The Butte inter mountain. [volume], May 28, 1901, Page 2, Image 2

About The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912

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PETTY TUG
LIGHT-FINGERED CUSTOMERS AN
NOY OROCERY MEN.
IT'S EASY PICKING IN BUTTE
Storekeeper Spins a Yarn About His
Troubles—Free Lunch Fiends Hold
High r Jarnival and Even the Kids
Take a Hand in the Oame of Getting
Something tor Nothing.
•'One of the funniest things that ever
came under my personal notice as a store
keeper happened right here in Butte,"
said one of the best known grocery men
of the city, to an Inter Mountain report
er. "There was an old lady, fat, good
natured, and with money to pay her way,
Who used to call into the store almost
every day for a small bill of goods. We
had missed many small articles from the
shelves, but for a long time we had not
located the thief.
"Finally, when 'Auntie' was in on one
of her periodical visits, one of the clerks
happened to notice her standing near a
basket of eggs, and transferring the eggs
to a little belt or pouch she wore tin
der her apron. She was industriously
doing nothing else, and appeared as cool
and unconcerned as a glacier. The clerk
Waited until she had the pocket tilled
With 10-cent eggs, and then with a well
Simulated rush to fill another order,
Stumbled against her and broke the eggs
with a thrilling crash. He apologised,
of course, even while he was choking
with laughter.
Caught in the Act.
"The old lady's face was a sight. She
turned all colors of the rainbow, and
made a beeline for the door. But before
ehe reached safety, the crushed eggs
had begun to leave a tell tale trail behind
her, and one could have followed her
to her home bv the eggs on the walk.
• "Whether she ever suspected the ruse
ithat led to her detection, I do not know.
lAt any rate, she was back the next day,
end has been a regular patron of the
Store ever since, though I believe she
ihas given up her old habits. We never
even called her attenion to having
caught her in her arts. Perhaps she was
like some others—counting on her sex
or our dislike of unpleasant notoriety to
protect her.
" What I have said may be taken as a
fair sample of the way people have
of getting things for nothing. If one
could see the inside of the pockets of
gome of the habitual visitors at the fruit
and grocery stores, they would be a
Veritable revelation as to the amount of
Such petty thievery.
"It is not confined to those who have
rot the money to pay for their goods. In
'fact, it is the testimony of merchants
that it is those who have money enough
to supposedly place them above the sus
picion of stealing, thgt make the great
est trouble. And it Is the grown peo
ple, rather than the children, who lead
}n the art of getting something for noth
ing.
: "Most of the stores that make street
displays have some interesting tales of
jthe wiles of their thieving visitors. One
of the merchants told of two clever
youngsters who got into a riotous dispute
'In front of his store, the row ending
;}n one of the boys seizing the other's
leap and throwing it over on the pile of
3P* splayed goads. In well simulated an
ther, the injured party rescued his prop
erty, and somehow a can of fine pre
serves managed to stick to his fingers
jlinder the cap as he darted away. A
Convenient alley and nimble heels saved
ihim from successful pursuit.
An Old Confidence Game.
"A favorite way is to select a place
With two doors, and then the thief can
ipass from one to the other, without run
ning the gauntlet of the watchers, who
Are usually near one of the doors. Dur
ing the past winter, there was one little
girl who did quite a thriving business
m
he Difference
in the
Fuel
Coal and wood are wasteful fuels and tlie litter they make is doubly troublesome
in hot weather. Get a Wickless Blue Flame Oil Stove and your fiiel will be the
same you use in your lamps. It will cost one-half cent an hour and you will
burn every cent's worth you pay for instead of throwing a third away in ashes.
WICKLESS
Blue
Flame
Oil Stoves
are as safe as coal stoves and they are cooler, cleaner, more convenient and more
economical. Made in many sizes. Sold everywhere. If your dealer does not
have them write to the nearest agency of
CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY. *•
by picking of the cans of fruit dis
played in front, bringing them Into the
stores, and presenting them to the pro
prietor as an article to be exchanged, or
for the cash alleged to have been paid
for it. Being of the brands recognised
as sold In that store, several of the mer
chants were in turn victimised by the
clever little adventuress.
