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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-28
WILL ASK CIVIC FEDERATION TO
USE GOOD OFFICES.
IN SECURING CONFERENCE
To Adjust the Grievances of the Mine
Workers In the Anthracite
Regions.

New York, March 25.-President
john Mitchell Of the United Mine
Workers, accompanied by Presidents
John Fahery, Thomas Nichols and
Thomas Duff Of the anthracite district
organizations, arrived in this city to.
night to carry out the mission en-.
trusted to them by the miners con.
vention, Of securing the intervention
OF the civic federation for the purpose
OF averting the threatened strike in
the anthracite regions.
When the committee on Cancellation
and arbitration of the civic federation
meets tomorrow at the headquarters
of the federation President Mitchell,
who Is a member Of the committee,
will bring his three colleagues before
that body, where they will have an
opportunity to explain their mission
and ask the committees aid.
The specific request they will make,
according to President Mitchell, will
be that the committee exercise it's
good Offices to bring about a confer
ence between the anthracite operators
and the committee of IA which the
convention empowered President
Mitchell to appoint, for the purpose Of
meeting the employers to adjust
grievances. The committee has not
as yet been appointed.
President Mitchell upon his arrival
tonight, said that while he had not
yet reached any assurance that the
miners request would meet with a
favorable reply from the civic fedora
ton, he had no doubt the committee
on Cancellation would consent to take
the matter up.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-28
MURDERER HANGED.
chas. Bullock Executed for Killing Of
Leon Station.

chas. Bullock Executed for Killing Of
Leon Station.
Katchewan, N. w. T., March 26,-
Chas.- Bullock was hanged here today
fer the murder of Leon Station in the
Battle river country last April. Bull
lock was convicted on purely circum-
stantial evidence. Leon Station left
his home at Kalamazoo to take a pos
ition with the Union Pacific at Aspen,
Wyo. There he met Bullock who was
also from,Michigan, and they became
friends. Bullock induced Station to
accompany him to Canada, Bullock's
parents having a farm in the Battle
district. Bullock arrived alone
at the farm. From there he went to
Montana and changed his name. Two
months later a body identified as that
of Station was found half buried near
the Bullock farm.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-28
SENSATIONAL COURT SCENE
ATTORNEY OFFERS TO DEFEND
CLIENT WITH HIS LIFE.
r :atrict Attorney Of a Wisconsin
County and Chicago Lawyer
Get Excited.

Kenoska, Wis.,, March ga sensa-
tional scene was enacted this after
noon in the court room Of Commits
sioner Myron A Baker. Attorney
Edmund Firthman Of Chicago, who
represented John Cast, a former al
derman who is on trial on a charge Of
bribery. threatened District Attorney
A. e. Buckmaster. Commissioner
Baker prevented serious trouble. The
trouble arose over the refusal Of Com
missioner Baker to render q decision
today on a habeas corpus writ for the
release Of Cast, after promising to do
So. This aroused the district attor-
ney and turning to Deputy Sheriff
Fred Reinold, he ordered him to take
Cast at once before the circuit court.
With this Firthman sprang to his.
feet and tearing off his top coat de-
fed the officer and the district attor-
ney to lay hands on Cast. 81 will de-
fend this mar with my life," he ex-
claimed. Firthman placed himself in
front of his client and turning to
Buckmaster, he shouted at the top
Of his voice: IF you attempt to touch
that man without a writ I will kill
you on the spot" Buckmaster re-
torted that the courts OF Wisconsin
could not be dictated to by a lawyer
and Firthman twice repeated his
threat. Amidst the greatest excite
ment the spectators fled from the
room and the court commissioner
leaped from the bench and ordered
the under sheriff to desist from any
efforts to arrest Cast without a writ
from q higher court.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-28
sozEMAN's LIBRARY.
City Council Decided to Accept Offer
Of Mr.. Carnegie.

-.N4L" f--MEA sLrM
Bohemian, Mont, March 25.--A spec
hi session Of the city council was
Jailed to take action on the offer Of
kndrew Carnegie to give Bozeman
$4,000 for a public library building.
|he council resolved to accept the
|onation and ordered that at the city
lection, April Z, the citizens vote on
he extra levy necessary to raise the
brary fund to $500 yearly, accord
|lg to the terms Of Mr.. Carnegie's Of
Er.
Other matter with reference to the
orailX, were talked over. but nothing
rthei' will be done until after the
ty election.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-28
Teacher Reinstated.

