anaconda to st. Paul and st.
Louis. Two sleeping cars are now On the
night train out of Anaconda and Butte;
one from Anaconda via Billings and the
Burlington route to st. Louis and one
from Butte to st. Paul, no change of cars
between these points.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-02

"Six. six.
There it sticks,
''That is what we shout
I'VE will get it
"You can bet 1t
'"Then the clerks turn out"
That was the slogan of the clerks union
last night as they paraded in the cele-
bration OF the shorter WORK day. The
marching statesmen shouted it I'm chorus.
and the pretty s~alesgirls sang it in shril1
treble aus they rode through the. long
line of spectators, and waved their hand
kenchiefs at everyone in gleeful good fell
lowship over h success of their under
taking.
The Boston & Montana band headed the
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-02

After a days busy toll. nothing brings
better cheer than a bottle OF Muntxer's
superb beer. Noted for its excellence
and strengthening properties. Call up
Butte Brewery, bottling department.
'Phone .252.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-02
AT THE HOTELS.

The Butte-M. A. Miller. M. D., Dill.
Ion; A. H. s. Bird, Salt Lake: Miss Kid
der. Miss Singer, Louis James and wife
Collin Kemper, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
B. Hanford.~ Washington, D.. c.; NJ. A
Mead, Chicago; ]. s. Green, North Da.
kota: Lee Hirsch, N. Y; VIM. Warder
Portland; Frank B. Hilton, st. Paul;
L. S. Brown. Butte; Ransom Cooper
Great Falls: Henry j. o. Hanlon, FIT
Benton: NJ. c. Fish, N. Y; James Boyd
Hubbell, st. Paul; w. HI. Schaeffer
Kansas City: d. N. Snyder, Anaconda;
c. o. Fuller. Stuart: F. M. Reiff. Seattle
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-02

The McDermott-Mrs. Henry Wander
hoff, N. r.: W. H. Brinkerhoff. Cadiz,
O.; ]. E. Bradley, st. Louis; James Con-
ley and wife. Deer Lodge; F. 7. Jones,
ton: H. Slack, Chicago; May Weed Clarke
San Jose, Cal; II. Curron. Marysville.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-02

John H. Olson, N0uslc Teacher and Or
chestra. 126 West Granite.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-27
A Word to Mothers.

Mothers of children, affected with
Group or q severe cold need not hesitate
TO administer Ohamberlain's Cough
Remedy. Ii contains no opiate nor
narcotic in any form and may be given
as confidently to the babe as to an
adult. The great success that has at.
tended its use in the treatment Of colds
aud Group has won for IL the approval
aud praise II has received throughout
the United States and in foreign lands.
For sale by NJ. NJ. Lewis. druggist.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-27
Exports of Corn.

During the fiscal year 1901 only
2O7 per cent Of our corn crop was ex-
ported, says The National Stockman.
Since that time the trade has grown
with very little interruption until In
the fiscal year just closed 1907 per
cent was exported, or about one bushel
in every ten has gone abroad during
the past year in spite Of high prices
and restriction of trade at times by
lack Of vessels. Some years ago a far
seeing business man predicted that
corn would never be burned again, but
that it would gradually approach
wheat in price. The first part Of his
prophecy seems to have been fulfilled,
and the second part may be. Corn is
produced in a limited area as compared
with wheat, and If worldwide de-
mand calls for the product Of this linn
tied territory prices are likely to even
tually rise nearer to a parity with
wheat
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-27
Saving Straw.

A Kansas correspondent Of The
Farmers Tribune calls attention to the
great waste on many farms by the
careless way In which the straw is put
up, not in gracks, but in piles, usually
by a gang of boys who think they are
doing all that is expected Of them If
they can keep it out of the way of the
carrier or the elevator. We think there
are farmers nearer than Kansas who
have the same fault and lose money by
It. Straw is too valuable as a rough
fodder in sections where hay is high
priced to be wasted as it often is. And
even where hay is cheap there are uses
for straw as mulch, as matching and
bedding, for which it Is worth more
than hay. Put a good man at the
straw stack or build n good stack Of
the straw after the thrashing is over
and then try to learn how to save mon
ey by making profitable use Of that
which is now going to waste.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-27

The origin of agriculture. says Pro-
fessor A. c. Iladden In knowledge, is
lost IN the mists Of antiquity. We
know that in neolithic times in Europe
eight kinds Of cereals were cultivated,
besides fax, peas, peoples, apples,
pears, bullace plums. etc. At the same
time various animals were domesticat-
ed. Among these were horses, short
horned oxen. horned sheep, goats, two
breeds Of pigs and dogs. Professor w.
Boyd Dawklns says that evidence goes
to show that these animals were not
domesticated I'm Europe, but probably
In the central plateau Of Asia. He also
thinks that agriculture arose I'm the
south and east Of Europe and spread
gradually 10 the center, north and
west. 4 hunting population is often
very averse to even the slight amount
Of work that agriculture requires in a
tropical country. The same holds good
as a rule for pastoral communities. In
all cases a powerful constralnt is nee
essary to force these peoples into un-
congenial employment. Fate is strong
or than will, and Mt various periods in
different climes hunters and herders
have been forced to till the soil.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-27
Honest FrnnIr sfnrhncI,.

