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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-09

had son 19 years Of age and about
three months ago he rented a fruit and
candy stand for him. After the young
man had gone into business for himself
the father thought that he was entitled
to pay for boarding and lodging of his
son but the latter had never given him
a cent When Stech went home last
night, or this morning. he was met by
his son who bumped" up against him
and trouble resulted
when he found that he could not
whip his father he called in the po-
lice" said Steck.
The prisoner said that he was the sole
support of his family, which consisted
of himself and wife and four small
children besides the youth who was in
the candy business. When the judge told
him that he could go on his own recoE-
nizance he answered that it might Be
for two or three days and then his fam
lily would understand where the support
came from.
After he had left the court room the
wife appeared and said to the judge that
her husband came home about a. m
and was under the influence of liquor.
The boy was asleep in bed and the father
commenced to abuse him and the latter
was compelled to call in the aid of the
police.
The whole affair is an unfortunate
family row and the chances are that
there will be no prosecution on Friday.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-09
EVIDENCE IS STRONG
AGAINST JOHN WARNE
MRS. JOHN GILBERT IS POSITIVE THAT THE GASOLINE STOVE
WAS NOT OVERTURNED BEFORE THE FIRE WAS
STARTED IN THE SHACK. AZ

The fabric. the very foundation Of old
John Warne's story. on which he relies to
clear himself of the charge of murder and
save his neck from the gallows, it
would appear, was destroyed yesterday
by the test mony of Mrs John Gibbs rt, de-
livered at the inquest held at Walkervilie
over the remains of little Eveine Blew
EFT. Mrs. Gilbert arrived at the burning
house prior to any Of the men. and her
evidence is exceedingly important for
several reasons.
Il saw the stove in the house, said
Mrs. Gilbert. 1t stood upon a bench
and was not overturned. 1t had a sauce
pan of some kind standing on it. The
fire was not coming from the stove. The
stove was near the door and | saw it
quite plainly before the fire got much
headway.'
DR.. Norcross testified that during the
autopsy on the remains of the child he
had discovered that the clothing had
been pulled up under her arms and the
skirts raised sufficiently to leave the
limbs unprotected. The lungs We're
slightly congesteu from inhaling smoke.
but showed that little smoke had been
inhaled.
DR.. Norcross testimony seemed to
arouse the jurymen to an active interest
and they listened intently TO all that
was said by subsequent witnesses. At
times certain Of the jury would ask ques-
tions on points Which We're not quite
clear to them. John b. sullivan was call
ed to the stand and told the story
of the fire again. and T. II. Carney
swore that he saw the fire burning on the
floor Of the cabin when he arrived.
George Mcleod and Robert Thomas fur
nished incidents connected with the re
mova of the body from the ruins after
Did you find any blood anywhere
around the place." asked one Of the jury
men, much after the fashion of one who
expected to hear of blood flowing in riv
ers. The witnesses replied that they had
seen no blood. Mrs. Gilbert was next
called to the stand and furnished the
evidence which makes it look black
for old John Warne.
James A. Curren and Charles Atkin
followed, telling the story of how the
body of the little girl had been taken
from the burning cabin. Ed Paul and
Robert O'Neil gave unimportant testi-
mony
Ray Mcleod. a girl who lives near the
reservoir, said that she ran out of the
house when she first saw the fire. where
upon Warne asked her to bring some
pals. She gave him two water pals
and he said as he took them from her
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-09
DESERTION Is CHARGED
Mrs. Elwell Says Her Husband Left
Her Without Cent.

Mercer D. Elwell his instituted suit
against John A. Elwell, her husband, for
divorce on the alleged ground of deser-
tion and cruelty. Mrs. Elwell states in
her complaint that their marriage took
place i'm this city on February II, 1898,
and in August of that year he began to
beat her, continuing it up to October 10.
1900, when he deserted her and left her
in destitute circumstances. she alleges,
that he is carpenter, earning $3.50 per
day. In addition to decree of divorce
she asks for $3.50 temporary alimony ard
$50 per month per month permanent all
mony.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-09

