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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-26

So, little by little, thin wall Of ice was erect
ed between the Senator and the Governor Prog
ress of State affairs heightened and thickened
IT. Governor Tanner. on account Of certain leg
'siation which he approved and other official
acts, arrayed a large section of his party in
Ierce opposition to himself. More than two
years ago 1t became apparent that he would
pe either not renominated for Governor or re-
nominated after such a fight as might endan-
ger party success in the election of this year.
Senator Cullom then made up his mind. saw men
VINO affect to know his mental processes. that
Kramer was becoming load on the party and
must be dumped" Tanner must have read
the Senator'S mind. About that time-two years
ago-he announced TO little circle Of his trust
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-19
SMITH FORWARDS PROTEST.
sends Dispatches to Washington and
Issues Letter to the People
of Montana.

BUTTE Mont. May 1S-Gov. Smith to-
day sent dispatches from here 10 Senator
w. A. Clark Senator Chandler, chairman
of the committee on privileges and cleo
senate. saying he had disregarded and
revoked the action OF Lieut.. Gov.
Spriggs In naming Mr.. Clark to- succeed 10
the vacancy caused by his own resigna-
tion and saying he had named Martin Ma
ginnis, OF Helena to I'LL the vacancy. The
governor gives as his reason his opinion
that the appointment Of Mr., Clark. by the
lieutenant governor was tainted by co..
fusion and fraud The dispatches are prac-
tically the same that 10 Mr. Clark read
ing:
II have this day disregarded and re-
senator made by Gov. Spriggs ON the
18th instant, as being tainted with COL
fusion and fraud, and have this day APP
pointed Hon. Martin Maginnls United
States senator to nh the vacancy caused
by your resignation"
Those to Frye and Chandler are of the
same tenor, notifying them OF his action.
The governor also sent a formal protest
20 Chandler detailing his reasons. He has
also issued an open letter 70 the people
Of the state denying he had any knowl-
edge Of the contemplated step when he
left Montana for California. Tie says he
went To California al tire request -
Thomas r. Kinds to look into The title Of
some mining property In which Miles FIN
len was interested. He owed Finlen s. 200
and thought by going he might earn fee
that would be applied on the indebtedness
ture,' he concludes. that l was not guilty
OF any wrong doing or any idea OF wrong "
Miles Ftnlen Is one OF the Democrats in
the legislature who voted against Clark.
Martin Maginnis was delegate IN congress
FOR the territory when Montana became a
state
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CONSUL BELLOWS COMING HOME.
Has Been Receiving Final Instruc-
lions In washingten.

Special Dispatch to the Post Intelligencer.
WASHINGTON. May 1s.-E. G. Bellows,
the newly appointed consul to Yokohama,
has been here for a week or ten days.
receiving his final instructions and study
ing up his duties. He leaves for home
Monday. and expects to leave for his post
soon after.
The adjutant general has been informed
OF the arrival at Vancouver barracks
Washington. OF headquarters and Compa-
MES and II of the Seventh Infantry
from Fort Wayne. Detroit, Mich. These
two companies. with Company NJ of the
same regiment, at Vancouver barracks
and Company ID, at San Carlos, NJ +.
will constitute the home battalion OF the
Seventh infantry. The remaining compa-
MES OF that regiment will be stationed in
Alaska Second Lieut.. Henry NJ. Mer-
Ram, Third artillery Is ordered to Join
his battery In the Philippines First
Lieut. Campbell T.. Babcock, Seventh In
fantry "a ordered from San Francisco to
Vancouver barracks
II. NJ Deery is appointed postmaster at
Lisabeula King county. vice q. A. Butt,
resigned
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FEDERATION OF MINERS.
Addressed by J. II. Sovereign, Who
Talked of Occur d'Alene.

DENVER. May 1s-At the morning
session of the convention Of the Western
Federation of Miners action was taken
on the severn, amendments to the con-
stitutiop, Two OF which are quite i'm
por,ant In future the federation will
pay the expenses of one delegate from
each union to the annual conventions.
Another amendment provides that ma
jority vote of the executive board be
sufficient to sanction strikes, instead OF
two-thirds vote. James r. Sovereign adj
dressed the convention for an hour and
n half He spoke of the Occur d Alene
strike and of the investigation at Wash
ington. where he was a witness before
the congressional! committee.
He declared It his belief that the mine
owners themselves were responsible for
the blowing up of the mines and mills at
Wardner.
The Western Labor Union adopted reso-
lutions inviting all union organizations to
affiliate. and a resolution advocating the
broadcast possible liberty consistent with
proper conduct in recognition of union
cards. and providing that all possible as
sistance shall be extended to holders OF
union cards. Union tables of principal
organizations were Endorsed.
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SMITH A HoARY OLD CHESTNUT.
He Was n Brewer Hundreds of Years
Before Christ
New York Mail and Express.


