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The Butte Inter Mountain.
VOL. XXL NO. 103
Fair Tonight and Tuesday.
BÜTTE, MONTANA. MONDAY EVENING. JULY 22. 1901.
Possibly Local Show ers
PRICE FIVE CENTS
LIST OF VICTIMS GROWS
AS HEAT WAVE ROLLS ON
PEOPLE OF THE EAST ANQ SOUTHWEST CONTINUE TO FALL
UNDER THE RAYS OF THE SUN.
FORMER RECOPDS ARE BROKEN AND STILL THERE IS NO RE
LIEF IN SIGHT.
(By Associated Press.)
Kansas City, July 22.—At 10 o'clock
this morning the weather bureau re
ported a temperature of 92.5 degrees,
which was equal to that of yesterday.
The only report of rain or lower tem
perature In the southwest during the
last 48 hours comes from the Galveston
coast, where a quarter of an Inch of
rain fell. The prospects are that yes
terday's record breaking heat In Mis
souri, Kansas and the territories will
be equaled, If not exceeded. In Kansas
City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan., for
the 30 hours up to 10 o'clock this morn
ing there had been 15 prostrations, of
which nine resulted fatally.
Chicago, July 22.—The terrible heat
which reached its record breaking climax
at 103 degrees yesterday was hspken at
dawn this morning by a fresh lake
breeze. The night was sultry, there be
MADE A THIEF
THROUGH LOVE
Bon of a Prominent New Yorker Is
Placed Under Arrest in
Denver.
Charged With Unlawfully Taking
Diamonds for the Woman Be
Adored.
Prisoner Tels a Tale of a Life Full
of Bitter Misfor
tunes.
(By Associated Press.)
Denver, Juy 22.—As E. W. Gray, alias
U. Ellsworth Lewis, was coming down
the stairs from the rooms of the Y. M. C.
A., this city, he was paced under arrest
on the charge of having secured $300
worth of diamonds from a jewelry firm
In Topeka, Was., through fraud.
He secured permission, it is alleged to
ake them to the home of a prominent so
ciety woman of Topeka, to whom he was
engaged, for her inspection, and failed
to return them.
In speaking of the affair, Gray Bays:
' Lewis is not my right name. I am
the son of a man who was well known
ri New York City. At one time my
'ather was president of the New York
[•oard of trade. I have relatives there
iow, but my parents are dead.
"My life has been exceedingly unfor
vnate. I was married once and my
r.ome was broken up by a man whom I
lad regarded as my most intimate
'i lend. Only recently my little child, a
>irl, died and that was the greatest of
ill my sorows.
'T am a graduate of Princeton of the
dass of 1886 and I was a member of the
football team while there."
Japanese Refuse to Be Crowded Out
By United States Labor Unions
T (By Associated Press.)
New York, July 22.—Many of the Jap
anese living In this city have been
alarmed by the action recently taken by
the labor unions of San Francisco, which
ask that the Japanese be excluded as
the Chinese are under the Greary act.
The San Francisco labor unions are
said to be preparing a petition to con
gress. The Japanese here are consider
ing the wisdom of organizing to fight the
plan and may start a counter petition.
The attention of Y. Ohoki, who is in
charge of the Japanese consulate, has
been called to the matter. Referring to
the San Francisco resolutions, he says:
' "They want much, these workingmen,
that they will not get. Your congress
will not pass such a law. I am sure of it.
Congressmen and senators who would
vote to keep the Chinese out of the
United States would decide against law
that included Japanese. Our govern
ment would surely resent such a discrim
ination A^d would pass laws in retalia
tion w'hich would hurt the trade of the
United States in the east.
"'Japan does not want to send laborers
to the United States, or any other coun
try. They Me needed at home to build
roads and d Wehes and battleships, and
to serve in the army. It is hard for one
®f the coolie class to leave Japan now,
owing to laws which the government has
passed to keep them at home. These
laws will be made even more strict in
thé future, I believe.