Concerning Frank Starbuck, the cy-
ellst who was badly hurt recently, an
old timer has this to say: 81 remember
distinctly when Starbuck first came to
New York. 1t was in 1893, and he was
on his uppers. He entered in six day
race in Madison Square Garden and
borrowed $40 to get something to eat.
After riding "a hours he was forced to
go to sleep. When he was wakened,
his knees were doubled up under his
chin, and it was with difficulty that
they were Strengthened out. lie won
some money In the short distance races
In the Garden, and with this and $50
more that he borrowed from Fred Van
Siclen he went to Iowa to see his folks.
Two years later he appeared in Phila-
delphia, won race, and the first thing
be did afterward was to peel off $50
bill and hand 1t to Van Siclen. He was
honest to the core, was old Star and
he is the only man except Nelson who
ever fairly and sQuarely beat Jimmy
Michael"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-27
FOR THE FARMER.


Well fed land is never 50 we'll off as
when kept in active operation, says w.
T.. Farmer in The American Agricul-
turist. 1t IS much like a strong. healthy
man. II suffers more from idleness
than from hard work. First see to 1t
that the soil gets plenty to eat-rich
barnyard md chemical fertilizers,
green manurlng and similar food-and
then work Il and use 1t. The more 1t il
cultivated and planted the better Will
It be able to produce crops. Feed land
with heavy fertilizers and only half
work it, and 1t grows sour, and the
plant food cannot be taken mp by the
plants. 1t Is just as bad for the land
as IL Is To feed a boy with rich nourish-
ing food. and then let him lie around
idle and do nothing We take food IN
to our systems to make strength. which
in turn must be exerted in order to
produce the necessary good results.
There is no danger Of oycrworking
land provided it is fed literally. The
abandoned aud run down farms that
we read so much about owe their con-
dition to poor management The trOu-
bic has not been i'm the soil, but in the
farmers. who have generation after
generation robbed the land. They did
not understand how TO manage H. Some
farmers have an idea that robbing the
soil means raising too many and large
crops on Il. Not a bit OF It. RObbing
the soil Is simply taking from it and
never putting anything back Now, on
good soil you can raise two or three
crops q year. and If properly handled it
viii not be robbed Of it's fertility. On
the contrary, is power Of production
will even be increased. 1t is all I'm
knowing how.
The knowing how is simple too. 1t Is
merely a matter Of feeding and cult
waiting. Put back the barnyard ma
nure. rotate the crops, cultivate thor
oughly. and the secret Of success IS
yours. The more we use our land the
more productive IT becomes. because
by constant stirring and culdyating we
improve the mechanical conditions Of
the soil, so that it is better fitted to fur
nlsh the right conditions FOR seeds and
growing plants. The more the soil is
cultivated the easier it is for the mois-
ture TO penetrate it, and the under
ground springs prove a source Of per-
ennial moisture for the plants when
the air around is dry and parching. At
the same time the fertilizing elements
Of the subsoi are reached by plant
roots. which are enabled to penetrate
far down below the surface. Finally
nearly all of our fertilizers that we APP
ply TO the soil need stirring up occa-
sionally to do their best good. They
need to be brought into more direct
contact with the atmosphere. sun and
rains to make them Immediately avail
able as plant food,
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-09-27
A to Crnnl.s and Gears.

W. L. Ball, who for several years
was among the very first rank Of Eng
lands racing men, after years Of ex-
pertinent, has finally returned to the
six and one-half inch crank and the SO
inch gear. Mr.. Ball, in explaining his
reversion to the short crank and low
gear, states that in his opinion the
matter Of gear and crank varies with
every particular style Of rider. In his
case, being an old time racing man, be
is a very fast pedaler. His action is
otherwise naturally light and quick, so
that he finds, with the free wheel to
relieve him Of excessive pedaling down
hill and to give him an invaluable and
momentary rest at times, that he is
well suited with a short crank and a
low gear. According to Mr.. Balls
theory, when rapid pedaling is natural,
a short crank and low gear are the best,
but for slow and powerful riders q
higher gear and longer crank are more
suitable, the length Of the crank and
the amount of gear being In proportion
to the physical make up of the rider.