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The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-23
Divine Healer at Squawville.

There was a once a time In Squawville
when we helt the honest view
That our wisdom teeth an eye teeth was
protrudin' safely through.
That our savoy works was runnin' in the
slickest sort o style,
fabricated. so to put it. with the best o
wisdom lie,
But we got shuck down plenty an our
pride has TUX L tall
Through the smOOthness of a rooster with
noverfiOw o gall.
An although we quit the winner at the
closin' o. the game.
We are feelin' mighty keen humiliation jest
the same.
Come among us as an expert In the all
ment healin' line,
Had a power. he asserted, that was sa-
credly divine.
An his gift O. curin' people by the layin'
on o hands.
Aided by a tech O. prayer, give him fame
in many lands
He could cleanse the human 81 s.em o TIE
demons o disease.
Cause the lame to shake their clutches an
to hop around like feas.
Cut away the pail O. blindness :;s # with
magic sword,
Fur he had a silent pardner IN the person
o. the Lord.
Every man an every woman that was mar
borin' a pain
Come a fockin', and the Teller had no rea-
| son to complain
| O. the splendid sucker fishin'. fur they hit
at lively rate
! Jest "a fast as he could land .em-at MS
sanctimonious bait.
He would lay his hands upon 'em t'r
dollar bill per lay.
| Tell 'em that the power was workin. an
| to come agin next day.
| An to keep their faith a blazin. never lei
it spring q leak.
| Fur the Lord was shy o workin' when the
confidence was weak.
II a gentleman from Denver hadn't nap
| pened in the camp
with the startlin' information that th'
smooth appearin' scamp
Was an eixhteen-karat fakir. he would ":
be dom biz,
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-23
Towne Sees No Hope for Silver.

Charles A. Towne says in the New York
Sun:
'.The free silver question IS absolutely
dead in the west. It will not only not be
an issue in 1904. but I do not believe 1t
will be mentioned in the democratic plat
form or campaign. Our position on free
silver in 1896 and 1901 was misunder-
Stood We were not demanding more
market and profit for the silver mines,
but more money for the country to keep
up prices. God in his wise providence
has provided vast increase in the sup
ply of gold, and today there is more
money in the country than there would
have been If the gold supply had re-
manned stationary and the minis had been
opened to the free coinage of silver. So
long as the present condition continues
or the supply of gold continues to In
crease there can be no successful or
serious demand for the free coinage Of
silver. Certainly that demand cannot again
be made an issue in a national campaign
until there is a big change in industrial
or financial conditions"
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-23
Billy Mason as a Financier.

II was standing in the LOBBY of the
Auditorium in Chicago" remarked OK. Con-
gresham p. J. Somers recently, talking
with Senator William E. Mason of Illinois,
when a trampish-looking fellow came Tush-
ing in and addressing him said:
"'Billy, lend me SO; have a chance to
make 81 in fifteen minutes
BILLY went down In his trousers, fished
up 81 and 81 note. and passed them
over to the man.
"I want $40 to make the dco..' remarked
the man, as he stretched forth his hand
for additional all
'You said you could make s.. didn't
you?"
Eyes
"'Well, you've made g, and I'm 81 ahead.
See?'
'"The man saw the point ana regrertuliy
withdrew"
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-23
IN the INTEREST OF JUSTICE.

