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The evening times., 1899-02-20
FREEING LONDON OF FOG.
Civil Engineer Who Says
He Can DO IT.

London, Feb. 20.-At last it is promised
that London is to emerge from the fog and
smoke that have shrouded it for centuries.
B. H. Thwaite. C. E, F. c. S. has come
forward TO redeem the British capital from
its plague of darkness.
The peculiar density of LondOn's atuos-
phere. Mr.. Thwaite insists is due 10 the
mingIing of smoke and fog: that natural
ly the city is no more subject to fogs than
Paris.
In early morning, before fires are alight,
the atmosphere is frequently perfectly
clear. London consumes annually I2.OO0.-
600 tons Of coal IL light and heat could
| be obtained, he says, without filing the
air with smoke. only the fog would have
! to be contended with. aud that free from
coal smoke could be dissipated. the en-
gineer maintains. by vast quantities OF
/ burning gas.
his plan is to generate gas ~ the coal
| fields of South Yorkshire south Wal IS and
StailOrdshire and pipe il 10 London. THIS
would result not only in doing away with
coal smoke in London but would provide
gas at a rate which the poor now denied
the luxury of gas light could burn it,
The present cost of transporting cCaI 10
London, with the added profits Of the mid
dlemen and carriers, brings the annual coal
bill up 10 the incredible sum Of Es500 coo
The conveying of gas direct from the
mines, Mr.. Thwaite points out would save
/ this great expenditure. Cheap gas cocld
then be supplied. he maintains TO every
/ house, and the streets could blaze "oy and
night at slight expense.
Mr. Thwaite. who is a pUbliCiSl as we'll
as scientific engineer. claims that the
crimes Of London are multiplied and its
/ mortality hastened by the overwhelming
/ fog and smoke The deaths during dense
/ fog and the rate 10 40 per / GOO. the same
as that which existed during the great
cholera plague.
The death rate. the saturnalia Of drunk
enness, and the riot of crime will all d.
crease, Mr.. Thwaite predicts when the
gas streams direct from the coal fields are
turned on 10 dispel the London fogs.
The evening times., 1899-02-20
REBELS CONTROL BLUEF1ELDs.
Government Forces Marching I.
Drive Ont the Insurgents.

Mobile, Ala, Feb. 20.-The Norwegian
steamer Sunniva brings dispatches from
Nicaragua regarding the revolution there.
At the time she left Bluefields nothing
had occurred since the forcble seizing of
the Norwegian steamer Condor.
General Reyes and his rebel troops are
in control of the port of Bluefields
When the Sunniva left there, President
Zelaya's forces were marching upon
the insurgents in several columns, one OF
which is directed toward Bluefields. An
other is headed for Rama, also a sea coast
town. Reyes has a force of six or seven
hundred men, and Bluefelds is well garri-
soned, besides having a war vessel in the
harbor.
The evening times., 1899-02-20
Lodred East ON an Ice Ridre

Norfolk. Va, Feb. 2O.-The British
steamship Windsor is still hard fast on a
sixteen-foot ridge in the Chesapeake Bay
between Ocean View and Old Point. Tugs
have pulled on her, but in vain. She is
stuck where she struck at 8 o'clock Sat-
urday morning. The Windsor was bound
from New Orleans for Rotterdam with a
cargo Of cotton and cottonseed products.
The evening times., 1899-02-20
Lou1sIANA's ORANGES RUINED.
Oysters rs Wen Suffer From the
General Freeze

New Orleans. Feb. 20.-The orange crop
of Louisiana has been practically ruined
by the cold weather. The oyster beds have
also been severe sufferers and thousands
of dollars of damage has been done.
A telegram from Port Eads at the mouth
of the Mississippi states that great quanti-
ties of ice are passing out of the river into
the Gulf which has never been known TO
occur before.
The evening times., 1899-02-20
VOLUNTEERS REVENGE.
Refuse to March Behind Their For
mer Officers in n Public Parade.

Refuse to March Behind Their For
mer Officers in Public Parade.
New York, Feb. 20.-The members of
Companies C and E, Third New Jersey
Volunteers, who returned from Athens.
Ga, last week, to Elizabeth. where they
were mustered out, almost to man have
resolved not to parade on Wednesday,
when it was proposed by the citizens TO
give them a public welcome home.
The members of both companies declare
that they will not march behind the field
and staff officers OF their regiment. who
they claim treated them in a brutal and
harsh manner while in camp.
Regimental Adjt. Robert L. Patterson,
who comes under the censure of the SOL
diers. announced that he will parade on
Wednesday. This act, it is feared, will
create trouble on that day, and it is feared
that bodily harm will befall the intrepid
officer if be follows out his threat.
The evening times., 1899-02-20
steamer Ashore or CORNWALL.

