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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-31
Deaths in Stafford.

Especial Disnatch to The I1m6s.J
FREDERICKSBURG VA. Dec 80
Mrs Mildred Cliff widow Of the late
John Gift. died last night at her homo,
near Iceland Stafford county, aged
oiehty-four years. Rive sons and two
daughters survive her.
Mrs. George Allen 6ied yesterday at
her home. in Stafford. near Wh..e oaiS,
aged twerty-one years. her husband
and three small children surN we her
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-31
Henderson K lgore.

PETERSBURG, VA, Dec. so,-Niiss
Minerva A. E. Adams, eighty-three years
of age. died at the home of her nephew.
yesterday. About "a month aga Miss
Adams broke her leg while putting on
her shoes. The bones were as brittle and
almost as soft as chalk. The funeral VIII
take place in this city tomorrow.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-31
Mrs. Susan Miller.

Especial Dispatch to The Times.)
ASHLAND, VA, Dec. 30.-NIrs. Susan
Miller. WIDOW of Mr.. James Miller, who
for years a prominent banker of
Richmond, died at her homo here this
afternoon, aged seventy-eight.
Some months ago Mrs Miller had a
fall and dislocated one of her hips. Since
then her condition has been critical, and
her death was, therefore, not unexpected.
She was d charming Christian lady, being
a devout member OF the Presbyterian
Church She leaves three daughters
Mesdames Marion Leake, Susan Wright
and f. NJ. Fox. The intermelt will be in
Hollywood Wednesday. Further than this,
arrangements have not vet been made.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-31
fsncciol Dispatcn to The TInes)

LIJRAY. VA, Dec. Ga telegram re-
ceived here this evening announced thc
sudden death of w. T. Buracker, OF l-u-
ray at Thompson. Ga. this morning
Mr.. Buracker is brother OF y. M. bu-
"a cker. of Baltimore, and was a travelling
salesman for Rouse. Hempstone & Co.,
of that city, his territory being in the
South.
He had been absent from home on bust
ness for month and was supposed to
have been in the best OF health. He was
thirty-seven years Of age, and leaves a
widow. who was Miss Carrie L. Cable,
Of Baltimore. and five children. His re-
mains will be brought here for interment.
Captain Mushback's Funeral.
Especial Dispatch to The rimes.)
ALEXANDRIA,, VA, Dec. S0.-The fun
eral of Capt. George a. Mushback, who
died Friday night took place at Il o'clock
to-day, ard was largely attended. The
Alexandria Light Infantry, of which he
was commander for ten years, attended.
as did the old veterans Of the company,
together with several other organizations
OF which he belonged. The funeral SER
vices were conducted by the Rev. Berry
man Green. Of Christ Episcopal Church,
and the intermert was made in Bethel
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-08
IS IT A MIL PR0JfCT7

Ever since Senator Clark began the
construction of the Salt Lake & Los
Angeles railroad, there has been much
speculation as to which of the great rail-
road interests of the West he was CO.
operating with. Some we'll informed
men guessed the Burlington. others the
Oregon Short Line or Union Pacific.
others the Southern Pacific. Not a
few believed him 10 be working indie
pendently of all other roads. \ Boston
paper sheds new light on the situation
in the following paragraph:
Senator Clark. backed by J. ]. Hill. IS
building a line to Salt Lake City. and.
with the Burlington's assistance. will
have direct line from Montana to
the Pacific coast. Naturally. Hartman
fights this move of Senator Clark's. and
naturally Hartman is not anxious to see
the retirement of Northern Pacific pre-
ferred unless something more subs1an-
1ial than personal pledges is given.
If there be truth in the above it be-
comes possible that the Salt Lake & Los
Angeles road will ultimately be part Of
an extension of the Great Northern, and
that the gap between Salt Lake and
Butte will be filled later. Senator Clark
and J. J. Hill would make strong team,
and a road from st. Paul to Los Angeles
Via Butte would be a magnificent enter
r,visa
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-08
A MATTER Of PRINCIPLE.