"Ordering goods to be sent C. O. D.
to a fictitious address, and then taking
the most valuable part without waiting
for the driver to find that the store has
been victimised. Is an old device, but
even yet It sometimes works. One wom
an here got a tine Thanksgiving turkey
and Its most important "fixings" only
last year in that manner. She was tn
great naste for the turkey, and offered
to carry It with her to save time. About
a month after the episode, she passed
the store where she made her debut as
a victimlzer, and the proprietor, recogniz
ing her. called her in to explain. She
explained by giving him an insolent
laugh, and suggested that he had better
stop, right there without spending any
more money on the case, for the turkey
was eaten, she hadn't a cent of money
in the world, and It was only an open
grocery account, anyway—what was he
going to do about it? He saw the point,
and let her go.
Free Lunch Has the Call.
"Though we lose considerable from
open thievery," continued the dealer,
"we lose more from the lunching of cus
tomers in the store. As a rule, we do not
object to a customer tasting our wares.
It puts him under obligation to pur
chase something, and we consider It a
part of our legitimate expense. But It
is unprofitable advertising when a hun
gry man. or woman either, for that
matter, eats a square meal on the
strength of a 5 or 10 cent purchase. Most
of them do as they will, with impunity,
knowing that we do not wish to create a
scene and lose their trade by 'insulting'
them for thievery.
"It is in fine fruits and vegetables that
we lose the most. Take hot house to
matoes, for instance. They are worth
about five cents apiece, even now. yet
only to-day we have lost a dozen or more
through the appetites of our customers;
mostly small customers, too. All line
fruit is fair game for the grocery store
lunch fiend. There Is no way to pre
vent this thievery except by having ev
erything caged and chained.
"There was one woman who tried to
clever graft a short time ago on the
short change lines. She came in to get
ten cents worth of potatoes and paid In
a silver quarter for them. A few min
utes after the sale had been made, she
claimed that she had given a half dol
lar, and though the money had passed
through the hands of the clerk, the cash
ier, and I also had witnessed the trans
action. I finally gave her the. money
Then she let out on herself, by asking
that we take back the potatoes. She had
purposely asked for a bulky, heavy par
cel, on the expectation that we would be
willing to relieve her of it and give her
the money. But we didn't. I told her
that she had already stolen the money
on the short change plea, and that the
safest place for her was outside tne door.
The way she swept up the uust in reach
ing the outside was a caution."
New Soda Beverages.
Those new drinks that Mrs. Nleden
hofen Introduces at ; the opening of her
soda fountain tomorrow, are said to have
snap and zest. They are champagne
phosphate, real orange phosphate, claret
phosphate, and "Cherry Ripe" phos
phate. Mrs. Nledenhofen opens her ice|
cream parlors for the season tomorrow,*
too. The reputation for richness and'
deliciousness of the ice cream served at
these parlors, is deservedly the very
best. Remember the opening is to
morrow.
Imperial Council, Nobles of Mystic
Shrine, Kansas City, Mo., June
11-12, 1901.
For this annual meeting of the
Shrtners the Chicago Great Western
Railway will, on June 9 and 10, sell ex
cursion tickets to Kansas City, good to
return June 14, at one fare plus $2.00 for
the round trip. For further Information
address any Chicago Great Western
agent, or J. P. Elmer, general passenger
agent, Chicago.
PREFERS
MacGINNISS WOULD TRY HIS SUIT
IN DISTRICT COURT.
OBJECTS TO TRANSFERENCE
- TJ
To Federal Court—Will Move to Bave
Order Set Aside—Suit la One Jjy
Which It Is Sought to Prevent Ab
sorption of Parrot Company by
the Amalgamated.
John MacGinnlss and Daniel Lamm
have not taken kindly to the action^ of
Judge Clancy in transferlng to the Unltr
ed States court their suit against the
Parrot and Amalgamated companies and
their officers, and have served notice''on
the attorneys for the defendants that
on June 1 they will present thî judge
with a motion to set the order S4fde.
