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tween the tribes. Dingaan, the Kaffir
who had SO long resisted the Beers.
was defeated with great loss, nearly
all his people being killed. But the
Beers having conquered the country.
the English began to pour into it, and
finally in 1S43 it became British col
ony.
Again the Beers packed UP and with
their aocks and herds started north
ward. They iourneyed across the river
Vaal. hence the name of their country
-Transvaal Some Of their people had
settled there in 1886, when they left
Cape Colony, and all these years had
kept up the fight against the natives,
holding strong points and living in
compact communities. The Beers met
with every hardship in seeking the new
country. having to kill thousands of
lions and other wild beasts. But they
persevered and conquered. They found
the land less fertile than that farther
south. and, as the country had not a
mile of seacoast. they expected that
the British would leave them in undis-
turbed possession
But in 1852 the diamond deposits at
Kimberley were discovered, and gold
was also found. Then the chosen
country of the Beers was doomed. A
rush of Englishmen came. In 1885
there We're fresh discoveries of gold.
and since that time there have been
about as many Englishmen in the
Transvaal as there were Beers. But
the Beers have stoutly resisted any
attempt on the part of the English or
other nationalities to get contro, of
| their government. Cecil Rhodes be-
came a disturbing element. Having
made millions in the diamond fields
| with Barney Barnato, he had un!im-
| tied means at his command to fon1ent
trouble, and at length he succeeded in
plunging England and the Transvaal
into war which can have only one
result-the extinction Of the Boer gov
eminent and the practical extermina-
ton Of the Beers themselves
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Some South African History.

rF JUsTIG MCCARTHY ever brings
his History of Our Own Times"
down to the year 1900 it will con-
tain no more pitiful chapter than that
devoted to the rise and fall of the
South African Republic. 1T is not amiss
at this time t. look at the Boers in
perspective. Cape Colony was founded
by the Dutch in 1852. For the next
century and a half it remained a col
ony of Holland. Many French Hugue-
nots and a few English settled there.
and these, intermarrying with the
Dutch, produced the nationality known
as the Beers. In 17S5 the colonists, in
spired by the success of the American
Revolution, attempted to throw off the
yoke of Holland. The British sent
fleet to support the authority of the
Prince of Orange, and took possession
of the country in his name. Then the
British governed the country till 1907,
when Holland again took hold. Cape
Colony was finally ceded to England
by treaty made in 1915.
England sent governors to rule over
! Cape Colony, and it is said that their
rule was bad In 1886 the Beers began
TO leave the country in large numbers,
going northward to Natal This Sec
ton of South Africa had long been an
object Of British interest and upon two
different occasions efforts had been
made to colonize it. But the fierce
black men had swept off the inhab;-
tants, killing the men and capturing
the cattle and women. The Beers were
nearly as warlike as the natives and
came upon them with much better
arms. They fought their way inch by
inch and maintained their position.
They finally succeeded In dividing the
native force and creating a war be-
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CHAMBERLAIN THE MAN TO BLAME

the purpose of compelling a pastoral peo-
pie in the interior of South Africa to
grant universal suffrage or to make more
liberal naturalization laws, or to provide
a system of public schools, or anything
of that kind, is simply preposterous.
How long is it since the suffrage Of Eng
land was confined to but a small fraction
OF its inhabitants? AS to public educa-
ton. it is hardly % years since a system
at all worthy of the name was estab-
lished in England. Up TO that time. in
spite of the splendid example Of Germany,
which had been before her eyes for the
better part of a century, the great land
Of political liberty was content to see
her millions of poor children growing
up with hardly the semblance of a chance
at an elementary education. Clearly,
England might have possessed her soul
in peace. and waited for the process of
time, aided as far as possible by peace
full pressure, to ameliorate the conditions
which have been complained of in the
Transvaal. .z
That such was not her course, we be-
lieve to have been due chiefly to the
wicked ambition of one INSCRIPTIONS and
able but narrow minded politician. The
Beers We're perfectly justified in inter-
preting the tricky diplomacy of Cham
berlain to mean just what the daring
dash of Jameson's men meantime alb
sorption by the English of the coun-
try to which they are so passionahely
devoted. Had this not been apparent
enough from the general character Of
the demands made, and from the known
disposition of the man behind them, it
would have been made evident by his as
sertion of a general claim of "suzer-
ainty,' although such claim had been de-
liberately dropped in the convention Of
1854. The animus of his claim was en-
phasized by the fact that 1T rested upon
an assertion that the convention of 1854
had not entirely superseded the con-
vention Of 1881, a position which an exam
nation Of the two documents--not to
speak of the contemDoraneous letter of
Lord Derby--shows to be absolutely base
less. The war was finally brought on by
Kruger's act: but that act was itself pro-
duced by the conviction that delay would
necessarily mean the loss of the only OPP
portunity which his people had to make
substantial resistance. Had Chamberlain
known how formidable that resistance
could be made, and suspected that the
Boer republic would have the boldness
and decision to make it so promptly, he
would have thought longer before max
ing himself responsible for the present
deplorable and tragic situation In South
| Africa.
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From the Baltimore News.

