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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08
GRAND LARCENY CHARGED.
W. II. Wright Attempted to Sell One
of Reeds Teams.

". IT. Wright was arrested by Ser
seant McGrath last night and a charge
of grand larceny placed opposite his
name. 1t appears that he took a team
of horses and a wagon belonging to
Reeds livery stable and attempted to sell
them to Ed. McNamee for $125
Mr. McNamee is the owner of num-
Der of working teams and is engaged in
cutting ice for the Butte Ice company
and his home is near the old Bell smelter
on the flats. Wright offered to sell him
team of horses and a wagon for $125
and as it was bargain Mr.. McNamee
came up town last night to get the money
met w. McC. White who told him to be
careful in his dealings with a stranger.
On his way down Main street he met a
hackman who said that the horses and
wagon probably belonged to the Reed
livery stable the description fitted two
horses and a wagon that had been taken
from the stables.
Mr. McNamee went to Reeds Office
and met A. G. Lingley the manager for
Mr.. Reed and described the team and
the wagon They proved to be the prop
erty Of Mr.. Reed and a complaint was
made to the police. Sergeant McGrath
went out and in a short time returned
with Wright whom he found in Miller's
saloon. He was at once identified and
the charge mentioned placed opposite his
name.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08
BEAT HIS MOTHER.
An Inhuman Wretch Whom Neigh
bors Threatened to Lynch.

Thomas Cults residing at 319 Watson
avenue was arrested by Officer McMaster
last night on a charge of beating his
mother and throwing her into the street.
The arrest was made on complaint of
John Cults younger brother, who said
that the neghbOrS We're threatening to
lynch Thomas. He said that if the po-
lice refused to arrest him he would take
the law into his own hands and click
him himself.
After Thomas had been arrested Geo.
Mutch put up a $40 for the appearance of
QUITS in the poplice court this morning.
Before the police court convened Cults
visited the Jail Office and asked Jailer
Boyle if there was any charge against
him and the jailer answered that he was
charged with disturbing the peace for
beating his mother and that $40 had
been left for the fine.
ITS an outrage" said Cults.
Eyes, it is an outrage to fine you only
$40 for beating your mother said Mr..
Boyic, "If had my way you would pay
a fine Of $780,
Mr.. Cults did not make any answer
and when his case was called this morn
ing he failed to appear and the $40 was
converted to the use of the city as flne.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08
DUSKY LOVERS QUARREL.
And Sam Smashed a Beer Bottle on
the Occasion.

Marguerite McCleary, a lady of color,
who calls Pleasant alley her home, APP
peared at the city Jail last night in COM
pany with Officer Gilmore, who booked
her on a charge of fighting, and her
appearance supported the charge.
She had a two-inch cash on the top
of her head and the blood from it had
stained the front of her dress. DR..
Hall was called in to dress the wound.
and while he was doing so Marguerite
related her tale of woe.
She said that the wound was inflicted
by colored man named Sam Horn,
with whom she has not been friendly.
According to her story she and Sam
had falling out some time ago and
he did not trouble her for many days.
Last night he made his appearance as
of old and asked her for money. She
told him that she had no money for
him. and he took up a beer bottle and
broke it over her head. Marguerite was
not the kind to quit so easily, and she
drew blackjack" and made it warm
for her visitor. who took to his heels.
The disturbance aroused the whole al
ley, and when Officer Gilmore appeared
upon the scene the only one of the bel
ligerents to be seen was the woman
and he escorted her to the jail
IN the police court this morning Mar
guerite pleaded not guilty and her case
was set for Friday afternoon. In the
meantime she is out on 500 bail.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08
The RAILROADS. :

