Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-02
At Charges Made Against
Him by Ireland.
IDAHO MINERS TRIALS
Prosecution Has ReSted--Militia Will
Not Be Withdrawn From Wardner
--Spain Has no Claim in the Phili-
pfines--Other Notes.

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. IA Star spe-
cial from Albuquerque says: General
Funston, who is en- route home with the
Kansas regiment, has wired his Topeka
attorneys to bring proceedings against
Archbishop ireland of st. Paul and THE
Monitor a Catholic paper of San Fran
cisco, for criminal libel. The proceedings
grow out of CHARGES printed in the Mont
tor that Funston had taken two magniti-
cent chalices from certain Catholic
churches in the Philippines and sent them
home to his wife. General Funston is
highly indignant at the accusation and
says he will prosecute the matter vigor-
ously. He intends, he says, to put a stop
forever to the malicious stories put in cir
culation regarding him. General Funston
says that he has not only refrained from
desecrating houses of worship in Manila,
but that while colonel of the Kansas reg
iment issued a positive order prohibiting
the looting or mutilation of church build
ings. He supplemented this with verbal
Instructions to his ompan commanders
to see that the order was rigidy enforced.
Moscow, Ida, Nov. To-day the pros
ecutiOn rested it's case against the Occur
d'Alene prisoners on trial here charged
with o~bstructing United States mails. All
but three of the states witnesses nave
testified. Prosecutor Cozier gave as an
explanation for the absence of these that
they had been delayed owing to sickness,
but from information received he expect
ed that the would arrive on the night
train and would appear in court on the
following morning. He suggested that
in the meantime to prevent delay the de-
Tense could produce it's witnesses. This
method of proceeding was objected to by
Colonel Reddy on the ground that it
would be d~isadvantageous to the defense.
This point was settled by Judge Beatty
eNcusing the. jury while Mr.. Cozier stated
to MI. Reddy what he intended to prove
by the absent witnesses on their arrival.
1t was finally agreed that the defense
proceed. Accordingly a number of wit
nesses testified, the burden of their stories
being an attempt to prove alibis for the
accused. 600.
Ooise, Idaho. Nov. 1.-The United
States troops rave not yet been remov
ed from the oeur d'Alenes. The UNDER
standing here is that as a result of the
governors conferences with the secre-
tary of war they are not to be removed
for some time. The state is to assume
the duty of guarding the prisoners. 1t
has a company of the national guard on
hand ready for that purpose. The gov
efnor has not returned, however, and
given the guards orders to assume duty
Pending the agreement, the adjutant
general has not given the necessary or
ders. The understanding here is thai
the federal troops are to remain after
the state relieves them of guarding duty
in order to protect that region agains
the revival of lawlessness, the state to
notify the government when the posi-
billy of renewed outbreak shall, in its
Judgment, have passed.
Washington, Nov. 1.-The positive
statement is made here by authority tina
Spain does not retain possession of q
single island in the Philippine archipela.
go. This is called forth by the declar
alton in the Spanish cortes yesterday b,
the Count d'Almenas that through ignor-
ance the American commissioners haG
allowed the islands at the northern ex
trenrity of the archipelago to email
under Spanish control through their def
milton in the treat OF the boundary oil
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