"There are not many Japanese labor
ers in the United States today. .Many of
those who are considered laborers are
really students who have to work their
way while learning to do things after the
American fashion. They stay here a few
years and then go back home. In this
the Japanese differ from the Chinese."
"Will the Japanese in this city take
•ny action action in this matter?" was
asked.
"I have advised them to do nothing,
for the present, at least," replied Chan
ing scarcely a breath of air, and hun
dreds of people in the crowded district
slept out of doors, or sat up until the
wind made sleep possible. At 10 o'clock
today the temperature was 75, and four
deaths from the heat had been reported.
Lawrence, Kan., July 22.—The maxi
mum temperature record at the Univer
sity of Kansas yesterday was 104.5 de
grees, one degree below the highest point
reached during the month. A hot wind
was blowing constantly. Today prom
ises to equal previous records for heat.
Des Moines, la., July 22.—Temperature
at 7 o'clock this morning was 79 de
grees. Two deaths from heat occurred
last night.
New York, July 22.—Three deaths were
deported here this morning. At 10 o'clock
the weather thermometer registered 80
degrees. The humidity at the same hour
was 76.
MADDENED RACE HORSES
DASH INTO BIG CROWD
OF SUNDAY SIGHTSEERS
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(By Associated Press.
Chicago, July 22.—Six persons
were severely injured and a large
throng was thrown into a panic
last night when four horses, en
gaged in a race at the Gypsy
camp, threw their riders and gal
loped at full speed Into the crowd
of spectators. Men, women and
children struggled with one an
other in their effort to get out of
harm's way and many were knock
ed down and trampled upon.
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PREHISTORI C CiTY IS FOUND
Ruins Full of Valuable Relics of All
Kinds Located on Navajo
Reservation.
(By Associated Press.)
Los Angeles, Cal., July 22.—A prehis
toric city of immense proportions is said
to have Just been unearthed on the Na
vajo Indian reservation between Duran
go, Col., and Farmington, N. M.
In some of the rooms inspected were
found the finest of woods and relics of
a valuable character, specimens of which
have been gathered and sent to the
Smithsonian institution in Washington.
The find is said to be exceptionally
valuable from a scientific and ethnologi
cal standpoint.
Work for Many Men.
(By Associated Press.)
Toledo, Ohio, July 22.—The Toledo roll
ing mill of the Republic Iron and Steel
copany will resume after several years'
Inactivity, Aug. 1. Four hundred men
will be employed, with a monthly pay
roll of $30,000.
cellor Ohoki. "Our minister at Washing
ton is a most capable man and will take
any action that may become necessary.
He will not fail to do his best to keep Ja
pan on as good a footing in this regard
as the nations in Europe."
Big Increase In American Exports
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(By Associated Press.)
Washington, July 21.—Exports from the United
States to all American countries and islands south
of her boundaries showed a marked increase in the
fiscal year just ended and exceed those of any other
year in the history of our commerce.
This is especially interesting in view of the vari
ous efforts being made for closer business, com
mercial and transportation relations between the
United States and her neighbors to the south. New
lines of steamers have recently been put on between
the Pacific coast of the United States and the west
ern coast of Mexico, Central and South America.
The great growth of exports from the United
States to Central and South America has not kept
pace in the past with the growth in other directions.
The total exports to South America In 1900 were no
more than those of 1890, being in each of those years
in round numbers $38,000,000.
The same statement holds good with reference to
Central America, the total exports from the United
States to Central American states being in 1890 and
1900, in each case, in round number $5,000,000.
It is to Mexico and the West Indies that Ameri
can exports in the decade 1890-1900 show the greatest
increase. Exports to the west Indies in 1890 were
$13,000,000, and in 1900, $34,000,000. The total exports
to Mexico, Central and South America and the West
Indies in 1899 were $103,000,000, in 1900, $133.000,000, and
in 1901. $138,000,000.
