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The daily sentinel., 1910-02-11

emily of little value but which de-
.eloped a little later into the fab
dlouSly rich mine) Rosenthal was
angry. He considered the interest of
40 value but he accepted 1t as he had
40 alternative. He turned around
and he made this Timothy Kelley,
cook, then working for Rosenthal,
take half of this eighth interest in
the Gagnon mine he had accepted in
payment of the board bill for two
weeks wages. Kelley said, All right.
I'll take it. Gagnon sold the otner
eighth interest in the mine to
gambler, Seven Up John" for a
small sum and left for Canada and
never returned.
"Of course all this time Col. Thorn
ton held three-fourths interest in
the mine. Rosenthal and his dissi-
pated cook held the other fourth in
terest and which they considered
worthless. The richness of the mine
was proven very quickly and every
but poor Gagnon, the man who To-
Gated it and sold his interest for a
song.
Kelley. the cook. whose death is
told of in the dispatch, sold that
sixteenth interest in the mine he
took from Rosenthal for two weeks
wages for a cool S65,O00 and he
proceeded to live high till it was all
gone. He died. ! guess, pauper.
Rosenthal, the Jew restaurant keep
sr, closed his place and got a job as
superintendent of the mine. Col.
flornton came up to Butte and the
5agnon mine startled the country
With its rich output. Col. Thornton
mad implicit faith in the Jew. He
thought he was square but he wasn't.
The old rebel colonel was warned
that Rosenthal was beating him but
he wouldn't believe il, declaring,
Joseph wouldn't do that But fin
ally the old confederate saw that he
was being duped. He started out to
find Supt. Rosenthal. He met him
on the street. He grabbed him around
the neck with This crooked walking
stick He told that jew what he
thought of him and what he said is
famous in Butte history, and he told
him If he ever caught him at the
mine again he would kill him. Rosen-
thai knew the old confederate meant
what he said. He never went near
the mine again. He left Butte but
sold his interest in the mine for a
big sum. That interest he took in
that mine In payment of S12O
board bill made him a millionaire.
Thus you see neither Kelley or
Rosenthal located the famous mine
but it brought them both fortunes.
Col. Thornton died long since
leaving vast fortune. His wife and
daughter live now in New York City.
After the colonel's death the Gagnon
mine brought his estate millions of
profit.
Il knew all of these men well.
boarded long time with Rosenthal
when / was working in Butte.
often visited the mine"
The daily sentinel., 1910-02-11
LOCAL MAN TELLS Of H0W A
BOARD BILL BROUGHT MILLIONS
Dispatch Night Wampe Tell Graphic
Early History Country Most Famous Mines
of Junk Dealer and a Cook; But the
Cook Couldn't Stand Prosperity
A BREEZY STORY OF THE EARLY DAYS OF BUTTE

sent out from Butte he said: THE
man who wrote that story knew
mighty little about what he was try
ing to write Mr.. Wampler then in
a most entertaining manner talked
of the early history OF the world ia
nous Gagnon mine. He said:
This man Kelley. whose death is
detailed in the dispatch was not one
of the locators of the mine. II was
this way. Old Col. Thornton, who
was colonel in the rebel army,
fine looking, neryy old fellow, was
one of the most interesting and pic
turesque men in Montana in those
days. He sent this man Gagnon
many years ago, to Butte to prospect
Col. Thornton grub staked Gagnon
and it was agreed that Col. Thorn
ton was to get a three-fourths inter-
est in any find he might make as the
Colonel was putting up all the money.
Well to make long story short
Gagnon located the property which
was afterward to prove one of the
richest mines in Montana, or the
world, and ii was called the Gagnon.
About this time or little while be-
fore Jew named, Joe Rosenthal, a
junk dealer, came to Butte from
Deer Lodge and opened up a restau-
rant. Gagnon boarded with him. One
day Gaguon was summoned suddenly
to his old home in Canada. He owed
Rosenthal $40 board bill He had
no money. So he told Rosenthal he
would have to take an eighth inter-
est In the prospect (then appar-
The daily sentinel., 1910-02-11
CHAMBER OF
.COMMERCENEW

