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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-05
the PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

II dIllIudl lilCSSdS0 Nk l"S
was submitted to both houses of ongress
today, and the readers of the Inter Noun
tain will have the first opportunity to
peruse it. Notwithstanding its length it
is a document which should be carefully
read by every person interested in public
affairs. Taken in it's entirety it is one of
the ablest papers of its kind ever ema-
mating from the white house. New ques-
tions of infinite importance to the coun-
try are treated in detail, and much light
is thrown upon many matters in contro-
versy.
OF particular interest is the treatment
accorded the Philippine question, in
which facts thai are anything but pleas
ant to the Aguinaldoites in this country
are set forth. The statements raise a ques-
ton of veracity between the chief execu-
tive and some of the leading democratic
newspapers in Montana, but it is believed
the president can stand the shock. There
is no installing the views of the presi-
dent respecting American occupancy, and
the character of the insurrection planned
by the murderous fiend whom the bour-
bon press delight to honor. The chapters
ION the Philippine islands are we'll worth
a thorough study.
The duty of withdrawing from Cuba as
soon as the situation will admit of such
a course is fully discussed, and interest
ing suggestions are made relative to
Porto Rico and other possessions recently
acquired.
Comment is made on our friendly rela-
tions with Germany, Russia and other
powers, and the splendid condition of our
foreign and domestic commerce. The
statement is made that our receipts equal
our expenditures and that the nation as a
whole is IN a most prosperous condition.
The president takes strong grounds
against the trusts and combinations of
capital in restriction of trade. and urges
upon ongres action that will adequately
protect the people from movements of
that type. He dwells on the proposition
at some length, and outlines a course of
procedure that effectually spikes the guns
OF the democratic so-called opponents to
trusts. It WOULD be impossible for the
democracy to taxi stronger grounds in
behalf of the people, in the matter of sup
pressing unholy combinations of capital,
than has been taken by the president and
doubtless will be endorsed by the repub-
1ican majority in congress.
On the financial question, the president
advocates the maintenance of the single
standard, n points to existing condi-
lions for evidences of its utility. It is a
matter of regret that the president shares
the views of eastern republicans and
democrats alike on financial matters,
rather than looking with favor on the
western idea. While the free coinage
question is not in issue, having been re-
tired by the so-calied silver democratic
leaders, in Difference to the wishes of the
gold wing of that party. it nevertheless
would be pleasing to many bimetallists
IN the west had the opinions of the pres
ldent been of a less radical character.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-05
REBUKi.G THE DEMOCRATS.

The New York Journal of Nov. 26
loyalty which they will do we'll to heed.
in outlining a course of procedure for it's
party in congress, it bitterly opposes the
copperhead policy to which so many
democratic newspapers have committed
themselves. 1t accuses democrats of
starting the war in the Philippines, of
p%rolonging it by their conduct, and of ex-
hibiting a disposition to start it again
when it is practically at an end. It says:
The war in the Philippines is substan-
TALLY over. The Tagalo forces are dis
persed, half the members of Aguinaldo's
cabinet have been captured, the presi-
dent of the Filipino congress is back on
the reservation and want office, and
when the American troops entered San
Carlos the people met them With a band
formerly attached to the insurgent army,
and the alcade headed a procession in a
carriage with General Macarthur and
Colonel Bell amid the plaudits of the jubi-
liant populace.
OF course, if we We're really inhuman
oppressors, and the Filipinos were nerved
by a desperate determination to resist our
tyranny With their lives, they could keep
up a guerilla warfare in the swamps and
mountains for a long time. But that is
not the situation. We expect to give the
Philippines a better and freer govern
ment than they have ever known, and
that is not the sort of thing that inspires
the kind of resistance the Montenegrins
made to the Turks for four hundred
years. There have been abundant evil
dences that the Filipino people are tired
of war and ask nothing better thar a
chance to settle down in quiet and earn
their livings. Their leading men have
been abandoning he insurrection, and
the inhabitants of the captured villages
hive been welcoming our troops.
The defeated co~nspirators who tried
10 establish an oligarchy in the Philip
pines will not fight from caves and
swamps. They have a safer and more
comfortable way. Their fighting will be
done for them, not in Luzon, but in
America: not from hidden lurking places,
but in congress and the press; not by
ignorant. half-civilized peasants, but by
men of inherited and trained political
capacity, many of whom call themselves
democrats, although they nave forgotten
every principle the democratic party ever
stood on.
These men, who stirred up the insur-
rection in the first place and who have
been industriously prolonging it ever
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-05

