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THEY TUNNELED 40 FEET
Four Prisoners at Deer Lodge
Made an Effort to Escape.
BUT THE EARTH CAVEO IN
They Must Have Been Working on the
Tunnel Long Time-They Dug With
an Old File and Deposited the
Earth in an Unused Duct.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.


Deer Lodge, Aug. 6.--About l O'Clock
this morning one of the guards on night
duty at the penitentiary noticed a
strange depression in the earth of the
yard near the south wall. His first
thoughts We're that there had been a
well there at some time and that the
earth had settled. He went across to
Frank Conleys house, woke up that
gentleman and reported the phenome-
non. Mr.. Conley said there had never
been a well there, and, hastily dressing
himself, went to the yard to invest-
gate.
Mr.. Conley at once concluded that
some of the prisoners had been making
a tunnel, and that the earth had caVed
in on it, The earth al this point is very
GEOGRAPHICALLY gravel A systematic
search was begun and the opening of
the tunnel was soon discovered in the
corner under the partition separating
two cells. These cells We're occupied by
Joseph sullivan. sentenced to nine
years Imprisonment for holding up eX
Alderman Gagnier in Anaconda;
Thomas Stages, sentenced to 80 years
for robbery in Silver Bow county; Will
lam Howard, sentenced origially from
Missoula county for burglary, and
George +, Stevens, sentenced originally
from Mssoula county for manslaugh-
ter. Howard and Stevens escaped Nov.
/, 1897, were recaptured and sentenced
by the Deer Lodge county court to six
years additional for Jail breaking.
These cells are on the ground floor.
There is concrete to the depth of four or
five feet under each, but under the par
tition where they dug it is quite super
fetal. The men had dug down per-
pendiculary about five feet and then
started horizontally for the south wall.
Their only instrument for digging was
an old file Under the penitentiary is
a duct which was built at the time the
building was erected for steam pipes If
Conley & McTague should ever desire
to use it for that purpose. The four
prisoners had located this duct and into
it they had deposited the earth they
dug up. carrying the same in their tin
buckets.
They had progressed with their tun-
mel about 40 feet and We're within four
or five feet of the wall. Evidently they
had been at work many weeks, perhaps
months. If they had ever reached the
wall, they would have been obliged to
go five or six feet deeper to dig under
it, and even then it is doubtful if they
could have escaped, as the base of the
wall would probably have sunk down,
possibly while they were in the very act
of digging.
The tunnel was just large enough for
a mans body. For the last week Stages
has been permitted to remain in his cell
all day on the plea of illness. During
the day time the men had concealed the
hole in the corner with their cell fur
niture. Conley & McTague will make
more thorough examination tomorrow.
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DREYFUS TRIAL.
Police Are Taking Strict Precautions to
Prevent Demonstrations.