Mr. Mahony reports that in con-
nection with the story published in
The Sentinel in regards to securing
the two large political conventions
that the universal opinion is that it
would be a good advertising plan. A
large number have taken pains to
call him up by phone or stop him on
the street to tell him that they warm
ly endorsed any action of this nature,
consequently 1t is very likely that n
strenuous effort will be made to land
the big political meetings for Grand
Junction.
The daily sentinel., 1910-02-11

John Cottrell was in receipt OF 4,
letter yesterday telling him of tbs
death in indianapolis, of Charlsz
Fuller. who from 1887 on for a num-
ber of years was foreman of the shops
in this city and known to very mang
old time friends and acquaintance
About three months ago he suffered.
a stroke of paralysis and from thsa
he never recovered. The notice lns
MIR. Cottrell said that he died Feb. s
The daily sentinel., 1910-02-11
The Fair

to how to obtain the best and most
energetic work from the entire en-
rollment of the city boosters. At any
rate a campaign may be looked for
in the future which will discount any
thing of past history for aggressive
ness. energy and result getting.
The daily sentinel., 1910-02-11

Congressman Ed. Taylor has writ
ten the Chamber of Commerce asking
for copies of the Daily Sentinel, of
the issues which printed the annual
crop bulletins and the report of Man
ager Moore of the Fruit Growers
association. lie undoubtedly will use
them to boost the Grand valley in
various ways.
The daily sentinel., 1910-02-11
BALl|NGER-P|NCHOT
COMMITTEE MET TODAY
IBy Associated Press. |

+ Washington. Feb. 1.-THE 4
= Ballinger-Pinchot investigation
+ committee, after session today 1
+ of less than an hour, during
= which the future conduct of 4
+ the case was informally dis
+ cussed, granted the request of I
+ Attorney Louis ID. Brandeis for I
+ an adjournment until Monday I
+ morning next.
- +++++ + = = : +<4 = = = 4
The daily sentinel., 1910-02-11
MONEY! MONEY!
Continued

Plenty to loan on good real esta1s2
-VanHoorebeke Realty CompaEr-
100 Main street
The daily sentinel., 1910-02-11
RAILROAD NEWS

By ruling of the interstate COM
merce commission railroads are per-
mitted to issue interstate passes to
the widows and dependent children OF
employees who have been killed while
in discharge of their duties on rail
roads. A circular to the following
effect has been received at the local
railroad offices: Free Passes to Fam
lilies of Employes-Upon an inquiry
involving an Interpretation of the
recent amendment TO the anti-pass
provision, section !, providing that
free transportation may be given to
the families of employees killed In the
service of common carriers. 1t is
held that the provision does not in
clude the families of employees who
met a natural death while in the
service of common carriers"
The daily sentinel., 1910-02-11

be bound over to the district court iza
the sum of 5000. He is now in ths
county Jail. The tickets are valued
at SI2.-Colorado Springs Gazette
The daily sentinel., 1910-02-11

Under the provisions of the inter-
state commerce law, j. l.. Wander
water, Santa Fe switchman, living
at 25 South Corona street, was ar
rested yesterday by Detective John
Patton, and Mrs. Lodena Trexell,
landlady at the Victor, and her
daughter, Miss Minnie f. Troxell,
were arrested In Las Vegas, N. NJ. 1t
is charged that Vanderwater secured
a pass TO Ell Paso, Tex, presumably
for his wife and daughter, and then
sold the transportation to Mrs. and
Miss Troxell He waived preliminary
hearing in Justice o. r. Dunnington 8
court yesterday afternoon and will
The daily sentinel., 1910-02-11

Today Rio Grande No. 3 was szz
hour late and Colorado Midland Ncs.
103 was about an hour and thirty
minutes late.
Continued on page ten-A
The daily sentinel., 1910-02-11

The usual smudge pot agitation
campaign of the Chamber of Com
merce may be looked for in the near
future. Though the Chamber of
Commerce knows that most of the
farmers are provided with smudge
pots, they have no intentions Of per-
mitting any one to lose their fruit
crops for lack of proper warnings
and proddings now and then.
The daily sentinel., 1910-02-11

