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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-22
SENATOR CLARK HAS A NEW MINE
SECURES AN OPTION ON PROP ERTY AT SILVER BOsINkNG
SHAFT THROUGH QUICKsAND- BELIEVED TO BE
ON TRACK OF A BIG VEIN. ~

Senator w. A. Clark has secured an
option on copper property at Silver
Bow through r. L. Whitmore, and is
now sinking a shaft under circumstances
which form an innovation in the local
mining world Although active work
has been in progress for more than a
month. the promoters of the scheme have
managed to keep all knowledge of what
was going on from the public, but now
that there has been a leakage of facts,
mining operators are manifesting keen
Interest in proceedings, as the success
of the undertaking means that a great
deal Of ground which has hitherto been
deemed impracticable for mining pur-
poses, will hereafter be worked.
1, In order to strike a rich vein of copper
ore which is believed to lie underneath
al a depth of thousand feet Senator
Clark is now engaged in sinking drive
shaft, so termed because the timbers
have to be driven ahead as the work
progresses A drive shaft is necessitat-
ed by the fact that for $50 feet beneath
the urface the formation is nuicksand,
which increases the difficulty of excaVa-
ton hundred fold.
Working on the Quiet.
For more than 80 days sixteen men
have been engaged in the work OF sinking
Gthis shaft. A temporary boarding
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-22
CAPTAIN CARTER DENIED BAIL
BY THE ]. S. SUPREME COURT
CONVICTED ARMY OFFICER MUST STAY IN LEAVENW0RTH PENI
TENTIARy- -cHIEF JUSTICE MAKES NO COMMENT IN RENDER
ING DECISION ON DEFENDANTS MOTION TO STRIKE
OUT SOLICITOR GENERAL RICHARDS BRIEF

Washington. April 22.-The United
States supreme court to-day denied the
application of former Captain Oberlin NJ.
Carter, now in the Leavenworth peni-
tentiary, to be admitted to bail.
The court contented itself with bare
announcement made by the chief JUS
tice of the result of it's deliberations. No
reasons were assigned and no reference
was made to Carter's motion to strike
Solicitor General Richards brief from
the files of the court
al adjournment of the court for the term
on the 9th of May. The call of the
docket will be suspended next Friday
and the court will take a recess next
Monday until May IS. No intimation has
been given by the court as to when the
decision of the insu1ar cases may be ex-
pected or whether they will be decided
at all before final adjournment
An opinion was handed down to-day in
the case of H. l.. Bedford VS.. the Eas ST.
ern Building and Loan association of
Syracuse, N. Y. This case grew out Of
the sale Of stock in the building asso-
citation to Bedford and the mortgage Of
loan to him in 1891, he being a resi-
dent of Tennessee. re made default
in the pyament of his note and pleaded
the violation Of law of Tennessee reuuir-
ing the deposits Of funds by building as
sociations doing business in the state
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-22
MORE RAIN NEAR P|TTSBURG
MAY CAUSE ANOTHER FLOOD
LOSSES IN ONE DISTRICT ESTIMATED AT $300O000- -AT GIN
CINNATI The RIVER IS AT THE DANGER POINT-MANY
CITIES AND TOWNS INUN DATED SNOW AND RAIN
STORMS AFRO UND CHICAGO

Pittsburg, Pa, April 22.-While west
ern Pennsylvania was fairly out of the
clutches Of the flood this morning fears
Of a quick repetition of the disaster and
perhaps on an increased scale, seemed
to haunt the people. Weather conditions
are not reassurng. 1t is again raining
in Pittsburg and advices from the head
waters of the Allegheny this morning
showed a renewed rise with continued
downpour. Warmer temperature acting
on the snow was a factor that also
caused some apprehension. The waters
at this point have been steadily receding
since o'clock yesterday afternoon but
the retreat has been very slow. At 8
o'clock this morning, the Allegheny
mark showed q feet and falling about
three inches an hour.
Three Millions Lost.
1t is impossible to fairly approximate
the loss resulting from the high waters.
Estimates vary from $1.000,000 to $3,0OO,-
900, but the first figures will probably
come nearer to the correct amount.
A sketch of the situation would place
in the foreground 1000 idle employees who.
in two days Of enforced idleness will
lose $4,000 in wages. Damage to plants
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-22
LOOKING FOR HIS RUNAWAY WIFE
JOHN BURGSTRUM COMES TO BUTTE FROM LIVINGSTON IN
SEARCH OF HIS SPOUSE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO FIND HIS
BR0ThER-CHIEF OF POL ICE AIDING IN THE HUNT.

