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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-28
less chatter about fidelity to silver that
has ornamented the democratic newspa-
pers from the ascendency Of Bryan to the
present day. '
GOVERNOR SMITHS DEFENSE.

From the Helena Independent: The
dispatches tell how, while in Butte re-
Gently. a committee called upon Governor
Sinith and handed him a subscription he
had made for the relief of the miners in
the occur dAlenes who had been thrown
out of employment by The strike. The
SUBSCRIPTION was offered in response to
d letter requesting it. The letter was in
circular form and sent to many other
persons. The refusal of the labor leaders
TO receive the Offering Of the governor
after 1t mad been requested is in line with
the policy OF misI representation of the
governors actions that had been con-
slstently followed by a few men con-
nected with the miners in Montana. The
governor said yesterday that the COM
mlttee had called upon him, refused to
discuss the question, and left without
o1Ierlng a sufficient explanation.
"IHere is no doubt of the fact said
me governor yesterday, that a few Of
the labor leaders ave been absolutely
and mallciously perverting and misrep-
resenting the facts; they don't care to re-
ceiVe the facts II won't.
They have persistently charged me
with authorizing the arrest in Montana
or men by the military authorities, which
is absolutely false. If the military made
any arrests in this state, they did it-if
they acted in accordance with the in
stTuctions of General Merriam and my
III. o.."o.s isnte - me civil autnoIi-
IL .litllely' ! &c, az the request Of the
Il : ~ ~ luaAio' request the sheriff OF
a mru, county 70 ara IN me arrest 81
I'LL. eacaplhg 70 TINS state. For
49, III. i nave no APOLOGIES 70 make. II
sne,I "e'e criminals they
t tn We arrested, anu don't propose
~ n1a uAe .ne STATE a refuge 1or CRIMINALS
ms - l. nave AWNING 10 40 with
"a" . "a e',elt OF aiIa.r".
AZ not SNOW the name Oh a single
1851 aIiesteo III missouri county. or
NV. I'ans 'nele Wele' III there were any.
naeie nays oeen no complaints made of
- specIhc cases. NOME OF those who
IL . l1siep[eseHteu the lacts mas gwen
nr an ~ any VINO were arrested r.
71 ~ person canning 70 nave
ia hi.su!aIly aIfes.eu mas ever COM
= ans WY. mere nave peeA no
tL bnp'aahls n ~ except from some 81
1aooL ieauers referred 70.
n,..v Is eoiH!l!l.se calieu upcn me at
,rans. tnele MeIe VII Joyce ana Mr..
a.i -.ney salu l hau concerned Inc
paop1e ailesteu ~ WaraHer ana mat they
.on';aa a.es-l,ans moAcy from me. |
lepi,eu enat ! nau 10Y entered INTO any
~ Una liat,on ol Ihey said
;n a ,nss u,un . wait 10 ulscUss tne SUD-
wa IN ~ :
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-28

D1REcTORs-J. A. Creighton. Omaha:
q. w. 6tapleton. A. H. Barrett. r. d
Leavitt. 8. v. Kemper. T. M. Hodgens-
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-28

Corner Main and Park Streets. Butte.
Ucder State Supervision and Jurisdiction
Interest Paid on Deposita.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-28

This morning the Anaconda Standard
advises the government to send more
troops to the Philippines, in response to
which several companies left San Fran
cisco yesterday on the Valencia for Ma
Mia. The prompt action of the govern
ment in taking the Standards advise is
due to the difference in time between yes
terday and San Francisco and today and
Washington.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-28

Yesterday the democratic state conven-
ton at Louisville tamed down sufficient
~ to nominate Goebel for governor. A
utes before he was nominated, he is now
the idol of his party, for, if elected, he
will superintend the pie-counter and look
after the needs of the grass-fed Ken
tuckians.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-28