An enterprising daily newspaper at
Helena not many days ago published a
dispatch in which was related circum-
stantally the lynching of three horse
thieves near Judith Landing on the Mis-
souri, river. The story was published
broad asst, through the Associated Press,
before its purely fictional chacter was
discovered at home. No doubt the Hele-
ma newspaper has fully reprobated its
correspondent, who may have been in
realty the victim of practical joker, or
of one of those unconfirlhed rumors, Of
Topsyike character, so attractive to the
ambitious young reporter. Considera-
tions of professional integrity aside. it
seems incredible that any person in the
employ Of newspaper would invent and
publish such tragedy for the compen-
sation assured.
The end of the gruesome fiction is not
yet. From 1.-The International Council of
the World Governor Toole has ac-
knoWl dyed the offer of a reward of $500
for the capture and conviction of each
person implicated with Judge Lynch on
this retributive occasion. Whether the
humor contained in the correspondence
with Governor Toole is intended, or pure
~ Pickwickian, cannot be determined.
THE International Council Of the
World" which, without any Fremont
tory symptoms of BIRTH seems to have
come into existence to enjoy the especial
privilege of indicating civilized justice.
dallies with it's awesome stationery at
the city of Seattle. Now no one will ques-
ton the appropriateness of location, for
Seattle is perhaps the most promising
field this international Council of the
World" could have selected for invest
ment and operations.
True, the mysterious Council" ad-
herring to it's present policy, would have
rs Seattle is the very essence Of submits
sion and decorum in the matter of pros
ecuting murderers and assassins. Not
since Washington became state has
Seattle experienced any violence
OF vengeance. Man after man,
guilty of premeditated, cold-blooded
capital crime, has walked gaily into it's
court to be acquitted as innocent or IN
sane, or to be adjudged guilty of minor
offense against life. During it's compar-
atively brief existence on the map, the
county of which Seattle is the seat, has
been the scene of at least eighty MUIR
ders of all varieties of brutality, and it's
citizens are still living in the dim hope
that legal hanging may some day
break the monotony of their criminal jul
rsprudence.
Instead, therefore, of extending its en-
erges to the far away Missouri, and con-
filming it's quest to lynchers, it might
profit more the real purpose of the en-
ternational Council of the World'' to
amend it's constitution and bylaws so as
to provide by offer of reward for little
wholesome bee at home. Or, if it shrinks
from the eye-for-eye process it might
adopt such changes in its charter as
would enable it to enter the market with
bids and bonuses for juries and prosecu-
tors who would convict few of the local
celebrities now enjoying liberty and dis
tinction as opponents of murder consid-
cred as fine art.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-23
kRuofR's DlscovRAG,N6 SITUATION.

Mrs. kruger's death may exert potent
influence toward bringing the Boer war
to a close. President Kruger is now left
in almost absolute loneliness at the
Hague. His family are far away
at Pretoria. He is fast growing
feeble and decrepit. Soon he will
have to carry on conversation like
a deaf person, as his hearing isnearly ex-
tinct, and hopelessly so. With few
faithful countrymep at his side, and in
the land Of the sympathetic Hollander,
he is surrounded by British spies effect
lively The fund of nearly $4,000, 900 he
secured from the wreck of his govern
ment avails the brave men at home
nothing. Distributed between four con-
tinental banks Lord Salisbury is said
to know as much about its disposition
as Kruger himself.
1t seems to be impossible to supply
De Wet and Botha with funds or war
ture of either, owing to the vigilance OF
the British secret service. The Euro
pean governments have been appealed to
in vain for intervention. None of the
continental powers signatory to the
Hague treaty will submit a formal petit
ton to Great Britain. Holland is willing
to do so, but would have to secure the
approval of Lord Salisbury as ster
precedent. Every service of sympathy
and friendship possible under the cir.
cumstances has been performed by the
United States. When theatric France
Emperor William and fraternal Holland
declined to make any positive advance
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-23

An the circulatin' mejum O. the camp be
mostly his.
He had roped us in a plenty, an, to even
up the play.
He was led to do some ropin' in recipro-
cative way,
An we thought when he was swingin In
the breezes from q limb
That the cure was quite effective when we
laid our hands on him.
-Dcuver Post.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-23
EXTENSION OF TIME BUFFALO
TICKETS.

The Oregon Short Line will sell round
trip tickets to Buffalo at $64.50, good for
return sixty day. On sale first and
third Tuesdays each month. City
ticket Office los North Main St., Butte,
Mont
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-23

Let's see; we haven't heard of any to
our democratic friends shouting s and 10
cent wool lately. What's tho matter, boys;
Does 15-cent wool lie heavy on your stom
ach?-Big Timber Pioneer.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-23

Democrats who announce that the policy
of their party is warfare against trusts
and imperialism should add. This pro.
gramme is subject to change. "-Missoulian
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-23

The escape of the Montana train robher.
merely proves that it is usually the best
mounted men who win in a rough and
ready race across the country.-Lewistor
Democrat.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-23
BRIGHT IDEAS OF MONTANA EDITORS

The nearest approach to ''skin game
seen with the circus yesterday was the
tattooed lady in the side show.-Kalispell
Bee, d,
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-23