since, will try to set It going again after
it has stopped. Lawton and Macarthur
can do nothing against them. 1t is our
turn now. The firing line is here, and
every democrat who prizes the traditions
of his party and the welfare OF his coun-
try must take his place in it.
The scene of action will be transferred
next week from Luzon to Washington.
When congress meets the A~guinaldists
Will endeaNor to open a fire in the rear
on our soldiers in the Philippines. But
We cannot believe hat the attempt will
have any success.
1T is d condition and not a theory that
confronts us" What can any sane party
do in the face of this condition? Are we
to gather up the pieces of Aguinaldo's
army from all the amigo huts between
Manila and Dagupan, paste Them no.
getler and ham the result to the Jare-
headed and tattered chieftain, rugged out
with a new hat and a fresh suit of
clothes by our generosity? Are we to turn
over our Macabebe scouts and our Fill
pino mayors and judges to General Pho
del Pillars sharpshooters with a recon-
mendation to mercy? 80 ~
That is the policy which an American
party in it's senses will hardly propose
at the beginning of a presidential cam
paign. The democracy wants an issue
upon which it can appeal to the country
with some hope of success. 1t will mot
find such ar issue in the policy Of
seuttling away from a victory.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-05
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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-05

oklahoma. The streams and roads of-
Tered no obstacles to it whatever. While
gong south, it also turned to the east.
ana left a trail Of ruin across Rice. Reno.
nlnsnan, Harper and other counties.
thousands of settlers were burned out.
losing not only their houses and their
reed, but also their horses and cattle. If
the mar who set that fire had been
known to the settlers all the troops On
Tue plalns would not have been enough
10 stay their vengeance. AS it was. he
suffered remorse beyond description.
When the officers at Hays would bring
him papers telling of the damage done
ne would Sroan and curse himself round
~. He left Hays for some other post in
the 1olioWlnS ear. and. SO far as we
know. his name was never connected
with the gigantic prairie fire of 1869. =
Kansas City Journal.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-05
TRYING TO PLEASE EMPLOYERS.

New York Weekly: Mistress-I am sur
pflsed. You say you were married six
months ago, divorced three months ago
and remarked your husband last night.
Domestic-Yes'm. You see. at the first
place he had they wanted a married man,
so we got married; but the next place
they wanted a single man, so we got
divorced, II / came here. Now he's
found a place where they want a man
for gardening n wife to cook, so we
got married agai nand I'm going there
With him.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-05

