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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-31

The nomination Of John r. Mclean on
the democratic state convention yester-
day, excites nc surprise. 1t was evident
from the outset that the potentially of
his barrel was seen, understood and felt.
Had there been an opposing barrel the
contest might have been long drawn, for
when barrel meets barrel i'm a democratic
row, then comes the tug of war. Nc
Lean, however, had to meet no armored
Croesus at Phillip. Metaphorically
and had things his own way just as soon
as the plug was pulled out of the bung
hole and his influence had a chance to
exert itself. Had he lived in Montana.
he might have been nominated on the
last ballot, but no on the first. He would
have detected staying qualities not found
in the Buckeye state.
Though Mclean owes his nomination
to Doodle, his greatness will be in evil
NAAS 80 VIZ III PISSC ava lLlC
end of the campaign. To his vaunted
abilities as a %financier and business man,
his reputation as a Statesman and his
personal qualities as a man, will be added
the literary finish of the editor of a great
metropolitan journal! No doubt, Mr..
Mclean is a business man of ability
ol;ltt,, 1>osr,~ tIo ,-o-l AlaA -
used when good luck seizes a man by the
slack of the %pantaloons and literally
hurls him into affluence and wealth-but
it must be denied that he is an editor.
He edits the Cincinnati Enquirer just az
Hon. w. A.. Clark edits the Butte Mine
and Hon. Marcus Daily edits the Anacon-
da Standard-he bosses the job at long
range. Mclean. is entitled to no prestige
IN literary grounds, and he was nomin-
ated purely and simply because the dem
ocrats intend to inaugurate a Doodle
campaign in Ohio.
Every energy of that party will be ex-
ercised to wrest Ohio from the republican
column, in order to discredit if possible
the policy of the national administration,
and weaken the presidents hold upon the
people. 1t was known that McLean's
towering ambition to get into national
politics-to become the caudel fixture on
the next national ticket of his party
would lead him to pour millions into the
Ohio campaign. To overcome the repub-
lican majority in that state money will
flow like water, and democratic leaders
in Montana will have an opportunity to
take a bird's-eye view of such campaign
methods, as they show up in other states.
That Mclean can be elected, however. is
scarcely probable. His millions will not
! defect the voters of that state from their
allegiance to the republican party.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-31
Lest you forget,
We say it yet

The advance sale of seats n boxe:
will begin at the box office of the Crane
for the
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-31
WILL DREyFVS W/Ne

AS the Dreyfus case drags itself along
toward a conclusion two things are APP
parent to any one who follows the tes-
timony and who studies the court, name
ly. that the prisoner has by far the best
of it insofar as the evidence is concerned,
and the worst of it in the personnel of
the judges. The disposition to convict
Dreyfus, despite the evidence adduced in
the trial, is so marked as to excite a
great deal Of unfavorable comment the
world over.
Evidently many Frenchmen look upon
the case from the standpoint of protec-
ton to the good name of the army, and
rightly opine that the acquittal Of the
prisoner will be the conviction of the
army. so far as the views Of the public
are concerned. To this end there is a
strong desire to protect the reputation of
the army. even at the expense Of JUS
tice.
The inability of the prosecution to
make out a tangible case against Drey-
fus places the judges in a most embar-
RAISING position. So far their only
chance to bring in a verdict adverse to
the prisoner rests in the construction
that may be placed OF the testimony of
Bertillon. This man submitted a lot of
meaningless and irrelevant charts. in
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-31

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An editor dieo. says an anonymous
writer, and slowly wendell his way
down to where he supposed a warm
reception awaited him. The de, il met
him and said: "For many years thou
has born the blame of the bad spelling
the printers have gotten off in thy pa
per. Thy paper has gone for one dol
lar and also the dollar has failed to
come in. The printer has bedeviled
thee for wages when thou hadst not a
farthing to thy name. People have TAX
en- thy paper without paying for it and
cursed thee for not getting out a better
paper. Thou hast been called dead
beat by the railroad conductors when
thou hast shown thy pass to their
envious gaze. All these wrongs thou
hast borne in silence. Thou shall
never enter bere.'' And as the editor
turns and walks way. Satan muttered:
"Heaven is his home. and besides If
ST ould let him in here he would have
been dunning his delinquent subscrib-
ers and thus created discord in my
Kingdom.
The times., 1899-09-30
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 50, 1898.
The Nictor,s Triumph.

