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The Butte Inter Mountain.
vol. XXI. NO. 98 Fair Toaight and Wednesday.
BUTTE. MONTANA. TUESDAY EVENING. JULY 16. 1901.
Storms in I £ ;rn Montana.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
V Butte's Gay Street F air le Opcrv. V
This afternoon the Butte .street fair
This afternoon the Butte .street fair
was opened and the institution organiz
ed and piorr.oted under the guidar.ee of
the Overland elub is in full blast.
It was an opening day of which all
who were connected with the enterprise
might well he proud. Even the clouds
gave the streit fair the right of way
and the skies smiled upon the long line
'of paradera marching to the cheering
music of two bands. It was such a
sipht as has been frequently seen In
larger cities than Butte during recent
yens since street fairs came into vogue,
but never until now did the capital of
Silver How county witness the result of
the enterprise of its citizens in this
pleasing form. Thousands lined the
st.itsets along which the parade marched
and testified by wtll bestowed applause
anil minks of approval that they liked
the street fair parade first rate and were
triad to rea the gates under the big arch
swung open at last.
The members of the Overland club who
have been haid at work for the past
month at the street fair headquprtus at
t' ;• Thornton hotel have rru.-h to be
congru tul&ted upon today. They raised
r. city within a city on East Granite
sl eet and peoplid it with residents of re
lurte nations of the earth and provided
entertainment and instruction for resi
d ".its of Butte that could be secured in
no ether way. The Street fair Is bound
to be a success and with such an auspic
ouu opening rs it had today it will in all
probability surpass the mcia sanguine
expectations of its promoters.
TI N morning's sun rose upon a dis
heveled Main street of the little village
wl ere the stric t fair is to be held. Lum
ber was strewn about, and workmen
v ere busy putting the finishing touches
on the booths. Hour by hour as the day
went on order came out of chaos and
tire debris was carried away and be
< r oved out of sight and fluttering flags
look ti place of unsightly hare walls
and the st eet fair took on an appear
r.nee of beauty. Along the extended
vtr rch of str-et upon which the fair is
held have been constructed 112 booths
by the merchants of the city of Butte.
These displays are the most elaborate
ever so.n in Montana and the choicest
gor ds "ever exhibited in Uie city are pa
raded in the public view in the elegantly
r.ppeinted apartments provided for the
ft lends of the business houses of the
city who call upon them at the fair.
The street fair will be opened tonight
under the glare of the electric lights.
On the big arch over Granite street the
tie. y crescent will beckon the curious to
einer the enchanted pathway that leads
la the wonders of the great street fair
und along the street which extends
through the center of the display are ar
ranged the attractions provided es
pecially for the fair. The Algerian Tem
ple will be one of the best attractions
cf the place and the natives of foreign
lands will provide entertainments for
visitors that will make the "Midway" a
place of interest and delight to all who
come.
The parade began at mid-way. Head
ed by the Boston and Montana band the
Fast Atlantic Steamship
Service for Ontario
(By Associated Press.)
Ottawa, Ont., July 16.—The départ
aient of trade and commerce has decided
to establish a fast Atlantic steamship
icrvice.
This decision has just been reached,
although the proposition has been dis
ussed for the last five years.. The gov
ernment appears to have been influenced
n coming to its decision by several eon
• iterations.
First, there is a belief that .while the
EJVGLAJVD'S WA'R'RIJSG F ACTIONS l/JSITED Bj; WOMAJ V
(By Associated Press.)
London, July 16.—The liberal revoit
has been a tempest in a teapot. S'r
Henry Campbell-Bannerman has he
mme the necessary leader of a faction
'ent opposition, and whenever there is
terious trouble in the household a threat
if resignation suffices to bring about a
semblance of unity. •
The leader, by the timely display of
sourage and political resources, has kept
:he embittered factions of liberalism to
tether and strengthened his own author
ty.
The revolt came to an end when the
BRITONS DEMAND MORE LIGHT
ON OPERATIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA
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SC when the pro-Boers on the continent and in England are charging SC
SC the British army with conducting an inhumane campaign. SC
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96 Reports that a large body of British infantry will be sent home SC
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The Algerian Colony.
Midway's Foreign Colony.