Charles Dudley Warner represents the
camel as remarking, there are three OF
US, me and the date palm and the pyra-
mid-the rest are modern" But accord
ing TO Prof J. +. Mahaffy. the camel Is
mistaken-the three he meHtions are not
the only veritable antiques In letter
To the London Athenaeum he shows that
the name Smith goes back well nigh 10
the dawn OF time. Among the yet unpub-
llshed curiosities OF the Petris papyri is
a list Of names connected with the manu-
facture OF beer in Egypt. Writing of these
the professor says ~'~~-
There is one which appears regularly
In the same form, and OF which We can
give no further explanation. II is the
name OF Smith.-unmtstakably written
Smith We have never found anything
Ike Il before. and Il Is surely worth telling
the many distinguished bearers OF the
name that there was man known "a
smith iu the twentieth year Of the third
Ptolemy. 81 r. g. and that he was occu-
picd In brewing beer or in selling H. Is
there any other English name comparable
90 this In antiquity
The next time the Smith family has one
OF its reunions II may decide to send a
commission to Egypt for the purpose "
continuing -tle Investigations which Prof
MahaTy has so promisingly begun Per
haps the grave of the original smith
which would De only less Interesting than
tho grave OF Adam on which Mark Twain
shed some nlal tcars-win yet be discov-
cred.
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Mrs William Newton shot and killed a negro re-
Gently at Wallace, Idaho who was trying to force
his way into her house. The negro was blind pen
ell seller
A deal is pending for the transfer from the hands
Of Monterey capitalists in Monterey Of the steel
plant to the wellma -Seave- Engineering Company
Of Cleveland. o. The authorized capital for the
Monterey company is 100000.
According TO recent Oriental news. the great pro-
iect Of the federation Of the Australian colonies
which has been strongly cherished by the imperial
federationistS Of Australia seems likely 10 be de
feated result Of the refusal Of the colonies TO
accept the proposed amendments Of Joseph Chamber
lain to the federation Of commonwealth bill"
Ten thousand people-men women and children
witnessed the unyeilng Of the monument erected 70
the memory of Frances slocum. the Indian captive
and more generally known the white Of
the Miamis.' at the Miami Indian burying grounds
ten miles east Of Peru. Ind Nearly 300 members II
the Slocum family attended coming from all parts
Of the country. In addition the remaining members
Of the Miami tribe Of Indians were also present.
Negotiations for the sale q the Rawhide mine
the once famous gold producer Of Tuolomne county
California, to English syndicate have been prac-
tically completed, and thc documents transferring
the property are said to he In the hands of A,tor-
neys. awaiting the settlement n a claim made hy
Wells, Fargo Co. The price names is $50 600
Three four ago. prior 10 the litigation by
the three stockholders o. the mine. the RAwhide
estimated 10 b. worth coo. almost double
the sum now offered.
\ decision Just rendered in New York by Judge
Townsend. who i hearing the IN the United
States circuit # appeals from the decision Of
the board u general appraisers under The customs
administration act lessons the duties on French
bTandies and liquors 80 cents gallon, and In the
particular suit which brought by George s
Nicholas. importer takes 100 n the treas
NY ~ the government. Nicholas June No. isas
received from France s0.0N gallons II the cordial
known as "ChaYtrcuse 30 Collector Bldwen assessed
The duty this importation az g. 3 FER gallon The
importer sppesle3 20 the board of general spprais
ers. and they affirmed The collectors action Then
the matter brought into the circuit court and
when the hearing came up counsel for Nicholas IN
sisted that under the treaty with Frame. made
IA 1905 a year later than the passage - the tariff
under Whirh the appraisameut had been made. the
duty should have hsen only 81 3 Ter gallon COPIES
e the treaties made between France and ihe United
states urosiuced evidence and in the French
copy The word liquors appcar. while from The
American corv me ward 'tiquors" ia missing The
decision Is 30 favor = the importers aud n r holds
means a l0Ss II many millon dollars 70 the govern
msnt Annually.
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ton to Grant, by which officers and men
Of Lees army were allowed TO retain their
baggage side arms and horses The bill
originally carried s200.000 but the specific
sum was stricken out and the appropria-
ton was made indefinite. The bill was
passed out Of it's order as a special compli-
ment to Cox, who, after ten years service
in the house is to retire at the end Of his
present term. -
Many other claim bills were passed
Under the rules the house today devoted
itself to the consideration Of bills reported
by the committee on war claims. Several
bills were passed appropriating small sums
in satisfaction of the Southern war claims,
mostly for property destroyed
The house in committee of the whole
favorably acted upon a bill to appropriate
500 coo to pay ex-Confederate soldiers for
horses and other property taken from
them In violation of the terms OF Lee s
surrender to Grant at Appomattox This
is the first bill favorably acted upon since
the civil war TO pay Confederates for prop
erty taken from them.
A bill to reimburse Col Charles r.
Dougherty and other members of the
Ninth Pennsylvania regiment for baggage
destroyed at the opening Of the Spanish
war was favoraby reported, but not
reached when the house, at 5:25 p. M, ad-
journed.
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NV I Ork FFTUNUk sun.
The Socialist May day has not come up
10 expectations IL has ceased 20 be an oc-
castor OF even theoretical apprehension
abroad. Berlin is growing IN Industrial
prosperity ou individual lines. Paris is
holding a great show which Is an object
lesson in the progress Of tho nations as
nations. The extreme wing % the So
ciaust movement the prime mover In the
MAY dan idea. is sinking back into its
fcrmtr condition. There are Socialist par
tivs iu certain ~ the continental parlia-
m.ut- bat they are only important IN
making rtmbiultions And The very fact
OF tho existence ~ the Socialist legisla-
TORS is iu direct contradiction 20 tho es-
s.uu1l principle of Socialism. Involving
as 30 doves tho solidarity Of mankind IT,
respective u conventional divisions
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-19
St. LOuiA Races.

