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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-21
P0uRS HOT SHOT AT HOBSON
NAVIGATING OFFICER OF OLYMPIA REPLIES TO HIS CRITICISM
UN SINKING OF THE SPANISH Fleet

San Francisco, Sept 2O.-Lieut. c. G.
Calkins. formerly navigating officer of
the cruiser Olympia, Admiral Dewey's s
flagship, but at present photographed
officer at this port, when asked to make
a statement regarding the reported inter-
view with Lieut.. Hobson ,telegraphed
from Vancouver, in which the lieutenant
Is reported to have said that the shells
from Admiral DeWeys squadron We're
not responsible for the sinking of Ad-
miral Montejo's fleet, but that the Span
iards sunk their own vessels, by drawing
the plugs and opening the valves, said
to-day:
II have read Lieut.. Hobson's utteranc-
es with interest and wonder. There is
nothing startling in his declarations and
it is surpring that he should have made
statements that he cannot avow of his
own knowledge. Mr.. Hobson superin-
tended the repair at Hong Kong Ga long
distance from Manila) of three raised
Spanish war vessels. Those three were
the Isla de Luzon, the 1sla de Cuba and
the Don Juan de Austria. They were not
the largest vessels in Montejos fleet and
it is true that they were sunk by their
crews who pulled out tn plugs, not, how
ever, until the ships had been damaged
slightly and were in danger of falling
into the hands of the Americans. Those
three are the only vessels of which Mr..
Hobson can speak with knowledge.
.Montejo's flagship, the Reina Cristina,
and the Castilla were. burned to the wa
ter's edge and as result of American
shell fire. The Spaniards were unable
to put out the conflagration. The Don
Antonio de Ulloa was actually sunk by
American shells that pierced her below
the water line.
."No one. as far as I know, ever assert
ed that all the Spanish vessels were
sunk by shots that penetrated the hulls
below the water line.
"Admiral Montejo in his report to his
government said that the Cristina being
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-21

labor party decided to refer the report
back to it's own committee for further
conference with the democratic commit
tee and adjourned until 3 o'clock.
While the populist and labor party
orators were paving the air of their re-
spective contingents, the democratic con-
Ventlon was waiting. The members were
impatient and openly advocated going
ahead and putting up a ticket of their
own. When they adjourned it was to
meet sgain at o'clock.
The time of the afternoon session yes
terday was taken up with an address by
Joseph K. Toole. When the call for the
ex-governor was made, he was desig-
mated as "Mr. Toole,' whereupon Deer
Lodge county delegate facetiously in
quired whether it was John r. Toole or
the other man. He was promptly sup
pressed.
The evening was consumed with an
address by J. Hamilton Lewis of Wash
ington.
Col. Sanders occupied front seat with
the Fergus county delegation during the
address, and no word uttered by the
congressman escaped him.
When the convention was called to or
der John Cumerfort of Madison county
arose: "Mr. Chairman" said he, II
wish to call your attention to state
ment made iE the Anaconda Standard
regarding the Madison county delega-
ton. The Standard stated that trio of
the delegation from Madison walked out
Of the convention with the bolters. I wish
to brand that statement as a falsehood.
None of our delegates left their seats.
We are democrats" II think I can as
sure the gentleman from Madison" said
the chairman, that I do not believe
there is 2 gentleman on this floor who
would think for moment that even
one Of the Madison county delegation
would walk out with that mob.'
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-21
II VISITS THE POWERS.
Remey and Other Officials Call on
the Viceroy.

Tong Fu, Sept. 10, via Shanghai, Sept,
-(Copyrighted, 1900, by the Associated
Press.) Ii Hung Chang arrived on Tues-
day at the Taku anchorage, where he was
visited by Rear Admiral Remey and the
Russian flag captain. He proceeded to
Iong Ku today. He was received with
no special honor and his presence attract
ed little attention. Only the Russian and
Japanese officers called on him. but later
he had long conference with Vice-Ad-
miral Alexieff on board a Russian war;
ship. He was accompanied by a Russian
guard of seven and his own court, wear-
ing the imperial uniform. He will be
taken by special train to Tien Tsin where
a residence has been prepared for his oc-
cupancy.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-21
TO prove THE BIBLE DELuGE
COL LEGE PROFESSOR GOING TO SIBERIA TO DIG FOR THE
REMAINS OF THE GREAT FLOOD.