The motion, they say, will be based
upon several alleged grounds, cr.a of
which is that there is no separable con
troversy between them and the Amal
gamated company, and no causa of ac
tion Is alleged that can be adjudicated
without the presence of the Perrot com
pany. *
Another rock in the proposed founda
tion is an allegation that the district
court has acquired jurisdiction over the
defendants, Parrot company and Will
iam Scallon, by due service of process
on each, but has not acquired jurlsdic-.
tion over the Amalgamated company,
either by service of process or volunr
tary appearance.
The suit is one by which the plaintiffs
desire to Inspect the books of the Par
rot company and prevent the Amalga
mated company from taking the Parrot
under Its protecting wing.
Rcirespeci.
r> A
It is an evil day for the wife and
mother when she scans her worn face .
in the mirror, and arts the question, .
"Does it pay? Does it pay to sacrifice
health and happiness
to wedded love?" But
there is another ques
tion which rightly
takes precedence bf
Does it pay? Itjs
this: "Is it neces
sary to sacrifiée
health and happiness
to wedded love ? "
Half a million women
answer, No ! They
have been weak ana
have been made
strong by Dr. Pierce's
Favonte Prescription.
They were sick and
" Favorite Prescrip
tion " mad# them
well. It will do the
same for almost every
woman who gives it
a fair and faithful
trial. It stops weak
ening drains, heals
^inflammation and ulceration and cures
jTfemale weakness. It tranqualizes the
"nerves and encourages the appetite.
«I expected to become a mother, and a
threatened mischance greatly weakened me,"
writes Mrs. B. A. Nations, of Witts Springs,
Searcy Co., Ark., "and my old disease returned.
My husband got another doctor for me but I
seemed to just drag along and get no better.
At last I told the doctor that if his medicine did
not help me I would go back to Dr. Pierce's
medicines. I did So, astd by the time I had
taken them one month I could do my own
housework, except wgfhlng, and feuded my
garden too.
3NS
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now as I did at
I can
ine to
IS.
As for me, I feel
eighteen years pf
cheerfully rttotinael_____
all sufihrlag wdthaakind."
Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets CUTS
biliousness and sick headache.
Pan American Exposition Trip.
This Coupon, when properly filled In will count as one
vote If sent to the Inter Mountain office, Butte, before
8 P- «K TUESDAY. JUNE 4,1901,
#
JYomt____
A ddrtss
2606
2417
2361
2223
STANDING IN VOTING CONTEST.
The following la the result of coupon« received s.t Inter Mountain office un to
noon today. May 28, 1901: p
GUSSIE LAURENT, Boston & Montana....................
ANNA VOSS. Bee Hive................................... , .........
ELLA REDWEIN. Bee Hive............... ............
MART O'CONNOR, 626 Dakota..........
JOSIE SULLIVAN. 26 West Center................................................7,7
ANNA MADDEN. Thornton Hotel....... . ..................................
ELIZABETH KELLEY, M. J. Connell Ü!" .................... 813
EMMA KEFPNER, 62» West Park.................................723
JOHANNA ENGLE, A. F. Bray..........;................ ............"7..."." .. 474
LIZZIE HARDIMAN. 13 Bast Gagnon............................................401
MARIE NEVALL. California Cafe.................................................. 3*9
LEON FINCH. Symons ........................................................ 29
FLOYD PATTERSON, 12 West Quartz...................................... 18
MARY PILLSBURY. Grant School............. .............................. 8
BL ANDIE SNBERG, Williamsburg .......................................... 4
anna g. McDonald, 627 south Mam.......................................... 1
MINTA GRAVES, 904 Gallatin street ........................................ 2
JENNIE WOODBURY, 617 Henry ave....................................... 2
ROSIE O'MALLEY, County Assessor's Office ......... ........................ 1
FLORENCE MARIE PAULL. Montana Music Co.............................. 1
KITTY A. DWYER, 113 Weils street........................................i... 1
ANACONDA, MISSOULA OR DEER LODGE.
