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The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-17

County, STATE OIL MOuloHo'
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BUTTE
GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY
FOR THE YEAR 1901.
The Butte Gas Light and Coke COM
pany, a corporation organized and ex-
listing under and by virtue of the laws
of the state OF Montana, does now IN
compliance with the laws Of said state,
hereby make it's annual statement and
report. as follows: Is
The amount Of capital stock of the said
Butte Gas Light and Coke company iS
enc hundred thousand dollars ($1OOOOol
and the same has actually been paid in.
The assets of the said corporation are
Ss49.29119. The liabilities of said cor,
roration are $57,71431. ..s-
In witness whereof, we. the underr
signed, president and a majority of the
trustees Of the said corporation have
hereunto set our hands and the sealiQf
the said corporation, at the city of Butte.
Silver Bow county, state of Montana
and at the city Of Chicago, Cook county,
state of Illinois. this 18th day of Septera-
Ter, A. D., 1901. Is :;
JAMES S. WATSON. 6 :
President.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-17
Attention, Hunters

Great hunting resort at H. Wetmore's
ranch lat the Red Rock Lakes. All kinds
Of feathered game Boats and board
reasonable. Twenty-Five miles from
Monida. on the o. S. L. Stage runs every
day. Write for particulars.
H. WETMORE. LskevJsv. Mont
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-17

State of Montana, County OF Silver
BOWS: {. st
I, T., n Wood, do solemnly swear that
l am secretary of the above named cor
poration, and that the matters set forth
in the foregoing report are, to my best
knowledge and belief, true and correct,
and further that the above signatures are
those Of the president and majority OF
the board of directors of said corporation.
Butte, Mont, Set. IA. 1901.
f.. N. WOOD,
Subscribed AMI sworn ~ before me-
Will Hardcastle, nota~~~sic in and
for the county and state afo V'said, this
14th day Of September, 1901.
WILL HARDCASTLE,
TSEAL.l
Notary Public in and for Silver Bow
County, State Of Montana.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-17
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BUTTE
| GAS LIGHT AND FUEL. COMPANY
( FOR THE YEAR 1901

FOR THE YEAR 1901.
The Butte Gas Light and Fuel COM
pany. a corporation organized and exist
ing under and by virtue of the laws of
the state of Montana. does now in com
pliance with the laws Of said state. here
by make it's annual statement and re-
port, as follows:
The amount of the capital stock of the
said Butte Gas Light and Fuel company
is four hundred and twenty-five thousand
dollars ($42S, O0O) and the same has been
actually paid in by the purchase of prop
erty
The assets Of the said corporation con-
slst Of the following:
Heal estate ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 5-UUUuO
Plant and machinery ........... $50. 1851
Merchandise and stock on hand 22,47396
Bills and accounts receivable. c1,1l951
Total ........ $sS5.O92.l Is
The liabilities of said corporation are
as follows:
Outstanding bonds unpaid. :. 5000 600 60
Notes .................. S9,0o0oO
Floating Indebtedness unsecur-
ed and not evidenced by note.
bond or other instrument. Il, 6f6 As
Total .......... ............. $25l Cos. As
In witness whereof. we. the under
signed. president and majority of the
directors of the said corporation have
hereunto set our hands and the seal of
the said corporation. at the city CT Butte.
Silver Bow county. state of Montana
this I'd day of September. A. D., 1901.
j. II. LEYSON,
President.
JAMES $. WATSON.
FRANK E. CHAPMAN
A Majority of the Board of Directors.
The State of Montana, County of Silver
BOWS.
John II. Leyson being first duly sworn
on oath says: That he is the president
of the Butte Gas Light and Fuel COM
~any. a CORPORATION organized and e~ist-
ing under the laws Of the state OF Mon
tana. whose foregoing annual statement
signed Nv this ati'ant as president of the
said CORPORATION. and a ma jority Of the
board Of directors thereof. and that he
Knows the contents thereof, and that
the same and the whole thereof is true
t. the best Of his KNOWLEDGE and belief
]. T., LEYSON.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 9Th day of September. 1901.
J. w. COTTER
Notary Public in and for Silver Bow
County, Montana.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-17
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The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-17

I IVsIuCIIt' .
II. L. FRANK,
Director.
HENRY MUELLER,
Director.
LEE MANTLE.
Director.
L. n. WOOD,
Director.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-16
STRANGE CASE
Taken From a Great Northern Train
Thursday Night.

