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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-30

Bloemfontei1f, May 2S.-Amid salutes
and cheers and singing Of God Save the
Queen" the military governor, Major
General George Prettyman, at noon
formally proclaimed the annexation Of
the Free State under the designation OF
the Orange River Colony.
The ceremony was somewhat imposing
and the scene in the market square in
spring An immense cOncOurse had
gathered and the town was gay with
bunting. The balconies and windows in
the surrounding square We're crowded
with ladies. among them Lady Roberts
and the Misses Roberts, the Countess OF
Airlie, Lady Henry Bentick and Lady
Setterington. The troops We're drawn up
under the command of General Knox
and entertained the spectators. The gov
ernor, accompanied by General Kelly
Kenny and their staffs, escorted by the
Welch yeomanry, We're greeted with a
gun salute, after which, amid impressive
silence and in clear voice, heard in
every part of the square, General Pretty
man read Lord Roberts proclamation
annexing the Orange Free State, as con
quered by her majesty's forces. to the
/ queens dominions and proclaiming that
i. state shall henceforth be known as
, Orange River Colony
Lusty cheers greeted the concluding
, words of the proclamation, and these
We're renewed with ever-increasing vol.
ume as Lord Acheson unfurled the roya
standard and the bands struck up "GoG
| Save the Queen" All present Joined ir
singing the national hymn. The cere-
| mony concluded With cheers for the
! queen, Lord Roberts and the army anG
q salute of 81 guns.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-30

London, May 30.-The following dis
patch has just been received at the war
office from General Butler, dated New
Castle, May 80:
The enemy having formed a laager
east of the town al Dornberg, pressed
my right rear annoyingly. On May q
/ / directed force under Littleton, by
sehangadrift. on to Dornfoerg: These
movements have caused the enemy at
Dornberg to retire to the north. Hid
yard is at Utrecht and the town has
surrendered. Clery is bombarding
Laings Mex. The enemy are much dis
heartened and were not they in such a
would show fight. The railway was
opened to New Castle on May %.
| Pretoria. May 29.-An official war bull
letin just issued is as follows: "On Sun
day a fight occurred close to Van Wycks-
rust in the Gatsrand. The federals
fought well, but the Boer troops seemed
to be tired out. At dark the federals
We're forced to retire in the direction of
! Van Wycksrust on account of an over
whelnlng force of British. The British
attacked Witwa tersrand yesterday and
We're in contact with the federals at
Gatsrand, but they We're beaten back
with good results by the federals under
Commandant Louis Botha. The feder-
ais We're heavily bonlbanred all day long
but kept their positions.
"The British loss is reported to be con-
siderable. The British are near Utrecht
and they are also marching on Lain9s
]; Mex"
A dispatch sent from Johannesburg
last night describes the town as greatly
excited throughout the day on the re.
Iports that the British were approaching
but says the excitement subsided in the
ieVening, owing to rumors that the Brit
ish had been driven back.
There are large numbers of burshers a
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-30
IMPORTS iNTo MANILA.

Washington, May 30.-The division OF
customs and insplar affairs of the war
department states that the total import
of merchandise, gold and silver into the
port of Manila from August 81, 1893, on
the date of American occupation, up to
and including December 81, 1899, was %.
591 AKA. Included in the total amount of
imports during the period mentioned
were s145,s50 in silver coin from England
and s375Oo0 of silver coin from Hong
Kong, The total amount of import duty
collected was $777.904. The imports by
countries were: United States, $567 ,266;
Spain, 81, ,14O,SS1; England, $1,240.5s0 Ger
many. $599, ,309; Hong Kong, $2,07S, ,291;
France, $l15,652: Australia, $5S.853; AUS
tro- Hungary, $24.324; Belgium, $4,548;
French China, $5,2S1; Denmark, 1890;
British East Indies, $2S,374; Japan, $47,-
224 the Netherlands. $685.; Switzerland.
$1S,615.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-30
CHANCE OF RELIEF.
GERMAN MEAT BILL WILL NOT
GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL
OCTOBER.
Emperor Was Opposed to the Bill as
Passed-German Statesman's
Views.

