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THE BUTTE INTER MOUNTAIN
VOL XXIII. No. 196. BUTTE MONTANA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS
SHOTS SMASH
ISTHMIAN
TOWN
Colombian Gunboat Bom
bards Panama and 11
Reported Killed.
NASHVILLE ON WAY
Will Probably Seize War
ship of Bogota Govern
ment Upon Arrival.
PROTEST BY CONSUL
American Navy Ordered to
Protect American In
terests Fully.
DY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Colon, Nov. 4.-The government troops
which arrived here on the Colombian
cruiser Cartagena refuse to return to
Savanilla or acknowledge the authority of
the provisionail government of Panama.
The excitement is increasing and the stores
are being closed.
BY ASSOCIATED PR.ESS.
Washington, Nov. 4.-United States
Consul Ehrman at Panama cables the
state der'artment that the Colombian war
ship Bogota is shelling the city. Eleven
have been killed.
Mr. Ehrman has been instrtcted to pro
test against the bombardment.
If the consul's protest is not sufficient
the commander of the United States gun
boat Boston, which is by this time on her
way to Panama from San Juan del Sur,
6oo miles distant, will probably seize the
Colombian gunboat if necessary to stop
the bombardment.
The bombardment is in violation of all
the rules of war, beginning as it did with
out the required notice. Moreover, the
United States government takes the
ground that it certainly interferes with
transit across the isthmus, which this gov
ernment is treaty bound to maintain.
Naval Boards Busy.
The greatest activity was exhibited in
the state and navy departments this morn
ing, and there were frequent consultations
between the officials, the naval officers
particularly being intent in working out
the details of the plan of protection of the
isthmian traffic outlined by the state de
partment.
"It is quite evident that the navy is
making preparations for a larger squadron
in isthmian waters than it has made for
many years, and the fact is not disguised
that all the information has come from
the secret agents point to the ultimate
success of the revolution.
But, meanwhile, extremely delicate ques
tions are to be answered for the occupa
tion of one end of the Panama railroad
by the government by force and of the
other by the revolutionists make the situ
ation extremely complicated. This is one
reason the conferences are being held.
To Protect Americans.
"You will protect American interests
at all points and do everything possible
(Continued on Page Eight.)
TWO MURDERED AND
A THIRD BADLY
WOUNDED
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Stroud, Okla., Nov. 4.-Nine miles
southwest of Stroud an unknown man rode
up to the house of Mrs. Ames, shot and
killed Mrs. Ames and the hired man;
lienry Jackson, and seriously wounded
Miss Ames, aged o9, shooting her in the
shoulder. The murderer escaped. No mo
tive is known.
THOMAS MAHER FINED
$50 FOR HIS PRANK
Just because lie didn't like his reflection
in the mirror behind Marco Medin's bar,
Thomas Maher last night hurled a heavy
weight through the glass. He was ar
rested on the charge of malicious mischief
and was fined $50 by Judge Boyle this
afternoon.
Maher went into Medin's saloon and de
manded a drink. He was refused and at
once became boisterous.
"Who's ycr friend?" he said to the bar
tender, seeing his own reflection in the
big mirror behind the bar.
"That's no friend," was the reply.
"Guess I'll take a shot at him then,"
said Maher, picking up a heavy weight
from the bar and shying it through the
mirror. The result was all that was ex
pected and a little more. The mirror was
a total loss.
IHe was found guilty this muorning in the
police court and the judge pronounced
judgment this afternoon at a o'clock, The
fine was not paid.
2,000 MEN ARE LAID OFF
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Welch, W. Va., Nov. 4.-The United
States steel corporation operating here
laid off indfnitely a,ooo laborers.
A PUBLIC LETTER
TO HIS HONOR,
THE MAYOR
BOURGEOIS SAYS HIS HONOR HAS
FAILED TO FULFILL PROMISES
TO THE PUBLIC.
MAYOR MULLINS IS NOT
"WHOLE THING" AT ALL
'He Has Allowed Himself to Be Ruled by
the "Ring"--Instances in Which
the Mayor Has Not Done What
He Said He Would Do.
