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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-17
PLACARDS OF THE BOXERS.

A Tien Tsin letter to the London
Standard gives an account of the anti
foreign propaganda in north China "At
the present time" says the writer, I'VE
are having a not dissimilar, il less VIC
lent. recrudescence Of anti-foreign litera-
ture, OF which the following are good
samples. The first of them is in rhyme
OF a peculiarly attractive form, the meter
throughout representing two lines OF
three characters eacn, and one line of
seven characters. This is particularly
Christians whose -a-nilies can repeat 1t
by heart after n OF WI readings, and
they assure me that 1t is a style of
placard which would be universally
memorized, whereas the prose placards
are read, but make no lasting impression.
I append a literal translation of the poem
without any attempt at rhyme, for fear
of destroying lie effect:
Gods assist the Boxers,
The Patriotic Harmonious Corps;
1t is because the Foreign Devils disturb
the Middle Kingdom,
Urging the people to join their religion,
To turn their backs on Heaven;
Venerate not the God and forget the
Ancestors.
Men violate the human obligations:
Women commft adultery.
Foreign Devils are not produced by man
kind. @
If you doubt this,
Look at them carefully;
The eyes of all the Foreign Devils are
blush.
The earth Is getting dry.
This is becaus the churches stop the
heaven.
The gods are angry,
The genii are vexed;
Both are come down from the mountains
to deliver the doctrine.
This is not hearsay,
The practice will not be in vain
To recite lamentations and pronounce
magic words.
Burn up the yellow written prayers;
Light incense sticks;
To invite the gods and genii O. all the
grottoes (halls).
The gods will come out of the grottoes.
The genii will come down from the
mountains.
And support the human bodies to prac-
tice the boxing.
! When all the military accomplishments
or tactics
Are fully learned,
It will not be difficult to exterminate the
Foreign Devils" then.
Push aside the railway tracks.
Pull out the telegraph poles.
Immediately after this destroy the
steamers.
The great France
Will grow cold and doWnhearted;
The English and Russian will certainly
dispense.
'"The translation of one of the prose
placards is as follows:
THE relatives and friends of al
around notice recently that members OF
the Protestant and Roman Catholic re-
ligions poison the wells with poisonous
powder, and that whoever drinks tht
water have their lungs and intestines
rotten within eighteen days. Two meu
Chuang, and we find they have poison al
over their bodies. They are silent Wher
questioned, and bold when tortured
Those who smell the poison will die i'm,
mediately. You must be cautious IL
drinkin gthe water. Those who see thu.
notice must make 1t known; it will avoit
calamity befaling the people. 1t mus
by all means be DONE"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-17
DEFEAT.

The glad tidings eff a great victory so
ITO the Inter Mountains constituency to-
day. The attack of the allies ON Tien
Tsin which ended in a repulse on the
18th. resulted in a Chinese out on the
in time to turn the tide of battle in
favor of the Christian nations. Unless
more troops arrive it is likely that no ad-
ito Pekin will be attempted owing
to the action of barbarian hordes who
are converging or the capital. In the
less proceed along the Chinese coast and
demolish some OF the seaport cities.
The will be no hating in the deadly
work. The European powers will sink
their differences for the time being and
| unite for the punishment of Prince Tuan
and his fends. The situation is appal-
ling, but the duty of Europe and America
is plain. There is little u remaining
Of the butchery of Minister Conger, his
family and Of the other Americans in
China.
Not since the days of the Huns and
Goths has the world presented such a
spectacle as THAI now witnessed in the
Orient. The comfy of nations has been
ignored and every rule Of civilized
warfare was wantonly violated by the
Oriental despot and his blood thirsty
fanatics. The imagination recoils before
the scene now being opened up. A few
decisive victories like that recorded today
will prepare the way for an advance ID
troops that will strike terror to the
Mongols.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-17

