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The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14
SCALPED A BOY.
One of Missoula's Citizens Pays Fine
For Pulling Out Hair.
Especial to Inter Mountain

Especial to Inter Mountain)
Missoula, Dec. 14.-Joseph Sale, rep
utable citizen. paid a fine today for as
saulting Walter Baird. a boy. The as
sault was a peculiar tone and was I'M
premeaitated on Mr.. Saile's part, but
was nevertheless an assault.
Mr.. Sale and niece We're enjoying a
sleigh ride. Walter Baird and other
boys were "snagging' hobs and caught
ON TO Mr.. Sailes's light cutter. Fearing
the runners would be broken, Mr. Sale
ordered the lads off, and upon their re-
fusal to obey, began snatching Off theiE
caps.
Grabbing Baird's cap, he also grabbed
his hair, and the lad was cieanly scalped,
losing a strip of hair two inches wide
and three inches long from his crown. y
The boy showed the spot denuded of
hair to Police Magistrate Hayes, and as
Mr.. Sale did not deny having grabbed
the lad the evidence was sufficient to
convict.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14

There is nothing the matter with Butte
except that it's mines are too rich. The
district has so much ore in sight that
the question of maintining the price OF
copper becomes almost serious, particu-
larly when the men who are trying to
maintain it are harassed by enemies
who seek to close their mines and abolish
their pay-rolls.
Nevertheless, as long as Butte suffers
only from a plethora of copper, IFS
periods of depression will be very brief
The old town has had them before, but
they never lasted long. Some men are
idle. and that is dsplorable. Some
mines are closed by the courts and may
not open even when the market i'm
proves, and that is deplorable. Yet
there is a good time coming. The people
are full of courage and hope They pro-
pose to enjoy Christmastide as never
before. The less copper produced now
the sooner the surplus will disappear
and the sooner work will be resumed.
Nearly all producers have agreed to
curtail and so the clouds are breaking.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14
BUTTE CURRENT NOTES
Ortcn Bros.--Pianos ana organs.

ortcn Bros.-.Planos ana organs.
Miss Matte Anderson is dead at her
home. 109 East Galena street.
Skates sharpened at Wright's, II N.
Arizona.
Beebe Grain company have bargains
In cutters and sleighs. $40 Arizona.
Mrs. Mary Lawrence 20 East Woolman
street. is dead. Of pneumonia.
p. Q. 8. Of A. ball Christmas, Renshaw
hall.
James Farlin. one of the Butte old
timers. is seriously i'll with pneumonia at
the Sisters hospital.
Finest line Of smokers novelties at
Christie & Legs.
!, Albert B. Tonkin, formerly of Butte has
been elected captain of the Colorado uni
! vei sty football team.
, DR.. Hanson. surgeon and specialist. Sill
yer Bow block. N-ray examinations.
a meeting has been called by Boer SYM
pathiZers for Maguire's Grand opera
house the evening of December II.
[ j. G. Bates, tuner, Montana Music Co..
119 N. Main st. Tel. 504.
City officials have decided to go ahead
with the work of repairing the patrol
barn. without waiting for action by the
council.
No one has found the superior of the
tobacco that is in the Harvard cigar. A
box of Harvards makes the best kind of
gift.
Butte Above and Below Ground" 81
a copy, at the p. O. News Stand.
Bowling. pool, billiards, Thornton
hotel basement. Finest alley and par
lors.
Rev. Gwynne, D. D., OF Dillon, will
preach In the Welch language at Odd
Fellows hall, West Broadway, Sunday.
Preaching at 1880 in the morning and
song service in the evening at $50, and
preaching at $50.
! The test of a good cigar is how it
smokes on a stormy day such as this. If it
does not flare up and out as if it We're
| chaff but burns steady and easy it is
apt to have good stuff in it like the Har-
ward cigar.
In Judge Clancy's court Judgment on
default was entered this morning in the
suit of the Benepe- Owenhouse company
against II. G. Carmichael and Paul
Kingston on default, for the sum of
$14i6.S6. The judgment was entered upon
the motion of the plaintiffs attorney.
We are the agents Of the Hall Safe
Co; large safes made to order, smaller
Sizes carried in stock. Montana Liquor
company
\. j. Pharr will leave in a few days for
Louisville, where he will take position
in the comptroller's Office of the Louis
vile & Nashville railroad. Mr.. Pharr
has resigned his position as cashier in the
local Office of the Great Northern rail-
road and will be succeeded by o. T.
Thompson, formerly clerk in the Mon
tana Central Office at Helena.
The following officers have been elected
by the Butte lodge. Independent Order of
Foresters: Chief ranger, J. S. Pauley; vice
chief ranger, r. c. Smyth; recording
secretary. George E. Porter; financial
secretary, E. E. Mink: treasurer, S. NJ.
Rank: orator Frank V. Outour; senior
woodland, James w. Cadine; Junior
woodland, Ben Tratham; senior beadle,
Con Mahoney; court deputy, John
Spencer; court physician, DR.. T. G.
Heine; trustees, c. E. Beebe, NJ. s..
Burns; finance committee, T. G. Heine,
j. A. Mcmillan.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14
WATERS TRIAL CONTINUED.
Complaining Witness Absent in Occur
d'Alenes,

