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bURGHERS ARE
YET CONFIDENT

New York, March ga World corres-
pondent who interviewed President Kru-
ger at Pretoria. Feb. z, says:
Kruger explained at length the efforts
which the British authorities made to
seal up Delagoa bay and then told of the
message he sent Salisbury concerning it.
Kruger said he refused to have any more
correspondence with Chamberlain but
frequently cabled to Salisbury.
In one cablegram he asked Salisbury
to allow food stuffs to enter through
Delagoa bay or they would be compelled
to feed 5000 British prisoners in Pretoria
on maize porridge. Salisbury did not re-
ply but message signed chamberlain"
explained that the embargo on food stuffs
had been raised three days before.
Kruger laughed heartily when he told
that Chamberlain's message was tele-
graphed back to Salisbury with the query
"Is this true?"
The president added, I'VE have not
heard from Chamberlain SINCE" and
laughed fully half minute.
Secretary Reitz then told of a series
Of communications between the president
and Salisbury concerning prisoners, who
were taken by the British at Douglas.
Cape Colony. and who although they be-
came citizens of the Orange Free State
are being tried in Capetown for high
treason. The president sent a cable
gram directly to Salisbury demanding
that the Douglas prisoners be treated
only as prisoners Of war and not as trea-
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HOUSE PROCEEDINGS

Washington, March ga bill was pass
ed in the house granting to the Minnesota
& Manitoba railroad company right of
way across the ceded portion of the Chip
pewa and Red Lake Indian reservation.
When consideration of the army appro-
priation bill was resumed McRae at
tempted to secure an amendment Of a
provision giving officers and men serving
beyond the limits of the United States
ten and twenty per cent respectively ex-
ira pay which would limit extra compen-
sation to those serving in the Philippines,
a paragraph to which the amendment
would have been pertinent had it been
passed and Hull in charge Of the bill re-
fused to return to 1t.
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AN INTERVIEW
WITH KRUGER

New York, March 29.-The World pub
fishes long interview with President
Kruger, under date of Pretoria, Feb.
Z. President Kruger said:
II sent message to the World saying
that the losses in the war woud stagger
humanity. The British laughed at me
and said they would only take month
to conqucd us. Did those six hundred and
fifty dead at Spion Kop and those hum
dreds who were killed in other battles
please the British? Are they laughing
now? When you came through London
did you see much laughing?"
The correspondent told him Of the
scenes in front of the London war bulle-
tin boards-the weeping relatives and the
''Yes, that is only one side of the pic
ture. Here we have the same scenes,
only our casualties are not so great Ev-
cry home in South Africa has been deso-
lated and the war has only begun. Wait
until the war is ended and those who
suffer. will be numbered by the hundreds
of thousands. Did Chamberlain and Mil
ner and the capitalists who were back
of them think of those things before
they drove us to the wall? Are the tears
OI WluOWS anu OTpudHS 10 pay TOT the
gold fields?
'Tell the Americans that appreciate
their expressions of sympathy and that I
will inform my burghers Of it. am
greatly pleased to hear that committees
have been formed to raise funds for our
Red Cross. We need medicines and sup
plies for the wounded-not so much for
our own wounded, but for the many poor
British soldiers who come into our hands.
It makes my heart bleed to see that they
suffer. We cannot help them as much as
we would like to do because the British
authorities will not let us bring medicines
or supplies for our local Red Cross
through Delagoa bay"
President Kruger said that the Beers
looked for no assistance from any nation.
He declared that the Beers would not de.
stroy the mines in any event. He said
that before the war he believed that the
United States would offer to act as arbi-
traitor of the differences between the two
countries and that he was perfectly GER
tain to accept the decision that would
have been made but Great Britain refus.
ed to arbitrate.
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Lynching Feared.

