The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-16
IN the HOTEL lOBBlES.


ing gentleman who has just passed the
the Thornton as H. A. Sinclair OF New
Haven, Conn.
Referring to anything in particular"
ventured the inQuisitive young man who
likes to cut in.
We'll. yes" said Mr.. Sinclair. II was
just thinking of how a white rat about
three inches long broke up the recen;
convention of the state music teachers
in the Hyperion theater in New Haven
and nearly threw 500 young women into
Mysteries"
THAT SOP" from the inquisitve youth.
Yes. that's So" continued Mr.. Sim
clair
THE rat must have been descendant
of the famed rats of the pied pipers
times, for he emerged from his hole in
the first gallery as soon as the strains
of music were heard.
THE moment the rat appeared young
woman shrieked and jumped on the gal
lery railing. Then all the other 500 young
women in the gallery gathered up their
skirts and climbed into their chairs and
shrieked.
The rat executed war dance up and
down the gallery. squealing as manly
boots and feminine music rolls ratified
against his sides, and the faster he went
the more the young women shrieked.
AT one time it looked as If the entire
audience in the gallery would stampede
through the doors, but ushers, armed
with brooms and canes, quieted the
women and commenced hunt for the
rodent.
meantime the concert was stopped
and Miss Klein, the soloist, retired with
out finishing her song.
1T was ten minutes before order was
resumed. and an usher came out from
under a seat, carrying the offending rat
by the tail. Some of the young women
had to leave the theater, so frightened
We're they"
Wall streets humorists laugh bolster
ously in their myriad sleeves and even
the ultra conservatives are seen to
smile, for report has it that John w.
Gates. the steel and wire magnate, Is
out from four to six millions in conse-
quence of battle royal with supposed
representative of J. J. Hill over North
ern Pacific. The westerner's face alone.
in all the financial district, is straight.
AT least that is what Chicago
friend of mine told me when 1 was IN
the Windy City Saturday, and he said
he got the tip straight from New York
that day"
The speaker was William B. Todd Of
Omaha, who is registered at the Butte.
Il got the story like this: Col. Gates,
according to his intimates, until the past
few days was so satisfied with success
that he expressed more or less bur-
lesque desire to experience a loss or
two by way of change. If such
We're his wish, he certainly has
achieved it to an extent greater than
even his Garantuan imagination could
desire. He has accomplished such
break in the mOnOtOny as viii hold him
from Europe for a while.
ut was in pursuit of novelty, the ini-
tiated are Informed, that the llnancier
at the beginning of the week set in mo-
ton an operation depending for success
on a fall in the foregoing stock. He sold
5,040 shares short just as Mr.. Hills sup
posed representative started an upward
movement with the first OF astounding
purchases looking to control of the rail-
road.
Naturally. the colonels first sale was
not a glittering success. When, to re-
coup, he sold another block of 5,000 and
another and another. he simply contin-
ued to lose. Some financiers, noting the
trend of the market, would have turned
with the tide, buying instead of SELL
ing. Col. Gates, though, adhered to the
role of vendor until his sales, it is said,
reached $4,000 shares.
"Rumors that he was in Northern Pa
cif1c spread rapidly before the .1a :ket
closed Monday, and soon it was whis-
pered he had effected a corner in that
stock calculated to squeeze some Of his
rivals almost to the crushing point. j.
Pierpont Morgan, w. K. Wand srl,ilt, D.
H~H1
toned by various theorists as h;s prob
able victims. 1t was taken for granted
| the steel and wire capitalist had est!-
| mated the course of the market with his
| traditional currency and would BIZ an
| enormous gamer.
! $50, when it was learned the rise in
Northern Pacific not only had not been
checked, but was continuing at a start
ling rate and the report became current
that Col. Gates was en- the wrong side
of the market, Wall STREET was aston
ished. The story was received with in
credulity everywhere, uctil seemingly
| cOrroborative circumstances silenced the
| most confirmed Doubling Thomas"
| G.. p. Cory, the man who made St.
Joseph, Mich, Gretna Green. is angry
| at old st. Joe, so he is going to use his
| talents to make South Haven the scene
| of future wholesale marriages. said
| Willis r. Steele, of Chicago. to a Butte
! citizen who formerly lived in the windy
city.
| wholesale marriages." asked the
Butte resident in surprise.
| Eyes. sir; wholesale marriages. You
| heard me Alright.
| Next month Mr.. Cory will put two
steamers in commission specially adapt
| ed for the use of clipping Chicago
| couples. The steamers are named Cupid
and Psyche. Mr.. Cory has made ar
| 70 vx-ith al