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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-22

Peter Harvey, general agent for the E
q o at San &Francisco accompanied b
his wife is visiting in the city.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-22

About $120OO.OO0 will be turned into
the treasury of the Burlington when
the new issue of stock shall have all
peeh paid for. Of this amount $2,325 900
Will be used in refunding sinking funds
due in October,
Deducting the amount of refunding
leaves balance of nearly $40, 900 OCO
to be used in extensions and improve.
ments. Just what the nature of better
ments to cost this amount are, officers
OF the company decline 10 say.
Those close to the Burlington manage
ment, however, are of the opinion that
the road. which is now nearing Ogden,
Utah will be extended to southern Cali
fprnia. either as an independent line or
in connection with the Salt Lake & Los
Angeles. the projected road of Senator
Clark of Montana. 1t is also said that
some thing like s., O00.0 900 will be expended
on the roadbed and tracks on the system
IN Iowa and other trans Mississippi
river states.
| Thu great cantilever steel bridge over
| the chasm near the summit of White
Pass is completed and was put in opera
ton Ivy the White Pass railroad the
| early part of last week. 1t signals the
completion of remarkable piece of en-
gineering work. The bridge is S65 feet
in length the main center span being
: 400 feet long
Heretofore the canyon at the point
where the bridge has been erected
| necessitated the use of a switchback.
which caused the loss of half an hour
by every train. The opening of this steel
bridge does away with the switchback,
and the trains now make the trip to
Bennett in thirty minutes less time than
before. All reports from Skagway are
to the effect that he rotary plOws are
| keeping the tracks of the White Pass
! clear. and that trains going and coming
| are on time.
| The Great Northern will build in the
| spring additional general office build
| ing covering the entire block south of
Third street opposite the Great Northern
general office building in ST. Paul. The
new structure will be three stories !
| and will lie for the accommodation Of
the express company, the general pas
senger and advertising departments. the
sleeping car department and the train
| dispatcher's office.
Though two stories weres recently
added to the general office building of
the Great Northern. making the build
ing now eight stories, the additional
| space is inadequate to the demands and
new quarters must be had.
| Mr. Hill recently acquired several lots
in the block above mentioned, which he
could not obtain last year. If this prop
erty had been acquired at that time a
six-story building would have been
erected and the addition to the present
office building would not have been
made.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-22

1t develops that much of the money
from the sale of new stock by the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy road is to be
used in extending the present lines of
the company in materially improving
the roadbed of the Mississippi river and
in increasing the terminal facilities in
and around Chicago.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-22
IN THE DISTRICT COURT

Cora Love, a large and rather dignitied
appearing octoroon, was granted de-
cree of divorce from Robert w. Love in
Judge Harney's court today. In present
ing her title to a legal separation she
stated that their marriage had taken
place in Denver on January Is, 1892, and
for more than year the defendant had
failed to provide her with the common
necessaries of life on account OF his
worthless disposition. She had, she said.
been earning her own living.
In the suit of Abe Itkin against A. c.
Rragman ct al. Judge Harvey heard the
plaintiffs proofs today and gave judg-
ment according to the prayer. He also
gave the State Savings bank judgment
against j. Il. Frederick and others, and
continued the hearings of two motions
in the suit of George H. Casey ct al. VS..
the Bonner Mercantile company until
March.
The Excelsior Leasing company APP
piled to the district court today for an
order permitting it to dissolve. The Pc
| ttion states that the stockholders held
meeting in the cOmpany's Office in the
| Lewisohn block on the 18th and decided
| to disincorpOrate: that out of total of
! 1850 shares of the stock. So $50 We're rep
| resented either in person or by proxy;
| that the company owes nothing and has
no property or assets at present to which
t the stockholders or anyone else is en-
! titled and therefore it is not necessary
| for the appointment of a trustee to wind
| up it's affairs.
Wilbur +. Sanders, James L. Sanders
! and Louis p. Sanders, law partners,
| began an action against n. NJ. McCau-
| judgment for $500 for professional SER
| vices alleged to have been rendered the
! defendant during July and August of
, last year. The plaintiffs are THAR own
! legal advisers.
In the suit CT Olive Dugdaie vs.. Alma
Dugdale, the default of the defendant
was entered in the district court today.
In the suit of James A. Walsh against
| W. H. Orr, judgment for 1882 by de-
fault in favor of the plaintiif was
signed today by Judge Harvey. The
judgment is to draw per cent interest
per annum until paid.
The Stevensville Mercantile company
brought suit against J. Il. Powell in
81 til dis .rrS-r !. court. to\hS' 40. recaya,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-22