About 10 o'clock Thursday night
the passengers on the first section of
the west bound Great Northern pass.
enker train were wrought up to high
state of excitement by what was
thought to be an attempt at suicide
by man who had been acting strange
ly during the day.
Early Thursday morning the man,
who later gave his name as Gustave
Hahn. attracted the attention of the
train men. He would cry and spent
considerable time writing letters to
relatives. which he requested the
train men to mail for him. During the
evening he said good bye to number
of the passengers and trainmen. and
a short time later was taken with con-
vulsions
a physician. who was on the train.
We called. After examining the sick
man pronounced him suffering from
strychnine poisoning and at once COM
menced an attempt to counteract the
effects of the drug. The man was
worked with for three hours or until
the train arrived here. when he was
taken off and under the care of the
travelling physician awaited the ar
rival of DR.. Reed
AS soon as DR.. Reed examined the
man he decided he was suffering with
hysterical epilepsy and he has been
treating the man for that disease.
There seems to be considerable
doubt as to just what is the matter
with him and it would not be at all
strange should the opinion of the
first physician be the correct one, as
the patient may have rallied consid-
cradle under the treatment admins
tered while on the train.
Letters which the man wrote adj
dressed to friends were in German.
One written to his mother, bids her
good bye and from the fact that there
was found large package Of some
white drug on his person the suicide
idea is thought by many the correct
one.
He had on his person letter from
a loan company, the tone of which
seemed to indicate that he was in
financial trouble. 1t is known how
ever, that his home is at Tenney,
Mimi. and that he has farm of
2SO acres near there.
Laier-Yesterday afternoon Gustave
Hahn was much improved and it was
learned that he had had Il similar at
tack about eight years ago.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-16
A BIG CROWD
WILL. BE HERE
From Plains, Coming Via
Sand Point.
RATES ARE ALL FIXED
One Fare For Round Trip Missou1a and
Ravalli Counties Will Also Be
Well Represented.

Missoula, Feb. 15.-A message re-
ceived this morning from C. c. Willis.
president of the Plains Horticultural
society. states that the Northern Pac-
itic railway has made a satisfactory
rate for the Kalispell meeting of the
State Horticultural society and Plains
people will be able to go by way OF
Sand Point instead of by way of Hell
ena and Great Falls. Mr. Willis
says that this concession will result in
a large attendance from Plains at the
state meeting. Everything is IN
good shape for the Plains people to go
and they will send a big delegation to
the Flathead county seat. This con-
cession in the matter of rates will
make a difference also in the attend
ance from Missoula and Ravalli coun-
ty points. 1t will tend 20 make the
meeting most successful.
President Willis has received the fol-
lowing telegram from Chas. S. Fee,
general passenger and ticket agent
of the Northern Pacific:
Statement that we declined to
make rates for the Horticultural
meeting at Kalispell except via Hell
ena is without truth. We have az
ranged for one fare on the certificate
plan to Sand Point.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-16
WILL SHE 90 IT?
A Novel Offer Made Mrs. Carrie Ma
ton,

ton.
In answer to novel offer of the
Schlitz Brewing company, made to
Mrs Carrie Nation to appear on the
lecture platform 'in the cause of true
tea nperance.' with the incidental pur-
pose of singing the praise of Schlitz
beer in moderate quantities, the fol-
lowing reply was received last even
ing by Eugene Wuesthoff, by whom
the offer was made early in the day.
says the Milwaukee Sentinel:
IF it is your pleasure that shall
advertise your business with the
hatchet, which is my usual way am
at your service. promise that every
one shall hear of your famous beer
Whether or not the acceptance"
will lead to the closing of a contract
between the brewing company and
Mrs. Nation remains to be seen.
though it is probable that she will
hear again from Mr.. WuesthOff today
Mrs. Nation as an advocate of true
temperance" her name on the Schlitz
Brewing company's payrolls as receiv
ing $500 a month for vOicing the ex-
cellence of the article that made Mil
waukee famous, scarcely seems in
keeping with the line of work which
she has so energetically carried on
in Kansas. Yet the opportunity is
hers. 1t was with a heart filled with
admiration for her application of the
hofr, who is general manager of the
brewing company. sent her the fol
lowing telegram:
Mrs. Carrie Nation, Des Moines, la
-Appreciating your energy and your
sincerity in the cause of true temper
ance, we offer you a salary of $500
per month for your services as a lee
turer of true temperance, advocating
the temperate use of absolutely pure
SchlitZ the beer that made Milwaukee
famous.
JOSEPH SCHLITZ BREWING co.
Within few hours, Mr.. Wuesthoff
had his reply, for the woman who
has so effectively welded the small
axe in Kansas, proved herself equally
adept with the pen.
Mr.. Wuesthoff when sending the
dispatch to Mrs Nation insisted that
the offer was bona fide.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-16
A STEERING
COMMITTEE.
Has Been Appointed AT The
Capital.
1T WILL WEED OUT
The Avalanche of Bills Introduced. SEN
atorial Situation the Same As
A Week Ago.

