The Butte inter mountain. [volume], June 21, 1901, Image 1

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

Image provided by: Montana Historical Society; Helena, MT

                
TODAY'S NEWS TODAY-YOU GET IT ALWAYS-ONLY BY RE ADI NT THE INTER MOUNTAIN.
Butte Inter Me
VOL. XXI. NO. T8
Slightly Cooler Tonight.
BUTTE, MONTANA, FRIDAY EVENING. JUNE 21. 1901.
fair and Cooler Saturday.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Destitution and Suffering
at Reservation's Border
Thousands of Persons Awaiting the
Opening of the Kiowa-Comanche
—Apache Lands Are in
Oreat Distress.
(By Associated Press.)
Kansas Cltv, Mo., June 21.—Thousands
of people camping on the border of Kil
owa-Comanche-Apache reservations In
Oklahoma, awaiting the opening of that
land to settlement, are in destitute cir
cumstances, according to Dr. J. McKen
na, who has Just returned from the
Beene.
"Only last Monday," says Dr. Dr. Mc
Kenna, "two friends and myself drove
over to the border from Oklahoma City,
and the sight that greeted us was one
of terrible destitution.
"One thousand men. women and chil
dren are massed on the border, and half
GERMAN MISSIONARY IN SHAN
TUNG SAYS TROUBLE IS
COMING.
Rebels Who Have Committed Depreda
tions Are Alleged to Be Resting
Securely and Planning Future
Outrages, While Edicts
Issued by the Powers
Mean Little or
"Nothing. 1
(By Associated Press.)'
Berlin, June 21.—The Cologne Volks
Zeitung contains a special from a Ger
many missionary In Shan Tung In which
It is asserted that the Boxer trouble
is by no means over, that the rebels are
quietly enjoying their plunder from the
mission, that the philo-foreign edicts are
only a blind and that another and worse
rising is expected soon.
MRS. M'KI NLEY IM PROVES.
Washington, June 21.—Dr. Plxey, after
his visit to Mrs. McKinley today said
that his patient continued to improve.
VERDICT MURDER RETURNED
Jury at Jersey City Says Barker Tried
to Kill the Rev. John
Keller.
New York, June21.—The Jury in the
case against Barker, at Jersey City, has
returned a verdict of guilty of attempt
ing to kill the Rev. John Keller.
STUDENT RIOTS NOT A MENAGE
TO THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT
Count Cassini, Ambassador to the
United States, Takes Exceptions to
the Statements of a Writer in
the New York Independent
and Denies Many of the
Charges Made.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, June 21.—Count Cassini,
Russian ambassador, had his attention
sailed to an article entitled "The Rus
sian Situation From the Inside," which
appeared In this week's number of the
New York Independent. After reading
the article Count Cassini said:
"I never before heard of the author of
this article. I spend two months every
year in Paris and am well acquainted
with our ambassador there.
"I shall cable to Paris immediately to
learn if there is any such person on the
staff ot the ambassador as legal adviser
or in any other capacity.
"I cannot believe a servant of the
czar would make such gross misrepre
sentations of his government and of
Russian affairs In general as are con
tained in this article.
"The disturbances among the univer
sity students last March, of which this
man professes to write authoritatively,
were no worse than they usually are.
"Russian students are like the stu
dents of America and e iery other coun
try. They are merely boys, full of vital
ity, which sometimes expresses itself in
reckless and lawless form.
"I speak not only with a general
knowledge of the facts, because I once
was a university student in Russia my
self, but I am also able to speak with
specific and detailed knowledge of the
disturbances of last March.
"At no time did they amount to a seri
ous demonstration against the govern
ment. and at no time was the students*
movement supported by the working
men.
The most exaggerated accounts of the
disturbances were cabled to the news
papers of the United States and England,
and I am glad of the opportunity to deny
these reports and set my government
Men, Women and Children Sleeping
in the Open Air In the Hope
of Securing a Fine
Home.
of them are utterly destitute.
"Only a small percentage have even
tents, to sleep In, but they huddle to
gether under the wagons and such shelt
ering trees as they can find.
At least 5.000 of- them have been there
a year and a half. They went with pos
sible $?00 or $300 and have made nothing
since they arrived.
"They are simply waiting and waiting.