From the Baltimore News
While the English people have been
unit upon the subject of the prosecution
of the war with the South African re-
publics, and even those who most Sc
verely criticised the policy of the Brit
ish government before krugers ultimat-
UNI appeared have dropped their criti-
cism for the time being. it should not for
moment be forgotten by Americans
that that policy was steadily condemned
by the most sober and weighty English
opinion, as well as by the almost unani-
nous voice of the other countries OF
Europe. In America there is undoubt-
eddy a wide divergence of opinion, and 1t
is worth while to draw attention to one
chief cause OF such divergence Those
who espouse the English side of the quar-
rel seem to overlook entirely distinc-
ton which is of the utmost Importance
in the matter. That the Outlanders had
real grievances, that England was justi-
fled In using pressure to get these griev-
ances lightened or removed, that the
Boer republic does not conform to the
present standards of Europe in many re-
spects-all this is one thing; the question
whether England was therefore justified
in driving the Beers into a corner and
making them feel that they must either
fight for their existence or tamely sub
nit to the extinction of their national
identity is quite another matter.
The grievances of the OutlanderS were
certainly not of a sort to cry out for
immediate remedy. or to shock the sense
of humanity. 1t is true that they were
denied participation in the government
of the country and that they paid an
extremely large proportion of the taxes.
| But on the former head, it must be re-
| membered that, as a rule, they were UNI
| willing to renounce their British allegi-
| ance: and on the latter head, that they
| were extracting enormous wealth from
| the bowels of the earth, and that more
| the intercepting Of large portion Of
| this wealth for the general benefit Of the
| Boer nation. Mr.. Labouchere may max
ing an overstatement Of the case, but
| certainly hits very near the mark, when
| he says in a recent number of Truth:
what are we really fighting for? Ger
| tainly not for Outlanders Of their griev-
ances. for the majority of those of them
| who are not mere spectators hoping to
| make money by the reduction of taxa
| ton of mines and the ups and downs OF
| the stock exchange-the real workers in
| the Transvaal-have shown their desire
| to be allowed to continue to earn large
| wages"
The idea of a war being justified for
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PRIEST FOUND DEAD.
He Had Been Drinking Heavily and Had
QuarreIed.

He Had Been Drinking Heavily and Had
QnarreIed.
Baltimore, Mr.. Nov. 12-Rev. valen-
tine g. Gawryichowski, pastor of a
Baitlmore Polish Catholic church, said
to-day that he and Father John Rad
zeszowshy of Chicopee, Mass, were
visitors Thursday night in Philadelphia
at the residence of Rev. Vincent Yale
SKI, the Polish Catholic priest who was
found in dying condition Friday
morning at his home in the latter city
and who died later that day. Father
GaWryichowski says he will go to
Philadelphia and clear up his visit to
the dead priests house. He says that
during their visit to Zaleski's house the
latter sent the organist out to buy some
whiskey, wine and oysters. He drank
heavily and quarreled with the organist
about the change, displaying consider
able anger. They left the house short
ly after 8 o'clock, Zaleski going with
them to the door.
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This time it was sure 60, it was
certain that the web was woven and
that there could be no escape. This
morning the news is that everything
was moving along nicely and pleasant
ly. Finally Colonel Wood bounced
down upon Tarlac. where Aguinaldo
was, and, 10 and behold. AEuinaldo
wasn't there!
More than that. the Manila bulletin
cenfcsses that Wood and the rest of
them have no idea where Aguinado is
Such is life in McKinleys war in the
far East
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Impressive SERVICES.

