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AT LAKE VlLLAGE-SHERlFF PRESTON AND POSSE
 CAUSE
THE LEADER TO LEAVE.
He Concluded That Other Parts Were More Pleasant and Convenient
 Physician and Surgeon.

What came very near being a fearful war between the whites and blacks at Lake Village, Chicot coun- ty Friday morning was narrowly aYerted and without bloodsned, too.
 As was stated Tn our last issue the negroes cut the telegraph wires between Lake Village and Montrose at late hour Friday morning, thus cutting off communication with the outside world. They then began operations. The home of Attorney Baldv Vinson was burned, aud soon afterwards several different meet Ilngs were beng held in that yicini- ty. At each speeches were being made against the whites and they said they were going to deal violent | ly with them. The census taken in that section recently says there are 2 negroes there to one white per son. The whites at once realized that they were powerless and has, tened news of the negroes inten- tions to Arkansas City at the same time calling for aid. Sheriff Pres ton soon had well-armed posse of l9 mtn on the way to the scene, leaving Arkansas City on a boat, they reached Lake Village at 2 o'clock Friday morning. The ne- groes were just ready to do great violence, their meeting still being ing in session.l
 The ringleaders, R L. Richard son, lawyer, and Dr, Whitaker, 9 physician and surgeon, were carried before the posse. Richardson made a long and pitiful speech in which he defended himself, and appealed so strongly to the sheriff that he hnal- lv consented that Richardsod might remain. Whitaker was ordered to leave and that quick, too. He start ed in a SoutherlY direction but was commanded to go North and pur- chased ticketfor Little. e.Rock, where he went Friday. Little Rockians on the same train were much aroas- ed over the affair and said that Whitaker positively would not be allowed to stop at L,tt,e Rock.
 Whitaker is the occasion of the attempted mutiny. Originally from Muncie, Indiana, where he graduat- td ID the class of '99 at the Louis- vile, Kentucky National Medical college, mixed school, where hs imbibed ideas Of superlorily of race. He went to Lake Village last Octo- Der and since that time trouble has been brewing.
 L. the minds of the darkies he in- stilled the idea that tn were too good to work for the white people and said the white people should be working for them instead. He as- serted that be had frequently been on terms of intimacy with white women, and tbat none of them were any better than the negro woman. Quite familiarity would he addres: prominent white men of that com munity by merely calling them by
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-23

A pair Of large compound cylinders have arrived from tie Richmond Lo- comotive and Machine Works of Richmond, Va, for the new com pound engine which is being built at these shops.
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A THRILLING RELIGIOUS CEREMONY OF THE MOKl
 INDIANS.
PRAYER FOR RAIN.
The Ceremony Occurs in August and is Witnessed by Both Whites
 and Indians.
Special correspandence of the eraph3e:

 Special Correspondence of the Graphic:
 ORACLE, AR1z July 18.-In the northern part of ArizoGa, just a little east Of center and north of the Little Colorado river are located the seven cities of the Moki Indians The seven pueblos are just across the Pointed Desert. situated on two iarAe mesas and are embraced in a locality not more than 30 miles across. They are about 100 miles due north of Winslow, town on the Santa Fe railway, and are reached ey stage from that polnt. For scores upon scores of years the Mokis have occupied this semi desert country. They are said to have been discovered by Spanish explorers ID the sixteenth century who named the country the Province of Tusayan. Th4 seven villages are built on three mesas, and originally were almost entirely inaccessible, being reached by narrow trail and defended at tbe entrance by sort of fortress. But the Mokis are among the most intelligent and eiVglized of Indians, and in modern times have constructed paths by which ascent to sheir pue5los are less difficult than formerly. How eyer, the Mokis of the present day continue to live much as did their forefatbers centuries ago. "Tbe women toll up the trails with water from the spring below, and the men returning from the fields, chmb a small mountaia's height daily. They subsist almost wholly by agriculture applied to the fields at the foot of the mesas, and are an industrious, hardy and thrifty race.
 But the M9kis find abudsnt time between their labors for amusement, Entertainment and elaborate eere- monials. During the month of August in each year they ho.d a religious festival which hundreds of whites as well as all the native tribes and many neighboring Navsios gather to witness. During this festival occur the groteSque Kaehina or masked daEces, the ideally poetic" Flute dance ana the intensely dramatic" Snake dance. The last two are religious ceremon
 ials in the shape of dramat.zed prayers for rain. There is an Indian legend to the effect that some of their ancestors descended to the lower world to consult the gods and bring rain upoL their crops, and that these spirits returned to the upper world in the shape of ser
 pents. Therefore. in the Moki mythology the snake IS sacred. For four days prior to their Antelope Snake dance snake priests have secured the surrounding country in search of the reptiles which are put toahuckskin bags and carried to the-$fllage where the ceremony is to be held. Here the serpents are placed in snake kiva, where they are washed aod purified, as it were, for the final ceremony. "Other dances of the Mokis are more pleas. Sinq.n says one who has witnessed
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-23

