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VOL. XXI. NO. 62
Cloudj Tuesday.
BÜTTE, WONTi
er Mountain.
CA, 1*101
EVENING, JUNE 3. 1901.
Probably Showers 1 £ ,ht.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
VERY SU6HT IMPROVEMENT IN
MRS. McKINLEY'S CONDITION
SOME OF THE VERY BEST MEDICAL MEN OF THE COUNTRY CON
SULT AT THE BEDSIDE OF THE PATIENT THIS MORNING-NO
IMMEDIATE APPREHENSION-MANY ANXIOUS ENQUIRERS
AT THE WHITE HOUSE-PRESIDENT TAKES A WALK.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, June 8.—But slow 1m
r>rovement in Mrs. McKinley's condition
was held out by the attending physicians
after an hour's consultation this morn
ing In which Dr. William Osier of Bal
timore Joined.
Dr. Osier is a professor In the medi
cal department of Johns Hopkins col
lege and has a national reputation as a
diagnostician.
The result of the consultation is con
sidered encouraging. Mrs. McKinley had
a comfortable night after a rather bad
day yesterday and Dr. Rixey did not ar
rive at the white house until 9 o'clock
thlp morning.
jfliortly after 10 o'clock he was joined
t* Surgeon General Sternberg and Dr.
«I W. Johnston and a little later by Dr.
Osier who had «been summoned from
Baltimore. They remained in consulta
tion until 11 o'clock and 15 minutes later
Two Dead—Twenty Injured.
(By Associated Press.)
Wheeling, W. Va., June 3.—The'second
section of a worktrain on the Pittsburg,
Ohio Valley and Cincinnati railway to
day crushed into the first section near
Powhattan, killing two and Injuring over
twenty persons. There were twenty
eight Italians in the caboose of the first
section when it was telescoped. Twen
ty seriously injured Italians are being
cared for by the physicians.
Strikers Well Organized.
(By Associated Press.)
(Xticago, June 3—Manufacturers and
the 1,800 machinists who struck appar
ently settled down for a siege today.
The strikers put out pickets in military
fashion, but so far as known no attempts
were made to engage non-union men.
The pickets are divided into companies
and these sub-divided into squads under
the commandership, respectively of cap
tains and sergeants.
ALLIED TROOPS TORN OUT
Military Display at Pekin.
TO HONOR VON VALDERSEE
German Field Marshal Cheered and
Serenaded Upon His Departure
for Berlin.
Pekin, June 3.—The departure of Field
Marshal Count von Waldersee from Pe
kin today wasmarked by a great mili
tary display by the allied troops, ■ the
booming of artillery and playing of
bands.
The entire diplomatic body, escorted
the seid marshal to the depot.
Von Rausch, the aide de camp and
nephew of Count von Waldersee, will
remain here to escort Prince Chun, the
emperor's brother, to Berlin, where he
will formally apologize in Behalf of
China for the murder of Baron von
Metteler.
JAMES A. HERNE, THE N0TED PLAYWRIGHT, PASSES AWAY.
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X (Special to Inter Mountain.)
to New York, June 3.—James A. Herne,
the distinguished author-actor, died yes
to trday at his beautiful home Riverside
or.-the-Hudson, in the 6bd year of his
age. Mr. Herne, who contracted his
rt fatal illness early in the season in New
York at the Theater Republic during the
K7 run of his latest play "Sag Harbor,"
was obliged to return to New York from
£ Chicago three months ago and s.nce that
to time his death has been momentarily ex
s r jssrsis:
5 MF n %ung 0 sTn'o^flve 11 ?Irs^Mr^Herne
Mr young son o. me years. Mr. Herne
* was under contract to tour Australia
2 next year under Liebler & Co. s man
to agement when he was to present a
to cycle of Herne plays Including "Hearts
to of Oak," "Minute Men," "Margaret
to Fleming." "Rev. Griffith Davenport"
to and his last play "Sag Harbor." It Is
* more than likely the present company
* will fill Mr. Herne's Australian dates.