The really pitiable thing about it all is
that there are hundreds of desperadoes
öl the border who have picked out
claims and will not ficruple to kill «he
successful ones in the drawn in case
they have a lottery."
SDRETT BOND HATTER
WILL BE INVESTIGATED
Supreme Court Orders Enquiry Into
the Delaware Company—Attorney
General Is Away.
x x
X (Special to Inter Mountain.) X
X Helena, June 21.—Somebody is X
X liable to suffer for the attempt to X
X foist . the Delaware Surety com- X
X pany in the supreme court as good X
X surety for the Montana Ore Pur- X
X chasing company in the Pennsyl- X
X vania case. %
X The supreme court this morning X
X made the following order: %
X "In the matter of Justification of X
X the Delaware Surety company— X
X The court being of the opinion X
X that there is in the record of the X
H proceedings had herein from time X
X to time since the application was X
X made by the appellants, April 26, X
X 1901, for an order requiring the X
X respondents to. furnish additional X
X security under the injunction or- X
X der heretofore made herein, evi- X
X dence tending to show that con- X
X tempt has been committed and X
X that same should not pass unno- X
X tlced. it is ordered that all of the X
X said proceedings be referred to the X
X attorney general for such action X
X thereon as to him may seem X
proper.'*
X Aa Attorney General Donovan X
X has gone to Maine for six weeks, X
X the duty of investigation will fall X
X upon his assistants, H. D. Moore X
X and F. W. Mettler. X
X X
xxx*xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ASSASSINATI ON OF H0SI TORU
Former Japanese Minister to This
Country Stabbed to Death at a
Meeting of Yokohama Assembly.
(By Associated Press.)
Yokohama, June 21.—Hoshi Toru. who
was mayor in the last Ito cabinet, was
stabbed today at a meeting of the as
sembly, and died shortly afterwards
Hoshi Toru was Japanese minister at
Washington, and was formerly president.
right in this part of the world.
"Two distinguished Americans, Consul
General Holloway at St. Petersburg, and
General Williams, who represents the
Cramp ship building firm in Russia, who
witnessed the disturbances, have stated
more than once that there was nothing
\
COUNT CASSINI.
ominous or dangerous in them.
"I suppose that when school boys in
this country become unruly and riotous,
the police are called on to suppress them.
That Is all that was done by my govern
ment during the students' riots last
March.
"Please say for me that the govern
ment which I represent was never more
secure and stable, nor were the esar's
subjects throughout his vast empire ever
more loyal, prosperous and contended.
"Their progress in all the arts of peace
Is wonderful, and In common with the
Imperial master, they have nothing but
good wil< toward all the peoples of the
earth.**
Henry T. Oxnard Is Looking Into the
Possibilities of Montana for Rais
ing Sugar Beets.
MAN WHO INTRODUCED THE INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES
IS VISITING BUTTE—THIS COUNTRY SHOULD RAISE ALL
THE SUGAR CONSUMED-PRQPOSED EXPERIMENTS
TO BE CONDUCTED BV THE DALY ESTATE.
Henry T. Oxnard, the sugar beet mag
nate of Oxnard, Cal., accompanied by
his wife ,is at the Thornton on bis first
visit to Montana, His trip is principally
for pleasure, but it may have far-reach
ing influence on the welfare of the state,
especially in the line of agriculture.
Mr. Oxnard is the original sugar beet
promoter of America, having first recog
nized the possibilities of raising beet
sugar, and he built the first factories In
the country, at Norfolk and Grand
Island, Neb., in 1889. Before that time
no effort had been made to introduce
beet sugar on a commercial scale,
though the United States imported mor?
than a hundred million dollars' worth
of sugar annually, and the sugar bei.t
industry of Europe had already reached
colossal proportions.
The machinery for the first factory
was imported from Germany, as was
also every pound of seed used in the
fields. So great has been the progress
in the industry that all the machinery
for the later factories is made in the
United States .and better than the origi
nal patterns. The largest factories in
the country are the Spreckels plant, in
California, and the Oxnard factory at
Oxnard. They have a capacity of about
2,000 tons of beets daily.
Coming down more particularly to the
local interest in sugar beet culture, Mr.