On the inside of this issue ia an in teresting letter from Mir. Eugene Al theim"r, who is now sojourning in St. Louis. He tells of the largest en- terprise in America.
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 their mirth and music, or the Flute dance, full of color and ceremony, but the Snake dance attracts with a potent fascination. One gets so interested in the progress of the dance that the anticipated element of horror does rot appear amid the rytbmc movement and tragic ges- lures of the dancers with here and there tbe sipuous undalati7n of a zenonous rattlesnake.
 Let the ceremony proceed. One who has witnessed it a number of times describes It as follows:
 Here they comel The grand entry of the Antelope priests causes a sensation with bare feet and their semi nude bodi4s streaked with white paint; a band of white on the chin from mouth to ear, rattles of tortoise shell tied to the knee, em 6roldered kilts of white cotton fas- tened around the loips, necklaces of shell and ,urouoise, and fox skins hanging behind from the belt, these priests present a startling, though not unattractive appearance. At the cad of the file comes the Ante lope Chief bearing his tiponi or sacred badge across his left arm. Next comes the bearer of the medi- cine bowl. All the other priests carry a small rattle in either hand. With stately mien apd looking to neither right DOT left, the Antelope priests pass four times around the plaza to the left, each sprlnkIing sacred meal and Stam ping v;o,ently upon the plank iu the ground in front of the Kisi The hole in the middle of the plank is the opening to the under world and the dancers stamp upon it to inform the spirits of thelr ancestors that a ceremony is in progress. When the circuit is made, the Antelote priests line up n front of the Kisi facing outward there is hush and the Snake priests en ter.
 "rhe grand entry of the Snake priests is dramatic to the last de gree. With majestic strides they hastpn into the plszt, every attitude full of energy and fierce determined purpose The costume of the priests of the sister society of Antelopes is sav in comparison with that of the Snake priests. IT cir bodies ubbed with red paint. their chins blackened and outlined with a WI te stripe, their dark red kits and moccasins, their barbar:c ornaments, give the Snake priests most somoer and diabolical appearance. Around the plaza, by wider circuit than the Antelopes, they go striking the plank with the foot and fercely leaping upon it with wild gestures. Four times the circuit is made; then a line is formed facing the line oi the Artelopes. who cease shaking their rattles, which simulate the
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Continued on page 4.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-20
Gen. Woods Reception.

New York, Dec. pa dispatch to the
Herald from avana says: General j.
III. Wilson,, commanding the department
of Matanzas and Santa Clara will not
ask to be relieved because Of Woo ap-
pointment. He says:
II have no intention Of asking to be
relieved. I enlisted, so to speak. as long
as my services might be needed, n I
have received no intimation that they
are no longer needed. 1t woul be child
ish because General Wood has been aD-
pointed to succeed General Brooke, for
me to resign. That was a matter for
the. president to Judge of. I shall con-
tinue at my post until by the consolida-
ton Of departments or otherwise my
services are not needed"
While General Wilson makes it plain
that he will not ask to be relieved when
such a request might be interpreted as
due to personal pique. he looks Onward
to the military departments in Cuba as
being abolished or consolidated before
many months and the number of COM
mander being reduced. Genera Will
son adheres to the recommendation made
in his renort hat the Cuban census be
followed by the constitutional conven-
ton.
General Woods reception tomorrow
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-20
Men For the War.

