OCR Text |
Show Thieves Loot a I Pesthooseifl Butte I Blankets and Bedding1 Disappear, and Consternation Reigns Among tha Authorities. iH Spocial to The Tribune. J BUTTE, Mont.. March 3. Unknown thieves last night looted tho pesthouso of all Its blankets and bedding formerly UGed by smallpox patients, and conster-nation conster-nation reigns among tho authorities for fear that the good havo been disposed of to soma unsuspecting purchaser or pawnbroker, making possible. It Is feared, a spread of the contagion, though tho blankets are supposed to have been dl3- IH infected after tho discharge of the pa- -tients about a week ago. Tho robbery wno a bold one, burglars driving a team to tho door f tho detention hospital and carting away tho plunder In a large- IH sized wagon. |