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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08
McCARTHY'S CINCH.

AS the Inter Mountain anticipated, the
Anaconda Standard denies that the Butte
Miner has any strings on Mayor-elect
Mccarthy. 1t will not even concede that
McCarthy's overwhelming lack of a big
majority was kept from being a total
failure by Clark democrats, who, like Rip
Van Wrinkle, didn't count the platform
this time.
The Standard hasn't enough newspaper
courtesy to keep still and let the Miner
work the mayor-elect for a public re-
p~udiation of the platform upon which he
slid around during the campaign. Just
as the Miner was pumping it into his
honor in great shape. showing how he
would have been precipitated into he
tureen had it not been for those demo-
Gratis who believed that he had no use
for anything in the democratic platform
but embalmed ~beef-just as the Miner
was about to secure a card stating that
the effort to make it appear all over these
United States tina his election was a re-
buke to Mr.. w. A. Clark did not meet
with his approval, the Anaconda Stand
ard steps in, pats Mr.. Mccarthy on the
back. and tells him not to worry.
AS an offset to the persuasive elo-
auence of the Miners editorial columns,
the Standard argues that a newspaper
has no right to dictate to the mayor. 1t
is apparently willing to permit his honor
to run the whole machine, without throw
ing any oil into the cogs, provided he will
stand by the platform that he was elect
ed on.
1t is now very difficult to foresee where
this controversy between the Standard
and the Miner will end. The Miner wants
Mr.. Mccarthy to repudiate the anti-Clark
| resolutions, in order to facilitate the seat
ing of the senator-elect at Washington;
| the Standard wants Mr.. Mccarthy to
| stand by the platform, in order to facili-
| tate the work of placing Mr.. Clark's
| political future behind him. And there
the matter stands.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08
MEDILL'S PROPHECY,

Shortly before his death in Texas a few
weeks since, Mr.. Medill, the veteran edl-
tor of the Chicago Tribune, uttered a
prophecy which will be read with interest.
Few men have been keener observers Of
the trend of events than he and his pow
ers of prophecy, if such they be termed,
are merely an intelligent analysis of the
| effects of known causes. But this is what
| the aged journalist said to a friend:
Do you know that the actual power of
| prophecy is very great with an obserVant
person. Not a superhuman power, as II
is generally understood to be, but a real
power to tell wha will likely nap
pen in the future. l have become very
strongly impressed of this of late years,
and | am confident that it is something
possible with every ObserVant man, ana
much more so than is ordinarily believed.
I will not live to know if what l am gong
to tell you will come true; but if l knew L
would live l would make the prophecy
just as confidently. Now listen. Within
ten years-no, eleven years-say by 1910,
the policy now inaugurated by our gov
eminent will LAY become settled and
generally approved as it is with the gov
eminent of Great Britain. BY that time
Cuba will be one of the United States and
Porto Rico also, each with it's separate
state government, and both will be &C
quired by the federal government on a
Perfectly amicable and friendly basis.
The Philippines will be friendly and
prosperous protectorates; they will not
become states, but will be contributOry
territory, both valued and valuable. The
Nicaragua Canal will be completed and
in operation, and the Central American
States north of there will either be states
of our union, with full power of govern
ment, or territories under the control OF
our federal government. Mexico will be
the last of these to come in, but she will
come, and within the time l have stated
More than that within the next ten years
Canada will become a part of the United
= States. wide into states and territOrie!
as her present commercial and industrial
interests would indicate.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08
THE WDAK SPOT.

