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The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-01-25
GOES UP IN SMOKE
MERCANTILE coMPANY's assaRE
AT DELL DESTROYED.
LOSS IS NEARLY $10,oO
Was the Property Of County Commis-
sioner Mcknight and Partners
Caught Fire From Defective
Flue This Morning. M
Especial to Inter Mountain.)

Especial to Inter MOuntain.)
Dillon, Jan. 25.-News was received
here this forenoon to the effect that the
Dell Mercantile company's building at
Dell, 40 miles south of this city, was
burned to the ground early this morn-
ing.
The fire originated from a defective
flue and before 1t could be brought un-
der control by those who were at hand
to protect the property, the two story
frame structure was floating skyward
in smoke.
The Dell Mercantile company is off,
cered by County Commissioner ID. B. Nc
Knight and Charles Ruddy. The store.
which was fed to the flames by todays
misfortune, was built year ago by these
men and did a thriving business.
The loss to the company will be about
$4,000 and Is partly covered by insur-
ance.
The fire was discovered about 900 this
morning and the place was In ashes In
an hour. The news came to Dillon short
ly before midday and the particulars re-
lated above cover substantially the story
that reached this city from the scene
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-01-25
DALTIMoHE FIRM MAY NOT GET
MARKET STREET ROAD.
RAISING THIRTY MILLIONS
Banking Houses Are After Sixty-D Day
Extension, But if They Fail in
This, They Will Lose
$25O,OOO.
(By Associated Press.)

San Francisco Jan. 25.-There Is a
growing probability, says the Chronicle,
that the pending negotiations for The sale
of the Market Street railway will not be
closed within the time limit Of the option
given to the syndicate of Baltimore cap
italists which desires to obtain the
property.
The New York banking house Of
Brown Brothers and company, acting for
the Baltimore syndicate, 1t is said, 8
undertaking to raise $30,000000 which
amount Is intended to pay for a three
quarters interest in the Market Street
company and for the requirement OF
other San Francisco street railways
notable among which is the California
Street railway.
The Baltimore syndicate has until
March l to close the deal, with the priv
ilege of a sxty-day extension beyond
that date, provided certain stockholders
agree to the arrangement.
Upon the expiration of the option, the
purchasers will be required to pay over
to the Union Trust company the sum OF
$13,2b0, 900 in addition to $25O,000 already
made or forfeit the latter amount.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-01-25
Want GUILTY PAIR
frisco POLICE HUNTING FOR
"KID, doUCHER.
KILLED OFFICER ROBINSON
Believe That the Criminals Left the
City on Pullman Car Of the Sun
set Limited or Sailed on the
Steamer Columbia.
.ILLED OFFICER ROBINSON
(By Associated Press.)

san Francisco, Jan. 25.-The police are
following every possible clew which may
lead to the capture of the two men
known as kid" Goucher and Brownie,
who were associated with Ward, alias
Henderson. alias Daley, In the murder
of Robinson.
The men answering their description
are known to have left that city on the
Sunset limited train yesterday.
They secreted themselves on the stairs
under the trap door, located In each end
of Pullman car, and with their bodies
doubled up like jack knives, they rode
safely out Of town.
Two other men also suspected OF being
those wanted sailed on the steamer CO.
Iumbia yesterday for the north and a
thorough search of the vessel will be
made when 1t reaches Astoria.
The real name of Brownie" has not
yet been learned.
During their search for the criminals
the police last night raIded a Howard
street lodging house and arrested eight
suspicious characters, one of whom may
be the man Coffman who lived with the
murderous gang at their home on Turk
street.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-01-25
Especial to- inter Mountain.)