p~reciate these facts. and to regard this
paper as willing and able to stand fear
public Importance. regardless of whose
toes it may from time to time be COM
PEELED to tread upon. If the fact has
been demonstrated that men can live
tana. without aligning themselves with
either faction of the democracy, or sub
scribing to their permanent stock OF po-
litical feuds. the Inter Mountain is con-
tent. There was Il time when the av-
erage Montanian was inclined to the be-
lief that every citizen in this state must
be necessarily either a Clark MAJ or an
anti-Clark man. While political condi-
tons are such as to make that belief
hold good as to the personnel Of the DEM
ocratic party. it does not apply to the
many thousands of citizens who affiliate
with other political organizations and
whose chief concern is the welfare Of the
state, rather than the qualification of the
personal ambitions of aspiring democrats
or the indefinite perpetuation of time
Worn srudges. In touching upon the
Clark controversy, the Inter Mountain
has endeavored at all times to make this
truth plain to the public.
The people are concerned in this con-
test insofar as it relates to the reputa-
ton of our commonwealth and the man
agement of public affairs. Unquestion-
ably, the controversy has attained suf-
ficient magnitude to make its outcome
one of great Importance to the citizens
of this state. regardless of what it may
be. that the damage inflicted upon Mon
tana may be repaired as far as possible
when the question of responsibility shal
have been definitely settled. While there
have been tines in the past when first
one side and then the other would score
a point in a tremendous game of politi-
cal football between men intellectually
we'll matched. and e~nergized by the in
tense hatreds of a decade, the time is
come when the controversy is focused
in the court of last resort. Public sem
timent, which would nave gladly prevent
ed the exhibitions that have made this
state the object of derision and the theme
of ridicule throughout the land, now de-
mands a thorough probing into the facts
by the high-minded and impartial tri-
bunal in whose hands the investigation
has been placed.
1t is incumbent upon the accusers of
! Mr.. Clark to prove their allegations be-
fore a committee of gentlemen who are
utterly Indifferent to the political pulls
that too often bias the judgment of those
who are directly in touch with the fac
| tors in the feud. 1t is equally incumbent
upon Senator Clark to make a showing
rest the accusations filed against him.
If either side to the controversy neglects
public, it will not be entitled to the con-
sideration which honest men have a right
to demand The reputation of Montana
and the character of our people are con-
cerned in the outcome, and it is right
and proper for the world to know whether
this state is a rotten borough" as Gro
Yer Cleveland expresses it, or is merely
the victim of the temporary supremacy
of the democratic party. "
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-05

Notwithstanding his failure of an cleo
ton to the senate last winter. Charlie
Hartman has at last gotten his name into
the archives of that body. He signed a
protest against seating Senator Clark.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-05

The Anaconda Standard often boasts
of it's fairness in giving all the news. 1t
published all of Attorney General Mol
ans brief in the Welcome case. but gave
only a short summary of the brief SUBJ
mitted by the defense.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-05

AS the protest against seating Senator
Clark, signed by Governor Smith and
others. will become a document of his
torical interest the Inter Mountain pub
fishes it in full today.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-05

A beautiful souvenir free With every
50c purchase or over next Thursday and
Friday at the Finlen-Medin Drug COM
pany, SO n. Main.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-05

Why has the memorial signed by
Speaker Stiff and q others been kept Sc
cret? Why has it not been given the pub
lie?
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-30
Vinol Will Do This for Debilitated
Men and WOmen.
We Guarantee That this Delicious
Wine Of Cod Liver Oil will Accom-
Iiish What We Claim for It.
We Refund the Cost to All Who Buy
Vinol, and Are Not Satisfied.

Men, women, and children. who drag
their weary limbs through life without
strength and without hope, deserve TIE
pity Of all, II they do not know of Vinol.
No one, however, deserves pity who has
the chance of getting over such troubles
by living where Vinol can be procured
We know that Vinol brings good health
to the afflicted. 1t acts benetcially on
the stomach, and aids the di gestive or
gans to perform their natural function
as they should.
Vinol we are positive will give strength
and health to the weak and debilitated
from disease or particularly old age. II
there is any case where this Is not accom-.
pllshed, We will refund the cos, of the
medicine In every instance.
Mr.. F. II, Story, 2iOA School street,
Somerville, Mass, wr!t,s: "I have
been confined to my house most of the
winter. Tried God liver oil; could not
take 1t. would indeed rather finish my
days In bed than take into my stomach
anything that has such a horrible taste
and smell. Then 1 took Vinol, and can
say ms 1 am now gaining flesh and
strength every day AMI am again eat
ing and sleeping MS well man should.
feel like q boy again"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-30
PROCTOR SAYS
That Ha Is Not Trying To Launch .
Dewey Boom.