The trial of John Waters, charged
with assault in the first degree, for cary
ing man named Charles Murphy with
pocketknitie, was continued indefinitely
by Judge McCleran today on the request
of Assistant County Attorney Mackel
The reason for the continuance, as
stated in an affidavit presented by Mr.
Yancey was the absence of the COM
planning witness, Murphy. who is in the
Occur d'Alenes. where he went some
time ago. Without Murphy the trial
could not we'll proceed.
Waters and he engaged, in a quarrel
in Spargo & Tickets saloon something
over two months ago, and Waters
stabbed him in the left breast with a
pocl1etknife. A rib prevented the knife
from puncturng his breast. Murphy
left town before the case was set for
trial.
He went to the Occur d'Alenes country
to do assessment work for J. r. Murphy
and Frank O'Connor, secretaries of the
Miners union. The county attorneys
office recently telegraphed to Mullins for
him, but the telegram did not succeed,
in bringing a response.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14
DECEMBER IA. 1901.

The decision of the naval board of in
nuirv in the case of Admiral Schley is
of a nature that will satisfy neither the
supporters nor critics of that othcer.
While a majority of the board, consist
ing of two members, finds against the
admiral the minority, consisting OF the
presiding judge, Admiral Dewey fully
exonerates him. In the minds of the
American people the opinion of the
minority will outweigh that of the ma
iority, though in naval circles the pre-
nonderance of sentiment will be in sup
port of the verdict. Technically 1t is
true that Sampson was in charge of the
fleet during the battle of July 8, but
all the naval boards on earth can not
deprive Schley of the glory of the VIC
tory.
1t is a great pity that the investiga-
ton was ever held. 1t has accomplished
no good and was bound to arouse UNI
necessary anita gonism, whatever the re-
suit 1t is certain that next to Dewey
the American people as the hero of the
Spanish war as to the part played by
the navy. Captains Clark of the Oregon
and Philip of the Texas are almost
equally beloved for their gallant SER
vices, but the investigation has only
served to bring more prominently before
the public mind the noble work of the
commander of the Brooklyn. AS the
latter wired after the battle off San
tiago there was glory enough for
ALL and if the naval board had but
acted on this suggestion in framing it's
verdict the cause of justice would have
been better subserved. Technically. the
verdict may have merit, but it will not
change the views of the world as to the
achievements and character of Admiral
Schley.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14
ANOTHER IDOL FALLEN.