The Egyptian Camel.
parade swept in glittering array west
on Granite street and swung down the
incline of Washington street to Park
and then east to Arizona. The parade
Canadian route, affording as it does, the
shortest sea voyage between the con
tinent and Europe, is bound to become
the popular one in time, diversion of the
best paying passenger traffic from the
New Y-ork route will be gradual.
There is also the requisite of freight
accommodation for the transportation of
perishable products, but the dominant
influence is doubtless the hope that in
a fe"' years the jealousy on the rival
Can-''.an ports will have disappeared.
liberal benches were emptied into the
hall and drawing room of Lady Camp
bell-Bannerman In Grosvenor Place, and
the wrangling groups found that they
were on speaking terms with one an
other.
A gracious hostess united the party
and everybody went home in a concilia
tory and peaceable frame of mind. Mr.
Gladstone succeeded in emergencies in
pulling the party together under hU
green umbrella. A woman's pink para
sol now offers cover for the liberal fac
tions.
The political salon has not been much
then moved north to Broadway, west to
Main and then north to Granite street,
disbanding near the arch, the point of
beginning.
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Helena, July 16.—A posse organized at Big Sandy to pursue and
capture three horse thieves, "Bucking Bill" who worked for the Mc
Namara outfit, Fred Comme and J*ete Waller, well known cowboys In
northern Montana, -has received word that all three men were hanged
by another posse. Saturday, on the Missouri river near Judith. The
men were hard characters and had'been suspected of horse stealing
and cattle rustling for a long time. The news of the hanging was
reported by John Tinbley, a ranchman who lives at Big Sandy.
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in use during recent years in London.
Possibly there may be a revival of the
social functions of liberal hostesses now
that there has been a conspicuous dem
onstration of their utility.
Lady Campbell-Bannerman has rallied
the liberal factions at a critical moment
by Inviting all the members of parlia
ment owing allegiance to her husband
to an evening party.
The Grosvenor Place mansion is not
spacious, and liberal imperialists, old
time Whigs, new-fangled radicals and
even pro-Boers found themselves cheek
by jowl and made themselves agreeable
to one another.
Social amities promoted good feeling
and the hostess was thanked silently as
the best politician in the party. The po
litical salon triumphed after a long
period of desuetude- At once there is a
shower of invitations to similar func
tions. ,
This social campaign may serve more
purposes than one; apart from the ben
eficial result of bringing the liberal fac
tions together and putting rancorous
and embittered politicians on their good
behavior, it may help to remove the re
proach that the party has lost its social,
prestige.
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EPVORTH LEAGUERS ARE POURING INTO SAN FRANCISCO
By Associated Press.
San Francisco, July 16.—Special Epworth League trains are arriving every
half hour this morning and will continue to do so throughout the day.
All of them are behind schedule time, owing to unavoidable delays, but it
is expected that nearly all of the delegates will reach here before the opening
of the convention, Tnursday.
The Loa Angeles section of the great chorus, numbering 750 singers, arrived
shortly after midnight and will participate in the concert tonight.
The Wisconsin and Pennsylvania delegations, the latter traveling in a fine
train of Pullmans, reached their destination early this morning.
The Pennsylvanians will be given a reception at the first Methodist church
tomorrow evening.
More than 3,000 delegates from Oregon and the Pacific northwest are due to
arrive today.
The parade began at mid-day. Head
Crosby, and Bert Stephens acted as
chief aid. The aides were Robert Le
Beau and George Buch and Fred C.
The conservatives have been in the
habit for a long time of sneering at the
liberals as a party of social outcasts,
without prosperous clubs for men and
without fashionable and smart houses
for entertainment on a large scale. Lib
erals have been sensitive to this re
proach and radicals have been ready to
condemn with fine irony men of their
own party who accept invitations to the
tory houses and are conspicuous figures
in London society.
Not a little of the resentment which
Mr. Asquith has excited among radicals
may be attributed to his own and his
have been included in country house
parties and smart sets in town they have
been accused of abandoning liberal pre
cepts and courting the tories.
Radicals with strong prejudices have
been envious and dogmatic whenever
they have observed indications that
leading men on their own side of the
commons were favorites in society. They
bave expressed strong disapproval of
social patronage and blandishments and
have contended that thorough-going lib
erals must set their faces sternly against
compromises with the titled class and
fashionable people.
During recent years the closest ap
Slemmons had charge of the second di
vision. All the officers of the parade
are members of the Overland club and
they carried out the programme of the
No Trouble Over Sugar,
Says a Russian Dealer
(By Associated Press.)
