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BUTTE NEWS.
MINES ARE TURNED OVER
The Amalgamated Copper Com
pany Now in Control.
WILL MAKE FEW CHANGES
Operation of the Properties Will Be Much
the Same as in the Past-Mr. Grant
the Recipient of a Magnifl-
cent Token of Esteem.

All the properties of the Parrot Silver
& Copper Mining company and the Col
orado Smelling & Mining company
were formally turned over yesterday to
Marcus Daily, president of the Amalga-
mated Copper company, by the officers
of the two companies, which, with the
conclusion of the transfer, passed out
of existence. There was little cere-
mony in the transfer, the old officers of
the two companies merely relinquishing
control, and Mr.. DAILY assuming charge.
AS far as the general public is con-
cerned there will be no apparent change
except in the personnel of few of the
officers, but the operation of the prop
critics will go on much as in the past
Robert D. Grant, who has filled the
office of general manager of the' Parrot
properties, will remain in charge till
Monday, when he and Superintendent
Donald B. Gillis will retire and Mr..
Pearce will take charge. There
will be no change in the officials now in
charge of the Colorado properties.
The popularity of General Manager
Grant of the Parrot company among
his employees was attested last even
ing at a gathering of the miners in the
employ OIL lie cOlIlpdHS. LIE Hlel iiiet
to the number of about $50. at Scandi-
navian hall, where refreshments and
cigars were provided and where Mr..
Grant was ushered in about II o'clock
to be made the recipient of magnifi-
cent token of the esteem in which he is
held by the men who have served him
in the mines. To Mr.. Grant was given
a beautiful diamond ring, four-karat
diamond, which cost the sum of $500
and to Mr.. and Mrs. Grant was pre-
scented chest of solid silver, 1856 pieces
The chest is polished oak, lined with
Nile green corded silk, and the silver is
of the very finest. On a plate on the
lid of the chest was engraved the fol-
lowing:
Presented to Mr.. and Mrs. r. D.
Grant by the employees of the Parrot
mines. Butte, Mont, May IL, 1S99.'
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successor to Kelley. though 1t must be
said to his credit that he attempted no
mystification, but frankly announced
that on behalf of Mrs. Kelley and at
Mr.. Keeley's request, made on the sick
bed, an investigation into the motor
would be made.
Mr.. Kincaide has now washed his
hands of the motor and sit is quite evil
dent" says the Press, that the Kelley
delusion has received its finishing
stroke 1t is true Mr.. Kincaide refuses
to say whether he believes the motor is
a fraud or not. This reacence is not
particularly creditable, since Mr.. Kin
caide owes it to the public as-well as
to himself to prevent any further mys-
tification as to what is undoubtedly the
greatest i1nposture of the century, but,
despite the reticence, in sending back
the machinery to Philadelphia Mr.. Kin
caide at least confesses failure to solve
the motor problem. And most of those
who are in full possession of their
senses will see in this failure to make
the motor mote" the inevitable result.
1.-The only problem to be solved" says
the Philadelphia paper, was that
solved by the press on January IT,
This solution was later confirmed by
the work of the New York Journal, in
whose columns Mr.. ]. J. Smith, direc-
tor in the Kelley Motor company, and
Mr.. Charles S. Hill, counsel for Mrs.
Kelley, and, as he, claimed. co-dis-
coverer with Mr.. Kincaide of the fraud
ulent nature of the motor, proclaimed
their belief that Kelley was an impos-
tor. 1t is this statement of MIR. Hill
that Mr.. Kincaide considers a breach of
faith, although as the Kelley motor is
a matter of morals rather than a ques-
ton of mechanics, Mr.. Hill and those
who have joined with him are to be
congratulated on their frankness. What
the future has for the motor ana its
projectors is not difficult to forecast
Mr.. Kincaide cannot keep quiet forever
as to his discoveries of the last five
months if he desires to keep his pro-
fessional standing. When he speaks il
is unlikely the Philadelphia believers
will refuse any reasonable offer for the
Kelley machinery considered as ole
junk. If the curtain is not about to be
rung down on the Kelley motor farce
therefore, it is not. because the critica
moment has not arrived
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Styles of Imperialism.

