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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-15

man." a DAILY man." or a Clark man.
had no standing in politics. and would
have had his labor for his pains had ne
dared to aspire to any position within
the gift of his party.
Broadwater is dead and Hauser has
lost his political grip, and no more col
lars car be found on exhibition bearing
their | time labels.
The only collars left belong to the other
half of the Big Four. and they are des-
tined to become unpopular pretty soon.
The time is speedily coming when the
"Clark men, and the "Daly men, will
prefer to expose their necks to tho block
rather than seek the protection tow att
forded by their stand-up political collars.
But democrats have not been the sole
adherents to the collar custom.
There have been "Hauser republicans"
and CLARK republicans" and so on down
the list.
This branch of the collar brigade. how
ever, has gradually dwindled down to
wlat are technically known as CLARK
republicans" the best thoroughbred
types of which can be found only. in the
city council of Butte. D
Even these curiosities will in time dis
D and the wearing Of political col
lars will become a memory in the politics
Of Montana.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-15

Up to date the Anaconda Standard has
impeached every witness for the defense
i'm h senatorial investigation, exeept
Ex-Governor Hauser. That gentleman's
declaration that Marcus DAILY. w. A.
Clark, C. A. Broadwater and himself con-
tributed 100000 to the democratic 'cor-
ruptiou fund in this state remains UNI
challenged.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-15
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Mining Application No. 4171. United
States Land Office. Helena. Montana.
January 25th, 1900.
Notice is hereby given that Henry r.
Bartlett and Michael A. Donahue whose
postofice address Is Butte, Montana,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-15
Champagne Record Smashed.

1O9, 1903 cases imported In 1899 Of q. H.
Extra Dry was never before an
Carrying an enormous stock
Or choicest wines. it's fine quality cannot
oe exceiled, regardless of price. It's re-
1896 vintage now imported
equals its best predecessors.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-15
WILD OsTRrCHEs.

To describe an the novelties that
America will show the foreign visitors
to the great fair, however, is quite i'm
possible, for the section will include al
most everything from a reproduction Of
a Vermont granite quarry to "a display
Of patent medicines.
Among some of the most attractive
exhibits, however. will he a herd OF
wild ostnddhes from q California ranch;
the silk Display; the artistic jewelry and
the reproduction OF an American glass
makers workshop, in wthtch the men
will be seen ait their work of bending
and cutting art glass
That these exffbAts are to be fully rep
resentahtve OF thep products of the coun.
try is shown by the fact THAT from
Maine to Texas and from New York to
California almost every section is wen
represented. Among the larger cities
of the country New York leads in the
number OF its exhibitors, having "a to
it's credit. Chicago is second with its
112: Philadelphia third. with 46; Boston.
has AZ; San Francisco. 81: Cincinnati, 81:
st. Louis. 10, and New Orleans. 8.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-03
MURDER AND BATTLE IN CHINA

The Chinese Kaleidoscope shifts its lurid com
binatiOns from day to day. Forty-eght hours
ago there seemed to be a reasonable assurance
that the Ministers 1t Peking were all living
though beleaguered in their legations To-day
, reports are renewed with dsQuietiug detail that
the German Minister has been killed and that
the others are in imminent peril Of a like ia te
while most Of the legations have been burned
1t viii be prudent not yet to accept this hdpous
tale as certainly true, although it is apparently
a corrObOrative repetition of the rumor Of some
days ago For on examination a suspicious dis
crepancy of dates is apparent There was
rumor on June II that one of the Ministers had
been sliced 10 pieces, and on June 16 came the
announcement of Baron Won Ketteler's death
But now this latest news tells us that he was
killed on June 1S If we credit the latter there
fore, we must regard the former as sheer in
Yention. 1t is conceivable, Of course that there
Is an error in the date, and that for June 1S we
should read June 16 or II. But the news is con
veyed through several different channels, and
ii is at least strange that they should all make
the same error
Another point as 10 the date. The attack upon
the Taku forts by the allied fleets was made on
June Is. If the first report of the murder of
the German Minister and the burning OF the
legations was true. then those tragic outrages
were committed at least two days before the
bombardment, and the Chinese pretence that
hOstilities toward the Ministers were provoked
by the action Of the fleets Is conclusivply dis
proved Reprisals on June 16 could not be pro-
yoked by anything happening on June IS Nor
can we accept the hypothesis that the Peking
outbreak occurred June IS Immediately
upon the announcement that the fleets had be-
gun their attack upon the forts. 1t is doubtful
If the news could have travelled so swiftly
And II is still more doubtful if there is Chi
nese prophet alive capable of foretelling occur
rences go accurately as one must have done
who told on June 10 Of that which was 10 take
place two days later No. II we are to believe
that Baron Won Ketteler has been murdered we
must-pending the receipt Of absolutely un-
questionable information TO the contrary-as-
New-York tribune., 1900-07-03