1t is a common belief among all who
have occasion to take a sea voyage that
their safety OF the water is provided for
by the careful ship-owners in large meas
ure by the water-tight apartments, with
which all the best passenger steamships
and all large battleships are fitted. Those
who have never been on a ship and seen
how these are arranged will form q wrong
opinion about them al once" Tt will likely
occur to them that the boat is bullt with
these bulkheads as permanent spaces.
But this is not true. A passenger steam
er, for instance, is built in sections. and
each of these on the several decks are
used as cabins, saloons, etc, and they
are connected by heavy iron doors. 1t is
the closing of these doors which COM
pletes the bulkheads. Now it is obvious
that the bulkhead cannot be any stronger
than it's door, just as a chain is no
stronger thar its weakest link, and it is
all too true that as at present constructed
these doors are dangerous and Inefficient.
They have been the direct and known
cause of the loss of many lives and many
good ships, and if the truth could b.
known, doubtless many a ship on the list
of the missing and u~naccounted for could
be chargeable to faulty bulkheads. There
| are over $50 water-tight doors and
matches on a firSt-clasS battle ship, and
about 300 valves and CRATES connected
with ventilating, draining and flooding
the hull and involving the safety of the
ship. 1t will be seen, therefore, that the
systematic control and operation of these
devices ore of no mean Importance. 1t
takes 10 men to look after these details
alone in response to a collision alarm,
and it has never been satisfactorily dem
onstrated yet that this number are equal
to the The greatest danger
hat is to be met with at sea is that of
collision, and against this the bulkhead
is the chief and only protection. Yet,
Notwithstanding this, if put to the test.
it is doubtless the most vulnerable part
of the ship.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08
lei VERSION OF IT.

Pittsburg News: A family of laborers
live in an alley in the rear of this little
girls home. They had often been with
out food, but had had a short period of
prosperity, and one of the girls was to be
married.
The day Of the wedding the mother of
the little girl was standing at the rear
window of her home and she noticed a
wagon with goods for the wedding cele-
bration at the home of the poorer neigh
bOrs.
First the feast and hen the famine"
she remarked to no person in particular,
and heaved a sigh.
What does that mean, mamma?"
asked her daughter.
"Oh, l was just speaking of the we'd
ding down there tonight" replied her
mother.
"There's going to be a wedding down
there tonight, papa" said the little one
when her father came home.
rs that SOP asked her father.
Yes" she replied, with a sigh like her
mothers, ''first the feast and then the
family"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08

During the campaign Mr.. Mccarthy
could use the democratic platform for a
skating rink. slide around the air
holes with impunity. But now he is in a
hole. He is like the unfortunate lover
who could be happy with either-were
'tother dear charmer IVA
Public opinion as to Mr.. Clark's charac-
ter and standing as a man. in his own
home. will doubtless have a great deal of
bearing on the contest to be made against
him in the United States senate. In de-
fault of any published statement from
the mayor-elect, repudiating the anti
Clark resolutions in the platform upon
which he was elected, they will be placed
on file in Washington to show public SEN
timent in Butte, and that Mr.. Mccarthy
was elected on that issue. The statement
| has already been given to the world tina
the democrats elected a mayor in Mr.
Clark's own home, on a platform that de-
| nounced the senator-elect as having pur'
chased his seat in the senate. 1t rests
with Mr.. Mccarthy alone to either affirm
this statement with his silence, or den!
it in a public amer. And that is Jus
what tho Standard and the Miner ar
ouarelling over Mr.. Mccarthy for.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08
THE RECEIVERSHIP.

The long-drawn controversy over the
~receivership to the Boston & Montana
properties in this city has been one of
the most remarkable eras of litigation in
the history of this country. Seldom nave
has the principle of diamond cut dia-
mond'' been more fully illustrated than
in the legal movements made by each
party to the fiercely waged contest. 1t
was in all respects a most remarkable
controversy.
Today the receiver takes charge of the
properties of the company, after every
legal effort to resist his demands had
been made and every %resource of the
courts had been exhausted. Whatever
may nave been the trend of public senti-
ment, in this direction Or that, during
the contest. all good citizens will insist
that the triumph of the receiver shall be
characterized by the fair and honest
treatment of the great interests that
have been placed in his hands.
The Boston & Montana people feel that
their rights in the premises have been
abridged, and that a great injustice has
been done them in the final victory won
by the receiver. Should this claim prove
to be true, and the receivership be used
as an instrument of injustice, public SEN
| timent will arise in judgment against it.
Let it be hoped, however, that the bad
| blood ~engendered by long and bitter liti-
| cation may find no expression in the exc
cution of the mandates of the courts, but
that the receiver may recognize the hon
| est and legitimate environments of his
| position, to the end that matters may
| finally assume their normal sway in this
/ community without injury to the inter-
ests Of any man or company whose en-
terprise and ability has contributed to
| the ~upbuilding of our city and the well
fare of our people.
The Boston & Montana properties are
| among the best in the world and their
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08
WHOSE VICTORY?

