Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-09
Kruger Will Not Surrender
Until Last Ditch.
THE IRISH MAGISTRATES
Are Getting Into Trouble For Their
Utterances in Favor of the Beers
Prospects For Sports in England
Hotels For Women Planned.

the Associated Press.)-A representative
of the Associated Press has discovered
the Whereabouts of Mr.. Montague White,
the former Boer agent here. who, after
spending the recent weeks with DR.. LeydS
at Brussels. has returned to his home in
England. where he is living quietly.
While he has no official connection with
the T~ransvaal. Mr.. White keeps in touch
with those who sympath ize with the
, Beers. He has been invited to lecture in
the United States, but has declined. Mr..
! White intends to return to Johannesburg,
where he has much property, when the
war is over. But he doubts if his hold
inss there are worth much believing the
Beers will wreck the town and mines be-
fore surrendering.
w no longer have cable connection
! With President Kruger said Mr.. White,
so | am unable to speak definitely re-
gafdins Boer opinion of the progress of
the war. | do believe, however, that after
both sides have had more fighting they
Will grow more tired and an offer by
President Mckinley to arbitrate will be
accepted. President Kruger will not sur
render until the last ditch and that will
not be reached before battles are fought
far harder than ave yet marked the
campaign. Even if President Kruger
wished to make terms he could not do so.
The women alone would prevent it, for
the Boer women, though usually phleg-
matte and taking little part in the affairs
Of men, when reused to thP present pitch,
are perhaps a more serious factor than
the Boer c~ommandOs. The British public
is only just beginning to realize the ex-
tent Of the disaffection i'll Cape Colony.
When the fighting is all over nothing
Will have been accomplished for the
4 1A,pt,l A,,~ I y -l~vIs-,A ,,.J1 -1A
no part and no interest in international
matters, harboring, with racial tenacity.
the memory Of their wrong and instilling
hate Of the English into their numerous
offspring. thus laying the seeds of con-
tinual unrest"
iting tendencies to sympathize with the
Beers continues ait a lively rate. Mr..
Common O'Kelly, chairman Of the Mayo
county council, is the latest victim, while
1t is said that a number Of other magis-
trates in. the west have been asked by
the lord chancellor for an explanation of
their speeches, which is q probable pre-
liminary to their removal.
Major James Bryce, liberal member of
parliament for the south d vision of .Aber-
deem, has been challenged to resign his
seat, by one of his leading constituents,
and test the feeling of the voters on the
stand he has taken on the South African
war.
Col. Herbert Eaton, Of the Gernadier
Guards, who has been pro noted to major
general, is the husband OF a daughter Of
the late F. o. French Of New York. Cen
eral Etaton's mother is also an American.
He had seen no active Sc vice and COM
manded the Grenadier Guards when they
were sent In disgrace to Bermuda.
As a sequel to Emperor Williams re-
cent visit to England, Queen Victoria has
intimated her intention of comforting the
| GrHnr nf Tho Ia pfnr nm tho Garr,n y,
crown prince. The cerenl ony will prob
! ably occur during the queens visit to
Fotsdam in 1900. when the recipient will
be IS. the same age at which the en-
peror received a similar decoration.
The Prince Of Wales will be the guest
of Mr.. Heber r. Bishop. formerly of New
York, from Dec. II to Dec. Ii at Hughton
hall. which Mr.. Bishop rents from Lord
Cholmondeley. Elaborate preparations
have been made to entertain his royal
highness.
1t is that the Bull hotel at
Rochester. so much assoc lated with the
late Charles Dickens. is to be sold at auc-
ton during the present month. 1t con-
tains a quantity of Dickens furniture.
One little sitting room is entirely furnish
ed with things formerly used by the
novelist.
r. c. Lehman has again been chosen
to coach Cambridge for the in~ter-'varsity
boat race. Associated with him Will be
n. Willis. who was at Harvard with
Lehman. The latter says next years race
Will probably occur April 4 and he ex-
poets to do most of his coaching in
March. He does not contemplate another
| American trip.
1t is said that Mr.. Pierre Lorillard vii,
race again in England next season and
Mi. W. c. Whitney will have a lot of
horses here, which indicates. according to
an English racing authority, that more
money will go to America than before.
| A question as to the eligibility of Lord
William Beresford's Democrat. now the
favorite for the next derby, has arisen.
the race being for colts and FLIES
while Democrat is a gelding. But, this
is not likely to prove a serious obstacle,
as other geldings have run in previous
derbies. But. it might result in regula-
tons on this point. governing future en-
tries. Montauk, Don Alonzo, Blondin II
and Dakota, the steeple chase winners this
week. were all bred in America.
Lord Cottenham and Lady Rose Nevii,
We're. married before a registrar a few
hours after the latter's husband, j.. Blum
dell-Leigh. had an absolute decree nisi
granted him. Cottenham being the CO.
respondent.
Demetrius ~Constantinidi. a London
stock broker. was granted this week q
separation from his wife on the ground
of desertion. She is the daughter of
Stephen Ralli. a we'll known Greek mer-
chant here and in New York, where the
firm is known az Ralli Brothers.. Mr..
Rail- settled $51 900 on his daughter. but
this was not touched by C~onstantinidi.
Reports have been cure mt that Archf-
bald Forbes is dying. but a representa-
tive of the Associated Press learns that
they are ~unfounded. The celebrated war
correspondent has been in poor health
during the LIST few years. but he is II
worse. He is now living quietly in Lon
don with his American wife.
Sir Richard Tarrant, on whose plans