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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-20
Has Been Drafted By the
Secretary Of War.
ONE Offs FEATURES
Is tOHaVe One Third Ofthe Promotions
Made by SelectiOn-There Will be
a Great Change tn the Manner of
Advancement.

Washington, Feb. 19.-The secretary of
war has sent to the chairman of the SEN
ate and house military committees a
draft of a bill which the department
claims greatly strengthens the military
system and remedies defects developed
during the val with Spain. The bill
was introduced in the house to-day by
Chairman Hull. A chief feature of the
legislation asked for provides for one
third of the promotions to be made by
selection. This is to enable the presi-
lent to reward specially gallant and
meritorious services. 1t recognizes
both length and special fitness of SER
vice and it's authors claim that it's pro-
visions are SO guarded that only the most
deserving shall receive special recogni-
ton and in no case be the creatures Of
personal or political intervention.
The bill gives the president control Of
tenure of office of the heads Of staff de-
partments and he can, by and with the
ad vice and consent of the senate. make
a new head of a department at any time
when, in his judgment, the efficiency OF
the service would be increased thereby
the officer relieved being transferred to
the retired list. This places the army
staff on about the same footing as the
xCfIOo - IL ul0v NC - SAhAS NesS
only immediate result under this provi-
sion would be the probable retirement OF
General Egan, ;cbmInissary general, now
undergoing suspension.
In the adjutant general and inspector
generals departments there Will be no
further appointments but by detail from
the next lower grade of the line for a
term of -FOUR years, Officials say this
will give a large humber OF experienced
staff officers to m~eetfuture requirements
and the emergencies of active service.
These selections, too, are to be made on
recommendations of boards o6 othcer5
appointed to ascertain the records ana
fitness of officers for these details.
The uuartermaster and subsistence de-
partment, the ordnance and engineer
corps are also to be filed In like man
ner. None Of these provisions for details
in any way interfere with bhe tenure OF
the officers now in the regular stan de-
partments or with their promotions as
now provided by law. They will, how
eyer.@ serve o year in five with such
branch of the line as the secretary OF
war may designate. -.,
The organization Of the artillery. the
only change proposed in the line OF the
army, iss based on, ideas tnat
are largely in use in other countries and
is called for by the present system OF sea
coast defenses. It insures the care OF
the heavy ordnance and the training OF
officers and men to handle these gums in
active service.
The office Of post chaplain is abolished
and one provided for each regiment or
the line Ut the army, regular and volun-
teer. The chaplain's rank and pay are
made those of a captain mounted.
The proposed increase of the artillery
will be made by distribution of men from
other arms of the service and will not in
crease the strength of the service.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-20

made a silly compact with his wife to the
effect that whichever died first should be
embalmed with this deviEsh decoction
AND the body placed in, the laboratory,
where the survivor could visit it at wall.
After her husbands death, in pursuance
OF his agreement, Mrs. Bellville had an
undertaken come from N.-and paid him
q fabulous price to treat the body in ac.
cordance with the directions left by Mr..
Bellville. The funeral was attended by
only immediate members Of the family,
VINO We're not permitted to see the de-
ceased; and the burial service was read
over something that was not. Mr.. Bell
vile, by the joint efforts of his wife,
BROOKS and the undertaken, had been
placed IN the laboratory, as I saw him.
For months Mrs. Beilville visited the
room daily; but fancying at last that she
was exciting suspicion. with foolish, NOR
DID cunning, shut herself up in her room
n paid only nocturnal visits to the Ia
boratory. She confessed that these Wis
us mad become painful in the extreme:
Tor with all his learning, her husband had
not been able to invest his compound
with power to preserve responsiveness
and intelligence to the soulless body.
But here l broke in solemnly upon
Jacks story with:
- heard him speak, though! Can she
account for tnat?' -
you heard his voice: but YOU did nor
hear him speak,
What do you mean?"
That Mr.. Bellville, to lend a touch OF
naturalness to the situation, set to WORK
.~to%perfect an ordinary monograph"
Then the instrument / saw upon the
table VAS
What he called a 'Veraphone'- moth
ing more nor less than a highly perfect
ed phOnograph-in which he had record
ed a few sentences in response to words
of his wife's. No doubt the instrument
would have recorded more, had not death
come suddenly while he was speaking in
to It," }0r4.. .4st
what horrid mockery!" I said, with
a shudder. o -@.&. ..-l5t
Eyes; and what excessively bad taste!
But you .-ave "eard the story, as my
aunt told it to me. Are o satisfied?"
THAT I saw and heard nothing super
natural-yes."
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-20
EMMA NEVADA MINING AND Mill.
ING COMPANY. ROOM 90. -
SILVER BOW BLOCK.