Rochester, N. Y, Dec. 20.-For the past
two days an advertisement has been pub
lished in local papers asking "single
young men wishing to see service with
the British in South Africa to commune
cate with N. S. Powerful, in this city"
Mr.. Peverill said in an interview to-day
hat IL wen who want to see service
against the Beers or at least who are will
ing to enter the army in Canada have
made application for enlistment. Mr..
Peverill said: Il am not enlisting men
tor wal purposes. There are no signed
passed between the men whe hand
their names in to me myself. L am SIM
ply asking men who a to go to Can
ada to see service to hand their names to
me-"
Late yesterday afternoon United States
Commissioner Stull caused Peverills ar
rest. He was taken before Judge Com
missioner Stull and admitted to bail. He
will be given a hearing on MCnday nex
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-20
War on Rate Cutters.

Chicago, Dec. 20.-Chicago druggists
have Joined hands with the national as
ISOLATION of retail druggists in the war on
jobbers, who sell to rate cutters. At a
largely attended meeting of the local or
ganization in the Masonic temple Presi-
dent Simon N. Jones, Louisville; F. F.
Holiday. Topeka; Arthur Timberlake.
Indianapolis n Dr.. Prall, Saginaw, Of
the executive committee of the national
association We're present to outline the
scope of the campaign to bring the whole
salers to terms. By unanimous vote the
Chicago men ordered their executive
board to cooperate with the national
board in it's effort to eradicate the cause
of discomfort.
Il. V. WOoten. secretary Of the national
association, said the movement was cal
culated to educate the wholesale trade to
the desirability of recognizing retailers
right,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-20
Appeal For the Beers.

New York, Dec. 2O.-Leonard' C. Van
Noppen, member of the Universal Meth
erlands union, arrived in this city today
on the Stadenham, with the appeal of
the union to the nations represented at
the peace conference at The Hague, ask
ing England to submit the South African
question to arbitration and end the war
in the Transvaal. Signatures to the APP
peal are being obtained in continental
lated in America.
by England's threatening attitude"
reads the appeal, ''the war has been
forced on the Beers for England desired
this war. Shall civilization, of which the
occident is so proud. endure the outrage
that a civilized nation is forced by an
other n mightier one-only because it
stands in the way of the latter-to choose
between submission and discrimination?
A men of good will in the civilized
world of every nation and every party
must unite in public expression of their
convictions. From the England hat is
under the influence of Rothschild and his
gold. they must appeal to the England
where the spirit of Gladstone yet lives
in reverential memory: from the Eng
land Of brotherly love they must ask
judgment against the England of the
gold market. They must ask for the
application Of the principles of arbitra-
ton to which England during the course
of this century has repeatedly paid
homage.
'They must try to bring to fulfllment
the expectations raised by the peace
conference
Mr.. Van Noppen say the feeling in
Holland M France is strong against
England. He is working with. several
and societies in America to
spread the appeal.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-20
Gus Ruhlin Won. i.

New York. Dec. 20.-Gus. Rubin. the
Akron, Ohio. giant. who has aspirations
for heavyweight championship honors,
defeated stockings Conroy of Troy, N.
Y. in seven FUNDS before the Broadway
Athletic club last night. Conroy put up
a game battle and sent in some fearful
on Ruhlin's ribs and over the kid
neys. but he was unable to stand the big
Ohioan's swings n jabs and was almost
out when the referee stopped the bout
near the end of the seventh round. There
was a large delegation Of Troy sporting
men around the ringside and they placed
fair sized amounts on the towns
man. taking odds OF 100 to 40. They also
money even that COnrOy would last
10 rounds or more and lost a tidy sum on
this score also.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-20
Descendant OfP0nCeteLe0n

New York, Dec. 2O.-Nestor Ponce de
Leon, q 1ineal descendant of Ponce de
Leon, discoverer OF Florida. died at Ha-
ana on Monday, aged 63 years. Mr.. lie
Leon came here from Cuba during the 10
years war. This move was in conse-
quence Of his activity in behalf Of Cuban
independence and his plantations in Ha-
vana and Pinar del Rio. said to have been
valued at 81. 1000. 900. were conhscated by
the Spanish authorities. Upon his ar
rival here he became treasurer of the Gu
ban junta and held that position till the
end of the revolution. His advice was
often sought by the junta during the last
revolution. Mr.. de Leon was the author
Of several works in the Spanish language
and also a 'Snanish-English chronological
directory. Governor General Brooke
several months ago appointed Mr.. de
Leon custodian of the archives of Ha-
vana and director of the museum of nat
ural history there.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-20