Forsyth, Jan. 25.-corporal Eckert, one
of the ~ soldiers stationed at Lame Deer.
Is i'm the city today and related the par
ticulars OF the killing of Policeman Bull
lard at Lame Deer agency. last week.
lie said: II was one OF the soldiers
Powder. Major Clifford ordered the
arrest OF White Powder and ordered
detachment of Indian police to go after
him.
Bullard was on duty at the post and
was not supposed to go outside of the
post on duty. He was well educated and
could talk English very plainly.
Major Clifford did not want him to go
and assist in the arrest of White Powder
but Bullard wanted to go as he thought
he could talk to White and have him
giye himself up peaceaby.
Bullard and six other Indians and my
self and two other soldiers rode over
near Whites tepee and all dismounted
Bullard Was Alone.
Bullard went up to the tepee alone and
called White. Whites wife came out
with butcher knife in her hand and
raised 1t to strike Bullard. He caught
her right hand and just then the
daughter came out.
She ran up to Bullard and struck at
him with knife she had in her hand.
He caught her right hand with his left
and held the two women. The soldiers
were several yards distant from Bullard
and the six other Indians had strict Or
ders to shoot.
When Whites wife came out with the
knife the six Indians went back over a
hundred yards from Bullard and his
horse.
Bullard held the two squaws and they
screamed which brought White out Of
the tepee. lie came towards Bullard but
apparently did not have a gun.
When he got close to Bullard he pulled
a revolver from under his blanket and
shot him on the left side near the hip.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-01-25
MURDER OF BULLARD
BY WHITE POWDER
Graphic Description By an Eye
Witness Of the Murder and Sui
eide at Lame Deer Agency.

Bullard fell backwards and then White
shot Ave times at the Indian police, kill
ing one of the horses and wounding an
other, which had to be killed.
Whites wife then ran up to Billiards.
horse and cut Its throat. White and the
two women returned to their tepee and
the Indian police carried Bnllard to the
post.
Left the Tepee Guarded.
A guard was ordered 10 watch and
surround Whites tepee.
The next morning myself and two other
soldiers were watching the tepee and
| rode near It. There was n large fire
In front of the tepee but no signs of life.
rode closer and found White, his
wife, daughter and son lying around the
fire, dead. They were then taken to the
post.
Orders were given to allow no one to
enter the post and three guards were
placed at the entrance.
The second night four Indians came
to the road near the post and gave the
war cry. They were painted and the
guards started after them.
They hastily disappeared.
Indians Send Note.
The third day none OF the young In
dams were seen around the post and
nearly two hundred horses which were
in the corral near the post had disap-
peared.
Three Indians came down from the hills
with note. II said;
"There Is no danger OF any trouble.
We will not molest the post or Major
Clifford"
This note was signed by Two Moon,
the chief and also signed by Riley, an
other Indian.
Bullard was ono of the best policemen
at the post and was liked by everyone
His death was a cause for sorrow
among the residents.
While be lay in death he had a smile
on his face which seemed to show that
he was not afraid to die and had only
sympathy for his savage brothers.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-01-25
DAWSON CITY News
SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE SERIOUSLY
AND FATALLY INJURED.
BROUGHT BY STEAMER ALK!I
Stories of Three Accidental and Other
Violent Deaths in the Klondike
Capital and Along the Alaskan
Coast.
BROUGHT BY STEAMER AK!
(By Associated Press.)


Seattle, Wash. Jan. 25.--Two assaults
by robbers, three accidental deaths, the
passing of a prominent Dawson resi-
dent and three people fatally injured by
other means Is the list of fatalities re-
ported from Alaska, by the steamer
Alki.
James Murphy. of Wrangell, fell over
a cliff on Traders island and plunged
to his death, one hundred feet down a
rocky chasm.
Charles Nelson was killed In mine in
Chechaco HILL Dawson, December 20.
Andrew Forsburg was killed in the
Mexican mine on Douglass island on
January II and Harry Gilbert was seri-
ously injured at the same mine on jan
uary o.
Charles Lebeman, fell from the rail-
road tracks near Douglass on the night
of January IL and was seriously, per-
haps fatally injured.
Eva Williams was assaulted In q
Dawson saloon on the night of January
II by a man known as Harry Forbes.
and probably fatally injured.
p. N. Sattey and James Pianfetti were
assaulted and robbed on Douglass island
on January IL and received serious in
juries.
W. A. Speake, leading citizen OF
Dawson, died at st. Mary's hospital In
that place.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-01-25

