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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-25
HOW HARRIS LOST s25.

Chicago Tribune: Though Senator Bever.
1dge, In pursuance of his policy of silence.
did not tell this story, the facts occurred
as related while the senator was at Maya
sake, Japan.
The consul at that beautiful Japanese
city is Mr.. Harris, formerly of Wabash,
lnd., and, like all true Hoosiers, extremely
proud OF the youth and good looks of Mr..
Beveridge. "
It happened that while the senator was
calling on Mr.. Harris the TRANSPORT which
was taking the officers and men of the
Tenth Pennsylvania from Manila to San
Francisco landed at Nagasaki. Several of
the officers went on shore and started to
pay their respects to Consul Harris, whose
consulate is at the top of a flight of high
marble steps. AS the officers went up Sen,
ator Beveridge came down, though zone of
them knew who he was. After receiving
them warmly Consul Harris said:
did you see that oyung man who passed
you on the stairs? He is a wonderful man.
In fact, he is a United States senator from
Indiana and the youngest man who was
ever sent to the senate -
The Pennsylvanians at once took tip the
the senators from Pennsylvania, who was
only 81 years old when he was elected to
the senate. ~. sa'
"Why there's Penrose," said one of the
officers. He was born in 1860 and he has
been In the senate at least two. years."
ON cried Harris, you are certainly
mistaken. l know that Boies Penrose has a
son who is more than 40, for I have met him.
He was here only last week and he had
an autograph letter from his father, written
on senate paper, and Introducing him to all
the diplomatic representatives of the United
States Abroad H',
How much money did you loan him?"
asked one of the officers.
WELL" said Harris, II did let him ,haye
$25. Are you sure that Penrose is a yOuns
man?'
They are holding this story against Con-
sui Harris down on the banks of the
Wabash, for they say a man who let's
money get away from him so easily is not
fit to play politics in Indiana. ., %
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-25
THE INTER MOUNTAINS EXTRA.

Last evening the Inter Mountain issued
an extra which was not .only widely read
throughout the city, but which went to
Dillon. Anaconda and other outlying
points. containing a. full srepofA aaof9the
arrival Of the Valencia at San"Francisco,
with the remainder Of the Montana vols
unteers on board; n a detailed account
of the killing of Phil. Carr, the notorious
desperado. yesterday morning at Divide,
by Sheriff Pyle, of Beaverhead county.
This bit Of enterprise on the part of
the Inter Mountain was greatly appre-
ciated by the public, and words of COM
mendation We're heard on all sides. The
news facilities of this paper are unex-
celled and it aims not only to be first
in the field with the important news of
the day but to insure absolute reliability
in it's reports.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-25
FROM O. VINO Know

Elsewhere on this page will be found
an interesting synopsis of the address
delivered before the Catholic Truth So
ciety in San Francisco, by Father Nc
Kinnon. chaplain of the First California
regiment. It is worthy a careful perusal
by all, containing as it does a wealth Of
information concerning the Philippines.
His statements discredit the falsehoods
set afoat in the columns of the demo-
cratic press, n sustain in every essen
tial particular the contention made by
the Inter Mountain relative to our new
possessions and the policy of expansion.
Father Mckinnon's statements cannot
fail to deeply impress the public with
the criminal character Of the efforts made
by Aguinaldo's friends in this country
to Torment strife and discourage the
American cause. He declares that the
war was forced upon us. and has been
waged by our side with mercy and COM
passion. t. ST
In line with the clear and explicit state
ments of fact made by Father sMcKen-
non, is the testimony of the returning
Montana volunteers Especial interest
attaches to the words of Captain John
Hallahan, of company NJ, Anaconda. His
Interview conclusively proves the state
ments of the Inter Mountain on all
points embraced in the Philippine ques-
Adams, rge of the First Montana
volunteers, who insists that General
Otis has made a most commendable
record for one who has borne such a load
of diversified responsibilities. He de-
clares that no man in the United States
army is better qualified to conduct af-
fairs in the Philippines than he-a re-
Duke which the critics of that much
abused officer ought to appreciate and
understand.
With the testimony Of those whoknow.
the bourbon contention that the war was
forced upon the natives by the American
government, hat the justice Of the sit
uation lies with the insurgents, that
Aguinaldo is a second George Washing
ton, that Otis is a fraud and a delusion,
and hat the Philippines are worthless
holdings-falls to the ground shattered
inc broken.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-25
COLONEL KESSLER.