If any porter had attempted to put
Calamity Jane off at Buffalo he would
never have furnished material for another
song on that subject.-Lvingston Enter
prise.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-23

That American sentinel at Pekin who
shot at one German soldier and hit an
other a quarter of mile away should be
severely punished. That is not the kind
of marksmen we want in our army.-Hel-
ena Record. %
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-23

Minnesota expresses surprise that the rest
of the country doesn't applaud her release
of the Younger brothers. Minnesota has
simply listened to the dime novel stories Of
these desperadoes until she Is bewitched.-
Great Falls Tribune.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-23

Great Falls Tribune.
Out of As road trustees that have been
appointed in the various counties. only
eight have accepted the position. The at
torney general has given an opinion that
in case no one can be found to serve the
county commissioners have ample power
to care for the roads.-Miik River Eagle.
Henry NJ Neil, state land agent, made
one Of his quiet trips through this section
a few days ago and selected some land on
the Birch creek fiat. The heather Chinee
is not in it with the state land Office when
it comes to ways that are dark, but its
tricks are not vain.-Dupuyer Acantha. :,
In one respect General Gomez very much
resembles Grant-he keeps his mouth shut.
Gomez has been in this country now over
a week and has been daily besfeged by the
but has kept his business to himself. Grant
was unpopular with the newspaper men for
the same reason:-Northwest Tribune.
The people of this county are indebted
forts to secure an equitable and lawful as
sessment of the Northern Pacific lands.
Ever since the county made the blunder OF
RENTING q large proportion OF the taxes
assessed to the railroad company the as
sessment of the Northern Pacific lands has
been ridiculously low Last year Mr.. Hath
away raised the assessment 10 cents per
acre. to which the company made vigors
Gus protest This year Mr.. Hathaway made
another raise of 10 cents per acre.-Big
Timber Leader.
The times., 1901-03-09
NEGRO LABOR IN THE SOUTH.
views of Prof. Dnbney Before the In.
dustrfnI Commission

Prof. Charles W. Dabuey, President OF
the Agricultural and Mechanical College
of Knoxville, Tenn, which is the State
University. gave the Industrial Commits
sion yesterday his views on agriculture,
labor, and education in the South Mr.
babney gave an extended SUMMARY of
the condition OF negro labor in the South.
especially by comparing it with the
period between 1850 and 1860 He thought
the negroes of the latter period We're bet
ter Oft than the white laborers in the
Northwest We're at that time
Sir. Ddhney said the South needed negro
labor and negro labor needed the South
The proper thing to do was to discover in
just what lines the labor ought best to be
applied in that locality EuCatiOn along
mechanical and industrial lines was what
was needed for the negroes in the South.
lie dCpIored the tendency toward high
er' education. The negro did not need
classical education for the few, but the
mass should be given elementary educa-
tiOn and especially in the directions which
would give them opportunities to become
mechanics and skilled labOrers on farms
and in factories.
Hearings Will continue until March 10.
those appearing being Simon Wolf. OF
Washington: G. S. Abbott of jamestown,
n. Y: MessTs. Burgess, LaWshe, ana
Campbell, of the New Jersey pottery com
panies: j. F. Clark. Vice President OF the
Western Union Telegraph Company; M
c. Markham, Assistant Traffic Manager
Of the .44inOiS Central Railroad, ana isaac
A StearnS, coal operator.
The times., 1901-03-09
THE BARKER-CooPER CASE.
The Jury Files n sealed Verdict With
the Court Clerk.

