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Pan American Exposition Trip.
This Coupon, when property mied in wltt count as one
vote if sent to the Inter Mountain office, Butte, before
8 p. m., TUESDAY, MAY 21,1901,
Piame ____
A ddress
"Put Me Off, At Buffalo!"
Headers of the Inter Mountain will
doubtless be pleased to learn that an
other of the famous voting contests so
popular last year begins with today's
Issue of the paper. The contests of last
year were highly exciting, entirely
friendly and the results were satisfac
tory to all who took part either as can
didates or as partizans of those who
made such enterprising efforts to win
the prize. That the contest begun today
will be equally well received and fully
as satisfactory there cannot be the
slightest doubt.
Last year's contests were hummers
and no mistake. When Miss Alice Mc
Andrews won the trip to Alaska it
seemed that the whole state rejoiced at
her good fortune. The candidates were
confined to residents of Butte and Ana
conda but the voting was not. Ballots
came pouring in from all over the state.
Clever schemes were devised to secure
votes and work up enthusiasm and some
of the amusing features of the contest
were perfectly side-splitting in their
mirthprovAiing qualities. It was lots
of fun.
Today a contest begins that will take
five young ladies of the state of Mon
tana on a trip to the Pan-American ex
position at Buffalo as guests of the Inter
Mountain. How they will be provided
for on the trip may be learned by ask
ing any one of the half-score of young
ladies who were taken through the Yel
lowstone Park last year or by recalling
the care and thoughtfulness displayed
when Miss McAndrews departed for far
off Alaska. Assuredly the Inter Moun
tain will do the honors of the trip in
style and the five young ladies from
Montana will not lack for the good
things that come to the sightseers who
visit the wonderful fair.
The contest will last from today until
June 25th. At nine o'clock on the even
ing of June 25 the last coupon must be
in and as soon as the counting can be
finished the announcement of the win
ners will be made and arrangements for
the trip completed. Next to the presi
dent's swing around the circle the trip
of the five Montana girls to Buffalo will
attract attention over the state's wide
area this summer. Of course they will
all go together; it will be a merry crowd.
Girls who are popular enough to win in
a voting contest never are lacking in
apreciation of a good time.
For the purposes of the contest Uv
state has been divided into four dis
tricts. Butte is one of them and by far
(Special to Inter Mountain.)
San Francisco, May 14.—While there
is no confirmation of the rumored
changes in the president's itinerary,
many well informed people believe that
the route will be materially shortened.
Mr. McKinley's solicitude for his wife
might even cause a complete abandon
ment of the visit to the extreme north
western states, including Montana, un
less a radical improvement occurs in lier
condition. Possibly the party will \ îsit
Portland, and thence southeast over the
Oregon Short Line, thus avoiding the
changeable spring weather along the
Northern Pacific.
An official close to the president told
the Inter Mountain representative that
tlie trip would be made as planned, but
some side excursions would have to be
cut out unless Mrs. McKinley's health is
JUDGE KNOWLES REVERSED BY
THE CIRCUIT
COURT OF APPEALS
The circuit court of appeals for the
Montana district has. in part, reversed
the order of Judge Knowles, made sev
e:al months ago. declaring Samuel
Nixon, Samuel M. Nixon, Lemuel W.
Nixon, James F. Lott and Fanny Lott
involuntary bankrupts. The reversal
which applies only to Lemuel W. Nixon
and Fanny Lott, carries with it the
costs of the case which has been hang
ing fire in the federal court for the past
two years. In view or the fact that the
United States marshal, acting under in
structions from the federal court, took
possession of and sold all the goods al
leged to be owned by the Nixons and
Lotts and contained in the Silver City
Mercantile company's store, a compli
cated case is made of the affair.
The history of the Nixon trouble dates
back to the first months in 1890 when
Samuel Nixon left Butte for parts un
known. Mr. Nixon had purchased an
Immense stork of goods from eastern
firms and brought it to Butte. He con
ducted a store under the name of the
Mercantile comrany and it was alleged
by Young Brothers of Seattle and
various other creditors who joined them
in their petition to the federal court,
that Mr. Nixon was a partner in the
Silver City Mercantile company together
with Samuel W. Nixon, Lemuel W.
Nixon. James F. Lott and Fanny Lott,
and that each of the partners was a
bankrupt.
The purchasing of the goods by Sam
uel Nixon was related in the petition,
together with a showing that there was
still due large sums of money from
Nixon on the purchase price. The peti
tion set forth that Samuel Nixon had
transferred the goods from one store to
another and failed to account to his
creditors In any way.