'Paupers. and 100000 in sight" ex-
claimed Mr.. Forbs.
We'll. if the plaintiff admits these
documents as correct our case is COM
plete," continued MI Forbis.
do you want to argue the matter or
submit it on briefs?" asked the judge.
I'VE are willing to submit it without
argument" said Mr.. Forbs. I'VE claim
that all of this alleged expense was in
Cured after April 5. 1899. the date ON
which the supreme court ordered the
discharge of the receiver and therefore
should be charged to Forester and Mac
Ginniss. the plaintiffs in the action
I'VE would like to have the record
sho what if the court finds that any ex.
pense was incurred prior to April 5, 1892
that the amount so found should be seq
regated from the costs incurred after
April and set forth separately" added
Mr.. Evans. one of the attorneys for the
company.
And we contend" said Mr.. Smith
that the receiver was not discharged
by an order of the supreme court until
some time in June or July of 1900, and
that therefore all ofthe expense INQUIRE
by the receiver is chargeable to the de-
PENDANT"
We'll. I'll take the matter under al
visement and give you decision in the
near future" said the judge.
The various amounts which the court is
asked to award are as follows:
Thomas r.. Kinds ............... $500, 900 90
w. y. Pemberton, attorney. .... 10000 90
]. ~ Stanford, as receiver...... 14,11S.64
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-09
FIRST CLASS SLEEPER SERVICE
TO KANSAS CITY VIA c. Nj.
& ST. p RY

A first class slee2er for Kansas City
leaves the Twin Cities daily via C. NJ.
Il st. P. Ry. from Minneapolis $50 a. m.
and ST. Paul 500 a. NO., and arrives Kan
sas City the following morning at 700
O'Clock, running via the "Milwaukee's"
we'll known Hedrick Route. This serv-
ice is particularly we'll suited for trav-
elers, not only to Kansas City locally,
but to points beyond in the south. SOUTH
west and California, best connection be-
ing made at Kansas City for all points.
Write j. T. Conley. Asst. Gen. Pass.
Agent ST. Paul. Mimi, for full informal
ton concerning lowest rates, etc.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-09
CLAIM OF 7. R. Kinds, AS RECEIVER,
WAS TAKEN UNDER ADJUSTMENT
JUDGE CLANCY WILL PASS UPON
MoNY ARGUMENT

Judge Clancy now has under advise
msnt the matter of allowing Thomas r.
Kinds 100000 for his services as receiver
for the Boston & Montana company's
property during portion of December
of 1898 up to time disputed by both
SIDES of the controversy. He has no;
fixed definite date for giving de.
tision, but it will probably be handed
down within the next thirty days.
The hearing was commenced yester-
day morning, and considerable testi-
mony fell into the ears of the judge dur
ing the day. This morning w. j.
Naughten was examined as to what he
considered reasonable fee for Attor-
ney NJ. NJ. Letter. who represented in
legal way the interests of the assistant
receiver at Great Falls while Mr.. Kinds
was boss of the works. Mr. Letter.
valued his services at $500 and Mr.
Naughten testified that he considered
this sum about right. This closed the
verbal testimony. and the defendant be.
ing the course the supreme court had
pursued in the matter of Kinds appoint
ment.
Before this line of defense was COM
plete. the defense stated that it would
admit the issuance Of the documents IN
order to not incumber the record.
I'VE will admit all Of these things"
said r. b. Smith.
lit is no use to incumber the record
With them" remarked Judge Pemberton.
There may be bill Of costs and we are
paupers.'
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-09
CHARGE FARES BY WEIGHT.
Why Shouldn't Big Man Pay More
Than a Little Womanp

Ever since railroads began 10 carry
passengers there have been conflicts be-
tween conductors and passengers as to
whittier or not certain children should
be carried free, or which at half fare.
It often happens that child above the
age limit which is between and 12
years. hobs up in a seat beside a fond
mother. several years over the maxi
mum limit, yet the mother insists that
the child should only pay half fare.
Again children are encountered when
it is evident that they are from to 10
years old but whose parents insist are
under S. An instance of this occurred on
an Omaha road not long ago. A mother
and her little son got on the train with
but one ticket. The conductor asked for
the boys fare and was told that it was
not necessary because the child was
under the age for which fare could be
collected. The conductor turned to the
boy and inquired his age. The child re-
piled: AT home l am 9, but on the train
l am but s." The fare was paid.
A passenger agent suggests that if
children We're charged according to their
height, instead of their age, that con-
ductors would have much less trouble.
The Railway Age has another plan
that of charging according to weight. 1t
says:
why should not passengers be shipped
by the pound as well as other freight :?
Why carry free a lusty 100-pound infant
who claims to be under 5. and charge
half fare for a f1fty-pound child who
may own to 5 years and l day. True,
the weight test, If just, should be APP
piled to all passengers old and young,
without regard to age: and why not :?
What is the justice in charging two fares
for carrying a young couple, weighing
in the aggregate, say $50 pounds, and
occupying considerable less than one
seat with apparent comfort While COL
FOUNDER. who not only fills double
seat with his breadth, but probably
hovers with his legs and bundles into
the opposite seat? Manifestly there is
no justice in it. Why not as we'll apply
the unit rule to the transportation of
other animals and charge no more for
carrying horse than hen? 1t Is the
weight hauled that determines the cost
of transportation. There are laws on the
statute books against discrimination by
common carriers between persons.
ut is not gross discrimination to
charge twice as much for carrying one
person as for carrying another, perhaps
weighing half as much, simply on ac-
count of difference in years, for which
neither is responsible? Should we not
therefore. have legislation forthwith
making avoirdupois rather than age the
basis of passenger transportation
charges?"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-09
Low RATES no THE SOUTH"

