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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-05
lLASIN

WEST.
No. 13-rO Portland and
a coast points daily.
No. Cooper City Linn
tied, to and from Ham
ilton, via Anaconda
leaves from and arrives
at b., A. g. p. depot
daily except Sunday.
No. 14-From Portland
and all coast points
daily .,,, ,... ....
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Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. West of Butte ar
rived in the city on Wednesdays train
and will spend a week OR two at Lake
Como.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-05

j. II. DA VISION,
General Agent, Al North Main street,
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Mrs. Ed Scharnikow's 5 o'clock tea.
which is just over this afternoon, is said
to lave been a most pleasant and con-
genial gathering of friends. The lady
will invite other friends to participate in
a lawn party on Monday evening next.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-05

j. G. Shaubut, clerk of the school
board and an all-around good fellow, is
taking the school census and is digging
up quite a few youngsters. The gentle
man reports 4S3 of school age and 126
under age. He is making a thorough
canvass and the above figures may be
somewhat increased on ina count
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-05

Mr.. M. A.. White, the first cashier of
the Ravalli County bank, came over from
Butte last night and is registered at the
RaValli. Viva t'
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rra,ns arrive at Butte from the east
ard west as follows:
NO. Z. 1855 q ms No o' i"'ao p !"
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John r. Quigley, the democratic war;
horse of Ophir gulch, stopped in town
yesterday en- route home from Anaconda.
He was accompanied by Constable J. A.
Hufty of Avon, who had in charge
Frank Thomas. the man picked up in
the mountains, presumably mentally UNI
balanced.
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Public Administrator Batterton sold
the personal effects of Anderson Koontz.
deceased, at auction yesterday. There
were two fine brood mares in a bunch of
horses sold, and they brought good
prices. Master Sloan Miller, son of As
SCISSOR Miller, bought a fine pom saddle
and bride, paying only $40 for it.
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current dollars, but were marked |l1t&n
XIII These dollars lars were ss per cent. aa-
90 or s.ccoocc may be considered as a faIr
culating in the Philippines at this period.
Besides this. large number OF half doll
lars was exported for use In Morocco-pre-
s ss%nD &c e pSnp part Until If sa Put
end TO the business.
ION the arrival OF the Americans q large
% Sf un;ed sSm sss @ Ess n ssous sa
per!onced at the beginning. as the natives
and Cinnamon did not know the values les
yns e. n United So a o.
for y IN Mexican Or Philippine; but the ss.
change varies at the banks and large
Of the. Mexican dollar In London and San
Francisco. Mexican dollars. irrespective OF
dates have been recently imported through
shortage OF subsidiary coinage, no frac-
ton Of the Mexican silver dollar having
ever been In circulation.
Notes and Copper.
Notes Notes Of s. SO. IS, 80 ana 800
and It IL believed some few 800, were is
are srsu stiI current The notes. Of ssoS are now
being recalled. This question of notes Is
problematical. The American authorities
hsy ns 20 hs San
twenty-one years Of which are still unex-
"Copper.-In the reigns Of the later Phil
Ups and Ferdinands, special coins Of 2, /
and VI .cuarto6 were minted, probably In
Spain. for use in the Ultramares' lprinci-
paily in the Philippines). They are now
extremely rare and are not found In cir
culation. The copper coins which were
current in Spain and issued by Charles ILL.,,
Philip ", Ferdlnands vi. and VII. and
Ysabel H., were imported into the islands.
They consisted Of cuartos cuarto.
cuarto or octave and the 'maravedf
"The three latter denominations were At
tie used, the Chinese retail vendors giving
a counter or token Of turned wood with
bone center, bearing a Chinese inscription,
which was accepted in lieu Of a cuarto; In
to 20 reales' Of cuartos each, while In
the Philippines reales Of 20 cuartos COM
posed the dollar. The pieces OF cuartos.
on account of their circulation both In
Spain and after In the Philippines, became
almost illegfble, often appearing to be only
have now been exported to Spain or China
to be used as old copper.
"a short time before the late war laos
OF dollars In copper coins Il cent and "A
cent of a peso), similar to those now cur
rent In Spain, were imported. Most OF this
shipment has gone inland, small amour,
remaining in the treasury. Small quanti-
ties have also found their way back to
Spain; as these coins are still current there.
they afford the only means Of taking
money to the peninsula without losing on
the exchange. Some United States copper
cents, valued at cents local, are to os
seen. Cents from Hongkong. Straits Set
are also to be met with, owing to lack of
copper coinage"
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SELECTING THE CABINET.
PROMINENT OUTLAWS WHO ARE
SPOKEN or FoR OFFICE,
Gen. wood VIII Select Oniy WELL
Knswn Citizens Of the IsIand-
Increased Customs Rec:iDts sincs
Recent Arrest Of Appraisers.

