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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-21
HE DID HIS BEST.

A teacher was giving to her class an
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-21

Through Count observation-disclosures
Emperor William has promised so, 900
for prizes to be distributed at the races
of the Paris Automobile club in 1901.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-21

William Dean Howells expects to
SPEND the coming winter in New Orleans,
where. it is said, he will lay the scene of
his mex story.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-21

1t is said that when, the other day,
James McNeill Whistler, the artist, was
asked by Henry James wha the Ameri-
cans thought of him, he replied: "They
say I am ca-en'te7 AVID that my clothes
don't fit" REALLY, now" said jane
'"I think they were quite mistaken about
the Clothes"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-08

in nearly every instance the honesty and
integrity Of this fair state is derided and
ridiculed. The eastern papers, perhaps,
are not much to be blamed; they a
very imperfect ideas of the people of
Montana and the conditions that prevail
here-the blame rests altogether upon
the democratic party of this state. Let
that not be forgotten. The democrats
are solely responsible for the name n
ignominy that is being heaped upon Mon
tana, and the state is advertised from
| ocean to ocean as the most corrupt in
the Union.
| 1t is Il burning shame! 1t is a dis
grace which we all know that Montana
does not deserve. 1t has been brought
about through the boodling and corrup-
ton of two factions of democrats, ZACH
led by a handful of subservient tools,
who. for a few paltry dollars. are willing
to do the bidding of their masters and de-
bauch the state in order that one or the
other may crafty his personal spleen.
Neither of these masters nor their tools
, are representative of the people Of Mon
tana: they are far better than either
| Clark or Daily or any of their hirelings.
/ They are an honest. patriotic. law-abid-
ing and generous people-the most intel
ligent in the world and as Jealous Of their
! good name as a virgin.
| Yet their finer feelings are outraged,
their honesty and\ patriotism ~assailed,
their citizenship derided, the honored
name of their loved state made a stencil
and byword, all or account of a feud
between two democratic millionaires. All
the people of this state are classed with
| the tools of these men, who, all told. do
not number 100 persons. The injustice of
it every honest man in the state realizes,
and chafes under the disgrace. But they
cannot escape from it; the damage has
been done by the warning democratic fac
lions and all men rest under the ban. The
injury that has been done to the state in
consequence is incalculable. 1t will take
years to retrieve it and, even after the
sha me and disgrace of it is lived down to
a great extent, a resident of this state,
when visiting the east, will hesitate to ad-
NIT that he is from Montana. The name
that we all love so we'll has been made an
unclean thing by these democratic cor
~ruptionists.
But an outraged people Will avenge the
disgrace; they will remove from public
places the cohorts OF both Clark ard
Daily. elect honest and Independent men
to office. redeem the reputation of the
state and prove to the rest Of the union
that the men of Montana are entitled to
respect. They have simply been betray-
ed. They have had no part in the dis
grace that has been brought collectively
upon them n an avenging Nemesis is at
hand; the people will rise in their ma.
Jesty and right the wrong that has been
done them and their commonwealth.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-08

1t is evident that the stovepipe and
mother-in-law jokes must lake a back
seat. Speaker Stiff will pre-empt the
field among the over-worked funny men
on the eastern press. Speaker Stiff will
be referred to as a Stiff speaker, as not
being so Stiff after the starch was taken
out of him on cross-examination, as
being the liveliest Stiff ever seen outside
of a morgue; and the prosecution will
be accused of trying to give the commit
tee a big Stiff. It will be claimed for the
prosecution that their cause Is upright
because it depends upon a Stiff position,
and unless it is downright lying it must
be upright. But we will not anticipate.
Let the eastern boys have their fun.
We calmly await the Stiff breeze which
will shortly set in from the land Of the
sunrise.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-08

prove. for instance, that Mr.. Whiteside
began his career as a detective by be-
ginning a mock law suit against a friend.
involving a statement Of facts under
oath, which did not exist, it would be
compelled to get outside its technical
lines of defense.
1t will thus be seen that the senate
committee is disposed to conduct the case
in a manner best calculated, under the
circumstances, to allow a thorough ex-
position of all known facts. in the in
terests of both sides, to the end that
the inquisition may prove profitable to
the American people in general n to
the Montana public in particular. As
the trial will involve an expenditure of
upwards of $40. O0O-an expenditure that
ought to be charged up to the two wings
of the democratic party in this state
the wider the scope Of the investigation
and the deeper the probing in both di-
rections, the more satisfactory will it
be to the public which will have to foot
! the bills.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-08