London, Feb. 20.-The steamer Umbre
is ashore at Pendeen. Cornwall Seven of
her crew have come ashore in boat, but
the captain. eleven others Of the crew and
the stewardess. who started for the shore
in the ships lifeboat, have not been seen
since. 1t is possible that they have been
picked up by some passing vessel.
The evening times., 1899-02-20

The situation in the Philippines will
remain unchanged, as far as the Americans
can control it, until the re-enforcements
now on their way reach General Otis. 1t
is intended to hold a safe line around Ma
Mia, making only temporary advances as
gatherings in force of the rebels need to be
scattered. When he has enough men Gen
eral Otis will enter on a campaign for the
capture of the enemy, and especially the
leaders. misunderstanding the purpose of
the Americans in drawing in their advance
and assuming, in spite of all their lessons,
that fear inspires them, the rebels have
adopted the Indian tactics of worrying the
rear and fianks of our troops, and may be
rash enough to make an attack in force.
This will relieve the monotony of the sit
uation without effecting any material
change.
The evening times., 1899-02-20
RUSSIANS AND CHINESE FIGHT
Three Hundred Manchurians Killed
Near APOrt Arthur.

Ihree hundred Manchurfans h1iied
Near Port Arthur.
Pekin, Feb. 20.-A serious conflict has
taken place between the Russians and Chi
nese at Taliepwan.
Three hundred Chinese were killed.
The trouble is said to have originated
in question of taxes.
Talienwan is on the Liaotong Peninsula,
about 20 miles northeast of Port Arthur.
1t was leased to Russia in March, 1898,
by China, for twenty-five years. At the
same time Port Arthur, at the southern
extremity of the peninsula, passed into the
control of Russia.
Great Britain and Japan vigorously op-
posed the ceding Of Port Arthur and Tai
ienwan TO Russia, and only the weakness
of the Salisbury ministry averted war
little more than year ago between Rus
sia on one side and the British Empire
and Japan ON the other Since obtaining
possession of the two ports Russia has had
to jealousy guard against native compil-
cations inspired by foreign interests
In the Talienwan lease it is stipulated
that the port shall be open to ships and
the commerce of the whole world, with a
customs tariff similar to that of Chinese
treaty port, although its administration
and collection are the same as at any other
Russian port.
While both Port Arthur and Talienwan
were leased to Russia, the transfer IN
each case was actually a cession.
Both are known as ice-free, or open,
ports throughout the year.
Russia has military force OF 10 ,00C
men at Talienwan and still larger force
at Port Arthur. The latter is rapidly be-
ing converted into the Gibraltar of Asia
and owing to the strategic value of Talien-
wan its natural defences are being supple
mented.
From the foregoing cable dispatch il
seems that the Russian officials at Talien-
| wan have instituted tax measures which
! have proved obnoxious to the native Chi
nese, but the Chinese may in this confic
/ be merely catspaws for European govern
ments. At any rate, the fight at Talienwat
may prove TO be the match to explode th'
whole Eastern powder magazine.
The evening times., 1899-02-20
A Couple of Questions.

From the Omaha World -Herald)
Just pair Of questions: If free silver is dead,
as the gold advocates declare, viii the gold ad-
vocates please name one newspaper of any con-
siderable importance that has deserted the
''corpse?'' And if silver is dead, will the gold
advocates please explain the reason why two such
sterling newspapers the Buffalo Courier and
Buffalo Enquirer-newspapers which opposed the
Chicago platform and advocated Mckinley's cleo
tion-have come out in support OF the Chicago
platform?
The evening times., 1899-02-20
Sighted the Pretoria.

Baltimore, Feb. 2O.-The Hamburg
American Line steamship Bengalia, which
arrived yesterday from Hamburg, reports
the steamer Pretoria, with rudder disabled
February 4, in latitude IS and longitude
2S.45. The Pretoria refused assistance
The evening times., 1899-02-20
The Unfortunate Exceptfon.