For two days Admiral Dewey has been
able TO guess something of what was in
store for him Yesterday it began to ma
the Olympia, and steamed up one of the
noblest barbors in the world, al the head
of a splendid naval, commercial, and
pleasure feet, decked in holiday garb to
do him the homage of a country which his
devotion and genius had made one Of the
greatest of maritime powers, who can doubt
that the breast OF George Dewey swelled
with pride. and thankfulness to the God of
battles and OF nations
All the shores about him were black
with the applauding millions OF his
countrymen who had gathered to add their
hearty presenes and voices TO his triumph.
thousand cannon throats belched in
glorification OF the man of American des-
.iny, and for the second time in his life
ne was the central figure of grand Ameri-
can naval demonstration.
Yesterday he was decorated with jew
eled medal given by the city OF New
York in recognition Of his magnificent ser
vice to the Union. Today he viii ride
along its streets TO be daZzled by the color
scheme Of a metropolis turned into bower
Of flags and flowers in his honor; and, like
returning Roman conQueror. TO be led
under triumphal arches. the work of his
countrys finest sculptors Myriad glad
voices win greet him in song. Instruments
Of brass and silver viii blare his glory,
and thirty thousand sailors and land
troops in one long column viii pass the
idol Of the psople in review.
But all this acclaim and adulation will
never turn the head OF the simple Ameri-
can sailor and gentleman. He viii take
Il ali with gratitude surely. but without
znore disturbance TO his equanimity. than
came with the startling torpedo chance OF
the daybreak dash into Manila Bay; with
out more perturbation OF spirit than Mon
TOTO gave him with his guns. or Won Diede-
-ich with his veiled menace of interfer-
encei He viii return to Washington the
same decorous. afable, plain citizen that
be left ii two years ago. to become one of
The most famous characters in human his
tory. to bring his country a grand Eastern
empire, and to change the map of the
world.
The times., 1899-09-30
The American Boy.

Al irregular intervals there is an agita-
don 10 suppress the dime novel" so that
Il viii not lead young boys to run away
from home with the intention of fighting
Indians. Strictly speaking, the dime
novel is more often fve-cent novel. or
q cheap story paper, but the phrase, as
well as that Of yellow covered literature, .
has descended to us from a time when all
respectable books were bound in calf or
=loth and only trash was TO be found In
the yellow paper backed form. Since those
days two or three big publishing houses
have introduced good literature in ten, and
fifteen. and twenty-five cent editions, often
excellent in print and binding, and the
ten-cent novel is as likely 10 be written
by Thackeray. OF Dickens, or some other
OF the pirated English authors of good
standing as by the purveyors OF blood
and-thunder melodrama. But the liiera-
ture referred 20 as dime novel" and
yellow covered book is, Of course. OF
the latter type and II is a sore trial TO
mothers. schoolmssters. and other folk in
authority.
Il is undoubtedly bad thing that grow
sng boys should be introduced to the wrong
sort OF fiction. just as il is bad that they
should become cigarette smokers and the
two 2ppetites are very much alike Both
are easily acquired, both create a distaste
FOR wholesome things. and both lead
10 unhealthy conditions OF life. Blu,
81 is TO be doubted whether the cheap
novel has really led very many
notion OF running away is likely TO take
possession OF q boys mind a: one time or
another and Il does net make so very
much difference whether he wants 10 20 10
the West and shoot Indians. or to sea
nnd become q pirate. He viii get about
as far from home in the one case as In
the other
The thing which should be recognized,
however, is this: that All sorts OF abnor-
mai appetites. or diseased forms OF healthy
desires. are more than likely 10 be du >
20 wrong conditions; and IL a boy Is pos
sessed with an inordinate desire for ad-
venture IL is sign that he ought 70 have
something OF the sort, perhaps OF rsthes
g serious nature. Parents and guardians
&c Io1 opN - SfciAOSh ~AAS hHAIfd al anu
healthy desire in a youngster. Perhaps
the father OF such a boy was brought up
OIL farm. rode horses bareback. had his
tussles with vicious farm animals. and big
boys who tried to bully him, worked in
q saw mill and rode floating logs II he
chRnced 10 live In numbering region: did
AL sorts Of things which had in them q
spice Of adventure and danger. HIS boy
Ne brought rp In q city or small town, with
nothing 10 occupy his mind but the ordi-
nary affairs OF school and play. which are
supposed TO nil Up the time OF children
There are 10 animals for him to make
The times., 1899-09-30
The Prov of the piatform.