While the Inter Mountain is not adj
views on the matter, and is not author
lied to speak for the republican party
on a question of this kind, it notes
with great satisfaction and approval the
mention of that gallant officers name in
connection With the ~gubernatorial nomi-
nation. Colonel Kessler is not only one
of the strong, able men Of the republican
party--a citizen whom we all delight to
honor-but he has demonstrated his
splendid qualities of leadership at the
head Of the First Montana Volunteers.
His record in the Philippines is one
that challenges the admiration and pride
of every loyal citizen in the state. He
Is a hero in his own right, a type Of the
magnificent manhood that turns from the
triumphs Of peace to the hardships of
war and offers the best energies of life
to the safety and success of the flag.
Colonel kessler merits every tribute of
praise that bravery and loyalty and pa
triotic devotion can call forth from the
loving hearts of an appreciative people.
From the days when the Inter Mount
ain defended his name against the foul
calunnies incident to the departure Of
the volunteers to Manila, this paper has
watched his career as a soldier with
feelings Of pride in the unfolding Of a
character strong in all the qualities Of
leadership upon the field of battle. To
the admirable attributes that have made
him strong as a citizen in the respect
and confidence Of our people, he has add
ed a most brilliant and commendable
career as a military leader. If in line
with his own desires. and the wishes OF
the party that has a right to feel honored
by his membership, his nomination for
governor would bring to the republican
cause the enthusiastic endorsement Of
the people.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-25
CHAIRMAN SHiFELBiN'S ADDRESS,,

The boast of the democratic leaders
that the peoples party had been alb
sorbed by their organization, when Gov
ernor Smith executed his picturesque
to have been a little premature. In an
address to the populists, which is pub
lished in another column, Chairman
Shifelbin makes it clear that independent
action will be taken in the forthcoming
campaign. He severely arraigns both
wings of hedemocratic party, before the
bar of public judgment, and shows
wherein a discriminating and self re-
speeding people cannot afford to longer
tolerate the supremacy of that organiza-
ton in Montana.
1t is with a graphic pen that the chair
man Of the peoples party pictures the
political condition of affairs in Montana
"a condition Of insecurity, distrust and
bad repute for which the democratic
party is solely responsible. Little wonder
eAN ~ respecting PcPuAiSto "AoH, Illus
early in the campaign, to register their
disapprOval of democratic methods, and
to serve notice on the public that they will
not cooperate with a party that has
made the name of this state a d~erisive
by-word in all parts of the nation.
While the actual voting strength of the
populists can be determined only when
the next poll of the state is taken, the
Helena Independent. a prominent demo-
cratic authority. has estimated it at
10000. A concession of this kind from a
democratic newspaper, which lent it's
energies to the destruction of the peoples
party, is very encouraging to it's leaders
and doubtless acts as an inspiration to
get into the field early in the way of per-
fecting their organization.
If the estimate made by the Independ-
ent is correct it indicates that the popu-
lists ave retained their voting strength
of 1894. when their candidate for
polled about double the number of votes
received by the democratic nominee.
The Inter Mountain thinks the estimate
of The Independent too large. but is not
prepared to demonstrate its falsity in
black and white.
That the populists nave a good fight
ing contingent must be admitted, and
the efforts of the national democracy to
discard the free coinage ratio of 16 to /,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-25
INSULTS VERSUS ARGUMENTS.