Pacific train, due at that point at 6:35
O'Clock. The train. however. was two
or three hours late. ana while it is not
a settled fact that the runaway parties
caught it at Muir. it is known that sew
eral passengers We're taken on there. 1t
Is claimed that the party intended to
go either to Anaconda or south over
the Oregon Short Line.
Mrs. Burgstrum had several hours
start on her husband and the officer.
but she will doubtless be captured be-
fore she gets out Of the state. Mr.. Burg
strum is particularly anxious to over
take them. as he desires to secure pos
session of the boy.
The Burgstrums have been conducting
, boarding house in Livingston and it
Is alleged that the attentions of Mr..
Burgstrums brother towards Mrs Burg
strum caused a coldness to spring up
between her and the husband.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-22
HEAD OFF CHINESE
hORDES OF YELLOW MEN CROSS.
ING THE BORDERS.
sMUGGLED IN FROM CANADA
Illicit igration-Treasury De-
partment Will Make Inquiry Into
Frauds-No Immigrants Coming
Through Regular Channel.

New York, April pa special to the
Herald from Washington says: Assist
ant Secretary of the Treasury Taylor
will appoint in a few days an immigra-
ton inspector and assign him to the
special duty Of making an investigation
Of the fraudulent admission Of immi-
grants into the United States.
Steamship lines into New York have
found recently that their steamers have
brought comparatively few immigrants
to the United States, and inquiry de-
veloped that the persons desirous of
avoiding inspection to Canada and then
tried to enter the states over the border.
Mexico has again served as a base for
the entrance of Chinese into this cOun-
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-22

Peter Nelson, chief Of police at Liv-
ingston, arrived in the city over the
Northern Pacific at noon to-day in the
company of John Burgstrum, a well-to-
do citizen of the Park county capital,
whose wife and S-year-old son disap-
peared from Livingston yesterday after
noon under circumstances which lead
him to believe they do not intend to re-
turn. In fact 1t has been intimated that
the departure Of the woman was due to,
an influence exerted over her by an-s
other person, and that this person Is
wanted by Chief Nelson.
Mrs. BurEstrum and the boy started
out of the city in a buggy about the
middle of the afternoon, taking west
erly course. and it Is supposed continued
their journey in this manner until Muir.
fourteen miles distant. was reached.
There, it is said, they abandoned the rig
and boarded the west-bound Northern
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-22

London, April pa dispatch from
Manila quotes Agunaldo as saying:
During the war with the Americans
l was often very close to them. I ex-
pected to make my greatest stand at
Calumpit When l abandoned Tarlac
I commanded 1,500 riflemen. I anticipat-
ed General Wheaton's landing at San
Fabian l planned to retreat to Nueva
Vizcaya, but was frustrated by General
Lawton. I slipped through the Gordon
with $50 men, only four hours before the
landing party came ashore.
Il should like to visit the United
States, but I am at the disposition of the
authorities. l am undecided as to my
future plans. ] believe the federals will
be strong agents in the restoration Of
peace" -
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-22
PRESIDENTIAL PLUMS' FALL.
Edward B. Moore of Michigan and
Former Minister Barrett Are
Honored.

Washington. April 22.-The president
today made the following appointments:
Interior-Elward B. Moore of Michl-
gan. to be assistant commissioner of
patents.
Navy-Charles O'Neil, to be chief Of
the bureau of ordnance. with the rank
of rear admiral; Luther S. Van Wede-
lieutenant.
State-John Barrett of Oregon former
minister to Siam, to be a delegate on tie
part of the United States to the inter-
national conference of American states
to be held at the City of Mexico.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-22
BRUTAL MURDER IN FRANCE.
Five Children Killed in Their Beds by
Robbers-The Father Also Left
for Dead.

Chartres. France, April 22.-This town
has been Mortified by the brutal mur.
der of five children and the attempted
murder of their father. a farmer named
Briere. residing in the neighborhood OF
Chartres. Two tramps entered the
farm house in the absence OF Briere last
night. killed four girls, aged IA. II. and
4 and boy years old. with knives and
cudgels while they were in bed and
apparently asleep. Briere returned
while the murderers were robbing tho
house.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-22
A MIGHTY FLOOD.
RISING FOUR INCHES AN HOUR
AT CINCINNATI.
KENTUCKY CITIES. INUNDATED
highest Water Ever hnown Is Expect
ed-0hio Rising Steadily and Worst
May Come Tonight-An Railroad
Traffic Will Come to an End if the
Rise Continues.

