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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-26
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NOBODY BUT SPANIARDS.

1t is quite natural for those who have
loved ones in the war to long for their
speedy return, that they may no longer
share in the privations and dangers of
the field. But it is little less than treason
for democratic organs to demand the i'm
mediate discharge of the volunteers now
on duty in the Philippines on the grounds
that their enlistment was merely for the
Spanish-American war, and that they
were not expected to fight anybody but
Spaniards.
The fact is. an enlisted soldier must
stand by the flag until the danger that
threatens it is passed, or until he can be
relieved with honor and safety. If the
term of his enlistment terminated on the
battlefield, should he lay down his arms
and retreat? Not a volunteer worthy of
the name of an American soldier would
desert his co1ors in times of danger. MOI
would he designate the character of the
foeman who was worthy Of his steel.
Had any foreign nation interfered dur
ing the progress of the Spanish-Amerlcan
war. would democratic newspapers have
raised the cry that our soldier boys en-
listed to kill nobody but Spaniards? Why
should that reasonable utterance be
made when our boys are struggling to
! maintain the honor and dignity Of the
| American flag in the PhilippinesT .
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-26

compromise which will eliminate the free
coinage proposition from the ~"establish-
ed principles of the democratic party,
there will be a division of much greater
proportions than the break in 1896. Aside
from the votes cast that year for the
Palmer Buckner ticket, it is estimated
by Senator Teller and others that 5000, 600
gold democrats voted for Mr.. Mckinley.
If this be true, that branch of the demo-
cracy represents no inconsiderable body
of men.
Duly organized, as they will be in 1900,
their influence in. shaping the course of
the next national convention of that
party should not be under estimated. In
all likelihood they can at least prevent
affirmative action along almost any line,
if not themselves able to direct the course
of the party. Under the two-thirds rule
the negative power of a robust minority
is sometimes as effective in shaping re-
suits as the majority vote in a nve
ton. But if unable to prevent the NOM
nation of Mi. Bryan, and the r~eadoption
of the Chicago platform, the hard money
| wing of that party will again desert it's
ranks and thereby make the election of
that gentleman an impossibility.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-26
THOMAS MORTON'S
HOP DREAM
HIS STORY OF HAVING BEEN
ROBBED PROVES TO BE A HOAX.

Thomas Morton, an old prospector
whose grey hairs have not brought him
discretion, stirred up a tempest in a tea
pot yesterday afternoon. He told a sem
s%ational story to the police to the effect
that he had visited the Casino theater
Monday evening and had been entertain
bed in a private box by two OF the Lottie
~CoughdrOps of the place, for whom he
bought beer until his intellect became
clouded. He told the officers that he had
a hazy recollection of a girl sitting on his
lap and calling him papa" and other en-
dearing terms while she extracted from
his pockets a roll of money amounting to
nearly $500 and a check for SPOT. He also
remembered in an indistinct way that he
received a pummeling at the hands of one
of the male employees of the place, and Of
being elected. From that time until late
yesterday afternoon, when he woke up in
the Silver Bow brewery, his mind was a
| blank.
From his description of the women De-
tective Murphy and Captain Dawson ar
rested Blanche Lamont and Jessie De-
| Witt, two variety actresses, who did not
| deny being in the box with Morton, but
! who insisted that they took no money
from him. The officers also arrested Dick
Carroll for assaulting Morton, and that
worthy ''peached' 'on Dan O'Donnell, an
other employee of the place, informing the
detective that O'Donnell was the man
| who had given Morton the beating.
And now it transpires that the story of
the robbery is a hoax. After leaving the
theater Morton wen to Whatley's cafe
on Main street, and on account of his
b~edraggled and drunken condition., was
led out of the place through the rear hall
way. Sometime later Mr.. Henshaw, the
proprietor of the place, had occasion to
go into the hallway, and there found the
roll Of bills, amounting to nearly $500, and
a check, drawn in favor OF Thomas Nor
ton, for $207. Not knowing Morton, and
little realizing that the man he had
elected a few minutes before was the
owner of the money, Mr.. Henshaw put
the roll in his safe, and only learned this
afternoon who the money belonged to.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-26
A MEAN TRICK.