For months past the Helena indie
pendent has insulted men who are fl
nancially interested in the Inter Noun
tain, a%ttributing the course pursued by
this paper editorially to dishonest and
disreputable dickers of a political char
acter, and of late it has expressed the
belief that few if any brains We're used in
conducting the institution. The course
pursued by the Independent grew out of
it's inability to answer the arguments
advanced by the Inter Mountain as to
the trend of the democratic party on the
free coinage question. Unable to deny
or explain the allegations set forth in
these columns, it attacked the motives
of the Inter Mountain and questioned the
honesty of it's conduct.
TO such weak, insipid and purposeless
journalism the Inter Mountain has paid
little attention. Yet When the inference
appeared in these columns tina our Hell
ena exchange was edited by the %janitor,
that elastic organ squirmed like a stuck
hog and discussed the amenities of
journalism" Were the Inter Mountain
SO disposed it might easily question the
motives that impel the Independent to
certain lines Of procedure, and not get
out of speaking distance with the truth;
but in the discussion of a public question
pertinent facts count, and with that idea
in view this paper has ~endeavored to in
vite the attention of the democratic press
to the efforts which their party leaders
are making to bring to the front a para
mount issue other than the free coinage
of silver.
If it does not lie within the cerebral
capacity of he Independent to explain
this movement, and find a reason for it
let it emulate the example Of the Ana
conda Standard and the Butte Miner and
keep still. Personal abuse of the Inter
Mountain for telling plain facts, and
drawing from them a natural conclusion,
will never take the place of rational
arguments as to the merits of a ques-
ton in debate.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-25
PINHOLE PHOTOGRAPHY.

II notice that one Of the current maya
zines has a long article on pinhole photOg-
raphy," said a New Orleans amateur to the
Times-Democrat. "As far as l know the
first experiments along that line were made
by DR.. st. Jon at the United States marine
hospital at st. Louis. Mo. DIR. St. John
is well known among the older practitioners
of this city, and l think ne was located
here before the war. He was always an
enthusiastic scientist. and one day while
working in his laboratory he observed 2.
ray of light passing through a very small
aperture cast a reflected picture on a
screen exactly like a lens.
"Acting on that hint. he made a camera
out of an old tin box. At one end he had a
plate, and in the other was a very minute
hole. Nothing could be simpler. but with a
long exposure the apparatus would make a
fairly good picture Of anything In front of
II. The hole. by the = was pierced in
. sheet Of tin foil with b point OF q cam
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-25

and place the silver issue in the back
ground, will greatly strengthen the third
party movement. 1t will return to the
peoples party all hose members who
last year went over into the democratic
Notwithstanding, of course. those
who were led to lake that step through
purely political considerations of a per-
sonal character. The energy with which
Chairman Shifelbin and other prominent
perfecting the organization for 1900, in
dicates their intention to put up a strong
fight for the principles they believe to be
right.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-25

brio needle. and was only 1900 Of an inch
in diameter. The foil was pasted over a
rough aperture punched in the end of the
box, for it would nave been impossible to
make an opening of sufficient delicacy in
the tin itself.
1.-THE only practical use l ever knew such
a. camera to be put to was by a friend Of
mine, who was travelling in the state of
Sonora. Old Mexico. He had smashed his
kodak, but was very anxious to obtain a
picture of a certain old cathedral. So he
made a new camera out of a biscuit tin.
on the inside with tar. and the re-
suits were quite successful. That would
sound like a fairy tale to a fashionable
amateur with a 500 lens. but it's strictly
true"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-25
DEWEY'S RECEPTION.

The forthcoming reception of the hero
of Manila bay in New York city prom
Uses to be the most remarkable event
of it's kind in the history of the nation.
money provided for an event of browning
magnificence in all it's appointments, cut
the inflow of people into the metropolis
is almost paralyzing the energies of the
railways and the hotels. An immense
~out-pouring of the public is in progress,
and New York will nave to accommodate
a crowd tina will tax It's energies to
the utmost.
The significance of this cannot be lost
on the American people. 1t shows that
down in the human heart lies a keen APP
probation of the marvellous achievement
of the great naval hero Of the republic.
| Not only is this admiration the out
growth of an act that takes high ank
among the heroic naval coups of the
world, but it is grounded in a deep and
lasting appreciation of the results Of
that magnificent victory that sent the
proud ships of Montejo to the bottom
of the sea. Dewey's victory not only
taught the world to respect the Ameri-
can fag-it not only sounded the death
knell to the aspirations of Castile-it
opened up to the heart and conscience
and brain of our great republic the tre-
mendous possibilities of an industrial
and commercial future that had never
been dreamed of before.
In celebrating the triumphant return
of a popular hero the nation is drawing
the line of demarkation between the old
times and the new. 1t is recognizing the
vista of an approaching era of national
prosperity and growth without parallel
in the history of the past. Had it not
been for Dewey's great victory at Ma
Mia, expansion and anti-imperialism
would not have been heard of. 1t was
a turn in the wheel of destiny that pre-
sented new pictures to the progressive
civilization of the age, and made ne
cessary and imperative the steps that
have been taken by the nation to MAIN
tain its dignity and protect it's flag.
In the light of what has followed, and
what will follow the fall of Manila,
Dewey's name will grow brighter and
brighter as the forerunner Of q new
chapter in the unfolding Of national
destiny, as the years roll by. 1t is we'll
that his reception takes on the form Of
a popular out-pouring Of the populace.
for it marks a magnificent mile-post in
the history Of a great people.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-25
WHAT BOSTON EEL