Rennes, Aug 6.--The town is eX-
tremely animated to-day, but every
where perfect tranquility prevails.
Public interest is concentrated upon
the arrival from Paris of various per-
sonages likely to figure in the trial
of Captain Dreyfus Among these are
Generals de Bosdeffre, Come and Ro-
get, all in multi: NJ. Godfrey Cavaig-
nae former minister of war, and M
Cassimer Perrier, former president OF
France.
A large crowd which had gathered
around the railway station greeted the
generals on alighting from the train
with cries of "Vive rarmee" The re-
visionist spectators responded with
give la republique,'' but there was
no disturbance of order.
NJ. Cassimer Perrier, who was much
fatigued by the long railroad journey,
decided to walk to the hotel, hoping
that he would not be recognized, but
his identity soon became known and
a large crowd followed him, rs attir-
ed in a light summer suit, he walked
slowly along, chatting with the pre-
feet of police and the chief of the Sc
cret police, NJ. Viguer, who met him
at the railway station and accom-
panied him to the hotel. The crowd
made no demonstration The author
tiles, however, deem it wise to MAIN
tain the most stringent precautions in
regard to the former president. and six
gendarmes are stationed in front of
the hotel where he has apartments,
while a number of detectives watch the
entrance hall closely and scan all new
arrivals.
It is now fixed that the trial shall
begin tomorrow. After the indict-
ment has been read it is thought prob
able the president of the court mar
tial, NJ. Juasti, will order the doors
closed for the consideration of the
secret dossier, which will be present
ed by General Chamien. The general
consideration of the dossier will &C.
cupy two days, so that the next pub
lie session will probably be on Thurs
day, although perhaps not until Fri
day The general impression is that
the whole proceedings will occupy at
least three weeks.
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PRAISES THE OFFICERS.
Sergeant Cheadle Has Returned From
the Philippines.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Helena, Aug. 6.-Sergeant z. X.
Cheadle of Co. l. LIST Montana is here
en- route to his home in Lewistown.
having arrived at San Francisco from
Manila last Sunday. The sergeant was
honorably discharged in June, after an
illness. He made a good record and
has many friends in the regiment, as
letters from the Philippines attest. He
was through all the principal fights,
and tells an interesting story of the
war. He has all kinds of praise for
the regiment and for the officers, and
especially Colonel Kessler, Lieutenant
Colonel Wallace, Majors Cook and Mil
Ter, Captain Hallahan, Captain Moran
and many others. He is of the opinion
that with the increased force promised,
the instruction will be put down early
in the next dry season. He gives
glowing account of the islands and
their wonderful possibilities
The Montana boys are all anxious to
return, and not many will care to re-
enlist. He brings back many mes
sages and tokens from the boys to rela-
tives here, in Great Falls and Lewis
town. While returning he met at
Nagasaki Senator Beveridge of Indi-
ana, who was reported lost. He heard
the senator deliver a Fourth of July
speech at that point, while the boat
was quarantined for a case of bubonic
plague. This quarantine of several
days, he says, accounted for the sena-
tors not being heard from.
Mr.. Cheadle is considerable thinner
than when he left, as result of his
illness. He was recently appointed by
Governor Smith a lieutenant, but the
appointment came too late.
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A WAR OF DETERMINATION.
Mexican Troops Have Been Modified
for the Attack

st. Louis, Aug. GA special to the
Republic from Austin, Tex, says: In
formation received here to-day by pri-
Vate advices is to the effect that the
Mexican army will open up active and
continual warfare on the Yaqu In
dams tomorrow. For a week the
Mexican soldiers already in the Yauui
territory have been engaging the In
dams until the main body of men could
be modified. In doing this they have
lost quite number of their soldiers
while the Indians have lost compare
lively few warriors.
1t was stated to-day, however, that
the Mexican soldiers were about mobil-
ized-at least, there are about 2, 900 men
in the field, and that is considered to be
a sufficient number to justify the troops
being moved into the mountains, with
instructions to push through and, if pos
slble, exterminate the Indians The
situation is worse even than it was dur
ing the 10 years war. The Indians are
determined that they will fight until
they regain every foot of the territory
taken from them by the treaty of three
years ago, and the Mexican govern
ment is determined to effectually ex-
terminate the Indians, so as to secure
all the lands from the Indians and pre-
vent any further outbreak.
The Indians wade deep in blood, ac-
coiuilS W oiiCidl duNlCeS, having killed
something like 100 miners and as many
soldiers. With both sides thoroughly
aroused the war will open in earnest to-
morrow and promises to be long pro-
longed.
1t is given out that, taking up the
line of march tomorrow, the Mexican
troops will advance directly into the
mountains and try to reach the noun
tain Businesses of the Indians, giving
them no time to rest from one attack to
another, in the hope that by this pro-
cedure they will be worn out in short
order and either surrender or all be
killed
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CUBA A BLACK REPUBLIC
Negroes Will Be Able to Out.
vote All Others.
WILL BE ANOTHER RAYTI
A Havana Merchant Says the Only REM
edy Is Annexation to the United
States-The Blacks Are In -
creas ng Fast.

Havana, Aug. "a leading Havana
merchant, Cuban, having business
connections with most of the cities of
the island and who claims to be well
posted regarding Cuban affairs, said to-
Gay that universal suffrage in Cuba
would mean a black republic in the
near future, and that the only means
of preventing it will be the incorpora-
ton of the island as a possession of the
United States, as state, territory or
colony, leading to American immigra-
ton, intermarriages, the enrichment of
insular blood and the improvement of
the population. In his judgment, Cuba
Is otherwise doomed to become another
Hayti. His assertions are based upon
the fact that in a population not eX-
ceeding l,250,000, with a voting capa-
city of 100000, the Spaniards number
only 10000, the white Cubans 125,000
those claiming to be white $4,000, while
the blacks number 200 900 in voting
strength.
This theory is that more than half
the Spaniards under a system of uni
versal suffrage would not vote and that
the number who vote must inevitably
diminish each year.
The Cubans, who will no longer have
the fresh blood of Spanish immigrants
to draw upon, will gradually grow
fewer, while, on the other hand, the
blacks, who thrive in this climate and
are big, strong and healthy, will in
crease at rapid rate. The result will
be, he believes, that in SO years there
will be more than 1000 900 negroes in
the island and less than $50, 900 others.
Even in the first election" he de-
clares, "the blacks could carry every
thing their own way il they knew their
strength"
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WAR is IMPOSSIBLE.
Canada and the United States Will Not
Fight About the Boundary.