Brazil, Ind, March 26.-This morn
ing the school board reinstated the
Rev. E. M. Muncie, principal Of the
Meridian street school, who was dis
missed last Monday on a charge Of
attempting to kiss one Of his girl pu-
pills. The reinstatement was brought
about by a petition signed by the pa
rent of every pupil. who attended the
school, taught by Professor Muncie.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-28
Perished In Prairie Fire.

Anadarko, o. T., March ga de-
structive prairie fire has been burning
about IL miles southeast of here. Mrs.
Hattie Hand, in company with her two
small children, started to a neighbours
house to be in a safe place. They
were overtaken and burned to death.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-28

throwing the door wide open for a
future autocrat or a military despot.
IT - not, In my judgment, in accord.
ance with the principle and theory Of
democratic government and for the
best interests of the army which has
existed for more than a hundred years
n fulfilled all your requirements, to
adopt such a scheme"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-28
Railroad CHANCES.

Tacoma, March 25.-The Ledger to.
morrow will say that w. G.. Pearce,
general manager Of the Northern Pa,
cifc railroad has resigned and will be
succeeded by Thomas Cooper, now
assistant to the president, with head
quarters at Tacoma.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-28
Foraer Arrested.

Philadelphia, March 26.-Moses
Schwartz. wanted in New York for
an alleged forgery on the Seventh
National bapk to the amount Of $780,
900. was arrested here today.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-28
Injunctions Issued.

Kansas City, March 25.-Federal
|dge Phillips today issued temporary
Functions against eight railroads on
|plication of Judge Day, counsel for
b interstate commerce commission.
Ee order is practically the came as
p one issued by Judge Grossup at
|icago.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-28
CUBAN RECIPROCITY.
favorable Report by Ways and Means
Committee Predicted.

pS0sSSO0s
Washington, March 26.-The state
ment was made this afternoon in a
quarter having unusual facilities for
knowing the facts. that the Cuban
reciprocity measure as agreed upon
by the recent republican conference
would have enough republican votes
In the ways and committee to
assure it's being reported without the
assistance Of any democratic votes.
This is directly contrary to the gener-
ally understood situation in the COM
mittee, but the source of the @informa-
ton Is such as to warrant the belief
that the bill will be reported by re-
publican votes.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-28
TO ELIMINATE MIDDLEMEN.
And Save Their Profits tothe Producer
the Object Of WooIarowers.

the Object Of W~ooIgrowers.
Salt Lake, Utah, March 26.-Accord-
ing to the Herald, a woolgrowers trust
is being formed through the west. It
is stated 20 of the leading sheepmen
in Utah have gone into the organiza-
ton. while many OF the principal wool
growers in Oregon, Nevada and Idaho
have also Joined forces with the new
organization.
Abolition Of middlemen's profit and
the saving to the wool growers is
stated to be the object Of the new as
ISOLATION
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-28
Miss stone start. Home.

saionica, March 21.-Miss Ellen
Stone. the missionary, has started for
London. Thence she sails for Ameri-
en-.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-28
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS.
Agents Named for Several Tribes Of
Indians.

Washington, March 26.-The pres
ident today sent the following nomi-
nations to the senate: Indian Agents
FIRED 0. Getchell, Devils Lake
agency, North Dakota; Albert M. An
derson, Colville agency, Washington;
Herman G. Nickerson, Shoshone
agency, Wyoming; A. w. Thomas,
Fort Berthold agency, North Dakota.
Civil Engineer-E. M. Elliot, Unit
ed States navy, to be chief Of bureau
OF yards and docks with the rank Of
real admiral.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-28
Patrick Murder Trial.

View York March 25.-Assfstant
|trict Attorney Osborne summed
today in the Patrick murder trial.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-28
Deaths From Cholera.

Manila, March 26.-At noon today
} health authorities reported 40
les of cholera and 80 deaths.
The Butte inter mountain., 1902-01-13

ties OF hgh-grade ore, and there Is any
quantity of 1t left In the mine yet.
Several cars of silica are shipped every
week from the silica mine, mile or SO
from town, and five men are employed
there constantly. David Bevan, one of
the owners, is operating the property at
present. This Is one of the steady pro-
ducers of the Cataract district and thou
sands of tons are shipped annually to the
smelters at Butte and Anaconda, where
1t Is used as fux for other ores.
Sunk 200 Feet With Whim.
Alfred s. Ray, who was working a good
part Of last year in sinking shaft on
the Comstock mine near Basin, ownetl
by the Boulder-C -Comstock Mining CONF
pany has raised money in Butte for the
installation of hoist. He has sunk 200
feet with whim, and not being able to
go any deeper by that means suspended
work last fall until he could put in "a
hoist. He now intends to sink another
200 feet before prosecuting to the vein.
The Comstock vein is from six to eight
feet wide between walls, and carries cop
per and gold.
The Butte inter mountain., 1902-01-13
BIDS WANTED.