for the defense will be recognized as
stand-bys in the Clark wing of the de-
mocracy.
The probability that not an %independ-
ent democrat or independent republican
in the state Of Montana, will appear in
Washington for the purpose of 'vindi-
eating either wing of the democracy.
will not affect the cast-iron sensitive
plates which encase the Standards re-
served stock of political veracity.
Nor does the Inter Mountain desire to
choke off it's distinguished contemporary
at this stage of the game, for, like the
historic calf which didn't know that its
scope was limited by a guy rope, ,rthe
Standard will in due time discover the
proper place to fetch up" at.
After more than a year Of hard work
advertising Montana as a rotten borough
starring in motion all the sensational
newspapers in the countryside Stand
ard has done all the mischief possible to
accomplish in that direction. and silence
on its part at the present time would
do nothing to repair the damage it has
inflicted uDon the state. a~.. -
When it discovers that none Of it's edi-
torials have been offered in evidence. and
that the facts in the case will be brought
out before the senate committee just
as cleverly as if the Standard never ex-
listed, it may reach the conclusion that
it has cut a sorry figure trying to put
a black border around the reputation
which our glorious commonwealth has
heretofore sustained.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-08
H MIXED NAMES.

"Theres no use talking" said the Sc
Mo- partner fretfully. as he laid down
the morning paper, Il can't get my wife
interested in foreign politics."
"What's the latest instance?" inquired
the junior.
ut happened only last night" said the
senior. 81 said to my wife I notice that
the Samoan aair is ~dreadfufly muddled.
She smiled at me brightly and replied.
Il o wonder at it a bit. I was a
little startled by her confident tone.
Don't wonder at what?' l asked. Don't
wonder at all that his affairs should be
muddlad,' she replied. I never could
understand how they managed to live 50
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-08
RIGHTS M TIE TRANS WAL.

An Anaconda subscriber wants to
know if Great Britain demanded the
right of suffrage for it's subjects in the
Transvaal while still claiming them as
subjects. No. Under Paul Kruger it
was formerly possible for an Outlander
to renounce his connection with any
other government, and after a wait of
IA years have the right to apply for citi-
zenship. If his application met the ap-
prevail Of Paul Kruger he could become a
Boer, otherwise not. Even this poor
privilege was finally denied.
Great Britain demanded for the Out
landers-American residents as we'll as
English-a radical change which would
give the rights of citizenship to the men
who We're paying IS per cent of the taxes
of the republic, and which would insure
civil n religious liberty to Catholics
and Jews. 1t is true, Great 4 Britain
claimed a general s~uzerainty over the
country Is a primary right Under the
conditions of it's settlement, but it did
not assume sovereignty over the quail
fed Boer citizen of English antecedents.
The inability of Great Britain and Paul
Kruger to agree upon the conditions
under which resident taxpayers could ac-
quire civil rights, and thus protect them
selves from the unjust and merciless tax
system of the Boers-which practically
amounted to robbery-led up to the war.
The charge that England's cupidity
caused the war is not correct. Out OF
each 800, 600, 900 worth of gold produced
from mines sold outright by Kruger and
his friends to English miners, Kruger
extorted a toll of 500, 200. 900. This was
robbery pure and simple, perpetrated in
the name of the republic. What would
happen if the United States robbed its
foreign investors of such a percentage Of
their profits, from legally acquired rights
of Investment?
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-08

extravagantly or his income. Why, his
wife dresses better than 1 do / gasped
for breath. Hold on. my dear / cried,
Will o kindly inform me what on earth
vow are talking about?' She looked hurt.
why, about Sam Owens ~affairs-isn't
tnat you meant? And I hadn't
the heart to tell her it wasn,t."-Cleye-
land Plain Dealer.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-08
A"RO7TEN BOROUGH"

Under the above caption, the Billings
Gazette Of January S says:
Clark should be unseated
and the legislature of the rotten borough
state of Montana be given an oppor-
tunity to elect q senator honestly. If it
c~an.-Chicago Tribune.
This is but one of the many such in
suits that are being heaped upon Mon
tana by the metropolitan papers of the
east; they are full! of the Clark case, and
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-08

