Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-15
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The effete east has now reached stage
in it's evolution when it appreciates the
wisdom Of the west a great deal more
than in days of yore. In seeking for
pointers the greatest mining town on
earth" has not been overlooked, and two
gentlemen of st. Paul are now in Butte
studying the ethics of lynchinG. Their
names are A. w. Miller and r. e. Ha-
try.
Mr.. Miller has an m. D." tackled after
his name on the register at the McDer-
mott where the gentlemen are safely
ensconced at present and in no danger
from attack by the fierce Bedouins and
Malays that roam the streets OF the town
looking for prey and thrsting for lucre
and gore The physician is one of the
four democrats who We're carried high
on the tide of victory and cast on the
shores of municipal office at the late
election in st. Paul. After an arduous
campaign he and his friend, Mr.. Hairy.
concluded to take pleasure trip
throughout the northwest: from here
they will journey to Anaconda, thence
to Livingston. and finally to Forsyth,
from which point they will try to get
close to nature by branching out and
sojournng for while on the Indian res
erVatOn.
Both gentlemen are impressed with the
magnitude of the mining industry in this
city and believe Butte has brilliant
financial future They were surprised be-
Pause no grass grows here, but this might
he explained by a letter which DR..
Miller received from a newspaper friend
in St. Paul to-day, addressed to "A. w.
Miller, NJ. d. Alas! A Tenderfoot.' Mr..
JotV fold ,f t1,;c 1ok{ 1T; f,,;o
laughingly admitted that it's receipts was
not pipe dream"
1t seems that before taking their de-
parture from st. Paul this same news
paper friend asked that the two make
a special study of lynching, as this So
cial function is carried out in Montana
and prepare a brochure for general dis
tribution around st. Paul for the enlight-
eminent of the natives on their return
The populace hasn't treated them kindly
In their active search for knowledge. even
Chinese refusing a financial consider
alton to otficiate as lynchee. However,
Obliging guests at the McDermott have
seen to it that the gentlemen do not
return with no information and have Civ
en- them many tips" anent the scientific
method of lynching prevailing here.
They have been informed that hemp
is commonly used. but that in emergency
cases wire will answer the purpose. Four
knots are recommended, and the further
information impaired that they should
rest under the base OF the left ear.
mutilating the right ear in this respect
being commonly regarded as a violation
of precedent and as in exceeding bad
form. Shooting while the lynchee is
swaying in the breeze has been decred
as barbarOus The informants also took
occasion to critcise the prevalent east
ern practice of using coal oil while burn
ing victims at the stake, for the rea-
sons that 1t looks as if the act We're COM
mitted with malice prepense and ends
the esthetic enjoyment of the sight -seers
before the optic nerve and the retina of
the eve have been afforded time to hold
conference and colaborate on secur-
Ing a proper focus.
George H. Clark, a travelling man of
Lincoln. Neb., has for a watch fob one
of the nickels coined by the United States
minis in 1888 on which the word cents
is omitted and the phrase ''e pluribus
unum' stands under instead of over the
w. The owner explained to a number
of persons in the lobby of the McDer-
mott this morning that when these nick.
els We're placed in circulation many of
them We're gided and passed as five