The jury in the case Of George G. Bar
ker. of Maine, against Representative
Samuel Bronson Cooper. OF Texas. TO re-
cover $1,000 as damages for assault and
battery. did not reach an agreement at
the hour Of adjournment of the court yes
terdav. and was ordered by Justice Cole
To return "a sealed verdict this morning.
About o'clock. however. the jury reached
an agreement and filed the verdict with
thc clerk of the court. The arguments 10
the jury. which were begun on Thursday
by Attorney W +. White for the plaintiff,
were concluded yesterday about / p. N.
When the court convened Henry +. Davis
addressed the jury on behalf Of Represen-
tativc Cooper. and John p. Cox closed the
case for the plaintiff.
The trial attracted more attention than
the proceedings in any civil case tried IN
the Supreme Court Of the District for
many years Each day Criminal Court
room No =. where the hearing was held.
was crowded with members of the local
bar and others interested i'm the result OF
the trial on account OF the prominence
of the parties Go the suit the nature of the
cause OF the litigation. ana the well
known ability Of counsel uu either side
everyone expected that there would joe
some interesting and amusing develop
meuts during the trial In this those who
attended the trial Were not disappointed.
The tert timoUy OF both Barber and Cooper
wa- given IN the plaiueSt kind Of English
neither miDciHg words in relating his feel
iugs and opinions of the other. Mr.
C00pcr admitted that he slapped Barker's
face aud the latter acknowledged that he
told the Texan that his proper place was I'm
a cattle car. and not "a Pullman car. one
az the witnesses in the case testified that.
in his opinion. Barker objected to Cooppr
splitting ou the carpet merely for the Op-
pOTluutty OF appealing 10 the oVeT-nice
sensibihucs of The other passengers in the
The times., 1901-03-09
THE POLICE MYsTIFIED.
Nu Unconscious Cabman Taken to
Providence Hospital.

Tho surgeons at Providence Hospital
and tho police OF the Fifth precinct are
somewhat puzzled over the case OF Dan
iei Webster colored, residing in Ana
costa. who is iu An unconscious condi-
ton at that institution. as the result Of
an alleged fan from ii cab.
It seems Webster, who is employed by
his uncle William Beckett. Of 1928 NJ
Street northwest, as cab driver. secured
"a Job yesterday evening to drive two
white men about the city Nothing fur
thcr was heard from him until the cab
arrived al tho door Of Providence Hos
pIfai with the two white men on the box
both evidently under the influence of
hQuur. and Webster inside jammcd down
between tho seats, unconscious He was
taken into the institution. but desuitc
heroic work Uu the part OF the surgeons
they could mot restore him TO conscious
ness.
The men told the hospital officials that
Webster Ead fallen from the cab near
the corner OF Tenth and ] streets south
east, but careful examination of his per
son was made by the surgeons, and no
bTuIsc or cut was discovered
IL D. believed 10y the police that Webster
was drugged. The men. after seeing their
man to the hospital left without giving
their names The horse and cab We're
taken charge of 10y the Fifth precinct
authorities.
The times., 1901-03-09
BEATEN BY SEVEN SOLDIERS.
Thomas Ross, CoIored, in Hospital
as the Result.

Thomas Ross. colored forty-two years
of age. was taken to the Emergency Hos
pital last night, suffering from injuries
of the body and limbs, resulting from
kicks and blows. said to have been ad-
minstcred by seven soldiers at Thir-
teenth and c Streets northwest. After
treatment he was able to return home
The story told by Ross is that he was
going homo after dark. when the soldiers
came along behind him and began to
abuse him. When he made objection,
Ross says the men all pounced upon him.
beat him and kicked him. and then fed
because his calls for assistance attracted
attention. Several friends found Ross
slowly making his way toward his home.
1863 Ohio Avenue northwest, and removed
him in carriage to the hospital Word
was sent TO the First precinct station,
but no arrest had been made early this
morning. Ross has given the police a de-
scrption of several of his assalantS. He
is a Iaborer, employed at the piano stores
of knabe & Co, on Pennsylvania Avenue
northwest.
The times., 1901-03-09
WHY so MANY FAIL.
The Reason so Many Catarrh REM
edies Are Unsuccessful.


There are few troubles for which there
are so many remedies and so called
cures as for catarTh and 1t may De
added there are few diseases so difficult
to really and permanently cure.
InhalerS. sprays, powders and dOucheS
are all applied locally and give temporary
relief, often for only a few hours, ana IL
is doubtful if anything like real cure
of catarrh was ever accomplished by the
use of local applications.
Catarrh is a constitutional disease, 1t
is in the blood like rheumatism and to
cure it requires an internal medicine to
act upon the blood, to drive out the ca
and anyone can readily see that SalYe
or powder or inhaler which simply clears
off the mucous membrane Of the nose
and throat can have no effect on the real
cause of catarrhal disease.
The remarkable success of the new ca
tarrh remedy. Stuart Catarrh Tablets,
IS because it drives out of the system
through the natural channels the ca
tarrhal poison. the germs of grip, Dron-
chitiS and consumption, and causes the
hawking, splitting and gagging because
the excessive secretion is no longer sup
piled when the blood is made healthy
from the regular use of Stuart's Catarrh
Tablets.
The remedy is in the form Of large 20
grain lOzengeS, pleasant and paldtabIe
composed only Of wholesome antiseptics
and 50 safe to use that little children use
them with perfect safety and benefit If
the llttle one is suffering from colds,
Group. or cough from any cause.
Stuart'S Cat1rrh Tablets have been on
the market scarcely one year, yet they
have met with such popularity and snc
cess that druggists everywhere in United
States and Canada now have them in
stock and report a constantly increasing
demand for them
The times., 1901-03-09
A RICH GOLD FIND.
Reports OF PAY GravcI'' i'm the Por-
cupine District.