Washington Star: Boston" said the
Filipino sy%mpathizer, "is the hub of the
universe"
YES" answered the man Of rugged
imagination. I've noticed that every
now and then a terrific squeal goes up
from Boston. But that doesn't indicate
that the h ub isn't all right. A little
axle grease in the form of calm second
thought IL fix it all right"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-25

Chicago Tribune: Wife-"T'm over
joyed to see you, James, but how dirty
your hands are!
Returned Klondiker-They can't be SO
terribly dirty. Miss. I wasb~d 'em Just
before I started for home.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-25

Bushnell In.) Record: Among the late
local improvements we note that the
Hon. T. Jefferson Sparks has had his
shoes vanished.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-22

! Mrs. Marcus Mann of st. Paul has
mother, Mrs Gertrude Alling of Edge
wood Avenue.
James Goodwin, of Rutland, VT, will
spend a week with his mother, Mrs.
Eleanor G. Goodwin of GA Edgewood
Avenue. Young Mr.. Goodwin will ar
rive in New Haven the day after
Christmas.
City Clerk Henry e. Norris and his
bride have gone to housekeeping at No.
SO Avon street.
A. J. Ballet, a Yale graduate of the
class of 1892 who has been working
mining claim in the neighborhood of
Rampant City, Alaska, for more than a
year, passed a portion of last summer
in different parts of the United States.
He is now at Lehighton, Pa. and will
remain there for some months. In
March Mr. Ballet will return to RAM
part City to resume his work, and ex-
poets to reach there about the first of
June, by going in to Dawson City from
Skaguay over the ice. He reports fair
prospects for a good season of mining.
More than a score of university men
from Harvard, Columbia, Cornell, Chi
cago, Dartmouth and Amherst are
working claims in the vicinity of Ram
part City. John c. Powell, Yale '90S.,
and William S. Walcott, Yale '94 have
claims quite near to that of Mr.. Ballet.
Miss Huldah Jacobs, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Marks Jacobs, left Wednes-
day for Baltimore and Washington, to
visit at the homes of her sisters in
both cities. In Washington she will
meet her brother, DR. Jonas Jacobs Of
Elmira, N Y, who is also visiting at
his sisters homes, and will accompany
her brother on his return to Elmtra.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-22
A CHRISTMAS SUPPER.
Held by Employees of Bradstreet's Las
Night.

Held by Employees of Bradstreet's Last
Night.
About twenty employees, former en-
ployes and invited guests, were present
at an annual Christmas-tide supper
and entertainment held in the office Of
the Bradstreet company, at the corner
of Chapel and Orange streets last even
ing.
Miss Amanda Clark directed the GER
emonies and the evenings merriment
began with an original poem by A, T..
Rice of peculiar interest to those pres
ent. The supper, on the transformed
office tables, was then enjoyed and was
followed by a distribution of appro-
pirate presents, fearfully and wonder
fully constructed, which were fished
from an impromptu aquarium
Then comb band composed of the
Misses Flaherty, Siegel, Clarke, Step
hany, Lake, Mrs. Harry Wood, and
Messrs Chamberlain and Rice render
ed selections.
Among those present were the Misses
Duell Farnham, Alice and Ella Flaher-
ty, Emma Siegel, Lizzie Clark, Chris
tine Lake, May Stephany Amanda
Clark, MI. and Mrs Harry Wood, Mrs.
Gardner Thorpe, Mrs Hesse and
Messrs Stowe Perkins of Boston,
Dwight Chamberlain, Charles e. Rowe
and A. l.. Rice.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-22
W4LLING FLO II ID.