Excursion tickets at reduced rate, are
now being sold by the Chicago. Milwau-
kee & st. Paul railway to the prominent
resorts in the south, including Jackson
Vile, Fla; Mobile, Ala: New Orleans.
La; Savannah. Ga, and Ell Paso, Texas,
which are good for return at any time
prior to June /, 1901 Information re-
garding rates. routes. time, etc, can he
obtained on application to any "Milwau-
kee" agent, or by addressing j. T.. Con-
ley. Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent. 81. Paul.
MINI.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-09

hands: "Eveline Rewett is in there. and
l guess she's dead Sc,
Unmportant evidence was furnished
by the testimony of George ODDS. a young
boy. and A. Rinalde. City Marshal Ken
nedy followed, telling of the arrest Of
Warne. who. he said, had not made
any statement. -
Mrs. Blewett, the heartbroken mother
of the dead girl, was placed on the
stand and asked for a desc. ntion of the
clothing worn by the child when she left
home. She testified that little Eveline
wore heavy union suit, corset waist,
a heavy cashmere dress and an apron
that was as heavy most dresses. The
strain was too much for the poor woman.
and hardly had she finished descrip-
ton of the familiar garments worn by
her little one than she rocked back and
forth in the chair and sobhed piteously.
IF I were to die this minute" she
walled. Il would say that l could not
suspect any wrong done my child. No
man could have the heart to harm my
little girl
The inquest then adjourned to meet
again this evening at the county court
house. where Warne may tell his version
Of the story. The authorities are fully
aware of the deep-dyed hatred of the
old man existing on the part Of the gem
eral public because of a belief that he
is responsible for little Evelne Blewett's
death. and they may arrive at a decision
that it will be unsafe to bring him back
10 Butte at this time.
THE FUNERAL.
The funeral of the dead child occur
red yesterday afternoon at Centervile.
At o'clock the remains. Enclosed in a
little white coffin. We're taken from the
house Of the widowed mother and con-
veyed to st. Lawrence's church. Schoole
mates of the little one followed the hearse
from the house to the sacred editice
Many floral tributes had been heaped on
the bier.
A large number of persons were pres
ent at the funeral services. Rev. Father
Batens of St. Lawrence's church off,
ciated. afterward the cortege proceed
ing through the streets of Butte to the
the unfortunate child were laid at rest
There were many manifestations of
sympathy on the part of pedestrians
along the route of the procession.
Mrs. Blewetts husband was a men,
Der Of the Sons of St. George, and it is
understood that this ordt1 will see to it
that the widow suffers for the want
of nothing A kindly interest has al
ready been taken by individual men,
bers of the organization in the welfare
Of Mrs. Blewett.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-09
4 FAMILY ROW.
The stech Family Seems to Be Divid-
ed Against Itself.