That is the record of last nights tenn
perature I'm Butte and vicinity.
This morning the thermometer at the
corner of Main and Broadway registered
% below.
The morning weather bulletin for Mon
tana reads Generally fair tonight and
Sunday; continued cold.
Butte had every appearance of n
frozen city this morning; wagon wheels
rreak with the complaining whirl OF ex-
trene cold and windows are sheeted with
ice. giving the stores the appearance of
being deserted.
The few muffled up pedestrians on the
streets were scurrying along for shelter
not lettering to exchange cold weather
experiences. The big policeman shrinks
one coil deeper into his big COON skin
coat and wishes somebody would start
something In the nearby saloon.
one policeman whose big mustache
had frozen up until he looked like n
polar bear on foraging expedition stood
half In the shelter Of doorway and re-
marked that he was waiting for one of
two things. the next shift or a fire
siarm.
In the restaurants the guest fingers
longer than usual over his cakes and
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-01-25
RAFT GETS AWAY
LOG BOOM BREAKS DOING GREAT
DAMAGE TO WATER FRONT.
BUILDINGS POUNDED DOWN
One loom Loosened Others and the
Loss in Damages to Buildings Is
Great, Besides Loss of the
Logs.
POUNDED DOWN
(By Associated Press.l

Tacoma, Wash, Jan. 25.-A large boom
of logs got away during yesterdays
storm and, rushing along the water
front near the smelter, loosened other
booms until all rushed on together to-
ward Old Tacoma.
These logs, coming down like batter
sons shingle factory, recently con-
structed, and pounded the structure to
pieces.
A dry kiln was also beaten down and
both buildings fell into the water.
The boom destroyed many yachts and
other small craft.
The total loss along the Old Tacoma
water front. caused by the logs Is be-
tween $4,000 to $4,000.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-01-25
ENGLISH DOCTORS THINK THEY
HAVE MADE DISCOVERY.
ELECTRICITY Is THE PANACEA
Believed That By the New Plan Of
Administering the High Voltage
That Cures of the Dread Dis
ease Can Be Accomplished.
(By Associated Press.)

London, Jan. 25.-Experiments are
being made on most elaborate scale in
London with a modification of Tesla's
high frequency electrical currents In the
treatment of consumption.
It Is stated that some remarkable re-
suits have been achieved.
Experiments for the most part have
been made by Professor Kengham, an
eminent West End surgeon, in the course
of his private practice, but with the
knowledge and approval of leading con-
sumption specialists.
For various reasons, but principally
because of evil results which might
ensue IL the system were used by any
but the most experienced medical men,
with a perfect knowledge of the forces
they were dealing WITH the experiments
have been quietly conducted.
Applications for details of the methods
have not been encouraged.
DR.. Bohemian has fitted up an elab-
crate apparatus for the production of
electricity in the particular form 1t IL
used. The net result is that a current
of $4,000 volts Is produced of such high
frequency, and administered in such
small quantities that the consumptive
patient may receive 1t without the slight
est INJURY.
Does Much Good Anyway.
The awe-inspiring force of this voltage
may best be appreciated when 1t Is re.
membered that only 500 volts are EN-.
ployed for driving trains on "a railway.
Yet the patient is not conscious Of the
enormous electrical pressure.
DR.. Bokenham's experience Is that In
very bad cases Of consumption the cough
has been greatly reduced, night sweats
have disappeared, appetite has improved,
and there has been a great gain In
weight and general health, SO that even
IL the consumption bacilli have not been
destroyed, 1t is certain that their WRIT
lence has been much decreased; that
they have been brought under control
and that the patient has felt cured.
A doubt entertained by phthisis spe-
cialists who do not question this tenn
porary improvement Is whether it Is any
thing but mere exhilaration.
DIR. Bohemian, however, has great
faith in the future Of the system.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-01-25
BUILD NEW ROAD
GEORGE GOULD WILL EXTEND
HIS SYSTEM TO COAST.
RIVAL THE UNION PACIFIC
Said to Have Found an Easy Route
Across the Sierra Nevada Noun
tains and Through Mining
Camps.
RIVAL THE UNION PACIFIC
(By Associated Press.)

Denver, Jan. 25-The News today says
Surveys are being made and the right
of way secured, west of Salt Lake, to
San Francisco, by representatives Of
George Gould, and his associates which
indicate that within another year, the
Rio Grande systems in Colorado and
Utah and the Gould connections east
of this state will, together, with new
ne west Of Salt Lake city form a great
ns-continental route to rival the
Union Pacific and Santa Fe.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-01-25
RAILROAD ACCIDENT
AT LOGAN JUNCTION
Special Freight Train Butted Into
the PullmdnS On No. IL But Did
No Serious Damage.

