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The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-03
CHASE AFTER RAT
BETRAYS THIEVES
CONSPIRACY TO ROB THE MAIL AND
DESTROY LETTERS COMES TO
LIGHT IN AN ODD WAY.

Philadelphia, July g. -licrram and Al
bert laycock, brothers, and Charles Four
nicr, employees OF the Pneumatic Transit
company, are under arrest here. charged
with conspiracy to cmberllc and open and
destroy letter, ia the United States mail.
BcrIram laycock, who was stationed at
Broad street station. the end of the pncu-
matte service was first arrested. and after
hearing before 4 United States commis-
sioncr was held in $1,000 bail.
duplicates His Brother
NJ the hearing he confessed, and impli-
Gated his brother Albert and Fournicr,
who were stationed in the central post
Office. They will be given a heating today.
Postal inspectors say the men confessed
10 having taken special delivery letters
from the carriers Of the pneumatic tubes,
among them being letters to A. j. Cassait,
president of the Pennsylvania Railway
company, John Wanamaker aud the Trust
Company Of North America.
Chase After Rat.
The arrests were the outcome Of chase
streets.
Inc ial ran across filbcfi street toward
the arches of the elevated tracks Of the
Pennsylvania railway. T. j. Mccarthy, n
telephone lincman, gave chase
Seeing larec hole, he thrust IN stick I;
no rat appeared, bat when the stick came
out it brought two letters Mccarthy
saw they were registered and addressed
10 a. J. Cassat and William J. Thompson.
Again inserting the stick the man
brought forth three more letters, all reg
islered cCarthy notified the chief Of
postal inspectors and the arrests followed.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-03
RADlUM RAYS CURE CANCER
Vienna Surgeons Deeply Interested in
Remarkable Discovery.


Vienna, July 3.-Medical circles here are
greatly interested in report, commun-
Gated to the Viennese Society Of Ph, 81
Clans and read at a recent meeting OF the
Imperial Academy Of Science, to the effect
that long standing case OF cancer was
cured by radium rays at the clinic OF the
late Prof. Gusscnbauer.
The patient who was Gr years Of age,
had long suffered from cancer Of the pal
ale and lip and had repeatedly been op
Grated upon fruitlessly.
In the autumn of 1909 when the ply
sicians of the Viennessc hospital declared
it was absolutely useless to operate again,
a physician determined as a last resort to
try radum rays and treated the afflicted
parts by exposing them to the light of
radium bromide the strongest radium
preparation in existence.
He was rewarded by gradual and com
plete disappearance OF the Il mors.
Physicians at the same meeting reported
that radium rays had cured case OF
melanosarcoma Ga tumor containing a
black or other dark colored matter), and
several cases Of red mole.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-03
CABLE SHIP AT HONOLULU
Wire viii BE Landed and Connected
Without Delay
nY hsaOcIAIEp rnEss.

Honolulu, July 3.-(By Pacific cablc) -
The cable ship hngalia arrived here this
morning hearing the Honolulu end Of the
trans. Pacific cable. now extending from
Manila, via Guam and Midway islands, to
this port
The cable will be landed al once and
connected with the section Of the line
from Honolulu To San Francisco, al
ready in operation.
Unless an unioward event should occur,
the complete line will be in operation by
tomorrow morning, in accordance with the
announcement made long since by Clr-
encc Mackay president OF the Pacific
Commercial Gable company.
No hitch in the arrangement is antici-
patcd and the first message over the new
line will almost certainly be Transmitted
by President Roosevelt to Governor Taft
promptly AT noon tomorrow.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-03
SPIES POSE AS MULE BUYERS
Friends Of Jett and White Visit Many
Prospective Jurors.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Lexington, KY. July 3.--It is learned
here that since the trials of Curtis Jett
and Thomas White have been transferred
TO Cynthiana, band of men, II in aum-
Der, are traversing Harrison county
where the jurors are to be secured, rep
resenting themselves to be mule buyers.
The purchase idea, however, is cloak
to question the farmer who may be called
to serve on the next jury as to what they
think of the guilt of the prisoners as a
bar to service and for grounds of another
possible trial after verdict is rendered.
These alleged mule buyers never close
to the next farm. An effort is being made
to ascertain their names and who sent
them,
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-03