Helena. Feb. 15.-The appoint
mcnt of steering committee has
Overshadowed all else here to-
day, the Importance of the committee
being 50 great. Speaker Corbett ap-
pointed his five men this morning. but
not until 1890 O'Clock tonight would
Lieutenant Governor Higgins an
nounce his five appointments. al
though for hours before his list was
freely ratified off by politicians in
every barrOom in town. His appoint
ments are Senators Hoffman. Cullen,
Courtney, Worden and Phillips. There
was a strong effort to have Gruwell
pu- on in place of Courtney or Cullen,
but it did not avail. The five named,
with representatives Gilchrist Hill.
Wood, Godfrey and Bielenberg. will
handle the accumulation of bills and
execute the wedding out process.
Today's ballot, the 2Sth, was the
same old story. No one has paid much
attention to the senatorial situation,
nor win anyone until Monday. To-
days ballot: Mantle 81; Maginnis 25;
Frank %; Cooper Z: Coburn 9: Con
rad I; Toole T.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-16
ARREST AT THE TRAIN.
j. T. RundelI In Limbo On Complaint
of Creditors,

J. r. Rundell, who has been con-
Quoting the Montana Meat Market
since the first of the year was ar.
rested Thursday night at the Great
Northern depot by officer Hannah AS
he was making an alleged effort TO
leave the city for the purpose of de-
frauding his creditors. and lodged in
the city Jail. Mr. Rundell on the
first of January purchased the busi-
ness of w. Schroeder and has since
been purchasing most of his supplies
from Mr. Schroeder, and it is alleged
that he has not paid for any of his
purchases since that time Thurs.
day morning settlement was re.
quested. which Rundell promised to
make aster collecting some bills. He
however, did not return to the store
until late in the afternoon, when, it
is charged, he took all the change
from the cash draw and left.
Mr.. Schroeder was informed that.
Rundell intended to leave town that
night and had warrant issued for
mis- arrest, which occurred at the sta
ton. The officer is said to have had
quite an exciting time chasing Run
dell through the train. He will have
a hearing next Wednesday, before
Judge Sullivan.
Mr.. Rundell was seen at the city
Jail Friday morning and in answer TO
the question What is the trouble?"
said he did not know. He stated that
he was not attempting to leave the
city, but would make no other state.
ment.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-16
FRlGHTFUL LEAP.
Hahn Jumps From the Top of the
Hospital-ls Insane.

About 4 O'Clock yesterday afternoon,
during the temporary absence of the
nurse, Gustav Hahn, the man who is
under treatment at the hospital, in
some manner unstrapped himself and
left his room, walked up stairs into
the bath room. where he broke the
wire netting from the window and
climbed out on the ROOF. He was
only partially dressed, and his alb
sence from his room was not discover
cd until he was noticed by parties out
side the hospital who at once notified
the management
One of the attendants went out on
the roof and endeavOred to get the
man, who was in an apparently de-
mented condition, to return. but climb
ing to the very top of the building he
motioned and endeavored to say that
he would jump if the attendant ap-
preached closer. Before anything
could be done the man made a dive
for the ground and would have struck
head first had not the man on the
roof been able to reach out and grab
him. OF course it was impossible to
keep Hahn from falling on down, but
fortunately, the attendant was able TO
turn him and he landed, on the board
walk below, on his back.
He was at once returned to the
hospital and an examination develop
ed the fact that ne was but slightly
injured from his fall of over 20 feet.
Last night it was decided that he
was insane and an endeavor will be
made to have him taken to the state
asylum. He raves continuously, but
does not seem to want to injure any
one although for safety he was kept
strapped to the bed.
The officers were called to the hos
pital when he was discovered on the
roof but arrived after he had jumped.
1t is expected that he will be removed
from the hospital some time today.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-16
BEASLEY GETS NOTHING,
Required to Pay the Costs of His
libel Suit