From the Detroit Free PreS)
Wife, knew you wouldn't think of ordering
all those things | told you to, dear, SO I went
down town myself and got them today.
Husband-But / didi
The evening times., 1899-02-20

In spite of the riotous disposition of the
Parisians there is no apparent ground for
expecting a revolution in France. Every
thing depends on the Military Governor Of
Paris, General Zurlinden, and there is no
suggestion of a movement on his part be-
yond the preservation OF peace and the
support of the government. The anti-re-
visionists who have been badly beaten in
the election of a President are noisy, but
only that. AS long as they are unable 10
induce the military commandant to enter
on career of revolutionary ambition, they
are impOtent TO infiict any serious injury
on the republic. 1t is with no little disap-
pointment that the people outside OF
France read of the alleged concession of
the new President, NJ. Loubet, TO Premier
Dupuy, that the policy of the government
shall not be changed in relation to the re-
vision bill-the bill which transfers the
Dreyfus case to the whole Court of Cassa-
tion. NJ. Loubet, in common with all
friends of justice, has regarded this meas
ure with disgust and it is hard TO believe
he would subject himself TO the contempt
of his supporters by giving it his counte-
nance
The evening times., 1899-02-20
The ARMY Biu Fight,


A tremendous effort will be made this
week to get through the Army bill. APP
parentIy the Democrats in the Senate are
at this moment determined TO prevent its
adoption at almost any cost. 1t should be
understood, however, that not all the DEM
ocrats are opposed to a larger army or even
to the number Of men proposed by the Hull
bill Indeed, il is doubtful if any impor-
tant number of Senators would make
hard fight against the measure on that
ground alone 1t is the fact that the bill
is Alger's and opens the way to an abuse
of patronage that is the basis of the strong
est antagonism.
That the Administration has majority
in its favor nobody doubts and it does not
despair of bringing the question to vote.
As last resort. if it should become appa-
rent that the minority will not give way,
the majority may accept a proviso that the
bill shall be only temporary in its effect.
The Democrats do not want TO become re-
sponsible for an extra session, but they be-
lieve the country does not approve the bill
as il is.
more willing to make some sort of com
promise because of the increased evidence
of the unpopularity of the Secretary OF
War and consequently of any legislation
in which he has a hand. The country
has no use for officers who would
be let into the military service under the
administration of the War Department by
Alger. In spite of the report of the Alger
Relief Commission, indeed largely because
of it, the public is confirmed in the belief
that the glaring and fatal defects in the
war with Spain were due to the introduc-
/ tion OF politics in the army, chiefly by the
! Secretary of War.
There are powerful arguments in IA
vor of the immediate reorganization of the
! army and il is almost certain that an ex-
ira session would be justified if there
! should be no army legislation in the mex
two weeks But before condemning the
attitude of the minority as one of wantor
| obstruction, it is necessary TO take ac'
| count of the dangers TO the military ser
vice that are included in the Hull bill.
The evening times., 1899-02-20
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

THE TINES. in all its editions, Morning, Even
ing and SUNDAY. Viii bc mailed 10 one address
for FIFTY CENTS per month Addresses changed
as often a. desired.
The evening times., 1899-02-20

Readers of THE TINES who may al any time
De unable 10 procure copies Of II At any news
stand or railroad station or on railroad trans
Will confer a favor upon the management 10y s,nd-
inr 10 this Office information of the tact
The evening times., 1899-02-20

Communications intended Tor publication IN
TIE TINES should hc icI~eiy and plainly written.
and must in all eases he accompanied 10y the
name and address of the writer. Rejected com
rnunic.iti0rs will not be preserved. and only man
useripr~ of obvious importance viii be returned TO
their authors
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-18
THE LARGE DAM
HAS GIVEN AWAY
SERIOUS FLOOD THREATENED IN
CLEVELAND ON ACCOUNT
OF THE RAINS.