John Stech. a shoemaker at 81 Aca-
denny street. was arrested at about 3
o'clock this morning at the instance of
his son and charge of disturbing the
peace was placed against him.
In the police court this morning Stech
entered a plea of not guilty and his
trial was set for Friday afternoon. He
was allowed to so on his own recognize
ance. He explained TO the court that he
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-09

j. Il. NJ. Clerran, attorney...... 5000. 90
NJ. Nj. Letter, Stanford's at
toIHey... NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. SOC. 90
AuStln BROWN. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. zoo. 90
). D. harrington. bookkeeper.,. 500.O 90
L. H. Kinds. expenses. 1850
A'tdi. $43J ,g94.y4
Yesterday afternoon F.. Augustus
Heinze gave some testimony as to the
value Of Mr.. Kinds services as receiver.
He thought Kinds ought to have 5000, 900.
which was half OF one per cent OF the
total value of the entire property. which
total value he placed at $40, OOO, 900. Be
ing questioned as to the compensation
paid by him for various classes of serv-
ices he said he paid John MacGinnis
more than $4,000 a year. He had ad-
vised Kinds to employ Austin H. Brown
as consulting engineer and told him his
services were worth $1,000 per month, al
though he had paid Brown $500 per
month. Mr.. Heinze expressed the belief
that the Boston & Montana company
was willing to pay Kinds $40. 900 for his
services because of the efficient work
rendered under the circumstances If
Kinds had attempted to carry out the Ii
teral order Of the court as he had right
TO do, said Heinze. there might have been
some blood shed and destruction to
property. No bank in town would have
assumed the trust he did for less than
half Of one per cent. The time he put
IN cut no figure. as a great deal could
have happened in five days. he said
Mr.. Heinze admitted having signed the
receivers official bond,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-09

Saturday is considered an unlucLy
day for the British royal family, William
III. George Nv, the duchess Of Kent. the
prince consort, and Princess Alice died
on Saturdays.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-09

johnson, st. Louis; d. Boyle, Livingston;
George Gordon, Billings; James ID. Dono-
van, Great Falls; T.. M. Hughes, Helena;
George lines. Chicago; w. S. McCurdy,
St. Paul; c. T.. Keith, Chicago; w. A.
Francis. Omaha.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-09

L. A. Walker. manager of the Helena
hotel. and J. J. Kelley, the we'll known
saloonman, are over from the capital
city.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-09

The McDermott-E. A. Farmer New
York; C. H. Pearson. Minneapolis; II. NJ.
Moran, st. Joe, Mo-: NJ. F. Cleveland. ST.
Louis; NJ v. Wilson. Helena: T. F.
Richardson, Great Falls: c. w. Price.
Fort Benton; c. S. Wills, Boston: G. f.
Fletcher, Kansas City: F. p. Barns. Mis-
soula; w. NJ. Wheeler. ST. Louis H. 5.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-09
Hotel Gossip

4, TX about Z our mining machinery"
said George Whistler. a Detroit travel
ms man. who is staying al the McDer-
nctt. the Cal, met and Hecla Mining
company has a pump called the Michi-
gam which is ore If the most marvellous
Pieces of mining machinery | have ever
seen in my life
In "a hours ii can deliver 2.50O,O 900 gal
ions If water without being crowded to
its 5ul capacity, and it will do this
anlount of work vi h hardly more noise
thaa marks tho coerationS of an Old
styla sewing machine. 1t is triple
expansion pumping engine. which stands
i s;ry 80 feet in height and requires
100 morse powe- FOR its operation
''rhe functior Of the pump is TO fur
nish water for th great stamp mills
Of tie Calumet and Hecla Mining COM
lany. which has 22 steam stamps In
continuous operation daily pulverizing
5000 tons of conglonlerate rock into sand
SO fine that it can he carried away by a
stream of swiftly running water
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-09
AT THE HOTELS.

The Butte-George Murphy. Nome.
Alaska: Fl. II. Plotting. Jr.; r. b. Wam-
pler and wife, Pony; c. B. Hamlin, San
Francisco: Joe Shineberger, Red Rock:
S. j. Lowasney, New York; ]. J. KEEL
ley, Helena: L. A. Walker. Helena: Ira
Z. Todd, ST. Louis; j. Fl. Ballaner, San
Francisco: E. E. Glomstad. Boston: Sam
Goodman. Helena; ]. B. Haberhorn, Hell
ena; NJ. H. Gerry. Jr., Helena: R. Ma
pies. Jr.. Philadelphia: H. O. WGldbaur
New York city: F. A. Cleland, Cincinnati.
o.; Rudolph Cony, New York: ]. r. Nc
Donald, Hancock. Mich: Henry l.. Sher-
lock, Boulder: Roy Barnes, Boulder; AL
fred Auzl, New York; L. A. Gregory,
Aberdeen, S. D.: w. L. Simmons. Dillon:
William Harcombs, San Francisco.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-09

f. A. Farmer, a travelling man of New
York, arrived in town last evening, and
had no sooner reached the McDermott
hotel when he received dispatch con-
Neying the sad news that his baby had
disd in San Francisco. He departed for
the California metropolis on the next
Train.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-09