ST. LOUIS. May l3.-Favorites were bowled over
in all the events at the fair grounds today Re
suits:
Five furlongs. for maiden 2year- olds-Queen Dixon
Won Sculptures second. Gale Todd third. Time.
los.
Mile and twenty Yards. selling-Connie Lee won,
Ransom second. Romerio II. third. Time, S5a
Six furlongs selling-Easier Card won, Winnebe-
jour second, Harrie FLOYD third. Time. isl
Six and half furlongs, Mound City stake. value
$3.50. selling-Lovng Cup won, Trisditza second.
Found third. Time. III.
Five and half furlongs-The Condueror won.
TtIlla Fonso second, Dave Waldo third Time,
0sl
Six furlongs selling-Monis volmer won. Theory
second, The Light third. Time, ll6
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one Defect In the British Army.

F'TEUN0nI =. z, F.dEIo-
The British army needs repairing. and
m antidote for blue blood commissions.
In the past birth has had more 90 do
with becoming an officer than merit =
man born outside the charmed circle ~
titles has never "A chance 10 rise 20 the
British army This should be done away
with right quick and a standard Of merit
adopted, giving equal rights 90 ain SOL
diers. whether born in a pleheian hut
cor some ola ruined castle. There has
been too much titled gold lace and not
enough of brains among the officers 81
EnglauBs army, with the result that
much blood and treasure has been
wasted, even tn South Africa.
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NkoY DEFEATS CREEDoN.
The Lattcr's Seconds Throw Up the
sponge In the sixth Rouud