Big Timber, Feb. 14.-The case of
Beasley VS.. Kellogg, ct al, was fin.
ished here tonight and resulted in a
verdict for the defendants and re.
quifing the plaintiff to pay costs.
w. w. Beasley, the plaintiff, was a
member of the last Montana legisla
tuse. having been elected as repub
lican from Swet Grass county. In
spite of the protests of his constitu
ents he voted for w. A. Clark for
United States senator, and when the
news of his perfidy reached Big Tim
ber. Beasley was hung in effigy, and
placarded with such sentiments as
'Beasley, the. Bribe Taker;" "Beasley
Traitor to Sweet Grass" Beasley
brought action for libel against some
of the men concerned in the hanging
including some of the foremost bust.
ness men and most prominent repub
licans of the town. He demanded $40,
600 damages. The suit was com.
menced early in 1899 and was contin
ued from time to time, until at the
last term of the district court in Sweet
Grass county, the defendants gave
notice that at this term of the court
they would ask to have the case
stricken from the docket if the plant
iff was not ready for trial. Last Tues
day the case came On to be heard with
the above result. It is the first time
that any Montana jury has formally
decided that bribery was practiced in
the senatorial campaign of 1899-19O0
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-16
NEARLY A uYNcHlNG.
But the Intended Victim Was Warned
and Escaped.

Great Falls, Feb. 15.-News of an
attempted lynching a few days ago
comes from Utica, 80 miles east of this
city, in Fergus county. The man whom
it was sought to send out of the world
was John Fisher, who lives at the
ranch of his father, George Fisher, a
few miles from Utica. The crime for
which he is wanted by the lynchers is
the seduction of IA year old girl.
daughter of widow, who lives near
the Fisher place. The story of the
seduction is particularly revolving and
the neighbors concluded to take the
matter in their own hands, and deal
summary vengeance, but the seducer
got wind of the coming of the lynch
ers and made his escape.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-16

New York city is growing in popu-
lation at the rate of $4,000 year ac-
cording to the latest municipal fig.
ures.
Thackery would produce, under
pressure, a novel in six or eight
months. He did not like to work, and,
as he often stated. only did so under
compulsion.
In one OF Dean Swift's letters, lie
aludes to the fact that, in his day,
the shops of the perfumers in London
were lounging places for young no.
blemen and other fashionable idlers.
In all the cities of Arabia. even at
the present day. dried locusts, strung
on threads. as dried apples used form
erly to be treated in this country, are
exposed for sale as an article of food.
Hi Stackpole-I see that city feller
We took out huntin' yesterday got e
few quail. Josh Gunn-Aw, yes! A
fool bird would occasionally fly into
the shOt.-Puck.
The attention of capitalists is be-
ing drawn to the gold producing dis
trict, of Yezo. the northern island OF
the Japanese empire. where new fields
of great richness are being discov-
cred.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-16
TROUBLE IN MADRID.
Mobs Dispersed BY Troops-Curious
SiuhtS,

Sights.
Madrid. Feb. 12.-This afternoon
about 500 students, led by a woman
and bearing French and Spanish flags
assembled in the Perto del Sol and
started cries for the army and against
the Jesuites and the count of Caserta.
They were quickly dispersed, but con-
tinued the assemblage in various parts
of the city.
The afternoon was one of continual
manifestations, though without serious
incident, owing to the vigilance of the
police. In fact. throughout the day
civil guards, mounted and on foot
were everywhere visible, dispensing
crowds wherever found These as.
semblages were largely composed of
youths and street idlers, but behind
them were agitators and the senti.
ment of the people.
This evening 200 mounted civil
guards are parading Puerta del Sol
with drawn swords, preventing any
collection of people. All the avenues
centering on the square are closely
guarded. There can be no doubt
that the feeling of the populace is
deep rooted, nothing only a successful
leader to encourage the people TO
menacing deeds
Owing to their attitude the torch
light procession scheduled for this
evening was abandoned, the authOri.
ties fearing that the slightest oppor.
tunity for clash might lead to seri.
Gus trouble.
Illumination might cause a hail of
stones, which might excite the guards
to some act of revenge.
The populace is being given a loos
er rein than in ordinary circum.
stances because of the desire of the
queen regent to avoid any meeting
between the people and the authori
ties which would lead to blood shed
on the day of the wedding Hitherto
there has been no serious attempts
on the part of the crowd to resist the
police. On the contrary the people
scatter the moment the police start
in their direction. Some curious sights
ensue in such cases. For instance, the
shopkeepers and proprietors of restau
rants and cafes, the moment the de-
monstrators appear, pull down their
shutters. By the time the police
have arrived the crowd vanishes
Then up go the shutters again and
business is resumed.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-16
DOOMED TO
AWFUL DEATH
Coal Miners Entombed On
Vancouver Island.
SIXTY-FIVE OF THEM
No Escape Except BY Way Of Shaft
Filled With Huge Volume
of Flame.