HAVANA. Dec 30.--The newspapers to-
day add the name Of Ruiz Rivera and
Alexandra Rodriguez to the list OF those
already mentioned as likely to receive
cabinet positions. Each journal has one or
more reporters continually in the palace
precincts to interview prominent men
after leaving Gen. Wood. II IL safe to ray
that no man will be included IN the caoine.
who IL not prominent in Cuban national
politics, and the public II confident that
Gen. Woods selections will be exception
ally strong.
La Lucia already consratulates him up
on his supposed decision in the matter,
especially as 1t affects Enrique varona
and Luis Estave, declaring that good faith
and excellent Judgment have been shown.
Senior Lenuza, secretary OF Justice IN
Gen. Brooke's cabinet, Is reported to nave
recently told q Cuban lawyer, who had
complained regarding the acceptance by q
Cuban Judge Of 1900 AZ bride. that It
was unpatriotio for Cuban to complain
Of q small thing like that while the coun-
try was in the hands Of the. foreigner.
These little things" he Is reported !, 70 Q
work OF reconstruction Is finished"
With reference to- the proposal Of the
municipality Of Cardenas to award GER
tain contracts.a peopoal we vetoed r t ~ Cen a.
q general principle, that, with the cleo
fions SO near, Ii would not be wise to
ratify any contract extending over nifty
years It 10 quite in order. he considers.
to appoint necessary officials to employ and
pay men for sanitary work and to carry
on similar undertakings OF pressing ma
turc, but II Is quite another matter to
mako longtime contract. Gen. Wood
feels that everything of this kind should
be left to those chosen by the people. His
ruling does not affect the Dady contract.
as asserted by some Of the local paperA
Gen. Wood says he knows very little Of
that matter and has much more tmpor-
tant business requiring attention.
The custom-house receipts yesterday were
exceptionally large. amounting to more
than 100000.
In view OF the fact that no more ships
than usual have arrived during the last
few days, this notable increase is signifi-
cant as showing the good effect OF the re-
cent arrest of custom-house appraisers
The total receipts for the year, including
yesterday, exceed 81 100000, whereas the
highest estimate made by the war depart
ment for the years returns was 50 COG, 600
Elaborate preparations are being made
to receive Gen. Bartolome Masso, who will
arrive here Sunday to attend the council
of prominent Cubans called by Gen. Wood.
Twelve hundred invitations have been is
sued by the managing COMMITTEES Of the
Wanderers ball which. owing 10 Gen. Law
toms death, has been postponed until jan
The future Of Cuba was the principal
topic of conversation at the dinner given
by Gen. Ludlow in honor Of Gen. Wood
Civil Governor Emilio Nunez and Gen.
Rivera, with many other prominent Gu
bans, were present
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LOOKING TOWARD AMERICA.
on1Ar nATTAIN GREATLY PRIZES
rnls couNTRx's FRIENDSHIP.
The Datterest seeRsrs at TAis Gown
Try Ansag the LsaAsA 1ewspa-
psrs Now OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
oeal Fnnine ~ Result Of War.