Oxnard said:
"I believe that the ideal country fop
the growth of the sugar beet is in the
arid regions of the west, where the
climate is dry, and the ground can be
irrigated at will. The beet requires just
this combination to make its best
growth. There are, in my opinion,
twenty of the states of the Union whicli
could cultivate beets on a commercial
scale, with great profit.
"It is strange, indeed, that the people
of America, who lead the world in all
other branches of agriculture, have not
sooner taken up the problem of making
their own sugar. The sugar beet in
dustry is not taking a leap in the dark,
for it is proven to be a great success.
In the twelve years since our first fac
tories were started in Nebraska, the
production of beet sugar has about
reached 150,000 tons annually, or 7 per
cent of the total quantity consumed in
the country. It is worth more than
$15,000,000 a year, and the whole industry
j
!
!
I
;
I
;
■
MONEY TO SAYE SUFFERING BOER WOMEN AND CHILDREN
By Associated Press.
New York, June 21.—An appeal has been issued for money to buy supplies
for the women and children of the Transvaal who have been gathered in camps
as part of the effort to end the Boer war.
Among the signers of the appeal are Rev. Dr. David James Burrell, William
Van Renssaeler, Edward D. Parker, and Rev. D. Herman Van Broekhuizen of
Pretoria.
The appeal says there are 22,000 men and women in the camps, and that 313
children died in May.
CENSUS OF NEW YORK CONSUMPTIVES
(By Associated Press.)
New York, June 21.—A census of the
consumptives in this state is to be begun
in about a week by Dr. Daniel
Lewis. This will be the first cen
sus of the kind ever undertak
en by this state. The census is for the
purpose of learning the number of con
sumptives in the state as far as possible
and the revealing of other facts relat
ing to the disease.
It is expected this enumeration will
throw light on the question of what the
state should do for the care of those
within its borders who are afflicted with
Explorer BeChalliau Defends the
People of Far Away Russia
Explorer Going to the Land of the Bear
Declares the Subjects of the Czar
Have Been Grossly Misrep
resented by Many of
the Writers.
New York, June 21.—Just before sailing
on the Hamburg-American liner Augusta
Victoria, Paul De Challiau, explorer, ex
plained the object of his trip to Russia as
follows:
"Russia Is misunderstood, and that is
because such an immense amount of mis
information is printed about it in this
country. Enemies of Russia send out
these lies for the purpose of spreading
evil opinions of the country.
"I have met many Russians in their
own country and in other countries, and
have found them to be wonderfully fige
people, full of life, energy and intellect
"Russia, like this country, is young.
RELICS OF BENEDICT ARNOLD FOUND BY A VERMONT DIYER
By Associated Press.
Burlington, Vt. June 21.—J. G. Falcon, a diver, has visited the spot where
the schooner Rotal Savage, com m a nd ât by General Benedict Arnold, was sunk
in 177« by the British.
He found three gun carriages and about thirty cannon balls and shot.
Two of the former will be sent to tl)« Smithsonian Institute at Washington and
the rest given to the clt* ot Burlington.. J
The wrecks VfSre discovered in thirty feet of water. The carriages are made
ad wood annd iron, the former being g ow petrified.
has been built up in twelve years. But
there is no reason why we should nat
produce all or practically all of oui
sugar, which is our largest import.
"Although I am primarily here for
pleasure, this being my first visit to this
state, I am also interested in seeing
iw hat the state will do in the way or
sugar beet culture. In common with the
other states that are usually classed as
arid, it should offer great inducements
for the growing of beets, the climatic
and soil conditions being just what are
required. Before leaving. I shall make
some closer investigations, and am con
fident that Montana should be very suc
cessful in raising beets in her vast irri
gated fields. We have ejeperts now in
the field in other states, where condi
tions are much the same as here. Öur
latest factory Is at Rocky Ford, Colo.,
and we expect it to be a brilliant suc
cess. There seems to be no reason why
Montana should not raise her own sugar
and be independent.
"At present I am not prepared to give
out anything definite in regard to what
we might do in Montana. The state is
hew to us, and we do not feel like saying
a great deal in regard to our plans. But
the state has the conditions that have
made beet culture a success In other
localities, and the industry is a safe one,
with wonderful possibilities."