Philadelphia Record: The mean trick
of q bold thief was the means of plac-
ing a young man connected with a promi-
neut financial concern in an embarrass-
ing position a day or two ago. While he
was taking his luncheon al a ~well-khown
cafe the thief got way with his over
coat, and, as no redress was possible, he
returned disconsolate to hqS desk. Mean
while, the thief, who was clever as well
as audacious, carried the overcoat to an
other restaurant and traded it off, on his
own responsibility, for a valuable Mon
tacnac garment. The owner of the latter
complained to the proprietor, and the or
iginal coat which had been left in eX-
change. was examined. 1t contained pa
pers bearing the name and address of its
owner, so the natural s~upposition was
that he was responsible for the lOSs of
the more valuable article of wear. A de-
tectiye was calaed in, and though investi-
Cation showed that the youth was an
eminently respectable person, he WAS re-
auested to call at police headquarters,
where he was put through what is known
as the 'third degree" OF course his
story was shown to be true, n he recov-
cred his lost oveTcOat, but the sensation
was not d pleasant one, and he is swear
ing vengeance against the rascal who
caused the trouble.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-26
PROMINENT VISITORS.

The esteemed Anaconda Standard is
indulging in a little hilarity over the UNI
certainty of President McKinley's visit
to Montana. While the desire to have
the chief executive visit the Treasure
state is a strong one, that he may meet
the people and familiarize himself with
the resources of this splendid common
wealth, it is doubtful if his advent among
us will have the same effect upon his
supporters that the visit of Mr.. Bryan
apparently had upon some of his friends,
Mr.. Bryan came to Montana as the
leading champion of the free coinage
ratio of 16 to /, as the opponent Of trusts
and combines, as the enemy of the pro-
tectiye tariff. Almost before the enthu-
siasm generated by his visit died away,
the Standard, which celebrated that visit
with a poem that made the tombstone of
Oliver Goldsmith turn green with envy,
| repudiates the free coinage ratio of 1f
to 1, pIunges headlong into the biggest
trust ever organized, and pats pom the
back those aspiring democratic politi-
clans who claim that the new democ-
racy is in favor Of protection. If Mr.
McKinley's visit has a similar effect
but the president may not come.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-26
NOTICE OF FINAL DISCHARGE OF
BANKRUPT.

In the District Court Of the United
States District of Montana, Court Of
Bankruptcy.
In the matter of Thomas A. Walsh and
Thomas F. McGrade, co-partners as
Walsh & McGrade, Bankrupts..
Notice is hereby given that on the 25th
day of April, 1899. in the above entitled
court, Thomas A. Walsh and Thomas F.
McGrade, co-partners as Walsh & Nc
Grade, filed petition for a final discharge
, as bankrupts, and that said court fixed
the 10th day of May, 1899, at 10 o'clock
a. m. at the court room Of said court, in
the city of Helena, Montana, as the tim
and place for hearing said petition, at
| which time and place all persons inter
ested may appear and offer objections, ii
| any they have, why said petition should
not be granted and said petitioner so dis
+ charged.
Witness the Honorable Hiram Knowles
{ Judge, and seal of said court at Butte, In
said district, this 5th day of April, A. =.
1889.
I [Seal1 GEORGE w. SPROULE,
Clerk.
Henry c. Magne, attorney for bank
rupts.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-26
AN caste FIAT.