Mr. Mullins--Mayor: Six months of
your administration have passed and thi
many policies you outlined in your cam
paign speeches have come to naught. This
lack of a clear and well lefined policy and
the many changes in your plans can be at
tributed to many causes. Two, however,
stand out more conspicuously than all
others-lack of decision and your sub
servience to the wishes of your political
manager.
You announced at the beginning of the
campaign of the mayoralty that you in
tended, if elected, to be mayor of Butte;
to use your own language, to be the "whole
thing;" that you would not be controlled
by any one and, particularly, the Butte
hotel ring. These were your utterances
in defining what the people might expect of
you personally. You also announced that
you favored a wide-open town and that
the money which you expected to collect
from the tribute of unlawful and illegiti
mate occupations should reach the city
treasury and that there should be no graft
among public officials; that you intended
to take the city into partnership in the
licensing of crime. These were your pub
lic declarations as to your policy.
It is well to take an inventory of your
acts at this time. It is proper that your
administrative affairs be investigated and
your motives inquired into. At the outset, let
me say that if I did not understand your
character I might impugn your motives.
Your lack of sound judgment, as demon
strated by your past history, explains
much. It has led you into many mistakes
and will bring you into many difficulties.
You have allowed those who pretended
friendship to use you for their personal
gain. Worse than this is the stubborn will
which always prevents you from acknowl
edging your errors and correcting your
mistakes. These criticisms are made in no
spirit of harshness, but in the hope of
aiding your future conduct.
You have failed in being the "whole
thing." You allowed an influence to
nominate your city attorney, which was
prompted by selfish motives, and you re
fused to heed the advice of friends who
might have kept you from the breakers
which must soon destroy your administra
tion. Your nominees for other offices were in
some instances determined from personal
motives and in many instances without re
gard to their fitness for public office.
These conditions have very largely pre
vented you from being the "whole thing."
You promised that no one should con
trol your acts and that the persons com
prising the "Butte Hotel Ring" should have
no influence with you. Le us see what the
facts develop. You authorized the collec
(Continued on Page Eight.)
TWO MORE FALL BY
BULLETS OF AN
ARMENIAN
Supposed Assassin of Sa
gatel Sagouni Com
mits Suicide.
DY ASSOCIATED PIRESS.
London, Nov. 4.-An individual, said to
resemble the murderer of Sagatel Sagouni,
president of the Armenian society, who
was assassinated October 26, shot and mor
tally wounded two Armenians close to the
headquarters of the Hentchakists society
at Peckham today, and then shot himself
to death. He is supposed to have been
connected with the Sagouni murder. The
dead man is an American.
MEMPHIS SHAKEN UP
Memphis, Tenn., Nov* 4.-A distinct
earthquake shock was felt all over Mem
phis this morning, No damage was done
hut in a number of instances tenants in
high buildings hastened to the street.
Another distinct shock occurred at z 1:i
p. m.
MR, SCALLON OFFERS RELIEF
The meeting of the Butte Miners' union
last night was unusually large. There was
an earnest discussion of the situation
and it was the consensus of opinion that
nothing further could be done by the
union until Governor Toole had given
his answer in regard to calling a special
session of the legislature.
The committee which had been ap
pointed to endeavor to effect a settlement
of the shutdown troubles reported that it
had received a letter from William Scal
Ion, president of the Anaconda company.
The letter is as follows:
"To the Butte Miners' union: Gen
tlemen-In pursuance of your request, I
have the honor to put in writing the sttb
stance of the statements made to your
committee on behalf of the companies
by their respective managers and myself
at our recent conference. Our statement
DYNAMITE MINE 10TO
FOIL BOARD OF
INSPECTION.
HEINZE'S MEN BLOW DOWN' ALL
THE WORKINGS LEADING INTO
MICHAEL DEVITT CLAIM.
REFUSE TO ALLOW THE
INSPECTORS TO GO IN
In Flagrant Violation of Orders of Judge
Knowles, Heinze ,Men Refuse to Al
low the Inspectors to Go Down
the Rarus Shaft.
In order to defeat Judge Knowles' order
of inspection in the Michael l)evitt case,
issued yesterday, lleilne and ,his emiployes
last night blew up all the workings lead
ing into the Michael Devitt mine front
the Mountain View mine and also de
stroyed the workings leading to the secret
drift hitherto made by them and through
which the Michael Devitt claim is said
to have been robbed by the removal of
ore, against the injunction in the case.