The Yellowstone Journal refers to the
late municipal election in Butte as a re-
publican victory, whereupon the Butte
Miner of this morning says:
The Miner gives the republicans credit
for the splendid work they did in the m
terests of good government. But 1t uoes
not think the result a republican victory
altogether.
The republicans of Butte are duly
thankful for the credit given them by the
Miner, but would have exhibited a little
more hilarity over the occasion if the
Clark democrats had not elected Mr.. Nc
Carthy, as stated in Yesterdays Miner
in the following words:
Had he been less popular as a man
had he been suspected OF beng IN thor-
ough sympathy with the people who rul-
ed that convention-the two hundre or
more majority he got would have been
changed into a minority much greater.
If the republicans are entitled to credit
| for splendid work. in trying to defeat
| Mr.. Mccarthy. then it logically follows
that the Clark democrats who voted for
him in the belief that he was not in SYM
pathy with the anti-Clark platform upon
which he ran for office, and thereby elect
ed him, deserve censure for neutralizine
the "splendid work. of the republicans
insofar as the head of the ticket was con.
cerned. 1t seems to be clear that-but
somehow, this thing is getting all mud.
died up. Speaking of the Clark demo.
Gratis, Oh, yes-where were they at?
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08
Hclera Independent of Yesterday is sig

Helera independent of Yesterday is sig
niIicant:
Tho t~ndepcplerh favored the election
of Carter Harrison for mayor of chicago
becaus he was nominated by a Demo
cratic contention composed or regularly
chosen delegates by democratic ward
primaries. It opposed the bot of John P.
Altgeld because sIcl action as his tends
to destroy party organization
Ex-Governor Altgnii. as we have here
tofore stated in these columns, is second
only to William Jennings Bryan as a ma
tional leader of the free coinage wing of
the democratic party. He has strlven
with unabated zeal to promote the silver
cause and prevent the gold wing OF ms
party from securing control of It's coun-
ellis. 1t was only after the nomination
of MI. Harrison for mayor Of Chicago on
a platform that repudiated the free COM
age plank of 1896 that Mr.. Altgeld and
his friends bolted the convention and
placed the x-governo in the field as the
candidate of the silver democrats.
AS the independent deplores this action
on the part Of Mr.. Bryan's distinguished
advocate and friend, on the grounds
stated, it is only fair to assume that it
will c~ountenance no boiling from the next
RATIONAL democratic convention should a
successful attempt be made to suppress
the issue of free coinage. If the silver
democrats find themselves in a minority
in that body the Independent will, OF
course. advise them to take their medi-
cine as gracefully as possible, for boiling
tends to destroy party organization
In other words, silver is not to be the
paramount issue among silver democrats
in 1900 unless, perchance, they are able
tn control the national, convention and
shape it's platform utterances along tina
line. otherwise the silver democrats vii
assent to the retirement of hat issue, as
boiling .'tends to destroy party organiza'
ton"
If the esteemed Independent keeps vi
t this pace for a short time it Will be bu
: a few lengths behind the ratio repudiat
. ing Anaconda Standard, and the Butt
Miner alone win be left to hold up tn
2 16 to 1 department of the Montana de
t mocracy. Anent the election of Mr.. Har
rison. Ex-Governor Altgeld said:
2 One reason for the election of Mr.. Har
rison was that the press supported mn
: almost without exception, and the grea
e republican papers were on his SIDE. Wh
did the republican papers support Ha1
rison? The reason is not hard to fnt
|, They saw that Mr.. Harrison had alread
betrayed the democratic party, as he ha
e it in his power to do, and he Will carr
=. the betrayal a great deal further, an
thus make the reelection of Mck1nle
r a certainty. The republicans look upo
this fight as the first battle OF 1900 an
n feel that the reelection of Mr.. Harrlso
already seals the result of the next pres
Dental campaign.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08

within thirty days after written notice,
by the vendor, and that all expenses con-
nected with furnishing evidence of title
and deeds of conveyance are to be paid
by the vendor. Each proposal must be
accompanied by a properly drawn dia-
gram, giving the metes and bounds of the
property, and showing the streets around
the block in which the property is situat-
ed; also by a written statement in regard
to the grades. character Of ground for
foundation, etc. The right to reject any
and all proposals is reserved.
Each proposal must be sealed. marked
Proposal for the sale of property for a
site for the public building IL Butte,
Mont" and addressed and mailed to
l.. ]. GAGE.
Secretary of the Treasury,
Washington, D. c.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08
OUTPUT has contributed UNNECESSARILY to

