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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-11
MODEST MEN.

Youths Companions: The really bra~
mans story about his own deeds is all
ways modest. Not unfrequently he is
unable to give any account of them
which is satisfactory to his hearers. The
reporters VINO Interviewer soldiers
wounded on San Juan hill had a hard
time in getting stories from them. One
soldier said:
There isn't a thing to tell. I only
went up there, with a lot of other
chumps, and got shot. l didn't even
have sense enough to know it when Z
was shot
Not long ago a French chroniquer-
Montmirail of the Paris Gauiois-encoun-
tered in a little village i'll the south OF
France d gardener who wore pinned on
his clean Sunday blouse the ribbon OF
the Legion of Honor. Naturally, the
newspaper man desired to know how he
got it.
The gardener, who. like many Of his
trade, seemed to be a silent man. was
averse to meeting an old and wearisome
demand, but finally he began:
"Oh. I don't know how | did get it. I
was at Bazeilles with the rest of the bait
terry. All the officers We're killed; then
down went all the nOn-commissiOned
officers. Bang! bang! bang! BY and by
all the soldiers We're down but me. l had
fred the last shot, and naturally was
doing what l could to stand off the
BaYarianS.
WELL, a general came, and says hes
where's your officers"
/ "'All down. says l. 4,
"'Where's your sunners? says he.
- down but me- says l.
land you've been fighting here all
alOne?' says he.
u ouldn let 'em come and get the
| guns. could ~ l says. And then he up
| and put this ribbon on me, probably be-
| cause there was nobody else there to
put it on !
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-11

the earth did not meet that particular
spot until one month after the comet
had. passed its inhehitants of this globe
need feel no apprehension.
At this time there were no prophets OF
evil among the learned men. Astrono-
mers and scientists generally We're per-
fectly satisfied that there was no cause
for alarm, but, in spite of all this, a gen.
eral panic ensued.
OF course 1t was shown that the as
trOnomers were correct and nothing more
was heard of the comet until July, 1889,
when it was billed to return again. This
time, hoWsver. it passed so near to the
sHuffh that It was not observed. It's next
passage was fixed for February II, 1876,
and by this time it was seen to have split
up into two separate and distinct parts
which were constantly going further from
eac other. In March, 1916, the dis
lance between these two parts had be-
come 1920 miles and when the comet
returned in 1852 the distance had been
increased to 1880, 900 miles.
In 1859 the return of the comet was
again unobserved and in 1866 %astrono-
mers watched for its coming with great
anxiety as they desired to see if it
would appear as two distinct comets or
as one comet divided into two pieces. In
spite of all the care that was exercised,
however. the comet was not seen and it
was supposed that it had at last disap-
peared from human vision. On Novem-
Der so. 1872. however. NJ. Klinkerfues. of
Gottingen, discovered the comet in the
form of a circular mass. but without any
tail. Before he had time to observe it
closely t was lost in the suns rays and
never since that time has it been seen.
In all probability the fate of this comet
has been that of all comets that APP
proach the sun too closely, in which case
they either fall into the vast mass of heat
and are consumed like moths in the flame
of Il lamp. or their substance is QiSSlOatpl
in forming tails of such extreme lengths
that they become so ~attenuated as to be
no longer visible. In other words all that
now remains of Biela's comet is probably
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-11

for 1t all summer to a eporter for the
New Orleans Times-Democrat. I'VE
know. of course, that you wouldn't pick a
pocket or crack a safe, but suppose you
discovered that the restaurant man gave
you a dime too much change, when you
were down to your last quarter-would
you go back and return it? Don't answer
that too hastily. l used to think 1 was
bullet proof myself, but ] had a little
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-11
SMALL

"A small temptation, coming in the
midst Of great need, is a severe strain ON
anybody's honesty" said a young man
who recently found a job, after looking
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-11
ELBOW GREASE ELECTRICITY.