Copyright, In, by tho Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec. s0.--It u strange to note
that a. the New Year dAwns Tor Great
Britain the greatest army she ever put
n the field remains passive IN South AZ
rica, held At bay by two Of the smallest
a& home. In spite OF the large volume OF
trade and apparent prosperity, her imam
cial interests are in state OF instAbinty
not seen since the Barring crash. All Eu-
ropo 10 yelp1ng At her Apels, and the me-
csssity for Americas friendship Is rec
cgnissd on all sides. Papers ana peopls
that for years have been ready with
jIbs for Americas good win not longer
make any attempt to belittle the desira-
bi1ity Of securing her friendship.
Anerican Friendship NssaeA.
America" says the Globe. usually hui
merous It the expense Of all thinss trans
atlantic, with . crop Of a. ZOO. 900 BUSH
elss II especially In position to help
na"
shortage ~ Coal.
the economic shoe already begins to
pinch the military feet. Not very serious
", but enough to suggest grave cosita-
tions as to what would happen II Great
Britain would war with great power.
tered 30 many transports has resulted In
rise In the price Of bread. while coal
4 rising BY leaps and bounds to famine
prices.
saturday Review Recants.
II II such unpleasant results a. these
that silence the scoffer at things Ameri-
can, and induce such q vituperative pub
licatiou NJ the Saturday Review to say:
THE Americans have had their eye1
eren - to the possibilities OF foreign
rolicy and are taking a sounder, besides
Z cooler. view Of the situation. They are
not less friendly to us than before, but
the insincere element has been eliminated
and has left reliable substrata Of good
view under .a" dissrens o circ cum would
douhtlsss have construed into damning
evidence Of the insincerity Of American
Il must not BE- inferred that this view IL
hid by many Of the sincere English
fyeonds II America, who now point to what
they are pleased to term its great friendli-
ness e proof OF what they have always
Many Psssimistio Articles.
With such serious outlook for the COM
ing year. II IL hardly surprising that ar
ticles appear under the heading, Are We
DecadentT and similar strains
On the other hand, there is still small
section OF the press and public which de-
votes its energies to senselessly abusing
the Bosvs and prophesying the speedy en-
the whole, the organs voicing the better
class Of opinion face 1909 ana It's eventual
tiles In South Africa with an even-minded
unhysterical determination that compels
admiration.
Nay Of Rsckoning I'm store.
That there will be day Of reckoning
for some one IL a certainty that even the
mest guarded and conservative do not try
to conceal
whether It be Lord Lansdowne, Lord
Woleeley or Gen. Butler II Is impossible
to tell. But all the information obtainable
It present and the grist Of criticisms point
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to Lord Lansdowne having to shoulder the
onus for the terrible mlsmAnagenisnt.
uoers Locking 10 America.

n0ers locking to America.
While Great Britain iesde contsnt:dly
Spo lcnE SPECIAL cable snowinf Amsricsn
sse S IN .s untea stasss has
been gradually turning B0erwArd. until the
t!ms u now ripe 70 develop It into materil
ated Press learns, they. are contemplating
dispatching = special rnisaon to the United
States for the purposs Of influencing pub.
% ~ s sor q oss
IL congress- whom they believe friendly.
Moreover. they coneider Il advisable to Off
set ,, wnss they declare eS h1s been SysteS
the American engineer who was q member
to influence Washington opinion. II the
ried out. the mission win include very
prominent Boer agent and pro- Boer
member Of the British parliament who In
Cd by what IL thought to be . temporary
hitch In the arrangements: Their desire
Is to affiliate themselves with no particu-
lar party. but influencing political and pub.
mediation from the United States.
A representative Of the Associated Press
has made careful Inquiries, but failed to
lief that such an oifer, however made.
would receive the slightest consideration.
Coal Famine In Sight.
The Brttish government il threatened
with . coal famine. the most serious de-
s,t,,.,anr M rocsHs ,.r; liz ~
cnr.s aa,r u,,ss,ss. s,..r,
Ssrms uepvnusn4 ~ Wy COZ Supp'E May
..w y. tHs sReru ~ r.us. an;dSv
ssIys =. xne'r ma q pEont ~ . ap,upsy
ov Tras w'peI c fSos q sns y Uu srv
apH 2ss y. ~ " .ny " aS.w4t y
Of he reserve. w Wares have gone M.
but labor b hard to md. The normal
Christmas congestion OF traffic agEravates
the situation while the government need
OF fuel Tor transports, war vessels ana
depots on the way to the Cape has created
an unprecedented demand.
OLD Parish Clerk Dead.
~. ~. -. 80.
-, nvmas Tue, ZIG Iau p asn c gNHls y
SnaxespesSses cna0l, M 9u,cky tolvwou
t q SusIooism eA Arn1 na n NY. ceu.ss
~ t1o kI1yo; WE. y yooIs " nv.
and succeeded his father and grandatner
nnn centuy as1. anu was weh Know"
70 Al oranetic ceieuri
No More Senior WFanglers.
Senior wransier bids fair to become
thing q the past at Cambridge. the board
OF mathematics having recommended the
abolition Of this coveted distinction In the
future. II the senate agrees. as % prob
able. the wranglers Will all be classed
alphabetically, and none VIII be known
as the Clevor0St motnomoticlon OF the
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OTTAWA, Ont, Dec. 30-A large num-
Dor of buttons. on which was inscribed tho
words Victory to the Beers" both in
French and English, we're recently seized
forwarded to the department here.
All importations OF the character men,
toned are declared to be seditious under
the customs act and are therefore pro-
hihited. The buttons were being sent to
Toronto and Montreal people. They were
made in New Jersey.
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tressing than even the avid ~
two years ago. as sewers dr0G
has begun in Ahmednakar al a. - r. l. I;
June. The writer says Air. ~ ~,
suffered also from plague and 4 3 f7 e.
free from 1t. Is a IN = ~ ~
Shofapur is now havinx ~ a
demic and Bombay ID pofhan6 RI
ginning of another plague ex1ri \ Il
view Of II all. says the oiH1l j
nobly, but oficial relief can T7
the multitude Of necessities 81 ~
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anaMAx STEAMER ASHORE.
Driven ON the English Coast In .
Gale, Bat No Lives Lost.