Judgment for $445.12 alleged to be due
the plaintiff as balance for merchan-
disc sold and delivered to the defendant
between July and November ~ last
year.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-22

A recent interview with Jim Hill, presi-
dent of the Great Northern railroad. as
to the status of the St. Paul deal brought
out the statement that he does not own
share of st. Paul stock.
THAT I have recently sold St. Paul
Stock said Mr.. Hill sis necessarily I'M
true as never in my life have owned a
share of the stock of that railway.
'In regard to the rumor in Wall street
that the Great Northern and the North
ern Pacific desired to secure control of
the St. Paul, l can assure you the facts
have not warranted the attention the
matter has received.
IT cannot say that the proposition has
never been considered: but it has never
been more than a most remote possibility.
1t has never reached the point where it
might be even called a possibility.
''The Great Northern does not contem-
plate leasing the st. Paul. The st. Paul
is valuable property, but we do not
need it. We already have six outlets
from Chicago. 1 cannot speak for the
Northern Pacific. but merely as an OBJ
server should say that it would be gov
erned by practically the same consider
atoms as the Great Northern. There is
no change in the situation today. 1t
would no be correct, however. to say that
the matter is dead. 1t is still POSSIBLE
ity, but nothing more"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-22

In the suit of James A. Walsh against
W. H. Orr, a judgment for 1882 by de-
fault in favor of the plaintiif was
signed today by Judge Harvey. The
judgment is to draw s per cent Interest
per annum until paid.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-22

The Stevensville Mercantile company
brought suit against J. L. Powell in
. til = dis .rrrs cRWt. taS's. eto> recaya,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-22

In the suit CT Olive Dugdaie vs.. Aim;
Dugdale, the default of the dafendan
was entered in the district court today
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-22

Eugene Fox, of Salt Lake, travelling
freight agent for the Rock Island is a
visitor to Butte.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-24
An Enemy OF the Trusts.

"The devil.' exclaimed the president
Of the rubber trust, crumpling up a let
ter and viciously thrusting It into the
waste basket
whats up now?" asked the secre-
tary. bad newsg"
mo; cheerful news" answered the
president disgustedly. 1--WE been cor.
responding with some idiot in Texas in
regard to the purchase of his rubber
plant, and in my last letter l asked him
where 1t was situated"
YES" assented the secretary, land
where was it situatedT
why. his letter says It is located in
the right-hand corner Of his parlor."
And the Office boy had a hard time OF
1t the remainder of the day.-Indianap-
oils Sun.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-24


A Roman Catholic clergyman in New
Jersey recently advised the young men
and young women of his congregation
to marry early. They made mistake
a serious mistake-he declared in wait
ing until late in life to settle into mat
rimony An early marriage, in the
deans opinion, is the best guarantee
that a man will be confirmed in his
habits of industry, sobriety and moral
living. He advised all young men to
begin as soon as they become workers
to lay aside part of their earnings, so
that they may adequately support
wives without waiting until the hey
day Of life is past to take on family OBJ
legations. The girls he admonished to
qualify themselves early as homemak-
ers, so as TO make the burdens of the
young men by whom they may be chos-
en- as light as possible. In Chicago, al
most at the very time this advice was
being given. an Obdurate father was
waiting his 17-year-old daughters 10
year-Old husband over the front steps
and advising him never to show his
face in that precinct again. There may
be personal reasons for this fathers
objection to early marriages that are
sufficient for him, and, indeed, 1t may
be said that people in general, if they
have children of their own, seem to
have an unalterable opposition to early
marriages except in other families.
Nearly every man Is willing that some
other mans son or daughter should con
tract an early marriage. but he wants
his own children to hang around the
hearthstone until he can be sure that
they have reached years Of discretion.
Dean O'Grady's idea may be the right
one. 1t Is undoubtedly true that a good
many men by waiting until they are 80
or 40 years of age before getting mar
rled rob themselves OF a happiness that
can never be recovered. More than
this, they increase the crop of old
maids. and no community can be at its
best with high percentage OF old
maids. But II seems impossible TO ad-
just these matters according to the
calm judgment Of disinterested observ-
ers. Matrimony is. and probably al
ways will be, largely a matter OF indl
vidual inclination or convenience. save
in cases where girls have opportunities
to marry titles. Age then ceases to be
a matter for consideration. So Il may
be as well to preach about something
else.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-24
HE GAVE BACK THE CHANGE.
New York Policeman and the Tip the
Eng1ishmeu Handed Him.