If all the electricity made by cleaning
windows in the country, by rubbing the
glass with a cloth, could be collected and
stored. it would at once solve the smoke
difficulty of all the railways by allowing
the trains to be run by electric motors. :.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-11
The Earth VIII Come
To An End MOlddV

PROFESSOR RUDOLPH FALB, THE GREAT SCIENTIST OF VIENNA. THE
MAN WHO PREDICTED THE BIG EARTHQUAKES AND STORMS,
SAYS THE COMET OF 1866 WILL STRIKE Us MONDAY.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-18
Latter's Command Now Operating in
the Mountains Near Laoag, Search
ing for General Tino.
ENGAGEMENT NEAR DINGRAS
TWO OF SwIGERTS SOLDIERS
KILLED AND TWO WOUNDED.
Two More Towns Occupied by Capt.
McCaIla's Marines and One Thou
sand Rifles Surrendered.

MANILA, Dec II. I0:45 p. m.-The follow
ing dispatch, dated Dec. Is, has been re-
ceiyed from a correspondent Of the Associ-
ated Press, at Laoag, province of North
Iloicos:
Natives at Manitong. province of North
Iloicos, report that Aguinoldo, in disguise
and accompanied by several of his gener-
ais, left Manitong last Saturday with five
hundred men, going in the direction or
Salsona, from which point he intended to
proceed to Cabugaon. province Of Cagayan.
IAN insurgent major, claiming to be in
command of one hundred Filipinos, who
have been guarding twenty-three American
prisoners at Cabugaon, surrendered. He
wrote his captains to deliver the prisoners
to General Young.
General Young's command is now d.
vided into six or ten parties, which are
operating In the mountains about Laoag.
Several parties are hunting for General
Tino.
Major Swigert, with detachment OF
the Third Cavalry, had an engagement
with 40 insurgents near Dingras. Two
Americans were killed, and two wounded.
Several Filipinos were killed.
Captain McCalla, of the United States
cruiser Newark, has occupied Claveria and
Pantelonia The Filipinos surrendered one
thousand rifles"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-18
BEATS MARC0NI's SYSTEM.
Receiver for Wireless Telegraphy
That Is Wonderfully Sensitive.

PITTSBURG, Dec. 17-Bold researches by
Prof. Reginald A. Fessenden and his assist
ant. Prof. ESitner in the electrical labora-
tory of the Western University Of Penn
sylvania have resulted In the production Of
a receiver for wireless telegraphy that is
two thousand times more sensitive than the
so-called "coherer'' of the Marconi system.
In speaking Of the discovery to-day Prof.
Fessenden said: Although we have i'm
proved the receiver so that 1t is two thou
sand times as sensitive as the original one.
we realize that we have not yet begun to
see the limit. Marconi, in his brilliant ex-
periments, has demonstrated that messages
can be sent over ninety miles. AS our re-
ceiver is several hundred times more sensi-
tive it is clear that the messages can be
sent by our method very much farther,
though just what the limit is I would not
like to say. 1t at least should be possible
to send them across the Atlantic with poles
less than 200 feet high. The ultimate dis
tance must be tested by actual experiment
before it becomes scientific fact in the
strictest sense"
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net will resign. 1t was high time that
something very energetic was done The
British losses, in killed, wounded. prisoners
and missing throughout the campaign now
reach the enormous total of 1850.
The Times. commenting on the situa-
ton, says Neither the Crimean war nor
the Indian mutiny gave rise to greater
dangers to the empire than that with
which we are now menaced. nor at either
of those critical periods was Great Britain
so isolated politically. or regarded with
such dislike and suspicion as are now al
most everywhere apparent. Unless the
calmness which impresses the foreign OBJ
want Of sufficient imagination to realize
the imminent danger to the whole fabric
Of our empire, the great efforts now ur-
gently required will surely be made before
it's too late to retrieve the situation. We
are fighting not merely for supremacy in
South Africa. but our position as a great
power. We know we have miscalculated
the strength of our foe. and we are re-
solved to make mat miscalculation good"
The Liberal organs foreshadow serious
reckoning for the government when the
time comes.
The Daily Chronicle hints that Gen. Sir
VIM. Butler, who was recalled from the
Cape command because of his Boer SYM
pathies, long ago advised the government
that the prosecution of Mr.. Chamberlain S
policy would make heavy reinforcements
| for the Cape imperative.
| The Daily News says: "The govern
| ment's decision is either a counsel of panic
or the confusion Of utter miscalculation. -
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Viola HorIocker.. Case.