The general impression prevails that
railroads make the freight rates, but this
is an error. The only manner in which
the railroads can dictate the freight rates
is to have all the lines centering in any
given territory consolidate under one
ownership and even then success is
doubtful. Some people see or claim to see
this danger in the consolidation of the
Northern Pacific and the Great Northern.
The policies of these two roads in the
past, however, have been such that ship
pers need have no fear. Unlike some of
the eastern roads they have done all in
their power to assist in the growth and
development of the northwest and have
not waited for legislation to fix either
freight or passenger rates.
1t will be interesting to some to know
why the railroads do not control the
freight rates The shippers make or
limit the miXimum rates and as long as
they hold together they can always con-
troll freight tariffs. An instance of this
is cited in the freeze out of 1894 when all
the lines agreed upon rate from New
York, including the lake and mail routes
with the usual differential in favor of
the latter
st. Paul jobbers got together and agreed
not to object to the rates which were ex-
orbtana, but they did enter into an
agreement to throw all their business to
one route. This went on for one year
and then the roads that had not been
favored with the patronage went to the
jobbers and pleaded TO rsome of the traf-
fic. They offered to let the jobbers name
the rates which they did and business
was then resumed on a more equitable
basis and has continued so ever since.
The talk of maintaining rates can go on
as long as the increase is not actually
made so as to affect the larger shippers.
| but it has its limits and while 1t may be
! successfully applied to small shippers,
/ any material advance to large jobbing
| centers must inevitably bring disaster
upon any rate combine.
When asked about the officials who are
! not placed by reason of the closing of
the two auxiliary Union Pacific offices in
| Portland President Mohler politely re-
ferred the questioner to Traffic Manager
| Campbell. says the Portland Telegram.
| The fact Of the matter Is that there was
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08

so much accumulated business piled up
which demanded Mr.. Mothers immediate
attention that he had not time to
consult with Mr.. Campbell about the
placing of the remaining officials.
The slate as already outlined will
stand. Agent Lothrop will leave for New
York next week to accept the appoint
ment of oriental agent of the o. r. & N.
Co. The remaining officials, except Agent
Lang, who is ordered to report at Omaha,
are still under orders to Mr.. Campbell.
They have received their pay checks for
last months wages, and the fact that
they are still under orders is guarantee
that they will be placed.
Two men will be placed with General
Agent Elise at Seattle, and the o. R.
& N. office when reorganized, to look af-
ter the business formerly handled by the
Oregon Short Line and Union Pacific
will neel some more men. 1t is under
stood that V. Schiling will be in charge
of the general ticket Office in Portland.
The Northern Pacific railroad company
has filed in Idaho a profile of definite To-
cation in the United States land office
for right of way from Sites to Grange
vile via Three Mile Creek. The Cotton
wood route, the location of which was
filed several months ago, was relinquish-
ed by the company, the papers of relin-
quishnlent being filed with the profile of
the new route.
This action on the part of the Northern
Pacific officials is interpreted to mean an
cary extension of the Clearwater Short
Line branch to Camas prairie. The new
route is shorter and the grade is said to
he the best that has yet been found from
the middle fork of the Clearwater river
to the intermountain plat
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08
PROBABLY HEART DISEASE.
Inquest He'd on the Body of Louis p.
Grant.

The cOroner's jury impaneled to in
quire into the death of Louis P. Grant
CT Craig, Mont. who expired suddenly
in the Empire lodging house Sunday
morning. returned verulct last night
that the man came to his death from
natural causes.
Miss Louise Luetgen. one of the pro-
prietors of the Empire house, testified
that deceased had come to her house
three days before his death and looked
like a man who was suffering from
consumption. At about II O'Clock Sum
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08
BILLY O'BRlEN is DEAD.
He Was One OF the Popular Citizens of
Madison County.