Though the Inter Mountain has sur
rendered more space to the work Of the
Associated Charities than both its morn
ing contemporaries, the annual report, of
the president was withheld from its
columns. In failing to receive that con-
%tribution. the Inter Mountain feels graft
fed to know hat 1t was not mistaken
for an object of charity.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-08

If God isn't on the side Of the Beers
1t looks as II He is at least occupying ,
position Of strict neutrality.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-08
BANKS
CHALLENGE SALE.
125 North Main Street. Butte

135 North Main Street, Butte
Ladies' lax Solid Gold Watches, fine
nickel movements, warranted ..$17 so
Ladies' lax Gold FILLED Watches, nickel
movements. warranted -. ......$7 SO
Gents lax Gold Watches. full jeweled,
American movements .......... $35 90
Gents lax Gold Filled Watches, Ameri-
can movements .,, 81 90
Boys or Girls Solid Silver Watches.
good movements ....... .,.,..,,.S so
Solid Gold Baby Rings ............... soc
lax Gold Filled Brooches ........... SOC
Will put away any article for you and
hold it till you call for it.
The National tribune., 1900-05-31
Cabling Without Wires.

Of the future of wireless telepraphv
Nikola Tesla says, in the June Cenil,ry:
Stationary waves in the earth mean
something more than mere telegraphy
without wires 10 any distance. They will
enable us 10 attain many important specific
results impossible otherwise. For in
stance, by their use we may produce at will
from sending station, an electrical effect in
any particular region of the globe: we NAV
determine the relative position or course
Of u moving object, such as vessel at sea
the distance traversed by the same, or its
speed; orWe may send over the earth a
wave OF c.cctrlcity travelling at any rate
We dcsir", from the pace of a turtle I'D to
lightning speed
With these developments we have every
reason to anticipate that in time not yery
distant most telegraphic messages across
the oceans will be transmitted without
cables. For short distances we need a
wireless" telephone, which requires no
expert operators. The greater the spaces
10 be brldged, the more rational becomes
communication without wires. The cable
is not only an easily damaged and costly
instrument but it limits us in the speed
OF transmission by reason of certain
electrical property inseparable from its
construction. properly designed plant
Tor efectng communication without wires
ought TO have many times the working
capacity OF cable, while ii will involve
lncomparably less expense. Not long
tiWe will pass, believe before communica-
ton by cable will become obsolete, for not
only will signaling by this new method be
quicker and cheaper, but also much safer.
by using some new means for iSolating
the messages, which / have contrived, an
almost perfectpriyacy can be secured.
The National tribune., 1900-05-31
The Second Homestead Bill.

Several Members of Congress and West
ern Senators have been trying for a good
while to secure the enactment of bill al
lowing those persons who failed to prove
up on their homesteads, or those who COM
muted and paid Government price for
their land, to make a second homestead.
Congressman Mondell, of Wyoming, in
troduced bill to this end in the 54th
Congress, but it did not become law. He
also introduced another bill at the opening
OF this session.
Senator Pettigtew, of South Dakota, has
been specially active in this matter, and
introduced bill which passed the Senate
at the present session. When the matter
reached the House, however, and got into
conference Mr.. Mondell's bill was substi.
tuted for Senator Pettigrew's. There is,
therefore, no doubt but that in few days
Mr.. MondelPs bill will become law. The
bill is as follows:
Providing that those who have hereto
fore cOmmuted entries or have not perfect
ed title to tracts entered as homesteads
may, avail themselves Of the provisions OF
the homestead laws.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assent bled, That any
person who has heretofore made entry ur-
der the homestead laws and commuted
same under provisions of section 230l of
the Revised Statutes of the United States
and the amendments thereto shall be en-
titled to the benefits of the homestead
laws, as though such former entry had
not been made, except that Communication
under the provisions of section 23O1 OF the
Revised Statutes shall not be allowed of
an entry made under this section of this
act.
SEC. 2. That any persen who, prior to
the passage of this act, has made entry
under the homestead laws, but from any
cause has lost or forfeited the same, shall
be entitled to the benefits of the homestead
laws as though such former entry had not
been made"
The National tribune., 1900-05-31
MONUMENT TO GEN. MANSFIELD.
Connecticuts Memorial to Her Gallant Son
at Antietam.