NOTICE IS hereby given that at a meet
ing Of the directors held on the s0th dav
OF January, 1900, an assessment of one
half cent per share was levied upon the
capital stock of the corporation, pay
able on the 18th day of March, 1900, to
the secretary and treasurer Of the COM
pany, at Room 30, Silver bow block,
Butte, Montana, $500
ANY stock upon which the assessment
snall remain unpaid, on the 10th day OF
March, will be delinquent, and adver-
USED Tor sale at public auction, and un-
Tess is made before, will be sold
On the ast day of April, 1900, to pay the
delinquent assessment, together with
cost of advertising and expenses Of sale.
H. G.. KLINE.
Secretary and Treasurer, Room 30. Silver
BOW Block. Butte. Montana.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-20
II Saved
MY Life.
Extreme cases of dis.
ease test the real value

of q medicine. Many wtonic" and
"stimulant" preparations, which have
no real medicinal value, seem to brace
up the users when they are feeling
wplayed OUT" Any stimulant will do
this whether bought at the liquor store
OF drug store. The true test Of a med
icine is when life itself is staked on its
remedial power. In hundreds of such
cases DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery has been the means of saving life
when ven the ~family doctor" had
pronounced sentence of death.
NJ had been a great sufferer for several years,
and my family doctor said I would not be q liv.
ing man in two years. but, thank God, I am still
living" writes Mr.. George w. Trustow, of Lips
comb. ugusta Co., Va. wDr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery Is what saved my life. I had
heart trouble 20 bad that I could not lie on my
left side without . great deal Of pain. I was
nearly past work when I commenced your med
iciue, but / can do about as much work now as
any man. cannot say too much for the benefit
! have received"
Many diseases, named for the organs
affected, as "heart disease" vlung dis
ease" "liver complaint" ETC., are per-
tectly cured by DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery, which cures through the
stomach diseases which originate in the
stomach. =
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-20
THE VOICE OF X.
THE DEAD.
By Otto Gardner.

49, -- = - al HH -~ @
As I stepped outs Of the carriage that
had brought me frQeas Brompton station.
a damp, chill wind struck my face, like
q clammy and and sighed dismally away
drcm the branches Of the trees that grew
thick and lark above the east wing of the
old Bellville house. r could see it looming
up before me in ghostly solemnity, with
the dusk hanging about it k a pail
a strongly built, frame structure, with
two wings jutting out n ither side OF
the great central mass.
Gloomy and isolated enough. I thought
it. as l walked up the steps to the lark
veranda. I hesttated a moment, before
ringing the bell, on pretense of giving
some directions to the coachman, who
was lifting my modest runk down from
the box of the carriage, but in reality, that
] might gain time to conquer the feeling
CT disnlay and r~epugnance that had ta-
ken possession of me at sight of the
sponse to my summons, given reluctant
ly, at last a gaunt, sour-faced man serv-
ant appeared. ,
You are Miss ~Beauchamp," said he,
without waiting for me to announce my
errand; will you be so good as to come
to Mrs. Bellville at once; she wishes to
see YOU"
I followed him up the wide staircase
to the second story and in and out of
dimly lighted halls; and stood and
waited while he knocked at his mistress
door. A low voices said "Come in" and
standing solemnly aside for me to enter,
the man announced Miss Beauchamp,"
ard retired.
The only occupant of the room was a.
lady, whom ] at once OWNED was Mrs.
Bellville-who sat in an arm chair by
a table. A lamp burned beside her and
the volume she had been reading lay face
downward in her lap. She was still hand
scrne, though long past her first youth:
and her black crepe trimmed dress
heightened the effects of her dazzlingly
transparent skin, and the masses of white
hair that waved back from her brow.
Her eyes, which We're dark and strangely
luminous, seemed In their i%ntentness to
pierce into my very soul. She looked
delicate and the hand stretched out to
ave me to q. chair was thin and languid.
BE seated. If you please, Miss Beau
champ" she said in a voice of remark
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-20

the 10th day OF March, 1900.
~ Two O'Clock p. m. at the court room
of said court, in Silver Bow county.
montana, has been fixed for hearing the
petition of John q. Bender for an order
or the above entitled court authorizing
and directing the conveyance to him by
Shelby irvine, administrator of the es-
tate OF Anna p. Irvine, deceased, of lot
number eight. block number nine, Cam
mons addition to Spokane Falls, now
spokane, Washington, according to the
recorded plat thereof. when and where
any persons interested in said estate may
appear and contest said petition by filing
their objections in writing. and may be
neard, n may produce witnesses in
support Of their objections.
CLINTON CLARK,
(Seal) Clerk.
BY H. H. FARLIN,
Dpp1l+v Clerk.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-20
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