The Nixon and Lott people, with the
exception of Samuel Nixon, filed their
separate answers to the charges and
denied that they were partners of Sam
uel Nixon or that the latter had any in
terest In the store at South Butte or
die one In 'Walkervllle. On the con
trary, they set forth, that one of these
More« was the property of Fanny J.
Lett, while the other was the property
the most populous of all. From Butts
two candidates will be selected. Clip out
the coupons and vote for whoever you
wish. The two receiving the highest
number of votes will go to Buffalo.
Then for western Montana a district,
has been made up consisting of Ana
conda. Deer Lodge and Missoula. The
candidates voted for from these towns
will all have an equal chance, and the
one receiving the most votes will take
the trip to the big exposition.
Southern Montana is another section.
Dillon. Virginia City and Bozeman will
comprise this district. These three towns
can fight it out among themselves. Thi
candidate receiving the most votes .be
fore the balloting closes at the Inter
Mountain office on June 25 will join the
happy party of five on the joyous jaunt
to Buffalo.
Billings. Livingston and Red Lodge
comprise another district. Residents of
these cities can carry on a battle of bal
lots until the, end of the contest, an I
the Inter Mountain will count th:
coupons sent in and announce the win
ner. Of course, the candidates and the
number of votes received will be an
nounced from day to day as the contest
proceeds. Everybody knows how these
contests are carried on. Even the chil
dren who had not yet learned to read
were interested in last year's coupon
contest.
The rame conditions will govern the
contests that ruled last year's rivalry,
except that instead of the contests be
ing confined to one town, as they were
when the Park contest was on. three
towns are grouped together. This will
give added interest to the contest and
allow local pride to have its fling. It
will be a lively race from the word go.
The circulation of the inter Mountain
has gone far beyond what it was a year
ago, and the content beginning to-day
will take on an interest suen as people
of this enterprising states have never
seen. Thre's something in the free air
of this state that sets the biood ting
ling at the mention of anything that calls
for enterprise and hustling ability. The
Inter Mountain's voting conter.t goes out
to the people to-day in response to a
popular demand. . The people want it
and they will all join in the work of
making it a great success.
It is now up to the great public to
clip the coupons and the Inter Mountain
will do the rest.
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fully restored. Should her physicians ad
vise against the northern journey, Mon
tana may have to postpone her wel
come to the nation's executive. All de
pends on Mrs. McKinley's condition,
whose courage may pull her through her
present illness.
San Francisco is wild with excitement
to-day. The whole city is one mass of
red, white and blue. Grand reception
red, white and blue. A grand reception
and municipal welcome is planned for
to-night. All vessels in the harbor are
to be illuminated and the principal
streets will be ablaze with colored elec
tric lights, and resound' with the wel
coming cheers of the multitude. Cali
fornia owes her present wonderful pros
erity to the policy represented by her
distinguished guest, and will right royal
ly greet her first presidential visitor.
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nectecl with the bankruptcy proceeding
claimed to be employees only of Samuel
Nixon.
Judge Knowles declared all of the
Nixons and Lotts named in the petition
to be involuntary bankrupts and ordered
the United States marshal to sell t>■
goods in the three stores and turn the I
proceeds into court. About $14,000 was
realized from the sale of the stock and
the affairs of the store wound up.
The case was taken to the circuit court !
of appeals, with the result stated. It is !
not known what action will be taken j
by Lemuel W. Nixon and Fanny Lott j
to recover for the damage they allege i
has been done them by reason of the !
closing of their business, but their at- j
torneys says that the value of the goods
sold, which the circuit court decided was
their property, is covered by the bonds Î
of the petitioners.
COPPER MINING^ QUOTATIONS.
Boston, Mass., May 14.—The copper
mining shares closed today as follows:
Amalgamated - - - $111.12
Anaconda ------ 43.50
Parrot ------ 51.25
Boston & Montana - - 422.00
Butte & Boston - 103.00
Calumet & Hecla - - - 825.00
Tamarack ----- 325.00
Osceola ------ 85.50
Gem Concert Hall
Missoula.
Frank J. Pierce
Prop. ««Ml Manager.
First-Class Vaudeville
Every Night
Thousands of School Children Make Merry In
Their Gladsome Celebration of Arbor Day.