New York Policeman and the Tin the
Englishmeu Handed Him.
Il was standing in front of one of
the Broadway hotels in New York one
afternoon last week." said a railway
mail clerk who has a run between the
capital and the big town, when a typi.
cal Englishman, in brOad-gauge tweeds
and with fore-and-aft cap, who had
obviously only been off the steamer for
a very short time, stepped out of the
hotel, and, spying huge cop, one of
the gigantic Broadway squad, standing
ON the corner, hailed him thus:
Hi, there, bobby, come heahr
1.-The cop looked surprised at first
Then he grinned at the man with whom
he was talking and walked over TO the
Britisher. The latter tipped a 5-cent
piece at the cop and said:
:" 1 say, bobby, just run down TO the
cohnuh and get me a cab, theah's a
deah fellow
THE cop had deftly caught the nickel
and he looked at it curiously.
What's thisY he inquired of the
Englishman.
"'Oh, that's for you. me bobby said
the Englishman. Get youahself a dram
with it-and, say, make haste and cot
me the cab, will you, like a good
chawpv
"The cop, l could see. didn't know
whether to get sore or not. He proba-
bly, didn't know about the custom Of
giving tuppence or such like to the hob.
bies abroad. However, he thought hot
ter Of it if he had any idea of GETTING
sore. He pulled off his right glove
dug into his right-hand trousers pocket
pulled out a bunch of change. picked
out four pennies and handed them 70
the surprised Britisher.
~ say, y'know, what's thisY IN.
quired the Englishman.
THAT'S yer change, Algie.' said tho
cop, and then he gave whistle ha-
tween his teeth for cabman that mass.
ed just then, put the nickel in his nocl,-
ct and strobe away grinning.
did the Englishman catch on? NOT
at all.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-24
cor TAE WORK AE WANTED.
EHrontery of the Applicant SHIFTED
the Railroad Manager.

hhrontery of the Applicant Suited
the Railroad Manager.
United States Revenue Inspector
William A. Gavett vouches for the fol-
lowing story Of well-known Southern
railroad man:
II. Nj. Hoxie. general manager of the
l. & G. ~, was universally considered
a good fellow by his friends In Texas
and elsewhere. A slight deformity
caused him to limp. and the brakemen
on the road. with the quick adeptness
which railroad men possess in giving
nicknames, promptly dubbed him 'Old
Flatwheel."
One day Mr.. Hoxie sat in his office
when a typical Texas "brakie" stalked
in and stood with his hat on in the
middle Of the floor.
Il want a job" said he.
After little talking Mr.. Hoxie sug-
gested that his manner was unbecom-
ing. and suggested that he would give
him a practical lesson in how to ask
for a position.
you take my seat" he said. land I'll
show you how you ought to act"
The brakeman took the general man
ayers chair and Mr.. Hoxie stepped out
into the han. After giving a respect
full knock he came in and stood uncov-
cred before his temporary superior.
"Well?" said that worthy.
II am looking for a position, sir"
said Hoxie. 81 have 'braked for four
years and think could fill position
on the International. What can you
do for me?"
The tough brakeman leaned back in
his chair and stuck his thumbs in the
armholes of his vest. "Well, Old Flat
Wheel I'll just give you job" he
drawled.
1T took me Off my feet" said Mr.
Hoxie in telling the story at Calves
ton banquet But laughed in spite
of myself. and the applicant began
work on the International a short time
after that."-Detroit Free Press.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-24
GEN. PALMER, THE NEW COMMANDER
OF BRITISH FORCES IN INDIA.

