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If Tou See It in the Inter Mountain—It's So. If You See It in The Miner—You're Lucky, The Butte Inter Mountain VOL. XXI. NO. 49 Fair tonight BUTTE. MONTANA, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 16. 1901. Fair tomorrow PRICE /E CENTS The Life of Mrs. McKinley Is Hanging By a Slender /bread - = Little Hope Entertained For Her Recovery-Those Gath ered at Bedside Await the Coming of the Sad Messenger of Death. (Special to Inter Mountain). San Francisco, May 17, 3 p. m.— Mrs. MciKnley's life is hanging by a slender thread. The end is liable to come at any moment. The attending physicians were in consultation at noon and they believe that there is still a bare chance for Mrs. McKinley to rally. Her lack of reserve strength, however, makes her ability to revive extremely doubtful. The president is at her bedside and the ladies of the cabinet with Mr. and Mrs. Morse and Mr. and Mrs. Scott, are in the adjoining room. Secretary Hitchcock and Postmaster General Smith are in the parlor below awaiting tidings from the sick room. (By Associated Press.) San Francisco, May 16,—President McKinley is at the bedside of his wife, without hope that she will ever recover. The president was with Mrs. McKin ley constantly during the night. At hia request all relatives have been notified of the extremely critical character of her illness. She is unconscious most of the time and is Just hovering between life and death. Artificial heart stimu lants have been resorted to, and three physicians are in constant attendance. Thousands of telegrams have been re ceived, not only from ail points of the country but from all over the world. As far as possible, they are being answered with the information that Mrs. McKin ley's condition is very critical. After a comparatively easy night, she commenced to sink rapidly at 5 o'clock this morning. Dr. Rixey, who has been in attendance almost without relief for several days, hurriedly summoned Dr. S. Hirschfelder and Gibbons. They arrived at the Scott residence before 10 o'clock and everything their knowledge and skiill could suggest was done to keep alive the spark of life in Mrs. McKinley. Access to the house for the first tiime was denied newspaper reporters. At 9 o'clock the physicians held another con MARTIAL LAW AND BAYONETS . FOB ALBANY STREET CAR BIOTS 'Albany, N. Y., May 16.—Promptly at S o'clock this morning the United Trac tion company began preparations to move its cars. General Barnes, in com mand of the Twenty-third regiment, brought out before the Quail street barn his entire regiment. At the same time the Tenth battalion started down town dropping out details at the street cor ners along the traction line running to Broadway. One company of the Twenty-third— Company A—started to clear out the mob massed at the curve on Central avenue. Persuasion was of no avail and back went the company a dozen paces. "Charge bayonets," shouted Lieuten ant Colonel Brady, who was near by. Down went the gleaming points, and with a rush the men started for the crowd. Just as they reached them, there was a quick reverse of the guns and the butts smashed against human bodies. With a howl the crowd started back, some with bloody faces and some with broken bones. The mob was not allowed to stop until it had been driven three blocks away. Then every side street for blocks around was cleared and de tails began closing up the saloons. In two corner saloons they found large crowds, and in one place the soldiers had to club the men with rifles. The windows were ordered closed, and a rifle pointed, generally was sufficient to enforce the order, but in some eases bad to enter the houses to close them, women defying them. All the time In side the barn doors were five open cars ready manned with non-union men Waiting the word to run out. On each car were two motormen. two conductors and two Pinkerton detec tives, the latter with loaded rifles in their hands. "The men are ordered not to Are ex cept It is absolutely necessary," said Superintendent Fassett of the road. At 8:30 o'clock the first car emerged from the barn and rounded the curve to the spot where the crowd wrecked the ether car Tuesday. When the car reached the obstructions, a coupling was ■lade and the damaged cars soon were m MRS. McKINLEY. removed to the barn. The crowd was too far distant to see the operations, and If a window went up a guardsman shut It with an order. While this was going on, the street corners along the State street route be gan to assume the conditions of mili tary posts. Details of soldiers in every prominent square kept people moving so that no large crowds could gather. At 9:30 a second car left the stable and started over toward Madison ave nue, a thoroughfare not guarded. On board of it were Lieutenant Colonel Brady and a company of the Twenty third regiment guarding the two motor men and two conductors. They proceed ed over to Quail street, stopping to re move flagstone obstructions from the track. The car was an open one. When the road officials were ready to move a car word was sent to Colonel Lloyd, in command of the Second regi ment at North Albany, and he imme diately began placing his men along Broadway at points where trouble was feared. It was 10 o'clock before the first