While it was "Arbor Day," it wa«
more strictly ''Children's Day," and no
adult was in it. From the moment th«
cars commenced running at 8 o'clock this
morning until late this afternoon 'wery
one was packed, the closed cars carrying
as many as 105 and the open cars 75 per
sons each trip. ;
The cars ran every three minute^ and,
in addition to the children, many adults
visited the gardens. Up to 1 o'clock
ten thousand children and five thousand
adults were in the Gardens. Thej chil
dren swarmed everywhere, from the rail,
ings of the turrets to the little lake,
crowding the merry-go-round, shooting
the chutes and congregating ' In such
rjfihf
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crowds that walks were impassible. A
better behaved gathering of children
could not be found anywhere, ea^t or
west.
Some were mischievious, of course.
What small boys are not. but it was an
indirect sort, of mischief, just an exuber
ance of spirit that must find an oiftl^t.
Little girls felt the mir it- of unrest, ful
ly as much as the boys and had to be
looked after just as carefuly. Dublin
Gulch and Centerville sent ? contingents
and they were fully up to the reputation
they have established, but they were few
and far between.
The children were determined to' see
Jus,t how far out they could climb on
the balconies and how near they ,could
come to falling headlong from the up
per galleries and yet no accidents oc
curred.
Many of the children took their
lunches, supplementing them with ice
cream, or lemonade or a cup of coffee.
Others, and how they were envied, walk
ed into the cafe with a lordly air and
ordered their luncheon and ate iCWlth
composure, under the covetous eyiés of
the less lucky ones. The ice créant. par
lors and the soda stands were crowded
three or four deep all day. At every
angle were set stands with .'.pea
nuts, candies and all sorts of allure
ments, and all did a rushing business.
It was a fine thing to see the waj flie
big brothers and sisters looked otiV Tor
the small fry. There were many^hün
dreds of children who were not five Vbars
old no
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WOMEN'S CLUBS IN HARMONY OYER
RECEPTION TO THE PRESIDENT.
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The Butte Federation of City Clubs
met this morning to discuss matters of
importance. The meeting was a very
harmonious one, and the women atten
ing it decided to withdraw entirely when
it came to the question of selecting a
committee to receive the presidential
party.
The federation is supposed-to be about
as representative a body of women as
could be gathered. The members are
either presidents or delegates of their
respective clubs, but in view of the fact
that one member of the Business Men's
association had succeeded in creating
quite a little disturbance, the federation
decided to take his view iff the matter
and appoint others in their places.
It was decided to allow each' of the
clubs—the Atlas, the West Side ^Lke
speare, the Woman's and the Homer—tj
elect their own delegates; the Daugh
ters of the Revolution and the 'Belief
Corps to also select one. Then thenfb*
eration, in view of the fact thaD^Hir.
T. W. Buzzo has had all the worry^ftnl
trouble of making arrangements, decided
that she should be one of the othér six
ladies to be selected, and they efectel
her despite her remonstrance. 1
It took a long time to select the Jbiher
five, and many names were discussç^. It
was thought only proper that Segaaor
Clark should be represented, and
Charles W. Clark was selected.
Mrs. John Noye£ Sr., Mrs. D. J. .JBpn
nessy, Mrs. P. H. Manchester and Mrs.
W. S. Tallant were chosen. One or two
were selected because their husbands
were prominent and others because they
are in every sense of the word repre
sentative women of Butte. So society,
Butte proper and the club women w'.'.l
all have an equal show.
If the Daughters of the Revolution 'go
in a body, Mrs. Tallant will be replaced
by some one else. And if they go in a
body they will not elect any one to rep
resent them, leaving another vacancy to
In addition to the public school chil
dren. NewlU's academy, the Butte Busi
ness college, Bennett's school, both Pa.
rochlal schools and the School of Mines
were well represented. There were not
so many teachers present as there were
last year. It was amusing to see the way
the children rushed to find the tree their
school had planted last year. Every
tree bears a label and how delighted the
children were over the trees that had
thrived.
There are not many flowers In bloom
at the Gardens outside of the great
conservatories, but the beds of bright
faced pansies were surrounded by
bright-faced children all the time, ex
to the still young
plaining all about thei,
er ones.
ahe boys naturally located the zoo the
first thing and hit the trail for the ani
mals. They fairly gloated over them
and generously divided their peanuts and
candy with them. The girls were a little
timid and preferred to keep at a Bafe
distance. But when it came to the chutes,
all were on an equal footing. They sim
ply mobbed the getting on place and had
to be dispersed before the boats could
make a start.
Approaching the Gardens the place
looked like a big fair, the bright little
gowns dotting the grounds, circling
around and around until they looked like
be filled. It is now up to the clubs to
elect their delegates anil then all will 1 ;•
settled.