Chicago, Aug. 6.-Sereno E. Payne,
chairman of the ways and means COM
mittee of the house of representatives
and a member of the joint committee
on the Alaskan boundary, arrived in
Chicago to-day on his way home from
a tour of two months in Alaska and
the Pacific coast. Mr.. Payne said:
Being a member of the committee
my lips are sealed as to the probable
report and the course the boundary
matter will take. This would be a
matter for an arbitration committee if
one were appointed. l do not think
Sir Wilfrid Laurier had any idea war
would result from the boundary ques-
ton when he made the recent speech
in Ottawa. | do not consider such a
thing worthy of serious consideration. :"
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MORTUARY RECORD.
Rev. George w. Pepper.

Cleveland, Aug 6.--Rev. George w.
Pepper, d. D., died at 12:55 O'clock this
morning at his home in this city. DIR.
Pepper had been in ill-health for sew
eral months. DR.. Pepper was ordained
Methodist minister in 1850 and has
been prominent in that church in Ohio
In 1890 he was appointed United States
consul at Milan, Italy. He is survived
by four children, one of whom, Charles
NJ. Pepper, is a well-known newspaper
correspondent. The other surviving
member of the family is S. A. Pepper
of Miles City, Mont, who is now in
the Klondike.
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DEWEY TALKS.
Pleased With the Reception Given Him
| in Europe.


London, Aug. 6.-The Naples CORE
spondent of the Daily Mail telegraphs
the substance of an interview he has
had with Admiral Dewey, who is repre-
scented as having said:
Il was given to understand that the
American victories over Spain had ex-
cited ill feeling against us in Europe,
but so far as am concerned the recep-
ton given me could not have been more
fattering.
1T will give me pleasure to say this
when / return to America and ! shall
be happy to do what | can to allay
any American prejudices against Eu-
rope excited by criticism on American
civilization"
Admiral Dewey, according to the
Daily Nails correspondent, refused to
talk regarding the Philippines, but the
correspondent asserts that he has the
best reasons to know that Admiral
Dewey does not share the pessimistic
views of some Americans about the pos
sibility of subjugating the insurgents.
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FRANC0-RUSSIAN ALLIANCE.
The French Minister Was Entertained
by the Gar.

st. Petersburg, Aug. 6.-M. Delcasse,
French minister of foreign affairs, had
the honor of lunching to-day at Pc
terhof palace with Emperor Nicholas
and the empress. The Russian minis
ter of foreign affairs, Count Muravieff,
and several of the chief dignitaries of
the Russian court were also CUES S
of their majesties.
At the dinner NJ. Delcasse and Count
Muravieff of the foreign office eX-
changed cordial toasts, both ministers
affirming the substantial character of
Franco-Russian friendship. NJ. Delcasse
to-day received numerous visits from
high Russian officials. The newspa-
pers and public protest against the ad-
mission of any other power into the
Franco Russian alliance
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WORK OF FIREBUGS.
Six Buildings in Garfield Reduced to
Smouldering Ruins.

Garfield, Wash. Aug. 6.-Garfield suf-
fered the worst confiagration in it's his
tory at an early hour this morning, when
six buildings in the center of the business
portion were reduced to a pile of debris,
together with nearly all the contents. The
loss is about $4,000, with but $1,000 insur-
ance on the buildings. The fire was Of
incendiary origin. Coal oil was used to
saturate the rear of Averilrs grocery
store. The heaviest losers are M. T. Jack
son, $4,000; C. E. Averill, $500: F. w.
Webster, $4,000: ]. f. Brown, $780, C. B.
Hensley. $4,000, and E. P. Atchison, LOCO
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United Supreme Council.