F. A. Heinze and his employos are
openly defying the orders of Judge
Knowles of the United States district
court in their secret and violent mining
operations in the Michael Devitt claim.
Judge Knowles gave the Butte & Boston
Mining company the order of inspection
in its suit with the Montana Ore lurohas-,
ing company involving the ledges in the
Michael Devitt. The object of the order
was to enable the Butte & Boston conmpany
to get into the Michael Devitt, Pennsyl
vania, Rarus and Johnstown claims and
discover the details of the leilnze viola
tions of the injunction of Judge Knowles,
forbidding the working of the ore bodies
there.
Heretofore a secret crosscut was dis
covered in the Michael Devitt claimi by
employes of the Butte & Boston company.
This crosscut was made by people wlho
entered the ground from the Rarns claim,
and the M. . I'O. P. and Heinze and his em
ployes are responsible for this violation
of the injunction. The inspectionl is for
the purpose of securing evidence of the
violation that will satisfy the court.
The inspection order, the issuance of
which was fought by Ileinze for the past
two weeks, was granted last evening by
Judge Knowles, and it went into operation
this morning. The inspection order
brought ,Heinze and his people face to
face with a crisis with an exposure which
was certain to be followed by conteipt
proceedings and possibly imprisonment ml
jail for the head of the United Copper
company and the managers of his sub-co
panics.
Therefore, Heiinze and his managers
were in desperate straits. In order to
meet the situation confronting them two
methods were adopted by them, the blow
ing up of the workings, which would con
ceal the evidences of their illicit opera
tions, and still another subterfuge.
The second dodge was revealed when
the inspectors of the Bntte & Boston
company, George 'IT. McGee, who is as
sistant superintendent of the Butte &
Boston properties; Edward Finnigan, who
is shift boss of the Silver Bow shaft
No. 2, and two miners went to the Rarus
mine this morning to Inspect the work
ings under their order.
The inspection order empowered the in
spectors to use the Rarus and Johnstown
shafts to enter the minme, and ordered
the Heinze people to lower and hoist them
through the shafts. Nevertheless, when
they reached the Rarus shaft Supertn
tendent Trerise of that property for
lleinze, refused to let them go down the
shaft, in violation of the order of the
court.
Trerise told the inspectors that the sllaft
was in possession of the Johnstownl Min
ing company, and that they could not
enter for that reason. lie referred them
to A. J. Frank as the person who con
trolled the Harns shaft, in dlsrteard of
the command of the United States dis
trict court.
The order provides that the Butte &
Boston rshall have the privilege of re
moving the earth with which a part of
the secret crosscut was filled in the past
few days by the Hleinze people for the
purpose of concealing it from the in
spectors antd preventing them from seclir
inlg evidence for the court upon the
matter.
It further provides that the earth shall
be taken out of the 700 level of the
Rarus to the 500o level of the Mountain
View minle. For this reason the dlyna
miting of all the workings leading to the
Mountain View practically sets Judge
Knowles' order at naught.
Sixty shot were fired by the IlHinze
people last night. The noise of the inces
sant explosions was heard in the Motn
tail View workings and the superintcnd
ent from that mine went to the poitit from
where the noise came and saw the lights
of the Heinze miners, toiling in the wee
hours to hide the proofs of the violation
of the injmunction of the federal court by
Heinze andl the Montana Ore Purchasing
company and the Johnstown company, all
of which are included in the inspection
(Continued on Pa.e Nine.)
to you, and our understanding with you,
was, that if an extra session of the legis
lature were called and proper legislation
were passed, securing fair trials, to-wit-
impartial judges to try cases in the district
court, and the review of the facts in equity
cases in the supreme court, we woul4
thereupon resume operations. You will
remember it was stated and explained
that that was not a complete solution, but
in view of the hardships that a prolonged
suspension would entail, the companies
would resume on the enactment of such
legislation. On behalf of the other man
agers and myself, I now confirm these
statements ,to you. Respectfully youri,
"WIIIIAM SCALLON,"
The letter was read and placed on file,
The matter is now up to the governor
to say whether or not the mines, mills
and smelters of the state shall start up.