The federation decided that the time
was too short to bring Ernest Seton
Thompson here, and it will-be left to
some other organization.
The local committee having In charge
the preparations for the reception of
President McKinley, on his arrival in
Putte, has traveled a rocky road for
various reasons and the end of its
troubles is not yet.
First, it was the time of the arrival.
The statements made by Senator Carter
and the president's private secretary
conflicted, and a dispatch was sent th»
senator asking for a definite answer as
to the exact time of the arrival. There
was a long delay, but the answer finally
came and then the committee went
cheerfully to work to arrange for a re
ception that would redound to the
credit of "the greatest mining town on
earth."
Now there comes another hitch. Mrs.
McKinley is ill and there exists grave
doubt as to whether the president will
be able to continue his tour at all. Even
if he does, Mrs. McKinley will probably
accompany the party no farther.
The committee held a meeting last
evening but took no steps toward adding
any new features to the celebration In
honor of the president's visit, until the
press dispatches convey some idea as
to the intention of the president with
regard to continuing the tour.
"My idea is that President McKinley
and his party will make the entire trip
as scheduled, unless the illness of Mrs.
McKinley should prove more serious
than is anticipated." said Postma=ter
George W. Irvin this morning. "Tt is
possible, nay probable, that Mrs. Mc
Kinley -will be able to accompany the
party any farther. She may remain in
California for the benefit of her health
until the tour is almost ended, and then
take the train for Washington in time
tig butterflies on a curiosity hunt. The
boys for the most part were dressed with
a view to hard knocks and scrambles
though there were a few Fauntleroys,
who held on to mamma all the time. The
gills were nearly all 1n best bib and
tucker, and conscious that they looked
very well Indeed.
The things some of those children ate.
as far as quantity went, would have
stumped an ostrich, and the mammas
sat and smiled over it.
Arbor Day is the day for the children
and no scolding should mar their joy.
If the doctor has to be summoned later
on. let him be. That's what doctors are
for.
The children did not forget to whom
they owed the day of days. Often and
often one heard the name of Senator
Clark and one group devoted much time
to hunting for his picture. If he had
been, there he would have felt amply
repaid, seeing the pleasure of the thou
sands of little ones.
The people In charge anticipate that
It will be a late hour before the return
cars will bring in the last of the weary
little merrymakers. But then—Arbor
Day only comes once a year.
Staggs' Quilt All Right.
Mrs. Martha Shadwell, who received,
for sale, a quilt from Thomas Staggf an
inmate of the Deer Lodge penitentiary,
and who was accused by the owner or
appropriating it to her own use. this
morning made a statement in connection
with the affair. She says she is now
selling tickets for' the disposal of the
quilt and that as soon as they are all
sold wil raffle it and remit the proceeds
to Staggs,
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to rejoin her husband on his arrival
there. Of course, some few changes
would be necessitated in the program
for the reception if Mrs. McKtnlèy fails
to accompany the party farther than
San Francisco.
"The committee will keep a close tab
on proceedings and if the president
passes through Butte he will receive a
royal welcome. We can really afford to
go slow now and watch the papers, be
cause affairs are in such shape that
little more remains to be done."
CUDAHY TO DOUBLE REWARD
Kansas City Mo., May 14.—Edward A.
Cudahy of Omaha, who is in the city, is
quoted as saying he will, if necessary,
double his reward of $25.000 to .»/»cure the
capture of the kidnaper of his son.
Lap Robes
In Plain and Fancy
Momie, Whip'Gord
and Linen.
Ill Light, riedium and
Heavy Weights.
50c to $12.50
J. N. NEVILLS
P Phone 686 A One Dcor East tf Wyomiag. 106 East Park
IS A JUDGE OF HO USE FLESH
Charlie Fransham of Bozeman Watches
Some Steppers So a Turn at
the Track.
Charlie Fransham, one of the enter
prising residents of Bozeman, Is In the
city. Charlie Is hall fellow well met
with the men who own trotting horses
In this city and took a spin out to the
tiack this forenoon and saw the steppers
go a mile in "25." As a Judge of a piece
of horseflesh Fransham is hard to beat.
Silas King of this city' is driving a bay
stepper that was trained to go by the
Bozeman and Mr. Fransham is still of
the opinion that the horse is the best
in Butte.
Mr. Fransham came to Butte to meet
his wife who Is coming up from Salt
Lake after a visit there and in Cali
fornia. The couple will leave for home
sometime tomorrow. Mrs. Fmnsham's
health has not been as well as could
be desired for some time and her trip
to Californio was made with a view to
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