MINING APPLICATION NO. AHA,
United States Lard Office, Helena,
Montana, Feb. IA, 1900.
Notice is hereby given that William
w. Williams. whose postofice address
is Butte, Montana, has this day filed an
application for a patent for 1900 linear
feet, the same being for Is feet in an
easterly and LASS feet in a westerly direc-
ton from the point of discovery on the
Lillian Lode Mining Claim, situated in
Summit Valley (unorganized) Mining
District, Silver Bow County, Montana,
the position. course and extent of the
said mining claim. designated by an
official survey thereof. as Survey No.
579S, L. 3 NJ, r. 7 W., a notice of which
was posted on the claim on the 18th day
of February, 1900. n being more par
ticularly set forth and described in the
official field notes and plat thereof on file
I'm this office, as follows, to-wit: Begin
ming at the N. F.. corner, a granite stone
IN place 2Ox12x12 inches above ground,
marked 1878, with a cross (x) at corner
point for Corner No. l, witnessed by BEAR
ing objects. from which the initial poin.
No. 2, T. 3 NJ, r. Z w. bears N. 80 de-
grees 03 minutes, w. 1857 feet, and run
ming thence S. 76 degrees 30 minutes w.
800 feet; hence S. IA degrees w. GIG
feet; thence N. IS degrees so minutes ID.
l,5OO feet; thence N. IA degrees E.. 616
feet. to Corner No. 1. the place Of be-
ginning, containing an area of 1882 acres
claimed.
The location of this mine is recorded in
the office OF the Recorder of Silver Bow
County, on Page 1877. in Book ecu Of Lode
Records. The adjoining claim on the %.
Survey Nc. 574s, the Fanny Scott Lode,
William w. Williams applicant.
GEORGE d. GREENE.
Register.
N. j. BAKER. U. s. Claim Agent.
First Publication February 16, 1900.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-20
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Mining Application No. All. United
States Land Office, Helena, Montana.
January 25th. 1900.
Notice Is hereby given that Henry R.
Bartlett and Michael A. Donahue whose
postofice address Is Butte, Montana.
patent for 1478.5 linear feet, the same be-
Ing for 1886 feet in In easterly and 1142. S
feet in a westerly direction from the point
of discovery on the Spokane lode mining
claim, situated in unorganized mining
district Silver o and Jefferson coun-
ties. Montana. the position, course, and
extent. OF the said mining claim, desig-
mated by an official survey thereof, as
Gurvey No. 1901 township No. 3 N, range
No. Z W., a notice of which was posted on
the claim on the 18th day of January
1900. and being more particularly set forth
and described in the official field notes
n plat thereof on file in this office. as
follows, towit:
Beginning at corner No. I, a boulder In
place 24x12x12 inches above ground mark
ed 1-58O1 for corner No. / of this survey.
and witnessed by bearing rocks. from
which Initial Point No 2 established fer
surveys in fractional township 3 N range
w. bears north S6 degrees So minutes w
3816.5 feet; running thence N. "a degrees
OF minutes e. 147S.5 feet to corner No. 2:
thence S. II degrees IS minutes w 1858 feet
to corner No. 3; thence s "a degrees OF
minutes w 1478.5 feet to corner No. A;
thence N II degrees IS minutes r 1863 feet
to corner No. l the place of beginning, con-
tanning an area of H. "a acres, from which
t4.40 acres in conflict with survey numbers
1870 and 574S are excluded and not claim
ed. leaving 7.H acres claimed by appli-
cants.
The location Of this mine il recorded In
the ONCE OF the recorder Of Silver Bow
and Jefferson counties. on age 22s and
0KS To- A>~v ID - NJ EAI
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-20
MINING APPLICATION NO. ATS U. S.
Land Office, Helena. Montana, Feb. Ia.