HASTINGS, Neb. Dec. T.-Viola Hor-
locker. charged with attempting the life Of
Mrs. Charles F. Morey by sending her a
box of poisoned candy. arrived here to-day
from the Jacksonville Qll) sanitarium.
where she has been employed for several
months as bookkeeper. She will appear in
the District Court tomorrow, when the
case against her. by agreement Of attor-
neys. will be postponed until the spring
term. Her bond will be renewed with the
same signatures as before. She will remain
here with her mother until after the holi-
days. when she win return to Jacksonville.
Miss Horlocker II In good health.
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BISHOP PoTTER's VIEWS.
He Says the Philippines Present
Grave Problems.

Grave Problems.
NEW YORK, Dec ia copyright dis
match from Manila to the Herald says:
Bishop Henry c. Potter. of New York. has
handed to me the following signed state
ment Of his views on the present situation
in the Philippine islands:
''It dos not require a very protracted
stay in the Philippines to enable traveller
to discover that they present to-day grave
and interesting problems, both Of profit
and peril.
1.-The most superficial observation will
recognize that the people are agile, both
mentally and physically, and that when
intelligent culture good laws and the in
spiration Of pure and noble examples have
enlightened, ordered and quickened them.
and when capital and enterprise have built
railroads and factories, opened markets
and bound together the tribal isolations
and antagonisms in large mutual inter-
ests, large and profitable results are likely
to follow, so far as commercial successes
are concerned.
"Our English and German brethren seem
already to have recognized this, and are
likely to reap advantages which American
capitalists, curiously enough thus far,
more timid than they, have been slow to
seize.
"But these opportunities for commercial
and Industrial development are qualified
by the dangers to social order, to the in
tegrity of the family and to the mainte-
nance Of the essential qualities which grow
out of ignorance and superstition and the
INSCRIPTIONS exacuons of that wide
reaching and all-encompassing monastc
system which has preyed upon the people.
1.-The Filipinos can be conquered and
subdued by our armies. They can be rout-
ed and scattered as far as their military
forces are concerned, but the instincts OF
Justice in them cannot be extinguished
whether by armies or navies. 1t is to be
hoped that 1t will not be the office of the
United States to attempt to extinguish
them.
This people have been robbed and op-
pressed by those who, in their wrong do
ing, have shielded themselves behind the
highest sanctions. Their lands, which
have been taken from them by force and
fraud, should be restored to them. The
authority of the United States should
stand for that which must forever be the
brightest blazon upon her escutcheon-
honesty and justice toward the weakest
wards of the Republic.
at is a pleasure to add that the impress
sion that one derives from the aspect and
bearing of our troops in this far-away
land is such as to make one altogether
proud of them. The conduct and repute OF
our army compares favorably and credita-
bly, with that OF any military service in
the world. May the time soon come when
having established the more peaceful
methods of government by equity. they
shall be no more needed here"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-18
VICTIMS OF THE MAINE.
Disinterment Of Their Remains to Be-
gin at Havana To-Day.


HAVANA, Dec. 1.-THE United States
battleship Texas, Captain Sigsbee COM
manding, has arrived here, and Captain
Greene, commandant Of the naval station.
has conferred with Captain Sigsbee with
regard to the removal from Colon Gene
tery of the bodies Of the victims Of the
Maine disaster. Tne present intention Is to
remove the remains with as little ceremony
as possible The work of disinterment will
begin tomorrow morning.
Each coffin will be enclosed In a metal
casket and be surrounded by disinfect-
ing compound. The caskets will be re-
moved during the night to the naval wharf,
where they will be under guard until all is
ready for removal to the battleship. which.
it is expected, will take place Wednesday
night or Thursday at daybreak. The Texas
will then leave at once. Father Chadwick
will identify the collins as they are taken
from the ground. having a chart showing
the exact location OF each.
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Two Hundred Thousand Dollars De-
manded for Libel and Expulsion.

