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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.