Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-21

nelu up ana falueu, one after anOtHef Dy
bodies of police, who also took the names
and addresses of standing passengers
with the view of taking proceedings
against the committee.
The leading organ of the army. the
Broad Arrow, publishes an article this
week which has given a shock to people
here who have lifted up their hands in
pious horror at the French military short
comngs as revealed by the Dreyfus af-
fair. The Broad Arrow draws an ana
logy between the system of the confiden-
tial reports of the British army and the
French secret dossiers and says the
British army is a grievous blot on the
military administration, which results IN
confidential reports being in many cases
a mere travesty of justice. The Broad
Arrow explains that commanding officers
are empowered to make reports which re-
fleet on junior officers and influence the
war department in it's selection for promo
ton, without the sufferers being inform
ed of the reasons and says:
THE effect of prejudiced reports are Of
ten disastrous to the officers prospects,
La Chose Jugeo is regarded as a fetish. A
particular case in point has been thus far
snothered, but we are informed that the
facts will sooner or later be published in
the press, which will not leave doubt
that fragrant injustice has actually been
committed. The secret archives of the
war department could tell tales of careers
blasted on absolutely unreliable evidence,
contradictory proof of which has been in
the hands of the authorities. who in order
to avoid a scandal, resisted all endeavors
upon the part of the victim for fair in
vestigation."
Advices from Copenhagen say that
Duke of Abruzzi, nephew of the king Of
Italy, is shortly expected there to per-
sonally superintend the preparations for
his North Pole expedition. He will sail
during the summer from Spitzbergen, will
pass the winter in Franz Josef land and
hopes to reach the North Pole by dog
sleds in August 1900. The expedition will
cost about G50,000, most of which has
been subscribed by King Humbert.
A resident of San Francisco, Dr. Charles
Freye died interstate at Vienna in July
last of apopleXy, leaving the sum Of G30,-
600, it is said, deposited in San Francisco.
No heirs were discovered and the state
was about to take over the money when
two poor Swiss named Boshardt and May,
from DudendOrff, near Zurich, arrived in
Vienna on Tuesday and claimed the in
heritance. They brought with them docu-
ments to show that they were the deceas-
eds brother and brother law respec-
lively.
There are several new and interesting
plays on tne STOCKS. MARVIN harvey, one
Of the foremost young actors, has taken
short lease of the Lyceum theatre in or
der to produce dramatization Of "A Tale
of Two Cities by the Rev. Freeman
Wills, who wrote "Olivia,' and "Chares
t. for Sir Henry Irving. Harvey will
take the part of Carbon and Robert Tabor
will play de Fargo.
Louis M. Parker's "Mayhower," which
was played in the United States two or
three years ago, is being rehearsed by a
company including Scott-Buist, Bernard
Gould and Lena Ashwell.
new manager has appeared in Nor
man Forbes, a brother of Forbes Robert
son. He has leased Gatti and Frohman's
Adelph theatre to present a melodrama
company headed by w. II. Vernon, Gene
We've Ward and Kate ROrke.
The prince of Wales appears in the role
of a patron of the opera, permitting his
name to head the list of shareholders of
Covent Garden. 1t also includes the name
of the Duchess of Marlborough Adelina
Patti and numerous financers and titled
persons. The new operas promised include
"The Princess D'AuVerage," by Prof Jen
Block Of the Antwerp conscrva tory, and
"Prisoner of War" by Carl Goldmark