Mr. Oxnard is a pleasing gentleman,
and is always glad to talk with any
one interested in his pet project, that of
having America raise every pound of
the sugar that is used here, and keep the
many- hundreds of millions of dollars at
! home that now go abroad. He is the
! foremost authority on the sugar beet
I (industry in this country, one of the fore
prrtbst in the world, and has enough
; money to make him free from all care
I if he chose to take a rest after a long
; life of hard work. But he is wrapped up
■ in his great plan of making American
sugar for America, and a few days' rest
is enough to satisfy him at the present.
He will be In the state for a few days,
and may visit some of the agricultural
A4. étions before leaving for his home.
1 The great Bitter Root ranch of the
Daly estate is to be the scene of exten
sive experiments in the way of sugar
beet culture. Mr. Oxnard's confidence in
Montana as a sugar beet country may
have some connection with this project,
though he did not state so directly.^.
|
I
!
:
j
:
j
j
j
:
j
j
consumption and who cannot afford to
pay for treatment at the private sani
tariums.
Dr. Lewis says regarding the matter:
"I first thought of visiting the various
boards of health to ascertain the number
of tuberculosis patients in their respec
tive districts, but 1 have decided I could
better obtain the information that I de
sire by sending a circular to every phy
sician in this state.
"I do not expect to get answers from
them all, but I am of the opinion the ma
jority of them will do all in their power
to help mein this work."
There will be a tremendous expansion of
our commercial relations with Russia
consequent upon the development of the
far east by that country by means of
the railway across Siberia.
"We will trade with Russia to the ex
tent of millions of dollars a year. Hence
we should know each other better, in or
der that we may have better commercial
relations.
"I do not go to the Russians to look for
flaws, but to master their character and
their system of living, socially, politi
cally and economically.
"I believe my findings will be of val
ue to both this country and to theirs. I
go to see the people as they are, and I
have confidence that what I shall learn
will be gratifying to me and to ail those
who want to have Russia and the United
States come into closer relation with
each other."
Butte Merchants Swindled By
Smooth "Charity" Grafters
Supposed Members of the Doneghy
Gang Operating Successfully—
Same Old Game as That
Worked Last Fall.
The disclosure of the "charity" swind
lers in yesterday's Inter- Mountain in
which the facts connected with the ex
posure and arrest of the grafter confed
erates of William H. Doneghy- in San
Francisco, were published* brought to
light today the workings of members of
the same gang in Butte at the present
time.
Neat little tickets of blue card-board,
The Bogus Ticket.
For Homeless Children
A n entertainment
will be given at'
the Auditorium,
Tuesday, July 2,
1901, under the
auspices o f the
M o n t a n a Chil
dren's Home s i
ciety.
ADMISSION CARDS
ONE DOLLAR
artistically- printed, have been sold to the
merchants and professional men of Butte
during the past few days for an alleged
entertainment to be given in the Audl
t' liuni July 2. The tickets state that the
entertainment is given "for the home
less children" under the auspices of the
Montana Children's Home society. The
tickets are sold for $1 each.
A neatly- dressed young man appeared
at the city clerk's office yesterday afier
noon and said that his company desired
to use the Auditorium for the purpose of
giving a charity entertainment July 2.
He stated that the performance woul I
be under ibe direct charge of Mrs. Green
leaf, a worker of the United Charities
Association of America.
Shortly afterwards a woman appeared
at the mayor's office and asked for an
interview. She stated that her name
was Mrs. William Greenleaf, and that
she had charge of the entertainment
which was to be given In Butte for the
benefit of charity associations in this
cit.v.
Mrs. Greenleaf made a plea to Mayor
Davey for the Auditorium and stated
that she thought the city should donate
the use of the hall free of charge as the
performance is to be purely for charity
purposes. Mayor Davey set a low figure
for thé woman and she left, saying that
she would telephone later in the day
whether she would use the Auditorium
for her entertainment. Up to a late hour
today the mayor had heard nothing fur
ther from the woman. He stated that in
the event of the woman being in the
same line of business as Doneghy he sup
posed she had noticed the story in yes
terday's Inter Mountain and had left the
city.
The city clerk stated today that he
had beard nothing further from the
young man who had called on him con
cerning the use of the Auditorium. No
money has yet been paid for the use of
the Auditorium.