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids
will be received by the city council of
the city Of Butte for the furnishing ,of
lumber to the city Of Butte for one year.
A certified check or cash in the sum of
one hundred ($1000O) dollars must ac-
company each bid which will be consid-
cred as liquidated damages for breach
of agreement, II the requirements in the
way Of contract and bond shall not be
complied with within 10 days after the
award has been made.
Contract and form Of bid may be seen
at the office of the city clerk in the city
hall.
All bids must be in writing and must
pe hled with the city clerk at or before
1880 o'clock p. m. January Is, 1902.
w. X. QUARLEs., City Clerk.
Dated January 8, 1902.
The Butte inter mountain., 1902-01-13
NEW COPPER ZONE.
Crowd of Montana Men Said to Be
Prospecting It.

OF the army OF experts who have been
prospecting the copper bearing zone in
Beaver county, and incidentally looking
into its silver, lead and gold PROPOSE
tions, none return more enthusiastic
than w. c. b. Allen, says the Salt Lake
Tribune. His visit to the region was,
primarily to inspect work at the Car
Donate and Rattler, the development of
which is being promoted by Eastern
parties under a local management, and
which Is not distant from Frisco. The
territory In former days was productive.
says Mr.. Allen, of ores of the value Of
over 100000. with silver and lead pre-
dominating. Under the new organiza.
tion double-compartment shaft has
been dropped down to a depth of 260
feet. Water at that depth made pump
necessary, and at 300 feet a cross Vi to
the Carbonate vein has begun.
At the Black Rocks, of which Walter
James is the manager, a new shaft is
being sunk two miles north of The o..
K, the group affording a fine showing
at the surface. above which is a big iron
blowout containing a carbonate of cop
per. Adjoining this Is the Skylark, in
whose workings some very high grade
copper ore Is exposed, while the intcn-
tion of the management Is to begin the
putting down of a new shaft at once.
On Lime mountain, at the base of
which is the Skylark and others. ME.
Allen found prospects that are proiuc-
tive Of very high grade silver bearing
ores, with the country freely fissured,
although there is a strong and most
likely contact between in the limestone
and granite that Is being prospectad.
He emphasizes the good reports con-
cerning developments at the o. K.. the
Harrington & Hickory and others. and
says nice quality of ore has made its
| appearance In the o. X. Extension.
Among others now prospecting The
region is a strong crowd from Montana
drawn there by the presence Of Other
metals along with copper, wnic there !:
everything to indicate a rush into 1t The
| present season.
The Butte inter mountain., 1902-01-13
FARMERS OF NEBRASKA MAKE
MONEY RAISING WOLVES.
STATE AUTHORITIES ANGRY
State Pays Bounty Of "a and There
Is Nothing in the Law to Prevent
Farmers Running Wolf Ranch
1T Attracts Capital.
(By Associate Press.l

Lincoln, Jan. 13.-The large number of
claims coming into the state auditors
office for bounties on wolves and coyotes
has led to the discovery that some farm
ers and ranchers in the western part Of
the state have gone into the business Of
breeding those animals for the bounty
market.
In one instance a man was found to
have raised more than 100 wolves last
summer from several animals he had
trapped and penned up for that purpose.
Other cases were unearthed where from
Is to 80 Of these animals had been reared.
In October and November they were
killed and their scalps presented for re-
demption at the office of the county clerk
of each county.
I The state law authorizes the county
clerk to pay SO from the county fund for
each coyote or wolf scalp presented, and
he certifies the fact 70 the auditor, who
pays 81 additional. At this rate wolves
and coyotes pay better than hog rais-
ing, and naturally the farmers have
turned their attention to this industry.
Law Is Obsolete.
The law was passed years ago when
the wolf and the coyote were the great
foes of the a. tile and sheep. In the last
. ~ years @lou,UuU DStu pau ny Lu0
state alone as bounty.
The Legislature of 1929 appropriated
100000 for the purpose. OF this amount
$4,000 was Immediately demanded by
holders of old claims. The remaining
$4,000 was gone within six months, and
when the last legislature appropriated
| $4,000 1t was at once swallowed up by
holders of old claims. There are now OH
| file with the auditor claims aggregatlng
SIS 000 and by the end Of next year thia
| figure will be doubled.
| These figures indicate that instead Of
being killed the wolves are increasing.
The explanation Is now simple.
What makes the state authorities the
angrier is that there is nothing to prevent
| a man from running wolf ranch IL he
desires to, and with the market unlim-
tied and the price fixed at a very remu.
nerative figure the business presents ops
| portunities that attract capital. Tho
| only drawback Is that a man must wait
for his money.
The Butte inter mountain., 1902-01-13
Mines and Mining.