Vancouver. Feb. 15.-SiXty-five
miners are imprisoned in No. 6
shaft at the Cumberland coal mine
on Vancouver island. The only exit is
the mouth of the shaft, which is filled
with huge volume of flame. There
is considered no possibility for the
unfOrtunates to escape. Their
doom is practically certain. Details of
the disaster are meagre, but every
possible effort is made by volunteers
to rescue their imprisoned compan-
ions, but as the mine is afire. little or
no hope is entertained of extricating
the unfortunate men.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-16

American exports of corn have av-
eraged 173,0OO,00O bushels a year
since 1895, an increase of 254 per
cent over the preceding five years.
In Belgium there are more than SO,
900 dogs used for draft purposes. They
are mostly used by milkmen, peddlers
and small farmers.
The pain produced by hornets
sting is caused by poison injected
into the wound, and so instantaneous
is its effect as to cause the attack
of this insect to resemble a violent
blow in the face.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-16
COUNTING. THE VOTE.
Ceremony of Formally Determining
ELECTORAL Ballot.

Neremcny OF formauy determining
Electoral Ballot.
Washington, Feb 13.-The cere-
mony of counting the electoral vote
for president and vice president, cast
at the election last fall, took place
in the hall of the house of represen-
tatives at o'clock today at the joint
session of the house and the senate.
The method of counting the vote is
prescribed with great detail by the
statutes and was followed literally
today. Great crowds thronged the
galleries to witness the interesting
spectacle.
At 12:45 proceedings in the house
were suspended and five rows Of
seats upon the right of the hall were
vacated for the members of the SEN
ate.
At one minute of l o'clock Colonel
Ramsdell, sergeant-at-arms of the
senate. appeared at the main door op-
posite the speakers desk and an
nounced the president pro TEN and
members of the senate. The members
of the house received them while
page boys carried the caskets in which
the electoral returns were deposited
to the clerks desk.
Senator Frye, president pro TEN Of
the senate, ascended the rostrum and
took his place at the right of Speaker
Henderson to preside over the joint
session. EX-Vice-President Adlai e.
Stevenson presided over the joint ses-
sion when the electoral vote was
counted four years ago. Immediately
below Speaker Henderson and Sena
tor Frye at the clerks desk were the
tellels of the two houses, senator
Chandler of New Hampshire and SEN
ator Caffery, of Louisiana, and Repre-
sentatives Grosvenor of Ohio, and
Richardson of Tennessee, f1anked on
either hand by the secretary of the
house. Mr.. Bennett, and The clerk OF
the house, Mr.. Mcdowell Still below
them on the floor, the other officers
of the house and senate ranged them
THE senate and the house of rep
resentatives of the United States"
he announced, ARE in joint session
pursuant to the constitution and
laws of the United States for opening
the certificates and counting the
votes for electors of the United States.
If there is no objection the formal
portions of the certificates will be
omitted. The certificates of the
state of Alabama will be read by the
tenders, who will make a list of votes
therefrom."
Thereupon Senator Chandler read
the certificate of the vote of Ala
bama, giving II votes for William Jen-
nings Bryan, of Nebraska, for pres
ident, and II votes for Adlai E. Stew
enson, of Illinois, for president.
When Senator Caffery was about to
read the certificate of the state
of Arkansas, Senator Cockrell, of Mis-.
souri,, addressed the chair: Can we
not dispense with the reading of these
certificates" he asked, "and have sim.
ply the result announced? l think
we can trust the tellers''
This remark created general laugh.
ter.
Washington, Feb. 13.-President
nro tenn Frye has declared William
Mckinley elected president and Theo.
dore Roosevelt vice-president and dis.
solved the joint meeting of the house
and senate.