EARTHOUAKE SHAKES
SKYSCRAPERS OF
MOUND CITY
Business Portion of Old
St. Louis Sways Under
Series of Shocks.
BY AiRSOCIATI'E 1H5155.
St. LFouis, Nov. 4.-This city and vicin
ity experienced a decided eart'hlqutnkc, or
series of shocks, at I,1 :to this afternoon.
There is a dillerentce of opinion as to
how lmany. The earthquake was percepti
ble all over the city and was mostly felt
itn the high business blocks in the down
town sections of the city. One occupant
of a high building said his chandelier
swung three inches. The molvelment was
fromt east to west. A mIlssage fronm
Louisiana, Mdo., says that a perceptible
shock was felt there about the ~alsme tmle.
CHARACTER STUDY OF MR. HEINZE
THE FABRICATOR OF NEWS.
-(With apologi es to Thcophiiasltlrs.)
CABLE CARS CRASH
TOGETHER I_ fOG
4-IEAVILY LADEN TRAINS, CROWDED
WITH WORKING GIRLS, COL
LIDE IN KANSAS CITY.
TWO KILLED AND 40 INJURED
Four of Those Hurt Receive Fatal In
juries-Gripman Loses Hold and
Car Slides Away.
aIY As;ro'IATIrED PrI'SS.
Kansans City, Mo., Nov. 4. -)One. pIersot
was killed and i9 others injured, four
fatally, in a collision of two cable traitns
in a fog on the Twelfth street incline,
near the Unrion depot, this ,morning.
Dead-Miss Emma Hlomer and Miss
Nellie Luscombe.
Injured-W. H. I.awson, gripman of
the runaway train, hurt internally, seri
ous; Charles Slack, conductor of the run
away train, hurt on head, serious: W. II.
Rulmell, gripman of second train, hurt
in dhest and shoulder, hand cut, serious:
J. A. Lynch of Wichita, Kan., fell from
viaduct, lightintg on his head, serious:
Minnie Soder, Annie New, Mary Do)o
van, l.izzie Cary, Esther loftuts, C('rric
Moolney, Blanche Barker, Josephine Chalk,
Emma Oyer, Gertrude Drinell, Etta I ltl.
snt, Mrs. E. ;, Goodell and letja:min
Milchun.
A number of the injulredl were. working
girls, who were on their way fromt their
homes in the suburtbs across the lilne
from Kansas City, Mo.
The accident was due to slippery tracks.
One trait, heavily laden with passengers,
had reached Summit street, tour blocks
east of the top of the Twelfth street via
duct that spans the railway tracks in the
Union depot yards.
For eight blocks there is a sheer descent
of about .lo degrees. At Summit street
the train had stopped to let off a pas
senger when the gripann lost his grip on
the cable.
Immediately the train started back,
gaining great speed. A heavy fog made
it impossible to see a block ahead, and
indescribable confusion reigned among the
passengers, dozens of whom were closely
packed inside the closed cars, and tnally
among those on the platform of the rear
ear jumped and escaped with but slight
injuries.
When the train 'had reached the top of
the viaduct it was going at a rate of
perhaps 30 miles an hour.
Two blocks away, midway down the in
cline, another heavily laden train was
making its way upward,
.The fog was too dense for either crew
to see the other, and not until the runaway
was within a few feet of the second trainl
did the latter realize anythitng wrong.
The ca's came together with terrific
force, throwing the passengers in every
direction, locking the cars together in
deadly embrace and partially wrecking the
viaduct,
The scenes that followed were ago
nizing. Bewildered, crushed and unable
to see clearly in the dense fog, which at
this low lying point was thicker than
above, it was some moments before the
situation could be realized and an effort
could be made by the passengers to ex
tricate themselves or others to remove
them from their perilous position.
Several of the injured had been thrown
(Continued on Pges Nine).
CITIZENS f NORRIS
THRE/NiEO BY
.' iANIAC
I-- -
Madi . County Sheriff
Sets Out to Arrest
Crazy Miner.
$PI, A I10 TiE INII' Mt OII' NIAIN.