90 90 90 . . o. o . . . 80 O. q
o
25.-A
o
Both both making
siding
It Narrow
Mr. and Mrs James Saves this in
reduced that awful accident
Of and injuries to the mogu freight engine supern
a a a
jamm
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-01-25
SHERIDAN FEELING GOOD.
Tt Expects to Be on Main Park Line
Branch,
Especial to Inter Mountain.)

Especial to Inter Mountain.)
Sheridan, Jan. 25.-sheridan now has
telegraphie communication with the out
side world the line being finished this
far yesterday.
The town Is beginning to assume met
ropolitan airs as 1t boasts of a telephone
and telegraph line and railroad.
1t is thought by many that in the
near future Sheridan will be on the main
line as there is considerable talk of the
Northern Pacific extending its branch
to the National Park.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-01-25
Selling Liquor to Minor.
Especial to Inter Mountain.

fSDetlaI 70 Inter MOuntaln.)
Sheridan, Mont. Jan. 25--Frank Nell
son. proprietor Of the Sheridan Exchange,
had papers served on him the other day
by Sheriff Hill charging him with selling
Intoxicating drinks to minor
The boys mother was the complaining
witness.
Mr.. Nelson went to Virginia City and
was fined $40 by Justice of the Peace
N. d. Johnson.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-01-25
ys: "ContInued cold"

says: Continued cold"
Telegraphic reports from other Mon-
tana points show that the mercury
ranged below zero as follows: Bozcman,
i5; Billings. 15 Dear Lodge. 2s: Logan.
90; Boulder. "a; Whitehall, 2G: Silver
Star. 25; Sheridan. "a; Virginih City, 2s;
Laurin, 2s; Twin Bridges, 81; and in
Idaho, Pocatelo, L Idaho Falls, 0.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-01-25

the Great Northern Northern Pacific
systems at Sioux City are being devel-
oped. The plans provide for an exten-
sion of the Burlington Schuyler branch
to Sioux City and the building of a cut
off from Schuyler down the Platte val
ley to the Burlington's main line to the
west"
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-01-25
Intense Cold at Great Falls.
Especial to Inter MountalnD

Especial to Inter Mountan)
Great Falls, Jan. 25.--The cold wave
which came Thursday night has lncreas-
ed In intensity II was colder yesterday.
and the mercury took another drop this
morning. 1t was 30 below this morning
for short time, and during the morn
ing hours continued around the 30 malE
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-01-25
In Helena 27 Below.

Especial to Inter Mountain.)
Helena, Jan. 25.-The mercury took an-
other drop here this morning. During
the early hours the register of the gov
ernment Instruments was 27 below.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-01-25
Fort Assiniboine Has the Record.

Especial to Inter Mountaln)
Havre. Jan. 2b-The mercury ranged
between 25 and 30 below here today. A
message from Fort Assiniboine by tele-
phone, says 1t ranged from 4S to 52 be-
low during the coolest period Of last
night.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-01-25
Twenty Below at Dillon.

Especial to Inter Mountnn.)
Dillon, Jan. 25.-Thermometers about
town registered 20 degrees below zero this
morning. The season IL the coldest that
this locality has experienced In n number
Of years.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-01-25
OF MUCH INTEREST
SECRETARY HITCHCOCK MAKES
THE CORRECT DECISION.
COMMISSIONER is REVERSED
Question About the Validity of Forest
Reserve Scrip Has Been Finally
Determined By the Depart
ment.
COMMISSIONER is REVERSED
Especial to Inter Mountain.)

Helena, Jan. 25.-Notice was received
In Helena of decision by the secretary
of the interior, which will be of great in
terest to many woolgrowers and stock
men in the West, involving as 1t does
about 100000 acres of land in Montana
and probably $4,000 acres in Idaho. Wyo-
ming, Washington, and many large
tracts in Oregon and other Western
states as well.
The commissioner of the general land
office held that where an application to
select under the act of June T. 1897,
forest reserve scrip was incomplete when
filed in the local land office; that the Sc
lector had no vested rights, and that
practically his application was void from
the beginning.
Commissioner Turned Down.
Had this decision been sustained by
the secretary of the interior, thousands
of stockmen, woolgrowers and ranchmen
generally would have been affected as to
the selections of unsurveyed lands, for
congress, in July, 19Oa enacted that from
and after October /, 1900, unsurveyed
lands were not susceptible of selection
by REIMBURSEMENT of forest reserve
lands, hence, IL the commissioners ruling
was held to be final, all incomplete selec-
tions filed prior to October l, 1900 would
have become void and the selectors
would have lost their right to select un-
surveyed lands.
An appeal was at once taken to Sec
retary of the Interior Hitchcock, who
decided that no discrimination shall be
made as against forest reserve lieu se-
lections, by reason of any technical de-
feet In the original application, as it has
been held that, in the absence of an in
tervening adverse claim, in all other
classes of land entries, the entryman
may perfect his claim by furnishing such
additional evidence as may be required
In such cases, and it Is SO held In cases
of selections under the act OF June 4,
1897.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-01-25
Prince Arthur Attends Theater.
(By Associated Press.)