to The funeral will take place on Thursday
to and promises to be the most noteworthy
K since that of Edwin Booth.
to HVTTTVT9V rural*
to BY TUNIS F. DEAN.
to ( Personal Representative of Liebler &
to Co., Managers of "Sag Harbor.")
to Mr. Herne's death was not a surprise
to to his friends. He has been desperately
to ill ever since the opening of "Sag Har
to bor," at the Theatre Republic, In New
to York, several months ago, when he con
to tracted a severe cold due to the new
to and damp condition of the dressing
to rooms of the theatre, where "Sag Har
to bor" was the Inaugural attraction. Mr.
to Mr. Herne was the diametric opposite
£ of the vainglorious, notoriety-seeking
p, type of players not so uncommon as
— should be today. Perhaps the most pro
y, nounced personal characteristic of this
yg representative American dramatist and
^ actor was his unaffected simplicity. Mr.
yg Herne was essentially the student—the
to scholar, and would be much quicker
to taken for some erudite college professor
to than for an actor.
to Physically he was a large man, being
to over she feet in height and of large pre
to portions throughout. His gentle blue
to eyes and half amiling exurcsalon of hi*
to lips gave him an uncommonly benignant
to appearance, that was, however, no more
to than a true reflex of the character of the
to man. Mr. Herne is much more interest»
to ing from a mental view point ihr it is
to
Secretary Cortelyou gave out the follow
ing statement timed 11:18 a. in.:
"Drs. Rixey, Sternberg and Johnston
were joined by Dr. Osier of Baltimore
in consultation at 10 a. m. and report
that Mrs. McKinley's condition is as
favorable as could be expected. There
Is no immediate apprehension and a slow
Improvement is looked for."
The statement that there Is no Im
mediate apprehension, coupled with the
expectation for slow Improvement,
caused some relief to the many anxious
inquirers who called at the white house
for news from the sick room.
Secretary Hay called on his way to the
state department to inquire and Ambas
sador Cambon came personally to offer
to the president his sympathy and hope
for Mrs. McKinley's early restoration to
health. The president was distinctly
more cheerful after the physicians had
announced the result of their consulta
t:on and at 11:30 o'clock went out for a
stroll through the white house ground?.
VOLUNTEER S COM ING HOME
Soldiers Will Leave Manila for Home
Tomorrow—Many Sick
Regulars.
(By Associated Press.)
Manila, June 3.—Nine companies of
the Ninth regiment have arrived here
on the transport Indiana from China.
The last volunteers, the Forty Third
regiment, will sail on the transport Kil
patrick, tomorrow. The sick regulars,
several hundred of whom have been
awaiting transportation will be em
barked for home on the next transport
with the remaining discharged regulars
and civilians.
An act has been passed providing for
the erection of forts. Considerable of
the code of civil procedure have been de
ferred.
The number of supreme court judges
has been Increased from five to seven
The trial of Harold M. Pitt, manager of
Evans & Co., government contract
ors charged with Improperly pur-,
chasing government stores, has begun.
Captain Frederick J. Barrows and
Lieut. Frederick Boyer recently con
victed of being implicated in the com
missary scandals have testified for the
prosecution.
(By Associated Press.)
Hartford, Conn., June 3.—Eighteen
hundred of the men who have been on
strike here returned to work in six ma
chine shops today, the companies hav
ing granted their demands for a nine
hour day with ten hours pay while
agreeing to recognize local shop com
mittees, but not the union committees.
About 700 machinists from
are still out.
%
her shops
Firebugs Try to Burn Town.
(By Associated Press.)
McConnellsville, Ohio, June 3.—Fire
bugs tried to burn this town last night
by starting several fires in the business
portion. Several buildings were burned
and the loss is heavy with no insurance.
....
on this plane with the moral one that
the man most lives. The trivial vani
ties of life appealed little to him, an i
the sensualities not at ail.