Another popular idol Which has served
as a public plaything for a long term
Of years is tottering on it's pedestal.
Dreyfus. the Frenchman, whose theatre
cal protestations of innocence We're taken
in good faith by a large part of the
world is in immediate danger Of being
deposed from his position as popular
martyr and given a place among the
dismal collection of "has1beens" Of whom
the people are tired. Labor counsel for
Dreyfus in his world famous trial, has
become estranged from his former client.
Just what the breach between the two
principal characters in the courtroom
drama which the world watched SO in
tently will lead to may not be known.
Dreyfus case, however and, generally
speaking, the public takes vastly diff
ferent view of the episode at this late
day. 1t is conceded in most quarters
that Dreyfus was a long way from being
the greatly abused scapegoat he was
made out. The circumstantial evidence
in the case pointed strongly to crooked
maintained a Luxurious establishment
far beyond his means. and this feature
of the evidence counted against him.
His defense, too, was not without flaws.
The world was called upon to reverence
Dreyfus' deep affection for his wife and
requested to pay literally for printed
volumes of correspondence between the
two, written While the noted prisoner
was serving his sentence. Meantime, the
public could not fail to remember that
the evidence in the case had shown that
Dreyfus had distributed his affection
among number of mistresses during
his domestic career, and this fact made
skeptics of those who might otherwise
have read the turgid letters with SYM
pathy. So, whether counsel for the ac-
cused speaks well or i'll of Dreyfus, the
public will have it's own opinion. 1t will
probably be admitted that Dreyfus could
not be vindicated by the court that tried
him, and that his conduct justified the
public sentiment generally swings in the
opposite direction after it becomes known
that sympathy has been misapplied The
case of Dreyfus is only one instance
among a host of others which go to prove
how easily public sympathy may be Sc
cured by pretense of injured innocence
and how wide a gulf there is between
the public's first view of the case and
the real facts.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14

It is absurd to assert that any company
is willing to lose $50 O00, 900 in order 10
make a small fraction of the amount
by stock speculation.
1t may rbe set down as fact ina.
whatever happens to copper and copper
shares in Butte is the result of persist
ent opposition to Butte's best interests
and of stories set atloat by enemies OF
the district alleging that ore is scarce
anagement dishonest and justice ar
ranged for Yet such yarns are in cir
culation.
1t is equally certain that every con-
Germ which owns a copper mine would
work it at full blast if allowed to do so.
and that nothing can injure Butte 50
much as detraction and misrepresenta-
ton abroad and division and bitterness
at home.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14

The conference of lead magnates lust
held in New York has fixed the price OF
lead for the next six months at 81
cents for the Occur d'Alene product
There are now in the Occur d'Alene re-
gion about 1900 idle miners who were
thrown out of work because of the clos
ing of several prominent mines The
decision of the lead conference brings
hope to many of these men, one half of
whom will probably be put to work
about the first of the year. At 31s cents
they will be kept in operation unless
some antitrust cranks succeed in clos.
ing down the lead smelrers because the
latker are owned by the American Lead
TrusN Much of the Occur d'Afene ore
is reduced at the East Helena smelter.
Which of itself employs several hundred
men, who contribute greatly to the pros
perity of the state capital The smelter
is in reality the only enterprise in Mon
tana operated by trust, with the single
exception of the cracker factory, and if
the octopus smashers let it alone in the
good work it is doing for both Montana
and Idaho, the people of both states will
have cause for congratulations Tt is
better to work for a trust than not tc
work at all, particularly during the
winter season.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14
FINLANDERS HALL.
North Wyoming Street Structure Is a
Credit to the City.

Finlanders hall on North Wyoming
street is completed and ready for occu-
pancy. It is one of the neatest and
contest places for fraternal and other
gatherings that can be found in the city.
1t is two-story brick hall and is pro-
Vided with rooms for church. library
and lodge rooms. In it's completed state
it will cost $4,000. In the face Of many
difficulties the Finnish residents OF the
town have worked for the completion of
the structure and have now the admiral
ton of everyone who knew what Obsta-
cles We're overcome in the task. Mr.. w.
Kaekela, a Finlander who served in the
Philippines in an Idaho regiment, said
today:
1.-The building of the hall is credit to
our nationality in this city and in the
West. It has cost money and hard work
and more money must be spent and
hard work done before it is paid for.
We are trying to build place where
Social enjoyment may be had. There
will be no dancing but we will have a
good time there nevertheless"
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14
The Siberian Gold PIacers.