Cleveland, Aug. 6.-The united su-
preme council, 33d degree Colored Scot
fish Rite Masons, will meet in their an
nual session tomorrow. Hon. John G..
Jones, 33d degree, of Chicago, sover-
eign grand commander, has arrived and
will preside. On Wednesday morning
the imperial grand council of the An
cient Arabic Order of Mystic Shriners
will assemble. Imperial Grand Poten-
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BASEBALL YESTERDAY.
Cincinnati. ., A; Louisville, @. 2.

Cincinnati, Aug. 1.-THE Reds won both
games of their double-header with Louis
Vile and st. Louis to-day. The team has
now won 10 straight games. The Colonies.
because of Powers miserable work be-
hind the plate, really lost the game in the
opening inning. In the second game the
Reds made their hits at the right time
while Breitenstein was invincible. At
tendance, 1854. Score:
First game r, II. E.
CINCINNATI ....,.... ....... ..........9 L l
Louisville ....... ........... q 8
Batteries-Philips and PETIT; Bowling,
Cunningham and Powers.
Umpires-Manassau and McGarr.
Second game r. II. E
Cincinnati ...... ........... ........ 5 2
Observation-Disclosures and PETIT; Pow
ell ana Schrecongost.
Umpires-Manassau and McGarr.
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Critically Ill.

Augusta, Ga, Aug 6.-Mrs. L. H
Pickens, widow of South Cardinals war
governor, who was at once time min
lister to Russia. is lying critically ill
at her home at Edgewood near Edge
field, S. c. She is suffering from
paralysis. Mrs. Pickens has been prom
inently identified with Mount Vernon.
the home of Washington, since it has
been under the care of the women of
America. She is one of the most not ed
women of the South.
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BRYAN is FOR GOEBEl.
The Silver Leader Will Take the Stump
for the Kentucky Man.

Chicago, Aug. civilian Jennings
Bryan passed through Chicago to-day
from Wisconsin to Iowa. He was
asked:
Are you going to Kentucky during
the campaign in that state?"
Il am" he replied.
Are you going to speak for Goe-
bel?'
Il am
And why?"
Il DO not care to discuss that point"
Further than that Colonel Bryan re-
fused to talk about the Kentucky sit
uation.
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Distiileries Raided.

Chattanooga, Tenn. Aug. 6.-United
States revenue officers last night raid
ed two Illicit distilleries operated with
in three miles of Chattanooga Park.
Both establishments did a land office
business last year in supplying whiskey
10 soldiers at Chickamauga Park, ana
had defied arrest, the soldiers aiding
the moonshiners in keeping the of1icers
off the track. Both stills were In &C
tive operation when raided. Nearly 2
400 gallons of low wine were found and
5aEtrOVpd
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Nepro Conventions.

Chicago, Aug. 6.-Many of the most
distinguished negro men and women in
the United States will begin arriving
here this week to attend several con-
ventions of colored people. The prin-
cipal of these conventions will be
those of the National Afro-American
council. Other gatherings will be the
teachers convention and the meeting
of the national body of colored Ma
sons.
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Mrs. BENJAMIN Grosscup.

Ashland, Ohio. Aug. 6.-Mrs Benja-
min GrOsscup, mother of Judge p. S.
was Is years of age and had been mar
ried 81 years. Her husband and four
children survive the latter being Judge
p. S. Grosscup, Benjamin F. Grosscup,
Western general counsel for the North
ern Pacific railroad; Fred Paul Gross
cup, manufacturer of Charleston, w.
Va, and Mrs. Cyrus E. Lehman of Red
lands. Cal.
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Colonel Azore Marvin.

New York, Aug. Cool. Azore Smith
Marvin, for many years president CT
the Marvin Safe company, is dead at
his home in Brooklyn. aged rs years.
He went to California in 1S49 and re-
manned there several years. He served
with distinction throughout the civil
war. After the war he went to Phia-
delphia and remained in business there
for 10 years, returning to New York to
engage in business with his father, vino
was the pioneer of the safe making bus
mess in the United States.
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ROBBED OF HIS DUST.
A Returned Klondiker Buncoed by a
Montana Man.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Seattle, Aug. 6.-Jean Downey, formerly
Of Butte, and well known in the sporting
circles of Montana is alleged by the po-
lice to have worked a clever bunco game
on a returned klOndiker named Arthur
Mcdonald. With the aid of a woman con-
federate he wormed himself into the
good graces of the miner on the way down
from Alaska and in some way substituted
bags of brass filings for the 100000 in
gold dust which Mcdonald was bringing
back. 1t is supposed that knockout drops
were administered. Detectives are at
work on the case
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EIfl'cl Tower Struck.