car reached the last of the obstructions, anl then it was run up to the end of the line. Meantime the company ran out seven other cars and got them ready fo: business. On each was a full company of militia. There was hardly a ripple of excitement as the cars* moved down the hill to the end of the car line. Up to the time the various cars reached the foot of State street no serious trouble had occurred and there were no great crowds at any point. Evidently the great display of military force and the way the crovfds were handled had awed the riotous element. As the numerous cars kept coming down the hill the crowd near the post office increased in numbers and began to be excited. The military charged upon the crowd and drove them two blocks away from the junction of State and Broadway. Cars ran up the roadway al though there were several thousand peo ple, the demonstration being limited to jeering those on the cats A FINAL REPORT ON CANALS XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X X X (By Associated Press) % X Washington, May 16.—Admiral X X Walker, chairman of the Isthmian X X Canal commission, has returned to X X Washington to prepare his final X X report on the engineering feasi- X X bility of a ship canal across Cen- X X tral America, to connect the At- X X lantic and Pacific oceans. It is X X thought the report will be com- X X pleted in detail by July 1, although X X it is not expected that it will be X X made public until congress meets X X in December. X X Under Admiral Walker's per- X X sonal supervision, careful surveys X X have been made of both the Nica- X X ragua and Panama routes, and X X engineers, the most of whom came X X back to Washington with Admiral X X Walker and the remainder will X X return soon, have brought with X 5* them the most elaborate field X X notes. X X The compilation and comparison X X of these notes and the deductions X X of conclusion therefrom will oc- X X cupy the commission for the next X X six weeks or so. X * X xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxs CANTON RI VER WIL L BE FREE Barriers Constructed at the Time of the Franco-Chinese War, and an Obstacle to Navigation. (By Associated Press.) Hong Kong, May 16.—The viceroy of Canton has signed a contract for the re moval of the Macao barrier in the Canton river constructed during the Franco Chinese war, which has been a great ob stacle to navigation. The viceroy has also suppressed the na tive opposition to construction of new wharves, pointing out that they are nec essary to the interests of trade. The vic eroy's action is creating a good impres sion. Honor for General Sickles. New York. May 16— Gen. Daniel HJ. Sickles is willing to be elected comman der-in-chief of the G. A. R., at the' na tional encampment to be held in Cleve land, Ohio, in September. A. G. Peter-' son of St. Louis, is sending out a circu lar letter asking veterans for the support of Gsn. Sickles for the office. iHAWAIIANS WITH TROUBLES XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX » % X (By Associated Press.) X X San Francisco, May 16.— F. W. X X Beckley, vice-speaker of the lower % X house of the Hawaiian legislature, X X who has arrived here from Hono- X X lulu, is the bearer of a resolution X X passed by the legislature, which X X asks President McKinley to re- X X move Governor Dole from office. X X R. W. Wilcox, Hawaiian delegate X X to congress, is accompanying Mr. X X Iieckley on his mission to Wash- X X ington, and says he will lend his X X voice in support of the prayer of X X the home rule legislators, although X X disclaiming any official connec- X X tion with the attempt to have X X Dole ousted from the gubernato- X X rial chair. X X The two home rule envoys had X X Samuel Parker for a fellow pas- X X songer on the trip from Honolulu X X on the steamer Mariposa. Parker, X X who was defeated by Wilcox for X X the office of delegate to congress, X X will convey to President McKinley X X a voluminous document tha^tqy.s X X the other side of the story of the X X political trouble in the islands. X X X xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx DISSOLVE THE INJUNCTION Boston A Montana Will Be Free to Go Into the Amalgamated When the Court Sets. tBy Associated Press.) New York, May 16.—Vice Chancellor Pi'itney, in court in Jersey City, today announced that he will dissolve the tem porary Injunction against the carrying out of the purchase of the Boston & Montana and other companies by the Amalgamated Copper company. The form of the order dissolving the in junction has not been decided upon, but it probably will be ready by Monday next. A Murderous Italian. New York, May 16.—Giogiona Brosoto an Italian barber, last night shot his wife, his eleven-months old daughter and then turned the revolver on himself, shooting himself through the head, dy ing at once. The child Is dead and the nmther is in the Presbyterian hospital In a serious condition. So far no motive can le learned for the crime. I : I 1 j j : ! I ) j j I : , WONDERFUL RECOVERY IN STOCK MARKET SINCE BLICKTHURSDAY New York, May 16.