Richard Croker, speaking for Tam
many, declares in an interview pub
lished in the Inter Mountain today that
the 16 to l plank of 1896, shall not form
a part of the democratic platform of 1900.
to trusts and a tariff for revenue only. In
this view of the case Don. M. Dickinson
and other eminent democrats agree.
The significance Of this is that if Mr..
Bryan n his friends do not submit to q
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-26
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
Second Judicial District of the State of

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
Second Judicial District of the State of
Montana, in and for the county of Sill
yer Bow.
In the matter Of the estate of James
Caldwell Singer, deceased. Notice of
time appointed for proving will, etc.
Pursuant to an order of said district
court. made on the 18th day of April, A.
D. 1899, notice is hereby given hat Sat-
urday, the Goth day of April A. d., 1899,
at . O'Clock p. M, of said day, at the
court room of said court, at the city of
Butte in the said county of Silver Bow,
has been appointed as the time and place
for proving the will of said James Cald-
we'll Singer. deceased, and fer hearing
the application of J. p. Collins, public adj
ministratOr for the issuance to him of
letters of administration with the will
annexed. when and where any person IN
terested may appear and contest the
same.
Dated this 18th day of April, 1899.
CLINTON c.. CLARK,
Clerk.
BY JAMES F. WILKINS,
Deputy Clerk.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-26
EMPIRE, or
VOLUNTEER
Additions
New Houses for Sale,

$1,000 buys a splendid new house on the
GAGNON Addition.
1850 buys a splendid new house on the
GAGNON Addition, just completed, full
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-26

Repsold select vintage wines, marvels
of delicacy and fragrance. F. j. Brophy
& Co., sole agents, Butte.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-03
LEGISLATURES OPPORTUNITY.

The Arizona Gazette, which is striv- ing earnestly to save the legislature from the ignominy Of appearing to be- stow charity upon the Phoenix news papers, suggests that ftha joint com mittees on printing of the two houses be empowered ito contract with some enc newspaper (the Gazette modestly Tefrains from naming the newspaper) for a certain fixed amouht to print the entire proceedings and furnish the members with a certain number Of copies Of each days issue" Such a plan, the Gazette suggests, would sat isfy everybody and the newspapers now declared to be ''cn the anxious and ex- pectant seat could step down and make way for others.
 We are surprised that the Gazette, usually so enterprising, should stipd- late for Q certain fixed amount ill connection with the publication of the proceedings. One would be justified in assuming, from it's patriotic record, that it would gladly print the proceed ings free gratis for nothing if it could be assured of an exclusive re- port. The Republican would be pleased to make an arrangement of this kind with the legislature. It might even be willing t1 pay something for the privilege if the legislature would agree tc bar the argus-eyed Ga zette from inspection of the precious minutes The legislature is here pre- sented with an opportunity to protect the public treasury which should not be overlooked
Arizona republican., 1899-02-03
WHO TO, PROMOTE.

In debating the resolution calling for information concerning the promotion of flag officers during the recent war
 the position taken by several senator was similar to that held bJ many na- val ofFicers-namely, that every Offc er has a right to- his place on the navy register which must not be disturbed unless he be guilty of a serious of fense. and then only by sentence Of court martial. They protest volub!y when an officer is promoted over them, even though the advancement be made on the score of specially gallant or meritoriOus services. It is noticeable that this outcry comes chiefly from the drones Of the service. who are far more successful in pulling wires to s3- cure their own assignment t0 agreeable stations in New York and Washington than they are in serving the country at sea. Some of these men clupg to thelr safe and easy duty on shCre with tenacious grin, even after war had been declared. Others, who had at least some sense of shame, tried to '5et sen orders, provided they could secure the most desirable ssignments-they wanted to play to the gallery and get the promotion which they now oppose because it did not come their way.
 It will be a good lesson to he whole service to promote the men who were in a position to take the risks and earn the rewards Of war when the war began It will be good thing for all officers. to understand that the navy i5 intended to be a sea-g0ing. fighting machine, and that the men who remain in it simply to wear it's uniform and hang around New York and Washing ton as literateurs, society ornaments and political wire-puIle-s have no rights and deserve TO consideration when they try to deprive the genuine sea officers Of well-c3.ned pr0mOtioa.- Chicago Rcocrd
Arizona republican., 1899-02-03