.dinarily go. There he will make exca-
yations. He will dig up the earth until,
with the geologists eyes he discovers
just where that stratum which should
have been deposited during the period
in which the deluge took place. Next he
will explore the Caucasus range, pass
down to ancient Ararat, where traditions
says the ark landed. and emerge from his
travels somewhere near Smyrna, Asia
Minor. If in all the mountain regions he
explores, DIR. Wright finds the remains
of the sea for which he looks. he will con-
clude that the deluge was a historical
fact.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-21
TO LEAD PEOPLE
OUT OF BONDAGE

Helena, Sept. 21.-To man up a tree
1t would appear as if the populsts had
thus far occupied the position of man
in waiting at the threshold of the Au-
ditorium, where their democratic breth-
rem have of late been enlightening the
state as to the value of arbitration when
nobody desires it, Padlocking their own
lips as to the policy they intended pur-
suing, the willy exponents of the whisk-
cred political cult have simply "winked
the other eye'' and awaited developments
ere adopting any mode of procedure.
In fact all the populist delegates did
yesterday was to adopt platform
something which in no wise fnterefered
with the general scheme of ,fusion-and
keep their conference committee leg
weary in an endeavor to dig a plum or
two out Of the fusion mess pot.
The platform contains nothing of a
particularly distinguishing character,
doesn't forget hoary traditions about
and calls on all citizens to fall in line
and follow the populist lead as grand
marshal to the democratic band wagon.
IN, full, the platform reads as follows:
PoPULIsT PLATFORM.
The peoples party of the state Of Mon
Aana in convention assembled hereby re-
affirms it's allegiance to the principles
enunciated in it's national platforms of
1892 and 1896, as we'll as its platform of
ySUU. ana IL again ucCldACS Alo AoAlIA Ia
the principles expressed in these plat
forms.
The populists Of Montana, through the
medium of their state convention, par
ticularly and emphatically demand direct
legislation, government ownership of all
public monopolies, the free and unlim-
tied coinage of both gold and silver at
the ratio of 16 to 1, and the abolition of
authority to issue money by national
banks.
We denounce the existing currency
law, known as the Gage act, which by
committing the. country to the gold
standard, authorizing the destruction of
the greenbacks and providing for the
issue Of paper money wholly by national
banks, places the industrial resources of
the nation under the power and domi-
nation of the money trust, to the great
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-21

New York, Sept. 21.-Dr. Gregor, editor
of the Homiletic Review, has just receiv-
ed a letter from Rev. George Frederick
Wright of Oberlin College, Ohio, which
discloses the object Of the trip the pro-
fessor has started to make through ST.
IBERIA. He refuses to accept the theory
that the deluge merely submerged the
regions round about Palestine. He be-
lieyes that when the author of the penta-
tuach said the waters covered the face
of the earth, he meant 1t.
Prof. Wright will go through the noun
tains Of Siberia far from where men Or
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-21
RIOTING NEAR CANTON.
Consuls Send Urgent Call For More
Troops.

Paris, Sept. 21.-The French consul at
Canton telegraphs under date of Thurs
day, Sept. 20, that disorders have broken
out at Sun Tai, near Canton. Several
villages have been destroyed and others
are besieged. The missionaries have sue
ceeded in escaping. The first batch of
troops sent by the viceroy proved power
less to subdue the disorder and the for
eign consuls made most urgent request
for the dispatch Of larger body of SOL
diers. The chancellor Of the French con-
sulate and the French gunboat Avail
anche, will accompany the force.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-21
MARTIAL LAW ENDS.
Remarkable Achievement in Building
Galveston Bridge.

Galveston, Texas, Sept. 21.-The first
train arrived here at 6:15 this morning.
Trains are coming and going slowly but
steadily. More people are arriving than
departing. The building of the tempor-
ary bridge 2 1-8 miles long, was one of
the most remarkable achievements of
construction work in the history of the
world. The freight situation will now ad-
just itself. Martial law ended at noon
today. There is a big demand for Ia
borers along the wharf front, also a great
demand for street cleaning labor.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-21