Thus the figures of 1901 are $35,000,000 greater than
those of 1899, while the 1899 figures are only $1,000,000
greater than those of 1893.
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DEEP RIVALRY AMONG BUTTE SOCIETY
LEADERS FOR FLOWER PARADE HONORS
There is rivalry among the Butte society leaders and they will outdo them
selves in their battle for the honor of having the finest carriage in the great
flower parade tonight, in connection with the street fair.
The affair has assumed the nature of a friendly, but exciting rivalry for
the finest tournout, and the carriages that are. to appear in line will be dreams
of beauty.
Greenhouses for a thousand miles east and west have been ransacked for
roses—great, smiling American Beauties, the most gorgeous Hower that grows.
One carriage, that of Mrs. James Murray, will, it is understood, be decorated
solely in that one flower, the services of an expert windowdresser having been
secured to aid in the arrangement.
The car from the Columbia Gardens will he decorated with greenhouse flow
"rs grown at the gardens conservatory, and four little girls will act as flower
«aeens in the midst of their bowers. This exhibit will not be a candidate for the
honor of supremacy, but will typify home grown beauties.
Mrs. Lulu Largey, will have a gorgeous carriage, decorated in a lavish style.
There will be dozens of other turnouts, some of them costing as high as
one thousand dollars, or even more. Itis customary in these parades to use
paper flowers, but In this case the real article is none too good. It will be the
most notable event of the summer in the way of social display.
It is doubtful whether there have ever been a more elaborate display of
costly flowrs anywhere in America than will be made today by some of the ex
hibitors. A single carriage decorated with a thousand dollars' worth of flowers
is something of a rarity anywhere in'the world.
Strikers Guarding Against Imported Men
(By Associated Press.)
Pittsburg, July 22.—The strike situa
tion today is practically the same as on
Saturday, Wellsville and McKeesport
being the poinU around which the in
terest centers, and any new develop
ment will, no doubt, emanate from these
places.
The rumored accession to the force at
the Wel'lsville plant di-d not take place.
The strikers at Wellsville have been
watching the railoda stations for
strangers. None, however, haee as yet
apeared.
At McKeesport everything is black
this morning. The Dewees-Wood com
pany did not make any attempt to go
into operation, as was expected.
It was reported the company would
bring in new men this morning. Hun
DROPS DEA D IN T HE STREET
Colonel Albert Jenks, a Well Known
Artist of California, Dies From
Heart Disease.
(By Associated Press.)
■ Los Angeles, Cal., July 22.—Col. Albert
Jenks, a well known artist, dropped dead I
this morning on the street in Ccont of
the residence of a friend, from heart ~
disease. Colonel Jenks was born in New
York 75 years ago. Among the distin- |
guished persons whose portraits he
painted were President Abraham Lin- !
coin, General Phil Sheridan and General ;
John A. Logan.
Will Beautify Capitol . Grounds.
(Special to Inter Mountain.)
Helena, July 22.— O. Y. Symonus, a
landscape gardner of Chicago, arrived
here Sunday, having been engaged by
Governor Toole to prepare plans for
laying out the capitol grounds. He is
today looking over the grounds.
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PORTO RICANS SEEKING
AMERICAN EDUCATION
(By Associated Press.)
San Juan P. R., July 22.—Intense inter
est is manifested in school work in Porto
Rico by teachers and scholars alike. In
general, the students look forward to the
closing days of the term, as a rule, in the
United States, with delight.
In this Porto Rican children are differ
ent from their American cousins. Here
the rising generation reluctantly left the
school room on the last day of the term
and such a demand was made for all.
summer schools that arrangements have
been made for them in several towns.
Ground has been broken for a complete
professional school to train teachers at
Rio Piedras. Although the returned
American teachers complain of the small
salaries paid by the department of edu
cation, there are more applicants for
teachers' ceitifica es for th^* autumn term
than the authorities can handle.