NELLIE SHEEHAN, Anaconda, Stenographer R DeB. Smith................1930
MARY HOWARD, Anaconda, Teacher Public Schools.........................1069
MAY HASSETT, Missoula......................... ..............................694
VIOLA POWEJjL, Bookkeeper Anaconda Steam Laundry ....................266
ALLEDA NADEAU, 1012 E. Sixth street. Anaconda ........................... 77
IDA ROBINSON, Deer Lodge ................................... .............. 12
ANNIE ROBERTS, Anaconda .....................;............................. 6
MABEL DAVIDSON. Anaconffa...................................................... 5
BILLINGS, RED LODGE OR LIVINGSTON.
EMMA COLEMAN, Livingston ................................................. 226
MINNIE NORD, Billings ...................................................... 81
Jessie McMillan. BUiings................. so
MAUD GRUWELL, Billings ......................... 70
CARRIE BENNINGHOFF, Billings........................................... 65
EMMA CALLAHAN, Livingston .............................................. 62
GRACE MADDEN, Livingston...................* .............................. 61
ROSE HANSEN. Livingston ................................................... 60
|SABELL MARTIN, Billings.................... 59
HARRIET MALLON, Livingston .............................................. 50
LOIS FAGLEY, Billings ................. 50
HARRIET STEPHENS, Billings............................................... 49
STELLA ENNIS, Livingston ................... 49
MARY TOWNE, Billings ............'....................... ..................... 47
SARAH GILCHRIST. Livingston ........................ 47
ALICE GOODSON, Livingston................................................. 45
ALICE CHAMBERS. Livingston .............................................. 43
BOZEMAN, VIRGINIA CITY OR DILLON.
LIZZIE BURNS, Bozeman ....................................................328
BESSIE M. VICKERS. Virginia City .........................................258
MABEL FOSTER, Bozeman ....................... ...... .. ..................... 174
NELLIE MORSE, Dillon .............. 157
STELLA MORSE, Dillon .......................................... 6)
MAUDE MARTIN, Bozeman............. 17
NANNIE L. FEATHERLY, Dillon ........................................... 16
ZETA LANDON, Dillon .....................................................'.. 12
ETHEL BOND, Dillon ........................................................... 11
ETHEL SQUIRES, Dillon ...................... « ..........................—___ 9
ELLEN GOTTSCHALK, Bozeman ........................................ 6
LILLIAN WHITE, Bozeman ....................................................... 6
DELLA TATE, Bozeman .............................................1
NETTIE HANSON, Pony ...................................................... 11
The grand total of the vote in the cou
pon contest today is away up in the big
figures—when you see the highest vote
received reaching the 3,000 mark it's a
sign the contest is warming up. The
highest vote today comes pretty near the
3,000 figure but doesn't quite reach it- By
tomorrow night the 3,000 mark will be
passed and then the winners will turn
into the home stretch and head for the
post. It's an exciting race right now but
not nearly so exciting as it will be far
ther along. The Inter Mountain con
tests in the past have never been so ex
citing as the trip to Buffalo contest Is
beginning to be. All the candidates are
Crowds, Came,
Bought
And a^re telling their friends of the
Biggest Shoe Sale
of the Season, at
GAMER'S
113 North Main Street,
Jones-Leonard Nuptials.
Mrs. Fannie Sutphen Jones of Lan
caster, Ohio, formerly of this city, was
this morning married to Charles Leon
ard of Butte. The marriage took place
at 9 o'clock, at the home of the bride.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard will return to
Butte soon. They will enjoy a week or
two at the Buffalo exposition before
coming to Butte.
The corner-stone of the new A. M. E.
church, on Platinum and Idaho streets,
will be laid the 2d Sunday in June at
3 o'clock p. m. by the Ministerial Union
of this city. See programme later.
REV. JORDON ALLEN,
Pastor.
Butte, Mont., May 25, 190L
NOTICE.
All barber shops will be closed all day
on Decoration day, remaining open until
11 p. m. on Wednesday, May 29.
O. M. PARTELLOW. President.
LOUIS FAIBT, "Secretary.