Chicago, May 30.-Chicago packers
saw chance for a relief from the re-
stlNctions of the German meat bill in the
information cabled last night to Morris
Epstein of the uerman-A american Pro-
vision company that the bill will not go
into effect until October 5. By that time
it is supposed the German naval bill
will have been passed and the German
opponents of the meat bill will be better
able to work against it and perhaps mod
ify some of its workings.
Packers who learned that the bill
would not take effect until fall We're in
clined to think that the date had been
put off much further than naturally
would have been the case Just how this
was accomplished the cabed information
of Mr. Epstein did not say. Mr.. Epstein
said that it would have been possible to
put the bill into effect at once under the
German law.
'"Fhe news that the bill will not go
into effect until October makes me be-
lieve before that time something will
have been found to soften it's restrictions,
provided the United States does not lose
its temper and begin retalitory measures
on German products said Mr. Epstein.
"While I was discussing the meat bill
with a German statesman not long ago.
when | was abroad, he said to me that
Germany never would enforce such an
unfrendly measure against America,
provided the United States did not do
anything unfriendly to Germany. From
that I inferred that the opponents of the
meat bill looked for some modification
1T before it is put into effect 1t is
we'll known that the German emperor
is opposed to the meat bill as it was
passed. His greatest solicitude is for the
naval bill however. Now that the meat
bin will not take effect until October D,
the emperor will have ample time to Sc
cure the passage of the navA bill. and
that done. | think the packers have rea-
son to expect something favorable Will
happen"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-30
IRON AND STEEL.
SEES NO IMPROVEMENT
IN PRICES.
Believed a Large Tonnage is Waiting
Disposition at Satisfactory Fig
ures-East Bridge Steel.

New York, May so.-Discussing the
condition of the iron and steel industries,
the Iron Age says:
The best that can be said for the iron
market at present is that feeling OF
hopefulness is displayed. The demand
seems to be a little better in some
branches of the trade and buyers are
disposed TO place orders rather more
freely. This is particularly true of the
west. When this has been said, how
ever, it covers about the most encourag-
ing conditions to be noted. No improve
ment is seen in prices. The tendency
appears to be still downward and so far
no indications are seen on a firm founda-
ton for such products as are not abso-
lutely controlled by an effective CONSOLE
dation or combination. Prices have been
gradually receding for some time, and
while heroic efforts are made to main
tain them in some directions, this simply
results in creating great spread IN
quotations. Prices for this season On
some products show a range of several
dollars per ton. Wire rods, for instance,
are quoted at mills in the central west at
$3S to $47.50.
It is generally believed that a large tom
mage is waiting to be paced as soon as
prices shall have touched a figure thai
Will be considered satisfactory to buyers.
How far down they must go in order 10
n,,l,t n, sav Nhen nri1as wara IN thAir
highest it would certainly have been
deemed favorable 10 new business for
rnncerc;onc IA ha ,,,da ,,n.oxin,ating
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seek to secure someth ing a little lower
than the nf4ars ,,,ada III tham r. h like
IL tl,,at +, fa,.t tIhat mis- II . nresidant tial
year may influence this reserved bust
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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-30

Special to the Inter Mountain.
Helena, May 30.-The supreme court
has ruled upon the application of the de-
PENDANTS in the case of Hickey ct al. VS..
the Parrot company for an order stay
ing the receivership of the Nipper mine
in Butte. The plaintiff has five days in
which to put up the $4,000 bond to pro-
teet the defendant from all damages
and costs that may be sustained by rea-
son of the receivers appointment in case
it shall be finally determined that the
plaintiff procured the appointment of the
receiver wrongfully or maliciously, or
without sufficient cause. If the plaintiff
does not put up that bond in the time
stated the court directs that the stay be
granted, providing the defendant has
put up the bond for s125.O00. conditioned
that the defendant shall pay all the dam
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-30
FILIPINO ENGAGEMENTS.
AMERICAN SCOUTING PARTY
KILLING SEVENTEEN OF THE
ENEMY
Capture Twenty-Three Prisoners and
Valuable Documents-A Ser
geant Killed.