The department felt that during the
summer an opportunity should be given
the teachers for professional improve
ment. To that end a systematic canvass
was made and a notice sent out that a.
PEACE AFTER DEATH
PASSING OF MBS. KP.UGER MAY
MEAN MUCH TO THE
BOEBS.
Former president of the South African
Republic Discouraged and on the
Point oi Giving In.
(By Associai- d Press.)
Pretoria, July 22.—.Mis. Kruger, wife
of Former President Kruger of the South
African republic, dle-l Saturday after
noon of pneumonia, after an illness of
three days. She was 67 years old.
London. July 22.—The death of Mrs.
Kruger may have ,-ome influence in
shortening the war. Mr. Kruger himself
has been reported to be exceedingly des
pondent over the military operations and
the correspondence b. tween Reitz and
Steyn has justified hi- discouragement.
His domestic bereavement may cause
him to lose heart for - oniinuing a hope
less struggle. Gen. R"tha was strongly
disposed to surrender, but did not con
sider himself at liberty to do so against
the Judgment of Mr. Kruger.
Reception to Cardinal Gibbons.
(By Aaaoe4at^M Press.)
London, July 12. —Cardinal Vaughan
gave a reception this afternoon in the
chapter hall of his new house, in honor
Of Cardinal Gibbons.
dreds of strikers were parading the
streets, watching the railroads, and
even watching the river bank, because
it was said the men would be brought in
by bjat up the Monongahela river.
The station of the Pittsburg, Virginia
& Charleston railroad, on the opposite
side of the Monongahela river from Mc
Keesport. were also picketed for possi
ble arrivals, and passersby on the street
were stopped and questioned when oc
casion seemed to justify it, but no rea
son for drastic measures was found.
It is said that the Amalgamated asso
ciation has arranged that In the event ot
any effort being made to start the
Painter mill plant non-union an alarm
would be sounded and over two-thirds
of the strikers would be on hand in a
feiv minutes, prepared to stoutly re
sist any movement by the management.
RAILWAY M AGNATE S MEETING
■Jten Interested In the ban Pedro, Salt
Lake & Los Angeles Line Gather
in Denver.
(By Associated Press.)
Denver, Juy 22.—Several of the direct
or!- of the San Pedro, Salt Lake & Los
Acgeles railway are in the city, holding
a series T>f unofficial sessions in the in
i' rest of the progress of the great uncler
l - king out of Utah. Several other east
ern financiers are expected to join the
I arty and a trip to Salt Lake and later
over the right of way over the new road
i my be taken.
Suffocated in Hotel Fire.
(By Associated Press.)
Ottumwa, Iowa, July 22.—Fire broke
out in the Laclede hotel, today and caus
ed the loss of one life, John O'Connor of |
Mount Pleasant, who was suffocated.
summer normal school session of ten
weeks would be held in this city, be
ginning July 15. About 50 teachers and
prospective teachers signified their inten
tion to attend this summer school. Its
function Is not to teach, but to train oth
ers to teach, and a faculty has been se
lected with great care to carry out this
idea.
The fact that such a number should
attend these courses of instruction is a
most remarkable and practical demon
stration of the utility and value of the
system of education that is being estab
lished in this island. It also indicates
that the people at large appreciate the
value of the new educational system,
which is beln-g carried out under the di
lection of Commissioner Brumbaugh.
By the time for the autumn term to
ni en more than thirty new school houses
will have been completed. But even then
there will not be accommodations for
half the children of school age. Extra
buildings in all towns will have to be
vented, as it is quite probable the school |
.«ttendance next year will be doubled. i
National Metal Trades Organize
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X (By Associated Press.) X
X St. Louis, July 22.—The first meeting of the dele- X
X gates of the different metal trades unions assembled in X
X St. Louis for the purpose of forming a national metal X
X trades council Is in session this afternoon.