He believed in withdrawing from that
 region and letting the dervish slave
 drivers have their will. He would send
 the whole British navy, if necessary, t0 ! lombard Alexandria, and the Whcle | British army, if necessary, to slaughter ! Egyptians; but he would not send enc
 regiment to save khartoum and the
 whole Soudan from anarchy and to save from martyrdom the mob est l Christian warrior of the age.
 That is the contrast that is involun- tarily and irresistibly drawn in British ! minds today. Ii is not meant to aS 3a il
 the memory of Gladstone nor to deny
 his rank as one of the greatest state5- men in English history. But the r2- Ientless judgment of history is already
 fixed, that in his SOudan p0licy-aot, let us say, through civil wish, but through hcsitancy or fear or mistaken ccunsel-he made enc of
 the few great tlunders of his great career. He was wrong. Cor don was right. And the whole Britt 3h nation sees it today, save the few Lit tie Englanders who used 10 drink to the Mahdi's health. It may be that some American statesmen as pure minded and as well meaning as wa5 Gladstone are trying to repeat Glad stones mistake in their policy of s3ut-
 tie in respect to the lands which we have rescued from a tyranny ar1elJ less wicked than that of the slave drlY- CTS. If so, they are erring in splsnd company, but they are errrinS; and the eminence Of the example which they follow makes their error all the less excusabIe.
 Many evils have threatened this country. from which it's frien1s may wish to save it. But it's most bitter foe could not wish it to suffer worse dis honor than to doom the Philippines to such fate as that to which the Soudan was doomed when Gordon was he- trayed. England has reVente( her pol icy of scuttle, her Little Englandism, in saclzcloth and ashes, and has aton-d for it with sacrifices of gold and Of blood The United States viii honor and revere the memory of Glad stone. ] But it will not follow him in that aw- ful blunder and betrayal. In such af- fairs it will rather emulate the daed 1 of Gordon, the imperialists, and of Lord Kitchener, the executOr of his | wiL-New York Tribune.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-03
AN ELECTRIC DICE TABLE.

Among the battered fotsam and jetsam that has accumulated in a sec
 Ond hand store not a great distance
 from Jackson square is a shabby round table with a curious secret, and no doubt still more curious history. The
 top was once covered with green bill
 Hard cloth, which now is worn to tat
 teTS and disclose5 steel plate set in
 the center and perhaps ten inches
 square The whole top is loose and
 can be removed, revealing an interior
 space containing q horseshoe magnet
 wound With wire and connected with
 an armature very much like that of an
 ordinary telegraphic instrument. It IS
 evident from a number Of set screws at
 one side that part of the apparatus has
 been taken away, but a close eKam1na-
 tiOn shows an insulated wire running
 down one of the legs to Q small knob or button, prOtruding on the outside.
 When the top is in it's place the steel plate rests directly over the magnet
 This strange device, which might well puzzle an expert mechanic, is explain ed clearly enough by it's present owner.
 Tt is a dice table, Y" he says, ''On which Q lot of money has been won. When it was in order there was a good sized battery inside, connected with the mag net When the knob on the leg was pressed the current was turned on and that made the steel plate magnetic. The dice they used with it had small metal disks on one face, and as lo1g as the current was on they naturally fell that side down. When the kn3b was released they would fall any way they chanced to come, So all that was necessary for the operator to do was to keep his knee on the button and he could absolutely control his play. No, 1 don't care to say where the table came from. It was built by 9 man that's dead now, and was used for years, first here and then in St. Louis It was as ingenious a gambling tool as was ever made, and the only one of the kind in the world. l bought it with a lot of rubbish five or six year ago, and knowing something of it's history I've kept it as a. curiosity. New Orleans Times Democrat.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-03
CUBA.s FINEST CLUB HOUSE.