St Johnsbury, Vt. October 2s.-In
view of the many stories now going the
rounds Of the metropolitan press alleging
that Senator Proctor 10 engineering a
boom Of Admiral Dewey for the Prssi-
dency. the following letter, addressed to
the st Johnsbury Republican, will be
Of interest;
Proctor. VT. October 20. 1899.
Editor st. Johnsbury Rspu blican;
My Dear Sir-Your letter OF inquiry
received. There IL no truth In the ststs-
ment OF my unfriendiincss to the admin.
istration, or that the President reJues ted
me, when read to him my remarks
about Cuba before they were delivered,
not TO deliver them in the Senate.
Nor IL &c true that / am trying to start
dewey BOOM" 1 had understood
well from various sources before he
reached America that the Admiral did
not propose to be drawn into politics.
and he has made this statement SO freely
since ne landed that / suppose 10 must
be generally understood. some newspaper
statements to the contrary notwithst and
ing.
II Is against my custom to try to cor
rect erroneous statements that concern
myself, preferring TO leave ths correction
to time. hut II you desire Co publish this
letter, or the substance of It. In any
form you choose. you are at liberty to io
SO.
Very truly yours.
kedaeld Proctor.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-30
LOST IN THE WOODS.
Many Parties Searching for the Mis-
sing Boothbsy Hunter.
iarrcr.L 20 THE rnxss.I

htFhtlhh AZ AAh AhAnsl
Camp Bemis. October 2s-No trace
Of Mr.. Richard NJ. Knight Of Boothbay
Harbor, who has been lost since last
Tuesday, has bsen found. Forty men
were out yesterday and quite . lot come
up from Rumford Falls last night to
help In the search. A party Of i've start
ed from Madrid, THURSDAY, campsd In the
woods that night and reached here yes
terday finding no trace whatever. Four
days have elapsed since he went out and
many bllievs that he is not alive. as the
last two nights have ben rainy and
cold. His father Is nearly distracted.
Captain Barker hes charge of the search
ers and is doing his utmost to find him.
Young Mr. knight was out with his
friend, Mr.. Arthur wilsou. They sepa-
rated In the forenoon and nothing has
been learned Of him since. MIR. Wilson
IL nearly overcome by the absence OF his
friend.
Several are here from Poland Springs
o Join In the search.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-30
A BRAKEMAN'S DEATH.
Crushed I'm the Car which lie Had just
Entered.
ESPECIAL TO THE rBEss.l

Milo, October 2s.-John Melville, q
brakeman on the Bangor s. Aroostook
railIosd. was killed at Milo Junction
this morning at about o'clock. Mel
vilis was breaking on u freight which
was held at the junction for orders. A
special wss expected and the brakeman
was sent back to flag 1t as the freight
was on the main track. He climbed mp
into the caboose, 1t is not known for what
purpose. and befor he got out the special
came along. The freight engineer saw
it and started mp his train, but he did 30
so suddenly that the train broke apart,
leaving freight car and the caboose. The
cabooss was smashed 90 splinters and tha
freight car up ended. Melville was found
In the wreck. dead. His chest was
crushed In and he had received a bad
wound In the head Melvilles' home
was in Houlton. He was about IS yenrs
old and leaves q wife and one child.
The railroad commissioners will hold
an inquest.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-30
NOTICE.

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree
to refund the money on two 70 cent bot
ties or boxes of Baxter's Mandrake Bit
ters, if it fails to cure constipation, bill
iousness, sick headache, jaundice, loss OF
appetite, sour stomach, dyspepsia, liver
complaint. or any of the diseases for
which it is recommended. 1t is highly
recommended as tonic and blood puri-
fer. Sold liquid in bottles, and tablets
in boxes. Price 25 cents for either. One
package of either guaranteed to give sat
isfaction or money refunded.
c. II. GUPPY & CO.,
Monument So, Portland, Me.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-30
HEADLESS.
The skeleton Found I'm an Old Orring-
ton Cellar.