Mr. Herne was an ardent believer and
preacher of the economic philosophy of
Henry George, and an honest and force
ful thinker over the still larger socioi
ogical and ethical concerns of modern
living, but his more immediate—more
persona!—ambition was the creation of a
truer and greater American drama, and
tr fle,d he iabored v * orou8iy and
In the opinions of Archer and Mas
gingham, of London, two representa
t ive dramatic critics of England, as we*l
as in the oplnlon of Char , e9 H
Melt2er in New Yoi . k> h th ~ e '
, ... . .
h"™* wL "hh T c h rlt, f 08 ' Ja ™ es A -
*P rn ? has w >-*tten the best purely na.
>', et wr , i , tt f" b > an American.
This ^«notion a » three of these fam
°" s crit J cs . accord to Herne's crowning
°* bls tirllliant career, "Sag Har»
bo ^'
James A. Herne commenced his thea
atrical career forty years ago in a stock
company at Troy, N. Y. He remained
there but a short time before he went
over to the . larger city across the river
Hudson—Albany. Here he became the
"leading juvenile" af a fairly goo.)
stock company where he enjoyed for two
season's much valuable training, and
from where his actual career can be said
to have taken its start. Herne affiliated
himself from now with some of the best
stock companies In the country, playing
for a couple of seasons with John Ells
1er in Cleveland, and for two or three
more with the celebrated California
Theatre, (stock) in San Francisco. He
later played in the famous companies at
New Orleans, Boston and Philadelphia,
During the hey-day of James Fisk, Jr.,
in New York, and while that meteoric
prince of finance was the proprietor and
manager of the Grand Opera House In
New York, Herne was engaced at a fab
ulous salary (for those day«) as the pro»
ducer of the (pen fashionable play house.
Fisk payed Mr. Herne 910,000 a year for
several seasons or up to the time of his
murder by Edward S. Stokes. It wag at
about this time (1978) that the "stock'*
system of theatrical enterprise was
merging Into the traveling or "qomblAt»
tion" s>*1fein, and Mr. Herne, iiks^noct
other actor« of the day. sick and tired of
WILL SENATOR CLARK fUlLD THE
SALT LAKE AND LOS ANGELES RAILROAD?
SENATOR CLARK.
According to Vice President and Gen
eral Manager Bancroft, the Oregon
Short Line will In all probability begfST
construotton on the Log Angeles road at
the other end for the new line between
that city and Salt Lake city just as soon
os Its plans have progressed far enough
to make that possible.
When asked concerning the report to
this effect that has b^en In circulation
for a couple of days, Mr. Bancroft said:
"Until we have definitely decided on the
route, we can not, of eolirse, do any work
at the other end of thé line. But after
we have heard from our surveyors and It
is finally determined té what point the
Los Angeles line will run. It Is quite
probable that we will put men in the
field besides those now working south
west of Uvada, as it is undoubtedly the
company's intention t(i push through
without delay. However, we have not
yet reached that point where it is pos
sible to begin construction in California."
Concerning the papers filed by Attor
ney Williams of Salt Lake city in
California, mention of which was
made in the dispatches recently,
Mr. Bancroft said they were merely
copies of the articles of incor
poration of the Utah, Nevada & Cali
fornia, the same as were filed in Ne
vada and Utah a couple or three years
ago. It is necessary Under the law to
file articles there as well as here before
the California state line i3 crossed.
The papers contain nothing additional
to what was printed at the time the
company was incorporated in Salt Lake.
The Utah & Nevada, as is well under
stood, is a sub comptny of the Oregon'
Short Line.
The track is now laid to a point about
twenty-six and a half 4'les from Uvada,
Clover Valley Junction will be reached
before the end of June, by which time, it
JUST ESCA PED A LYNCHING.
Man Charged With Assaulting a Four
Year-Old Girl Has Rough
' Time.
Pittsburg, Pa., Jufie 3.—Benjamin
Setty, alias Watson, géd 28 years, nar
rowly escaped lynchingat the hands of an
infuriated mob of 50o citizens of Mc
Keesport, Pennsylvania, today. Setty
is alleged to have assaulted a 4-year old
daughter of Thoms Sul(ivan.