promises to be a gratifying demonstra-
ton. American military and civil Off
Gals will go down the bay to meet him,
the Cuban factions have succeeded in
.harmonizing their differences SO far as
to all join in the reception.
The manner of General Woods taking
control will be governed by his wishes.
General Brooke a completed arrange
ments for leaving Saturday via Florida.
He will be given a banquet by the lead
ing Cubans On Thursday night. 1t is
suggested here that the difficulty regard
ing the assignment of General Chaffee
may be settled by sending him to the
Philippines to succeed General Lawton.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-20
Is Two More Training Ships
For Apprentices.
NOW SUBMITTED
Meets NTH the Approval of the Navy
Department-NeW Hands Cause
Much Confusion Among the Old
Ones on the Big Battleships.

New York, Dec. pa special to the
Tribune from Washington says: The
navy department urpo to ask con-
gress for 81, 900, 600 to build two first
class training ships of 5000 tons dis
placement each, the vessels to be
sheathed and provided with military sail
power as we'll as steam propulsion. Such
ships are declared to be Indispensable
to m%aintainin a force of skilled eamen
to work the warships now in the fleet.
1t is estimated that the two projected
vessels cannot be completed within two
years, and by that time the Essex, the
Alliance and the Lancaster, which are
now utilized for training purposes, will
be condemned and laid up in Rotten
row.
1t is regarded as extremely important
that vessels adapted to the duty shall
be ready to take their places, n in
the opinion of the chief of navigation,
who is in charge of the matter, the only
solution of the question is to uild spe-
cial ships fitted to the service. The sug
gestion to utilize the regular cruisers and
battleships for drilling green men and
giving them experience by mixing them
into the regular crews is met by the OBJ
lection that such methods have been re-
peatedly tried, with the result of demor-
alizing the skilled crew, and that it is
poor economy to place novices on an ex-
pensive ship, where every man from the
dow must be an expert in his particular
line. Even a fireman from the best mer-
chant ship or the largest establishment
ashore is considered an unsafe man in
the hold of a warship.
1t is said that the enlisted strength of
the navy today is nearly 1000 men short
of the legal limit and of the needs of the
service. Many valuable ships nave been
thrown out of commission for lack of
men. The authorized strength of the
navy is $500 and $500 apprentices.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-20
IRREPRESSLBLN,

Chicago Post: It's no use trying to dis
courage a college boy.
There was one at the Wisconsin, Michi-
gan game Thursday who made life a bur-
den to every n near him.. He had a
strident, disagreeable voice. and he was
not content to yell when a good play was
made. but kept it up continuously, shout
ing advice and warnings to players who
POSSIBLY near him. A man who
was getting most Of these yells directly
in his ear, to the great detriment of tina
finally turned and handed the
a tin horn.
.'See il you can't make some more
noise!" he said with bitter sarcasm.
Thank you." was the reply of the
youth as he took the horn. THAT 10
what I came down to Chicago for.''
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-20
Investigating the Claims,

Washington, Dec. 20.-With the view of
Investigating the actual conditions which
prevail in the territories of Arizona and
New Mexico, which are applying for
statehood, Senator Shoup, the chairman
Of the committee on territories, will leave
tomorrow for those territories. In the
party will be Senator Clark of Wyoming,
Chairman Hull OF the military committee,
commissions Herman of the land office,
Assistant Secretary of War Meikletohn.
Governor Murphy of Arizona and Cover
nor Otero of New Mexico. They will re-
turn about Jan. /,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-20
EVERYBODY DEL1GHTED.
NEWBRO'S HERPICIDE DESTROYS
THE DANDRUFF GERM PER
MANENTLY AND CURES
BADNESS.

Quinine and rum and a whole lot of
other things are pleasant to rub on the
scalp after washing it free of dandruff,
but not one preparation of the general
run will cure the dandruff. A germ
causes dandruff and falling hair. It is
necessary to kill that germ, to BIZ perma-
nently cured of dandruff. and to stop
falling hair. Newbro's Herpicide will
positively destroy that germ, so that
there can be no more dandruff, and so
that the hair will grow luxuriantly. De
stroy the cause and you remove the eff
feet
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-20
A Christmas Gift.

