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The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-09
Arch Dedication Tonight.

Be out to hear the Boston & Montana
band at the dedication of the street car
nival arch tonight. The services of the
band have been donated by Manager
Ben King, Of the saucer track. who has
their services engaged each evening.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-09

Race horses are not in it for time
compared with the motor tandem. So
1t at tn esaucer tonight.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-09

H. A. Ganke, who has won much suc-
cess as an orchestra leader in New York
City. is in Butte visiting friends. Mr..
Ganke was, a humber of years ago, 4
resident of Missoula. He WILL visit that
place before returning to the metropolis.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-09

CATION NOTICES, QUARTZ,
placer, water rights, mill site location
all the patent blanks for mining
claims can be had at the Inter Noun
tain office
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-09

At the Finlen-John Kaiser. Phillips
burg: A. E. Taber. Great Falls; Henry
Young. Spokane; Philip Eolger Sar
Francisco; j. Blankfield, New York: r
J. Johannes, Helena: George G. Mars
ton, Helena: Mrs. G. NJ. Dolan. Sar
Francisco; Estele Mundt, Portland
George A. Cook. Missoula.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-09

Race horses are not in 1t for time COM
pared With the motor tandem. See it at
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-09

FOR SALE-OR LEASE, 400 ACRES
good hay land. seeded this year to
t'----.-- alfalfa and clover; 100 acres
good pasture. two good water rights
with never failing supply: bitches in
first-class condition; unlimited range.
This is the best cattle or sheep ranch
in the state. Must be disposed of within
the next two weeks; for further par
ticulars apply to w. D. Clark. Butte,
CITY Montana.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-09

COPPER MINING QUOTATIONS
Boston, Mass, July 0.-The copper

Ladies can enjoy the sport at the
saucer free.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-09

The crowd goes wild when the motor
appears. See for yourself tonight.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-09
Visiting Musicians.

Motor tandem at the saucer track.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-09

QUIT CLAIM, BARGAIN AND SALE.
warranty grant deeds, chattel mort
gage, assignment. affidavits, and all
forms of legal and mining blanks, at
the Inter Mountain Office.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-09
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

At the Butte-H. E. Goessler. Mime
apolis; Mrs. Barbara O'Neil, Deer Lodge
John McDermott. Drummond: u. J
Browning, Sand Creek: E. H. Callister
Salt Lake: T. p. Cullen, Glendive; Ruth
Elsie Kellogg, Whitehall: G. F. Livesly
Portland; Phil Livesly, Portland; H. A
Groves. Webster City, Iowa: w. B. Dick.
enson and wife. Minneapolis: S. Gler
Vinson. Mansfield. O.: Charles NJ. Pro
vost, Pittsburg, Pa; r. T. Casey, Min
neapolis; B. Merwin. Anaconda.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-25
$1,000 FOR A BOOK.
Old Volumes Bring Big Prices at e
Boston Sale.

Boston. April 25.-At Libbies in selling
the French library the first of the Grolier
club vellum books brought $1.600. the top
price for a single volume It was cata-
logued as "A decree of star chamber con-
cerning printing, made July II, 1887 Re
printed for the Grolier club from the first
edition, 1887. New York, 1884 Charles
Scribners Sons the purchasers, ALSO took
several other vellum copies of the Groller
books at record prices, namely, the
sRubaiyat Of Omar Hhayyam, for 81, 100;
Matthews Modern Book Binding $500;
Charles Reade's Peg Woffington,' $3.50:
Devines' "Christoper Plantin, $3.50. and
the phil obiblion of Richard Pc Burr
1925. Seventy of the CfrOlier publications,
including twenty-six catalogues of the
club exhibitions, at 81 each, brought 81
259 Outside of the Grolier club works
more record prices were obtained. Gold
smiths Vicar of Wakefield, a rare first
edition, sold for $3l0 to Little, Brown &
Co: Gautier's Mademoiselle De Maupin
went to Dodd. Meade & Co. for $40. and
Garrett's -Elizabethan Songs on Japa-
nese vellum. for $780, First editions of
Hawthorne and Holmes brought figures
higher than those at the famous Arnold
sale in New. York Holmes .-Autocrat" !"
an autograph copy. went for s51O to J. o.
Wright of New York: Herrick 5 Hespe-
rides. first edition. 1920, to Geo. H. Rich
rnOnd of New York
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SHORT LINE WINS:
Fight Between Clark and Hartman
Won by the Latter.