Butte restaurant men are doing business
with rubber stamps on thcir bills Of fare
today.
Prices have gone up.
The old scale on which YOU calculated
the cost OF your breakfast eggs and bacon
and your dinner steak has "riz"
Wholesale advance in prices At III
union restaurants in the city has been in
auguratcd.
The minimum advance is 10 per cent,
and from that it ranges up TO IS per cent.
and on some articles more.
Quite u Jump.
6o-cont steak will now cost you z5c,
and all other OF your favoric dishes are
increased in proportion.
The proprictors cNplain the advance by
saying II became necessary because they
have been obliged 10 conccdc reduction
IN hours 10 their cooks aud walters.
These employees recently demanded
reduction ia hours from - 60 3 at The
same rate OF pay.
After the conference the demand vas
compromised and the proprctors aud ,m-
ploycs agreed on 10 hours.
Over t6 Per Cent.
This means an advance ia the cost of
restaurant labor of more than 10 per cent.
The restaurant propriclors want 10 sharc
the added expense with the customers IN
stead OF standing il all themselves.
Thousands OF persons ia Butte take III
their meals at restaurants. The increased
cost of living IS going 10 have decided
effect on their pockctbooks.
And later II the cooks aud walters sue
coed in getting eight hours, what will
happen?
That Is what the restaurant board rs
are wondering.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-03
RUSSIA WARNS
AGAINST REBUFF
FOREIGN OFFICE lNTlMATES PRESl-
DENT WILL BE SNUBBED ON
JEWISH PETITION.
pY ASSOCIATED PRESS.


St Petersburg, July }.-Presidcni Roose-
vclts decision TO forward TO the Russian
government the petition in behalf of the
Russian Jews is not published here.
The foreign Office has made the follow
ing statement:
The czar alone can decide whether the
petition will be received, bat Alcxandc.
III never would have received such a pc
ttion.
"The petition from the guild hail meet
ing, called by the lord mayor in london
in 1880 was returned through the forepu
Office as being inconvcnient.
Sees Slight Ahead.
"The foreign Office hopes tie Americans
will not invite such a slight The for
eign Office has no special interest in the
question, except they desire that interna-
tional relations remain urdisturbed since
the matter belongs to another ministerial
department"
In an article, which official circles de.
clared TO be inspired. for Novoe Vrcmya
combats the claim of the United States
government that Russia should grant
American Jews free access to Russian ter
ritory."
iHS NoHb' NItlnyd dCfldffS lndl II all
American citizens were admitted to Rus.
sia 1T would not be long bc'ole thousands
Of Jews who have left Russia for various
reasons would rcnock TO Russia in the
guise OF American citizens, Just rs they are
doing in Roumania. Bulgaria and Turkey
If Russia acccded to the United States
wish she could not refuse to Grant some
thing TO the other countrics and would
soon undergo perfect invasion Of foreign
Jews"
viii Not Be Tolerated.
The Novoe Vremya also refers to the
United States restricting immigration and
concludes:
while Russia is in 10 way assuming
the right Of criticisinP the internal meas
ures Of the United States. she, on the
other hand, will not tolerate the least IN
reference in. her private a"airs on the
part OF Americans"
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-03
RESCUERS ARE HARD AT WORK
Desperate Efforts Are Made to Reach
Bodies in Mine at Hanna.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

"S''oNl'l Ed fFfSS.
Hanna, Wyo., July 3-Gangs working
IN the stope of wrecked mine No. made
good progress today and cars are running
to the twelfth level.
At the present rate of progress cars will
be running to the bottom of the level
$500 feet in, by tomorrow night.
Beyond the 52oo-feet dip a long in
will be found.
The wallng in of the fire in the 18th
entry. is proceeding rapidly and no more
trouble from that source is anticipated.
No one not actively engaged in the mine
is permitted to approach within 200 wards
OF the stope.
Great dcstituton prevails among the
families of the $50 men who lost their
lives in the dire mine disaster Tuesday.
Those who lost their sole support num-
Der hundreds.
Charitable people of Wyoming, Colorado
a.. and other Western states are urged to send
liberal assistance to the mayor of Hanna
without delay.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-03
MUSIC TO KILL MOSQUITOES
Brookline Council Determines to Try
Novel Plan.
nY Aa3OCIAILD rRlsS.