Lawrence, Kan, Nov. 12.-Impressive
memorial services were held to-day for
William Snow, son of Chancellor Snow
of the Kansas state university, the
San Francisco reporter who lost his life
by falling into the ocean from a tug
boat that went out to meet the trans
port Tartar. which brought horne the
goth Kansas regiment last month. Gen
eral Funston attended the services.
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~ HE Butte Miner concluded not to
wait for the court Mr. Clark
newspaper has reached it's own
concluslons-its solemn announcement
to the readers of it's Sunday edition Is
that Thoroughly sifted, there is moth
Ing in the testimony given before the
supreme court to convict the accused
Wellcome) of any wrongdoing, except
the statement of Whiteside and others"
1t may occur to the minds of some Of
the Miners readers that. under the cir
cumstances, it might make just little
difference as to who did the thorough
sitting. Surely the Miners readers
never had a chance to do it. The
Miner didn't let them lay eyes on the
testimony Practically not a line of
the direct evidence that makes up the
case against Welcome was printed in
Mr.. Clark's newspaper.
That doesn't worry Mr.. Clark's news
paper. 1t printed no part of the testi-
mony; 1t doesn't consider the court
worth waiting for; it doesn't announce
who thoroughly sifted the testimony
which the Miner seems to think aren't
worth worrying about. Even Whiteside
is out of it, by the fiat of the Miner.
And there are others. For instance.
there's State Senator Clark--by the
way, B. j. Fine was sent out to rustic
witnesses to testify in Impeachment Of
Mr.. Clark's testimony-think of it. AS
we were saying, there's State Senator
Clark. He testified last week that by
arrangement he met Whiteside and
Welcome in Welcomes room at the
Helena hotel Welcome said he want
ed State Senator Clark to vote for W.
A. Clark and told him point blank that
he would pay ten thousand dollars
for il
Welcome counted out the money,
State Senator Clark counted it. The
money was put in an envelope and so
marked that the state senator could
identify it, He did identify it, unchal-
lenged, in court last week. The bargain
was that in consideration of this money
paid by Wellcome-which the Miner
would have US believe was Marcus
Days money-State Senator Clark was
to vote for w A. Clark till further or
ders.
1t would be interesting to know in
which part of the Miners printing es-
tablishment this large section of vital
testimony, which the Miner never
printed, was thoroughly sifted, in an
ticipating the action of the supreme
court.
The plain fact is that w. A. Clark
has two newspapers, the Miner in
Butte and the independent in Helena,
which are manifestly under recent in
structions to turn right loose in disre-
gard of the supreme court and brow
beat this thing through if they can.
In this spirit the Miner had the hardi-
hood to announce, yesterday morning,
that 1.-The public will hardly wait to
hear the other side before passing On
the case for the prosecution, while the
Independent suddenly breaks out in
the blatherskite tactics it used last Win
ter in it's effort to shelter the men
Clark bought and to hover grand jury
that was purchased.
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More Of the Same.

n foT because of its length but
IN chiefly because of lis sugges-
I tiveness. this mornings three
line Manila-war dispatch is interesting.
Through official channels at Wash
sngton. the American public was in
formed. just a few days ago, that the
Otis plan of campaign had put Aguin-
aldo where he simply couldn't get
away. Three commands under Law
ton, Macarthur and Wheaton. respect
lively, had gone out. These forces were
so disposed that Aguinaldo and his Fill
ipinos were shut in beyond the posi-
bility of resort to their old trick of
taking to their heels.
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Died in Agony.

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 1.-TWO peo-
pie are dead and a third seriously i'll in
Kansas City, Kas., from eating mince
pies, apparently containing ptomaine
poisoning. The pies Were eaten at din
ner this evening. George Hoffman,
aged 70 years, a carpenter, and his SON
in-law, John Salmon. aged As years,
died after an hour of agony. Mrs. Hoff-
man is critically ill
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There Is Authority.