In a typical area in the Ural where
tests We're made under the direction of
the writer's, conditions of gravel beds
covered by swamp were found with an
extraordinary degree of uniformity along
the stream for a distance of 80 miles.
The stream wound through the flats, its
width varying from IS to $50 feet. The
average width of the gravel bed was 1000
feet, it's depth Is feet to bedrock. and it
was covered by layer of loan five feet
in thickness. Gold was found through
out the whole mass of gravel at the rate
of 20 cents to the cubic yard of gravel.
"Colors' of gold could be panned in the
gravel taken from the river bank, it be-
ing estimated that this surface material
ran about cents to the cubic yard. The
size and shape of the particles Of gold
from this river as well as from many
others tested, are very similar to those
obtained in the dredging operations on
the Feather river in California.
A working season of six months may
always be counted on in those portions Of
Siberia west of the Yenesei river, whose
northern limit may be roughly taken as
an imaginary line drawn parallel to, and
200 miles to the north of, the TRANSIT
berian railway. The region adjacent to
the Ural is the most attractive field, con-
Sldered from the SOlu-ureuSlHB Slallu-
point. It's accessibility to railway trans
portation, the abundance and cheapness
of labor. and the existence in it of ma
chine shops of high order of excellence,
are all points which the prospective oper-
ator would be apt to consider favorably.
In West Siberia, it is not likely that the
deposits capable of being worked by
dredges will be found to be any richer
than those of the Ural, but the drainage
areas are greater, the valleys wider, and
the streams longer, consequently the total
available area should be considerably
more extensive.-C. w. burlington and J.
B. Landfield, Jr., in The Engineering
Magazine.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14

The timber hearing which has been
some months and in which Judge Blake
is acting as master in chancery under
appointment of Judge Knowles, is reach
ing a stage which will soon justify a
full report to the interior department at
Washington. The inquiry relates in no
the government land officers in this
state, nor does it impugn the motives of
any man who in good faith has pur-
chased timber land titles, believing them
to be perfect. 1t concerns the regularity
of the methods by which the title was
first sought to be obtained from the gov
eminent by the original locators. Only
that and nothing more. There has never
been suspicion of any improper con.
duct on the part of the representatives
of the government in this state, and not
a scintlla of proof tending to show
official dereliction. Partisan accuse tions
of land office culpability We're made by
the democratic press in some instances
last fall, but they were based wholly on
1nisinforma ton and attracted no atten-
tlon 1t is not the intention of the gov
eminent to visit hardship on any man
connected innocently with the timber
locations, nor to throw obstacles in the
way of the procurement of timber neces-
sary for mining and building purposes
by the enterprising citizens of this state.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14

The men who in the East are abusing
the Amalgamated people for trying to
keep up the price of copper. and in the
West are abusing them because they
may not succeed in keeping it up are
giving an exhibition OF original men
dacity and spectacular depravity that
would excite the envy of Satan himself.
1t is certain that no mining company
can make money by closing down it's
mines Or by their being closed down.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14
Mrs, Dodd Entertains.

The Mutual Whist club was the recip-
lent of charming entertainment
Thursday afternoon at the apartments
of Mrs. James Dodd, 1928 California
avenue The score was counted at the
end of the game. Mrs. Walker won first
prize a beautiful painting; Mrs. Tretha-
way given second prize, and Miss Belle
Frazer was awarded the consolation.
After partaking of we'll prepared re-
freshments the future prospects of
woman was discussed. Those present
were: Mesdames Bishop, Curran, Dodd,
Mcdonald, Furry, Farmer, Shiller,
Trethaway, Walker, Lewis, Hastings:
Misses Belle Frazer, Kate Fleming and
Argyle.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14
FEDERAL STOCK INSPECTION.

One of the strong points made by the
National Live Stock association at its
recent meeting in Chicago was that
of federal stock inspection. This item
in the list of the organizations work will
be of especial interest to the people OF
Montana. 1t was recommended by men
OF extended practical experience in the
stock business that the duty of inspect
ing stock consigned to distant markets
be transferred to the federal government.
1t is argued that a clean bill of health
at the starting point would take the
vent worry and annoyance to the
owner and afford security to stock
in states to which contagion might be
carried. 1t is stated in plain terms that
the system as at present conducted is
full of flaws. from which stockmen suffer
serious injustice and injury. The federal
inspection would hardly be open to the
complaints laid at the door of the stock
inspectors under the present system. The
right of the government to protect inter-
state commerce is broadly defined by the
constitution, and the new arrangement
for stock inspection will fit like a glove.
The live stock convention scored good
point when it made it's telling hits in
the stock. The reform should be pushed
to successful issue in the interest of
the Western stock raiser.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14

Foreign nations pay no less than $2O,-
100000 each year in ship subsidies For
this expenditure Europe secures the
lions share of the traffic of the seas,
1t is figured that the United States can,
by spending 100000 annually, win frs.
place in the ocean-carrying trade. The
prize is worth trying for.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14
KILLED ACCIDENTALLY.
Finding of Coroner's Jury in the Case
of Young Murphy.