the Whipporwll vein. The drift on
the Empire vein is eastward towards
the big ore shoot that cropped out so
strongly and was worked from the tunnel
level to the surface practically without
break
Money Makes the Town Go.
Forty men are employed at the En-
pire mine and the new owners have
disbursed over $4,000 at the camp since
work was started on the property sew
eral months ago. This money has slim
ulated things In that camp wonderful
ly. 1t has put number of men who
were developing their own properties
in position where they can acquire
good grubstake to start work again.
The company that has bond on the
Empire is the Superior & Montana De-
velopment company, composed of the su-
perntendents and mine managers of the
Calumet & Hecla, Isle Royal, Michigan,
Tamarack and other large Lake Su-
perior copper mines.
j. Henry Longmaid has taken bond
on the Daisy claim adjoining the Empire
property on the north. He has the prop
erty under bond and lease from Kelley
Brothers and Simigy. A tunnel has been
run on the property.
The Butte inter mountain., 1902-01-13
PLANS OF DENVER vIaILANTEs.
Citizens to Do Police Duty and Check
the Reign Of Crime.
(By AssocIated Press.l

tby ASSoclaLeu PreSS.1
Denver, Jan. 13.-Patroling of streets
by vigilants has begun. 1t is planned
that the organization shall work in CO.
operation with the volice. though under
independent control. Special police COM
mission have been asked for the men.
They will watch for suspicious char
acters, and II they make any arrests the
prisoners will be turned over to the po-
lice at the earliest opportunity.
In every ward of the city meetings
were held and an effort made to secure
recruits. Headquarters were opened In
a central location and Is equipped with
a telephone. The patrollers hunt In
couples when practicable, are armed and
prepared to cope with criminals.
Chief of Police Armstrong deprecates
the movement, as he anticipates toe
much promiscuous shooting, and fears
that some of his plain clothes men lurk-
ing around the outskirts may become
targets for the self-constituted sleuths
The safety committee recently or
ganized in three wards and adopted res
outions asking the fire and police
board to increase the police deartment
by 200 patromen
The Butte inter mountain., 1902-01-13
MONTANA MANS LUCK.
Struck the Pay Shoot in Alaska and
Cleaned Up 100000.

Many of the residents of Great Falls
VIII remember Harry Il. Fitch, who had
a ranch on the other side OF the Mis-
souri, near the Great Fails, says the Great
Falls Tribune Shortly after the breaking
out of the Klondlke excitement Fitch,
with some other friends. decided to try
his fortune in the north. He disp JseG OF
his land here and went to Seattle, from
where he sailed north. He had nut beon
in Alaska long before he located a good
property not far from Dawson. This he
sold out later for a good sum an again
took to the hills.
On the latter occasion he fell In with
some .prospectors and the party linked
fortunes. They located several cluinis
not all OF which, however, turned out
we'll Three were developed Lnd two
were sold about a year ago at a profit.
The last of the latterly located proper
ties was worked by the men, who also
took In some other prospectors until the
company numbered 10, and the mine was
considered one of the best In that Sec
tion of the country.
While on the coast DR.. Crutcher was
reliably informed that Fitch and his nine
partners had recently sold the last mire
for 81. 10000 in cash. which would give
to each the sum of $4,000.
This last sale, 1t is stated, will make
Mr.. Fitch worth in the neighborhood OF
100000, all of which, 1t might be said.
was made in the three years he HITS been
In Alaska.
Mr.. Fitch Is one OF the first from this
part of Montana to strike 1T right III
the Yukon gold fields. There have been
many who have gone that way. tut tho
majority have returned with less than
when they entered the fields. Scme of
these persons have not returned to this
state, but are located on the coast where
they are engaged in business.
The Butte inter mountain., 1902-01-13
A FORTUNATE SLIDE
CROSS VEIN OF RICH ORE DIS
CLOSED BY FALLING ROCK.
MICHIGANDERS FOR LUCK
They Have in the Empire Mine Prop
erty From Which They Will
Doubtless Derive a Vast
Sum Of Money.