Bangor. Oct)ber 2s.-Orrlngtop. six
miles below this city, Is In q state Of ex-
element over the finding Of headers
SIX eleton In the ruins Of an old cellar In
that town.
The cellar Is located on a section Of the
old NURSE farm and the house, under
which 1t formerly was, was torn down
many years ago, since which time the
place has been uninhati tied and unvisited,
except by the men who cut the hay In the
place each year.
Last summer ". s. Littlefeld of Her
mon bought the farm and the one adjoin-
ing 1t. A short time ago he decided to
clean out the old cellar and, perhaps, erect
q new house there to live in, 1t being a
far more slightly spot than the one on
which this present homestead stands. A
big spruce timber was found embedded
In the cellar bottom along the easily side
of the place. The timber appeared to be
In good state Of preservation aud 1t was
decided to remove 1t.
When the men had loossned the timber
and returned to raise 1t, great was their
surprise to see bones beneath 1t.
All haste WAS made to get the timber
place and there beneath 1t was disclosed
the headless skeleton.
The story Of Mr.. Littlefeld's find soon
spread and 1t was not long before the en-
tire country side was talking Of 1t. One
aged lady recalls that a former resident
Of the house used 10 be- awakened each
night by sounds of laughter and would
rouse up to sees coach and four horses
loaded with jolly party drive up the
hill and into the yard and then fade
away into vapory mist. An old gen.
tlsman who has passed the greater part
OF his years In the near vicinity Of the
place says that one Of its former ooou-
pants was very wicked and while he
cannot remember any suspicious circum-
stances that would lead to the belief of
murder having bean done he firmly be-
Iieves that that man, were he alive, could
do much to clear the mystery.
The most Interesting of all the stories
Is told by q young Orrington man, who
learned II from his father years ago. 1t
il that whom the proposition to establish
the Maine State Agricultural College,
now the University Of Maine. came mp,
Mr.. Nurse. who then owned nearly all
the land In that section. offered to give
the land for the college to the state, pro-
viding the school should DO located In
Orrington. A friend of his became much
Interested In the scheme and gave freely
of both time and money in his effort to
secure the location of the college In Or
rinRton. AS 10 well known the college
went to Orono. This SO disappointed the
mau that he came back to Orrington and
remained there for some time, living as
hermit, and then suddenly disappeared,
and from that day to this no trace Of him
has ever been found. The young man
firml believes that the skeleton found
By Mr.. LittleneId IL that of this man.
but he does not attempt to explain how
1t came beneath the timber or what be-
came of the head.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-30
CITY OF PORTLAND.
To the Electors of the City of
Portland.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Bolrd of
~ Registration OF Voters OF said City, will be
in open session at Room Number Eleven QD
City BUILDING upon each of the Twelve secular
days prior to the Special Election 10 be holden
on Monday, the sixth day OF November next.
10 vote for member Of ongress caused by the
resignation of Hon. Thomas b. Reed, being
from October twenty-third to November SIKH.
inclusive. On the first nine secular days OF
said session, viz: October twenty-third to
November first 1897, inclusive, VIII be for the
purpose of receiving evidence touching the
qualification OF Voters In said City, and to re-
wise and correct the Voting Lists OF the several
wards therein from nine o'clock In the fore
noon TO one o'clock in the afternoon, from
three till five O'Clock IN the afternoon aud from
seven Till nine O'Clock In the evening except
ing ON the last day OF said session November
1st when 1t will not be In session after Five
O'Clock In the afternoon. The sessions OF
November end 3fd and 4th. will he for the
purpose to enable the Board TO verify tho
correctness OF said lists and to complete and
close up its records OF said sessions.
The Board of Registration VIII be In session
the day OF election Tor the correction of errors
only that may have occurred during said 70
vision. x...,.
AUGUSTUS +. GERRISH,
JAMES n. READ,
ROBERT Il. AHERN.
Board OF Registration OF Voters.
Portland. Oct. 20, 1899. oct23dtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-30
MISSING FOR SEVEN YEARS.

Ellsworth, October ss.-Jamss p. Ba-
yard, who mysteriously disappeared from
sedgwiok over seven years ago, was heard
from yesterday, his wife receiving word
that he was sick In Seattle. Today she
was notified that he was dead. Bayard,
a. far as known, had no domestic OF
financial troubles, when he went away
and the cause Of his disappearance has
never been explained.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-30
INQUEST HELD.

Syracuse, N. Y, October 80 -An In
quest was held at Waterloo today in the
case of Edward FAirohfid Of st. Louis,
the freshman drowned In q KAPPA Alpha
initiation. The inquest was secret. @.
N. Blood of Ithaca. attorney for DIcken-
sen, charged with the death OF Berkeley,
says there will he NO concealment In the
cass.