(By Associated Press.)
London, Jan. 25.-The first members of.
the royal family to attend theater not
incognito since Queen Victoria's DEATH.
are the Duke and Duchess OF connaught,
who will occupy the royal box at the
Lyceum theater Saturday night.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-01-25
SOME RAILROAD RUMoRs.
Burlington's Building Plans for Next
Summer.

(By Associated Press.)
Sioux city, Iowa, Jan 25.--The Journal
says 1T Is learned that plans for a
connection Of the Burlington system and
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-01-25

Butte: Thirty degrees below 4
} zero.
Walkerville Thrity-flve degrees
; below zero.
Columbia Gardens: Forty de-
grees below zero.
On the Flat: Forty-five degrees
below zero.
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The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-01-25

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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-11-29
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into the machine shops OF the same
company, where he wore his overalls
and did his work just as though he
were the humblest employee. Indeed
It is said that he was on the pay roll at
a salary OF Si2 a week and that he
never failed to collect his wages.
In the machine shops his inventive
genius had full play, and he had soon
designed an improved firebox for loco
motives. which has been successfully
used on many American railroads and
Is soon to be introduced into England.
Later he invented an improvement on
the system Of tubing locomotive boil
ers, a device which Is spoken Of highly
by mechanical experts who have had
the opportunity TO examine It,
Mr.. Vanderbilt was some time ago
elected a second Lieutenant OF the
Twelfth regiment, national guard of the
state Of New York, being promoted
shortly TO a first lleutenancy. He Is
now also q member Of the civil service
commission Of the city Of New York,
and to his credit be II said that TO ev-
erything TO which he has given his at
tention he has brought a thoroughness
and earnestness which augur well for
the future of this youthful mulumil-
lionaire scientific man.
TRUMAN l.. ELTON
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-11-29
HOMEMADE METEoRlrEs.

Genuine meteorites are 50 rare and
bring such high prices among museums
and scientific collectors that 1t Is per-
haps not surprising that sharp prac-
tees should be resorted to by unscrupu-
lous dealers In scientific curiositles
A band of meteorite counterfeiters
was recently captured and considerable
evidence obtained of very curious and
ingenious methods for seducing the gull
llble collector. The members Of this
band were Corscans. 1t was their
practice to obtain natural rock resem-
bling meteors as closely as possible ana
then to burn them in order to produce
the black crust which Is one OF the ear
marks of every genuine meteorite. The
pieces Of rock were coated with lamp
black dissolved IN molten sulphur 1t
seems, however, that this method was
so crude that the deception was easily
discovered, and the men were forthwith
arrested
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-11-29

plished by people OF their class, And
that the present Cornelius Vanderbilt
and John Jacob Aston have accom-
plished something for the benefit Of the
world at large cannot be denied
Colonel Astor has given his nyen-
tons to the public, not wishing 10 de-
rive any income from them, while Mr..
Vanderbilt has taken out his patents
and is using them for the purpose OF
adding to his already large store OF
wealth. But In both cases there was
the unwilingness to play the part Of
drone and the oommendable desire to
do things" So that after all, the SCI
entidc and mechanical worlds are in
debted 10 Mr.. Vanderbilt as well as TO
Mr. Edison Mr., Bell or any other great
inventor who has seen ~ to reap the
legal fruits of his originality and appi-
cation.
In order TO fully appreciate the com
mendability Of the achievement Of these
two young men 1t Is necessary 70 under.
stand just who they are and how little
the element Of need entered into what
ever they may have done.
John Jacob Astor. who was born In
Rhlnebeck, y. Y, july 10. 1864. Is the
son OF William Astor and the lady who