and lamentations to Grover: When the
latter was elected Mr.. Forbis drifted
back to the democracy and for many
years was a bright and shining light OF
the faith, and quit speaking to General
and George w. Irwin, whom he
regarded as representatives of the spoils
system and republicans of the aeepes
dye. Last winter, however. when 1t be-
came evident that Cleveland would not
be nominated for the fourth time, Mr..
Forbis again got into What is called a
receptive mood and when, two months
ago. the republican state convention met
in Butte and elected him a delegate to the
national convention, his conscience ac-
quired complete mastery over him ana
he accepted the Office to III great sur
prise no doubt of the democracy but the
infinite delight of the republicans and
of none more than the Inter Mountain.
We give considerable space to this ac-
count of the moral and political evolu-
ton of MI. Forbis because we hope his
example will appeal to the intelligence
of hundreds of other democrats. He was
ever a christian gentleman and now he
has taken a step higher and become a re-
publican. We welcome him. The repuo-
lican party may nave further honors in
store for him and in my event the Inter
Mountain proposes to claim him as one
Of its own converts regardless of his
OPINION of this journal.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-17
MJURIRc THEIR CvH CAUSE

There are some very mean and very
foolish republicans in Utah. Four years
ago in response to the general demand
of all western members of the party,
with the exception Of about ten per
cent?, and in defense of the breaM and
butter Of the people and the protection OF
the then leading industry of the state,
men who had been leaders of the party
temporarily left it because they regarded
silver as the paramount issue though
they did lot surrender any other prin-
ciple of their faith and intended fully to
return later to their allegiance. They
displayed the highest order of patriot
ism and made a sacrifice that was heroic.
Nineteen out of twenty republicans par
ticipated in the brief revolt and they all
demanded that the Salt Lake Tribune
, should lead it. They threatened it with
pains and penalties should it hesitate to
comply with the general demand. AS the
Tribune had always been a staunch sill
yer paper it promptly reflected the SEN
timents and interests OF the local repub-
leans and supported Bryan, while the
entire party, except the small fraction
noted, applauded. Republicans who We're
%olutspoken for Mckinley could have been
counted almost on the fingers of one
hand. Whenever during the cam
paign the Tribune showed a tend
ency to treat Mckinley with gener-
osity it was warned and coerced and
threatened with boycotts which, how
ever, had little effect on the sturdy vet
cram who conducted it. He made a good
fight but Mckinley was elected. In the
subsequent four years the country has
wonderfully p]rospered, the supply of gold
has greatly Increased and the balance
of trade in our favor is SO tremendous
that the silver issue is disappearing n
has been r%elegated to the roar even by
the party tina first nominated Bryan.
The silver argument has lost Its, force
as the result of changed conditions. The
republican party is again sweeping on
to victory with the indispensable aid OF
the silver republicans who have returned
naturally to it's ranks. But now some
of these very republicans who in 80 were
as dumb as oysters about MCKINLEY
claim that they never faltered, hat they
, stood Loyalty by the old party ticket. that
they did mot hesitate to lift their voices
for McKinley-these men reinforced by
a few others Who shouted as loudly az
anybody for Bryan, have got together
t and decided that the Tribune editor VIII
fought their battles for them must be
, ignored and boycotted. He IS held re
3 sponsible for having expressed the sen
/ timents of nineteen republicans out Of
v every twenty and he ds selected az
8 vicarious sacrifice to appease the right
eous indignation of the "old guard" VIM
8 voted straight! And this regardless o
the fact that In abusing him and deny
b ing his patriotism and good faAth thoe
men are deliberately insulting more onaa
l. two-thirds of those republicans wnower
with the Tribune in its fight for ssVe
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-17
SILVER EAST AND WEST.