output has contributed immeasurably to
the wealth and prosperity of Butte. A
~receivership that would imperil these
magnificent interests would become the
immediate concern of every patriotic cit
izen of Butte, hence the ardent hope of
all that good judgment and a sense of
fair play may temper the proceedings OF
the officer in charge until a ina adjust
ment of the difficulties shall have been
reached .r.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08
ADVERTISEMENT FOR PROPOSALS
FOR SITE FOR PUBLIC
BUILDING.
U. S. Treasury Department,
Washington, d. c., March q, 1899.

Sealed proposals will be received, to be
opened at 10 o'clock a. M, April %, 1899,
for the sale to the United States OF suit
able property, centrally and conveniently
located, for a site for the public building
authorized by act of congress, approved
March 2, 1899, to be erected i'll Butte,
Mont. A corner lot, approximating 100
feet front by $50 feet in dimensions. is
preferred. II not a corner lot, the prop
erty must approximate $50 feet by $50
feet in dimensions: the 1870 feet to be
street frontage. Each proposal must be
made with the understanding and agree
ment that, if it is accepted, the build
ings and all improvements on the prop
erty are to be retained, and removed
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-08
WILL NOT BOLT,
be named

In view of the political contingencies
likely to arise in the national democratic
convention in 1900, the following from the
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-01-19
PETIT JURORS.
Draw for the February Term OF Court by
Prothonotary wooiiey and Clerk of the
Peace Foard,

Draw for the February Term OF Court by
Prothonotary wooiiey and Clerk of the
Peace Foard.
Clerk of the Peace Foard and Pro-
thonotary Woolley on Thursday drew
the following petit Jurors to serve at
the February term Of the county court,
which opens on February 9Th:
Wilmington-Jesse X. Baylis, George
Cox, William p. Clayton.
Brandywine-Robert Harroff, John
II. Richards.
Christiana-George G. Matthewson,
Edward Crawford, Harry Carter.
Mill Creek-David Bowling, Thomas
Higgins, Jr., William T. Dayton.
White Clay Creek-George W. Griffin,
Charles M. Davidson, John O'Donnell.
Pencader-Mitchell Barr, Thomas
Shaw, Jacob Rhoads.
New Castle-Joseph Grimes, Charles
Munson, Samuel Toppin.
Red Lion-Harry v. Buclson, George
Patterson.
st. Georges Charles E. Rose, vii
liam W. Calhoun, James L. lie Compile
Appointments benjamin f. Phil
lips, Walter b. Ingram, Thomas G
Ennis.
Blackbird-Samuel A. David, Davic
| W. Stats.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-01-19
MRS. LEMON HELD FoR COURT.
Must Answer to the Charge of Assault wit
Intent TO Commit Murder.

Must Answer to the Charge of Assault with
Intent TO Commit Murder.
+, Mrs. Fannie Lemon, wife of John
Lemon, bother, was arraigned in the
Municipal Court on Thursday on the
charge of assaulting Mrs. Laura Streets,
with intent to commit murder, at Sixth
and Market streets, Monday afternoon
week. She pleaded guilty to plain as
sault, but Assistant City Solicitor
Cahoon said he had no recommendation
to make, and the plea was not accepted
and the hearing proceeded.
Mrs. Streets testified to the assault
She told of Mrs. Lemon occupying u
box at the Wonderland Theatre, and
being heavily yelled, and said that
after leaving the theatre Mrs. Lemon
cut her with razor on the forehead at
Sixth and Market streets. While
making the assault, witness said, Mrs.
Lemon exclaimed: "You are the
woman | am after. I have been look
ing for you for some time.' Mrs.
Streets protested, and while the two
women were engaged in the controversy
Detective Witsil and Officer Davidson
interfered and took the razor from
Mrs. Lemon and placed her under
arrest.
Detective Witsil and Officer David
son testified to making tho arrest. The
officer said when he was taking the
razor from Mrs. Lemon she turned tc
Mrs. Streets and said: "I'll kill you. .
Detective Witsil said Mrs. Lemon re
marked after the arrest that il the
officers had not interfered, she woult
have "fixed'' or finished" Mrs.
| Streets. Mrs. Lemon had no witnesses
but through Interpreter Porter sh,
made statement to the effect that sh,
was incensed at the time and was very
sorry. She was held in $500 bail fol
the Court of General Sessions. An
tonic Malascalza Of No. 6 Lindei
court went on Mrs. Lemons bond.
The wounds on Mrs. Streets face arr
| not serious.
| After court adjourned Mrs. Street
and her husband went to Court Clerl
Adams office and for time there wa
a lively scene. Mr.. Streets was yer,
much incensed and said he wanted
justice. He said another woman VIII
resembled his wife was the cause o
the trouble and he wanted her brough
into court.
Mrs. Streets said she did not knoy
anything about John Lemon, except t
sec him, and she was not responsible
for him sitting beside her in tn
theatre,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-01-19
FIRE Nv rgo HoosEs.
Residence of the REV. d, II. Waters Badly
Damaged,