NEW YORK. MAY SKA Mccoy easily
defeated l'an Gree ut the Broadway
largest audiences ever assembled in the club
Thirty-fuur seconds ~ the sixth round
was all the time needed 90 turn the trick.
and Mccoy could have brought the hght
'o sperdier conclusion had he been 30
disposed Creedou made "a poor showing
A. 20 time did he land blow that hurt
Crcedou was the first 20 enter the ring
\ Few minutes later the XII came through
shape
When the bell sounded tho Kld started
in with clever feintiuE and footwark he
bad a smile on hiss face. hlt Crc.dar1 Look
% serious ana WAS the first 20 land with
q good Irtt On the wind Mccoy danced
away enI came hack with several ia5s
20 the face and body. and then crossed his
right 20 'ht head Cre"ioB Mas inclined
% mix things in The second round and
twice '7nf.i hls 'eft - Tho hcal Mccoy
3aAaVd and tried hard 10 reach The law
with his riEAt. bar Dan held A high cuarl
The kid reached the stomach with his
In the third round Mccoy began iah5irr
his rght t1 the wind bat was hloeksI
when he tried for the jaw Dan kent 20
ms h"t was unahr % land a punch un,u
.atcr in me round. whom he reached the
oodE with "A iSht right A left hook 90
the eye brought the blood and sent Cree
don on nus back. but he managed TO set
his feet and stay the round
Mccoy diI not seem inclined 20 r1sh
matters IN The fourth. ana Dan anaUy
ccarnsrsi him and >wuns hard lef; To
the body. Mccoy returned q left hook T.,
Dams Injured eye. and backed away when
Dan rushed Creedon was very tired at
the bell
Mccoy opened the fight with a left 10
the body hut Dan blocked his right swing
and returned a vicious swing for the head
which the hid duckeG The KID then
swung his left. but was Wild and was
laughed at by the crowd. Dan swung a
good left to the head. and the Kid coun-
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peated the blow when Dan crowded in.
Mccoy came at him in the sixth with
the evident intention Of finishing Il. and
his right to the head. He then forced
Dan around the ring. but Dan sent him
away with a right swing 10 the neck. NC
Coy was right back with a right 10 the
body, and then hooked his left to the
jaw. sending Dan TO the floor Creedon' s
seconds, seeing he was defeated, threw
up the sponge, and Mccoy was declared
the winner
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Standing of the Clubs.


CHICAGO, NAV I-Rainy and track heavy at
Lakeside today. Results:
Six furongs- Emma r won, Daisy o. second. Or
landine third Time, ISL
Five furlongs-Ben Magen won, Battus second
Light Ball third. Time. / OIL
Mile and seventy yards-Myth won. Prince Blazes
second, Moroni third. Time l:i9i
Four furlongs-Kid Hampton won. Ericse second
The Bronze Demon third. Time, 49,
Mile and twenty yards-TyTba won, Obsidian sec
ond. Martha Fox third. Time, l:iei
Mile and twenty yards-Thomas Cary won, Dood-
trice second. La Princessa third Time, lash
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Louisville Races.

LOUISVILLE. Ky. Nav ls-Results:
-Four and half furlongs-Longfo won. The Butch
er second, Bean third. Time. :554
Seven-eighths mile, selling-Isbinda won. Honey
wood second. Nellie Regent third Time, l:7.
Three-Quarters mile-Foneda wor. Charlie o Brien
second. Acushla third Time. 1:lsi
Five-eighths mile. the Juvenile stakes-Fa,mer
Bennett won, Queen Carnival second. Menace third.
Time, Oh.
Mile. selling-SkilIman won, Semper Eadem sec
ond Eitholin third Time, All
Three-quarters mile, selling-May Dine won. Teu-
Ger second, Gibraltar third. Time, 15t.
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FOR SOUTHERN SOLDIERS,
bui Passes House to Pay for Proper
~ Taken ia Violation of Terms
OF Lees Surrender.

WASHINGTON. May ls-Eor the hrst
time since the rebellion the house today
passed a measure 10 pay Confederate SOL
diers for losses erowing out 81 the clvl
war. 1t was a bill introduced by Cox TO
pas the Confederate soldiers who sur
rendered at AppomattoN for the loss ~
horses and other personal effects taken
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Fought a Twenty-Round Draw.

BUTTE. Mont. May 1S-Dick Oglesby,
of Helena. and Jerry Mccarthy, of Butte.
fought twenty rounds to draw tonight at
Walkerville. Both are lightweights. The
fight was pronounced the best ever seen
here, both men being clever
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4 Waste of Energy.

Philadelphia 1SedEer-
The gentlemen who are combating the
annexation OF Cuba are borrowing trouble
on long time and with poor security.
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Consolation for Grover.


W aSnlust0n Slhr.
Ex-Presldent Cleveland ian AXE COM
FORT In the fact that whatever mistakes
the country may make the hsaias viii
be good as usual this summer.
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~-7|--=7-------7---@-7-@--@
AMERICAN LEAGUE GAMES.

At Detroit-Detroit, o. Minneapolis. i6.
At Observation-Disclosures polls Milwaukee game
postponed; rain.
At C1eveland-Cleveland, 10: Kansas City, s.
At Buffalo Chicago game postponed; rain.
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THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Pittsburg, IL: Philadelphia, 4.