~ HE fact that the French minister
at Pekin has demanded of the
Chinese government only $780,
900 for the imprisonment of French
missionary looks as if France was dis
posed to cut prices. Germany, 1t will
he remembered, for the stoning of two
German missionaries took a large and
beautiful Chinese province, including a
magnificent bay. England and Russia
don't even wait for the maltreatment
of a missionary before helping them
selves to Chinese territory. Why
France should let slip so fine chance
and demand only the paltry sum Of
S72o,000 when she might just as well
gobble up a dozen counties, is only eX-
plainable on the theory that she prefers
ready cash to Chinese real estate.
Be that as it may, the European ma
lions are more enterprising and thrifty
than the United States. We haven't
yet learned the first rudiments of ag-
igressive imperialism. Consider" says
fhe Chicago Chronicle, that we paid
$50 000, 900 for some rather undesirable
Il
shipping a few missionaries into a
turbulent Chinese district We could I'M
doubtedly have caused a riot and then
claimed Two or three provinces as in
t1emnity. We should have thus saved
scr, 0o0, 900 and the missionaries would
probably have suffered no damage be-
yond a few Commissions. And at the
worst missionaries are plenty, while
10000, 900 doesn't grow on every bush
The administration might do worse
than consider this cheap and easy mode
of acquiring territory
Give the administration time and we
think it can be depended upon to ae.
quire all the latest styles Of imperial
ism The United States wasn't in tht
procession at all one year ago-and now
see how fast it is catching up with tht
leaders.
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n Il AYOR LACOSTE of Havana is
Vl evidently trying hard to give
that city an air of dignity and
responsibility. An Havana dispatch
yesterday announced that the mayor
will issue a decree prohibiting the
wearing of undershirts exposed-that
is, uncovered by outer shirts or coats
in public places, doorways, windows or
balconies under penalty of imprison-
ment at hard labor in the discretion of
the court. AS teamsters, mechanics
and most laborers are accustomed to
work in undershirts, the decree is likely
to increase the use of profane language
among the lower classes But pro-
family is a less grievous fault than an
uncovered undershirt The people of
Havana must be taught to keep them
selves dressed up. By degrees Mayor
Lacoste may bring them to fashion,
plate perfection. He will not force the
reformation too rapidly or people might
object. After the lapse of a month or
so he can issue another decree making
it misdemeanor for people to go about
with unshined shoes, and after another
suitable interval he can regulate the
cut of a mans hair. Havana has got
to be civilized, but Mayor Lacoste is
too intelligent to force the process. He
believes in civilization by easy stages
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~ OVERNOR ROOSEVELTS de-
" claration that he is In favor OF

~ OVERNOR ROOSEVELTS de-
" claration that he is In favor Of
establishing the whipping post
for human brutes who maltreat wo-
men and children has revived interest
in the subject, and is commanding the
appreciation of many newspapers-not
all. The Chicago Journal, for instance,
thinks the whipping post would be a
degrading factor. But it is a signifi-
cant fact that many Judges and experts
in penology have arrived at Governor
Roosevelt's conclusion. 1t is generally
admitted that the present methods of
Furnishing wife-beaters and kindred
offenders are inadequate. A few weeks
in a comfortable cell with plenty of
food is not much Of penalty for vii
lains of this class. 1t is commended that
the erection of the whipping post for
such offenders would relieve the public
of the expense of maintaining them
and probably prove far more efficient
as a deterrent than any other form OF
punishment.
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Only a Few Such.

~ OCULAR must be the sensations
of the New York newspaper that
accused the Seventy-first New
YORK regiment of cowardice at San
Juan, and then in a half-hearted way
apologized for its criticism, to find its
original assertions officially vindicated.
The blame, however, falls upon the
senior field officers, not upon the men,
In reviewing the report Of the board of
inquiry that investigated the charges,
Governor Roosevelt finds that accord
Ing to Colonel Downes' own testimony,
General Kents orders were for him to
take his regiment to the left along a
trail until his right reached the ford
for the river and then to deploy. In
stead of obeying these orders Colonel
Downes marched the regiment along
until its head-that is, the left-struck
the ford when it recoiled, and he then
halted it and kept it lying down. partly
in and partly on both sides of the trail
in an irregular column of twos or COL
umn of files. 1t is unnecessary to al
lude to the absurd pretense that this
retrograde movement was a deploy-
ment."
1t seems that when the regiment halt
ed General Kent told one of his rear
most officers, Captain Austin, that he
wanted the regiment to go forward;
that if it could not go forward then he
would find other regiments that would
60 Captain Austin took no steps to
inform Colonel Downes of what Gen
General Kent sent orders to Colonel
Downes to move forward. These orders
were passed up along the regiment
from officer to officer until they reached
Colonel DoWnes, who sent back word
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FRIDAY. MAY -, 1899.
TWELVE PAGES.
Philippine Government.