The finest club house in Cuba is found here and, strange to sly, is owned and freque1ted by upward of 500 Chinamen. It's president an al mond-eyed Celestial, was educated at Harvard, and speaks 8 good deal bette- English than many Englishmen, with their "caWnts" and "doncher knows. The place is worth visiting, being fully up to it's kind in San Francisco. A broad hallway, paved with white mar ble, leads to a magnificent marble tile1 and pillared room, which opens into an extensive court yard, where palms and pOmegranates flourish around q central fountain. Upstairs in a big reception room Joss sits, surrounded by other gods, and occasionally the smoke Of heather worship perfumes the atmos- phere of the Catholic citv-Cienfuego Cuba, dispatch to Philadelphia Rec0l q.
 GLOBE SIGHTS.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-03
WIFE BEATING IN BALTIMORE.

A single issue of the Baltimore American reports four cases Of brutal assaults on women, in three of which
 the assailants were the husbands of the
 victims Maryland has a law intended
 to check this variety of peEnicious ac- tivity It provides for the adequate and altogether proper punishment of wife beaters by laying the lash on their bare backs. It was enacted because of the prevalence of wife beating in Bal timOre These four cases in one day presented Q good opportunity for th9 application of that statute, but the pO- lice ma agistrates failed to invoke it's aid
 A man who had pulled his wife out of
 bed, beaten her, and closed his enter
 tainment by throwing her downstairs
 was fined $10 and sent to jail fer four months Perhaps the wife will pay the
 fine, for not even blows are sure to kill a WOman'5 love for her husband. But
 how much better it would have been
 for the police u have settled this
 bTutcs score with a ropes end or cow
 hide. : Another husband ch0ked and otherwise abgscd his wife, for which he was fined $5. As this money comes out of the family pocket, the penalty falls on wife and children GS much as on husband and father. Had he been f0gged and let go. the SC ltlement would have been more conducive to the ends of justice. Another wife beater got a small fine and short inprisonme and . man who struck 8 woman in the mouth fa.ed similarly. Tn all these and in similar cases elsewhere, hog- ging wCJld be the best penalty.
 The American reports that these cases are increasing, and says 1t is the fault of the police magistrates; that as long as they place the punishment on the same plane as minor crimes the brutcs who have wives to beat will teas them. The American declares that it has been the experience Of Baltimore and of the counties that the only ef- fectual way to decrease wife heating is to send the husbands who commit such crimes to fate that will give them a heroic dose of their own medicine It will be well for the authorities to re member that the whipping post for wife beaters $ still in existence in this state. -Wa shlngton Post.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-03
Frcm the Atchfson Globe.)

There are unwritten laws that com mand more respect than written ones.
 A young man who has anything else to do, can very easily find society a nuisance.
 A bald headed barber in a shop al ways inteTferes with tho sale Of hair IrcstCTatiVes.
 The gossip that oyertakes girl may usually be traced to her apre1rance at store doors, watching for q man to pass.
 Men have been living long time, and probably tho most important thing they have learned is that some things should be kept from their wives.
 When q woman tells nan that he IS the first man who ever kissed her, he likes her better than he likes more honest women who tell him the truth.
 An Atchison man who had a go q job, began violent filtration with q woman who was not as good looking as his wife. not as young as hisWife, and not as nice a woman in any way. Friends of the wife complained to the husbands employers. and he lost his Job he has been years in working up to. The greatest pity is that men hay n better sense
 When VIC get old we intend 10 go to Japan, and spend the balance Of our days there. In that marvellous land, the aged and feeble are treated with such love veneration and respect that people look forward to growing old with pleasant anticipations, instead Of with the terror with which we regard old age in this country. No old man is neglected in Japan; ID old woman is siighted CT snubbed They are given the same tender care and loving Solici- tude that are given the children here. Who will join q Japan club? Fathers and mothers who fear neglect and sights from children a5 the years creep on; will you not join?