FOR RENT—6-ROOM FURNISHED
house, west Side, for 2 months. Ad
dress "T," Inter Mountain. _
WANTED—TRAY WAITRESS: FOUR
girls for house work, city and coun
try; woman, cook tor country: 50 men
railroad work, free transportation. St.
Paul Employment Office, 17 W Granite.
doing well and it's nnobody's trip until
It's won.
The young ladies who are contesting for
the trip to Buffalo are working harder
than candidates ever worked In any
contest over which the Inter Mountain
has presided. The votes come in in a
way that proves that there's plenty of
hard work behind them and the young
ladies who have engaged In the contest
appear to know the value of keeping
everlastingly at work hustling votes.
Once beyond the 3,000 mark the founda
tion will be laid for an exciting race. A
young lady popular enough to secure 3,
000 votes has friends enough to see that
she will not lose the trip unless the oppo
sition gets a valuable and entertaining
run for its money.
Puritylaboveisusp/cfon.
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A. J. Stromber* ft Co.. Eutte, Mont.
McConnell must wnf xn.
TEREST IN ALBATROSS LODE.
THE MARTIN-HEINZE SUITS
Continued—Mrs. Maggie Bogan's Mo
tion for New Trial Taken Under
Advisement—Defendant in McDon
ald Divorce Case Defaulted—Minor
Matters in Harney's Court.
Judge Harney held a session of court
today and disposed of the motions that
had been scheduled for hearing last
Saturday.
In the matter of the suit brought by
J. R. Thompson against O. J. McConnell
as administrator of the estate of Will
iam Thompson, to compel the adminis
trator to deed him a half interest in the
Albatros8' lode claim, in acoordance with
an agreement entered into between the
plaintiff and hi^ father prior to the lat
ter'« death, the proofs were heard and
the defendant ordered to execute the
deed.
Hearing of the demurrers In the two
stilts Instituted by Samuel D. Martin
against F. Augustus Hetnze was con
tinued.
In the suit at the Western. Loan 4b
Savings company vs. Thomas Dunn and
others, the report of the referee wad
heard and adopted.
The motion for a new trial in the
suit of Maggie Brogan against Daniel
Dougherty, was argued and taken un
der advisement.
In the matter of the petition of Jan#
Foote for a writ of review in a Justice
court case, the hearing was continued
until 10 o'clock tomorrow.
In the divorce suit of Lillie McDonald
vs. H. A. McDonald, the default of thé
defendant was entered and proofs eet
for hearing on Saturday!
The hearing of the report of the re
ceiver In the case of George B. Dygert
vs. H. C. Freeman, was continued unyi
June 15. This action Involves the pub
lication of the book entitled "Butte
Above and Below Ground."
W 150,000 FEE
MacGINNISS' ATTORNEYS MUST
WAIT FOR THEIR MONEY
IN THE RECEIVERSHIP CASE
Matter Was to Have Been Heard In
Judge Clancy's Court Today Bat
Judge McHatton Was Absent and
the Hearing Was Continued Until
June 18.
That portion of the Thomas R. Hinds
receivership business In which the at
torneys for James Forrester and John
MacGinnlss ask the court 'to allow them
$50,000 for their services In behalf of the
plaintiffs, was to have been heard In
Judge Clancy' court this morning, but
when it was called Judge McHatton was
absent and the court continued It until
June 18. The defendant In the action is
the Boston & Montana company.
When Forrester and MacGinnlss began
proceedings for the appointment of a
receiver for the property and business of
the company they employed J. J. Mc
Hatton. John W. Cotter, Robert B.
Smith, Charles R. Leonard, F. E. Cor
bett, John B. Clayberg and Clayberg &
Lee to represent them. A few weeks ago
Judge Clancy awarded Mr. Hinds $200,
000 for his services as receiver, and al
lowed him $31,000 additional with which
to pay his help. All of this money was
to come from the Boston & Montana.
Then the attorneys for the plaintiffs
asked the court to order the Boston ft
Montana to pay them $50,000 for fight
ing In the interest of Forrester and Mac
Ginnlss. . ,
A portion of the testimony was heard
two weeks ago.___________
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