The Butte Miner feDTOQuceS all eui-
torial from the Boston Post describing
Bryan as an honest, able and unselfish
man n in speculating upon the sort of
president we should have in the event of
Bryan's election it sets forth the follow
ing:
We should have a president who has
pledged himself to what we at the east
regard as a mistaken theory OF finance,
but who would be unable in the four
years of his term to put his theory In
practice in any form.
This is h sort of stuff the eastern
; papers are handing out to the faithful.
They want it to be understood that the
free coinage plank in the Kansas City
platform is non-essential: that it is
its being made effective during the term
of Bryan's Office, should he be elected.
They want it to be understood that 1T
was a mere whim Of the democratic die
tator who had to be jealous Of his repu-
tation for consistency n who would
have been put to no end of boot-ess ex-
PLANTATION had all mention Of sixteen to
one been omitted from the party declara-
tion. They want. it to be understood that
Bryan's attitude on the silver question
is a personal and not a party principle,
but that it is, withal, of some value as a
vote-catcher in the west.
These democratic papers in the east
know whereof they speak. They realize
the faltering faith of the people who
were appealed to, in the campaign of
1896, to vote for silver as a remedy for
! commercial stagnation, a cure for indus
trial paralysis and a tonic for financial
| d]ecrepitude. Bryan's threats of disaster
and promise of prosperity as the alter
natives of his defeat or election found
willing ears, in the days of Coxey armies,
strikes, low wages and low prices. Silver
was presented to them as an expedient.
They accepted it then; they will not ac-
cept it now. The world wags too we'll
with them; there is too much doing in
h markets, in the factories and in the
myriad fields of individual endeavor; too
much material evidence of prosperity,
republican prosperity If you please, to
admit of any argument in favor of an ait
tack upon the stability of the nations
financial system as understood in the
east.
The people of the east who were fol
Bryan n silver in 1896 a discarded
silver. The democratic papers are very
much afraid that they will discard Bryan
too. 1t is very probable.
In the meantime we shall witness 9
%Eifurcated campaign for the election OF
the democratic candidate for the presi.
dency. In the east the silver plank will
be described as a non-essential, armle
and insignificant concession to the west
in the west we shall hear it proclaimed
as a mistreated but positive declaration
of the democracy's intention to restort
silver to it's money function in spite o
majority opposition to the senate. M
wonder the Standard finds it necessary t.
: take a irmer grip on it's christian .forti
tude" when called upon to review tn
campaign arguments OF its eastern co
partisans.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-17

Archbishop Ireland has left his home
At St. Pau for a visit to Paris and will
be presented to Emperor William and
Gear Nicholas before returning. The OBJ
establish still more friendly relations
w these monarchs and the va
tician.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-17

figure In the campaign and that sole at
tention be directed towards imperialism
and trusts. h first thing for Jones to
do is to find his Imperialism. There is
no such thing In this country that Jones
can point to.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-17
INTER
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August is to 22d Inclusive.

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ond page. and vote for the most popular
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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-17
PLENTY or TICKETS.

1t should be consoling to Charles A.
Towne that there are several political
parties he has not Joined yet. The full
list of parties and the tickets they have
far nominated are as follows:
For President. For Vice President.
REPUBLICANS:
William Mckinley Theodore Roosevelt
of Ohio. of New York.
DEMOCRATS:
William ]. Bryan Adlai r.. Stevenson
OF Nebraska. of Illinois.
PoPUL1sTs:
William ]. Bryan Charles A. Towne
of Nebraska. of Minnesota.
SILVER REPUBLICANS:
William j. Bryan A. E. Stevenson
of Nebraska. of Illinois.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Wharton Barker Ignatius Donnelly
of Pennsylvania. of Minnesota.
PROHIBITIONIs-s:
John G.. woolley Henry B. Metcalf
of Illinois,. of Rhode Island
SOCIALIST LABOR:
Job Hartman Max S. Hayes
of California. OF Ohio.
SOCIAL DEMOCRATS:
Eugene v. Debs Job Hartman
of Indiana. of California.
DE LEON SOCIALISTS:
Joseph F. Malloney Valentine Remmill
of Massachusetts. of Pennsylvania.
UNITED CHRISTIANS:
DIR. S. C. Swallow, John G. Woolley
of Pennsylvania. of Illinois.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-17
Butts.

HELEN O'NEILL..... .l5O3
MAGGIE SULLIVAN ........... .......2 45s
ANNA MCDONALD ...... .3155
MAMIE GATES ......... ....... 1874
MINNIE REYNOLDS .... ....... 1109
JESSIE HILL ...... 203
FRANCES BROWN .......... ........... 2Cs
BARBARA SMITH 81
JENNIE HOLBERG ......... ........... 81
MINNIE DOGGE is
MAGGIE WILLARD ..... .... IA
IRENE BOWIE ............. ....... 2
BIRDIE CUSTOM .......... ......... 1
MAGGIE WILLIAMS .......... ........ Z
LENA HENNESSY 2
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-17
MIssOULA.

