Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-14


| intense admiration of Count Won Moltke
but the task of shipping more than 81
ooo men has not paralleled in the history
OF England. Already wo branches
| of the service are be ng to blame
each other for various = vs.. but it is
scarcely apparent that : has yet been
| any serious lack of fa : es. The ship
/ blokerS have undoubte 8 worked some-
| thing like a corner on - admiralty as
| they did during the N mo american
! war, and the recent down of two
| transports is still the of consider
| able abuse of the adm Z: =. The AssO-
! ciated Press represen understands
| that these two VesSel y,~t- re eatedly
! Off red to the United es during the
war with Spain, but owing to the
/ astuteness of the Amt r 4 naval repre-
| sentative they We're - ar purchased
| The most remarkable point in connec-
ton with the transport arrangements is
that about so ships can be taken into the
government service without materially
disturbing the shipping trade.
The weakest point in the whole mobii-
zatron seems to be the army service corps
| corresponding to the Unite States COM
m ,ssary. The various stations have
been gutted to obtain the necessary Off
GERS and men. yet many line officers as
sure the Associated Press that the ar
ransements are gravely inadequate for
sH'h a corps. In this connection, the
naval and military record says:
1T Is quite clear that If England had
to provide second or third army corps
for foreign service these. or either of
them. would have to go without full
equipment. That this unpleasant dis
c"Ntrv will form the subject Of inquiry
IN parliament goes without saying"
The new battleship Bulwark will be
launched Oct. 10. She will have been
I1ap
! months This will create launching
time record and record for disnlace-
nent construction. she being $4,000 tons.
The admiralty is experimenting with a
now wireless telegraphy invention the
co' trivance OF w. Fl. Sullivan which in
cludes device for determining distances
heiween ships. There is considerable
speculation as to whether Signor Marconi
MI! he able to induce the United States
to adopt his system.
The Associated Press representative
IS authorized to deny reports printed
here. under q New York date. that the
thlee powers concerned in Samoa are
al losgerheads over the claims of Britt
lsh subjects for damage during the bom-
bardment
The reports regarding a combination Of
France and Russia against England and
the United States are ridiculeti though it
can be asserted without giving any cred
ehce to any such stories that Russia's
naval credit for 1900. amounting as ii
does to T.5O0000 roubles. has created
considerable surprise in naval circles
Wher" II is believed that the chief reason
IS the increase Of Russian naval power
in the far east
Retwen The church conference and the
prerarat tions for war. it is hard ia saw
whether there is more comment of the
ch"f"h o!ilcerS or the army officials in
LONDON The burning Of incense pro-
dhteh an approach to rOwdyism a COM
pa'ison OF extreme ritualism to the ..fet-
Ism worship OF barbarans.' causing a
st','ii o! misses and other commotion.
Which had to be stopped by the lord bish
oD of London. DR.. Creighton The dis
cp&s'oh is nothing more than the airing
or Inherent opinions, Lord Halifax yo;c
u" the sentiments Of the 1Ntllalists
In" relation of the church of England tn
non "n-conformity is also taking up the at,
.ehtion or the congress. Fourteen ,ish- |
ol2s are IN attendance. as we,, as nearly |
all the we'll known churchmcn. The
bishop of Hereford made a violent at
tack upon Sunday desecration. beratinp
the habit of holding dinner parties and
OF playing golf and tennis on that day. |
He concluded his address by eyclaimine.
Let us see to it that our morals are NOT I
undermined by the bloated plutocraey."
III" archbishop of Canterbury made spa-
clai reference to the necessity of family
influence in education
fhe Duke and Duchess of Marlbor-
ough are not so prominent socially
Just now as is their custom. but they do I
moi seem to be deferred from social func-
tiohs by the death of Cornelius Wander
bilt. They have been entertaining a
shooting party at Blenheim palace and
will come to town for a few days next
week.
James Van Allen has rented Wvckaff
nall Lycestshire, for the shooting sea
son.
Nat Goodwin closed his London s.asan
in An American Citizen" last evening.
preparatory to sailing to the United
States by the American liner St Paal
to-day. The play will remain in tha
provinces with an English company