A cave-in at the Empire mine near
Marysville recently disclosed cross-vein
of rich ore In the old workings on the
Whipporwill vein, says the Helena Her.
aid. This new shoot Is from Is to 20
inches wide and assays $40 In gold and 81
ounces In silver. 1t Is cross-vein com
ing into the Whipporwill vein from the
north and was found just above the level
of the Whipporwill tunnel. which taps
the vein at depth of 500 feet.
The Whipporwll was the original
strike I'm the Empire mine which Nate
Vestel discovered and from which the
rich ore In the early history OF the mine
was taken. The vein was from 4 to i2
feet wide, but the rich ore was mined out
from the tunnel level to the surface,
distance OF 800 feet leaving many thou
sand tons of low-grade ore ranging I'm
values from So to s12, which could not
be treated at that time because II was
not susceptible to the milling process and
a sufficient saving could not be effected
by the free milling process. Now that
the cyanide process has been perfected
this ore will be worked. II was while
timbering and repairing the tunnel and
the old workings that the new find was
discovered 1t Is not known whether
the rich ore body on the Whipporwill,
which was mined from the tunnel level
to the surface goes up or not, but 1t is
supposed II does. High-grade ore Is
shown in the bottom Of the tunnel and
in some WINES that are sunk a short
distance below the tunnel level.
Ore Shoot $50 Feet Long.
Drifting on the rich ore body In the
Empire vein at q depth of 100 feet be-
low the tunnel level has shown this ore
body to be $50 feet long with breast
OF the drift still in ore. The drift is
being driven forward with two shifts
working machine drills and making
from six to eight feet per day. The
fact that the ore body on the Empire
vein has been found to go below the
tunnel level, where the former owners
supposed 1t stopped, would indicate that
the same conditions may be found In
The Butte inter mountain., 1902-01-13
Columbus Pocket Piece.
MINES OF MADISON.
Those Around Pony Are in Demand
Samplers at Work.

. Quite q number of mines in this Vicin-
ity have been exported and sampled dur
ing the past week or SO, showing that
the demand for promising prospects Is
increasing, says the Pony Sentinel. That
this section has plenty of such is now
generally known by capitalists, who are
sending representatives here TO make ex-
animation and report.
Messrs. Cutler and Wilkinson, experts
from Butte, sampled the Old Joe mine
Monday. They did not say whom they
represented.
couple of experts were taken up the
hill Monday by J. w. McKitrick to look
over the Copperopolis and Bozeman
group. The Bozeman Is probably the
best developed unsold mine in camp and
has a fine record as producer.
Mike Noonin of Butte has finished
sampling several mines for Eastern
capitalists. During the past 10 days he
has sampled the Olympia, Whipporwill
| Top Hand and Old Joe. The first two
are near the famous White Pine.
w. L. Packer of Pocatello is in the
city looking for a promising mine for a
Western firm and is preparing to look
over several prospects.
! Fred Field is working on plans for ar
up date cyanide mill which he viii
erect at the Easton mine near. Virginia
City, where he has a lease on a dunn
containing 10000 tons. The mill Is td
be put up as soon as possible in the
spring.
Albert Mason went to Helena Monday
to look after the shipment of IA 20-tor
car of ore from his mine the Ned, which
| is under lease by David Phillips. This
mine is steady producer, but is worked
only on a small scale. The ore usually
nets little over 500 per ton and this
carload Is no exception to the rule.
The Butte inter mountain., 1902-01-13
SAVED BY SILK HANDKERCHIEF.
Skater Who Would Not Take q Oar,
Barely Escapes Drowning.
(By Associated Press.)

Verona. Jan. 13.-Edward Jenkins, a
young man, was saved from drowning In
Grosch's Mill pond recently, where he.
with a number of other boys had been
skating.
Jenkins had been dared to skate over
the channel, where the ice was only an
inch thick, and rather than be called a
coward the lad nearly lost his life. He
went down as soon as he struck the thin
ice.
He quickly came to the surface and
yelled for help. Frederick Brewer went
to Jenkins rescue, and as the latter was
going down for the third time Brewer
succeeded in grabbing hold of silk
handkerchief around Jenkins neck and
held his head above water until others
came to his assistance.