In the midst OF all the hustle, hurrah, and
patriotic dementia properly incident TO the
reception OF one who has conquered an en-
pire, We pause to enquire what may be
the meaning of the prognathous projection
in the middle Of the reviewing stand which
looks down the Avenue gay with the gon-
falons soaked In tears from last night g
rain?
Presumably, II is something for the Ad-
miral TO stand on or In. as he bows 10 the
passing throng of sailors, soldiers, wheel
men, college boys. and orders OWL, reli-
gious, and charitable. But what does the
excrescence mean? Is II supposed to be the
prov OF something? Surely not OF one OF
Otis and Denby'e Philippine gunboats. The
neat and effective rotund female plaster
cast which serves as bowsprit precludes
that idea. Is IL intended 10 signify that the
American Navy, in the person of its most
exalted officer, is fastened - the platform
The times., 1899-09-30

Riddle. For the past eighteen years Dr.
Riddle has worked as a missionary IN
China. both as a physician and preacher
He confined his remarks to the Chinese
He did not want that race to be judged by
the Chinese in this country China Is not
an effete nation Nothing but the Govern
ment Of China is breaking up. but not
China. in the sense that the peo9,e ale
going TO fade away and-vanish. The na-
tion has a great future.
Rev. Dr. Kyle. the moderator OF the
Synod OF Brazil, spoke for that country
Brazil received from Portugal her Ian
guage. her laws and her religion IN 1893
the first missionary from North America
landed in that country, and now there are
over 5000 native members Of the Presby-
terian Church there. The religion OF Por-
tugal was the religion of Rome. for this
reason the progress had been slew. Cal
vinism, however, must yet claim Brazil.
said the speaker with emphasis.
Mr.. Chamberlain. OF Brazs. corrobOrated
the remarks Of Dr. Kyle about Brazil In
brief statement.
The next speaker was the representative
Of the New Hebrides, Rev Dr. PaytOn. and
his time was extended before he began
! DIR. Payton has been a resident of the
/ cannibai islands for over forty years He
/ is patriarch in the cause. and has
! world wide reputation for his work there.
/ When the mission was begun in the New
/ Hebrides. the first two missionaries were
/ killed and eaten; the next two. man and
his wife. were killed However they had
/ converted twenty natives. and the brother
/ Of the man had then taken up the work.
/ He also was killed, after time. by treach-
/ erous natives. The work was then carried
/ on by the natives for some years. when
another missionary joined them. and now
there are eight islands OF this group where
I the inhabitants are all Christians. DR..
Payton's life was endangered many times.
The first time his two dogs saved him.
Other times he had grappied with a saw
age with loaded rifle, and held the gun
over his head lie was kept in captivity
/ and fattened to be eaten. but escaped at
all times. He reviewed the work at length.
and made a plea that the Americas would
/ Join Great Britain in prohibiting the sale
OF liquor 10 the natives in those islands.
| He was greeted with applause by saying
| that 1t had been cause of rejoicing and
| prayer on the part Of the Island mission
aries TO see the union growing between the
1 United States and Great Britain
At the conclusion OF DIR. Payton's re-
marks the council adjourned until Monday
/ morning
The times., 1899-09-30
The Anair at Pornc.