matte Sprinkers common in our great ware
houses would not be too much to ask in the
way of adequate" protection Such things are
not necessary in fireproof buildings, but in in
flammable sheds filled with cotton and other
goods they are a great safeguard. and the fact
that a warehouse is on piles should not free 1t
from the necessity of being protected like other
buildings of its class What appliances of this
kind the North German Lloyd piers had is not
clear but their swift destruction points out the
necessity for reform and Il and higher
standard of adequacy.
The fate of the men imprisoned behind the
bull'seves of the burning ships suggests that
there is something to be learned in marine
architecture in order to give protection ade-
quate to newly discovered dangers. To the
suggestions that these openings be made large
enough for man to get through Mr.. Schwab
saws that enlargement would impair the
strength of the ship That is a natural answer
for one who is not himself shipbuilder to
make in view Of the established practice. which
1t might he assumed was based on solid reasons.
Nevertheless, such things are often matter Of
convention: somebody starts to make n bulls
eye of certain dimensions others follow. and 1t
soon becomes the regular size. Rear-Admiral
Melville who is an expert in shipbuilding, IS
authority for the statement that the larger
openings are perfectly feasible Instead of the
present round openings Of ten inches an oval
eleven by thirteen inches would let n man
through. and would not weaken the ship. Now
that the usefulness of such openings is seen,
new style may perhaps be adopted or even en-
forced by governments as one Of the essentials
in steamship designing.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-03
"ADEOUATE" PROTECTION.

No authoritative statement has yet been made
describing the exact nature and extent of the
fire fighting apparatus at the North German
Lloyd piers. Mr.. Schwab declares that they
were entirely adequate for any ordinary occa-
sion, and it is not to be supposed that the com
pany with much property invested on the
spot would have been deliberately careless. But
the common habit Of mankind is TO lock the
stable after the horse is stolen 1t is only by
foreseen accidents that unforeseen dangers are
realized and guarded against After killing peo-
pie for lack of them the elevated railroad Off
cials learned the wisdom OF handrails on foot
paths. Grade crossings were always thought
adequately guarded for ordinary occasions, but
extraordinary occasions forced movements for
their abolition In studying the Hoboken fire
we are brought 10 the question: What was ''ade-
quate" protection for piers like those of the
North German Lloyd. rather. what is -ade-
quate' protection now in view Of the sudden
and terrible destruction which occurred in spite
of such apparatus and such vigilance as ex-
listed those piers:
II is to be feared that the danger from fire on
piers and the precautions which may properly
be required upon them have not been sufficiently
realized either by their owners or the public
authorities. Certainly the piers and their super
structures are commonly built of material and
anywhere away from the waterfront of any
city. Nobody would be allowed to erect even in
q vacant block further separated from other
buildings than the piers are great wooden sheds
TO be stored with masses OF infammable ma
ferial. Why, except from the mere inertia Of
bad custom. should wooden firetraps be allowed
10 fringe the waterfront long after they were
banished from other popuOus localities? The
owner OF a pier would doubtless consider him
self oppressed if ordered to obey fire and buiId-
ing regulations strict those prescribed for
the owner of a warehouse across the street from
his pier. but It is not clear why he should not
be compelled 10 do so. New York Harbor is far
behind the age In the matter of docks. If in
wooden platforms we had iron or stone docks
naturally the superstructures would be of iron.
brick or stone 10 correspond. But with us the
normal warehouse pier has been a ram
sbackle structure OF wood. now and then cased
with corrugated iron. under vain pretence Of
giving protection against fire.
Certainly the business OF the waterfront IS
important enough to call for the same precau-
tions which are required in buildings put to
similar nse close by. II we must get on indef-
nitely with wooden piles instead of more firm
foundations for our piers. it is not unreason-
"hj" 70 demand not merely in Manhattan but
frFTywhere about the harbor that the pier
warehouses should not be mere wooden finder
boxes. At least the same fire apparatus re-
qTIired for a non-hreproof warehouse on shore
should be provided. There should be water and
hose instantly at hand. and the tanks and auto
New-York tribune., 1900-07-03
TROUBLE OVER THE OASIS OF ToUAr.