NEW YORK, Dec. II-An action has
been commenced in the Supreme Court by
William Euclid Young against the New
York Stock Exchange. through its presi-
dent, in which the plaintiff demands an in
junction restraining the defendant from
excluding him from the privileges of men,
bership, and also damages in the sum of
$2OO.OO0 on account of the pecuniary losses
and injury to his reputation by reason of
the action of the board Of governors Of the
exchange In expelling him on Dec. so. 1896.
Young was a member Of the exchange for
nearly thirty years, having Joined 1t in
1862 Prior to Dec. p, 1886, he was the
Stock Exchange representative Of the firm
of E. B. Cuthbert & Co. About a week
later, on Dec. 80. after a trial before the
board of governors. he was convicted of
having participated in an irregular
transaction and expelled. He protested
against the action Of the board of gov
ernors and endeavored to have it reversed.
but without success.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-18

CHICAGO. Dec. I.-Mrs. Vandelia Var
mum Thomas, wife of the Rev. H. w.
Thomas. Of the Peoples Church. and Had
ley A. Hall, the chaplain of the First Illi-
nois Infantry in the Spanish-American
war. were ordained ministers Of religion at
McVickers Theater to-day by the Rev. A.
c. Hirst, pastor of Centenary Methodist
Church. assisted by members OF the Lib
eral Congress of Religion. These new
ministers will assist DR.. Thomas in the
Peoples Church and will also preach in
the new Liberal circuit in the Mississippi
valley. 1ney were the first to receive the
ceremony of ordination in the church oc-
cupied by DIR. Thomas.
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LONDON, Dec. 18, a. ri1.-The
government has finally become
aroused to the perils that beset the
British forces operating against
the Beers. Orders of great inn
portance were issued yesterday.
General Lord Roberts, the famous
East Indian fighter, has been
placed in command of all the
troops in South Africa. Gen. Lord
Kitchener, the hero of the Sudan,
will be chief of staff.
All the army reserves have been
called out. and militia and volun-
teers will be given an opportunity
to fight under Roberts. Patriotic
offers from the colonies will also
be accepted.
The situation is deemed so grave
that Queen Victoria has decided,
for the first time in years, to re-
main at Windsor during the holi-
days.
The most important news from
South Africa is the statement that
the Dutch in the northern part of
Cape Colony are in revolt, and that
the Basutos and other natives are
much disturbed over British re-
verses.
Lieutenant Roberts, son of the
new British commander in chief,
who was wounded at Tegula river,
is dead.
Lieutenant Chandos Pole-Gell,
of Methuen's army, was taken
prisoner, last Thursday, while go
ing to meet flag of truce.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-18
And Gen. Lord Kitchener, the COnquerer of
the Sudan, Appointed Chief of Staff.
Situation Critical that Queen Victoria Will Remain
at Windsor During the f1olidays-Ris-
ing in Cape Colony

patch which reads: "As q result Of the
British reverses the whole country north
ward Is In rebellion. The natives there, as
well as those in Basutoland. are said to be
much disturbed and losing heart respect
ing the strength Of the British.
The War Office has received the follow
ing dispatch, dated Dec. II, from General
Forestier-walker. at Cape Town:
''Methuen reports that Lieut.. Chandos
day while going to meet a flag of truce.
He was waving his handkerchief in re-
sponse and was unarmed.
"Gatacre has removed his troops and
stores to Sterkstroom from Putterskraal.
French has established headquarters at
Arundel.
"Vandermerwe, with command, is re-
ported south from Jacobsdal."
Lieutenant the Hon. F. II. S. Roberts,
son of Baron Roberts of Kandahar and
Waterford. and who was wounded in the
engagement at the Tugela river, is dead.
The tragic circumstances of the appt int
ment of Lord Roberts almost simultan-
eously with the announcement 6f the
death Of his promising son excite the deep
est public sympathy. Lieutenant Roberts
was an only son and had been his fathers
ofd do cir
ziristan and in the Chitral and Nile expe-
ditions. Such was his display of ..alIantry
on Friday in attempting to rescue the
guns that he was recommended for the
Victoria cross.
Lieutenant General Sir Charles Warren.
commanding the Fifth Division of the First
Army Corps, has arrived at Cape Town.
1t is understood that it will proceed to
Port Elizabeth.
No further news has been received re-
garding the battle of the Tugela river.
The latest accounts regarding the battle
at Magersfontein show that the retirement
Of the British troops was executed with
the greatest GOODNESS and order, under a
heavy Boer artillery fire on Tuesday.
Mafeking was safe on Dec. 16 and Col.
Baden-Powell, the British commander
there. is still actively pushing out his de-
fenses. At that time the Beers had offered
to exchange Lady Sarah Wilson, who was
captured while acting as a correspondent
for the London Daily Mail, for General
Ben vijoen. who was captured at Glands
laagte, but the offer had been declined. The
other beleaguered garrisons and positions
are still holding out.
1t Is said that IL the Victoria cross were
to be granted for every act OF conspicuous
gallantry on the part of the British troops.
1t would be necessary to distribute the
decoration by hundreds.
The Natal Government Gazette an
nounces that General Butler has appointed
a commission to inquire into the losses Jf
the people of the Colony resulting from
the Boer invasion.
Secret meetings OF Boer sympathizers
continue to be held in the various parts
Cape Colony. and the attitude of the Dutch
farmers is truculent
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-18
Expected Her Sons Death.