Bristol. Tenn, March 29.-John Broyles
was called to the door at his home at
Saltville Va, late last night and assassi-
mated it is alleged, by Edward Longley
whose father is the proprietor of the
washington Springs hotel. According
to information received in Bristol Long
leys brother had difficulty with Will
liam Broyles. Young Longley1 armed
himself and went in search of Broyles
at the Broyles home. John Broyles, who
was not party to the difficulty, came to
the door and was shot down. Longley
escaped. The excitement and indigna-
tion is such in the Saltville community
that lynching is threatened if Longley
Is caught.
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ROBERTS MOVEMENTS
ARE KEPT A SECRET

sonable subjects of Her Majesty's and
stated that If they were executed, repri-
sails would be made. Salisbury replied
that If one of the Pretoria prisoners were
injured both President Steyn and Kruger
would be hanged at the conclusion of the
war. The president thought that was
harsh language to use and according to
Reitz's statement replied: go ahead
with your hanging, but remember that
your son Lord Edward Cecil is in Mafe-
king"
Kruger has made no reply to this mes
sage.
MY burghers are fighting bravely," he
said, with much earnestness," and they
will continue to do SO until Great Britain
asks for peace or withdraws her soldiers.
We cannot expect to conquer several
hundred thousand men in day but my
burghers are going ahead rapidly as you
can see by looking at the place where we
keep our prisoners.
Even as your forefathers fought against
great odds in the revolutionary war, sc
are we struggling. and even as God was
with your people SO is he with us. We
have fought with England before and we
defeated her soldiers and will be victori-
GUS again."
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Lord Roberts Dispatch.

London. March 29.-The war office here
has received the following dispatch from
Lord Roberts. dated Bloemfontein. March
%:
4 General Clements occupied Faure-
smith today without opposition One g.
FOUNDER and one Martini Maxim We're
discovered in a prospecting shaft of a
mine. where a large quantity of ammu-
milton was buried. Arms are being sur
rendered gradually and >the Inhabitants
are settling down. Colonel Pitcher vis-
tied Ladybrand on March 26. On leav-
ing the town he was attacked by party
Of the enemy and one OF his force was
wounded and five are missing. During
the skirmish north OF Modder river on
March Is. five men were wounded Three
are reported to be missing. Captain
Sloan Stanley Of the Sixteenth Lancers,
and Ave men of that regiment were taken
prisoners"
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France Is Willing.

Paris, March 29.-Foreign office author.
tiles make the following statement re-
garding Frances attitude toward Ameri-
can acquisition Of the Danish West In
dies:
France will place no obstacle what
ever in the way of the Danish-American
negotiations On the contrary, in view
of her cordial relations with both the
United States and Denmark, she is will
ing to waive her rights over Santa Cruz.
as France values her friendship with
these two countries far more highly than
any claims she may have in the Danish
Antilles"
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DOM PAUL INTERVIEW
Says Before the War is Ended
There Will Be Mourning
in Nearly All Home in
the Two Countries.

London, March 29.-Conjecture as to
Lord Roberts advance from Bloemfon-
tein is the topic of the day and is likely
to continue so If the British commander
in-chief in South Africa conceals his
movements as carefully as he has done
in the past.
April End is set by. various critics as the
probable day for the departure of the
main army from Bloemfontein. It is
pointed out that there will then be over
weeks hard marching before Kroon-
stadt is reached though there seems no
certainty that Kroonstadt will entirely
occupy Roberts attention.
The advance when it does occur will
probably be made by parallel columns
along broad front. The movements Of
the cavalry force and part Of the infantry
towards Glen can scarcely be construed
as an actual advance although they un-
doubtedly point to the imminence Of
such step.
But only small part of General Cat
acres forces have yet arrived at Bloem-
fontein and until that movement is COM
pleted it is not likely Roberts will start
for Pretoria.
The latest news from Bloemfontein
contained in dispatch published in Sec
ond edition of the Times and dated
Wednesday again dwells upon the neces-
sity for not making premature ad-
vance This correspondent, who on sew
eral occasions seemed to be chosen as
the mouthpiece of Roberts, cables:
ut should be clearly understood that
the present halt in the vicinity of Bloem-
fontein is absolutely necessary as a mili-
tary precautiOn. 1t should be borne in
mind that we are about to enter on a
new phase of the operations, with the
main communication through a recently
occupied hostile country and that the re-
cent successes necessitated a great ex-
penditure of horse power. Here and in
Natal we shall move on the commence
ment of South African winter and must be
prepared to face the effects of the first
frost upon such animals as may be af-
fected with horse sickness. 1t would be
suicidal to push troops forward until
they are equipped to meet the exposure
of winter. Horses, clothing and food we
must have"
The correspondent adds that the Boer
forces have been re-equipped and he says
he is fully convinced that 5000 foreign
troops have been landed to aid the re.
publics.
The Duke Of Norfolk has resigned the
office OF post master general owing to the
fact that he is going to South Africa with
the Sussex Yeomanry.
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Old Man Died.