MANAGER OF A FRENCH CONCERN IN FEz. AN
AMERICAN CITIZEN. KILLED BY A MOB.
Tanger July 2.-There is great excitement at
Fee owing to French encroachments on the
Oasis of TOuat. A mob killed the manager of a
French concern who American citizen
The British Consul has demanded the assistance
of the authorities to protect his house, and the
Jewish ghetto is besieged.
The Legation here is making serious repre-
sentations the subject
The name of the victim OF the mob was Mar
cos Essagin. The outrage occurred on Thurs
day last. Essagin. while riding on horseback
through narrow street, jolted against the mule
Of a Moroccan religious fanatic, and a dispute
ensued, the crowd which gathered siding with
the priest Essagin, in 5elf-defence. drew his
revolver and fred wounding native. This was
the signal for A general attack upon the Amer
lean, who received dozens of knife wounds and
whose body was burned, according to some be-
fore life extinct. The French Minister was
informed of the crime by a special messenger,
and he gave notice to the American Consul.
Both the Minister and the Consul called upon
Sidi Torres, the Sultan's Minister of Foreign
Affairs at Tangier, and protested against the
outrage.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-03
TOO BAD TO RELIETE-

The charge that captains of tugboats demand
ed money from drowning men who had escaped
from the burning steamships into the river on
Saturday. and refused to save those who could
not pay ought not to be loosely made or readily
believed Such manifestations of hideous thrift
are we suppose. conceivable, and there seems
to be some testimony which is not obviously
sheer invention TO support the accusation. But
1t should he remembered that few persons in
such desperate plight are able TO observe ac-
curatelY~ and that the survivors are seldom
competent to give just account of their ex-
perences.
If the charge could be proved the guilty would
deserve far worse punishment than they could
be made 10 suffer and If there is respectable
evidence against anybody It most assuredy
ought not TO be ignored. But 1t would seem to
be duty TO humanity TO doubt the truth of the
story as long possible.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-03
Arp2lork DaiIp Gribn,rs.
TUESDAY. July s. 1900.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-Onfcial information Of the assas-
eination Of the German Minister at Peking,
Baron Won Ketteler. received at Berlin;
81 is reported that Germany will send 10000
men and a fleet Of battleships to China; the
news Of the peril of the Embassy created
a painful feeling in London: there We're un-
confirmed reports from China that body of
International troops had entered Peking after
defeating a hostile force of Chinese. and that
Prince TuRn had dethroned the Empress and
Bldced MS own son on the throne. --
Count Won Zep2eins airship. with five occu-
pants. ascended at Friedrichshafen. in Ger
many ana travelled safely thirty miles.
- The NicerOy OF India says the monsoon
continues weak and there is anxiety in India
over the insuficiency Of the rainfall
DoMEsTIC.-Governor Roosevelt was heartily
received by large crowds at Topeka. Kansas
City and other places in Kansas. - The con-
ference with w. ]. Bryan by David b. Hill re-
suited only in leaving open for the present the
declaration Of the platform of the Kansas CITY
Convention on the subject Of silver. The
talk Of candidates for Nice-President brought
Elliot Danforth 10 the front as the New York
man most favored: of the Western men c. A
Towne appeared be IN the lead - The
Navy Department is more than ever discouraged
over the small prospect Of saving the battleship
Oregon. == Secretary Root denied rumOrs
that more troops had been ordered to China.
g. The street railway strike in St Louis was
settled. = The water works reservoir at
Grand Rapids. burst. flooding a portion of
the city with 100 100000 gallons of water and
destroying 100 houses. = Pennsylvania won
the four-oared race at Poughkeepse from Co.
iumbia and Cornell.
CITY-Stocks were strong and dull. =
Demurrer. Brigadier Favonius. Sweet Lavender,
Hardy c, and Touraine the Sheepshead Bay
races. - Forty-seven bodies were taken from
the docks at the Of the great fire in
HOboken; five bodies were recovered from the
Saale. - Goslin, Packer and Davis de-
PENDANTS in the Brooklyn Rapid Transit con-
spiracy case, were convicted in the Criminal
Branch Of the Supreme Court, and Henry Bo-
CERT was acquitted by the jury under instruc-
tions from Justice Fursnaan. -= The funeral
of ReaT-Admiral Philip was held at the Navy
Yard The tax rolls for the year 1900,
showing increase in real estate valuations
and a decrease in personal assessments. were
delivered to the Municipal Assembly. - The
eighth annual meeting Of the Society for the
Promotion OF Engineering Education opened at
Fayerweather Hail. Columbia University.
THE wEATHER.-Forecast for to-day: Fair
and warmer The temperature yesterday:
Highest ~ degrees; lowest, 63 degrees; aver
age, 20 degrees
New-York tribune., 1900-07-03