Vi'rginia City, Niov. ..---A watrraint was
isiucil here today hy Juslice of the 'eace
Ni. W\. Johnson for the .rrcst of Fred
Moore n t he cha:rge of tlhr'atenlin I lhe
life of T. V. Jackson andi his Ion M. W.
Jackson, well knlown resilents of iNorris.
The sheriti left Virginia City this after
InoinI1 with a w;arant for Moort'e arrest.
The latter is a miner tand in believed to
hr slightly onil' mentllally, lie has horn fna
Ihwilig the Jack-mils around, making dire
lithreats,.
Mr. Jackstl isi e the owner of the Galena
mine and a well to do cit ell.
G ROYERNOR TOOLE
STILL IN DOUBT
EXECUTIVE HAS NOT REACHED A
DECISION IN REGARD TO THE
EXTRAORDINARY SESSION.
PETITIONS KEEP POURING IN
More Lists of Names of Men Who Want
the Legislators to Meet Forwarded
to the Chief Executive.
,5'i;i AS, I 'li "1 11i. INII|i MO1 NIAI U.
I elelna, Nov. 4.- e ;ovV rllor 'I'ole I';
still in doubt. The latest ilformation
from the execcutive office thii afterin~i
is that "the goverlllr hais io ret a lhed a
decisionl in the maitter of the petitiolls
asking him to convenme the legislatire in
extrllordlillnary session.Il
'T'hat is where the Im;atlter rest. If nlly
argulnlllts are being pre, ented to the gov
ertnor agailinst granting to tthe people of
the state the relief tlhey, fromii all or
ners of the conlllni wealt h, are asknllg,
these argIInei t.; arle nI t in evidlcice. If
they exist they are nut being miade pubilic.
It is certain that the governor is well
aware of the great anlxietly of the people
in all walks of life to learn his dlecision
in the llllattr, but so far lie lhas i;aide nio
sign. Not by direct .tatemleIt lnor by in.
tilnation has lie given the slightest indlela
tion of his probableh action, nor of the
considlerations which he is weighing in
his mind. lie is albsolutely close, mouthed
inl regard to the great ardl widespread de
tandiu that is coining from the' state a,
large for an extra session to nlike opera
tive the ,rovisions of the state colsstitl
tion.
Petition to Governor.
it','i iAL ' '1 IIl: I 'NTil MOs 'NTANAi.
Great Falls, Nov. 4.--Every residenlt or
the little railroad town of Palmer inl the
northerln part of the state signed a petition
to the governor asking for a special see.
sini. This is a record breaker. Petitions
fro1m other adjoillilng towns cotinue to
pour ill here to be forwarded to Helena.
Almost evceryolle ill Ilavre sigIned a big
petition from there, while C:ascade, Blll,
Sand Coulee, Collins and other points are
doing the right thing. As fast as the pe
titions fronll srrountldini g points are re
ccived here they are forwarded to lleleniJ.
Petitions Circulated.
5.E't , AI, O i l ' R INTi';i HOUNTAIN.
Missoula, Nov. 4.--Missoula is doing
its share towards iilpressing upon the
governor the turgent nleed for a special
session. Petitions are being circulated
here and almost everybody is signing
them.
THUGS ROBA SALOON
A burglary has been reported front the
Northern Pacific saloon, conducted by
Marco Mautz, near the Northern Pacific
round house. It is said the robbers se
cured a quantity of cigars and liquor a.ld
rifled several slot machines. So far no
appeal has been made to the sheriff's office
for assistance in capturing the thieves.
WEATHER-Washington, Nov. 4.
The weather indications for Montana are
that tomorrow will be partly cloudy
with probable showerse
SIXIEEN MEN
BLOWN TO
ATOMS
Many Othcrs Injured in an
Explosion of Dyna
mnite Magazine,
SHOCK AFTER SHOCK
lona Island, in the Hudson
River, Shalken by Ter
rible Explosion.
RUSHED TO THE SPOT
All lPhysicians Available
I-Haive (;CGone to Scene
of Catastrophc.
I'ik4klll,si N. \'V, Nu.n .. Sixi r ii ar:i e
rilTrtii l dn ' aI l lllv i a hinu ai r wfr un li. ,I .