Cincinnati April 22.-At 10 o'clock the
Ohio river had reached 40 feet, just q
foot from what is called the danger line.
The rise here is four inches per hour, so
that by l o'clock the flood will reach 80
feet. The Grand Central station at this
rate can be used until 10 o'clock tonight,
but the roads entering it are already
arranging for stopping at and starting
from the Eighth street station. Advices
from up the river indicate rain at most
points; and the river rising at Pittsburg
crest meets the flood of the lower river
tributaries.
The situation here and in the lower
Ohio river valley is now serious. The
back water along the Licking river, on
the Kentucky side, has inundated parts
Of Covington, Newport and other
suburbs. The Mill creek valley is full
of water and doing damage in the west
end of Cincinnati. A similar condition
exists in the east end and along the Lit
tie Miami bottoms. But the worst con-
dition is along the public landing and in
the lower part Of the city, where sewers
are blocked and cellars filled with water.
A stage of As feet causes damage in
this section, and that stage was reached
last evening. At So feet trains cannot
enter the Grand Central station; at So
feet the base ball park is flooded, and
at So feet the races at the track in New
port must stop. All Of these limits aye
in sight, and most of them may come
today. The crest of the Pittsburg rise
Is not due here until tomorrow, but the
extent has been closely anticipated and
preparations made accordinglY.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-22

try. A report received at the treasury
department shows that two thousand
cinnamon were taken to Mexico and en-
nloyed on the Mexican Central railway.
Fifteen hundred of these men quickly
crossed the border, and all except 300,
who were arrested and deported, are now
under the American flag. Investigation
of the situation on the Mexican border
is now in progress.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-22
CoUNTARFEITER GETS 10 YEARS.

Spokane, Wash. April 22.-Ed Hanson,
the last member of the gang of counter
feiters recently captured here. was sem
fenced to ten years at hard labor on
McNeirs Island by Judge Hanford this
morning.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-21
HERE'S AN AUTO-SLED.
Maine Inventor Has Constructed n
Singular Vehicle for Use on
snow Ice.

Automobiles of the ordinary kind are
rather scarce in this state, but when il
comes down to sleighing in style, the
Pine Tree staters are in fair way of
outdoipg the rest of the country this
winter. Ira Peavey, of this city. a NE
chanic Of experience, has just COM
pleted the model of an "auto-sled" and
says that when the thing is completed
he will be able to pillow through the
deepest drift ever piled on Main street
and transport passengers with dis
patch.
The auto-sled will be ten feet long,
three feet high and four feet in width,
and will be propelled by a gasoline en-
CINE of 20 horsepower. In forcing the
sled forward two steel cylinders are
used, each 10 feet long and &c inches in
diameter. Wound around these cylin-
ders and firmly attached to the out
side, are spiral cams. two inches high
and three inches wide, with deeply
conceived surfaces and capable of TAX
ing hold of the most icy surface. The
cylinders are attached to the engine by
means of bevel gearing. and the speed
can be easily regulated to suit the per-
son who guides the vehicle.
Mr.. Peavey calls his invention an
"auto-mo-sled," and is confident that it
will make rapid time on the snow-cov-
cred highway or on ice. He has been
working on the steam sled for more
than i've years and the greatest part
of this time was spent in experimenting
with the revolving runners. He found
that if both the spirals were put on
right-handed that the sled would go
to the right, while it would go the other
direction if the spirals We're left-hand.
After he had made one right and one
left-handed, there was more thinking
to be done. BY putting the coils close
together. he could develop great power
of propulsion, but could make but little
speed. Spirals put wider apart gave
speed without power, and to meet both
conditions he has constructed two sets
of runners. one for work on the level
road and the other for hill climbing.
The cylinders run fore and after with
the auto and the power is furnished by
double piston rods so arranged that
the engine can never get on center.
The tubing and frame work as well as
the cylinders are of thin highly tenn
pered steel, so that the whole sled,
with boiler, seats. engine and all does
not weigh over 1900 pounds. The We
hicle is guided by set of runners at
tached to the front of the main body
of it and has handle running back to
the drivers seat like electric steam au-
tomobiles.-Bangor (Me.) Letter in N.
Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-21
Advantages of the Tandem.