sumo that there Is an error in the date of the
| last dispatch, and that he killed not on
June 1S, but on June 16 or some even earlier
date. That will fix complete responsibility upon
| China without any plea about the attack upon
the Taku forts. Upon that point exact and final
enlightenment is eagerly to be awaited. for
upon it turn momentous issues.
Further reports come to hand about Prince
| Tuan, who is said to have placed himself at the
head Of the anti-foreign uprising to have driven
out the Emperor and the Dowager Empress,
and himself TO have assumed imperial powers
the latter presumably as Regent in behalf Of
his son, Pu-Chun. We have already explained
Prince Tuan's relationship to the Emperor and
Dowagcr Empress, and the manner in which
his son came to be declared, in January last the
true Emperor. The present mystery Is why
Prince Tuan has quarrelled with the DOwager
Empress. For she is his slsterin-aw, it was
she who dictated the selection of his to be
Emperor. and he and she have hitherto been
particularly we'll agreed on all matters. 1t may
be that he wanted TO make himself sole Regent
thus crowding her out of the place she has held
for the best part of n generation. Or 1t may be
that he became even more bitterly anti-foreign
than she. and that she refused to sanction his
extreme measures Truly. it would be a curious
turn Of fate for Tse-Hsi 10 be driven into the
arms of the liberal and progressive party in
China because Of the arising of a more bigoted
reaCtionary than herself.
All apparent circumstances then, emphasize
the gravity of the general situation. and empha
size, too, the need of proceeding with fine
union Of discretion and firmness We have
hitherto mentioned the question that has been
raised to the possible lack of Judgment
and excess of zeal in the attack upon the Taku
forts. However that may be- there is no room
for doubt that the dsorderly elements among
the Chinese have been greatly encouraged in
the last year or two by the apparent cowardice
or weakness Of the European Powers For ex-
ample, Chinese mobS attacked British forces at
Kow-LOOn and went practically unpunshed
French officers were murdered at Kwan-Chau-
Wan, anG the French troops sent thither for
retribution were driven off by Chinese troops
and there the matter ended. Chinese soldiers
actually invaded British Burmah and wounded
British policemen. and punishment was i'm
posed And when Italy demanded concession
on the Chinese coast she was met with mega
tive that was generally deemed insulting in
terms and that ended that incident Such
things. happening in the last year or two have
embOldened the Anti-foreign faction in China
and have made possible the present outbreak
That they were errors is now sadly evident In
The civilized Powers must either control the
uncivilized necessarily and inexorabIy. or they
must leave them altogether alone. And those
are the alternatives which confront the Powers
to-day in China
New-York tribune., 1900-07-03
PERSONAL.