Cleveland, O., Jan. 1S.-About lis this
morning a dam under the Wilson avenue
bridge gave way. Back of the dam is a
body of water a mile and a half long,
hundreds of feet wide and in places 25 to
80 feet deep. The break in the dam has al
ready allowed torrents of water to pour
down on the flats below it. The property
loss is already large and if the entire dam
gives way, which seems inevitable, it will
be enormous. Along the line when the
flood comes it must flow, are the big
plants of the Standard Oil company, the
Cleveland paper mills, the Flick slaughter
house and other manufacturing plants
There are but few people living in the
track of the flood and these We're all
warned and have sought safety on higher
ground. The cause of the flood is the re-
cent heavy rains, the melting snow from
the hillsideS and pond of several acres
OVerf1OWing. Streams for several miles
up the gully have added their quota of
water.
At O'Clock the right pier Of the bridge
fell and the whole structure may go at
any moment No loss of life as vet A
large force of police and firemen are at
the scene. The Wilson avenue bridge is
a structure seven hundred feet long and
has been built for few months. 1t cost
$3.50, ,000
The break in the dam, which was an
unsubstantal mass of EARTH occurred
while thirty men We're at work in an ar
tificial canal being sunk to allow the pent
up water to find gradual and safe outlet
These men escaped with not one second
to spare. A big force of men was put to
work making embankments in order to
hold the waters in check as much as pos
sible. A number of factories and manu-
featuring plants below the dam have suf-
fered to some extent from the flood, but
no great damage to them has occurred
so far. The north end of the Wilson av-
enue bridge has been moved from it's
foundation half an inch and engineers
have given up hope of saving the struc-
ture. Five of it's piers have crumbled
away and sunk below the surface of the
water.
A terrible collapse of earth on the south
side of the dam near the abutments oc-
CURED early today carrying away Is feet
of earth, taking several telegraph poles
with it, A few moments later the water
undermined an embankment $50 feet high
and so feet in area, sweeping it down with
the raging flood.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-18
REVOLUTION OC-
Ours IN SAMOA
BRITISH AND AMERICAN CONSTIS
ACT TOGETHER-FORCE OF
MARINES LANDED.

San Francisco, Jan. 1S-A cablegram
to the Can from Auckland, New Zealand
under date of January IL says
When the Oceanic steamship Alameda
left Apia, on January u, revolution had
broken out on the Samoan islands and
was being waged with much bloodshed
and great destruction of property. The
war ships Fake and Porpoise the latter
in command of Captain Sturdee, we're
then at the islands and were taking part
in suppressing the rising.
On December 81 the chief justice de-
cided in favor of Malietoa Tanu, claim
ing Mataafa was barred by the treaty of
Berlin. On January l, 5000 of Mataafa S
followers rose in rebellion and defeate
1000 of Malietoa's forces, ambushing
them, killing 13 natives and wounding
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-18
CORN EXHIBIT
AT PARIS FAIR

Springfield, H., Jan. 1S-The legislature
will be asked to make a liberal appro-
priat ton to aid in making of corn exhibits
at the Paris exposition. Colonel Clark f.
Carr of Galesburg, Ill., president, and b.
w. Snow of Chicago secretary, of the
American Maize Propaganda, are here
comforting with members on the subject
The purpose of this organization is to
bring the attention of the world to the
value of Indian corn as food for man.
The propaganda has obtained satisfac-
tory concessions from Commissioner
Peck and will have a restaurant and corn
kitchen in the United States building at
Paris. OF the appropriation by congress
of $650,000 only $4,000 is set apart for the
agricultural products of the country, In
Guiding horticulture and the beverages
1t has been found that the proportion of
this amount that can be set apart for In
dian corn will be very meagre and the
maize propaganda has therefore decided
to ask aid in the way of appropriations
from the great corn producing states Of
Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Iowa. Kansas
and Nebraska. 1t has not been decided
how much will be asked Col Carr was
greatly impressed when he went to CO.
penhagen as United States minister by
the fact that there was not a pound of
Indian corn meal in all Scandinavia
Through efforts put forth by him and Col.
Murphy, commissioner of the department
of agriculture, the consumption of Indian
cOrnmeal has been so extended that 5 900
bushels were exported to Denmark last
wear.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-18
RESULT NOT
CHANGED MUCH
Clark Gains One Vote, Conrad
Loses Two.
THE SESSIONS WERE BRIEF
lii Both the House and Senate Today
--lnitiative and Referendum
Bill Introduced,
Special to the Inter Mountain