Boston, July 3.-Ihe Brooklinc council,
after having failed in its efforts TO sys,
tematically exterminatc mosquitoes by
Kerosene, IS about TO take up a suggestion
calling attention TO the scheme for les
scnng the evil by means Of musical sound.
The discoVerer Of the process says:
III has been found that practical appl-
catic las been effected by raising 10 a
great number vibrations to Offset that par
ticular note which the mosquito is most
sen3iliyely aituned.
This note produced by sudden cleo
trical pressure on n musical instrument,
causes mosquitoes to plunge hcadlong onto
the instrument and die"
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-03
DEATH IN BLANK CARTRIDGES
Cause Of Lockiaw Following Fourth Of
July Is Discovered
ny ASSOCIATED pRFss.

New York, July 3.-Thc bacterioogist Of
the Newark, N. J., board OF health has an
nounced the discovery Of tetanus germs
in blank cartridges.
Heretofore il was generally believed the
many cases of lockjaw following Fourth
Of July accidents were due to dirt on the
hands Of the victims at the time they re-
ceived their wounds.
1t was not expected that fatal germs
were in the cartridges Several different
makes were used in the tests.
Efforts will be made to check the sales
of blank cartridges today and tomorrow
in the hope Of lessenng the number of
deaths among children from lockiaw.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-03
Meeting Called for Tonieht.

St. Louis, July 3.--Division No, 3ls of
the Amalgamated Association of Street
Railway Employees of America will meet
tonight to consider the request of the
civic federation to appoint a convention
on the unions demands recently made
upon the transit company for increased
wages and shorter hours. A. w. Morri-
son, secetary and organizer of Division
No. .3I5, stated the transit company had
not kept faith and he believed the mem
bers of his union would vote to quit work
tomorrow morning.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-03
NEW TRIAL FOR MURDERESS
Lulu Prince kennedy's Case Is Ordered
Back Into Court.

~ HS'DNlHII I'D Ifl5S.
Kansas City, July 3.--Luu Prince Ken
ncdy, under sentence Of ten years for
the murder OF her husband, Philip II.
Kennedy, local agent Of the Merchants
Dispatch in January, 1901, was today
granted new trial by the state superior
court.
Mrs. Kennedy shot her husband month
after they were married, and two days
after he brought suit TO have their mar
riage, which he asserted had been forced,
set aside.
Charles W. Prince, the womans father,
and her two brothers, William and Albert
Prince were charged with being ac-
complices. William and Albert were con
victcd and the father is yet TO be tried.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-03
UNCLE SAM ENDS CONTRACT
Company Said to Have Been Favored
by Land Is Thrown Out.

. Washington, July Am order has
been issued at the postoiice department.
discontinuing the contract with the Pos
tai Device and Improvement company for
the purchase Of devices for indicating the
hours Of collection OF mail from letter
boxes.
The order took effect July !.
lhis IS the company in whose behalf,
i IS alleged, Representative Loud Of Cali
fornia visited the postollice. 1t is Cali
fornia concern and has furnished thou
sands Of the devices to the postal SER
vice.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-03
DOCTORS BILL is CUT DOWN
Case Of Browning Against Maoee Estate
Settled Out Of Court.
by ASSOCIATED PRESS

estate of the late {. l.. Magee have set
tied the fight with Dr. Walter {. Brown
ing of Philadelphia over fees for services
rendered the sick politician by paying At
torney William b. Rodgers, counsel for
the doctor, a warrant for S34 900, the
amount OF the recent award Of the Allie
gheny county board Of judges.
The original claim Of DR.. Browning was
that the estate Of Mr.. Magee owed him
100000 for medical services he had
rendered
The fight has been under way for two
years.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-03
COUNT CAMPELLO IS DEAD

Once Deposed Priest Who Scored the
Church Dies in Rome.
Rome, July Count Paolao Campcllo
is dead
The deceased was at one time canon of
St. Peters, but he abandoned Catholicism
and preached in violent language against
the vatican in Italy, England and Amer
ica.
He recently recantcd, did penanle and
was restored to the priesthood
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-03
FORMER HELENA OFFICER
DIES IN FAR OFF NOME
Id Finnigan Accidentally Shoots Him
self in the Foot and Expires
Of Blood Poisoning.
'srrcIAL 10 rnr lNrrn MouarAra.