Lafayette, Ind, March 29.-John How
err, aged 72 died suddenly last night of
paralysis. Having beeen an enthusiastic
democrat all his life he took deep inter-
est in the result of last nights democratic
primary for the councilmanic nominal
tions, in which his friend. DR.. WASH
burn, was a candidate. He insisted on be-
ing hauled to the polls to vote. He had
just voted and was returning home in the
carriage when he suddenly expired.
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Kept Babes Dead Body.

Chicago, March 29.-In Miss Ritter, a
factory girl, living at LAG South Halsted
street. the police have found a person
with nerve enough to spend her leisure
hours and sleep in room for two years
with a dead child. Today Mrs. Strauss
berg, who keeps a boarding house at 146
Halsted street, called at detective head
quarters and in an agitated manner re-
lated a grewsome tale to Captain Col
leran. She told the chief of detectives
that Miss Ritter, ONE of her boarders.
had human body in her trunk. which
fact she had accidentally discovered.
Mrs. Strausberg said she had on fire.
quent occasions noticed her boartler pay
ing assiduous attention to something in
her travelling receptacle, which at all
times was kept securely locked. Friday
Mrs. Strausberg happened to pass the
door of Miss Ritter's room and she no.
ticed the young woman kneeling before
the mysterious trunk, the lid of which
was thrown back. So absorbed was the
boarder in what she was doing that the
landlady crept unnOticed close enough
for good look. What she saw sent sem
satiOn through her. The kneelng wo-
man held a bone in her hand which she
had just extracted from the shriveled
cadaver Of an infant
The good woman acted according to
the long established precedent of her sex
and screamed. She who had been toying
with the bone hastily dropped it with a
clatter and endeavored to explain to Mrs.
Strausberg that everything was all right;
that she had had the body in her trunk
for two years and had just decided to get
rid of it piecemeal
This didn't satisfy Mrs. Strausberg.
Detectives were sent to the place and
they conveyed the trunk to the city hall
and brought Miss Ritter with it.
1.-The child died soon after it's BIRTH"
explained the woman, land was placed
in my hands for disposal by its mother,
prominent Kansas City woman. This
was two years ago. Not knowing in
what manner to get rid of it without
creating a sensation. l kept the body
wrapped up in my trunk. In January I
came to Chicago. The other day l de-
cided to remove the cadaver little by
little. and Mrs. Strausberg saw me-"
This was satisfactory and the prisoner
was released.
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Record Breaking Market.

Chicago, March 29.-With commission
houses bidding frantically to fill heavy
outside orders, brokers for packers scrap
ping to cover cash sales. and chorus of
disconsolate shorts struggling to get out
of the record breaking bull market May
pork the first part of today's session shot
up 81 cents over yesterday, touching $13
On profit taking it reacted to $1275 where
it steadied. Close: May wheat 66M; corn
1885. .Ssh; oats 24%: pork s12.75; lard
$3.50; ribs. 1910.
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Killed His Niece.