London, July 16.—M. Michael Mering of
Ivieff is stopping at the Hotel Cecil. He
is a son-in-law of M. DeWltte, Russian
minister of finance, and also president
of the Bank of Commerce at Kieff, be
sides being head of the largest sugar
refining company in that city.
As a large majority of Russian sugar
manufacturers are at Kieff and the re
cent tariff dispute between the United
Plates and Russia touches local inter
proach to a political and literary salon
in West End has been Lady Jeune's
house, in Harley street, and this has
been opened to men of ail parties and
nationalities, and has not been devoted,
like Holland House in its best days, ex
clusively to a single political interest.
When Mr. Gladstone arrayed London
society against the home rule cause po
litical discussion languished in the
drawing rooms. Society became almost
unanimously conservative and there was
wife's social successes. Because they
no scope for argument or controversy
JAMES J. HILL NOT ALARMED AT
REPORTS OF CORN CROP DAMAGES
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SC "The matter hardly resolves it3elf into a railroad case, for the rea- SC
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afternoon in an excellent manner.
The first division of the parade was
headed by a platoon of police. Then
came the Boston & Montana band, the
chief marshal, Stephens and aides, the
king of the carnival, representative of
the state department of Montana and
representatives of the city of Butte.
Following these came members of the
Overland club, comprising the iirst di
vision of the parade.
The second division was headed by the
Montana State band and consisted of the
residents of the Midway section of the
fair. The Algerian actors and dancers,
the Scotch, German and other repre
sentatives all attracted marked atten
tion from the thousands grouped and
clustered along the line of march.
At the corner of Main and Granite
streets a vast crowd had congregated
to witness the beginning of the parade.
Main street was paved and guttered
with the crowd and on Granite but
scant space was left for the naraders to
pass, so dense was the press of sight
seers along the line of march. The car
riages containing the members of the
city and state governments were the ob
ject of attention in the first division and
in the second section of the parade the
carriages containing the members of the
Midway colony were the center of at
traction. The bands played lively airs
and the marchers moved in time before
an appreciative crowd of sightseers. It
was a huge success from beginning to
end.
No small degree of credit for the suc
cess of the street fair is due C. N. Gos
man, director general, and H. O. Hoip,
secretary. These gentlemen have hail
charge of the headquarters since they .
were opened and have demonstrated that
they have the business well in hand and
that success is now within their reach.
The official souvenir book of the fair
has been issued and is a beauty, giving
all the necessary information for the
guidance of visitors to the street fair
and the Oriental theatres which form
one of the principal attractions of the
place. The formal opening of the street
fair took place at the conclusion of the
parade this afternoon. Then Mayor
Davey, in the presence of the city coun
cilmen and other city officials passed
over the great copper key, emblematic
of the freedom of the city, to the King
of the Carnival, and the entrance to the
big arch was cleared for the reception of
visitors to the place. The attendance of
the fair this afternoon will run far into
the thousands, the cjowd is so great that
the tried managers of the place are with
difficulty keeping, the great attendance
from resulting in a crush that will be
uncomfortable for the sightseers.
The admission to- the street fair will
be 10 cents, and to each of the attrac
tions a like sum will be charged, but a
general admission ticket may be pur
chased admitting the holder to all the
attractions, making the admission to the
street fair and all the attractions 60
cents. This is the rate of admission fixed
at a recent meeting of the Overland club
and it, all tnings considered, is one that
should meet with popular favor.
ests, lie was questioned on the subject.
"I don't think there will be any pro
tracted trouble," said M. Mering. "The
amount of sugar exported from Russia
to America is so small that the differ
ence in duty is not worth quarreling
over. Unless there is something behind
this matter it ought to be sett# I with
out any difficulty."
"Would Russia take part in any antf
American combination, such as the Lon
don papers have been suggesting?"
"Of course not," he answered.
and men went to clubs when they
wanted to talk politics, and society and
politics were divorced, so far as the lib
erals were concerned.
Celebrities, artists, authors, actors
and musicians were welcomed at dinner
parties and afternoon receptions, but
the smart sets beeme more luxurious,
iaf not more exclusive, year after year,
and there was a shrinkage of intellect
ual activities in Vanity Fair, with its
sumptuous order of entertainment, its
idolatry of wealth and its love of pleas
urable excitement.