Helena, July 3.-Word has been re-
ccivod here Of the death at Nome on June
Of I'D finnigan, policeman in this
city under the administration Of John +.
Curion.
finnigan, who was employed on the po-
lice force at Nome at the time Of his
death, accidentally shot himself in the
foot and died Of blood poisoning.
finnlgan had devoted nearly all his life
10 the corrective force Of this state. He
was city marshal Of Fort Benton in tho
early 'So's and on the lIavrc force in 1909
and 1903 lie was bolcrmakcr by trade
and worked for a while for the Northern
Pacific.
A mother and two sisters in California
survive him.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-03
Destroyed by Fire.

H1 FKES1.
Des Moines, July 3.-The brick plant
of the Barbar Asphalt Paving company
and the warehouse of the Des Moines
Saddelry company, situated in different
points of the city, were destroyed by iire
early today, causing an aggregate loss OF
100000.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-03
AMERICAN HOGS BARRED OUT
tneland's Board of Agriculture Hits at
United States Goods.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

London, July "a new order Of the
BOARD OF agriculture was gazetted today,
revising previous orders and prohibiting
the landing, in Great Britain of any hogs
from the. United States, besides prohibit
ing the importation of cattle from New
England. The order goes into effect July I.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-03
Train Is Wrecked.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Dallas, Tex, July 3.-Train No. 8,
northbound on the Santa Fe road, went
through bridge ten miles south Of
Gainesville during last nights storm. En-
gineer Boyce was killed and several las-
sengers hurt.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-03
BLIND MAN RECEIVERS SIGHT
While Waiting at a Railroad Station
Vision Comes Back.
nY AssOcIAL.n rRrss-

Binghampton, July after being to-
tally blind for several years, joseph
Bring, a wealthy resident of Flmira, has
suddenly recovered his sight while wait-
ing for train in this city.
Brink had consulted many specialists,
but without success He came here with
several fast trottng horses, which he owns
and was about TO return home, when, as
the train pulled in. his sight returned.
lie was oyerjoyed and declared his eyes
wore as strong as ever.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-03
Roosevelts Take an Outinu.
~ ASSOCIATED PRESS.

n HooO1 I'D FKES5.
Oyster Bay, l.. l., July president
Roosevelt, accompanied by Mrs. Roose-
welt and their children and guests, today
enjoyed an outing on the water and in
the woods on the north shore of the
island, several miles from Sycamore Hill,
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-03
REMORSE LEADS TO SUICIDE

By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Doyestown, Pa, July '.-Lewis N.
charged with stealing flowers from graves
committed suicide by shooting himself
through the head. Worry olcr his arrest
prompted the act.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-03
COST OF MEALS
PUT UP HIGHER
Restaurant Men Of the City
Increase Their Prices
Many Per Cent.
COSTS A SMALL FORTUNE
TO GET SQUARE MEAL

Employers Declare This Move Is Necos-
sary Because OF tho Concession Re-
Gently Made TO the Cooks and Watt
ers in the Matter OF Hours--What 10
Coming Next No One Knows.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-03
REVENUE RECEIPTS
QUARTER MILLION
Money Collected in Montana
During Year Ended June
80, 1921, 581. SO.
MORE THAN HALF FROM
THE BUTTE DISTRICT

Decided Falling of Is Shown, Owing to
the Wipine Out OF the War Tax That
Had Been Placed on Number OF
Articles-More Than 100000 From
Sale Of Beer and Tobacco Stamps.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-03
TORR|O WEATHER
CAUSE OF DEATH
HEAT IN EASTERN CITIES RESULTS
IN MANY PROSTRA-
TlONS.
gY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Philadelphia, July 3.--Onc death from
heat and three prostrations occurred here
before o'clock this morning.
John Conn0y was stricken while at work
and died at hospital.
The temperature at 3 o'clock was g.
one degree higher than at the same hour
yesterday. The humidity registered IS
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-03
FLOODS DESTROY THE CROPS
Rivers Overflow in Maldavia, Causing
Great Damage.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

Bucharest, Koumania, July 3.--Rains
have oyerfiow.ed the Pruthk, Sereth and
titles have occurred and thousands OF acres
of wheat and maize have been destroyed.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-03
GREAT FLOOD is FEARED IN TEXAS
AND PEOPLE ARE PANIC
STRICKEN.
WATER so DEEP IN THE STREETS
OF GAINESVILLE THAT EVEN
HORSES HAVE TO SWIM.
ny ASSOCIATED rRrss.