The Simpson, Hall, Miller Aid society
has declared dividend of SAFE to be
paid back to each member.
The schools will close to-day for the
holiday vacation.
Miss Ruth Holden Of Smith college is
the guest Of Miss Juliet ID. McGaughey.
!, Il. B. Treat is expected home to-day
( from Groton, Mass.
Postal Clerk John S. Mansfield is the
proud parent of a baby boy that ar
rived yesterday morning.
Miss Bertha Wildman is expected
home from Madison, N. Y, for the hol-
days.
F. H. Rockwell of Exeter, N. H., is
the guest Of Judge j. r. Campbell.
Raymond Claim has decided to re-
main in San Francisco another year.
Mrs. George Carr is home from Vir-
ginia on account of the critical illness
of her mother. Mrs. Richard Addy.
There will be interesting exercises at
the various schools to-day.
Yesterday Morton u. Judd was ap-
pointed by Judge Martin as administra-
tor of the estate of his father, the late
Hubert l.. Judd.
The annual meeting of the Masonic
Charity Foundation will he held in
Hartford Thursday, January 49,
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-22
HOW STORIES FLY
And Errors of Financial Importance
Set Afoat

And Errors of Financial Importance
Set Ahoat.
A day or two ago a rumor was sped
over many telegraph wires from Wall
Street banking houses stating that a
ruinor was afoat that the famous New
York house of Flower & Co., was in
financial straits. A rumor of that
kind If proven true would have had a
disastrous effect in many Wall Street
stocks, particularly during their shaky
state this week and as it was, the afore-
said rumor merely as rumor, had a
very exciting effect. 1T all originated
under a misapprehenson. A promin-
nent New Haven gentleman happened
in at a Wall street house this week
and in the course of lively social chat
mentioned the rumor that the Flour
Milling Co., was in financial straits. OW-
ing to the similarity of the names Flour
Co., to Flower & Co., the names were
COMPOUNDED in the hurry and excitement
of the moment and it was enormously
sent out by one of the clerks that
Flower & Co., We're in trouble. This
little thing illustrates how easily ex-
citing reports of far reaching import
ance get afloat.
1t is fact that one of the biggest
runs of a great London bank arose
from a dog fight Two dogs were fight
ing in the street in front of the bank. A
big crowd gathered and from that and
the excitement arose report that the
bank was in trouble and run on the
bank followed, which was very menace
ing for a time.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-22
THINKING AND SEEING

If we think birds, we shall SIC birds
wherever we go; il we think arrow
heads as Thoreau did, we shall pick up
airow-heads in every field. Some peo-
pie have an eye for four-leaved clovers
they see them as they walk hastily over
| the turf, for they already have them in
their eyes. | once took a walk with the
late Professor Eaton of Yale. He was
I just then specially interested in the
MOSES and be found them, all kinds,
everywhere. | can see him yet every
few minutes upon his knees, adjusting
his eyeglasses before some rare speci-
men. The beauty he found in them,
and pointed out to me, kindled my en-
thusiasm also. I once spent a summer
day at the mountain home of a we'll
known literary woman and editor. She
lamented the absence of birds about her
house. / named a half-dozen or more
! had heard or seen in her trees within
an hour-the indigo-bird, the purple
finch the yellow-bird, the veery thrush,
the red-eyed vireo, the song sparrow,
etc.
"Do you mean to say you have seen
OF heard all these birds while sitting
here on my porch?" she inquired.
II really have I said
II do not see them or hear them" she
replied, land yet l want to very much"
mo" said l; you only want to see
and hear them"
You must have the bird in your heart
before you can find it in the bush.
l was sitting in front of farmhouse
one day in company with the local MIN
rod In maple-tIee in front Of US I
saw the great-crested flyca tcher. /
called the hunters attention to it, ami
asked him if he had ever seen that Drd
before. No, he had not; it was a new
bird to him. But he had probably seen
it scores of times-seen it without re-,
garding it, 1t was not the game he
was in quest of, and his eye needed it
not.
Human and artificial sounds and OBJ
jects thrust themselves upon us; they
are within our sphere, so to speak; but
the life of nature we must meet half
way; it is shy, withdrawn, and blends
itself with a vast neutral background
We must be initiated; it is an order the !
secrets of which are well guarded
John Burroughs in the Century.