Ottawa. Ohio. March 29.-At the home
of Mr.. Frank Ducey his daughter Ella,
aged II. was walking in the yard when a
shotgun which his brother Tom, aged 1S,
was cleaning was accidentally discharg-
ed. The shot struck her full in the face,
killing her almost instantly.
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can pork will be prohibited, giving as
a reason for the prohibition that the
meat is injurious to the public health.
Mr.. Lloyd c. Griscom, United States
charge d'affaires, protested energetically
demanding the annulment of the meas
ure.
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Resigned His Position.

New York. March ga special to the
Tribune from Washington says: Prof.
Henry S. Pritchett, superintendent of
the coast and geodetic survey. has re-
signed has place to accept the presi-
dency of the Massachusetts institute OF
technology at Boston. =
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SUITE: MONTANA THURSDAY EVENING MARCH

ber of parliament, declared that nearly
all the liberals had agreed in regard to
the settlement of the South African ques-
ton that it was the duty of the govern
ment to make recurrence of war impos-
sible and show the world that British
power in South Africa was predominant
and that the British flag must wave over
the whole of South Africa. s
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French Steamer Sunk.

SantO Domingo, March 29.-The French
steamer Georges Croise, bound to Cuba
with cattle and eighty passengers, is sunk
outside the port. The steamer New York
which has just arrived here, rendered her
assistance. 1t is not known how many
lives were saved.
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FIVE MEN KILLED.

Spokane. March 29.-Five men were
killed and several injured today by cave
In on the Great Northern right of way
track on Washington street. mass of
brick toppled over without warning, bury
ing number of workmen,
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WORK OF THE SENATE.

Washington, March 29.-The confer
ence report on the diplomatic and consul
lar appropriation bill was agreed to in
the senate today. Consideration Of the
Porto Rican tariff and government bill
was then resumed, Beveridge of Indiana
addressing the senate in support of the
United States and Porto Rico.
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We're right in the whirl of business
and things keep moving. There's no such
thing as standing still when there's a
pushing and pulling going on all
around one.
Now we are getting ready to sail in on a
big sale of Dress Goods, Domestics and
other departments in a first-class Dry
Goods store
You must know we bought outright for
spot cash the entire stock of merchandise
belonging to that well-known firm
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Portugal Must Pay.

Berne. Switzerland. March 29+Accord-
ing to the Dc,agoa Bay railroad award
Portugal is condemned to pay l5,al46oo
francs. =
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Will Support Martin.

Winnipeg, March pa dispatch from
Vancouver today says forty delegates
supporting Premier Martin were elected
at last nights liberal meeting to attend
the provincial convention.
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Half Price

Is the basis upon which we will dispose
of this clean new stock of dry goods val.
ued at something over $5O, 100000
Watch future announcements for fuller
particulars.
This sale will shake Montana from end
to end-and you want to be in it
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Colossal
CLEARING
Sale,..

Which we expect to start on Monday
morning next. In the history of Mon-
tana there has never been a closing out
sale of such mammoth proportions never
such an opportunity to buy good and
seasonable goods for as little money,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-29
Turkey Shuts Us Out.

r. ntinople. March 29.-The porte
he. = rormed the United States legation
that IN future the importation OF An.erf.
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Must End War Forever.

London. March .29.-Speaking at a
breakfasteof the liberal agents at Not
tingham today Herbert Gladstone. son OF
the late William F.. Gladstone and menu
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Ex-senator Sawyer Dead.

Oshkosh. Wis, March 29.-Former
United States Senator Philetus Sawyer
died this morning at the residence of his
son in this city. He was "a years of age.
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Gordon
Lewis
Company

Many of our people assisted by SONS
of theirs are now busily going through
this stock, measuring and marking each
piece, getting ready for a
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A Night Of Terror.

awful anxiety was felt for the widow
of the brave General Burnham Of Ma.
chias. Me-. when the doctors said she
could not live til morning." writes Mrs
S. H. Lincoln. who attended her tha,
fearful night. "All thought she mus,
soon die from Pneumonia. but she beg
ged for DR.. Kings New Discovery, say.
ing It had more than once saved her lite,
and had cured her Of Consumption.
After three small doses she slept easily
all night, and Its further use completely
cured her." This marvellous medicine is
guaranteed to cure all Throat. Chest and
Lung Diseases. Only soc and 81. Trial
bottles free at Streamer's drug store.
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The Lust Argument.