The autumn elections have resulted in
a splendid Endorsement Of the republican
party and its policy. both at home and
abroad. Republicans have won because
they deserved to win. The democrats.
divided and Gemoralized, without issues
or principles they dare proclaim or de-
fend. have been defeated because they
deserved defeat. Newspaper readers in
Montana daily note the fact that the
democratic press is making no fight for
democratic principles,> no defense either
Of the Bryan wing or the Cleveland wing
of the party. Even the downfall of Tam
many, which in presidential elections 4.
depended upon always TO swing New
York into the democratic column has
been received without a word of pro-
test or sympathy by any democratic
organ in Montana. The state of Ne
braska has come back to the party of
Lincoln and Grant and Mckinley. but
no word OF lament is noted in the demo-
cratic press. The simple truth is that
the democracy is doomed to destruction.
It's best elements are drifting into the
republican party as matter Of conscien-
tious conviction, for all men recognize
the fact that the present prosperity in
this country is the direct and logical re-
suit OF republican rule.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-08

1t is evident that the story sent out
from ST. Louis attributing the death
of ten persons to the use of diphtheria
anti-toxin will not shake the faith med
ical men have in this new agent. The pre-
tentative and curative virtues of anti
toxin have been abundantly proved.
Since 1925. when this new remedy for
diphtheria began to be used. systematic
tests have shown it's efficacy beyond
question. Reduced mortality in diph-
liberia cases has been marvelous!y de-
creased. The st. Louis story may cause
a mild panic but will result in time in
bringing the anti-toXin serum into wider
fame and establishing its reputation as
a curative agent by increasing public
knowledge of the good that has come
from its use,
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-08

Today's press report contains extracts
from a number of the leading newspa-
pers of the world commenting upon the
death of Ii Hung Chang. This ce.e-
brated representative of the Chinese gov
eminent filled a prominent place in diplo-
matte circles of the world. He lowered
above the fellow members of his race
in point Of ability and character and
served his country to as good purpose
as have many of the famous statesmen
distinct value to China and to him the
empire owes debt that it cannot easily
discharge. Few statesmen of his age.
have done so much to make their coun-
try we'll and favorably known abroad as
did this able and shrewd viceroy. =
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-08
SUGAR CoNSUMPTt ION.
portions.

Statistics recently prepared give the
total annual consumption OF sugar IN the
United States as 100000 tons or an
average of sixty pounds per year for the
entire population. OF this amount about
300, geo tons come from the Hawaiian
island 100000 tons from Cuba and 2oo,ooo
tons are produced in Louisiana. The pre-
duction of sugar in Europe is about
5.92S, 264 tons annually and a large pro-
portion Of this finds a market in the
United States. 1t is safe to say that
one-half the sugar consumed IN this
country is the product of the cane and
the remainder is made from beets. a
large proportion of the beet sugar IS
imported from Europe, but the beet
sugar industry is becoming of more i'm
portance in the list Of American indus
tries each year. This quality of the
sugar produced from beets is equal e
not superior to that made from cane, ana
there is much that bespeaks bright
future for the industry. Recent statis-
ties upon the production of sugar by the
various countries of the world offered
encouraging information to those who
look forward to a steady and permanent
increase in the production Of beet sugar.
section of the United States Where the
manufacture of sugar has met with
phenomenal success.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-08
PERSONALS.

F. NJ. Avery left yesterday for Salt
Lake.
j. w. TELL, who comes from Whitehall,
is among the guests Of the city today.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Robbins, whose home
is at Gregson, are calling sn friends here
today.
r. c. Davis, whose home is at Jen-
nings, is shaking hands with old friends
here today.
w. C. Van SAINT. who lives in Anaconda,
is greeting his business acquaintance
here today.
AL F'elson and wife, whose home is in
Billings, are spending the day with
friends here.
f. w. Merritt, a citizen of Rochester,
is spending the day here attending to
business errands.
J. A. Bangs. who halls from Republic.
is meeting old acquaintance on the
streets here today.
j. F. Dreger, citizen of Missoula, is
among the outsiders to be seen on the
streets here today.
John Berkin, a well-known mining
man, who lives at Boulder, is in the city
ON business today.
George Martson, a citizen of Great
Falls, is renewing his acquaintance with
old friends here today.
F. A. Timby of Salt Lake, manager and
president of an insurance company in
that city, is visiting Butte.
George +. Shelton, a resident of the
capital city, is looking after some COM
mercial interests here today.
H. z. Bielenberg. who is wellknown
citizen of Deer Lodge, is numbered
among the visitors in the city today.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-08