Salt Lake, Utah, April 25.-The long
local fight for the possession of the
abandoned Oregon Short Line right Of
way through southern Nevada and
southwestern Utah between Senator w.
A Clark of Montana and the Oregon
Short Line, representing the Hartman
interests. has been settled in favor of
the Oregon Short Line.
According to a telegram received from
Washington by General Attorney VIII
hams of the Oregon Short Line. the
commissioner of the general land office
has reversed the decision of the Carson
City land office to the effect that the
claims of the Oregon Short Line and
Utah Northern and the Utah, Nevada
& California roads were without merit
and recommends the approval of the
maps filed by the Utah. Nevada & Cal
ifOrnia road, organized two years agO
in the interests of the Oregon Short
Line. It was over this right of way that
the construction for the Oregon Short
Line and Clark interests have so nearly
come into conflict. Vice President and
General Manager Bancroft of the Ore
gon Short Line said tonight that the
work of construction would continue t.
be pushed
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Western Contracts in Two
Weeks Reach 200, 900 Tons.
Almost All of This Amount Is
Steel.
THE OUTPUT OF RAILS
Expected to Exceed Any Year
Since the Early Eighties.
Trolley Line Building Growing
to Enormous Proportions.

Cleveland. April 24.-The Iron Trade
Review, discussing trade conditions
this week, says:
The buying pace has subsided some
what in the past week and the lull can
only be welcome to overcrowded mills.
The large business done in the Chicago
district with the implement manufac-
turers and other buyers of bars, is the
chief exception to the rule of light buy
ing; rails are another. It is estimated
that the western bar contracts closed
in the past two weeks will approximate
two hundred thousand tons, almost all
OF 1t steel The activity in rails in view
OF the advance to $28, effective May 1,
which is expected to be made this week.
Ihe year promises to make a record for
rail tonnage unequalled since the early
SOS Trolley line building is growing
to remarkable proportions. Cleveland
alone has contributed contracts and in
quIr1es totalling 81, 600 tons in Nhe past
week for electric lines and the NCleve-
land syndicates working in diIerent
parts of the country have fully >Ss5O
miles of such roads either under con-
struction or ready for the contractors.
Track laying as a factor in the pres
ent prosperity has scarcely been ap-
preciated. Some of the rail mills are
unable to promise deliveries short of
October and the indications are that
the scarcity of billets due to the large
eAtOAl1t u Sl6eA SOll5 INTO the 1allS
viii be a feature for some months
The fact that the agricultural works in
the Chicago district have come into the
market thus early for their next sea-
sons supply is significant of the heavy
demand for implements and for har-
vesting machinery that has developed
in many cases, taking up all the stock
carried over and all that had been
planned for this year.
The favorable character of the gov
ernment crop reports is another factor
of which more and more is sure to be
heard in railroad buying as the season
advances Railroad equipment pur-
chases are likely to make a new rec
ord this year, car works capacity being
taken for n onths ahead. There is no
sign yet of the speculative buying that
produced the furore in 1899
In fact the parallel to 1899 of which
there is occasional talk, has no exist
ence- Buyers of pig iron are not work
ing up any anxiety on a runaway mar
ket and are very philosophicaly watch
ing the situation and buying for their
needs in the next three or four months
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Higher Waters Appear to Be in
Store For Ohio Valley.
Stage Of Fifty-eight Feet Passed
at Cincinnati.
RATE OF RISE GREW
During the Night Owing to
Floods in Tributaries.
Situation Has Reached the
Point of Great Distress.