It developed through the testimony of
witnesses at the coroner's inquest yester-
day that Jerry Murphy, a youthful
hunter, came to his death by the acct
dental discharge of a gun, and the YER
dict of the jury was given accordingly.
The evidence showed that Murphy was
shot in the jaw while he was placing the
gun on the ground.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14

The New York Sun says there are
holes in the Hay Pauncefote treaty big
enough to drive coach and four
through. If the sun will hold its horses
until the senate gets through inspecting
the treaty it may learn that the docu-
ment is all right when rugged out with
the required diplomatic strings and red
tame
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14
A Confession.

Tess-How do you know Bess is going
to marry Mr.. Hoamlimug for his
money.
Jess-She told me so herself.
Tess-What! Did she really say that?
Jess-Same thing. She said she was
going to marry him.-Phiadelphia Press.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14
FOREIGN MISSIONS REPORT.
Hoped There Will Be No Other Ar
menian Massacres.
(By Associated Press.)

(By Associated Press)
. BOSTON. Dec. 14.-The American Board
of Foreign mission in its 92d annual re-
ports says:
..There is reason to fear a repetition
of the wholesale massacres of Armenians
in the Massoun district of 1894. where
We're the prelude to the fearful scenes
! of 1895.
! ut ought to be impossible for the sultan
with impunity to dip his hands SO deep
! in the blood of his innocen, SUBJECTS"
! The summary of gifts shows a total Of
$685. 1851, including legacies for current ex-
.penses, $c17,o72: gifts fer mission work
/ for women, $211,971; gifts for school
funds, 100000.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14

1t has suddenly dawned upon the
Venezuelahs that there is nothing in the
Monroe doctrine to prevent the collec-
ton of debts honestly due. Germany
holds claims against Venezuela for 81
oOO,OO0 and in the diplomatic snarl that
has ensued there are indications that the
latter country will have TO put up the
cash
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14
Special Notice.

The ladies are invited to call at the
Thornton hotel, Tuesday and Wednes-
day, December II and IS, where Madame
Hamilton of Salt Lake, formerly OF New
York City, will show line of imported
gowns, tailor-made suits, handsome
coats, fancy wraps, also an elegant as
so,tment of separate skirts, waists and
silk petticoats.
Madame Hamilton, firm of Hami!tons
12O Main street, Salt Lake City.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14

News from Washington telling resi-
dents of. Bozen1an that the free mail de-
livery system will begin in June of next
year is cheering to residents of the Gall
latin valley city. The pretty town in the
seat of the states richest agricultural re-
gion is rapidly taking a leading place IN
the list of Montana's principal towns.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14

Dispatches from Costa Rica say that
business is at a standstin, men are idle,
and presidential election is only a
month away. Unless the reports of a
quiet campaign are false, the residents
of the republic must be unable to catch
onto the true spirit OF politics.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14
violets That Bud in the Snow.

The Swiss Alp violets bud and thrive
in the coolest winter SNOW. They are
very beautiful i'm their white beds, and
make one want to gather them Just as he
longs for a good glass of Centennial bear
this kind of weather. "A million glasses
q day." Somebody must, Nke it.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14

There is some slight evidence at last
that Grover Cleveland has again decided
to take a hand in public affairs. He is
one of the sgners of a petition to the
Princeton, N. j., city council for a new
sidewalk
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14
Going Through the Rapids.

Choly-Mr. Jones, 1 want your daugh-
ter. Our mutual love is as strong and
tumultuous as the rapids of Niagara.
Mr.. Jones-Well, have you got bar
rel' big enough for two?-Puck.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14
Lanky Bob May Referee.
By Associated Press.)

$ New York, Dec. 14.-Bob Fitzsimmons
says he is willing to referee the Meow
n-Sulliyan fight next month. providing
he is free from, other engagements at the
time OF the contest.