At the national convention of bankers
recently held in Milwaukee the Eastern
financiers We're startled by the state
ment of a Northwestern member named
Moore. from the state of Washington. as
to the resources of that vast common
wealth. He said: Last year our farm
ers raised 10000. 900 bushels Of grain. our
lumber men marketed 100000. 900 feet of
lumber, our fishermen caught $4,000. 900
worth of salmon and our miners took
out 100000 tons of coal. Already %
great ocean steamships sail from Puget
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-08

Recent discussion in sociological circles
centers upon the adequacy of the punish
ment of Czolgosz. There are thos" who
contend that painless death in the cleo
trio chair was not sufficiently severe to
make atonement for the assassins
crime. 1t is generally conc4le tina. the
punishment was too long de: ,rrea. Had
Czolgosz met his death bAeora his evil
mind prompted the crime for which he
dled the world would have gained i'm
measurably. Anarchists have an oppor.
tunity to become highly popular by try
ing their murderous practices upon them
selves before making an attempt to de-
stroy the lives Of others.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-08
AMERICAN COTTON N GERMANY.

The German Reichstag will consider at
it's coming session a tariff bill designed
to revive the industries. of the country
by placing a duty upon manufactured
imported goods and agricultural prod
ucts. Cotton. the principal item Of our
importation to Germany, will continue
to enter the empire duty II ee. Almost
all other articles will be placed on The
list of dutiable articles. however. Our
trade with Germany amounts to fully
$3.50 900, 900 each year and products Of the
empire are brought into this country
to the amount of sos, 000. 900. The United
States will be more fortunate than most
foreign countries finding 4 market III
Germany as cotton, the manstay of the
countrys export trade will enter the
German markets free. while other coun-
tries will be required to pay high duties
on products peculiar to their country be-
fore being allowed to pass the tariff
barrier soon to be raised.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-08
the TREASURY $ SURPLUS.

According to the last balance sheet
of the federal treasury the reduction of
war revenue tax has had little or no
effect in reducing the enormous balance.
BY an act designed to reduce the treas
ury surplus congress. March ). 1901, cut
off about $45.000,0 900 in the annual rev.
enues arising out of the war tax the
alteration of the internal revenue sched-
ule appears to have been unava!llnS.
At the close of the fiscal year. June 80,
1900 there was in the treasury a sur
plus of SO. SOC. 900 and at the end of the
last fiscal year the balance of $'5,0OO,ooe
testified to increased revenues despite
the reduction of Internal revenue
schedules. Within the last four months
the excess of the governments receipts
over its expenditures has been about
So, 900. 600 1t is said by officials Of the
government who have kept close tab on
the business done by the treasury that
the coming year bids fair to roll up
treasury surplus which will be close to
the 800, oO0, 900 mark.
The well-meant provisions of the law
cutting off portion of the supply OF IN
ternal revenue have failed of their pur-
pose merely because greater economy
has been practiced in the war depart
ment. An unexpected shrinkase III eN-
penditure has been the result OF the
policy of Secretary Root. 1t was made
possible by the cessation of hostillties
in the Philippines and the gradual re-
duction in the number OF soldiers IN the
field. During the month or OCTOBER the
war department cost $9.54S.4a0 as COM
pared With $4,000 900 in the correspond
ing month of last year. This enormous
saving has allowed a treasury surplus
to accumulate and negatived the mten-
tons OF the trainers Of the tax reduc-
ton law The coming session of con-
gress will begin its work With an over
flowing treasury and one of the duties
of the nations chief lawmaking body
will be the passage of an act which Will
reduce the internal revenues to de-
gree which will prevent the treasury
surplus from assuming supertluous pro-
portions.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-08
BUTTE CURRENT NOTES.
Orion Bros.-Pianos ana organs.