said county may be chosen in each
county of the state in public primary
mass meeting or delegate county conven-
tions in each county, according to law,
under the supervision of the county CEN
trail committee of said party hereinafter
provided for as such county central COM
mittee in each county may decide.
AS APPORT1oNED.
"Resolved, That in such county con-
ventiOns as may be SO held for the cleo
ton of delegates to said state conven-
tion, and the nomination of county can
didates of said party, each precinct of a
county shall be entitled to the number
of delegates and alternates apportionei
by the various democratic county COM
Inittees in their late call for county con-
ventions to be held to elect delegates
and alternates to the democratic state:
convention of Montana, lately called by
the democratic state central committee
of Montana to meet in the city Of Hell
ena on the 18th day of September, 1900.
unless otherwise directed by the indie
pendent democratic county central COM
mittee Of such county and that the pre-
Gincts for voting purposes, now fixed and
defined by the county commissioners of
each county, shall be the voting pre-
c1ncts for the purposes OF such county
convention, unless otherwise provided by
the independent democratic county CEN
tral committee of any county.
PRIMARIES ORDERED.
Resolved, That it is hereby ordered
that primary elections for the purpose
OF electlng delegates and alternates to
any and all of such independent DEM
ocratlc county conventions shall be held
IN the various precincts of such coun-
ties as hold such county conventions.
on Thursday the 9th day of Septem-
Der, 1900, between the hours of 4 pm.
and p. m, and it is further ordered
and provided that all such county con-
Ventions shall convene at the county
seats of their respective counties at the
hours of II O'Clock a. M, on Saturday,
The 18th day of September, 1900.
Resolved, That the county conven-
tions herein provided for are hereby
authorized and any county mass meet
ings of said party, herein above refer
red to- are authorized to nominate full
county tickets of candidates for county
offices in their respective counties and
to elect delegates and alternates to the
aforesaid state convention of the
independent democratic party, and all
electors of Montana who are in sympathy
with the object of the Independent dem
ocratic party and believe in it's principles
herein before set forth are invited to
participate and cooperate in such pri-
mary elections, mass meetings and coun-
ty conventions, and the respective coun-
ties of the state are entitled to repre-
sentatiOn in said state convention by the
respective number of delegates and alter
mates herein below set forth, to wit:
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clear here. One suggestion is that RocK4
hill may be the name of the British ofn4
Ger who commanded the English portion
of the expedition, according to cable d1s4
patches published this morning. Another
is that the cablegram may have been
mangled, Gen. Chaffee intending to res
port the arrival at Pekin of Special Come
missioner Rockhill,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-21
REPORT TWO WRECKS.
Two Ships Go Ashore on the Florida
Coast.

Atlanta, Ga, Sept. 21.-A special to the
Journal from Key West, Fla, says 1t Is
reported that two vessels are ashore on
one Of the keys about forty miles north
of here. 1t is reported also that half the
crew of one of the vessels has been lost.
Wreckers have gone to investigate.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-21
Chinese Forts Open Fire on Russian Camp
--German Guns Return the Assault
and the War Is On,
TROOPS NEEDED AT CANTON
MISSIONARIES SUCCEED IN EscAPINGTRooPs SENT BY VICE.
ROY P0WERLESS TO QUELL THE DISORDER-ERENCH =
GUNB0AT WILL ACCOMPANY EXPEDITION

Berlin. Sept. 21.-A Taku dispatch dat
ed Sept. 21. says: Yesterday evening the
Pei Tang forts opened fire on the Rus
sian infantry camp, wounding twenty
five men. Since early this morning
German howitzer has been shelling the
forts and town.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-21
ARE FORCED TO FIGHT.
Boer Commanders Hold Their Men
Only By Force.

London, Sept 21.-Further reports
from Lord Roberts say the Beers who re-
main in the field include few irrecon-
ciliables but that the majority are hght-
ing under compulsion. Gen. Delary, 1t
is added. holds 800 burghers as prisoners
in his laager.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-04