Sir Gordon sprigg the South African statesman,
is of Ipswich Baptist minister. He start
ed in life as a reporter In the House OF Com
mons gallery, and emigrated to South Africa for
since 1869.
Samuel W. Twombey, dean of the Massachusetts
House of Representatives will he seventy-eight
years old this month. 1t is said he has record Of
attendance at every session of the Legislature
since he has been member.
Charles Barry. of the foremost architects Of
London who died recently. seventy-seven
years old. He had been president Of the Royal
Institute Of British Architects. had held many
important places and received many honOTs at
home and abroad. His principal public works had
been Burlington House, in PiccadilIy: the New Col
lege, at Dulwich: the great Feltham Industrial
Great Georse-st.. which is to be demolished
to make room for more Government buildings. He
the houses of Parliament, Westminster.
Among the colleges Harvard probably the
best represented at the Republican National Con-
vention. Besides Governor Roosevelt. Secretary
Long, who was also mentioned for the VIce-Presi-
dental nomination. is a Harvard man. having
been graduated I'm 1857. Senator Wolcott the tenn
porary chairman graduated from the Law
school in 1871. the year in which Senator
from the academic department Senator Penrose
who had an important part in the prepare tons for
the convention, took his bachelors degree in 1881
Booker T. Washington has been chosen to pre-
side at the first meeting of the National Negro
Business League, which will in Boston
August g.
Atlanta. Ga. July 2.-"The Constitution" an
nounces the appointment of Julian Harris
aging editor; p J; Moran Will in future assist
Clark Howell as editor.
Richheld Springs, n Y. July (specaD.-Mrs
Julia Dent Grant, accompanied by Ulysses S Grant
and his children arrived the Hotel Darlington
to-day Mrs. Grant will spend the Rich
field with Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris and the Misses
New-York tribune., 1900-07-03
THE ANTI-IMPERIALTST BALANCE

THE ANII-IHPERIALIST BALANCE SHEET.
There can be little comfort for the Anti
Imperiasts" in a review of their gains and
losses for the last week. The time is at hand
when party lines are readjusted and men de-
clare themselves this side or that Insig-
nifcant as is the "Anti-Imperast" party. it's
lines have been readjusted 1t has lost one
member, and gained one. In quantity, there
fore, it remains unchanged. But what change
in quality,
The loss is that of Senator Hoar Pprhaps
we should not speak of it as a loss. for he
never really belonged to them or with them
party cannot really lose that which it never
possessed. Nevertheless. men in Wall Street
sometimes regard with most bitter regret their
loss not of what they really had but of what
they expected to have. In that speculative
sense the "Anti-Imperialsts" have lost the Mas
sachusetts Senator. They hoped to gain him.
and their hopes are blighted. On the other
hand they have gained-Richard Croker, They
have lost, have failed TO get Mr. HOar be-
cause, as he himself explains. he is a man of
principle who esteems principles above votes
and above personalities. They have gained
Mr.. Croker because as he himself explains
he cares nothing for principles but only for
votes. OF a truth the net result of the trans
action is not particularly profitable to them
OF course, they are always at liberty to
apologize for the fpwness of their numbers
by quoting that zone with God is a majority. ="
But that is different thing from one with
Richard Croker-or even, in all reverence. with
Edward Atkinson.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-03
RAINFALL IN INDIA.
THE MONSOON CURRENT CONTINUES WEAK.
CAUSING; ANXIETY.

London. July 2.-The Secretary of state for
India. Lord George Hamilton, has received the
following dispatch from the Viceroy OF india
Lord Curzon OF Kedleston:
Rainfalls have been fairly general during the
last week, but the monsoon current continues
weak, causing anxiety. Frequent showers nave
fallen in parts of the Central Provinces MysOre'
Bombay. the Deccan. Madras. Berar and by
derabad but the rainfall TO date is insufficient
for a general resumption Of agricultural opera
tions. Little rain has fallen in North-
western India In anticipation OF the rainy
season work near villages and home gratuitous
relief are being largely substituted for the large
works. and Government advances are Delns
freely given for the purchase OF plougns, Dul-
locks, seeds and subsistence. The poorer culti-
vatOrs are receiving gifts from the Famine
Fund
Even after abundant rain has fallen through
out distressed districts relief will be necessary
a large scale until the early crops ripeh
The persons receiving relief number 1,SS.DO