The four-year-old daughter Of a pop
ular New Hampshire clergyman was
ailing one night and was put ~ bed
early. She said:
Mamma, want to see my papa
Her mother replied: No, dear1
your papa must not be disturbed"
Pretty soon she said again: II want
to see my pSpl.
The mother replied as before: NO
Your papa must not bs disturbed"
II was not long before she uttered
this clincher: Mamma. | am a sick
woman. and want 10 see my minister!"
Rams Horn
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AN ARMY OF YOUNGSTERS.

Seldom, If evei, has Boulder been IA
vored with theatrical entertainment
the characters in which have b.en en-
tirely inter preted by children. Occas,ot /.
ally at some house gathering a clever
little girl or boy is found, but rarely have
professional performances been gwen
by juveniles. To put it mildly it has
been no mean task to gather the superb
cast OF "The Brownies in Fairyland."
which opens at Masonic hall this Wed.
nesday night and Thursday and matinee
Thursday afternoon at 4 N. Each
and every one Of the seventy.6ve young.
sters were carefully chosen from over
900 little mites. The present company
contains some marvellous talent. each
and every one being a specially ar'is,.
To begin with. there is little Maude Sor.
semen. eight years old, playing the role
of Cholly Bountonierre. the Brownie
dude. Little Maude is indeed an artist,
for IN addition to playing the leading
part, she does at least FIVE speciality acts.
Her premier dansuese ballet is revel.
alton. danced IS il IS on her little toes
entirely. Then she sings Mary Marbles
celebrated song, Showing Aunt Matilda
Round the Town" This is done IN boys
clothes. Her next effort is to lead the
Immense cake walk with the tavorite
ma Tiger Lily" Her other songs and
dances are equally clever. In Master
Ben Harrison Lerner We have a dimin.
utive comedian OF the Lew Dockstader
type. and who never fails to make a
laughing impression either. master
Bennie will play the Brownie organ
grinder and will sing several topical
songs. HIS twin. the bear, will be pla, ed
by Master Will Hathaway. One OF the
cleverest things on the program is the
Tyrolean song and dance gwen by li'tle
Eva Lerner and Queenie Tllton. These
little tots are scarcely four years old. yet
they DO their parts with such grace that
they never fail to win rounds Of applause.
In addition to this, little Eva Lerner
sings the atest success. "Pliny" and li,lle
Queenie does a. buck and wing dance
that starts mothers guessing At Ma.
sonic hall
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CHINESE GOVERNMENT.
000APoA UaA01 8Aa
Mother.

The Chinese system Of government,
it il obvious. has some marked weak
nesses, says ex-Minister Angel. in Az
lantic. The emperor is indeed an ab-
somte monarch, whose duty as the
Son of Heaver is to care for his SUBJ
jects. He 10 assisted by councils and
boards. composed of able men drawn
from various parts Of the empire. He
has also board Of censors, whose
duty = TO criticiss officials Of any
grade. They frequently evince great
frankness and courage. and their pow
er 10 dangerous because great. But
even they are sometimes overpowsred
by their opponents and degraded.
Under strong emperor the govern
ment is strong and is not i'll adapted
70 the needs Of the people. Under q
weak emperor the palace u so con-
stantly = center Of intrigue between
contending factions, and the imperial
power 10 30 little felt in the provinces,
that the government is inefficient.
Owing to the filial regard which the
emperor must always cherish for his
another, the empress dowager, il a
strong and ambitious woman, may
WELD great power. When I was in
Peking, in 1880. the emperor was a
child and was under the control Of the
two empresses dowager. 1t was said
that they sat invisible behind cur
tain, where they conferred with the
ministers Of state. So the saying was
current that Chine was ruled by .
baby and two old women behind
curtain