Manila, May 30.-Leutenant Jens Es-
tedie of the 47th volunteers command
ing scouting party in the southern part
of Alhay province, had several engage
ments with the insurgents, in which II
of the enemy We're killed and 23 includ-
ing the captin, were captured. Six ex-
plosiye bombs and number of valuable
insurgent documents. also fell into the
hands Of the American scouts, who burn
ed the town of Yubi, the headquarters
of the rebels. Sergeant Brickley was
killed during a slight engagement near
Higmo. in the province Of Albay, yester-
day. Scouts of the 36th and the 34th reg
iments have captured 80 rifles and 500
rounds OF ammunition in the Pangasinin
province.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-30
CHRISTIAN FAMILIES MASSACREO
REPORTS OF FRESH ATROCITIES - FANG TAI OCCUPIED By
TR00Ps-ATTACKs ARE NOT CONFINED TO THE
"BOXERs"-WARSHPS LANDING MARINES.

the place occupied by battalion Of
troops.
the whole railroad station, workshops
and locomotive sheds We're gutted and
much of the rolling stock destroyed.
The go-downs (Chnese Warehouses),
full of valuable mercha andise, Were burn
ed after having been looted by the riot
ers. The damage is estimated at half
a million taes.
The neighhoring villagers seem to
have joined in the attacks showing the
movement is not confined to the Box
ers.''
Eight rioters who We're captured, will
be decapitated.
While riding through the south gate
Of Pekin, the correspondent found the
road inside the walls lined With troops,
who greeted the traveller and his party
with a fusilade Of stones.
The whole country is much excited. /,
Shanghai, May 3o.-The British war
ships Orlando and Algerine are landing
100 men at Taku. where the French. Rus
sian and japanese guards have already
diSemharked.
The Boxers" are apparently without
arms, except those they have obtained
from the soldiery, many of whom are
openly joining the rebels.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-30
BOND ORDERED IN N|PPER CASE
PLAINTIFF HAS FIVE DAYS WHICH TO PUT UD $4,000 TO
PROTECT DEFENDA Mt FROM DAMAGES ).
plaintiff on account

ages accruing to the plaintiff on account
of granting the stay.
The court dismissed one of the two ap-
peals pending in the case of Cora RAM
sey against P. H. Burns ct al. from Sill
yer Bow county. Dismissed the appeal
for Judgment, but refused to dismiss the
appeal from the order granting a new
trial.
The court reversed the district court OF
Cascade county in tn cease of G. II. Gay
vs., the first school district of Cascade
county (Great Falls). The main point
involved was the right of the school
board to hire teacher for longer Pc
riod than three months. The court says
it cannot be done. The opinion is very
exhaustive, dealing largely with the
whole scheme of raising revenue for
the schools and the powers of the trus-
tees The opinion was written by the
chief Justice and Justice Pigott concur-
red in all but one proposition.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-30
MEMORIAL DAY.
Helena Joins in It's Observance-Public
Exercises.

Special to the Inter Mountain.
Helena, May S0.-Memorial day was
appropriately observed here today. The
veterans of the blue and the gray march
ed to the cemetery in the morning and
decorated the graves. This afternoon
there will be public exercises at the Aud
itor;um. ats7which speeches will be made
by Ella Knowles Haskell and the Rev.
w. N. Sloan.
The Butte Reduction Works nine and
the Helena sits" played game of ball
at the park this afternoon before good
crowd. The weather was ideal for Dec
oration day and many picnic parties
went into the country.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-30
ATE POISONED FOOD.
TWELVE ITALIAN LABORERS ARE
FOUND DEAD FROM THE
EFFECTS. i
Food Was Stolen and Had Rat Poison
In 1t BY Negro Cook.

Chicago May 50.--A special to the
Tribune from Montgomery, w. v, says:
Twelve Italian laborers We're found in
the woods forty miles southeast OF here,
their deaths being the result of eating
poisoned food which they had stolen.
They We're part of d gang of laborers
employed by a construction company
building the Paint Creek railroad They
boarded in the contractors camp, where
large amount of provisions Was stored.
Much of it was stolen and the negro
cook unknown to his employers put rat
poison on some meat and flour which
also disappeared.
A mountain hunter discovered the bod
los The n,+''oritins have not yet taken
any steps in the matter.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-30

