Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-20
PRESIDE GOSSIP.
FUN AMONG THE SOLDIER BOYS IN
CAMP.
Special Correspondence Inter Mountain.

Special Correspondence Inter Mountain.
| San Francisco, October Is. 1899.
There was great excitement among the
Montana soldiers at the Preside today
when the Butte papers arrived, telling
of the c%revice and land slide through the
townsite and the injury to buildings.
The court house will fall down sure"
remarked Captain Hall.
Why? asked a private.
Because a house divided against itself
can not stand"
Then the captain limped off to his
tent.
why is w. A. Clark's house like the
Montana democracy" asked Captain
Wynne.
Give it up.'
Because it's split in two in the mid
dle.'
ut is now in order for the Standard to
accuse w. A. of trying to slide out of
the country and tax his house with
him." remarked a man in the corner.
IF the crack in the Butte townsite gets
much wider, why not cut it into shafts
and sell them to the big mining COM
panies?" suggested a pilgrim who shall
be nameless.
Virginia City, New, has moved five
feet in the last ten years. Perhaps the
south half of Butte has started to Hot
Springs, Ark, to spend the winter and
StL away HUH lie S1lOAc, SuSSSStC0
General Kessler. as he reached down and
handed the demijohn to the chaplain.
1.-The Clark-Daly feud has finally split
the very earth beneath their feet. Let
them take half each and quit observed
a Great Falls hero.
eff the mining sharps now in Butte
are looking for a real assure, they can
find one underneath the court house."
said Colonel Cook.
1.-The market reports will show a gem
eral movement in real estate" remarked
a soldier who sells lots when at home,
and that the general tendency is down
ward"
Thus these doughty warriors who three
months ago We're engaged in the most
serious business Of their lives, chaffed
and joked about the news from home.
THE KANSAS MEN.
All at once there was an uproar out
side, and the sound Of marching SOL
diers.
"Hurrah for Kansas! Hip, hip. hur-
rah! Hurrah! Hurrah! Tiger!' shouted
500 lusty pairs of Montana lungs. as the
Kansas troops. just arrived from the
Philippines, passed within the Montana
"encampment.
"Hurrah for Montana! Hip, hip, hur-
rah! Hurrah! Hurrah! Tiger!" yelled
the Kansas boys in return.
The two regiments had fought side by
side for many months of the war, shared
common dangers and enjoyed common
t%riumphs. There was a general hand
shaking and a hearty greeting between
the men as though they were all brothers.,
as, indeed, they We're.
Then the Kansas men were all escorted
INTO the Montana mess houses. where the
tables were cleared of everything edible
in no time, and then a general talk about
Philippine experiences followed.
1t was a scene never to be forgotten.
1Thnra wore no cOnDPrheadS IN that
crowd and no sympathizers with the enc
mics of this government.
The next day a democratic paper here
, printed a score of bogus interviews with
the Kansas officers and men, which We're
promptly repudiated and condemned as
soon as possible.
: Colonel Funston waited till yesterday
i, before taking notice of those who had
misrepresented him. At Oakland, IN the
0 presence of the Montana regiment, he
\ said:
Here are men of the Twentieth Kan
: sas and the First Montana who. with
n that other magnificent regiment, the
Third United States artillery, We're to-
t gether when they were fighting their way
v north of Manila, and l want to say that
:, never saw a man Of these
u finch or groan or cry out when he was
h shot. or falter when the fire was thickest
!. With such men as these they can crusf
Aguinaldo's army, and never on the face
of this earth SuIef IndL nag WulCH AOdls
over Luzon to be pulled down.
I'VE hear talk about mismanagemen
in the Philippines, and those who are
doing the talking know the least abou
it. I want to tell you today that GU
army over there is better clothed, bette
fed and better cared for than any othel
army that ever fought in any countr!
: under any flag. The hospital arrange
ments there are so perfected that Wlthll
! two or three hours after a man is shot
especially if along the railroad line, he /
delivered to the hospital in Manila. Gu
Of 1900 wounded taken to that hospita
not a single primary amputation wa
= performed, and but three cases of ulti
lie mate amputation. During the civil wa
at least 500 men among 1000 would haV
been subjected to ~amputation and rem
dered permanent cripples. This is a
le important fact to bear IN nina, IN IN
- face Of irresponsible criticisms of tn
campaign.
$. ..The war being waged in the PHILIP
IA pines cannot be expected to end in a fe'
weeks or a few months, but l believe tina
y. it will end about next March or Apri
Conditions and opportunities are niue
better than they were earlier. There
now adequate transport service. permit
% ting rapid conveyance of supplies to tn
III front. The men will no longer be han
pered by having to carry their own SUI
OF plies. In many ways campaigning ha
been made easier
AN EDITORIAL FUGITIVE.
in It may be of interest to the Officer
err of justice to know that the capable editt
Of the Butte Miner, defendant in White
ed sides 500, 900 libel suit. is reported to
in California in cog. AT the Preside
"a private soldier whose name is not c
the muster roll, and who is armed with
pair of scissors in lieu of a gun. +
*, comes to the city every night after dan