;a rI' lt.ll usl 1 .,erlie, of e'xpllllnnll toda,'y
In llon Ininsl ill t'he Iltl.n. us,.d hy
thc .llvrninenlllllt s a. stlre I houelln fol r d yna l
nlch ilid iiwdIer. The firM ru xloh,-ion
occu'lrreld shortly hb.fore I ,o'clhwk uind al sI
II IIrfliii I v n itiri fir mt r'e v ha ; nll
h,,ur, the dc'tnationl~ lktihg hord inl this
,'ily ait • :.n,
A eleplnll l nt, rlI waln senItI hie re° fo~r overy
physi('ian aivailabl. and :all thai touldlt
he, (ontsul re..londh.d toJ thec {all.
lrymiuil ilhe I.i l Ihi t i u m('Ii were killed
;andI Illnilty w ulllld"le Ino ,ht i ils of thr dis
aIh r wure ,bttinabll lt ailk :
REPUBLICANS CARRY
MAJORITY OF
STATES
NEW YORK ELECTS McCLELLAN
MAYOR, BUT THAT IS ONLY
IMPORTANT DEFEAT.
OHIO AND PENNSYLVANIA
ROLL UP BIG MAJORITIES
New York Canal Project Carried by a
Big Margin--Chief Devery Receives
Small Vote and Anncunices That
He Is Out of Politics.
IIy As ,,I IA n ill I £s.
New York, Nov. 4.--George McClellan,
,demcratl, mill Ibe the next mayor of
G;realter New York, h:aving defeated
Mayor Scthl I.ow for re-election Iby a plu
italily of 6.h,6 7, cotplete iimollicial returns
Ihlvinlg iben rccived froltl every election
ditrict ill the city.
ily -the Stamet rtlurns, (Conlltroller Edward
M. Grout and (:Charlcs V. IFornms, president
of the bouard of aldermeni running for re
clctilon on the democratic ticket, though
elected twio years (. go ats fusion calndidates,
deftiatdti their fitlstn oii ttpponents by 66.790
andl 64,'t73 plurality respectively, CUo
troller ;routt cali ug the ticket.
The sw.eepinlg drtllucratic victory was aC
cotuntlishtrd for the dtlmocrattic ticket and
bIrough tickets inl fur of tIlle live boroutghs
of the tmunicipality, only ichlimltond borough
Statent Island, giving Low a plurality and
electing filsilon borough officers. J. Ed
ward Swtantont, fusion, who it was thought
last Iight woull he elected president of
tie Iro.klyn borotugh, was defeated by
'Martin W. Iitt.iltont, tile democratic candi
date by .,132) plurality, in spite of little
to.t's attiudtle ill opposition to the demiio
cratic city ticket,
Mc(Clellal's total vote for mayor was
314,906 to 51 ,485 for l.w.
William I:very, indeplcdent candidate
for mayoyr, pulled onlty ,-'t.15 votes in the
ientire city, gettillg 2,671 of these in Man
lhat;tai atnd the Bronx, .26 in Brooklyn, 38
in (1u.ettcs and noine inl Richmond.
Ohio Breaks All Records.
Colulmbus, ()., Nov. 4.-More complete
returns today indicate that the plurality of
Iletrick, republican, for governor over
Johnson, democrat, will exceed 125,ooo,
but that the remainder of the republican
state ticket will not have so large a plu
r:Ility. As the republicants not only car
ried the doubtful counties and districts, but
also sonme that were conceded to the demo
crats, the majority on joint ballot in the
legislature for the re-election of Senator
Hanna is nlow placed at 95 out of a total
membershilp in both branlches of 145, al
moust three times as many as two years
ago, when the republhcans had what was
colnsidered an unprecedented majority of
35 on joint ballot for the election of Sen
ator Foraker.
Ohio never exceeded the 0oo,ooo mark
but twice before. This was when Johdr
BIroug'h during the Civil War was elected
republican governor by o01,409 and in the
panic of 1894 when the democrats did not
come out to vote and the republicans car
ried Ohio for secretary of state by 135,070o
The only other time when anything ap
proaching 'these marks was reached was
last year when the republicans carried the
state by 90,657 for secretary of state, and
(Coatinued as Pas 1Saak (su