Rear Admiral Sampson has been grant,
ed a vacation of 80 days by the govern
ment. Now, if the democratic press will
also give him a rest. Nj. Schley's UNDER
study ought to feel quite omforta BILE.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-28

soldier clothes" and putting himself on
a peace footing, that he might straddle
a new issue and ride to glory upon it.
Searching out Andrew Carnegie, and 9TH
err men who had become noted for their
opposition to the cause Of labor, quite as
much as for their championship of the
single gold standard, Bryan laid the
foundations for a new issue to be called
neutrality-suspicious." This issue vas
based On opposition to the policy of the
government in holding the Philippines.
AS a theory, or principle, it had neither
momentum nor strength; as an applied
idea it took rank with the work of the
knights of the Golden Circle in the cop
perhead era of the civil war.
Giving no promise Of a substantial foot
ing as IN issue, however, it became
necessary for the democratic managers to
do something else and be quick about
it. The public ear must be reached i'll
some way, for every day was adding to
the strength and popularity of the repub-
lican administration. Then came the
demonstration at st. Louis, where it was
decided lat the democracy should take
up the fight against the trusts and COM
binations of capital, as the paramount
issue. and swing the public into line
through the eloquence and energy of their
denunciations. Since that meeting it has
been discovered by IN intelligent ana
discriminating public that all the prac-
teal legislation against trusts and COM
bines has been passed by the republican
party, while all the legislation giving to
such enterprises free rein to override
the people has been passed by the DEM
ocrats. Notable instances in point are
the republican antitrust laws of Ohio,
the leading Mckinley state in the union,
and the democratic trust laws of Mon
tana, the leading Bryan state.
-
Forced back from every attempt to
spring a new issue on the people, the
democratic leaders look with dismay upon
even the possibility that they may yet
have to pick up the free coinage question
which they have so skillfully attempted
to relegate to the background. So much
for the work of the democratic ma
chine" which is at present badly out
of gear, and slipping a cog at every revo-
luton. Democratic distress now adver-
tises itself by the cry that the republicans
are laying political pipe for 1900.
In truth, the republicans are merely
keeping the even tenor Of their way
doing their utmost TO promote the welfare
and prosperityfof the country, which is
responsive to their efforts to a degree
most discouraging to democratic hopes
and aspirations, and trying to bring the
war in the Philippines to a successful
conclusion, despite the ncourageme at
forded the rebels by their friends and al
lies in this country.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-28

Governor smith speaks in his " de-
Tense in the Helena Independent of yes
terday. Tie article will be found in full
in today's Inter Mountain.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-28

The democratic search-light was turn
ed upon all phases Of the Spanish-Ameri-
can war, in an untiring effort to dis,
cover something from which political
capital against the administration could
be created. Aside from the discovery Of
some refrigerator beef which spoiled in
the hot southern climate, when taken off
the ice, and which was paraded in the
democratic newspapers as a republican
crime against humanity, nothing was
found from which to extract an issue.
In the meantime the Philippine islands
had fallen into the possession of the Uni
ted States, as the result of the great vic
tory achieved by Dewey. For 500 years
Spain had owned and controlled these ISL
ands, n her title to them was undis-
puted save as it might be wrested from
her in the fortunes of war. With the de-
struction of the Spanish fleet at Manila.
necessary to the preservation of our Pa
Cilic coast, and the capture of the CITY
OF Manila, the United States was
placed in a position where retreat from
it's newly found responsibilities was i'm
possible, without inviting dishonor and
provoking the disgust OF the world. 1t
was necessary to retain the footing ac-
CURED.
And herein the democratic managers
saw the opening for a political issue
for which they had 30 ardently sought.
Colonel Bryan, in pursuance of a we'll
laid plan. lost no time In taking off his
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-28

Because the Inter Mountain calls at
tention to these facts, and shows that
the cause of silver has fallen into the
hands of it's enemies, to be toyed with,
tempered with, n finally cast aside
when it has ceased to be a drawing card,
the Independent say it 'eXerts itself to
make hem (the democrats) sad and sor-
rowful." No doubt it makes those gen.
the people of Montana into the belief that
the democracy is the friend of silver, to
see the Inter Mountain point out the EVIL
dences of their hypocracy in the treat
ment of the white metal.
But when the Independent says the In
ter Mountain "tries to belittle the i'm
portance of silver and magnify the im-
portance of other issues it states a
falsehood patent upon it's face Has not
the Inter Mountain ceaselessly criticised
the democracy for trying to ~displace sill
Yer as a paramount issue? Has it not
cried down the efforts of the national
leaders of that party to make anti-imperi-
alisn, anti-trusts, or anti-any-old-t thing,
the leading issue for 1900? Has it not
plead with the democratic press of this
state to take issue with the Anaconda
Standard in it's declaration that the ra-
ito between gold and silver should be
fixed by the worlds exchanges?
In fact, the Inter Mountain, in pointing
democratic party in its assumed love for
silver. has rendered better service to the
cause Of bimetallism that all the sense
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-28
SHAPING POLITICAL CONCLUSIONS.