The tandem is fast and will carry
pair of average riders many more
miles in day than they could pos
sibly cover by the aid of single
mounts. The tandem, says the Co.
lumbia, fosters certain mortal vir-
tues inasmuch as the pair of riders
must be brought to agreement with
respect 10 route, speed and choice
of seat, something which demands
the cultivation of courtesy, forbear-
ance and Difference to the opinion of
another. A great many riders have
had occasion to realize with satisfac-
ton that there is such a thing as
judicious tandem companionships
When the occupants of the machine
are self-chosen friends and when the
object in riding is sociabiIity rather
than to cover a given distance in the
shortest period of time, tandeming
becomes a high exponent of the pleas
ure of cycling.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-21
APPLYING THE BRAKE.
a Subject Which Has Interested
Wheelmen More Than Any Other
of Last Years Problems.

With the increasing interest in
coaster brakes has naturally arisen a
renewal of the perennial discussion
as to the best place for applying the
brake. At present there may be said
to be five different answers to the
question, all of which are under prac-
teal tests. The brake is applied ()
to the tire; (2) to the rim of the
wheel; (3) to the inside of small
rim attached to the hub; (4) to the
outside of such a rim; 90 by COM
pressing the hub endwise. The list
clearly comprises only two classes of
brake which differ essentially in any
thing except details. By the first
and second methods the brake pres
sure is applied to the rapidly
parts of the wheel. By methods 3, 4
and the pressure is applied to the
sloWly-moving parts near the axle.
1t follows necessarily that the actual
pressure used must be very much
greater in the latter class. A mo-
ment's reflection shows that, given
equal friction per pound of pressure
DSt"ttu the surface III contact,
brake of one pound on a tire produces
the same effect as a pressure of IA
pounds on the inside surface of rim
two inches in diameter. This is a fact
of vital Importance. For it follows
that the pressure necessary to con-
troll bicycle by means of any known
form of hub brake is sometimes enor-
nous. We do not refer TO the effort
of the rider, of course, but to the re-
suit of that effort when transmitted
to the braking surfaces in contact.
There is limit to the strength Of ma
terials; and it is no wonder that most
hub brakes are liable to arrangement
by breakages and rapid wear of parts.
The tendency of the operation of such
devices to strain spokes beyond safe
limits and to throw wheels out of
true. is also obvious. All these diff
ficulties are avoided when the brake
pressure is applied to the outside of
the wheel, to the tire, or to the rim.
The actual pressure on the tire or
rim is relatively very slight. The
wheel is subjected to no abnormal
strain, and the operating parts are
easily made adequate to their various
duties.-Golden Days.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-21
Adjustment of Bearings.

When a bearing is either too loose
or too tight, the machine not only
runs badly, but the wear is greater
If the wheel shakes sideways in the
forks, the bearing is too loose, and if
when spun, it stops abruptly, it is toe
tight. There is one point which
should be remembered. The bearing
may be exactly right before the nut
at the end of the axle is frightened
but often when the nut is frightened
up it has the effect of tightening the
bearing also; consequently, the wheel
should be spun after as well as before
this nut is screwed home. If the wheel
does not spin freely, then the nut will
have to be unscrewed and the adj
justing cone given about half turn
back.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-21

! HAZING THE HAZERS


THE new 'pleb" at the West Point
military academy was under
sizeL and unassuming looking. A
shock of brown hair protruded be-
meath his cadets cap. He had habit
of smiling when addressed. and show
ing his white teeth. This habit got
him into trouble with first class
-'man," a cadet officer, the day after
his arrival at the academy. He was
taking walk around the parade
ground. He saluted the first class
man as the latter approached and
smiled cheerfully. The cadet officer
stopped and glowered at the 'pleb."
Sir" he said, in a deep, chesty
tone. what are you grinning at?''
''Who, me?" said the 'pleb." ''Oh,
any old thing. What do you want to
know for?"
Because. sir" Numbered the first
class man." throwing out his chest
like pouter pigeon, your grin is in
sulting, sir!"
1T is, hey?" replied the new "pleb,' .
continuing to smile. well, what are
you going 10 40 dDout IL is tHeIe
any rule around here that forbids a
fellow to smi!e?"
The first class man" was almost
swept off his pins by the audacity of
the ''pleb's" reply and the unheard-of
''impertinence" of the "pleb's" man
ner.
"Sirrah," said the first class man, "
in tone that was meant to SINCE the
grass on the para0e ground, ARE you
aware whom you are addressIng?"
We'll" replied the 'pleb," scratch
ing his head with an easy gesture,
81 don't know your name. but You
seem to have enough gall to permit
of your staying part of the distance,
anyhow
The first class man was so amazed
at the colossal "impudence" of this
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-21
THE DESPOT.