Austin, Texas, Nov. 12JIn answer to
a question submitted to Comptroller
Finely, the attorney general has writ
ten an opinion, holding that there is
statutory authority for the assessment
of corporate franchises. The fran
chises of a large number of railroads,
telephone, telegraph and other corpor-
ations have been assessed for taxa
ton, the total value so far fixed
amounting to several million dollars.
The corporations have been awaiting
for this opinion and will carry the mat
ter into the courts at once.
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BUILDING DESTROYED.
Disastrous Fire in Montreal = Fireman
Fatally Burned.

Montreal, Nov 12-FHre to-day de-
stroyed the biscuit and confectionery
warehouse of Viau & Freere an adjoining
buildings in Notre Dame street; causing
an aggregate loss of s5oo,ooo, The flames
started in the basement of the Viau fac
tory, an old frame structure ana burned
hnndad warehouse to the south OF the
Wan building. and when the stone walls
of that structure went down the crush
nd in a row of tenement houses, all of
which were vacant. Chief Benoit of the
fire brigade was badly injured and fire
man named Pelleier was fatally burned
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A Heavy Loss.

Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 12.-Fire this
evening in the seven-story Bradley
and caused the other floors to be flood
ed with water, causing an aggregate
loss of 100000, shared by the Sunshine
Cloak and Suit company; Root & Nc
Bride Bros, wholesale dry goods
branch; s. Koratch & Co., clothing;
Kohn Bros. & KeEer, clothing, and a
branch of the Beeman Chewing Gum
COMPANY
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A TWO DAYS FIGHT
Between the Mexican Troops and tho
Yaquis Indians,

between the Mexican Troops and tho
YaQuis Indians.
Guayamas, Texas. Nov 12-With the
restoration of photographic communica-
ton between General Torres headquar-
tiers at TORN and Guaymas come a dis
patch conveying news of a two-days
fight between Mexican troops and the
Yaquis. The Indians attacked the gar
rison in Fort Angestura, near Potam, and
were repulsed. Later reinforcements
were sent from TORN and Potam. The
troops attacked the town of Vicam and
routed the Indians with considerable loss
to tho latter. Thursday the troops again
engaged the Indians at Iocobambox
and scattered the Yaau!s The Yaoujs.
losses were heavy. The casualties of the
Mexicans are given as four killed and IL
wounded.
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On n limiting Trip.

Lincoln. Neb Nov. 12.-Hon. w. J.
Bryan and his son left for st. Louis,
where they will be Joined by Colonel w.
G. Wetmore, and will so to the game
preserves of the latter for a weeks hunt
ing trip. Mrs. Bryan will join her hus-
band in Arkansas the latter part of the
week, when they will go to Texas for an
extended trip.
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AN lLLEGlTlMATE SON

Figures in the New Chapter to the Davis
VIII Case.
Special Dispatch to the Standard
Omaha, Nov. 12.--Mary c. Wilson of
Chicago. has retained an Omaha law
yer, w. A. Saunders, to go to Butte.
Mont, and file for probate an alleged
will made by Andrew J. Davis, the late
Montana millionaire.
The story reciting how Mary C. Will
son came into possession of this win is
somewhat sensational, possessing the
usual feature of an illegitimate son,
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Crowds Hear Moody.

Kansas City. Mo-. Nov. 12.-Dwight
L. Moody, the evangelist, who began
an eight-day revival service here to-
day, spoke to 10000 people at Conven-
ton hall this afternoon and evening.
Four thousand people were unable 10
get into the hall
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I'he Whaling Fleet.

San Francisco, Nov. 1.-Two more of
the whaling feet arrived from the
North Pacific to-day. Thu were the
Alexander and Karluk. The Alexander
brought $4,000 pounds of whalebone and
the karluk l4,000 pounds.
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THE HORSE SHOW.
All Is in Readiness for the Great Dress
Parade.