Cincinnati. April 25-The flood sit
uation in this part Of the Ohio valley
is much worse today. 1t was expected
that it would reach its limit today here
exceed 5S feet at Cincinnati or eight
feet above the danger line. 1t passed
the stage of 5S feet here last midnight
and the conditions for almost 200 miles
UP the river are equally as bad
The rise here yesterday afternoon
was at the average rate of One-half
inch per hour but during the night the
average rate of rising increased owing
to rising tributaries below the Kama
wha, especially the Big Sandy, which
had previously been falling. While the
limit of the present flood may be reach
ed today, it is feared that the new
floods may keep the river about station
ary, when there might be a second flood
The worst conditions are reported
Huntington, CattlesOurg. lronton and
Portsmouth and the smaller places ia
that district have reached the point OF
great distress.
Since midnight the Ohio river here has
risen seven-tenths of a foot. The stage
at noon was 5S.7. As the river is still
rising as far US as Catlettsburg and the
Kanawha at Charleston Is again rising
the inference is reasonable that the rise
here cannot be checked before tomor-
row by which time it may reach a stage
of 60 feet or over. The weather here is
clear Contrary to expectations the Ohio
river is still rising slowly at Ironton-
NdAHONING BREAKS ALL RECORDS
Youngstown, O., April 25.-The Ma
honing river this morning broke all rec
ords for high water, being u inches
above the greatest flood ever known in
the valley and is still rising an inch per
hour. Through the city the river is a
mile wide and has swept away every
thing loose within reach. The pumps At
the waterworks have been working un-
der water since last night and If breaks
in the machinery occur. the city viii bs
at the mercy of the elements. During
the night the f1remen were active with
boats rescuing citizens from the sub
merged dwellings. The Pennsylvania
freight depot is entirely surrounded by
water and traffic is blocked until the
floods recede. During the night a wash
out occurred on the Erie between here
and. Sharon and passenger trains are be-
ing run over the main line from Shen-
ango to Leavittsburg.
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HELD RESPONSIBLE.
Judgment Against Railroad Co.
in Two Important Cases.

St. Louis. April 25.-Because an en-
p1oye remains in the employ of the COM
pany when he well knows that a risiz
is assumed by so doing, does not re-
lieVe the employer of the responsibility
if accidents occur. This is the gist of
an opinion handed down by the United
States court of appeals in the case Of
the Southern Pacific company, plaluttL
in error, against Katie Yeargin, as ad-
ministratrix of the estate Of T. J. Year
gin, deceased.
The suit was originally filed in the
federal court of Utah by Katie 1eargtni
who sought to recover damages for the
death of her husband. who was an en-
gineer on the Southern Pacific until
killed in 1899 in a collision with q
Judgment in the lower court was
given for Mrs. Yeargin. and from this
the company appealed on a writ OF er-
ror. One of the instructions which the
defendant asked the judge to give the
jury was that Shriver. engineer Of the
helper, was a fellow servant. and If II
was proven that his fault caused the in
jury, the plaintiff could not recover
The lower court refused
Judge An los Thayer, who wrote the
opinion of the appellate court. held that
the lower court was correct in this and
said that If the helper engine had had
a headlight which could have been seen
two miles and half instead of one
that could be seen only $50 yards. Year
gin might have seen it in time to have
dent. The trial court had refused to ii'-
struct the jury that If Yeargin knew
that it was the practice of the defend
ant company to use only an ordinary
lantern on the rear of this helper. engine
when it was running backward. be.
with this knowledge. assumed the risk
incident to it. Judge Thayer said that
if such was upheld it would enable cna-
ployers to exercise reasonable care IN
providing them with tools. machinery
and appliances ordinarily safe and
adapted to the uses to which they are
to be applied
The opinion stated that as the record
disclosed no error the decision Of the
Sanborn dissenting, held that the rail
road company was not guilty Of negli-
gence. but that the accident was caused
by the act of a fellow servant and that
accordingly the case should have been
reversed.
when there IS a comparatively safe
and a more dangerous way known to
servant by means of which he may dis
charge his duty it is negligence for him
to select the more dangerous method.
and he thereby assumes the risk of. the
injury which its use entails" So hehl
the United States court Of appeals IN
John Morris as plaintiff in error against
the Duluth. South Shore e. Atlantic
Railroad company appealed from the
United States circuit court for the dis
trict of Minnesota.
Morris sued for damages for the loss
Of a leg while coupling cars. charging
the railroad company with negligence.
The decision of the lower court, for tAe
defendant, was sustained
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-25
Mrs. Sarah Ann Sells Who Died Suddenly Today.