Mai. Gen. Sir Arthur Power Palmer,
who by King Edwards approval has
become permanent commandments
of the British forces in India, has been
for a long time commander of the Pun
jab frontier force and provisional head
of the imperial service. He is an old
time Indian campaigner, thoroughly
seasoned to the climate and the work.
In the great mutiny Of 1851, the year
in which he entered the army, Gen.
Palmer raised a regiment of Sikhs,
which he commanded till the close of
the campaign. In 1863 he fought in the
bloody business upon the northwest
frontier, and afterward in the Abys-
sinian war, in the Dufiia expedition, in
the Afghan war, in the Sudan, and as
head of the campaign in the Chin Hills.
1t is said he understands Indian mill
tary needs more than any other man in
the empire.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-24
LEGAL METHOD
OF KILLING RATS,

A San Francisco jury decided that
pouring boiling water on captive rats
is not cruelty to animals, and that this
method of disposing of the rodents,
which prevails in Russia, Spain and
Central America, can be used with i'm
punity in the Golden State.
This decision was reached in the case
of Alice Carranza, who lives with her
mother and who was arrested for kill
ing a rat by scalding it.
officers w. 7. Hooper and Matthew
Mcguire, of the Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals, were
the witnesses for the prosecution. They
told how they had posted themselves
in window overlooking the Carranza
yard and observed Alice as she appear
ed on the scene, humming a tune and
carrying kettle of boiling water. She
nOnchalantly proceeded to scald the rat
in the cage to death, the rodent squeal-
ing in agony while life lasted.
Alice's defense was that she had seen
rats killed that way in Central Ameri-
ca, and looked on it as proper method
because she had become accustomed to
it there.
A. Fedora, poultry dealer, was called
as an expert on the killing of fowls and
small animals, and Armstrong asked
him: 'Is the fact that rat squeals
and jumps about in a trap while boil
ing water is being poured on it indica-
tive of painY'
mo" interiected Weller, ''it is a sign
of pleasure"
The question was not pressed after
Weller's remark. and the case was
closed. The jury in ten minutes return
ed with the verdict Of acquittal.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-24
ODD WAY OF MEASURING.

Chinese Method of Computing Dis.
tances Is Puzz'ing to Foreigners.
Many travellers returning from China
have commented upon the apparently
singular lack of knowledge of the dis
tances across their country or between
their towns that exist among the Chi
nese. If at one town you inquire the
distance to the next you may be told
that it is twenty Ii (one-third of mile)
but upon arriving at the town you will
be surprised to find the distance back
to the town from which you have Just
come is twenty-four Ii, and that the
cost of journeying back again is CORE
spondingly greater than the cost to 20
to it. This popularity also extends to
distances between towns by river, the
distance up stream being from 80 to
100 per cent. greater than down stream.
The cost Of travel and the Transports
ton in the different directions bears the
same relation to each other as the dis
tances.
The confusion which has thus arisen
mas been incomprehensible to foreign
ers. The Chinese measure distances
not by rule, but by the amount of phys
ical energy required to traverse them.
Their wage is based on a unit of en-
ergy, the amount that it takes them to
carry a given load, one pecul one Ii, on
level ground. If the road from A to d
is down hill the distance is regarded "a
less than the actual linear distance, be-
cause it is supposed to take less energy
to travel in that direction; or, as the
Chinese say, the Ii are short" 1t nat
urally follows that in travelling in the
other direction, from B back to A, the
road being a gradual ascent, a greater
expenditure of energy is necessary.
The Ii are long" and in order to get a
fair compensation for their work the
carriers must see that the distance and
the charges are correspondence in
creased. With this explanation what
has often appeared a vagary of the Chi
nese becomes simple and reasonable.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-24
MINeLlNe OF THE RACES.