The police were forced to use clubs
to keep back the mop while Setty was
taken to the police statjon. The child is
in an unconscious condition and may
not recover. Great excitement stll pre
vails in McKeesport and the prison is
strongly guarded.
the limitations—artistic and otherwise—
of the time-honored stqck; threw in his
lot with the inovatoiis and "went on
the road." As a stock actor he had
played some of themost Important roles
with some of the greatest actors includ
ing the eider Booth, Rlstori, Forrest,
Charlotte Cushman, E. L. Davenport,
etc., etc., and all of thes« had encourag
ed him to aim high and do ambitious
things, declaring at the same time that
he had the personality and the ability
r„ uw n th ?r^v^
utterly" amTfrom young* lovers ^te "had
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From His Latest Photo Taken WklleFlaying "Sag Harbor** at Chicago.
J. R. WHARTON.
is believed, something will be made
known regardoing the route to be fol
lowed.
Despite the denials of Senator Clark)
is is confidently asserted that his Los
Angeles, San Pedro & Salt Lake road
scheme has been abandoned. The asser
tion is made in confirmation of the opin
ion that Senator Clark was supported
by J. J. Hill and was practically carry
ing out the latter's plans.
As soon as it became morally certain
that the Harriman party had obtained
control of the Northern Pacific, Senator
Clark became convinced he had no object
,in continuing his work.
His and Hill's plan was to give the
Burlington an outlet from Lyons to Salt
.Lake City, and thence to Los Angeles.
This was a direct antagonism to Union
Pacific interests and when the Union Pa
cific became dominant in Northern Pa
cific affairs the enterprise collapsed.
Meantime the Union Pacific is pushing
its extension from Salt Lake and Uvada
and at the present rate of progress will
have it completed to Los Angeles within
a year.
J. R. Wharton, who is closer to Sena
tor Clark on the railroad proposition
than any one in Butte, expressed his dis
belief as to the truth of the dispatch re
garding Senator Clark's giving up the
much discussed Salt Lake and Los An
geles road.
■\My last instructions from Senator
Clark were to the effect that I would not
be needed down there until the Salt Lake
•end of the road w'as commenced. I have
heard nothing of 'giving it up,' and I
most emphatically do not believe it. Still,
of course, it may be true, and we in
Butte be the last to hear of it."
It is almost certain that Mr. Wharton
will occupy a position of importance with
tile new roa$ in case it is built.
Money Under the Sidewalk.
(By Associated Press.)
Mineral, Wis., June 3.—Several thou
sand dollars was found under a sidewalk
nea>' the former boarding place of Stew
art Jellon, held here on a charge of rob
bing the First National bank recently,
Two bottles of nitroglycerine and a
bunch of skeleton keys were also found.
All was discovered by citizens who were
searching privately.
Another Advance in Sugar.
(By Associated Press.)
New York June 3.—Arbuckle Brothers
have advanced all grades of refined
sugar 10 points. This is still five points
under the prices of the American Sugar
Refining company.
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gone on to "heavy" and "character"
parts. In such roles Herne was said to
be at his best when a young actor. E.
L. Davenport had to share honors with
Herne as the great Bill Sykes when
"Oliver Twist" was the reigning triumph
of the stage.
. The "starring policy soon commenced
with great activity. And, being urged
to do so, Herne cast about for a play
■With the object of an Independent ven
tpie as a star. This was about 1878 in
the city of San Francisco.
About this time Mr. Herne marrie 1
Katherine Corcoran (his leading lady),
LABOR DELEG//.S ENCOURAGED BY
THE l r JN SUCCESS IN MONTANA
Resolutions for County Treasurer Jas.
Maher From the Western Labor
Union Upon His Retirement as
Secretary—Relations of Labor
to the Capitalists Class—
Working People Have
Nothing In Common.
( Special to Inter Mountain.)