Information was received in Butte
last evening of the death at Sheridan.
Madison county, yesterday afternoon OF
Hon. William O'Isrien, well known cit
izen of that town. Mr. OBrien has been
suffering for some weeks from 1rights
disease. He was a member of The last
Montana legislature. He had been en-
gagged in the saloon business for some
wears, but during the last few years had
amassed comfortable competence in
mining.
He leaves a widow and three daugh-
ters. The funeral services will be held
at Sheridan tomorrow.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08

day morning he staggered upstairs and
fell into his room. The witness had fol-
lowed him and. seeing that he was dy-
Ing, called a policeman.
The testimony Of other witnesses went
to show tnat the man was sick and suf-
fering and had probably died from the
effects of heart disease. There was no
evidence of foul play and the jury re-
turned the verdict stated.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08
l. D. McGREGOR
VETERINARY SURGEON

Honorary graduate OF the Ontario Vet
Urinary College, Toronto, Canada. Urea Is
ali diseases of dOmesticated animals ac-
cotding to scientific principles. Office a.
Marlow's Stables. l04 South Main street.
Telephone 293. All cases promptly at
tended to
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

7 wiz not be responsible for any debts
by my wife. Olive Dugdale.
ALMA DUGDALE.
Butte. January I, 1901.
The Washington times., 1901-12-07
A Nsw cen..itu.iona, Question.

4 new constitutional question is
10 be raised, it seems. 1t is: Has
Congress the power 20 protect, the
President OF the United States from
attempts to murder him by provid-
ing an adequate punishment. for the
offence?"
The judiciary Committee of the
Senate is TO make the enquiry, and
therefore we shall not anticipate lis
decisions; but if Congress cannot
pass law intended to preserve the
life of the Chief Magistrate of the
nation against an assault, this Gov
ernment is afflicted with weakness
which ought to be cured by constitu-
tional amendment.
There is no doubt that the Presi-
dent can protect himself He may
kill his assailant, for example; or, as
Commander-in-C Chief of the Army, he
may surround himself with soldiers.
who viii defend him, and in defending
him they may kill his assailant with
impunits. If the law cannot punish
by its orderly processes, in a case
where it excuses killing done at the
moment. and violently. il is the first
instance of the kind. we venture to
assert, that can be found in the law
books.
The President recommends in his
message that anarchy be made an of
fence against the law of nations.
When that is done, Congress may. by
explicit command of section S OF
Article / of the Constitution. de
fine and punish" those who kill as
anarchists.
The Washington times., 1901-12-07
Football LegisIat;on.

Two bills have been introduced into
the House OF Representatives; one to
prohibit games of football between
Annapolis and West Point. the other
10 MAKE these compulsory annual
events. Neither bill is likely to have
the support of a majority of the
House. and neither ought 10 have it.
II is a pretty good idea to leave n
little liberty in the direction of their
institutions to the heads OF those in
stitntions. 1t is a pretty good idea
to avoid the introduction of old
womanly laws to our statute books.
il is pretty good idea TO shelye bills
which do not possess sufficient merit
10 justify their Introduction to Con-
gress.
II is absurd to prohibit game
whose greatest recommendation IS
that it promotes manliness. general
ship and self-reliance among the two
classes OF the public in whom we are
most anxious To generate those quail
lilies. The cadets of Annapolis and
West Point are no children swathed
in cotton wool, nor is football so
bloody that Is is necessary to prohibit
The Washington times., 1901-12-07
1hc New Itonin.

Mr.. Carnegie, ii is reported, has in
view the founding of a model town
for retired telegraph operators In
his proposition there is a township
complete. with libraries. cooperative
stores. clubs and hospitals-a real
Carnegie utopia. 1t is his intention
to place this model city in New Jer-
sey. where land is cheap.
The suggestion is a good one. and,
II carried out. viii be watched by
philantlrropists all over the world
with eagerness. II is only men of
the financial standing of Mr.. Carnegie
who can embark upon such colossal
schemes as this latest proposition
Other men. however kindly disposed
TO their fellow-creatures, are with
held from the experiment by the
great possibility of failure They
know, CT they believe they know.
that men do not like 10 live in com
munities composed entirely of their
fellow-professionals They believe
that anything approaching such Il
practical utopia is doomed to failure
because OF the taimt of the aims
house.
As a matter of fact such criticism
does not apply to Mr.. Carnegie's
scheme. He proposes TO charge
those retired telegraph operators
exactly the rent they would pay in
ordinary conditions. The only diff
ference is that he proposes TO use
that rent as an instailment toward
the purchase of the home. Under
his scheme man paying an ordi-
nary rent for ten years will find him
self not only householder but u
house proprietor al the end OF that
time. Mr.. Carnegie's experiment de
serves the coed wishes Of every so
cial reformer.
The Washington times., 1901-12-07
DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE.
Congestion of Traffic n Serious Men
ace to Holiday Trade.