LIZZIE CHENEY .......... ........... SIS
MAUD ROSE ........ ............... 400
MAUD HUTCHINSON ........ .......... 1877
DELLA HARDING $40
PEARL BECKWITH ............ POI
PANSY CLIFFORD ........ ............ 1876
BLANCHE TRUxLER ......... $500. 1O4
BLANCHE SMITH ........ ........... C5
CAROLINE CRONKRITE -. Is
MAY TREMBLAY .......... ......... SD
LITTA RANCH ...... ...... 49,. 5000. q
MATILDA WEBB .......... ..... s
AMELIA LOFNES ......... ..... 4
JIMMIE MILLS ......... ....... Q
LOUISE LOCKHART ......,.. ......... 2
GENNIE O'DELL ......... ....... 2
EDfIH BiChFOHD ...................
1 ILL INAbb ..... ....s.s.... !
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-17

BILLINGS.

MAUD GRUWELL 105.
CARRIE BENNINGHOFF ............. FOL
wINIFRED RIxON .............. 500. $50
ISABELLE MARTIN ........ ........... 142
MARIE SLEEPER ......... ........ 16
ALICE WALK .......... ............... Is
MAE TOOLE .......... ................ 10
ANNIE WALLACE ........ 49,. ........ 70
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-17
DILLON.
DEER LODGE.

SUE WEIGH ........... .............. IL
MOLLIE E. WILES II
CORA WOOD ........... .............. .
LINDA WILLIAMS .............. -. i
Arizona republican., 1900-12-07
A BAD MAN IN H0cK
Police Think They Have a California
 Burglar.

Early Thursday morning Officers Hale and Doheney gathered in a bunch of three suspicious characters, who had been bunking in an NJ. & P. box-car. One of the men was J. J.. Fry and in him the police believe they have lad crook. The day previous to his capture Fry had been seen with valise and the officers think that that receptacle will establish Fry's identity as a desperado. Fry is in the cers endeavoring to force from him knowledge as to the location of the valise. A young boy, whom Fry claims as his nephew, is also in jail and the police hope to force him to confess the hiding place of the valise, in case Fry will not give it up. About a month ago porch-climbers operated extensively in San Bernardino, Cal, and obtained several thousand dollars worth of jewelry, clothing and money. The local police believe it very likely that Fry and the boy were concerned in the California burglaries. When questioned by the officers yesterday Fry became very insolent and refused to give any definite information and in structed the boy to tell nothing. Only few days in the dark hole in the city jail should be sufficient to force a con- fession from one or the other Fry is we'll known here by the police and operated here during the last carnival. The police are watching carefully for tourist crooks, who will seek to ply their various gratis in the city next week, and are arresting all suspicious characters and holding them over to keep them out of mischief.
Arizona republican., 1900-12-07
OUR GERMAN TRADE
Relations Have Not Only Not
 Been Disturbed
But Cur Commerce With the Father land For the Past Year Shows an Important Increase in Volume and Detail.

Washington, Dec. GA good deal of
 anxiety seems to have been wasted with reference to the trade relations between the United States and Ger
 many. It will be remembered that fear was expressed some months
 ago that certain trade restrictions pro- posed by Germany might seriously in terrupt the commercial relations be- tween that country and the United
 States, and especially decrease our ex- ports to that country in agricultural products. Figures just issued by the treasury bureau of statistics show that
 our exports to Germany in the ten
 months ending with October, 1900, were
 $27, 1000, 600 greater than those in the corresponding months of last year, an
 increase of about 20 per cent, and that
 our imports from Germany show an | increase of $S,O0OO00, a gain of over 10 per cent.
 Of the forty great articles which compose the bulk of our exports to Germany, more than two-thirds show
 an increase in 1900, as compared with 1899. Those which show the principal decrease are hog products, corn, wheat, fertilizers and certain lines of machin-
 cry. Those which show an increase
 are cotton, flour, fruits, tobacco, tim
 ber mineral oils, cotton seed oil, oil- cake and meal, taiiow, paratfin, resin, turpentine, coal, copper, builders hard ware, scientific and electrical instru-
 ments, agricultural instruments, sew ing machines cars and furniture. Copper shows an increase of more than s, 900, ,000; mineral oils, $2,O00,0OO: tobacco and agricultural implements,
 nearly $1, ,OO0, 900 each, and unmanufac-
 tured cotton, over s2S,OOO,OOO, while in
 the list of articles which show a de- l crease, there are but two articles in
 which the falling off is as much as $1 GOO, 900. corn showing a reduction of
 little more than $1,OOO.O .OOO, and wheat
 little more than $2,OOO,O ,OOO.
Arizona republican., 1900-12-07
NOT TO PRINT STORIES OF HIM.