dI hhticIdu.
On May "a Mansfield Monument, erected
by the State Of Connecticut on Antietam
battlefield to the memory Of Gen. Joseph
X. f. Mansfield. of Connecticut, who fell
at the head OF his troops in that battle.
was dedicated by Mansfield Post, No. So,
GAR, of Middletown, Conn, assisted by
Reno Post, GAR, and Mansfield Camp.
Sons of Veterans, both of Hagerstown.
The Connecticut party, $50 in all, ar
rived in Hagerstown, where a reception
was rendered them by Reno Post and
Mansfield Camp In return for picture
of Gen. Mansfield. Mansfield Camp pre-
scented Mansfield Post with large framed
picture of the Mansfield Monument.
The dedication services at the monument
were simple and impressive. Prayer and
benediction were offered by the Rev. DR..
A. w. HaZen, of Middletown, Conn. Ex-
Gov. O. V. Coffin, of Connecticut, delivered
the dedication address. A Major-General's
salute, three volleys, was fired by is MEM
the battle of Antietam was given by Gen.
Ezra A. Carman, President of the Antie
tam Battlefield Commission. Reminis-
cences of the battle were related by Maj.
Gould. of the 10th Me. Regiment, who was
the first person to reach Gen. Mansfield
after he fell. An address was also deliv-
cred by Rev. Fl. S. Stevens, Of Washing
ton, ID. c., who was Chaplain Of the 14th
Conn. Regiment at Antietam. Among
those in the party were Henry l.. Mans
field and Mrs Walter p. Hubbard, son and
daughter of Gen. Mansfield.
The monument is 81 feet high, Of uncut
granite, surmounted by globe one and a
half feet in diameter, OF polished granite.
Bronze tablets are on each side of the
shaft. 1t cost $4,000.
The National tribune., 1900-05-31
THE NATIONAL WASHINGTON @, THURSDAY MAY 81 loa

and lowered into place, after which Col.
Hill, In brief speech. committed the mon,-
ment to the care Of the National Govern
ment
Secretary Of War Root accepted the
monument on behalf Of the Government.
At the close Of the ceremonies the Presi-
Dental party returned to Washington. but
the Reunion exercises Of the Society Of the
Army of the Potomac were continued at
night in the opera house, where addresses
were made by number OF the veterans,
including Gen. Joe Wheeler.
The annual electoin Of officers resulted
as follows. United States Senator VIII
liam J. Sewell, Of New Jersey, President;
Brevet Lieut.-C1l. Samuel Trnesdelll,
ing Secretary; Col. Charles W. Scott, Cor
responding Secretary. Each army corps
then elected Vice President, as follows:
Gen. Horatio G. King, Col. j. P. Nichol-
son, Capt. James Fl. Twitchell, Capt. p.
DeLacy, Gen. James G. Lynch, Col. Red
field Proctor, Maj. James Wrenn, Col.
Charles F. McKenna, Capt. A. N. Mat
thews, and Gen. Henry E. Tremaine.
The society decided to meet at Washing
ton, ID. c., next year.
The National tribune., 1900-05-31

1t was here, also, in this blue-panelod
the incoming of European ship, was SO
much the event of the day, or would call
SO great crowd, as the old numbering
coach, as it ratified over the cobble-stones
drawn by a four-in-hand, and stopped at
the Royal George. The mailbags were
deity thrown to the platform, the passen-
gers alighted for the reinforcement OF the
inner man, the hand-shaking of some old
acquaintance, the good-by, and the driver
turned his fresh steeds toward Georgetown
and Washington. 1t might have been car
rying Jefferson, or Monroe, or Randolph,
or Lee to meet other pofentates at other
points to settle the vexed questions that
threatened the Nations welfare.
The City Hotel was the tavern patron
lied by Washington. For time, we are
told, it bore his Aame. Here is where the
first "birth-night" ball was held, and the
balcony for the musicians in the ballroom
is still there, as it was when they played
the minuet for Washington TO dance.
We wish these old walls could talk
Many Of the yexed and unsettled questions
Of the day would need 10 further interpre-
tation; but the broad Potomac, and the
rich Maryland hills beyond, the gray-old
monuments of houses, with heavy, blinking
chimneys, stand silent and gray with the
history of the years which have passed
before them locked up, keeping their Sc
crets well.
We know that many Of the gentry and
townspeople lie buried in old Christ Church
burying ground. AS we walked out of
the yard in the twilight haze settled
over the hills and the Potomac, just as it
did century ago, and the years and the
life Of old Alexandria are buried, as are
her people, in this historic ground, but
never will its history be forgotten.
The National tribune., 1900-05-31