Paris, Aug. 6-During a severe thun-
der storm last evening the lightning con-
ductor on the Eiffel tower was struck 10
times. A thunderbolt set fire to the
Jeannot factory, the Ceinture railway
slightly injured and scores of fine trees
were destroyed. The day had been ter
ribly hot, the temperature registering
1O4 degrees. Many sunstrokes were re-
ported, some of them fatal.
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the railway station here to-day by EN-
peror Francis Joseph of Austria, who
was passing through. His majesty left
the railway carriage to welcome the
German chancellor and invited him to
enter the train, where they had a long
converse tiop
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IN HONOR OF GOMEZ.
Ready to Serve Cuba Whenever the Cubans
Want Him.

Havana, Aug. GA mass meeting in
honor of General Maxine Gomez and
his wife was held this afternoon, some
5000 people attending. In three parts
a procession started from Central park
and arrived at the house of Gomez be-
fore shutdown. The General and Sonora
Gomez stopped in the doorway to re-
view the parade. Francisco Gonzales,
who made the address, characterized
the presence of Sonora Gomez as a
symbol of peace" He touched on the
death of their son, who died a martyr
with General Maceo. General Gomez
in his reply said he loved all the peo-
pie OF Cuba, black and white, and the
Spaniards among them. He referred to
his wifes coming as a sign of peace,
and said he was ready to serve Cuba
whenever the Cubans wanted him.
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tate John G. Jones will preside. Noble
Magnus L. Robinson of Alexandria,
Va, imperial grand recorder, arrived
to-day. and says this annual session
viii be the most important in the his
tory of the order
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Paris, Aug. 6.-The socialists organized
a demonstration to-day in the Palace
Maubert, near the statue of Etienne Dolet
who was burned in the year l546 during
the reign of Francis l., for "impiety and
atheism" counter demonstration met
the social demonstration nearly opposite
the office of Intransigieant, Henry Roch-
Efforts paper, and a scuffle ensued in
which several We're injured
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DESTROYED by Fire.

Winnipeg, Man, Aug. 6.-The largest
storage warehouse of the Boady & Noakes
linseed oil mill was destroyed by fire this
morning. Loss, $4,000: insurance, $12,O.J.
While going to the fire one of the en-
gnes upset and Fireman Devaney was
badly injured.
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Ahead of His Schedule.

Chicago, Aug. 6.-Albert V. Roe, the
one-armed Postal Telegraph messen-
ger who is riding a bicycle from New
cago to-day considerably ahead of his
schedule. He will resume his jour
ney West in the morning.
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He Declines 1t.

Tifin, Ohio, Aug. 6.-Rev. ]. M. Bonn
berger of Columbia has written let
ter to the trustees of the Heidelberg
university declining to accept the pres
idency which was rendered him at the
June meeting.
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Parker VIII Assist.

London, Aug. 6.-The Exchange Tele-
graph announces that Emperor William
has consented that the skipper of his
yacht Meteor, Ben Parker, shall go to
New York to assist in sailing the Sham
rock in the race for Americas cup.
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Rockland, Me, Aug. 6.-The battle
ship Texas and the cruiser Brooklyn
of the North Atlantic squadron ar
rived to-day.
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Providence, II; Washington, 6.

Providence R. l., Aug. 6.-The Provi-
dence club Of the Eastern league made the
Washington club of the big league look
like tralers in the game to-day. They
went at Carsey's delivery savagely and
by hitting in sequence ran up strong
Score:
r. II. E.
Providence ........... ....... ......17 Is 3
Washington ....... ....... ........6
Batteries-Evans and Leahy; Carsey
and Duncan.
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The Trial Begun.

Rennes, Aug. The Dreyfus trial
was begun at 7:1O o'clock this morn
ing.
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The Plague in Calcutta.
Calcutta, Aug. 6-The bubonic plague
has made its appearance here.
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Given an Audience.

Aussee. Austria, Aug. 6.-Prince Won
Hohenlohe was given an audience at