NEW YORK. Dec. 6.-Dun's review to-
morrow will say:
IF any over-cautious investor. manu-
facturer or business man felt the least
! anxiety regarding legislation at the pres
| ent session of Congress, President Roose-
Veit S calm and temperate counse! must
| have been most reassuring. There Is lit
! tie evidence of conservatism, however in
the vigorous prosecution of work, pro-
| ductive capacity promising to reach much
/ broader limits early next year. Current
trade is of ample dimensions, but traffic
congestion grows worse and labor contro-
yersies add to the embarra ssment of ship
pers.
IF consignments of fancy goods fer the
holiday trade are delayed much longer
there will be serious loss. Prices of com
modities tend upward, Duns index num-
ber of $50 quotations, with due allowance
for the Importance of each. reaching
new high record for recent years of s101.37
on December 1, an increase in the cost of
living OF 81 per cent compared with No
yeInber l, and II per cent higher than
December l, 1900. Food products exhib-
tied the most striking gains, breadstuffs,
dairy and garden products reaching the
highest point of the decade.
Exchanges through the New York
Clearing House for the week exceeded
a.
1899 by 31.3 per cent. while at other lead
ing cities the gains were 1872 and 17.3 per
cent, respectively. Railway earnings con-
tinue their steady advance, SURPRISING
November. 1900, by 10.S per cent, and
those of two years ago by IS per cent
Activity and strength are conspicuous
in the markets for domestic wool. Coates
Brothers circular makes the average Of
one hundred grades 1851 cents, which is
sfa
cessions are not secured by purchasers,
but on the other, holders grow more conf
dent. Despite recent phenomenal sales at
Boston, there is steady buying and stocks
do not accumulate, although arrivals are
liberal.
Cotton goods are in better request, but
mills delay new undertakings because o:
the sudden rise in raw material
staple products continue advancing,
corn making most sensational gain.
Extraordinarily high prices for this cereal
tempted many traders to sell futu con-
tracts In expectation of sharp reaction,
but further violent rise to the highest
price for many years compelled covering,
at severe losses.
Wheat was also sharply advanced to
the best price of the season. largely
through sympathy with corn, ;or which it
was freely substituted.
Noilon was aroused from It's ietndrsy
by an unexpectedly low official estimate
of the current crop at only 1914 900 bales,
when about LOCO, 600 more was predicted
by the members of the leading exchanges.
Vigorous speculation and an advance of
over g a bale occurred when the low
yield was announced.
Exports of gold were not of sufficient
volume to affect money market conditions.
but the persistent strength of exchange
and heavy absorption of funds from local
banks into the Sub Treasury had harden
ing influence. and call loans ruled close
TO Az per cent throughout the week
The Washington times., 1901-12-07
ExpeeiIng Too Much.

Chicago Chronicle-There is no real rea
son why anybody should smile derisively
at the unwillingness of the Central and
South American Republics. represented at
the PanAmerican conference, to accept
without reserve the principle of arbi-
trating all national disputes.
Most of these States are fighters by
choice and by habit. They have a high
sense OF personal and national honor
which II is possible they are disposed on
some occasions 10 eXaggerate but In what
respect does their attitude differ from
that of the most advanced nations of the
earth which recently considered the same
subject at The Hague2
u the most powerful and enlightened
nations are not willing to trust them
selves unnondttionally TO an arbitration
court We can hardly expect weak and
compaTat lively unrrogressive States to do
so. Jealousy and apprehension are TO be
looked for quite as naturally among the
feeble snd.inefiieient as among the strong
and resou-ceful.
The Washington times., 1901-12-07
The Monroe Doctrine.