In the appointment of various conn
mittees for the coming year, it is
quite likely that many radical changes
will be inaugurated. To follow the
idea of the Chicago Chamber of Com
merce and have ways and Means
Committee" composed of business
man of the city from every branch of
business from banking to day labor
er, is a theory of the secretary's as
The daily sentinel., 1910-02-11

Thomas J. Wampler. of this city,
who, although for number of years
past a resident of this city, spent
many years in the famous Butte min
ing district and other mining districts
when those districts were in their
palmiest days, was particularly in
terested and considerably amused at
the following dispatch which appear
ed in The Sentinel last night:
Butte, Mont. Feb. 10.-Timothy
Kelley, who. with Joe Rosenthal and
Col. ]. C. c. Thornton, was one of the
original locators of the famous Gag
non mine in Butte. which has pro-
duced millions, sank from exhaus-
sion at his cabin door after a 10
mile walk into the Bitter Root noun
tains Sunday. and died on the spot
A cook in this city in the early
7Os, he gained his share in the Gag
non mine by grubstaking some of his
partners.
Kelly had but l 0 feet to go in one
of his claims to open the long-sought
lead.
Kelly never married and had lived
the life of a recluse for years. or ever
since he went through the $4,000
he received as his share of the sale
price paid for the Gagnon 20 years
ago.
Mr.. Wampler is thoroughly famil-
ar with the famous mine, its locators
and its original owners and this
morning in speaking of the dispatch
The daily sentinel., 1910-02-11

A meeting of the directors of the
Chamber of Commerce will be held
tonight and routine business trans
acted.
The daily sentinel., 1910-02-11

We will oil your harness for $iss,
Fred Mantey Saddlery Co.
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beaten them into submission with clubs
shovels. brooms and other weapons. As
rapidly as the unwelcome guests were
knocked down they were thrown out
of the window, and many Of them were
dead when they reached the Sidewalk,
some seventy feet below.
1t might be explained in passing that
all of the misguided travellers who
sought haven in the hotel were included
in a flock Of swallows, northward bound
for the summer. Several off1ceholders
in the neighborhood of the willard ac-
counted for the sudden selection by the
birds of a stylish roosting place for the
night by recalling that the migrating
swallows formerly roasted in the CHM
neys of the old building which was re-
Gently demolished to make room for the
new District National Bank building
With this boarding place gone, the swal-
lows became bewildered and finally Sc
lected the open window of, the Willard
as the only haven available in the emer-
Eency.
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FOUGHT CATARRH
FOR 20 YEARS

Here is o letter that sincerely ask every
reader Of The Washington Star TO read. II you
suffer from catarrh or any nose. throat Or lung
aiiment read IT twice, and then consider IL
you can AFFORD to ignore q prescription with the
healing virtue Of Hyomei pronounce 1t High-o-
mel:
Booths Hyomei Co.. Buffalo, y. Y.
Gentlemen--'I suffered terribly with catarrh
In the head for twenty years. and tried many
prescriptions but never found relief. I have
used Hyomei for two weeks and find Ii the best
preparation have ever used for catarh. Every
cold 1 would catch seemed to 60 to my throat,
and had to use gargle for days at time. Now
when catch q cold In the throat I use the Hy-
ornei inhaler and this soreness disappears over
night. Hyomei has put me on the good road to
getting rid Of my catarrh. and IL Jon want to
use this letter to publish In your Advertising do
so. Perhaps it will help some other sufferer
W. X. Eagle. 103 Walnut ST.. Reading. Pa,
Oct. 8. 1909.
Complete outfit. Sf.0O; extra bottle. so cents.
at druggists everywhere and Henry Evans, 1905
+ st. NV.
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Delegates to Harrisburg Conference.