Gainesville. July 5.--Ihc food situation
is growing desperate.
The water is rising rapidly aud the
report is received that still greater flood
IS coming down from the direction of
St. Joseph.
Cries OF tcrror-strickcn people are heard
IN all directions.
Around the depot and along the main
street Of the center the water IS so d,cp
that even horses are compelled 10 swim.
II is reported Santa I'e passenger
train has been ditchcd three miles out on
account Of washed ont track, aud il is
feared many lives are lost.
BY ASSOCIATED PRIsS.
Dallas, July "a telephone message
I om Gainesville says the engineer, FIRE
ran and express messenger on the
we ckcd Santa Fc train are reported
missing
Reports from the southwestern portion
Of the state indicate that yesterdays
storm was most severe
Probably IS Mexican farm hands lost
their lives and the damage to farming
interests. railroads and county roads and
blidges will be heavy.
The waters are now falling.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-03
ny ASSoCIATED PRESS.

New York, July 3.-Twenty- one persons,
unconscious from smokc were rescued b.
iremen from a blazing four-story frame
building in Newark avenue, Jersey City,
at daybreak.
The blaze was so hot the fremcn could
not work fast enough with their ladders
and several of the rescued were tossed
safely into the life net.
Two of the victims are in the hospital,
suffering from burns and the inhalation Of
smoke.
The fire, which the police say was of in
cendiary origin, caused orly a small money
loss.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-03
Hit by Street Car.

ny ASSOCIATED PRESS.
st. Louis. July 3.-Fifty persons were
injured this morning in a collision between
two street cars at the intersection Of Olive
street and Jefferson avenue.
A. G.. Killu, motorman on the Olive
street car, is not expected 70 recover. but
most of the others will, il is believed, get
well.
Both cars were filled with passengers
The Olive street line has the right of way,
but the Jefferson avenue car, instead or
slackening speed at the crossing, sped Oh
and crashed into the other car.
When it was seen that a collision was
imminent the passengers became panic.
stricken.
The impact was so violent that The
Olive street car was hur'.d completely
over on its side and all the passengers
piled in a heap.
All the injured were t.kcn in anl5u-
lances to their homes or the city hos
rital.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-03
Crushed in Collision.

Bf ASSOCIATED PRESS
Peoria, ILL.,, July "a through freight
OH the Rock Island road and switch
engine, hauling long train of cars, col
lided with terrible force in the upper
yards here today. George Fisher, fire
man of the through freight, sustained fatal
injuries, while his engineer, Michael
Gushing, was badly bruised. Both en-
gnes were completely wrecked and many
cars were crushed to pieces. The financial
loss will exceed $4,000.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-03
Found BY Rescuers.

~ N5aOIINI I'D FNESS
Geneva, July 3.-The relief parry has
rescued the seven students Of tn uni
ycrsity here, who had been missing since
Saturday last, when they started from
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-03
To Show Insanity.

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Hamilton, o., July 3.-In the trial Of
Alfred Knapp today his two sisters, Mrs.
Martha Reiss aud Mrs. Sadie Wenzel OF
Cincinnati, confirmed many of the Incl
dents of Alfred's career, tending to prove
his insanity.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-03
MUSCULAR HEROES
SAVE MANY LIVES
New York Firemen's Thrilling
Rescue Of 21 lmper-
illed Persons.
UNCONSCIOUS ONES ARE
THROWN IN BLANKET

Street Cars Collide in ST. Louis; Ono
Man Is Fatally Injured, While Several
Others Receive Serious Injuries -
Vehicle Is Hurled From the Track and
Turned on Its Side by the Impact.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-03
nY ASsOcIAILn rplss

Chicago, July 1.-TWO more deaths and
SIX prostrations, due to the heat, were
reported today, and l.ttlc relief is in sight.