Not much of an affair. We should say, but
Otis is making the best of it. Macarthur,
Wheaton. and Wheeler have taken Porac,
after what the censored dispatches call a
sharp engagement and most successful
strategic movement by two brigades, and
an extra regiment with the division COM
mander. against a village defended by
force of mutineers officially estimated at
six hundred.
On entering Porac the troops found the
place deserted Otis curiosity on that point
being satisfied. grand tactics as administer
ed by him will demand an immediate evac-
uation. But his friends will point with
proper pride to the victory as a monumental
reason why he should be kept in command,
and the continued support of the Admins
tration accorded to the great shipping and
commission firm of DENLY, Doe, Roe & Co.,
unlimited
Popgun campaigning will not save Otis.
or perhaps it would be more proper to say
save Otis and Ohio TO the Republicans.
The Administration may not think in this
way The assumption seems to be that If
Admiral Dewey can be induced to go along
on the Presidential band wagon through the
| Buckeye State and other Western prov
| inces, that alone will overcome any little
I feeling of evaporation that may exist out
in the country districts, in consequence of
Algerism, Sampsonism, Carterism, and the
trade in arms with the Filipinos. Gentle
men connected with the royal encourage
are satisfied that if, in addition TO accom-
panying the expedition the Admiral can
be induced, in doubtful districts, to stand
on the taiI-end platform In special full
dress uniform, with his sword of honor
/ on, and smoke Manila cheroots, nothing
VIII be said by the crowds about Otis and
sfterward as a popular expression of ap-
proval in regard TO those friends of the
/ syndicate, and stern demand that they
be sustained.
Admiral Dewey viii have to join the pro-
| eession if ordered to by the Commander in
Chief but it would be little short Of an out
rage TO use him for such an obviously DO
Iitical purpose and if that were not SO. 1t
would be equally improper and indelicate
to subject him TO the fatigue and discom-
forts OF such roaring one-night- stand
transforming raid. He has earned and
needs repose end quiet; but we are afraid
neither will be permitted to him The same
desperate political necessity which made
the Administration capable OF forcing Sec
retary Hay from the pedestal of dignity
and decorum he had previously occupied be-
fore the people. and coercing him into writ
ing his pitiable stump epistle to dear Mr.
Dick" is more than likely. 10 blow decenc;
10 the winds in the case of Admiral Dewey
He Is nations hero. II is criminal tc
think OF making him the prize freak in 6
travelling political dime museum
The times., 1899-09-30
Now for Hosfilities.

Whether the formal announcement OF war
shall come today or not. ii seems to be only
a question Of hours when the clash OF
arms viii be heard on the Natal frontier.
President Kruger said yesterday that moth
ing could avert war unless the "other side
did something to stop IL. That is not likely
TO happen. The "other side cannot re-
cede, and il is sufficiently plain that the
Beers will not. Their leader declares that
the five years franchise demanded by
Chamberlain for the Outlanders, would
make citizens of more foreigners than there
are burghers. and that, hence, such thing
is out Of the question. Somewhat inconsist-
entity, he adds that the Outlanders never
would become naturalized.
The mask has been thrown off at Pre-
toria. The Transvaal troops are being
rushed TO the border. and the Orange Free
State volunteers are moving to join them.
Trouble is due to occur in the neighborhood
Of Laing's Neck at any time, although it is
possible that the actual collision may be
deferred a day or two while the Beers are
organizing for attack. 1t is not probable
that Sir George Stewart. in command Of the
British forces in Natal, will venture any
offensive movement, but will endeavor to
protect the frontier and await re-enforce-
ments. There should soon be stirring news
from South Africa
The times., 1899-09-30
THE VENEZUELAN SITUATION.
Runnor That "a Provisional Govern
ment Has Been Set Up at Valencia.

RunnOr That Provisional Govern
ment Has Been Set Up at Valencia.
The following report ON the political sit
uation in Venezuela was received by cable
yesterday at the Navy Department from
Captain Hemphill, of the cruiser Detroit,
under date of Puerto Cabello Venezuela,
September %;
Sailed for Curacao, West Indies have arrang-
ed 70 keep in communication with consuls; can
get back in ten hours after notice has been re-
ceived. Rumors current that Castro has estab-
lished provisional government at Valencia and
that the Venezuelan Government is treating with
him The Venezuelan troops at Puerto Cabello
have been re-enforeed by about 275 men, Affairs
look more settled. Businesses is being resumed.
A summary of the encounters between
the Government and rebel forces of Ven
ezuela has been received by the State De-
partment from the United States Consul
Puerto Cabello 1t was given out yes
terday by the State Department, and is as
follows:
The first encounter between the forces of rebel
General Castro and those of the Venezuelan Gov
ernment occurred the city OF San Cristobal,
near the Colombian boundary line. That the
number or men OF the Government was between
400 and 500. under the direction of Gen. Lepodo
Sarria, and those OF the rebels greater number,
but the actual number is not known. That the
rebels defeated the esoyernment troops, capturing
their leader General Sarria.
The second one was in San CriStobal. The 1000
troops of the Government, commanded by General
Penaloza succeeded in giving 2,0o0 rebel troops,
commanded by General Castro eight or nine days
hard fighting terminating by General Castro
withdrawing his men, he having learned that
General Fernandez was on his way there with
about 7000 troops of the Government.
The third battle was before and III the town OF
FL Cobre Report has il that the rebels here de-
feated 1880 Government troops under the CON-
mand OF General Morales and that the general
succeeded in escaping with but seventy two men
and the ammunition train
The fourth encounter took place at Lumbador
Mountain General Weidemann. with 2,50o Gov
ernment troops, tried to stop the march of the
rebels. some 1000 strong. The fight ended in
a draw If reports are to be considered, both sides
claiming victory. At any rate General Castro
continued his march.
The times., 1899-09-30
A CELEBRATION IN CUBA.
The Americans at Santiago Honor
Admiral Dewey.