Denver, Col., June 3.—A joint commit
tee, consisting of three delegates from
the Miners' federation and three from
the Labor union, has been appointed to
act with the Denver labor organiza
tions in settling the local machinists'
strike.
The new labor party which is to
enter the political field in ail the western
states has been launched by the West
ern Labor union. The success of the
labor p arty in Montana, seating several
members of the legislature and electing
some of the county officers, gave the
delegates courage to launch the move
ment all over the west.
In support of this movement the work
of the two conventions now in session
will be to extend the work of organiza
tion.
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X The Fedeeratlon of Miners and X
X the Western Labor union have X
X voted unanimously in favor of the X
X Interchangeable visiting card, X
X which practically consolidates the X
X two organizations so far as single- X
X ness of purpose is concerned, X
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Following this the miners have adopted
the suggestion of President Boyce that
five organizers be at once put into the
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JAMES MAHER. —
field and kept there constantly. Sufficient
will be added to the regular dues to
make this possible.
The present attitude of employers of
labor is considered excellent reason, by
the delegates, for all the steps taken to
assert the rights of the workingmen, and
on the public sentiment against trusts
the people look for the success of the
new labor party. The party will advo
cate advanced economic and social prin
ciples.
The resolution, which was introduced
by R. O. Scott, is as follows:
"Whereas, The capitalist class Is in
complete possession of the means of pro
duction and thereby controls the repub
lican, democratic and populist parties, to
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with his new play. The story of Herne's
career from now on is a story of brll
liant achievement, both as an author
and actor.
Herne continued en tour with us up to
Chicago, but he has not been with the
company for over three months, his part
being ably played by Mr. Woodward,
whom Mr. Herne selected and coached
to succeed himself.
Sag Harbor Is not a one part play as,
contrary to most stars, Mr. Herne never
reserves the center of the stage for him -
self. A more generous man to his com
pany was never known. Superior as
he was as an actor, it is as a playwright
Mr. Herne's name will go down in his
tory. As a dramatist and producer he
is conceded the foremost in the ranks of
our native workers of the stage, and in
and with her toured the country for sev
eral years of success and money making
many respects he has done more for the
creation of a distinctly national drama
than any other dramatic artist who cun
■be named, with perhaps the single ex
ception of Richard Mansfield.
Israel Zangwill said of James A.
Herne, "He is the only stage director
that I have ever seen at work who nevet
swore at rehearsals." Charles Cough
lan, himself a great direstor, spok?,
shortly before his death, as follows:
"James A. Herne is incomparably the
best stage director in America—he is the
only Irving we have."
Only people who have themselves an
peared upon the stage, know anything
..... je ... .
about the Intense nervous excitement of
even the oldest actors and actresses dur
ing the performance, or have any con.
ception of the general concern, bad tem
per, and frequent cerbal testiness during
the days of active rehearsal preceding
the production of any play. It is Mr.
Herne's distinctive characteristic that
. „ .
both during performance and through
the rehearsal period, he is ever the same
cool, thoughful, self-collected gentleman
that he appears upon the street, or f n
the quiet of his own beautifully appoint
ed home ln New York City. Ab a stage
director, Mr. Herne is universally belov
ed. He gets the finest results by the
quietest and kindliest methftd, and the
hundreds of well-known players who
have appeared under his direction, al
ways apeak of him with enthusiastic
admiration when stage managers are
discussed. Many of these go further,
President Boyce's Suggestion That
Five Organizers Be Put in the
Field Has Been Adopted by
the Federation of Miners
—Plans to Take
an Active Part
in Politics.
fui.her its political and Industrial aims;
and, j
"Whereas, The working class has noth,
ing in common with the capitalist class,
either politically or industrially, and,
therefore, the working classes cannot ex
pect to derive any benefit from affiliating
and supporting parties that favor the
capitalist class, as has been proven in the
past; and,
"Whereas, We, the working class, by
reason of being the real producers oi
wealth, and by reason of numbers, should
be the masters, both Industrially and po
litically, and in our hands lies the des
tiny of the nation; therefore, be It
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X "Resolved, That we take such X
X step», politically, as to separate us X
X as a political body from all parties X
X controlled by the capitalist class; X
X and, be It further X
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"Resolved, That the incoming execu
tive board set forth every effort to assist
the working people of the different states
in furthering and establishing the politi
cal movement as above outlined."