felt a slight shock; our car touched earth,
the anchor had strongly gripped the hedge.
For while the car rocked to and fro. We
steadied ourselves by holding on firmly to
the wooden knobs fastened to the interior
Of the car. Our captain called to the peas
ants to catch the car quickly. "Sortez, Sor-
tez, mademoiselle!" he said to me. climb
ed over the ballast-sacks,-there were IL of
them,-and in twinkling was on land. A
me, through which the sun shone palely; at
my feet a superb carpet of green, and the
"Centaure," like a powerful monster ex-
piring convulsively, vainly struggling to
rise. With the help of sturdy peasant the
heavy circle Of the balloon, which was now
resting on the car, was lifted, and NJ. Malett
and N. deFonvielle were enabled to get out
from their momentary prison. Our aerial
voyage was already thing OF the past.
The National tribune., 1900-05-31
FREDERICKSBURG BATTLEFIELD.
Laying of Cornerstone of Fifth Corps Mon
ument.

On the ground over which the Old Fifth
Corps charged at fredericksburg Dec.
13, 1862, President Mckinley, his Cabinet,
and Gen. Miles on May 25 witnessed the
laying of the cornerstone Of shaft which
viii perpetuate in bronze and granite the
heroism of the Army Of the Potomac. 1t
was an impressive ceremony, and rendered
the more so by the fact that among the
hundreds who Witnessed the event were
noted leaders Of both the Federal and the
Confederate forces.
The monument was the personal gift
Of Gen. Daniel Butterfield to the National
Memorial Association. Gen. Butterfield
himself was present and assisted i'll the
ceremony, but owing to i'll health, the
committal Of the monument to the Sec
retary Of War was made by Col. Hill, one
Of the veterans of the Fifth Corps. Cere-
mony was with due Masonic rites, and
at its completion the Secretary of War
accepted the gift in the name Of the Ameri-
can people.
In the Presidential party were members
Of the Cabinet and Army officials. The
visit to Fredericksburg was primarily in
honor of the. Reunion Of the Army Of the
Potomac.
An official welcome was delivered by st.
George X. Fitzhugh, TO which T. T.. Nc
Mahon responded.
The Grafton of the day was then de-
livered by Gen. Daniel E. Sickles, who re-
ferred 10 the brotherly nature of the gather
ing and touched upon American progress
at home and abroad. He referred TO the
President in warm terms, and alluded to
Cuba as naturally coming to America,
and TO the Beers as being entitled to the
liberties for which they are SO bravely
fighting.
After the reception at the Fitzhugh resi-
dence the Presidential party drove to the
National Cemetery, where the foundation
Of the Fifth Corps monument had been
laid.
Gen. Butterfield occupied bench next
to the President, and opposite them were
| ranged the members Of the Masonic Lodge
under whose auspices the stone was to be
laid. BY happy coincidence this was
fredericksburg Lodge, No. 4, q which
stone was anointed in due Masonic order,
The National tribune., 1900-05-31

II is quite century and a half ago
that His Majesty's subjects made known
to the Honorable General Assembly OF
tie Colony of Virginia, composed of the
IIeutenant-Gov Council, and House
of Burgesses, that it was considered to be
most desirable that a town be established
at Hunting Creek Warehouse" The me
mortal further stated that it would be
much to the advantage of His Majesty's
eubjects in that vicinity, and would en-
nance His Most Gracious Majesty's inter-
ests in the growth of the settlement, ''hy
Gods goode will and mans eXertions."
And so it came that these high potentates
passed an act Incorporating a "Toune,"
and commissioned the County Surveyor to
lay out 60 acres, in squares of four lots
of one-haf acre each, reserving one square
for a Market House, Town Hall, etc.
In that long ago most of this landed
estate taken by the authorities belonged
TO family by the name of Alexander. 1t