the island had been much improved de-
spite staten ents made by "a small ele-
ment of the population in a spirit of
pessimism." To this assertion of DR..
Rowe. exception is taken by WencesIao
Borda. Jr.. a member of the commission
chosen by the planters, bankers and
merchants association of Porto Rico
to present to the United States govern
ment the ideas of that organization re-
garding the state affairs on the island,
particularly in connection with the Hol-
lander revenue law.
Our people are starving" said Mr.
BOrda in an interview, and the island
is in a worse condition under the rule
of Gov Allen than it ever was before.
even when Spain held sway. So hope
less is the state of affairs that fathers
sell their aUghters to keep them from
dying of hunger These people who say
the country is flourishing are the office
holders, representatives of that class
of professional politicians into which
Gov. Allen has fallen-the lowest class
of all the islands inhabitants.
This tax law to which we object was
framed by Prof HolIander, a theOrist
with no practical knowledge of Porto
Rico. 1t was passed by the insular leg
islators a few minutes before they ad-
journed. Gov. Allen signed the meas
ure Immediately, although he had a
right to wait for ten days, which we,
who objected to the law, had every rea-
son to expect him to do Meanwhile,
sure that he would wait, we called a
mass meeting Of the business men from
all over the island. It was by that meet
ing that we were appointed commits
SiOnerS- Those who appointed US repre-
sent so per cent of the money interests
of all Porto Rico, and they are not poll
ticians. The mission on which we have
been sent here involves the life and
death of our corporate success or demo-
lition in Porto Rico"
Mr.. Borda and his associate, Mr.. Bal
has have filed Is objections to the HOI-
lander revenue law Chiefly they pro-
test against the provision taking away
the right of redemption from the tax
payer who is delinquent for six months.
They object, too to the excise taxes.
especially the one of 80 cents a gallon
on rum.
Gov. Allen answers this last protest
of ours said Mr.. Borda. by saying
that the tax on rum in the United
States is 81. 20, so we ought not to COM
plain He forgets that the rum indus
try here is only incidental. while with
us it is a principal industry"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-25
MEET IN THE DARK.
Strange Doings of Holiness Church
in Minnesota

ST. Paul, Mimi. April 25-The Holy
Congregational church at Woodstock is
bringing to light the peculiar customs
of a religious society which has been in
existence there for some years, but
which until the present has never re-
ceived much public attention The So
ciety has for its motto Holiness Unto
the Lord" and was originated by 0. NJ
Brown, a blacksmith, who formerly re-
sided in that town.
Brown was an ingenious fellow and
though without education, he possessed
a strong influence over the people ne
gathered about him. Many persons of
some prominence Joined the ranks,
among them l. c. Presler q we'll -to-do
farmer, and a member of the COngreEa-
tional church, the board of investigation
of which will soon take up charges
against him. Preslsr became Browns
best pupil, and when financial difficulties
entangIed Brown and compelled him to
leave town Presler became the leader of
the sect. and in a short time could have
given his former teacher pointers with
out number IN religious peculiarities
The members of the sect are nearly all
members Of some church. although most
of them affiliate with the CONGREGATIONAL
church They hold meetings of their
own. at which no one is allowed to be
present except those known to be firm
to the belief. 1t is said that some of
these meetings are held IN the dark
and that those in attendance sit quietly
until the spirit moves them to speak,
sing or pray.
Presler is charged with bestowing the
holy kiss upon Mrs. c. 0. Gibson. a
member Of the flock. Each has a fam
fIy Presler says that he received an
inspiration from God to kiss Mrs Glib
son He IS also charged with refusing
to give up about so letters written to
him by Mrs. Gibson. All of the letters
begin:
Dear Brother Presler, the Holy man
of Cod and wind up: Yours in Jesus.
Zephyr Gibson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-25
ONCE TOO OFTEN.
Attempt Is Made to Extort Money by
Letter.

Chicago, April 25.-A special to the
Tribune from Morris. Ill says:
An attempt to obtain 500 by threat
ening letter was frustrated last night
by Sheriff johnson and his deputies
S D. Holderman of Erienna township,
a wealthy farmer, was the intended vic
tim At the appointed hour and place
the officers secreted themselves and
placed a dummy package in lieu of the
money. The writer Of the letter secured
the package, and in an attempt to es-
cape was seriously wounded. He gave
his name as Warren Wayne and his
home is in Indiana. He is about 90
wears old.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-25
PANIC IN JAPAN.
Twenty Banks at Osaka Sus-
pend Payment.