They knew not whence the tyrant cane.
They did not even know his name;
Yet he compelled them, one and all,
To bow in bondage to his thrall;
And from their lips allegiance wrung,
Although a stranger to their tongue.
Whilst he was wrapt in royal state,
Their hours of toll were long and late;
No moment could they call their own
Within the precincts of his throne
And when they dreamed their work was
DER
He only made them slave the more.
Although the conquering king was he
of people who had once been free,
No word of praise or promise iell
From him his subjects served so well;
Yet none of those who crowned him lord,
Received a shadow of reward.
Obedience to his behest
Destroyed their peace, disturbed their
rest;
Yet when his drowsy eyes grew dim,
Nor mortal dared to waken him,
They stole about with stealthy tread
THE baby is asleep they said.
John NJ. Stuart-Young, in Idler.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-21
NEW TIRE lNFLATOR.
A Canadian Invention which Mny
Prove to he the Thing WheeImen
Have Long Sought.

A number of automatic tire in
fiators have already been patented
and placed on the market, but the
majority of them are somewhat clum-
sy affairs, which are both unsightly
on the bicycle and heavy enough to
increase the weight of the wheel per-
ceptibly. The device which we show
in the cut has just been patented by
Thomas H. McCauley, of Port Arthur,
Can, and has a number of good points
to recommend it. In the first place,
it is entirely out of sight, the ex-
posed portion taking the place of the
ordinary valve, which latter it resem-
bles. When the tire is formed an
oval elastic shell is inserted, as shown.
This shell has an intake through the
spring valve. and as the valve closes
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-21
CHINESE GIRL AWHEEL.
Fair Young Resident of Shanghai Is
Reported to Be an ACCOM-
pIished BicyciiSt,

The bicycle woman has invaded
China, the last place on earth where
one would expect to find her Aside
from the national prejudice that ex-
lists among the Mongol people to
women taking part in occupations or
pastimes that men ordinarily reserve
for themselves, the size of the Chi
nese women's feet would be thought
bar against their indulgence in
wheeling. Nevertheless there is actu-
ally one woman among the celestials
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-21

reply that words almost failed him
A large, somewhat awkward looking
''pleb,' who just then happened to be
passing by, helped the first class
man out of mis- predicament.
Come here, sirrah!" the cadet officer
commanded the large, awkward look
ing 'pleb,' and the latter, cringing,
approached.
DO you object. sir, to the manner
this fellow has of wearing his cap?"
said the first class man." indicating
the understood "pleb" to the other.
The latter, looking as if he stood in
mortal fear of his life, repned:
81 do. SIR
Very well, sir replied the first
CLASS man." in an hoked
tone. you are to thrash the fellow
this evening after taps YOU" indi-
eating the ''pleb" with the shock of
brown hair, ''are to report at the
corral after taps tonight for a lick
ing"
Good thing" replied the under
sized "pleb." 81 don't know about
the licking, but I'll be there, all
right"
The undersized "pleb'' was at the
corral directly after TAPS" He ar
rived alone, and he was chewing con-
tentedly on blade of grass when he
found the group awaiting him. 1t
consisted of eight cadets and cadet
officers. and the large ''pleb" who had
been selected to thrash the understood
'pleb." The two ''plebs" quietly
stripped to their trousers and under
shirts. The large ''pleb' looked as if
he would tip the beam at about 40
and measure up to five feet eleven
The understood 'pleb" with the shock
of brown hair looked to weigh about
125 pounds and to stand about five
feet four in his goloshes. However,
he looked rather unusually bunchv as
to chest and biceps under his under
shirt.
They went at it at the insulted first
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-21
FIRST CHINESE wHEELWoMAN.

who may often be seen with her
brothers careering along the fine
roads of Shanghai. There are not
more than two or three Chinese girls
who ride, though the sons of the
wealthy Chinese merchants and many
other Chinese youths may often be
seen riding in the streets of the
treaty ports, the only places in China
where riding is possible. On the
whole, the Chinese have taken kindly
to the bike" and many are expert
trick riders. The lady referred to is
a Miss Kit-Sen, of Shanghai, and was
the first girl in China to cycle. She
evidently enjoys the sport.