Alliances Between Different Peoples
Are Helpful to the Whole.
Man is an animal and Darwin has
shown that not only is he closely akin
to other animals, but that the laws
which control the development of the
lower animals also control the develop
ment of man. He has also shown that
cross breeds of animals are larger and
stronger than either parent. When we
examine into the origin Of the English
people we find the ancient Britons
lighting and mingling with the Romans,
and subsequently with the Picts, Scots,
Danes, SaxOns and NOrmans. For more
than 1000 years these various breeds
of men have crossed and recrossed I'M
til they have been nodded into that
homogeneous mass that we know as
Englishmen.
Turning to the United States, we find
the foundations of a new nation laid
by the sturdiest and most enterprising
of these same Englishmen. They land
ed on the then distant shore, conquered
the wilderness. organized new gov
eminent closely akin to the old and in
vited the people of all the world to join
them. The Slavs, the Germans and
the Latins mingle together and in a few
years become eO-Anglo-SaxOns, or
what may be more properly termed An
glo-Americans. The evolution going on
In the United States is also going on in
Canada, in south Africa, in Australia,
in New Zealand and in other small
places scattered around the world.
There is thus being formed. on a gl-
gantic scale, new race of men. built
on the strongest line on which it is pos
sible to construct human beings. The
different sections of this new race have
a common language and literature, the
same laws and customs. and the trend
OF Industrial civilization gives them
Identical political s.-Engineer-
ing Magazine.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-24

A New York woman is suing for a di-
vOrce from her husband on the ground
that she cannot induce him to talk to
her, The plaintiff is taking long chances
In introducing the matter of talking or
not talking as furnishing reason for d.
vorce. If a wife can get a divorce from
her husband because the latter does
not talk enough ii is TO be presumed
that husband could get divorce
from wife who talked too much.
From a feminine point of view, all
things considered, 1t would seem to be
wiser not to try to establish prece-
dent In the premises
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-24


An interesting experiment Is being
made in the country schools of Iowa
the result OF which will be looked for
anxiOusly 10y other communities. What
the educators hope to accomplish is the
abolition of the little white school
houses which dot the hills of that tlour-
ishing State. The idea is one OF econ
omy. and it would seem that the plan If
carried out successfully would result in
a great saving to the taxpayers. 1t has
been found that in Iowa as elsewhere
there are in the country districts too
the population and that in many places
the cost of educating the pupils was
much greater than It should be- AS a
trial a central school has been suilt In
each Of about fifty townships, and all
the little district schools done away
with Transportation Is furnished for
pupils living mt remote distances and
the teachers, in reduced numbers, are
gathered IN the main school. The cost
Of transportation is said to be only $50
seems rldlculously small sum, and the
plan has proved so far as the expert
ment goes great success. These cen
trail schools are built at an average cost
Of $1,000 and the average number Of
pupils In attendance at each is said to
be 1000. The townships are enabled to
hire a better class of teachers at a
slight advance Of salary, and there are
fewer of them. The pupils have had
no trouble in getting to or from the
schools, and aside from educational
there are other advantages in the plan.
1t is proposed to extend the system now
to several counties in the State, and so
far as can be learned there has been no
serious opposition to the move from any
quarter.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-24
MARSHALL AND THE NEGRO.
An Anecdote of the Greatest of Ameri-
can Jurists.

An Anecdote of the Greatest of Ameri-
can Jurists.
Many interesting anecdotes are told
of the late Chief Justice John Marshall.
One day, Judge Marshall, engrossed in
his reflections, was driving over the
wretched roads of North Carolina on
his way to Raleigh in a stick gig. His
horse turned out of the road, and the
sulky ran over a sapling and was tilted
so as to arouse the Judge When he
round that he could move neither to
right nor left, an old negro who had
come along solved the difficulty.
My ole marster," he asked, "what
Ter you don't back your horseT
That's true" said the Judge, and he
acted as advised. Thanking his deliv-
erer heartily he felt in his pocket for
some change, but he did not have any.
Never mind, old man." he said, Il
shall stop at the tavern and leave some
money for you with the landlord"
The old negro was not impressed with
the stranger, but he called at the tavL
ern and asked the keeper if an old geH'
tleman had left anything there for him.
"Oh, yes" said the landlord; "he left
a silver dollar for you. What do you
think of that old gentleman
The negro gazed at the dollar and
said:
He was a gem'man, for sho'; but
patting his fOrehead-"he didn't have
much in here"