Chief Reynolds of the police depart
ment investigated the supposed enter
tainment to some extent today but
stated that he could not find the woman
or young man who had wanted to en
CUBAN DEBTORS IN DIRE DISTRESS;
GEN. WOOD SEES TROUBLE AHEAD
All Classes of Creditors at Liberty to
Take Action and Enforce Collection
of Mortgage Credits on All
Kinds ot Property—Rural
and Agricultural Prop
[ erties Exempt.
m
CONSUL GENERAL WOOD.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, June 21.—Reports of dis
tress continue to reach Washington from
debtors in Cuba.
Gov. Gen. Wood has announced that all
classes of creditors are at liberty to take
action and enforce the collection of mort
gage credits on all kinds of property.
Mortgages on property in Cuba amount
to $208,00,090. Of this sum $100,000,000 is
on the'cUy real estate and the remainder
on rur • 1 property
Seventy-nine per cent of the value of
the city real estate is indebtedness and
fifty-eight per cent of the \ alue o. the
rural property is indebtedness
The average annual income . t the
oii„ -oat estate is leu per cent and that
Man and a Woman Negotiate for the
Auditorium—Stated They intended
Giving Performance for Char
ity—Suddenly Disappear.
gage the Auditorium. Chief Reynolds
said that there had been a number of
tickets for the alleged performance
sold throughout of the city. He stated
that he would have to await further de
velopments regarding the matter before
deciding whether the law had been vio
atd.
In view of the fact that the entertain
ment is not dated earlier than July 2, it
is not possible to state whether Mrs.
Greenleaf intends giving a performance
or not. In one or two instances the
"charity" workers pulled off their en
tertainments and thereby secured %
stronger hold on the public £or futur»
dates.
BOY BETS
A FIT
ACTOR RICHARD MANSFIELD
BEATEN IN VERY ODD
SUIT.
Youth Employed as a Super Is Scared
When Ushered Into the Presence
of the Tragedian and Falls
in Convulsions.
(By Associated Press.)
Milwaukee, Wis., June 21.—A curious
verdict was returned today against
Richard Mansfield by Justice Mathias,
who orders the actor to pay $:)S and costs
because Bennie Goldman had a fit dur
ing a' Milwaukee performance of
"Henry V." »
Goldman is 14 years old and suffers
from epilepsy. He was engaged as a su
per, and when he was ushered into the
awful presence of Mansi.eld he went into
strong convulsions and had to be taken
to the hospital.
The boy's father sued on the grounds
that his son should not have been em
ployed without the knowledge and con
sent of his parents.
DYNAMITE KILLS FOUR MEN
Explosion on the Oregon River & Navi
gation Line in Washington
Results in Loss of Life.
(By Associated Press.)
Kalama. Wash., June 21.—An explosion
of dynamite occurred here today on the
line of tlie Oregon Railway & Naviga
tion in which four men were killed.
from rural property 14 per cent.
In view of these figures, war depart
ment officials express the opinion that
there is likely to be a great change of
ownership of property in Cuba.
Rural and agricultural properties, the
buildings on which were destroyed during
the war, and on which improvements
have not yet been made, are exempt
from the enforcement of the mortgage
claims.
GREAT DEP OSITS IN OKLAHOMA
Rich Find in Blaine County Causes
Stampede to the New
Fields.
(By Associated Press.)
Guthrie, O. T., June 21.—Ilitense excite
ment has been caused by the discovery
of large copper deposits in the southern
portion of Blaine county, Okahoma.
Mineral prospectors have been at work
in the hills and the result of their work
was the filing of 25 mining claims. Many
peope are flocking to the new eldorado.
Secret Meeting by Amalgamated.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, June 21.—A meeting of the
Amalgamated Copper company was held
in Jersey City today. Nothing was made
public concerning the business trans
acted.
KILLED IN BARE FIST FIGHT
Youths Quarrel at a Ball, Challenge
Each Other for a Mill That
Besults Fatally.
New Orleans. June 21.—Walter Selph,
a young drummer, son of Colonel Dud
ley Selph. state inspector of rifle practice
and former rifle champion, was killed to
night In a prize fight at Audobon park.
He and L. L. Bailey had a quarrel at a
military bail and agreed to fight it out
with bare fists. They had no seconds,
and pounded each other until Selph fell
from a blow which broke his neck.
Bailey was arrested and said he did'
nut know how the fatal result cam«
atout. He made no attempt to escape.