PITTSBURG. Nav ls.-In the fourth inning. after
two out. Pittsburg found Bernhard for two
pies, two doubles and three singles scoring eight
The visitors could not hit Chesbro, except in
the sixth and seventh, when five Of the eight hits
were made Attendance, 800. Score:
r. II. Z.
Pittsburg ...... ........ ................ IL II 2
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st. Louis. IL: New York. ,
Chicago-Boston Postponed.
Standing of tn. Clubs,

CHICAGO. May ls.-Chicago- Boston game
pnned on account Of rain
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-12-07
NUMBER q.

AN ACT TO SUPPRESS TRuAN-
1t is hereby enacted by the General 4.
sembly of the State OF Vermont,
Section l. Each town, city or noo,..
ated village may mako ali nseaNd !.
rangements concerning children uns,, ~
teen years OF age who. b. reason !, !.
phanage, or OF neglect OF parents. ar. ~
fered to grow up without salutary ps,.,l
tai control and are suffered 10 lo,,,
the streets. alleys or other public ~.
ana may make all such bylaws resp@,,i.,
such children as shall Be deemed most -
duoive to their welfare and 10 ,hs ~
order OF the town. city or inoorpon..
village. and may fix penalty for each 4.
lation OF same not exceeding FIVE AM
Section ? This act shall take effect m,
its passage.
Approved November q. 300
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-12-07
TUMBBR a
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 6S7VER-
MONT STATUTES, EMPOW3RlNG
BOARDS OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS
TO MAKE CONTRACTS WITH
GRADED SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

It is hereby enacted by the General AS
senbly OF the State Of Vermont
Section l. Section 6S7 OF the Vermont
Statutes Is hereby amended SO as to read
as follows:
Section 6S7. The board OF school directors
shall provide for the instruction Of ad-
vanced pupils of school age in the higher
branches Of English in the graded schools
of the town district, and such schools shall
he maintainedsat least thirty-three weeks
in each year. Said board may establish
schools in the town and may provide for
the instruction of advanced pupils OF
school age in higher English, and such
schools shall be maintained at least thirty
weeks I'm each year When no such schools
exist I'm the town, then such pupils shall
be provided for in the high schools, acad-
emies and seminaries of the town. and II
no such schools exist In said town. then
said board may provide such instruction
for such pupils in those of some other
town. In any town having an Incorporated
graded school district, the board of direc-
tors OF the town may make a contract
with said graded school district to pro-
vide instruction for any or all the scholars
in said town district. in the branches
specified in section CSC Of the Vermont
Statutes.
Approved November 90, 1900
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-12-07

tits hereby enacted by the General As
sembly of the State OF Vermont:
Section l. Section 8 of No % of the Acts
of 1895. is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Section 8. In case OF a disagreement
concerning the particular school any child
shall attend, arising under the provisions
of this act or in case Of a failure of the
school directors to agree as to the tuition
provided for herein. either board OF such
school directors, or any person interested.
may appeal in writing to the examiner of
teachers in and for tho county in which
such child is a resident. whose decision
in the premises shall be final Nothing in
this act shall be construed to apply to
pupils who have advanced beyond the
branches enumerated in Section 6S3 OF the
Vermont Statutes.
Approved November j, 1900.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-12-07
NUMBER "a.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION
CSC OF THE VERMONT STATUTES,
RELATING TO GRANTING CERTt-
FICATES TO GRADUATES OF
ACADEMIES AND HIGH SCHOOLS.

II is hereby enacted by the General As
semblv OF the State of Vermont:
Section /. Section $50 Of the Vermont
Statutes Is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Section $50. A graduate Of an academy,
seminary or high school in q four years
course following an elementary course Of
nine years, approved in writing by the
board OF normal school commissioners,
a d having included at least thirty weeks
of daily study and recitation In the prin-
'iples and methods of education definitely
outlined by the State Superintendent Of
Education may receive, after successfully
passing IN examination on the educational
course herein described, under the direc-
ton OF the normal school commissioners
a certificate Of the second grade from the
examiner Of the county III which he in
tends to teach, upon presentation OF both
a certificate of graduation and a cortin-
cate Of the completion OF the educational
course from the board of normal school
commissioners.
Approved November q, 1900.