Clavelond, o., Dec. 2O.-At the request
of Sen. M. A. Hanna the Little Conscli-
dated Street railroad of which he is pres
ident. will distribute s. 1000 among it's en-
ployes Saturday night as a Christmas
gift. The senator, in a telegram tc the
directors says he wants to show the COM
pany's appreciation, of the manly course
taken by it's employees during the late
strike on the Big Consolidated lines
when they refused to go out.l
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-20

b. BROWN, THE ARTISTIC TAI
Tor, has opened NJ shop at 1888 South
Main street, where he is prepared to
, make latest style suits up to order.
Prices within reach of all. Work
guaranteed. See him before going
elsewhere. 1873 Main street.
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FOR RENT


modern brick. West Side.
Same furnished $50. 90
frame, near Kings
a.. orlckyard. A splendid house.
- frame, West Woolman.
s-l'oo-four-room frame, with stable,
near Star West.
slo'oo-Iour-room frame, on Nine Mile
Road.
frame. Anaconda Road.
sAo.oo-Ihree-room brick, near Parrot
school house.
frame, near St, James
hospital.
large housekeeping rooms.
store, close in.
>-s.0o-F1ve-room brick, furnished, West
Side.
Thompson Investment Co., 4s East
broadway. Real estate, loans, fire insur-
ance, rentals, Butte, Montana.
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Sale
PriCeS..

Maple Syrup, finest made, gallon $l.l'
Whole Cod Fish, 1s pounds........ LOO
Orange Lemon and Citron Peel.s IVe
Cinnamon, Pepper n Mustard.. 2oe
3 packages Breakfast C~ocoa...." QUO
3 pounds Bankers Mocha and Java
COHee... -. go - -. 80 s''s'
1 pint bottle Catsup, 15c. quarts. zoo
2 cans California Grapes or Plums 2o@
White Potatoes, $1.20. red. -. %. LIZ
New Orleans Table Molasses, gals. 1o(
Onion per hundred... 49,. -. -. -. Los
Flour per SACK. -. 80. ........oo 10 'o>
Fancy Bread Flour, per sack...... Luz
Fair Bread Flour, per SACK. ... 9o<
20 bars Laundry soap... -. -. 80. Luz
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SPECIALISTS

IN THE EXACT SCIENCE OF PALM
istry Madame Dewitt Is an adept.
Magnetic healing is recognized as an
advanced mode OF relieving pain and
curing disease without the mid Of drugs.
]. Removed from the Butte hotel to us
West Park. ~
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w A N f. D-BY A FIRST-CLASS
dressmaker, position to go out by the
day, best reference. Address 61S West
Park street.
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FOR SALE-ALL KINDS OF LODGING
houses at all kind of prices. Easy
terms. Reid & Kennedy, 3 w. Broad
way.
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FOR SALE-FURNITURE OF A FIVE
room house; house for rent. 217 North
Wyoming.
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WANTED-GIRL WANTED TO DO
general house work. Apply at this office.
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HIGH CLASS LODGING HOUSE,
Right in heart of the city; 43 room, all
rented; pays q profit of $500 a month;
price, s., 900, 900 cash and rest on time.
Reynolds & Mcdowell, As East Broad
way, Butte.
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s2,25O BUYS TWO HOUSES AND COR
ner lot: rents or $40: a few SLIGO lots
left. Mcmillan & Floyd, AZ East Broad
way.
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f O SALE 1S-ROOM LODGING
house. Good location. $500. Reid &
Kennedy, 8 w. Broadway.
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EN- L E N T.

WANTED-POSITION AS COOK, ALL
around man. Address A. Wolverton,
general delivery.
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FOR RENT. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
store, suitable for druggist or grocer,
goa location. Cobban, Casey e. Co., 33
West Granite.
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NINE ROOM LODGING HOUSE CLOSE
in. Rent only $25, clears $40 a month
for $500. A bargain. Call at once.
Room 80, Silver Bow block. s. NJ. Wade.
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WANT ADOv

Two Cents Per Word for First Issue.
One Cent Per Word After First Issue.
81. 90 Per Line Per Month.
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MEAT MARKET ONE BLOCK OF
Main and Park furnished complete
with good wagon and horse $3.50. Must
be sold at once. Cal at room 80 Silver
Bow block, S. NJ. Wade.