For a number of months the leaders of
the democratic party nave been exerting
themselves energetically erecting politi-
cal fences for 1900. Having signally failed
to bring about a set of conditions favora-
BILE to their party, the cry is now raised
ting in it's work. trying to break down
Mr.. Bryan in 1899 in order to make smooth
sailing for that party in the presidential
campaign of the forthcoming year. A
brief review of the situation is alone ne
cessary to show that it is the democracy
that is trying to anticipate next year,
INC not the republican party.
The efforts of the democratic press to
create the impression that their party is
quietly permitting events to shape them
selves, like the Irish alderman who was
willing to permit nature to take it's
course when the Gondola question was
raised, will deceive no one. Trying to
arrogate to themselves the virtue of pa
thence by declaiming against the re
publican machine" will convince no one
of their own child like innocence in wait
ing for political virtue to t.get a hustle
onto itself" and become it's own reward.
The democrats opened their campaign
for 1900 when it was planned that Mr..
Bryan should seek a military commits
sion, and by joining the army lemon
Strafo that hiS nafrioficv, ,,oc oc,,hJ ~
that Of Mr.. Mckinley's, whose record
along that line was already before the
people. This, it was believed, would de-
stroy any advantage which the repub-
licans might possess should the question
of fidelity to the flag be raised later on.
Besides, it would give Mr.. Bryan a bet
ter opportunity if nominated in 1900 to
take issue with the administrations con-
duct of the war, from the standpoint of
personal observation, should an opening
present itself. -.t
Unfortunately for the democrats, who
tried to force the administration into a
declaration Of wal with Spain before this
country was prepared to meet the foe,
President Mckinley carried the con-
test through to a successful conclusion
and to the everlasting credit Of American
arms. Feeble attempts were made to
arouse %prejudices against him, because
he appointed many civilians to positions
of responsibility which is was claimed
should have been placed in the hands of
military men, but with an unending Sue
cesslon OF victories on land and sea, until
the Inundated and defeated Spaniards
cried for peace, the coveted opportunity
to make a point against the admins
tration failed. 81
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-17
MARRY ANpA,7E GOOD.
Not Absolutely Perfect, Which Might
lllll hut lN1Al,l MAJ fiYelY So.

Not Absolutely Perfect Which Might
BE Dull, but Comparatively So
Friedrich Printing has just pub
lished in Germany, some Of the re-
suits of his study of the influence OF
marriage upon the criminality of men,
says the Cincinnati Commercial-Tri-
bune From criminal statistics he de-
duced that property rights of all kinds
are respected more generally by the
married than the single. Such graver
offenses as robbery, extortion and
fraud are committed by married men
with comparative infrequency. When
he is driven to the unlawful acquire
ment Of material goods he generally
chooses some less dangerous method.
Receiving stolen goods, breaking the
laws relative to trade, commerce and
public health, foroible detention Of
pieces of property, bankruptcy, etc. are
the forms which offenscs against prop
erty usually take among married men.
Among those married at an extremely
early age trespasses against the rights
Of property are more common than
among the unmarried of correspond
ing age. This is explained by the fact
that poverty is frequently a concom-
liant or result of such marriages. In
cendiarism is found most largely
among the married between 80 and 60
years of age. The unmarried outrun
the married in the offenses against mo-
rality, and also in those against human
life, but the married surpass the I'M
married in careless and negligent kill
ing and wounding. The difference in
criminality between the married and
the unmarried grows less with advanc-
ing years. Between the ages Of so and
so years it is small, and after that it is
even less. Drunkenness claims the
major share of its victims between the
ages Of 30 and so years. The Grimm
Atty of widowers between the ages of
30 and so is notably greater than that
Of other classes. The loss of the wife
frequently leads to mental derange-
menl, and certain kinds of self-control
are difficult for this class to exercise.
In general there is decrease in GRIM
lnallty of the married the longer they
have been in the married state. Among
the restraints which marriage places
upon the married man is the fear Of
bringing disgrace upon his family and
lasting shame upon his children. The
temptation of the married man to in
uulge in the pleasures of the public
house is less than tina. of the single
man. With the need OF defending and
supporting family, there comes, too.
increased respect for religion, law and
property, the defending and supporting
OF the institutions of society. Lastly.
strong deterrent effect of marriage
upon criminality results from the in
lluence of constant and intimate asso-
cation of the man with a member of
the sex whose criminality is low COM
pared VITA that of his own.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-17