Uncle w. H. Lockhart, of Lockhart.
Jefferson county, is in town. He says
that business affairs in Jefferson county
are progressing very favorably.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-09

T. IT. Sexton otherwise known as
Hot air. Sexton the we'll known insur-
ance agent of the road, is at the Nc
hermott.
G. w. Price of Fort Benton is staying
a. the McDermott.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-09

Assemblyman John Bielenberg arrived
in this city from Deer Lodge last even
ing and today Went to Helena to attend
the session of the state board of stock
commissioners. He says that owing to
the cold nights agricultural affairs in
Deer Lodge are about a month behind
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-09

George Murphy. formerly resident of
this city and now prominent business
man of Nome, Alaska. is at the Butte.
He has just been at the national cap
ital as the special representative of the
Nome chamber of commerce. the object
Of his trip being to interest the members
of congress in passing some legislation
for the benefit of Alaska.
Heretofore half the revenue derived
by licenses in Nome has been applied to
the public school fund.- he asserted.
In the future half the revenue collected
will go to pay municipal expenses. A
Bit of legislation we have secured is the
establishment of a lifesaVing station at
Nome, which will undoubtedly prove of
great benefit to the community
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-11-28
Pacific's Trade Supreme.

A writer in the Monthly Review
sometime ago drew attention to the
statement that supremacy in trade
was passing from the Atlantic to the
Pacific ocean, at least that the rela-
tive Importance of the latter was sure
to increase. A writer in the New
York World points out that there are
500, 100000 people in Asia, Africa, Aus
tralia and the Pacific archipelagoes,
and his expectation is that the Amer
lean countries will obtain the larger
share of their trade. So far as China,
Japan and Asiatic Russia are concern
ed the United States and Canada arc
certainly in an advantageous position
for trade, the route across the Pacific
being better than any Of those availa-
BILE for European countries.
Half the steam merchant vessels
now under construction in the United
States are for the Pacific, and at
tempts are being made to shorten the
voyage by the building of very pow
erful vessels. The development OF
China will be one of the most import
ant elements in the trade of the Pa
cific. If Cinnamon were to increase
their consumption of foreign goods to
the extent of IS a head, the amount
would be nearly as great as the
whole of the present trade Of the
United States.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-11-28
California Lemons Are the Best.

At the request Of the Earl Fruit
Company, Messrs. Stilwell and Glad
ding, chemists to the New York Pro-
duce Exchange, have made an anal
ysis Of this years California lemon
crop. It is almost year since a
similar analysis was made, showing
the comparative merits of California
and Italian lemons, the result being
much discussed on account of the
favorable showing made by the Cali.
fornia product The growers In Cal
ifornia have been making every ef-
fort to bring their fruit to a still
higher degree of perfection, by scien-
titic methods of cultivation, and, as
compared with the test made last
November, this years analysis Ia
even more favorable.
The percentage of waste matter,
consisting Of pulp, seeds and rind
last year was Ga per cent. this year
1t is 1865 per cent, according to. the
last analysis. The percentage Of
juice was SO per cent. The citric
acid, equivalent to srystalized citric
acid last year was 8.23 ounces per
United States wine gallon; this year
it is 9.21 ounces per United States
wine gallon.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-11-28
FORMULATE A PROTEST.
Irrigation Work Should be Kept Under Control
Of the Federal Government.

Los Angeles, CAL, Nov. 20.-The ex.
ecutive committee of the Southern Cali
fOrnia section of the National Irrigation
Association has formulated telegram
of protest which has been sent to Presi-
dent Roosevelt. The telegram calls the
presidents attention to report sent out
from Washington to the effect that he
would recommend to congress line OF
action for the reclamation of the arid
land which will have the effect of intrust-
ing to the states, instead of the agents OF
the federal government, the systematic
development of the plans for irrigation
works. The committee represents that
such policy would be serious error
and death blow to the national irriga-
ton movement, and to an era of home
building on the public domain. The
telegram also calls the presidents atten-
ton to his letter of November Is, 1900,
to the national irrigation congress at
Chicago, which, it is said, "crystalized
the sentiment dominating that conven-
ton. that the reclamation Of the arid
lands must be kept absolutely within
the control of the national government"