VICTORIA, 3. G, March S.-The steam
er Cottage City. which arrived yesterday
morning from Alaskan points. brings
news Of a rich find made I'm the PUrcupine
district, on the American side of the line
Scott Cranston, owner of Claim No. 2,
reports having struck bed rock in a pros
pecting shaft of a feet and he is tax
ing ont gravel which is yielding an aver
age of s. 10 each bucket taken out or 500
to the ward. CraRStoH has secured d IF
horsepower engine and boiler, with
hoistiBg apparatus and pump to work the
property.
Specials from Dawson tell Of active
preparations for summer work in the
kIondike district, where there is promise
Of more work this year than ever before
in the history Of the digginEs.
Dispatches from Dawson dated Feb
ruary y, say the order closing gambling
houses and prohibiting the sale Of liquor
in theatres has created CONSERVATION
there. and a meeting Of managers Of
larger companies was held and petitions
drawn uD, which will be telegraphed TO
Ottawa. asking for postpOnement of the
law 10 June At least
The times., 1901-03-09
The Inauguration stand sold.

The stand at the east front Of the Capt
tol. upon which Last Monday President
Mckinley took the oath of office and
from which he delivered his Inaugural
Address has been purchased by Repre-
sentative Bauholdt for Use at the ST
Louis Exposition. Each piece of timber is
being marked as II is taken down. SO
that when erected al the f~ir grounds IN.
stand VIII Doe the same as here. The pro-
mDters hoUe the President Will deliver
am address from the stand some time dur
IuE tho fir
The times., 1901-03-09
THE sYNDICATEs SEEK ALLIES.
American and German Interests May
MHkc n Treaty.


LONDON, March 9.-The Daily Ex-
press declares that an alliance is immi-
nenU between American trusts and great
commercial syndicates in Germany A
member of the Mannheim Bremen Petro-
leum Stock Company, one CT the German
agencies for the Standard Oil Company,
ana J. Tierpont Morgan are, according to
the paper. the moving spirits in the plan
1t says that Mr. Morgan will meet rep
resentttives Of the leading German syn
dicatcs at conference in Berlin in April.
This conference has already been ar
ranged by cable.
The Express prints statement
made by AN unnamed American million
aire. who. it says, has discussed a Ger
man-American business union. with prin-
cipals in both countries. He sIys:
I'VE do not fear England in America
nor does Germany We simply fear each
other but the world is big enough for
both nations. and the rival trusts are go
ing TO harmonic their interests. Mr.
Morgan will be here in April. After h
begins it will not he long before an in
ternatioual cartel to regulate prices and
products will be formed
we do not fear England because her
machinery is obsolete and her men are
spiritIess and ground to a low level by
false unionism. America and Germany
are going TO stand together and dominate
the world politics of business. | think
that one day the industries of the entire
world will he syndicated.'
The times., 1901-03-09
COL. H. E. ROEHT DEAD.
The Brooklyn Newspaper Owner
Succumbs 10 Heart Disease.

NEW YORK, March 8.-Col. Henry Ed
ward Roeht, owner of the Brooklyn
Freie Prcssc." died from heart dis
ease at his home. 6o3 WiIoughby Avenue,
Brooklyn. last night. He was born IN
lSH in Reuss. Germany, and was the son
Of a leader ia a revolutionary movement.
When that movement failed in l84S the
family came 10 this country. The father
Edward TranE Roeht established a Ger
man newspaper in Brooklyn. Henry
Rocht learned the newspaper business IN
his fathers Office.
He served in the civil war, ana was well
known in Brooklyn political circles