guarded by Spider and Lee, Who were
riding around them at steady lope In
opposite directions. The two thunder
clouds rose higher and higher, spread
ing around the horizon and narrowing
the strip of blue sky that still shone be-
tween them.
cit amt common ter have one thun-
derstorm round here, let alone two, -
observed the foreman. "The cattle feels
the thunder, too-they re gettin Uneasy.
Reckon I better go'n give the boys a
ham,"
The cattle were uneasy, could see
that from where 1 was standing. They
tossed their heads and lowed and moved
here and there among themselves. 1t
grew darker each moment and the cat
tie became more restless Sometimes,
when cattle are in this condition, the
sound of the human voice will tend to
quiet them. Spider began to sing:
either was an OIL geezer.
An he had o wooden leg,
But he never had terbacker.
So terback he had ter beg.
Another oil geezer l
Was us sly MS er fox,
An he alw's had terbacker
In his OIL terbasker box
Spiders voice rang shrill and clear
over the desert, his song measured by
the regular hoof beats of hisihorse. He
passed back of the herd, and only an
occasional note above the lowing and
muttering of the cattle conld one hear.
The air had been still, but now little
putfs of wind began to arise. and ghost
ly little whirlwinds careered over the
desert. The strip of blue sky WIS re-
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talks low IN Tier chests, ike us. LIS.

ten. ("
"Hello the campl' hailed some one
from below.
Hello below. Who are your" roared
the foreman in return.
"From the X bar X ranch, Theirs
more of us comm. How dyer get up
that. anyhow"
"Wait err minute, called the fore.
man. While tho conversation was 60
ing on Lee had laid down his rifle and
had been hurriedly gathering the resin
GUS branches CT the greasewood shrub
that grew about us thickly. and bind
ing them together with rawhide
thong. Lighting the bundle at the fire,
he ran back and threw it over the edge
of the cliff. Famed by the draft made
by its fall, the resinous wood blazed
like fireworle of some kind. The horses
of the party below SHE'D and capered as
the glare struck their eyes, and there
was some swearing among their riders.
The light showed half score of lean,
sunburned men, heavily armed and we'll
mounted. Their leader, an elderly man
on silver trimmed saddle, was at once
recognized as an old acquaintance by
the foreman.
"Glad t. see yer, Hayward" called
he. "Turn t. yer left, thar, an you II
find trail wha 81 bring yer safe up.
Sorry ter sen that flare down, but we
had ter be sure you was friends. Come
up" Filing over the rough path that
zigzagged up the cliff, the ranchers
reached the tableland.
Mighty glad you all's come-didn't
expec' you so soon" said the foreman,
shaking hands with Hayward. How'd
| yer leave the cattle down your way1"
"There aren't any cattle down our
way--not SO much as calf left" was
the response. "This raid is the biggest
thing ever knew. 1t has wiped out
every brand on the river anywhere
along here. The boys are all up. We're
the first, but the rest are coming, all
that can. Seven of our men will never
stir again. -
"Gone out7" asked the foreman.
''Yes; shot by the thieves. met that
boy you sent after us about half an
| uOuA tbSSs 4AC uAd1 hAOW WAdG "
make of US any more than you did, and
one Of the boys who rode ont to see who
he was nearly got shot for his pains.
We made him understand after awhile
that we weren't rustlers, and then be
gave US your message
"Why didn't he come back Will
| youf" asked.
"Don't know. l told him he nigh,
az well, for we were all up and coming
but he asked us to tell you that he'i
return shortly, and then he struck ovel
the desert, going south. don't know
where he was bound for.
Spiders absence troubled me good
deal, but the foreman and the Bale
Girl took 1t very calmly indeed. Their,
wasn't ANY onerwho could hurt him
said they, except possibly the three mel
that we had seen that morning, and i
was not at all likely that he would
meet them,
The strangers unsaddled their horse
and picketed them. then rolled them
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CHAPTER u