X The new national body is designed as an organiza- X
X tion to embrace all local metal trades councils which X
X are themselves the governing bodies of the various X
X mBlal workers, unions in the towns where they are X
X situated. X
X The movement was launched at the convention of X
X the American Federation of Labor at Louisville, Ky., X
X Dec. 6, 1?00. Me re than 100 leaders of the metal workers X
X will sit in the convention which will extend <s scs- X
X sions over the greater part of the week. X
X Presidents of the national bodies have promised X
X to be in attendance, representing the following unions: X
X Pattern Makers' League of America, New York City, X
L. R. Thomas; Metal Polishers Puffers, Platers and X
X Brass Worker« International Union, New York City, X
X E. J. Lynch; International Association of Machinists, X
X Washington, D. C., James O'Connell; American Fed- X
X eration of Labor, Washington, D. C., Samuel C. X
X Gompers; International Union of Allied Metal Me- X
X chanlcs, Toledo, Ohio, John Mulholland; United Metal X
X Workers International union, Chicago, Charles O. X
X Sherman; Iron Molders Union of North America, Cin- X
X cinnatl, Martin Fox; Coremakers International union, X
X Worcester, Mass., John O'Leary; Boiler Makers and X
X Iron Shipbuilding International union, Kansas City. X
X John McNeil; International Brotherhood of Black- X
X smiths, San Francisco, John Slocum; Stove Mounters X
X and Steel Range Workers International ualou. Quincy. X
X 111., J. A. Kelfer; International Union of Electrical X
X Workers, Rochester. X
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MYSTERIOUS /OISONING
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CASr YUZZLES POLICE
HARRY HICKS, A BUTTt CARPENTER, SAVED FROM DEATH
ONLY BY PROMPT ACTION
DOCTOR UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF
. THINKS IT ARSENIC.
ILLNESS.. BUT
A case of mysterious illness, in which
poison, beer and hot weather seem to be
mixed in about equal proportions, devel
oped in the home of Harry Hicks, 113
West Platinum street, last night.
Mr. Hicks is a carpenter and worked at
his trade yesterday. After leaving work
he dropped into a saloon for a glass of
beer. Just where the saloon is, he is not
able or willing to state, and just what
occurred in the next hour is also a blank.
About 6:30 he reached his home, on the
verge of collapse. A doctor was sent for,
but most of the physicians were out of
the city, or could not be found, and it
was nearly midnight before one was se
cured.
In the meantime several of the neigh
bors had aided the family in giving
what help they could to the unfortunate
and by that time irrational man, giving
him all manner of homely but effica
cious emetics.
When the doctor finally appeared the
patient was in a stupor, from which the
doctor had hard work to arouse him.
ALASKAN PROSPECTORS
PERISH MISERABLY
IN GREAT BLIZZARD
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(By Associated Press.
Nome, July 10, via Seattle, July
22.—A party of men en route to
Nome recently found the bodies of
six men at a point near Camp Ro
manoff. It is presumed that they
all froze to death during one of
the terrible blizzards that pre
vailed last winter. The bodies were
scattered at intervals, five of them
about a quarter of a mile apart.
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REIGN OF TERROR IN CHINA
Many Districts in the Celestial King
dom Infested by Desperate
Bandits.
(By Associated Press.)
Pekin, July 22.—Disaffection caused by
banditti is prevalent in 30 districts in
the central part of the province of Chi
Li. The local officials are neither disin
clined or unable with the force at their
command to suppress the troubles.
Li Hung Chang as viceroy Is too busy
to attend to provincial matters. The
troops sent against the banditti showel
sympathy for them, many of them hav
ing formerly been soldiers.
They are better armed than the troops.
In a recent conflict a hundred soldiers
and officers were killed.
Strikers Return to Work.
(By Associated Press.)
Scranton, Pa., July 22.—Striking boiler
makers, machinists and foundrymen at
the shops of the Delà .«rare, Lackawanna
& Western railroad company returned to
work at the old rate of wages today.
San Francisco Threatened By
Greatest Tie-Up In Its History
(By Associated Press.)