Admiral Dewey.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Sept. 29.-All the
Americans in Southern Cuba today joined
in spirit with their countrymen in the
United States and paid tribute to Ad-
miral Dewey. All public buildings were
decorated and the Government tugs in the
harbor blew off immense quantities OF
steam whistiing in honor OF the great
American naval commander.
The Cubans displayed bad feeling on this
occasion The newspapers showed that
they had little appreciation OF the value
of Admiral Dewey's services in fastening
Cuba's freedom from the Spanish yoke,
and with characteristic ingratitude they
sought to underrate his work in the Phil
ippines and at the same time to ridicule
the American demonstration in his honor
The substance of their comments was that
the Americans, having nothing to boast of
were boasting of nothing. They advised
the Americans to quit the island soon, say
ing that the Cuban, machetes were not rust
ed by years. disuse.
The times., 1899-09-30

friends with, no canoes to navigate, no
trap IN hand. He is forbidden TO play
with the daring little gamins who make
up the fascinating gang of the street;
he must aot be noisy in the house, and his
mother worries about him from morning
till night on that day of privilege, the
Fourth of July-the only time when he
may handle gunpowder with impunity.
That boy has all the adventurous instincts
OF his father and grandfather, whose
work developed their inventive and con-
structive-and destructive-ab ability. is 1t
10 be wondered at that, shut up in an en-
vironment which would have stifed his
grandfather. the pioneer, he is very bad
boy indeed? He has not the excitement
of the Street, which affords a field for his
fathers energies-and by the way, the con-
straint of city life, its lack of healthy
excitement sometimes causes men as well
as boys to get into mischief.
The boy should be provided with as many
wholesome ways of expending his surplus
energy as can be found for him. II there
is not money enough 10 senu INN ~ e'e
country for the summer, let him go out and
work on a farm. or rough it somewhere
out of sight Of civilization, and earn his
own expenses. He will find excitement
enough in that, and it will develop both
seIf-reliance and appreciation of home
Most people have noted, without under
standing the cause of it, that boys VINO
have had mo chance from worldly point
of view, but have had to earn their own liv-
ing and push their own way at an early
age. often possess more character than
those who have had every advantage. 1t
is because they have lived naturally. The
young human animal needs to develop the
power of initiative, and when he reads ad-
venture stories and runs away from home
he is answering that need in the only way
he knows
The times., 1899-09-30
RESCUED FROM A WRECK.
One Man Saved From the Crew of q
Capsized Schooner.

QUARANTINE S. l., Sept. 29.-Captain
James, of the bark Harry Merryday, from
Jacksonville, which arrived last night, re-
ports that he sighted wreck which proved
to be the American schooner Herald of the
Morning, from Hamilton, Bermuda, bound
to Jacksonville. Upon drawing near the
wreck he made out a man on the masthead.
boat was lowered and took him OFF. He
was negro Horace Wellman, aged fifteen
years, of Hamilton Bermuda He was in
an exhausted condition.
All that could be learned about his ship
mates was that they were missing. Well
man said the schooner had capsized early
in the morning six days before. The wreck
had been floating on its beam ends a long
time, and had gradually settled in the water
until II fioated upright, the mast projecting
above the water. When first sighted the
man appeared to be black bundle or
ball. as he was huddfed up and apparent
ly very weak Wellman will be taken in
charge by the British consul The wreck
is in twenty fathoms Of water, thirty miles
distant from St. Johns light The schoon-
er Herald OF the Morning sailed from Ber-
muda September Z. She was built at Bath,
Me-, In 1890.