Ofton BroS.-Pi0nos ana organs.
Fourteen inquests We're held during
October by Coroner Johnson.
e. b. Howell. attorney-at-law, Rooms
81 and IS. Silver Bow block.
Mrs. Mary Harrington, who died Mon
day. was buried this afternoon.
Tablets. envelopes and writing paper
OF all kinds at the p. o. News Stand.
Butte liquor dealers are holding an
important meeting this afternoon.
Ella Knowles Haskell, attorney at law;
otlceS, Silver Bow blk, room No. 80.
John Archibald. aged So, is dead at his
residence, 500 West Daily street, Walker
vile.
J. G. Bates. tuner, Montana Music Co.,
11s North Main st. Telephone 50l.
Joseph Mangot. a laborer residing at
Arizona street, died last evening of
heart failure.
We are the agents Of the Hall Safe
Co.; large safes made to order. smaller
sizes carried in stock. Montana Liquor
company.
Many residents Of the outlying sec
tions are agitating for an extension of
the city limit.
John Noyes. Butte capitalist, who
pays tlattering compliment to the bust
ness conditions of this city.
The Great Northern train robbers do
not smoke the Harvard cigar. They do
not want anything to do with such an
honest thing.
Irene Helen Drew. young daughter OF
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Drew, IL South
Ohio street, who died Thursday, was
buried today.
An interesting address on "The Me-
chanics OF Ether" was made by Prof
Bowman of the State School of Mines at
Philosophical headquarters last night.
1t is union labor--Ameriten union la
Dor. the best on earth-coupled with the
best tobacco grown in Cuba, that makes
the Harvard cigar such universal
favorite.
An unknown man entered a lodging
house at Main and Galena streets early
this morning and robbed the place, after
intimidating a child who saw him en-
ter.
East Park street car tracks, from CO.
vert street east to the city limits, are
being planked by Street Commissioner
Mclaughlin, and the cost will be taxed
against the street railway company.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-08

In the recent campaign in New York
,Tammany attempted to dismiss the
charges Of widespread police corruption
with a sheer. 1t was charged that the
funds of the city had been rnisa pplied
and wholesale grating carried on. This
charge was met with the assertion that
in all large cities corruption crept IN
to fatten upon the spells Of Office and
Greater New York was no: worse than
other American cities in this regard.
The issues raised and the arguments
used in the campaign were similar to
those made use of in every city, large
or small, where vicious syst ans of poll
ties are attacked after being allowed
temporary sway. The result proves that
the argument commonly usAd against
clean administration of the laws is not
convincing and that when ring rule be-
comes too fragrant in public abuses ring
rule must go.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-08

sound in the Oriental trade. The seat
of empire in this country is going to be
in the Northwest One1half the popula-
ton of the world occupies the countries
directly tributary to our Pacific coast.
Wonderful trade possibilities await the
establishment of close business relations
with the great countries that front on
the Pacific ocean,"
There is much food for thought in the
above statement. 1t is a pity some Mon
tana banker did not arise to tell the as
ISOLATION about the products OF Mon
tana which amounted to SIS. 900, 900, anu
can be doubled with the proper immigra-
capital,
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-08
CRACKER LOSES ALL HIS MONEY
Unfolds Tale of Trusting and
q False Friend Help

hunting. and had :sS in a savings bank.
Ferri, he says, invited MIN to the shack
on the flats, and there entertained him
for a day or two, finally proposing a
hunting trip.
There wasn't enough money FOR ammu-
milton, so Ferri suggested that he go to
town and get some Of NOah's money out
of the bank. Noah had check for the
amount, which he gave to his his new
friend, with instructions to draw $40
and bring to him.
Noah is now looking for Ferri who, he
says. drew the entire amount on the
check and disappeared. Noah wants his
false friend punished, but didn't know
how to go about 1t.
II would like to have him arrested"
drawled the youthful Tenneseean. Il
'spose you git him on breach O. promise.
cause he promised me he would come
back with the Sig"
Noah was sent to the county attor-
ney's Office to swear out warrant.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-08

The Schley court Of inquiry IS at an
end. After a long siege the engagement
Of the naval court is finished and the
country will turn to more interesting
subjects OF discussion. In setting up a
standard of conduct for the navy by
which its officers may be measured the
inquiry board should make the 3rade
so high that chickering's In official circles
will hereafter be regarded as breach
of conduct, and thus close the door upon
official rows Of the kind which it is now
called upon to settle.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-08