Vcneznelans and some others in the
lesser Americas would do well to
carefully peruse that portion of the
Presidents message referring to the
Monroe Doctrine. In plain language,
Il states that the guarantee of pro-
lection will not be extended TO cover
infringement of the rights of Euro
pcans. If Germany or other Powers
conclude that they must have redress
and Indemnity for the ill-treatment
of their subjects, the United States
will not interfere, except to prevent
the acquisition of territory
This highly sensational irterprcta-
iion of tt,1 Monroe noc,rine ought to
have effect, The South American
countries have been cutting capers
long enough. Most of :he revolutions
are unnecessary and ridiculous and
simply afford opportunities for the
adventurous element to Wield tenn
porary power. Unfortunately, this
eudangeTS the rights Of men of many
natiopaities, injuries commerce, men
ACES life and creates generally dis
agreeable situation.
II the smaller Repsblics persist in
actinglike vicionsly mischievous small
boys. they must expect TO he soundly
spanked. and their Uncle Samuel
need not be expected TO interfere.
The Washington times., 1901-12-07
Some OF the Bills and Resolutions
introduced in the House and Senate Yesterday.

By Senator Gallinger-Proyjdina FOR tbe
prevention of cruelty to animals in the
District of Columbia. The measure il
sweeping in its terms and stipulates that
hereafter no person shall perform. on q
! living vertebrate animal any experiment
! calculated 10 give pain to such animal ex-
| cept subject TO certain restrictions. The
i penalty for the first offence is a fine OF
not more than $3.50 and for the second or
any subsequent offence fine of not more
| than $500 or imprisonment for not more
| than six months
BY Mr. Hepburn treintro1uced}-rhe
bill which passed the House May 2. 1900.
providing for the construction of the Mic
| aragua Canal. II increases The limit of
total cost of the canal frc m S14o, ,0O0. 900 tc
s1sO.O00,00o. He also reintrcduced the
Brosius pure food bill of last Congress.
and it was referred TO the Committee on
! Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
BY Senators Burrows. Berry. and
Mitchell-BilIs providing for the election
OF Senators by direct vote of the people.
The proposed changes require eonstitu-
tional amendment.
By Mr.. Mudd-Providing for the appoint
ment of a commission to examine and
appraise the value of the works of the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. with ref
erence to the desirability of purchasing
the canal by the United States. The canal
connects the waters Of the Chesapeake
and Delaware Bays. Mr.. Mudd pro-
poses TO urge the construction ove= the
route of the canal of full and open
waterway. having depth of not less
than thirty feet.
By Mr.. Kluttz-A joint resolution pro-
posing an amendment to the Constitution
providing for the collection of a tax upon
incomes, regardless of the source upon
which the incomes may be derived.
BY Mr.. Kahn-Prohibiting the coming in
and regulating the residence within the
United States, its Territories and possess
sions and the District of Columbia OF
Chinese persons and persons of Chinese
descent. II excludes all. except Chinese
officials. teachefs, students, merchants,
travellers, and returning laborers, aud in
the case of these exceptions, provision is
made for very definite Identification.
The Chinese Government will be required
to certify to Chinese officials.
BY Mr.. Bromwell-Giving the franking
privilege to Mrs. Mckinley, and another
providing for Chinese exclusion.
BY Mr.. Corliss-Proyiding for an inter-
national commission to establish the level
OF the Great Lakes
BY Mr.. Bartholdt-Appropriat $780,
coo for a new postoaice at st. Louis. with
the stipulation that it shall be only one
story in height and the building shall be
used exclusively for postofiice purposes.