LONDON, Dec 30-The Hamburg q
South American line steamer Pelotas. from
Santos for Rotterdam. went ashore near
Dungeness soon after midnight during q
heavy storm She was laden with coffee
and had eight passengers on board. In
spite Of the heavy weather prevailing the
Dungeness life boat succeeded In reaching
the steamer and remained with her all
night. The Pelotas IL 50 far inehore that
she lie left almost dry at low water Her
stern post and rudder have been washed
away.
The captain Of the Pelotas refused assist
ance and is rapidly jettisoning her cargo.
Tugs are attending her and 1t II hoped she
will be relocated at the next high tide
The gale. however, continues. The Ham
burg-South American line IL In no way
connected with the Hamburg-American
line.
The British sailing vessel Emily L.
Lloyd has been wrecked near Cherbourg.
The captain and twelve Of her crew were
drowned.
Tho French steamer st. Gean has been
sunk near Brest. Seven Of her crew were
lost.
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Took an Overdose Of Morphine.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer
TACOMA, Dec. 30.--Fred Bailey, a
young man who recently came here from
Seattle was found in IN f MS room at the
scious from an overdose Of morphine. He
was taken to the st. Joseph hospital,
where he died this evening. Since his ar
rival in Tacoma Baily has been engaged
as musician. playing the piano in the
Lexington saloon. He is said to be Of
good family.
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Situation Deesnins sspaeu Y
mana Cannes ~ -
SAN FRANcISC0. Deo, ,1.s
famine in this city Il h6coG2
the local trade, as All tie 6oSl r.
can bring for the next two x1Sl1 r.
be needed to I'LL contrAc1o 1h1
hand. and the trade must doSU1
There Is more coal to b had a \
but bottoms cannot be found ~ r
here. N y N zz55s
A few nights ago . lino e =
over two blocks in length, w =
on the water front. Tie I'M II
huge fires to protect themeolp M Y
bitter cold. 81 I. s.. ne ~ -
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LONDON, Dec 30--The death II an
nounced Of Sir James Paget in his Ssth
year.
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Prospect That 1t win he Worse
Than Ever before.
BOSTON, Dec. 30.--The American board
of commissioners for foreign missions has
received from Rev. H. A. Hume, at All
mednagar, India q letter dated December
2. in which he says the present famine in
western India IL sure to be far more dis
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SIOUX CITY. Ia, Dec. e--y6hnl
son, well known controct6gt M Il
and robbed OF 800 In his of1eo TT
His aseailants escaped and IN II 5
behind Robson ID unconsc>euo y
condition 10 critical. :}3 y ~ Il
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Cruiser New York 1t 81. ThOmas.
ST. THOMAS, d. w. l., Dec. 3O-The
United States cruiser New York arrived
here last evening and leaves January
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ture this three-piecs set of splendid
hard wood, finely polished; all three
pieces are full sized; dresser has
cheval mirror, 18x30 inches; these al
ways sold at 1880; next week they
will 60 80 E6
At ............ ........... VuOuSSV
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. IN th6 STOVE DEPARTMENT. 8 &us4
has been made In HeaterD. Fully .
dozen kinds have been reduced 5o4tf
half. We illustrate two Of them 4
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In the Carpet Department.
Terrific reductions have been
made here. If you contemplate
the purchase Of a Carpet or Rug
look over our stock. 1t means
money saving for you. The
bargains here are like this
COTTON INGRAM. real value 4oo.
sale OK pfe
price ............ ......... 6SD VtO
COTTON UNION. real o. r<e
value SOC. sale price...... ~ OtO
ALL-wooL FILLED INGRAM. real
p prics . ..o. sA4 ............ % CTS
GRAIN, real value BIC, az rfe
sale price ................ w Wa
TAPESTRY BRUSSELS, real value
COO and Toe, sale E0 cfa
price ..........-. ......... Nv VSO
NINE WIRE TAPESTRY BRUS-
Sells, real value s5c. az rfe
sale price ............ W. vtO
yELvETS, real value ~ rte
$1.00, sale price ......... ~ OeO
AXCINSTERs. real value $1.6.
sais ........ ........ Sill u
BODY BRUSSELS, real value SIS.
sale G12A
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BOOKCASE, well finished in Golden
Oak, has nice bevel edge French plate
mirror; has adjustable shelves for
books, and Is handsomely carved;
0 MSrth sie.so' for 11,5O
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-05
Ll1IOR IN POLITICS,
An Expression of TIllmnn's OpInion NJ
Blind Tigers
augusta Chronicle.)