Damaged,
Fire in the rear of the dwellings of
the Misses Lowber, No. B46, and the
Rev. Joseph r. Waters, No. S4s Madi-
son street, about $50 o'clock Thursday
morning, caused loss of several hun.
dred dollars. 1t is believed that tho
fire started in the back kitchen Of
Presiding Elder Waters residence.
This kitchen is OF frame, one story
high. The flames soon ate their way
through the partition into the Lowber
residence and also towards the main
portion of the two houses. The Misses
Lowber have second story to their
back building, the second floor COM
prising the bath room. = The flames
spread unchecked until the smoke
penetrated the upper part OF the houses
and awakened the inmates, Mrs.
Waters was among the first to be dis
turbed by the smoke and she informed
her husband who made an investiga-
ton which soon established the fact
that the rear Of the house was ablage.
The Waters family and young woman
visitor hastily dressed and went into
the Lowber residence to get away from
the smoke. But the fire had pene-
trated the latter house also, and the
inmates were in great alarm for fear it
would destroy a number Of garments
which were in course of making, the
Misses Lowbsr being dressmalfeSs.
Meanwhile an alarm had been sent
in from box No. % and the department
went valiantly to work. Capt. Kane
and squad Of officers assisted in SUBJ
DUNG the flames and In saving prop
erty, and both aremen and policemen
are complimented for their efforts. TIE
ceilings of the dining room and bach,
parlor of the Waters house were
scorched and the kitchen was charred
throughout. The house ia insured for
81, 600 in the Atlas Assurance Co., rep
resented by G. Il. PierHpn, who est
mates the loss at 800. The damage to
the Lowber house, which is owned by
Mrs. e. r. Crawford is greater than
that, for the reason that the damage
extended to the second floor. The
Misses Lowber have their furniture In.
sured through l.. p. Buck. Mr., Waters
formerly had $1,000 insurance on his
furniture but had allowed tho premium
to lapse. His loss on furniture II trivial.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-01-19
VIEW CASTLE COMMONS.
The january Meeting of tho Board Held
Last Night Week.


New Castle, Jan. II. Tho JANUARY
meeting of the Trustees Of the New
Castle Commons was held Tuesday
evening, President Black In the chair.
Tho treasurer reported s410. 90 to the
credit of tho trustees and outstanding
orders unpaid amounted to 1882, leav-
ing deficit of ST1.04.
1t was stated that two Of the Com
mons farm tenants expected to sell
1,600 bushels Of wheat within few
days, and that the money, about 81, 200,
will be turned over to the trustees on
rent account The money will be used
to pay part of a note due the New
Castle Water Works Co., with ACCRUED
interest. -Four small bills, amounting
to $40, were received and will be paid
when money reaches the treasury.
The claim of tax collectors for taxes
on the farm which was formerly ten
bills of Bernard Rodgers and William
Addix were passed.
The question of renting the Commons
farms for the ensuing year was taken
UP. II was learned that all the tenants
that tho tenants who had been served
"ifi hobioSS " quiti hou pdiu So'po
rent money since. 1t was decided to
lease these farms to the present tenants
for the year.
The Penn Farm, which has been ten.
anted by William B.MoCoy, was rented
TO William G. Knots OF Montchnpin,
who has been tenant on du Pont
farm. He Is highly recommended.
1t was reported that the presi dent OF
the Associated Charities had stated
that there was no need for an uppropri-
alton Of $500 by the trustees this year,
as was the case last winter.