Boston, Dec. 6.-J. Milton Clarke of Cambridge, formerly messenger in the sub-treasury here, who is not expected to recover from a severe Illness, sent queer document to the various news paper offices this afternoon. It forbids the printing of any stories or anecdotes of his early life in the event of his death, because such publication might annoy and embarrass his children and relatives. To this order Clarke affixed his signature in the presence of wit nesses and then made oath before a justice of the pealce that it was his free act and deed.
 A friend of the family says the Clarkes have been greatly annoyed by fake stories that there was negro blood in their viens and that these stories were given to reporters for publication by Clarke himself with the idea of punishing relatives in the south who illtreated him in early life. The friend says that Clarke is nearly of pure Scotch descent.
Arizona republican., 1900-12-07
MAJOR PAGE. MIDGET, MARRIED
Miss Mary Wickle of Shamokin, Pa, IS
 Years of Age, is the Bride.

Binghampton, N. Y, Dec. 6.-At Cortland this evening, Claude Bruba- ker better known as Major Page, a midget, 31 years of age, weighing 49 pounds and standing 34 inches high, was married to Miss Mary Wickle, a leading society lady of Sihamokin, Pa, Who had come to Cortland for the pur- pose. Brubaker is the smallest man in the world and possesses decorations given him by the various crowned heads of Europe. He has a worldwide reputation and while travelling with Wallace's circus visited Shamokin. Miss Wickle attended the show and fell in love with the dwarf. With him it was a case of love at first sight. Miss Wickle is IS years old, stands feet 10, and weighs 150 pounds.
 The ceremony was performed in Taylor Hall, which was crowded with spectators to witness the novel we'd ding. The Rev. George c. Smith, of ficiated. The bride was attired in white satin and the groom wore the regulation black suit. At the con- clusion of the ceremony they were greeted with a tremendous ovation.
Arizona republican., 1900-12-07
DENIAL OF A STORY
Ambassador White States That the United States Favors the Punish ment of the Chinese Responsible For 0utrages Upon Foreigners Whenever Punishment is Possible. He Repudiates an Interview.

Berlin, Dec. 6.-The morning papers here print an interview with United States Ambassador White, regarding the relations between the United States and Germany in China negotiations MT. White gave the associated press correspondent a formal repudiation of the interview, saying that Germany and the United States had been work ing barmoniously together, and also that nothing more divides them since it has been found that the conditions formulated by the Pekin diplomats are subject to amendment to meet any de- cided changes in Chinese affairs.
 MT. White insists that the United States is in full accord with Germany for the punishment of the guilty. SO far as their punishment is possible.
Arizona republican., 1900-12-07
Then the latter heard how matters

When the latter heard how matters stood he said:
 What Mime. Bernhardt says goes"
 It would be a mistake, however, to give the impression that there is any strain in the relations between the joint stars.
 For all this it is known that when the tour begins Bernhardt wants a car all to herself. Her contract with Maurice Grau stipulaItes that there shall be one private Pullman divided between her self and Coqueln; one fc>nished with a double set of conveniences, so that each may have absolute privacy.
 Mime. Bernhardt's objection Ito this plan is thab it will not allow her enough room. She desires accessibility to as many of her 116 trunks as possible, and she calculates that twice as many can be at her command with q whole car as there would be if she had only a half
 If she has one undivided she will have to pay for it herself-the manage ment will not go beyond the stipula- tions of the bond. It is said she has a representative trying to strike a bar gain for the private car of a we'll known railroad official