Yokohama. April 25.-Over 20 banks
have suspended payment at Osaka and
in the southern and central provinces.
The Bank of Japan has assisted them
but further trouble is apprehended. A
financial panic prevails.
New York, April 25.-A. NJ. Townsend,
local manager of the Hong Kong and
Shanghai Banking company was asked
for information today with reference to
the failure of banks in Osaka. He re-
Piled:
we have no advice regarding these
failures. They do not directly affect
foreign trade as they are only small ma
tive banks. The financial position in
Japan is strained and such failures are
expected
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was named for him.
WILL SELLS COMING.
A telegram was received at noon from
VIII. Sells. who is with the Sells-Gray
circuses in Alabama He will arrive in
Topeka tomorrow and the funeral will
probably not be held before Sunday.
VIII Sells had considerable trouble in
the circus business, both while he was a
performer and after he became a man
he was part owner of, failed after a sea-
sons bad business Two years ago Mrs.
Sells came to WINS rescue. and he was
enabled to go int partnership with Gray,
and for two years now they have had a
railroad show on the road
PROPERTY MAY GO TO GRANDSON
Mrs. Sells left viii. which was drawn
up several years ago.
The will is in the charge of P. I. Bone
Central bank 1t is not known what the
will contains, but it is generally supposed
that besides a few small bequeStS that
Mrs. Sells has left her fortune to Win
Sells son. who is about y years of age.
The grandson was a great faVorfte of the
It is supposed to have been the desire of
Allan Sells that his grandson inherit the
estate, and it is thought that Mrs Sells
carried out her husbands wishes.
MRS. SELLS DIAMONDS.
Mrs. Sells owned n large number of
diamonds, valued at several thousand
dollars. She wore them occasionally to
the theater and at home when entertain
ing company
Mrs. Sells was always fearful lest some
successful attempt would be made to
steal her jewels Several unsuccessful at
tempts have been made to enter the
house. Mrs. Sells always had private
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Contract Wife Recognized.

San Francisco. April 25.-The Examiner
says: Mrs Clara Kluge-Sutro has Sc
cured from the representatives of the
claims urged by her and her children
Adolph Sutro. jr-, aged g. and Adolphine
which is on the basis of $50 000 has been
agreed upon The woman claims to have
been the contract wife of the late mil
lionaire mayor. It is intimated that she
may secure the famous Cliff house as her
share of the estate. Before his death
Sutro executed a deed conveying to these
children real estate in this city which
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Blow al Christian science.

Atlanta, Ca, April 25.-Juqge J. H
Lurnpkin Of the superior court has dealt
Christian Science blow in Atlanta by
refusing to charter an institution for
the treatment of disease by the Christian
Science method In his decision tile
Judge says no person has the right to
treat disease unless he is either a reg
ularIy licensed medical practitioner or
will pass a complete examination before
the state medical examining board The
decision has excited much interest here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-25
GASOLINE LAMP EXPLODES

Mcpherson. Kan. April 24.-By the
explosion of a gasoline lamp in the CO.
operative store at Canton Tuesday
morning. two prisoners were badly
burned and a third. Bert Hubert. was
so badly burned that he may die. Hem
ry WedeI tried to fiji one Of the lamps
when it ignited and in attempting TO
throw It out Of doors It exploded
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Nc Consolidation.

New York. April 75.-President W. A.
Boland. of the Detroit and Chicago Trac-
ton company. denied the reports that ne
gotiations are under way between his
company and the Detroit Ypsilanti &
Ann ArbOr street railway looking to a
consolidation of the two corpora tons Mr.
Boland said: There IS no truth in the
report We will enter into no cOnsOlida-
ton and our road will be running to
Detroit by the first of October.',
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-25
IN JAIL FOR FRAUD.
Americans Exacted Money From ia
maican Laborers Wrongfully.

Kingston, Jamaica, April 25-Ffanl1
Fuller and Thomas Smith, Americans.
have been sentenced to six months i'm
prisonment for having made false con-
tracts here with Jamaican laborers to
work in Cuba. Fuller and Smith exact
ed passage money from each laborer
with whom they made contracts.