Parade.
New York, Nov. 1.-THE dress parade
for the annual horse show, which opens
tomorrow in Madison Square Garden,
was held to-day and everything is now
in readiness for the event 1t will be
the 18th show in number and indica-
tons point to an even more successful
exhibition that any previous one has
been. This year the entries are more
numerous than for any show and the
amount of prize money is greater than
ever
Preceding the parade the directors en-
tertained at luncheon 200 Of the more
prominent owners and exhibitors and
the newspaper representatives.
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Seriously Injured.

Field, B. c., Nov. 12.-Edward Farr,
stonemason foreman of the Western d.
vision of the Canadian Pacific Railroad
company. was seriously injured yester-
day while attempting to board a, work
train near Golden. He sustained internal
injuries, the outcome of which is as yet
unknown.
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1T is IMPERATIVE,
Says Admiral Schiey, That the Canal
Should DO Built

'HJS 1AUI1HIf"I SNHIey, IHaU tHt VHhAI
Should DO Ruilt.
Chattanooga, Tenn, Nov. ia cor
respondent of the Huntsville Mercury,
while at Birmingham, asked Admiral
Schley if he thought the building Of the
Nicaragua canal would be an advan-
tage to the United States. Admiral
Sehley is quoted as saying:
Il consider it imperative that the
canal be built. 1t would enable us to
mobilize our fleet on either coast on
snort notice and would facilitate our
defense in case of war and render the
American navy invincible And then
it would open up the way to the ORR
ent, where a ready market can be
found for our cotton, iron and coal"
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The Standard can be found at the fol-
lowing news stands:
New York at Astor House.
Chicago at Postoffice.
Chicago at Auditorium Annex.
San Francisco at Palace Hotel.
Denver at $50 Lawrence st.
Denver at 906 Seventeenth st.
Salt Lake at 81 w. Second South ST.
Salt Lake at Salt Lake News Co.
All general business letters and CORE
spendence should be addressed to the
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY,
Anaconda, Mont.
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Worltl's Record Equalled.

Jacksonville. Fla, Nov. 12.-Ropert
Wathour of Atlanta. Ga, equalled the
worlds professional bicycle record for
five, 10 and Is hours at the Panama
track near this city to-day in contest
against Jay Eaton. Both were paced by
motor cycles and started from opposite
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Just as Good as a Cedar Tree.

From the New York Mail and Express.
Christmas boxes for soldiers in the
Philippines will be taken to the islands in
government ships free of change. The
Christmas tree in that part Of the world
will be a palm, but the chances are that
it will bear a bounteous crop.
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Mr.. Jones Of Ohio received about 1oo.-
900 votes, which was doing quite well
for a rank outsider. Mr.: Jones, it should
be remembered, is as vigorous an anti
imperialist and anti-expansionist az
they make them.
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Probably there is as little similarity
between the headlines of the Pretoria
newspapers and those of their London
contemporaries as there is between
their editorial opinions.
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Had "A Rough VOYAGE

cattle. Nov. 12.-The government
transport Garonne, with a cargo OF 3sI
army horses for the Philippines, sailed
tonight at II o'clock. The transport
Victoria arrived in port two hours ear
lier from Manila, which port she sailed
from on Oct. H. The Victoria took
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a,
Although Baltimore is stealing away
some of New York's commerce, no other
city is making a. serious effort to rob
her of her pre-eminence as the prize
fighting center of the country
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sides of the one-third mile cement
track. Walthour finished his first five
miles in sos. two seconds ahead of Ea-
ton. He made the second five miles in
S:07 3-5, of 17:13 S-5 for the 10 miles. He
covered the Is miles in 26:49 35.
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The Gpulent Glass.

From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat
If the price of furs continues to adj
vance as it has done in the past six
weeks. the western farmers will feel
obliged to cancel some of their orders for
seaiSkin oVercoats.
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cargo of 413 cavalry horses from Ia
coma and the Sth cavalry from this
city. The Victoria brought four civil
ian passengers from the Philippines
and had a rough voyage. she was
much delayed by head winds.
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Ii Hung Chang's declaration that the
United States is making the mistake of
its life holding onto the Philippines,
will be regarded by the imperialsts as
a yellow decision