The A. NJ. E. Zion churches of this
city will be represented at the annual
conference which meets in Harrisburg.
Pa, May IS by c. c. Alieyne. II. {. P.
Baker, g. L. Corrothers, w. H. Ferguson,
G. E. Ferris, G. j. Hawkes., w. A. Ray.
Logan johnson, II. w. Smith, James W..
Poe. S. J. Janifer. Ida v. Smith. Florence
B. Wye. r. l.. Brscoe, W. T. Bradley,
w. H. Crump, J. w. Martin, w. M. john
son. Daniel Landin and Mrs. H. w
Smith.
The conference, which will be in ses-
sion for a week. will be presided over by
Bishop j. w. Smith. The delegates will
leave here for Harrisburg Monday and
Tuesday next. and will ask for the re-
turn of the six pastors now in charge of
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair Tonight, With Minimum TEN
perature About 40 Degrees.

For the District of Columbia-Fair to-
night; minimum temperature about 40;
possibly light frost Friday morning in
low places. Friday fair; light to moderate
nOrthwesterly winds.
All that remains of the western depres-
sion Of the last three days is central this
morning over southwestern Virginia, and
the weather has cleared from the Ohio
valley and upper lake region westward. A
wave Of high pressure, similar to that of
last week, but more extensive, covers
the country from the upper lake region
and upper Mississippi valley westward to
the Pacific, and low temperatures prevail
ed between the two great mountain
ranges, with frosts or freezing tempera-
lures Thursday morning from the Da-
kotas, eastward through the lake region.
The Virginia disturbance will move
northeastward, attended by showers to-
night along the middle and north coasts,
and the interior high area will spread
eastward, attended by cool and fair
weather during the next two or three
days over the eastern portion of the coun-
try.
the lake region, the Ohio valley. Tonnes
see and the interior of the middle At
lantic states.
Storm warnings are displayed on the
New England coast from Nantucket to
Narragansett.
The winds along the New England coast
will be moderate north to northwest, eX-
cept brisk on southern portion; on the
middle Atlantic coast moderate north to
northwest; on the south Atlantic coast
moderate west to northwest; on the east
gulf coast light to moderate northerly.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have moderate north to north
west winds with unsettled, shOwery
weather to the Grand Banks.
The following heavy precipitation lin
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Lexington, LIS; Jupi-
ter, 1.62.
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Russell, 18th Cavalry. and Second Lieut..

Russell. 18th Cavalry. and Second Lieut..
Joseph w. Stilwell, 18th Infantry.
The following named officers are ordered
to replace them in their present duties
at West Point, n. Y:
Capts. Rufus E. Longan. 18th Infantry.
and Lambert w. Jordan. jr.. LIST Infantry
First Lieuts. Campbell B. Hodges. 4th In
fantry; Godfrey Bartlett. Coast Artillery
Corps; James W. Riley, 9Th Field Artil-
lery; Philip H. Worcester. Coast Artillery
Corps; Edwin f. Pritchett, LIST Field Ar
tillery; Albert l.. Loustalot, Coast Artil-
lery Corps: Richard Donovan, Coast Ar
list Field Artillery. and Second Lieuts.
James S. Jones. 9th Cavalry; Thomas W.
Hammond. 22d Infantry: John F. Curry.
9Th Infantry; Thomas j. Smith. Jr, 4th
Field Artillery; Edwin C.. Mcneil. 18th
Infantry, and Carl c. Cakes. .th Infan-
try.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-12
To Welcome Roosevelt.

meeting Of the Observation-Disclosures
Republican Club was held at 1913 18th
street northwest last night. The man
ner of representation Of the club at the
reception to be rendered Theodore Roose-
welt on his return to New York was
discussed, but no conclusion was reached.
An invitation to take part In the cele-
bration of the fiftieth anniversary OF the
nomination of Lincoln and Hamlin at the
METROPOLITAN Baptist Church, II street
between 18th and 18th, Monday night
next was accepted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-12
ATTENTION.,
INVESTORS.