MIR. II. n. Reid said to mo yoster-
DAY: Did it ever occur to you that
much of the antagonism to the sa-
loon is not based on objections to the
whIskey that is sold, but to the polit-
ical influence that is welded bv tho
saloon koepersY" | admitted that I
had not viowed the question in this
light. "Well, it is worthy of your
confederation" said MIR. Reid. "Of
course, there are many people intor-
ested IN the moral phase of the quos
ton, and this sentiment is utilized
by politicians who fight the saloon
Keepers political ring The barroom
IN politics makes itself very offensi,,
to conservative citizens, and many
who care nothing about the traffic in
liquor become disgusted at tho active
part which the saloon interest takes
IN politics and at the influence that is
welded by the liquor mon in cleo.
tlons. L was talking one day With
Ben Tillman after South Carolina
adopted the dispensary law. said
to him: 'Woll, you have got rid of
the saloons, but you won't got rid of
the blind tigersr He replied: 'The
saloons were what we wanted to get
ria of. do not care a rap about
bind tigers. No blind tiger ever
shows himself in politics." This is
a rather unique view of the question
but it is an interesting ono.
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SHOES! SHOES! SHOFSl

Shoes, any and all kinds except the poor
KIND, don't keep them. Mons Shoes,
Boys Shoes, Ladies' Shoes, Girls Shoes
and Baby Shoes. The largest stock of
Shoes in Newberry Shoes arc things YOU
can't into. [ have all my Shoes mudo
from fresh, new leather and the best work.
manship. This is why Shoes from MINI
naugh's always give better satisfaction than
those bought elsewhere. Other stores mark
theirs Sl.50 and come down to 1926, but
they are no better than tho shoe sell you
for $l.0O. The mark down don't make tho
goods any better, it's just done to make you
think that you are getting 'em below the
price, Ihs kind of way may work for
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and found that thew had Lost

~ oil" iouh'' IhaI Ihey nad lost
, ~, |oO. But there will be deeply
chagrined thief somewhere in South
Carolina this morning when he reads
Ihe News and Courier. While the
Express Company lost $1,7OO, the
robber, by being too hasty and over
looking the other safe, lost cool
$4,000, for that amount was in the
strong box that was not opened.
The thiof's disappointment will un-
loubtedly be poignant, if he has
time to think it over, which latter
event is not probable, because tho
sheriff of Dorchester County was
notified when the train reached ST.
Goorge'e, and he. with six other men,
Immediately repaired to the scene
to hunt the man with nerve and the
express company's money. Another
posse vert to the scene from Branch
vile and the thief will only touch
the earth in high places if he wants
to escape. One of the drummors said
1t was suggested that the train 90
back and look up the man. The
drummer explained that he had no
particular interest, in the Southern
Express Company, and had always
been of the opinion that the com
pany charged too much freight any
way, and he therefore objected siren
uously to putting himself up as a
target in the interest of that corror.
alton.
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MethodIsts Give S1*, 900 for tho twentieth
Century Fund.

LaGrange, Ga, Nov 3O.-Twelye
thousand dollars was raised here
this morning for the twentieth cen
tury' fund at the Methodist confer
enco. Aftor tho business of the ses-
sion string addresses wore delivered
by DIR. John b. Hammond and Bish
op f. Il. Hendrix, both strong adj
Vocates of the twentieth century
fund, after which tho collection was
taken.