Tfen Tsin, May 30.-The American,
British, Japanese, German, Italian, Rus
sian and French troops to the number
Of 100 each have been ordered to guard
their respective legations at Pekin, but
the viceroy here will not allow them to
proceed hence to Pekin on the railway
without the authority Of the Tsung Ii
Yamen. One hundred and eight Ameri-
cans, With a machine gun and a field
gun, landed here last night amid great
enthusiasm on the part Of the residents
Five Russians and one British WarShip
have arrived at Taku and the British
are now landing. Other warships are
hourly expected, Three thousand Chi
nese troops from Iu Ii are expected here
today en- route to Fang Tai. There is q
disposition to believe that the Boxers
will dispense before the foreign troops
are ready to act
Pekin, May 30. From all parts of the
surrounding country news is constantly
arriving Of fresh atrocities committed by
the Boxers Three Christian families
We're massacred at Shan Lai Ying, 60
miles from Pekin, on Friday, May 2S
Only two persons escaped
A reporter of the Associated Press Wis
tied Fang Tai this morning and found
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-30

pose Is to secure, as far as possible, uni
form classification of merchandise. SINH
lar methods, advalorem or specific-in
the imposition of customs tariffs and
uniformity of the customs and consular
bioved
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-30
ARE MARCHING ON To LA|NG'S MEX
BoERs OCCUPY STRONG POSITION BUT ARE DIsHEARTENED
NEW CASTLE RAILROAD 0PEMED-T0WN OF Ut
RECHT HAS SURRENDERED TO BRITISH.

Johannesburg, but remarkable order pre-
walls there.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-30
Wonen's S
Shoes

Because we have the right kind of shoes,
everybody wants to wear them ana our
shoe busines keeps growing.
We are showing the seasons latest
styles in dress boots, dress shoes, noppy
oxfords and slippers in all the high
grades, pretty shapes and perfect nts.
Every thing in footwear is strictly up 10
date and shown in the greatest variety.
WE WILL DECORATE
Your feet with the right sort of shoes and
give you a bargain to boot
LOT 1-25O pairs womens genuine Rus
!. sia Calf skin shoes, laced with heavy
soles 80. .:......... 49,. ...........'.'.
$4.0O Shoes for $2.65
LOT 2-15O pairs women's chocolate
Vici Kid Shoes, silk vesting and kid tops,
single flexible soles .............. .........
$3.50 Shoes for $2.65
LOT 3-125 pairs xxx Wei Kid Shoes,
lace and button, silk vesting and all kid
tops hand sewed turned soles. Very
soft and comfortable ........... .........
$4.OO Shoes for sos
LOT 4.-250 pairs lace and button shoes,
kid and cloth tops odds and ends from
our best selling styles ....................
So and $3.50 Shoes for $1.95
LOT SO pairs little gents Rex Calf
school shoes, wedge heels, sizes 8 to 10.
$1.25 Shoes for 95e
LOT 300 pairs womens genuine Don.
COLA Oxford ties, all sizes from to anG
mostly e to EE widths ........ ...........
$3.50 Oxt0rds for 95l
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-28
THE OFFICIALS GREATLY RELIEVED.
By the Report That the Foreign Ministers
Have Left Pekin.
(By the Associated Press.)

Washington June 27-The developments
of the day respecting China were import
ant and interesting The Chinese Min
ister's report of the departure of the
foreign Ministers and their guards from
Pekin greatly relieved the officials here,
who took it as the first tangible evidence
that the Imperial Chinese Government
had a full realization of the enormity of
permitting the Ministers to come to per-
sonal harm, and were thus undertaking
as far as lay in their power to observe the
amenities of international exchange.
The keenest interest is shown by the
officials to learn the conditions under
which the Ministers left Pekin. The
Chinese Minister'S dispatch was ominous-
ly silent on that point, and although the
Minister maintains almost obstinately his
confidence in the non existence of a state
of war, it is generally admitted that it
will be difficult to accept his conclusion
if it shall transpire that the Pekin Gov
ernment has itself sent the Ministers
away with their passports or what may
come to the same thing, with guard as
safe conduct At the State Department
it is said that if it shall be explained
that the Imperial Government did this,
not with purpose of rupturing diplomatic
relations, but simply to ensure the safety
OF the Ministers, which they were unable
to guarantee as long as they remained
in Pekin, then there is still groun1 for
an understanding. 1t is, however point
ed out that in such case the self-con-
fessed inability of the Imperial Govern
ment to maintain peace and order at the
capital, would amount to an admission of
its utter failure as a Government and
would leave China in a state worse than
that of actual war.
In either event, it now appears to the
satisfaction of the officials that there
was absolute justification for such inter-
vention as we have offered in China.
Notice has come to the Government that
the cable companies have again re-opened
communication Geographically with
Taku and Che Foo This arrangement
has been made by means of the Russian
telegraphic system connecting with the
Siberian Railroad system. A European
agent has managed to reopen the lines,
though the means of communication be-
tween Che Foo and Taku and Tien Tsn
are tortuous anil probably precarious.
General Macarthur notified the Adju-
tant General this morning of the depar-
ture of the Ninth infantry for China.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-28
A BRAVE GIRL DEED
Fired at a PrOwIing Negro
Who Promptly Left.
Two Attempts at Robbery. One Negro Dan
gerousIy Wounds Another. Little Girl
Burned to Death by Kerosene.
Especial to News and Observer }