MARIETTA, Ga, Dec H.-Mrs. Ann Eliza
Brumby, the aged mother of Lieutenant
Brumby, received the news Of her sons
death very calmly. The long illness of the
lieutenant had prepared Mrs. Brumby for
the shock. She admitted that she had given
up nope Of his recovery several days ago.
The Brumby burying ground is in Atlanta,
and while Mrs. Brumby would like to
have the remains of her son brought home,
she said tonight that she would offer no
objection should the Washington officials
desire to inter the lieutenant's remains
there.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-18

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-THE United Irish
American societies met tonight and adopt
ed resolutions In which England was de-
nounced as the hereditary enemy OF rep
resentative government; that her war is
one OF lust and territory and utterly with
out Justification; that the Beers deserve
and merit the support or all freemen. and
particularly OF all Americans" Senator
Mason and Representatives Sulzer and Jett
were complimentec for their resolutions OF
sympathy for the lighting Beers: the hope
was expressed that the British armies b
driven into the sea: that the British en-
pire be annihiiated.
The Irish National Club also met to-night
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-18
DIR. PURVES HAS ACCEPTED.
Princeton Preacher to Fill the Late
DIR. Halls Pulpit.

NEW YORK. Dec. I7.-After formal and
informal deliberations that have lasted for
more than a year. the pulpit supply COM
mittee of the Fifth-avenue Presbyterian
Church has at last found a successor for
the late DIR. John Hail. for many years
pastor OF that church. He is Rev. DR..
George 7. Purves. pastor Of the First Pres
byterian Church. Princeton. n. ].
The call was extended to DR.. Purves as
a result OF a meeting OF committee from
the congregation. and the session. acting as
a committee OF the whole, held on Dec 8.
His reply to this call has been received
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-18
ARMY TO BE INCREASED.
Important Announcement by the
British War ONCE.


British War ONCE.
LONDON, Dec. 1.-THE War Office to-
day issued the following announcement:
Acting on the advice of the military
authorities, her Majesty's government has
approved the following measure:
"All the remaining portions of the army
reserve, including Section d. are called
out. The Seventh Division. which is being
mobilized. will proceed to South Africa
without delay. Tie commander-in-chief In
South Africa has been authorized to con-
tinue to raise at his discretion local troops
0ounted.
''Nine battaiions OF militia, in addition to
two battalions which have already volun-
teered for service at Malta. and one for
service in the Channel islands. will be al
lowed to volunteer for service outside OF
the United Kingdom. and an equivalent
number of militia battalions will be embod-
led for service at home
"a strong force Of volunteers. selected
from the yeomanry regiments. will be
formed for service in South Africa
arrangements are being made, and will
shortly be announced. for the employment
IN South Africa Of a strong contingent OF
carefully selected volunteers. The patri-
otic offers which are being received from
the colonies will. so far as possible. be ac-
cepted. preference being given to offers of
mounted contingents"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-18

by the chairman Of the committee. DR..
Purves in his letter signiied his willingness
to accept the call, and while the letter was
not read from the pulpit at the service to-
day, as has been expected, the announce
ment was made that there would be
meeting of the congregation on Wednes-
day evening next, at which formal action
would be taken with regard to the election
of the Princeton clergyman. There is no
doubt TO the action of the congregation
in regard to the election, and it is conf
IDENTIFY expected that the call will be made
unanimous.