John W. Page. of Stokes, Pitt county.
VINO was in town on Friday to consult
Congressman John H. Small, has had
quite a romantic and pathetic expert
ence with his son, Alphonso C. Page.
Alphonso ran away from home six
years ago and enlisted in the navy I'M
der the assumed name of George w.
Pollard, and gave John w. Pollard as
MS fathers name. He served in the
Spanish war, and later was ordered to
the Philippines, where he was promot-
ed to chief master-at-arms in the
marine service. And although the
father has not heard from his son for
over year, since May there has been
an unclaimed letter lying in the Green
vile postoffice, addressed to John w.
Pollard, and stamped upon it the name
of U. S. steamship Monadnock and the
government frank. BY some means it
was supposed to be intended for Mr..
Page, and he was notified to call and
open 1t. This he did, and it proved
to be letter from Commander Mich
OILS, OF the Monadnock, dated April l.
1899, informing him of the death of his
son in the hospital. The letter was
complimentary to the young man, and
stated there was $3.50 to his credit on
the ships books. Mr.. Page came to
town to see ]. H. Small, to whom he
made the above statement, and Mr..
Small at once took steps to procure the
money and if possible to have the body
returned to Pages old home.-Wash-
ington IN. c. Gazette.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-17
The Language OF Color4.

According to tradition. sky-blue de-
notes amiability, gentleness and pow
err: pale yellow, riches, knowledge and
deceit. Orange is significant of SPLEEN
dor, intelligence and falseness; while
rose-pink is emblematic of youth, gay
ETY. and affection; in a dark tone it
reads joy, victory and love. Damask-
red pertains to dignity, pomp and os-
tentation. Dark blue belongs to
friendship and fidelity, combined with
peace. White represents purity, inno-
cence and refinement; gray, sadness,
Indifference and age; violet. nobility;
maroon, if in very rich fabric, modest
elegance, but more commonly it be-
longs to poverty and resignation.
Tender silver-green is the accompani-
'ment of youthful hope; deep green in
dicating vigor, strength, trust and
plenty. Colors are Of great antiquity,
and frequent mention of them is made
in the Bible. To the cochineal insect
we are indebted for carmine and scar
let; ivory and bone black are pro-
duced from ivory clippings; the cut
tle-fish supplies sepia; and from the
camel we have Indian gold. Turkey-red
is produced from the madden plant,
which grows in Hindoostan; Prussian-
blue is manufactured by fusing horses
hoofs with impure potassium carbon
ate, the natural earth of Sienna fur
nishes raw sienna, and that of I'm
bria, when burnt, lumber. Every ma
tion out of Europe employs different
hue as its sign OF mourning. For in
stance, faint brown, to symbolic with
cred leaves, is worn in Persia; the
Philippians and Abyssinans don
smoke-brown as significant Of earth;
the Chinese array themselves III white,
emblem Of white-handed hope; and
sapphire blue is chosen in Bokhara
In Egypt and Burmah yellow indicates
losses, the shade of the sere and faded
leaf; and in Turkey we find violet
fashions the garment Of grief.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-17
The BOX FELL AND ROLLED
DOWN THE HILL.