—Yesterday's strength was continued In the stock market this morning and opening prices showed gains of 1 to 2 points in leading members in all groups of stocks, includ ing the Trunk lines, coalers, Grangers, Pacifies, Southwesterns and Southern railroads. In special eases the gains ex ceeded those figures. Union Pacifie opened at 107 1-2 to 109 compared with 106 1-2 last night, on the sale of 3,009 shares Consolidated Gas rose 4. Metropo litan Street Railway 3, Amalgamated Copper 2 3-4 and Delaware and Hudson 2 1-2- The market was active and broad after the opening. Large offerings met the opening rise and the general decline was hastened by a break of 5 1-4 in Union Pacific. The leading railroads and specialties lost from 1 to 2 1-2. There were some con spieuous exceptions, International Power rising 10: Lackawanna 4 7-8 and North ern Pacific four points. Buying to cover and some outside deand checked the re action before 11 o'c lock and prices recov ered strongly in spots. St. Paul got up 4 1-4. Union Pacific 4 1-4, Atchison 2 1-8, Amalgamated Copper two and many oth jïHE CANA DIAN FISHERIES. Blaine Bond Treaty With the United States Looks to Them Like Ruin to Their Home Industries. (By Associated Press.) Ottawa, Ontario, May 16__Premier Bond of Newfoundland, started for home last night from Ottawa. While nothing official is said, it would appear that his mission to Ottawa, with the object of inducing Canada to withdraw her objec tions to the Bond-Blaine convention, was not altogether a success. The feeling at Ottawa is that it would be disastrous to Canadian fisheries to have the treaty go into effect. The Can adian view of the case will be submitted to Mr. Chamberlain, the imperial colo niai secretary. * President Remained With His Wife During the Night and the Ladies of the Cabinet Are Stricken With Grief. sultation, and at 9:30 o'clock Secretary Cortelyou gave out a bulletin announcing that Mrs- McKinley's 'condition had be come more alarming owing to the sinking spell at 5 o'clock and that the president had cancelled all engagements. Later It was learned by the Associated Press that Mrs. McKinley was barely alive and was liable to expire at any moment. At 10 o'clock Mrs. Morse, the presi dent's niece, arrived at the house. Every thing at that hour indicated that the end was approaching. The distressing news was spread rap idly over the city and crowds gathered about the newspaper bulletin boards anx iously awaiting further information. About the house on the hill where Mrs. McKinley lies, groups of people gathered and discussed in low tones the illness of the president's wife. Everybody who left the house was eag erly questioned for information, but ev erybody was referred to Secretaary Cor telyou. As that gentleman was invisible to those who called nothing definite could be learned. The Scott mansion is the crest of a high hill overlooking Lafayette Square and there is very little traflle in that neigh borhod. When it became known how dan gerously ill Mrs. McKinley was even the few vehicles that pass that way stopped and the streets on all sides of the house were kept free from noise. It is very probable that the local com mittees having in charge arrangements for entertainments and banquets to the president and to the visitors front Ohio will abandon everything. In the event of Mrs- McKinley's death it is quite like ly that the launching of the battleship Ohio planned for Saturday will be post poned. The members of the president's cabinet called at the house early this morning but they could be of no assistance and they returned sadly to their hotels. From there they kept lit constant telephonic communication with Secretary Cortelyou who, even to the members of the presi dent's party was extremely reticent. ers a point or more. Chesapeake and Ohio was strong. Speculation was quiet, but with a strong undertone. Frequent relapses oc curred in special s.tocks, but they ral lied strongly. Noon prices showed the market well above yesterday's close, the gains reaching two points and over in many instances. St. Paul rose to 160%. and the trunk lines rose to the best. High priced dividend paying stocks were in demand. Mineapolis and St. Louis gained 5, Great Northern preferred 6% and American Express 9 a 4. Bonds were dull and irregular. Light selling in the last hour made deep inroads upon prices where the prin cipal advances had been made. St. Paul yielded 4%. Northern Pacific 4*4, Union Pacific 4%. Amalgamated Copper 4, Rock Island 3, and many others trim 1 to 2. Some of the trunk lines fell below last night. The closing was dull and easy at the decline. London, May 16.—Business on the stock exchange opened today with a bet ter tone all around. American securities were above parity with moderate tran sactions. There was a more confident feeling that the difficulties had been well nigh overcome. No faillites were an nounced. Builders Get an Ultimatum. (By Associated Press.) New York, May 16.—A new ultimatum has been issued by the Master Builders Association to the Bricklayers union- At a meeting of the association it was decid ed to extend until Friday the time for Us ultimatum to again shut down un less all strikes are declared off. which was to go into effect today. This resolu tion, it was explained, was taken in order to give the bricklayers no excuse for saying they did not get fair notice. Carnegie Libraries in Glasgow. (By Associated Press.) London. May 16.—Andrew Carnegie has given £100,000 to establish district libraries in Glasgow.