An exceptional opportuni-
, ty to secure a large income
from neat dwelling houses.
! BARGAIN PRICES. We
have never known new dwell
) lings which were leased to
select white tenants at SIS
J and $50 a month that could
be purchased at such low
2 figures.
. THE LOCATION is quite
desirable, situated in a Sec
/ ton of the northwest built
!: up with nice new dwellings
) occupied by prominent bust
: ness and professional men.
) Convenient to two or three
car lines, the best schools,
; stores and churches.
SOUTH E r n EXPO
!: SURE. Good size lots.
, Front and rear public alleys.
SEE WHAT WE OFFER.
ACORNER DWELLING
LEASED FOR $50 A
MONTH. PRICE, $500.
INSIDE DWELLINGS,
RENTING FOR SIS A
MONTH.
PRICE, $1,000 EACH.
Several of the parties leas- /,
ing are worth $4,000 to
100000. Owning their own
houses, but they prefer these
on account of their being so
attractive and so we'll To-
, Gated.
DESCRIPTION. Two
story brick dwellings, neat
fronts, six rooms, modern
baths, beautiful decorations,
wide covered porches, bright
sunny southern exposure.
If you wish to invest your /
money in property that is
bound to improve and at the
same time pay you a high
rate of interest, you should
investigate these homes at
once.
STONE & FAIRFAX,
1912 New York Ave.
my10-3t
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Sues Traction Company,

Charles r. Krener has filed suit to
recover $4,000 damages from the Capt.
tai Traction Company for alleged per-
sonal injuries. Through Attorneys Jo-
seph Y. Reeves and p. ]. Ryan. it Is al
legged that May 10 last a conductor on
a U street car refused to accept a
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SWALLOWS INVADE HOTEL.
Migratory Birds Select the Willard
"A Washington Stopping Place.

More than 1000 unregistered guests
stoned in one room at the New Will
lard last evening. They secured an en-
trance to the big hosiery through an
open window on the sixth floor, and
they were not elected until all of the
employees Of the hotel had formed
miniature army for self-defense and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-12

The white altar to be placed in the
Church of the Ascension has arrived in
Washington and will be installed within
q few days. 1t will stand as a me-
mortal to the late Bishop Satterlee. II
was shipped from Boston in time to be
installed and unveiled Ascension day, but
was lost en- route. IL will be unveiled
Sunday morning, May 90. at II O'Clock.
VII en- the rector, Rev. J. Henning helms,
will deliver an address.
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SAVE THE CHILDREN
Theme at Dedication of
Nathan Straus Milk Depot.
GUARDING AGAINST DISEASE
Infected Milk More Dangerous to
Health Than Water.
A CAMPAIGN OF EDUCATION
Mothers Of National Capital to Have
Benefit Of Expert Instruction
on Feeding.

t'Save the Little Ones was the general
subject discussed by q number Of promi-
nent speakers at the formal dedicatory
meeting for the Nathan Stratus pasteur-
lied milk laboratory. held last night in
the hall of the George Washington Uni
versity Medical School. next door to the
laboratory. Senator Gallinger OF New
Hampshire presided at the opening and read
a cablegram from Mr.. Straus. who is in
Heide!burg, Germany, in which ne mace
q plea for the babies in which the above
quotation was incorporated:
IF the country would adopt pasteuriza-
ton and other preventive measures. as
recommended by me in Washington, the
death rate would enormously decrease.
and tuberculosis be checked and eventu-
ally wiped out said Mr.. Straus in the
cablegram. Continuing, he declared: THE
country Is full of tuberculin cows. and
using their milk is criminal. Save the
little ones.
save the little ones" repeated Senator
GaIlinger. as he closed the reading OF the
cablegram.
what better text can a man have than
these four simple words. with which this
cableeram closes, save the little ones
What a world Of pathos there Is IN that
simple sentence. How it thrills the heart
when one stops to reflect or the need OF
work to save the little ones of New York
city. other cities and Of the alleys and
novels and slums that exist. to our dis
credit, be it said, even in this beautiful
CITY Of Washington, the capital of this
great nation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-12

The Maryland fish Matching station on
the Tuckahoe river, near Denton, has
been in active operation for weeks, and
the employees are depositing the young
fish in the various streams on the Eastern
shore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-12

Anton Kastner died Tuesday night at
Cumberland, Md. aged sixty-eight years.
He was a prominent member OF SITS Peter
and Paurs Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-12

transfer rendered by Krener. and that
when the latter declined to pay Q cash
fare his arrest was caused by tho
conductor. Krener was discharged the
next day in the Police Court.