Ia 4 ANILA dispatches announce
HN that the United States-Philip-
pine commission is at work on
la constitution for the Filipinos-one
Ifhat will give them practical home rule.
sDoubtless, though. Uncle Sam will make
adequate provision for keeping firm
| grip on the affairs of the islands should
occasion demand. The washington
correspondent of the New York Herald
learns from a member of the cabinet
\ that the Philippines commission is in
clined to outline to the Filipinos in
general way the plans for their govern
ment, at the same time reminding them
that the arrangements are subject to
change by congress. The idea of the
commission is to form a government
with an executive, legislative and q
judicial department. governor gen
oral is to be appointed by the president
of the United States. with a cabinet
formed of the leading Filipinos and
Americans. The legislature is to be
formed through granting suffrage to
Finpinos with property qualifications.
The judiciary is to be appointed by the
president. The Filipinos cannot hope
for greater consideration than this, and
the desire of securing comfortable po-
litical berths under the new arrange
nnent inclines the leaders to accept the
conditions required by the Americans
as preliminary to peace.
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The Last of the Kelley Motor.

HE Philadelphia Press reiterates
that the Kelley motor was a
fraud, and the dead inventor an
tmpostor Early in January the Press
began to make an investigation of the
dismantIed laboratory, and, after sew
eral preliminary surveys Of the situa-
ton, thorough overhauling of the lair
of the motor was made by experts EN-
ployed by that newspaper, with the re-
suit as stated. But the investors in
Keeley's device still refused to believe.
The mysterious laboratory was dis
mantled and the various machines
shipped to a certain T. B. Kincaide of
Boston, who at that time seemed quite
confident as to his abilities to prove a
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that the regiment could go no further.
Incredible to relate, Colonel Downes
made no effort to get mis- regiment for
ward, and his lieutenant colonel and
senior major likewise did nothing.
Governor Roosevelt shows how the
enlisted men and most of the other OFF,
GERS, acting upon their own RESPONSE
bility, moved forward in the charge.
He then says: Lieutenant Colonel
Smith meanwhile had gone to the rear,
where he was reported as sick, and did
not turn up again at the front for
couple of days. There was no heavy
fighting after the first These are the
facts On no possible theory can Colo
mel Downes' conduct be justified. Colo
mel Downes had failed to take his men
through the trail; he failed to take his
regiment forward when ordered to do
so by word of command; he failed to
lead them forward when the regular in
fantry regiments marched over his own
regiment and forward into the fight;
he failed even to accompany his men
or to follow them, save d. uslaHSe
when they finally went forward in bat
talons and in companies by them
selves. He has since resigned The
governor also scores Major Whittle and
Lieutenant Colonel Smith in the Sc
verest language. To be convicted of
cowardice-what worse fate could be-
fall a. soldier? Fortunately the late
war developed very few such poltroons,
Cowardice is foreign ito the American
ol,o
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=, WEATHER bureau expert at
Washington has discovered that
tho ,rs1,aI number of lorna

washington has discovered tIat
the usual number of lorna
does which are well defined and de-
structive in the United States, is about
twenty-five, and that their frequency
is quite uniform from year to year.
More tornadoes occur in the months of
May and June than in other parts CT
the year. Each year averages about
three tornadoes of especial destructive
tness. The record shows that from 1889
to 1896 property to the value of $31 ,0OO,-
600 was wrecked. AS much as $23,000,000
of this can be charged to three tornado
hurricanes which passed through re-
gions of dense population. One of these
visited Louisville March q, 1890, de-
stroying property to the value of 3d.,
100000. The st. Louis tornado of May
81, 1896, cost that city $13,000,000, and
the one which swept through Washing
ton, D. c., September 80, 1896, destroyed
100000 worth of property. The latter
storm is described as "a hurricane with
tornado features" There have been
only two or three tornadoes of conse-
quence this year-but the season is
young yet.
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Mockery of Solemn Rite.

From the New York Tribune
The mock marriage of two children
which took place on Friday evening in a
church of Coney island was an offense at
once against decency, morality and re-
ligion. 1t is passing strange that reputa-
BILE people, and more especially church
members, can lend themselves to a trav-
esty of so solemn and important a rite.
We hear many complaints nowadays of
the low estimation in which marriage is
held, evidenced by the frequency of d-
vorces. But how can irreligious people be
expected to honor rite when church
members are found burlesquing 1t in order
to make an evenings entertainment
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Need of Uniform Divorce Laws.