IN WHICH SPIDER RETURNS IN TRIUMPH.
had never seen rain fall as 1t did
then. II seemed to come in streams. It
beat through the heavy canvas of my
tent, forming mist on the insids. The
continuous crash of the falling water
would have drowned the report of a
mortar.
Itrained and rained and kept on rain
ing. Little brooks formed on the plain,
then came together and made larger
ones that finally tumbled over the edge
of the cliff in a series Of cascades
When an hour later the foreman and
Spider returned to the camp, there
were no signs of a let up. One by one
our disheartened cowboys struggled in
and repaired to my tent, where the
nearest approach to shelter was to be
found. None of them seemed particular
ly surprised when told of the disappear
ance of our cattle. They had expected
it all along, they said.
II don't never remember seem rain
las SO long as this aroun here" said
Lee as he tried vainly to light damp
match on the sole of his soaked boot in
order to ignite the wet tobacco with
which he had filled his pipe "Them
fellers must a seen the storm comm up
an then come over purpose ter STAN
pede the herd. Course we can't do moth
in till it lets up, an then we'll have ter
do some huntin. reckon. This rain II
have washed out all the tracks"
"We'll fin the tracks again without
much trouble" replied the foreman.
either amt no doubt but what we got
ter do sunthin. though. Question is.
whatf"
"Looks to me as though we were in
something Of ascrape, Iobserved, try
ing hard not to speak despondently.
"None SO bad as what 1t might be. -
replied the foreman philosophically.
eve got ter make plan, that Is all. +"
We held disconsolate council with
the water drumming over us on the
strained canvas SO that we had to raise
our voices in order to make them heard.
The plan, when finally decided upon,
was very simple one. That the thieves
had made clean sweep was evident,
for none of the men who had come in
had found any cattle. They had all been
driven away. Now, to cover 80 much
ground in so short time argued that
our enemies had force much large,
than ours-one that we could hardly
hope, unaided. to defeat.
Therefore it was decided that as soon
as 1t stopped raining some of the men
would scatter over the desert to find, II
possible, some trace of the missing cat.
tie, while we would send messenger
to some ranches that lay on the other
side of the river some 80 miles below
us, with instructions to bring back all
the men that could be mustered. Cat.
tlemen are usually ready to help each
other in cases of this kind, for no one
knows when his own turn to require
help may come. In this instance, too,
the community of cattle thieves had
long been menace to the men on whom
we called. All of them probably had
suffered from this or another raid.
The rain ceased as suddenly as 1t be-
gan. The clouds parted and were blown
In dark shreds across the sky. The pools
that lay in shallow dcpressions Of the
plain were like beds Of coals as the level
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Much sooner than was expected, how
ever, these re-enforcements came. The
men were just finishing their supper In
order to guard against possible though
unlikely attempt at surprise, one Of
their number, posted in position from
which he could watch both the mesa
and the river fiat, was acting as senti-
mel. Suddenly he hailed the camp.
others q gang or men an horses COM
in up the river" he cried. In an in
slant every man was on his feet, had
caught up his rifle and was running to
the edge Of the cliff, sheltering himself
behind the rocks that fringed it. Some
Of the men were ordered to fall back in
order to guard us against surprise from
the rear. They went, and then for a mo-
ment there was silence on the top of the
cliff. A buzz Of conversation from the
men below could be plainly heard.
"Them. fellers amt greasers, any
how, whispered the foreman.
''How do you knowf" 1 asked.
''Why, greasers talks high up in their
Aon4A Qka MQmen. 4 lids. These men
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"IhereW he exclaimed. ~ thought I
qcasn't revcr gonter get back"
selves In their blankets and went to
sleep. Most Of our men followed their
example. Assisted by Lee and the fore
man the Ballet Girl was breaking pro-
visions and utensils out of the cook
wagon and arranging them in packs
ready to place on the horses. The wagon
was to be left where it was for the time.
We could not take it with us. 1t would
never have been able to keep up.
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duced to a mere thread; the darkness
became thicker; the herd was an indis-
tinct mass, except when the lightning
showed everything in an instantaneous
photograph. The foreman. riding at
full speed. had nearly reached the herd I;
but, as shown by the lightning, his
horse seemed to be standing still in an
ungainly pose on the desert. Then ev-
erything was darker than before.
Once more Spider came to the front
of the herd. He had increased the speed
of his horse, for in quicker time than
before his song went on:
"Jus' stop drinkin whisky
An save up yer rocks.
Then you'll alw's have terbacker
In yer oil terbacker'-
The two storms metz For a moment
there was binding light, followed by a
crash that split the sky. A dozen shad-
owy horsemen, that seemed to rise out
Of the ground, charged down on the
herd, shouting and waving blankets.
I saw six flashes from the foreman's
pistol. The Ballet Girl, who was stand
ing near me, lurched toward rifle that
leaned against the wheel CT the cool
wagon.
The herd tossed and surged like boil
ing water. Spider darted forward te
try and hold it. For moment it hest.
tated. Then. with roar Of galloping
hoofs, it broke and rushed madly away.
The thieves had stampeded the cattle.
The lightning gave one more vivid
flash and ceased. The crash of thunder
that followed seemed to tear open the
sky, for the rain descended like liquid
curtain that concealed everything.
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To be continued.

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