At the session of the Western Federa
tion of Miners a proposition, was pre
sented to join forces with the American
Federation of Labor. There is a feel
ing among the delegates that labor or
ganizations should get together in order
to extend their influence and make their
work more effective. Some action on
this line will probably be taken.
A Joint committee has been appointed
to advocate the passage of the Chinese
and Japanese exclusion.
The Labor union has made the consti
tution a special order of business for
today.
Resolutions will be engrossed and pre
sented to Secretary Maher of the miners'
convention, on his retirement from the
office. He was elected county clerk oi
Silver Bow county, Montana.
BRITISH FUSILIERS IN CHINA
One Killed—Three Injured.
FIRE ON FRENCH SOJ-DIES
Guards Sought to Prevent Troopers
From Breaking Into a House— Ger
mane Aided the Frenchmen.
(By Associated Press.)
Tien Teln, June 3.—There was a seri
ous affray yesterday between interna
tional troops. Some British fusillera
who were acting as police here sought
to prevent French soldiers from house
breaking,'when they were attacked with
bayonets and bricks. The fuslleers, in
self defense fired in the air. This
brought a number of Germans to the aid
of the Frenchmen.
They numbered altogether 300 men.
Five fuslleers fired again, killing a
Frenchman and wounding three others.
In subsequent fighting four fuslleers,
five Germans and one Japanese were
wounded.
The arrival of a German officer an! a
strong guard ended the fray.
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too, and acknowledge their
debt of
gratitude to this play producer for the
fine training he has given them. The
list of famous players that have been
developed and perfected by the art of
James A. Herne, would astonish one.
Maude Adams was discovered by Mr.
Herne and was his original Chrystal in
"Hearts of Oak;" Viola Alien, Marion
Abbott, Katherine Grey, Grace Filkins,
and Elizabeth Robins, (the Ibsen hero
lne In London) give Mr. Herne the lion's
share-of credit for the positions they oc
cupy today on the stage. James O'Neill,
Louis James, Forest Robinson and num
eraous other players in the male line,
also heartily acknowledge their obliga
tions to this man whom they acknowl
edged the first among stage producers
In America.
Mr. Herne is a devotee at the shrine
of dramatic art, and the naturalness of
his character, no matter what the line
of work he essays, no matter what the
Plot, or where the scenes of the play are
located, stands pre-eminent, and the ad
mirable manner in which he "holds the
mirror up to nature," has won for him,
an( l deservedly, a fame which the work
no other playwright on the American
B ( a Se excels. He has won him a reputa
l * on * n *^is regard, which is beyond dis
P ute ant l * n this particular, no matter
"hat faults captious critics may
fant Y they have perchance dis
covered, in his productions—from
"Hearts
of
Oak"
to
"Griffllth
Davenport,' ln "Minute Men," "Drifting
Anart ' "MariraroF Flamin* " "ShOft
AP arti Margaret Fleming,
Acres, down to his latest play
"Bag
Harbor," the touch of nature figures con
spicuously in book, impersonation, and
scene, making of each and all his plays
a picture of naturalness the truthful
ness of which cannot be gainsaid and
have not yet been questioned.
In the atmosphere of "Sag Harbor,"
whlch wln be seen in Butte neJCt Sunday
he ls part j cu i arly a t home, for among
these people he lived for many years,
jience It Is that In this his latest play,
one WO uld naturally look for the very
best work of which he is capable. Indeed
is said that ln his character selections
he has chosen types so familiar that the
rood people of the locality will not.be
s i C w to Identify, or at all events Imagine
they have identified. His scenes were
obtained from photographs taken by his
own artist, sent to Sag Harbor from New
York for that especial purpose
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