From The Boston Transcript
The marriage of a woman to new hus-
band after being separated by the court
from the old one and within d few hours
after the decree was issued furnishes an
impressive text for the men and women
who are laboring for uniform divorce laws
all over the country. The woman in
question is forbidden by the laws of New
York to marry while the man from whom
she Is separated lives. but she finds no
difficulty in securing the services of a
clergyman in the neighnoring state OF
Connecticut to assist her in defying the
laws of the Empire state
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Current Comment.
Good Times for the Democrats.

From the st. Paul Globe.
The returns are still coming in The
latest figures are from Baltimore, and
they, like all that have already been re-
ceived from Ohio. Illinois and elsewhere
are entirely satisfactory. They betoken
the approach of day of Judgment for
the imperialists. 1t is a good time for
democrats. 1t IS a time for them to
draw more closely together and let per-
sonal preferences and prejudices go their
way. We are evidently on the eve of a
return of this government to the tradi-
tons and policies of the national democrat
cy Let us all push it along. 1t is und-
doubtedly a good thing.
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Dull Rows Turn Out Best.

Dr. Clement Dukes. physician to the ia
nous English Rugby school. is much wor-
rted about the health of schoolboys-par-
ticularly the bright ones-and deprecates
the high pressure method in teaching
such, declaring that the duller boy had
the better chance of being a successful
man. One interesting item of his advice
was that physical drill was inferior in
value to school games
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Even Quay Has a Defender.
the Philadelphia Inquirer.

1t was a graceful thing for Governor
StonH to do to appoint Senator Quay
to the office of which a small and ma
lignant minority of marty wreckers in
the legislature sought to deprive him.
There is no surer way to make a popu-
lar hero of man than first to perse-
cute him. Governor Stone but antici-
pates this public sentiment by appoint
ing Senator Quay upon the rendering
of the verdict
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Secrecy in Divorce Suits.

From the Boston Globe.
Even greater than the injury wrought
by spectacular weddings is the demoralz-
ing effect of secret proceedings like those
attending the Sloane divorce suit Nothing
can be more menacing to the stability of
society and to the maintenance Of whole
some respect for the laws tnan suffering
the impression to get abroad that there is
discrimination between the rich and the
poor in the administration of justice.
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The More Likely Story.

From the st. Louis Republic.
The story that Mr.. Reed retired under
pressure of poverty has the advantage in
picturesqueness, but the one that he
retired under pressure of Hanna sounds
more like the truth.
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~ ENERAL GORDON hugging the

~ ENERAL GORDON hugging the
~ widow of Stonewall jackson
gives northerners an idea of the
intense enthusiasm that pervades the
reunion of confederate veterans at
Charleston, S. C. They are good peo-
ple," those old confederate veterans,
entire country. Yesterday they held
Winnie Davis memorial services" at
which all the veterans Joined in the
ceremony Of paying honor to the cher
ished memory of this young woman
whose name will ever be linked with
the southern cause and whose memory
is enshr.ned in the heart of every con-
federate survivor.
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Wonderland" for 1899 has been is
sued by the Northern Pacific. 1t Is a
book of more than 100 pages, devoted to
the beauties of the scenery, the won
ders of nature and the natural resorts
for the summer tourist. The book is
profusely illustrated, including many
Yellowstone park and mountain views.
Among the latter is the Three River
peak, the Gallatin range, Twin Falls on
Middle creek, Gallatin river views near
Logan, Rocky canyon near Bozeman,
an irrigated barley farm in the Gala
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Buffalo Hump country also occupies
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early sixties this country was thor
oughly worked over for placer deposits,
and many rich discoveries were made.
Quartz mining, however was imprac-
Aticable until recently when some very
rich lodes We're found. Now there is
wild stampede to the Buffalo Hump
that promises to attract hundreds of
thousands to these new gold fields.
The Rio Grande Westerns gross
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We're $4,000, a decrease of $21, 800 as
compared with the corresponding
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April the earnings were $500 an in
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May the earnings were $47,700 an in
crease of $500.
The big decrease in the fourth week
OF April is due to the falling off of
through freight, the local business of
the road having shown slight in
crease.
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n u AYOR LACOSTE of Havana is
V evidently trying hard to give
that city an air of dignity and