Special to the Inter Mountain
Helena, Jan. 1S.--Conrad lost Camp
bell and Whitesde, who went to Toole.
Clark gained Losekamp from Hartman
and Sweeny from Toole. Gibson voted
for Maginnis, a gain of one. Three, Carr
who voted for Conrad, Clark for Toole
and Eversole for Clark, were absent. The
republicans went back to Power. The
vote was: Conrad, 80; Clark, 26; Power,
15; Toole, 8; Fox, 3; Maginnis, 3; Hart
man, Henry, Mantle and Luce l each;
total, 81: 46 to elect.
The senate transacted its first business
in committee of the whole today. The
senate joint memorial relating to Indians
wandering off reservations, and Senate
Bill No. IA, in regard to examination of
witnesses before legislative committees,
passed the committee of the whole.
Stanton introduced his bill amending
the constitution so as to provide for di-
rect legislation the initiative and refer
endum); also his bill changing the law
relating to naturalization papers, requir-
ing a fee of IS, and Norris introduced a
bill permitting the signatures of county
officers on coupons to county bonds to
be engraved or autographed. Norris
gave notice of bill repeating the law re-
quiring a fee of 81 be paid for each county
license.
The house session was brief and fea-
tureless. Hedges bill relating to the end
ing of the fiscal year and filing of reports
of state and county officers was ordered
committed to the judiciary committee to
allow the state examiner to appear in
regard to the bill. Hedges bill relating
to stock breaking into enclosures sur
rounded by legal fence was reported by
the committee on stockgrowing and agri-
culture, with recommendation that it
be indefinitely postponed. On motion of
Hedges it was referred to the committee
on judiciary by a vote of 3S to IA.
Bills introduced:
Normoyle, relating to jurors fees.
Cooney, relating to the Legislative de-
partment.
Both bodies adjourned after the joint
ballot
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-18
GONE TO WORK
IN EARNEST
GEN. BROOKE'S NEW CUBAN CABI-
NET TAKES HOLD OF AF
FAIRS.

New York, Jan. 1S.--A dispatch to the
Tribune from Havana says: Gen.
Brooke's new Cuban ca abinet shows dis
position to take hold vigorously. DR.. La
Nuza, the secretary of public instruc-
ton, is in Washington. The other three
mem berS--CapoteD eDeSvernlne and 4anez-
having consulted with the various Cuban
elements, decided that the duties war
ranted them in accepting the responsible
ties. Complaint was made that it was nor
a representativ tive body of all classes but
it's members determined to disprOve that
charge as they have already intlmated
/ that they expect to act as an advisory
board and exercise real functions of gov
ernment throughout the whole island The
first inquiry was whether the cabinet had
anything to do with the government of
the city of Havana or whether Gen. Lud-
lows supreme authority was superior to
the cabinet. This question has not been
answered.
Capote is the best known of Gen.
Brooke's advisors, as he was vice presi-
dent of the provisional government and
held the rank of brigadier general in the
insurgent army Public attention, how
ever. is focused upon Desvernine, who
was comparatively unknown until he was
.
asked to use his official influence to over
turn the arrangements by which the
Spanish bank of the island of Cuba is to
! continue the collection of the taxes. Agi-
t-tation on that subject is becoming
stormy. more especially as no authorized
statement is made and the suggestion that
the bank is to fulfill this function for
few months only, or until better arrange
ments can be made, does not pacify the
public feeling.
Gen. Brooke is arranging to establish
the law courts on firm footing and to
end the present confusion and the ap-
pointment of a supreme court composed
of - members is one project. Such a
court would have final jurisdiction and
would determine appeals from the pres
ent audencia, which is the highest judicial
tribunal.
! An epidemic of open letter writing to
/ Gen. Brooke has broken out among both
Spanards and Cubans. Every subject is
, treated of in these letters and they midi
/ cate a reasonable degree of satisfaction
with American control without fear that
/ the United States will make a mistake If
, it does not heed the advice that is given
on particular points. The new ayunta-
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-18

liento or city council is instituting

miento or city council is nstitutng a
streets, replacing Spanish cognomens
with those Of Americans and Cubans.
Among the changes proposed are the
names of Mckinley, Lee. Maceo and Go
mez. The council is also arranging to re-
move the statues of Spanish worthless, in
Guiding that of Isabella of the present
generation in the Central park and Fer
dlnand VIII in the front of the palace.
The American military authorities offer
ed to have these statues boxed for the
Spanish officials, but as the latter did not
ask for them they will be placed in the
public museum. The statue of Carlos III,
which is said to be the work of CanoVa,
will be allowed to remain because of its
artistic value.
Gen. Brooke has revoked his order di-
recting the dscontinuance of the prose-
cution order by Civil Governor de Castro
railway for selling stock in alleged viola
tion of the law BY this action the civil
prosecution will continue.
Collector Bliss has reported to the mer-
chants league which made complaints
against part of the new tariff schedules,
that their request for modification would
be forwarded to Washington. The treas
ury depal tment has re-affirmed the wine
schedule. Cuban office seekers are COM
planning that the American authorities
have created a political boss in the person
of Gen. Menocal, because no Cuban can
secure place in any department without
MenOcalS Endorsement