Especial to News and Observer
Greensboro, N. c., June 27.-It is
thought would-be robbery was prevent
ed last night when Miss Maud Hunter.
whose father, Mr.. ]. L. Hunter was away.
shot at negro man found prowlng around
the house about II o'clock. The shot
proved a good warning and the negro lost
no time in getting away.
A bold attempt at robbery was made
at the home of Miss Emma Apple early
this morning, on East Market street
Mrs. Apple came in from the yard and
was Mortified to find a negro man in her
room ransacking a bureau drawer. He
did not appear at all Disconnected, and
after talking a few moments walked out
of the front door. The police were at
once notified and are looking for him.
In a row between some negroes last
night Lou Carr was shot through the
right temple AMI dangerously wounded.
Alb Aston, the negro who shot her, has
disappeared. He is a bad character and
has been in trouble before.
A most horrible accident occurred at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. L. M. Bolden,
yesterday evening when kerosene was
used to kindle a fire in the stove. There
was an explosion which ignited the
clothes of their little daughter, burning
her so seriously that after a few hours
of intense suffering death came as a
merciful relief. She was about 10 years
old, and was a bright child-a member of
the Westminster Sunday school.
The Elks will organize tomorrow night
and the occasion is expected to be one
of great pleasure. About 100 visiting Elks
from Winston, Danville and Wilmington
will be present each bringing band.
There will be meeting of the citizens
of our town tonight to decide whether or
not the Dispensary has been benefit to
the business interests of Greensboro.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-28
THE ILLINOIS DEMOCRACY.
They Declare Against an Imperial Policy and
Instruct For Bryan.
(By the Associated Press.l

Springfield, Ills, June 27.-The Demo-
cratic State convention reconvened today,
completed the ticket, adopted a plat
form and adjourned.
Mayor Carter H. Harrison, of Chicago,
Chairman of the Committee on Resolu-
tions, read the platform. 1t endorses
the national platform of 1896, "in whole
and in all it's parts" 1t denounces the
National Administration as the weakest
in the history of the nation" and es-
pecially condemns the covering atti-
tude of the President and his advisers
in refusing consolation and sympathy to
the heroic Beers in their struggle for in
dependence" invokes public condemna-
tion of "an administrative policy which
denies to Cuba Porto Rico and the Phil
ippine Islands the principle of home rule
and self government and seeks the sub
jugation of a free and enlightened peo-
pie for the glory of an imperial policy
revolving to our traditions and a de-
fiance to the principles of our Federal
Constitution"
The new currency law is declared to
be the foundation for a money trust
which will have power to control the
PRICES Vi ali property anu W SlluluidIt
or strangle business.
Imperialism is denounced as "neces-
sarly leading to militarism and as wholly
foreign to our system of Government. "
Alliances with European nations are ''re-
garded with apprehension.
TRUSTS and mOnopolies, formed for the
purpose of arbitrarily controlling products
and prices in the interest solely of COM
bined capital, if allowed to go on the
resolutions declare, "can result only in
industrial serfdom for the mass of the
people"
Protective tariff and railway discrim-
nation are declared to be blamable for
existing trusts and stringent legislation
is demanded for their restriction.
The immediate building of an American
inter- oceanic canal is favored; the Mon
roe Doctrine is reaffirmed; postal saw
ings are favored as are also public owner
ship of public utilities and the election
of United States Senators by direct
vote.
The general principle of the initiative
and referendum is favored.
Unqualified admiration" is expressed
for William ]. Bryan who is declared tC
have been robbed of office in 1896. The
Illinois delegation to Kansas City is in
structed to vote as unit for Bryan.