''Is tn chief Of police round hyur? I
want tc see the chief, and cum daown
hyur to tell i'm about Teller tn got my
money"
Eighteen year-old Noah Malicote. near
ly fresh from the mountainous wilds of
sunny Tennessee, where he knew none
but honest men, entered the office OF
Chief Reynolds this morning to tell his
troubles.
Noah had a genuine Cracker" twang
to his speech, of the kind that would re-
mind one instantly of the tales of the
unsophisticated poor whites Of Dixie
land.
In his story Noah accused Bramlock
Ferri, who lives beyond the Dewey flats.
with having buncOed him out of IS hard
earned dollars, accumulated through slow
and painful ranching service.
Noah had met Ferri on the streets of
Butte and took a liking to the man. He
corfided the fact that he WAS fond Of
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-08
A COSTLY SALARY LIST.

One of the results of Tammany's rule
in Greater New York has been to create
an army of high alaried of1iceholders.
The municipal government has been
weighed down with it's load of officials
and the taxpayers have been bled to the
last drop to support the Croker political
establishment. An interesting COMPARE
son has been made by the Washington
correspondent of the New York Sun and
1t appears that the salary list of Greater
New York in the high-salaried class is
greater than that of the United States
government. According to the state
ment prepared by the Suns correspon-
dent the general government has 496 en-
ployes on the payroll, to which it pays
$4,000 per annum and upwards. In
Greater New York 4i6 officials receive
salaries of $4,000 per year and upwards.
In the compared totals of the two salary
lists Tammany has the greater by
$1'3.569. Under the pay of the general
government are thirty-five officials re-
ceiving $4,000 per year and upwards and
In Greater New York sixty-seven off,
clals belong to this grade. During the
seventeen years Of Tammany's admin
istration in New York the city has been
overrun by officials Of high and low de-
gree, most of whom transferred a large
share of their salaries to the corruption
fund used to perpetuate the power of
the machine which was smashed at
Tuesdays election.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-08

A New York dispatch to Boston
paper the day before the election quotes
Richard Croker as follows:
You may quote me as saying that Mr.
Shepard will be elected mayor of this
city on Tuesday. I will not say by how
much he will be elected. nor will I go
into any details"
AS prophet. Croker has become a
miserable failure, but as he has piled UP
Q mountain OF Indebtedness on the people
of New York. he is not likely to be for
gotten. He has achieved aN Immortality
OF infanly.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-08

The men who speak for the Modern
Woodmen Of America today at Butte
are some of the leading citizens Of Mon
tana. Their gathering is marked by
many examples of friendly regard, and
will doubtless draw the members of tine
order into closer brotherh ooi by the
bonds of fraternity made more enduring
by the knowledge that the order is pros
porous, growing and Differed by some
of Montana's best citizens.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-08

The Boston News Bureau, referring to
the rumors respecting the Montana Ore
Purchasing companys dividend, says:
Since the Montana Ore Purchasing
company dividend is some time overdue,
color was given to the report that a
dividend had been passed. I.rector A..
F. Heinze says: During the past month
1t has not been possible to obtain a
quorum of directors, but you may state
positively that our directors will declare
and pay regular dividend as soon as a.
quorum can be obtained.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-08
Suicide Is identified.
By Associated Press.)

Providence, r. l., Nov. S.-The identi-
dcation has been made here of the man
who committed suicide in a Manassas,
Va, hotel, several months ago, after
registering as Blum, Providence, r. /.
His name was Isaac Blum, and until a
few weeks before his death he kept a to-
bacco store on North Main street, this
city. He came from Chicago, last
spring, with wife and daughter. The
Identification was made by John Nelson,
whose tenant Blum was.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-08

A Grand Forks little miss was some
what peevish one morning and her
mother exclaimed testify. II wonder
which side of the bed you got out of this
morning" The little one thought 1t over
and ventured II think the same side you
got out of, mamma" And the mother
thought there might be more to that
than the child imagined.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-08

Senator Jones of Nevada differed with
his party on one point and came to the
conclusion that time and events which
he had not foreseen had at last broken
down the barriers which kept him out
side the party fold. Republican plat
forms are built Of sound timber and the
st. Louis platform has been improved
by thorough seasoning. Senator Jones
can, with safety, stand squarely upon the
financial plank.