Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-22

NiiS AAI CAatA1 oiANi
senate exhibited the qualities of upright
and sagacious s~tatemanship. In the
world of affairs he %lad few equals in his
contemporaries. His private character
was gentle and noble. He Will long De
mourned by his. friends as a man OF sim
gular purity and attractiveness. whose
sweetness of disposition won all hearts,
while his elevated purposes, unbendlng
integrity and whole-hearted devotion to
the public good deserved and acquired
universal respect and esteem.
In sorrowing testimony of the loss
which has fallen upon the country, L
direct that upon the day OF the funeral
the executive offices of the United states
shall be closed and all sta lions OF the
army and navy shall display the national
flag at half mast, and that the repre-
sentatives of the United States in foreign
countries shall pay appropriate tribute
to the illustrious dead for a period OF thlr-
~ days.
"In witness whereof I have set my
hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this
twenty-first day of November. in the
year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and
ninety-nine, and of the Independence of
the United States the one hundred and
twenty-fourth.
tSeal.) civilian MCKINLEY.
BY the PRESIDENT:
JOHN HAY, Secretary of State"
Austin, Tex, Nov. 2L-To-day Gov
ernor SayreS was in receipt OF a tele-
| grom from the commanding officer of the
United States troops at San Antonio
conveying the information that there
had been a race riot al Rio Grande City
last night between the federal troops
stationed there and the citizens OF that
town. About the same time another
telegram came from the county judge at
| that n1lcp and fhpN are somewhat con-
! fusing. The military commander at
San Antonio, General McKibbon, tele-
graphs that the report he received from
the commander at Fort Ringgold, near
Rio Grande City, states that all the
! troops were in the garrison last night at
I o'clock when the citizens of that town
advanced IN the fort and fired upon the
guard. The guard returned the fire and
the entire garrison was at once called TO
arms. The citizens continued their fir
| ing upon the fort, the soldiers returned
the fire and finally had to bring their
Calling guns into play to dispense the
attackers. The commander states he
fears further trouble and asks for more
troops.
The telegram from the county judge
states that the negro soldiers in the fort
there deployed in a ravine on the edge
of the town and fired into the town for
about an hour and a half, shooting into
a number of houses, Woundins one man
and frightening the women and children
SO badly that a number of them had fled
to the surrounding ranches for safety
that the attack was entirely u~nprovokeo
and that the community was highly in
censed and further trouble was looked
for at once.
ernor Sayres ordered A%djutant Genera
Curry to the scene of action and he left
tonight for his destination. The gov
ernor also telegraphed to Washington
to have a full investigation OF the matter
and to remove the negro troops at once
The commander at San Antonio sent &
special detail Of officers to the scene a
once to investigate. All is quiet to-
night. .
Port Townsend, Wash. Nov. 21.-A
portion of the $ $4,000 fine imposed by thu
government on the steamship Laurads
for violation of the United States law!
regulating passenger travel on steam
ships has been RENTED. On July "a thu
Laurada arrived at Seattle from st
Michael, having so passengers in eXces!
of the number she was allowed to carry
and was fined $751; 900. $40 0 being passage
money and SO for each excessive pas
senger and $500 under Section 44,999 re
yised statutes. The owner n master
made an affidavit setting up that the ex
cessiye passengers brought from thu
north we're on the beach in a destitute
condition and would, if allowed to re
main, have suffered great hardships
that many helpless would have dice
from cold and hunger, and in bringing
them down they were performing a hui
name act. Collector of Customs Huestls
today received notification from the de
partment that a thorough investigation
of the case had been made and that thu
Laurada's owners were entitled TO some
consideration, and hat all of the fine
except $500, had been RENTED.
Vancouver, B. c., Nov. 21.-The recen
heavy rains have flooded Lulu islant
near Point Guichon and Il boat can nov
be rowed over q good part of this delta
Of the Frazer river. The water is re
strained by dykes, but now the plight o
Lulu farmers is practically as bad as /
the dykes had been swept away. Field:
and orchards are under water and barn:
and outbuildings have been lloated of
their foundations. Thousands of dol
lars worth of hay held by farmers in eX
pectation of a raise has been spoiled.
Windsor, England, Nov. 21.-Empero
William of Germany and his suite rod
out this morning and returned to tn
castle for breakfast. Then accompanied
by the Prince of Wales, the Duke o
York. the Duke of c~onnaught and Prime
Christian of ScflesWis-Holstein the EN-
peror shot in the Windsor preserve parl
) and lunched at Cranborne tower. TIL
Empress of Germany went II for a wall
in the forenoon with her sons and Prin
cess Henry of Battenberg and visited st
George and Albert chapels.
Chicago. Nov. 21.-The Illinois fla;
law, designed to prevent the Dissertation