heart leaped into my throat as l saw
what had done. Again, have seen
miner pick up stick and throw it at
his partner. who luckily, caught it in
a most delicate way, and then gently
laid it down and went for the fool, and
well and truly thrashed him. But
there is another side of the question.
knew miner who was carrying two
sticks of dynamite in the bosom of his
shirt when he stumbled and fell.
Where he fell, the ground was torn up
and big hole made. but nothing more
was ever seen Of that miner. The only
thing you can say about dynamite is
that the unexpected is just as likely to
happen as the expected.
Now for my story. In October, 1867,
I was at Castle, Mont, not far from the
Crazy mountains. While the boom
was going on, Castle was lively,
wide-open town, but when I was there
the bottom had fallen out OF the boom,
and the town, If not dead, was de-
cidedly sleeping.
Upon the hillsides were the open
mines were still being worked, and
rumors of rich strikes were constantly
heard on the streets.
George Ross and l had taken the
Golden West" mine on shares George
was an experienced miner, but I was
green. One day we were at work on
a tunnel which we were running into
the side Of the hill. The tunnel was
about forty feet long, and while we
drilled some holes at the wall end of it
at the mouth we built little fire and
laid near it some sticks of dynamite
which were frozen. Beside the fire
stood wheelbarrow, and on it,
wrapped in piece Of gunny sack, were
some lengths Of fuse and little tin
box containing the caps or decorators
used to explode the dynamite. We
were busily working one morning, l
holding the drill and turning it while
George was striking, when suddenly
we both noticed that choking smoke
was curling into the tunnel, bringing
with it the unmistakable smell Of
burning dynamite. The reader may
judge of our horror when l tell him
we saw that by some means the awful
stuff had caught fire! Now this Of it.
self might not have frightened us
greatly, but We both knew that the
danger lay in that little box of percus-
sion caps. II they should explode,
why, then. nothing on earth could save
US, for the conclusion would set off
the dynamite, end then we knew that
we should be blown to pieces in our
tunnel. George put out his hand and
squeezed mine.
II guess we're done for" said he,
simply.
We threw ourselves on our faces, for
the smoke YVES choking us. We could
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-17

looked again. and saw q marTelcIs
thing-a thing I shall never forget, for
1t 10 printed at the back Of my eyes
and branded on my brain. And like all
marvellous things. 1t was wonderfully
simple. The barrow was tilted lit
tie. aad as the piece Of sacklng burned,
tao weight Of the box Of caps slowly
unrolled It, The box then fell out on
the side fertherest away from the fire,
ard gently rolled down the side Of the
hill into safety!
1t was few seconds before we
realized that the chief danger was
over; then We scran,b led to our feet
and staggered to the entrance Of the
tunnel I went down and picked up
the still warm box Of caps. and sprans
down the mountainside with 1t.
George followed me, and without
word we went down the main street Of
the little town and pushed open the
swinging doors of the Nugget saloon.
The barkeeper showed the bottle and
two glasses towards us. and the bottle
may have clinked against the glass as
we each poured out about three fin
gers Of tangle foot barbed wire"
There" said George, wiping his
mustache with the back of his hand,
what do you say to that for Il close
call? Now. would you call that an ac-
cident, or what? And why, do you
suppose, weren't we wiped out just
now"
And I could not answer him.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-17
Gira fees In Central Africa.

From time to time it has been ru-
mored that giraffes existed in British
Central Africa, on the Loangwa river.
but although that river valley has been
frequently visited during the last ten
years by Europeans, no authentic in
formation on the point has ever been
obtained. Last month, however, a CIR
affe was shot on the east bank Of the
LoangWa in the Marimba district, by
European prospector, and its skin (in-
completely sent in to Capt. Chichester,
in Mpezeni's country. The hinder half
of the skin is being sent to the British
museum, and it is hoped that COM
plete specimen may now be obtained.
The existence Of giraffes in Miranda
Is remarkable, the area in which they
are found is extremely restricted, and
their number appears to be very few.
The one shot, however, was in herd
81 about thirty-five. The nearest coun-
try north Of Mariamba, in which Cir
affes are known to exist, is north Of
Mareres, where the Elton-Cotterill ex-
petition met with them (many years
5go). To the south of Matabeleland
is the nearest giraffe country.