San Francisco, July 22.—It has been de
cided to make the strike of the teamsters
a final issue between employers and em
ployed in San Francisco. This morning
about a thousand drivers went to their
Hicks could give no connected account
of what had happened. It might have
been hot weather, or bad beer, or ptein
iaine poisoning, or something else which
could not be determined from his story.
The appearance of the patient, how
ever, suggested arsenic poisoning, from
the yellowish color of the skin, the dis
tended stomach, and the absence of all
burning- or contraction of the throat, anti
so the doctor applied his remedies to that
end.
The man's stomach was entirely empty
when the doctor appeared, leaving no
trace of the drug; or whatever caused the
trouble, so an analysis could not be
made, But the sickness, while removing
all evidence, in all probability saved the
man's life.
Dr. Bernheim, who attended the man,
is of the opinion that Hicks is not now
in great danger, and that he will soon be
able to resume his work. If arsenic was
the drug it would leave no trace after
a few days of rest.
STREET BRAWLER
SHOOTS MAYOR
Executive of Santa Paula, Cal., Fatally
Wounded While Sitting on His
Doorstep.
Crime Committed oy a Man Whom the
Police Had Been Ordered
to Take.
Angry Citizens Gather and Threaten
to Lynch the Cul
prit.
(By Associated Press.)
Santa Paula, Cal., July 22.—Mayor
Hugh O'Hara of this place was sljot and
probably fatally wounded yesterday by
Charles Waxsmith, an employe of the
Union Oil Well Supply company.
Since the shooting the town has been
In a state of turmoil, and for a time there
was prospect of a lynching. There was
a meeting of 300 angry citizens and the
greatest excitement prevailed.
The shooting was the result of the
mayor's effort to preserve order among
persons who Insisted on fighting on the
street. Four machinists, Charles Wax
smith, George Gregg, H. A. Wokly and
John Bottoms are under arrest.
The mayor ordered the four men ar
rested for fighting with a Mexican, but
before they ware apprehended Waxsmith
secured a plstrfl and deliberately shot the
mayor, who was sitting in front of h»
own house.
Twenty-third Victim oi Wreck.
(By Associated Press.)
Kansas City, July 22.—Miss Ora J. Tail
man, Valparaiso, Ind., died at Univer
sity hospital this morning, being the 23r.l
victim of a Chicago & Alton train wreck.
places of work as usual and were dis*
charged. This is acording to program.
By nightfall every large drayage estab
lishment in the city will have its trucks
in the barns. The teamsters state that
they wil pass the matter to their em
I 'oyers and the final decision will be
made by them.
A statement by a prominent drayman
v-as to the effect that the Draymen's
association had decided upon the step
to be taken only after long deliberation,
as such a step meant monetary loss, dis
tress and a dubious condition of affairs,
the outcome of which cannot be fore
seen.
At the headquarters of the Brother
hood of Teamsters the statement was
made that the matter had passed out of
the hands of the employing draymen and
that they had cast their lot with the
ether merchants in the town oposed to
u n ions.
Estimates vary as to the number of
men and ttie far-reaching effect of the
'.eamater tie-up, for the mater has not
as yet reached the proportions of a
strike. There are over 4,000 men driv
ing teams who are connected with the
\arious unions that constitute the Team
Drivers' executive council.
Then this body is affiliateel with the
Water Front federation, which embraces
r.'tn who are more or less connected
with or dependent upon the teaming bus
iness Thin includes stevedores, sailors^
I orters, packt rs, warehouse men. ma
rine firemen and engineers, and in af
filiated branches perhaps about 8,900
more In the event of a strike being or
dered. all these would, of necessity, go
out in sympathy.
There is likely to be lively times on
the water front. Non-union men will
have to do the driving. In that event
the longshoremen will refuse to handle
the' merchandise brought to the various
vessels by non-union drivers and the
costing vessels will either tie-up or go
away in ballast. The outlook seems to
b' for % general tie-up.