MINING NO. ATS U. s..
Land Once, Helena. Montana, Feb. Ia.
1900.
Notice is hereby given that James
WEIGH. whose post office address is Butte,
Montana, has this day filed his applica
ton for a patent for 1853. 81 acres Of the
WEIGH Placer Mining claim, upon which
a notice of intention to apply for a pat
emit was posted on the 18th day of Janu-
airy. A. D. 1900, situated In an inorganic
ed mining district. Jefferson county.
state OF Montana, designated as Survey
NO. $500, In unsurveyed T. 2. N of r, 6
W., and being more particularly describ-
ed as follows, Notwithstanding at the
N. e. corner a granite stone set in the
ground, witnessed by bearing rocks, and
marked 1850 for corner No. l, and from
which U. s. location No. $500.
T. 2 H.. r. 6 w. bears S. Is degrees 10
minutes w. SOL feet and running thence
5. 81 degrees Oh minutes w. 400 feet,
feet, thence N. So degrees 03 minutes w.
2 1894 feet, thence N. 6 degrees IS minutes
W. 1,12S feet, thence N. 81 degrees 03 min
utes p. 800 feet, thence 8. 50 degrees OF
minutes e. 1880 feet, to the place Of be-
ginning, containing an area of 159. 81 acres
claimed by the above named applicant.
The certificate OF location Of this claim
Is of record in the office of the recorder
of Jefferson county, state of Montana. In
book IN" of placers on page ia.
The adjoining claims to premises are
GEORGE D. GREENE.
Register.
Attorney for Applicant.
First publication. February ls, 1900.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-20

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
second judicial district. OF the state Of
Montana. in and for the county OF Sill
YER Bow.
Irvine, deceased.
Notice Of time and place set for hear
Ing petition for conveyanoe Of real estate.
Pursuant 10 an order of the above en-
titled court made on the 9th day of Feb
ruary, 1900. notice il hereby given, that
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-20
CAPE NOME.

II you are going and want to get there
on one Of the frst boats from Seattle.
you should secure your steamship accom-
modations at once; this can be arranged
through us as we represent all the first
class Seattle lines m have secured a
limited number of berths. For full par
tlculars call At the Northern Pacific, city
ticket office, corner Park and Main
streets. CT write to W. II Merrlman,
general agent. Butte. Mont.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-03
CHARGES AGAINST MIR. HOLLY.

The Western Branch School Board
held meeting yesterday at the court
house to hear n charge of mismanage-
ment against ]. w. Holly, principal of
the Bowers Hill school. The meeting
was presided over by Mr.. G. A. Jones.
Mr.. George w. Lindsay acted as secre-
tary.
The charge was preferred by the pa
rents OF the children who attend the
school, and was that the said Holly
failed to be at school ut the hour for
opening, but came at an irregular hour,
and would dismiss school at any time
ne saw fit. The charges were denied
by Mr.. Holly. but were sustained by
his assistant. who Is a lady. The board,
after hearing all the testimony. decided
to postpone action until they could visit
the school and learn for themselves how
1t was managed
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-03
PRESENTED WITH A CANE.

Mr.. John A. Codd. the popular su-
pervisor OF Western Branch Magisterial
District OF Norfolk county. was agree
ably surprised at his residence last
night by the invasion of his friends,
bent on mission of love.
-Ihn- party,--of- gnntlannan-carried with
them magnificent gold-headed cane,
bearing an appropriate inscription,
which they presented to Mr.. Codd
through one of their number. in terms
applicable to such a pleasant occa-
sion.
Mr.. Codd responded in speech ALL
cd with appreciation and words of
good cheer, and said that he would
ever rcmeber the donors and their gift
with that feeling which makes life
all the better and brighter. and which
lightcns the burdens of life to the ex-
tent that men can more fully appre.
ciate the ties which bind them closer
together in the great brotherhood OF
man,
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-03
cARpENTERs oRGAN1zE.

The carpenters and joiners of Ports
mouth and Norfolk county will hold
meeting tonight at o'clock at the
Boilermakers' and Iron Shipbuilders'
Hail, corner Fourth and Lincoln
streets. for the purpose OF organizing a
branch of the Brotherhood of Carpen-
tiers and Joiners' Union of America.
This organization has made very rapid
strides in Virginia in the past few
months, and bids Jnir to soon have
every available man within it's ranks.
Speakers from the Norfolk Carpen-
tiers, the Central Labor Union of Nor
folk, Portsmouth and vicinity, and
from the State Federation of Labor
will address the meeting, and an invi-
tation to be present is extended to all
carpenters and joiners.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-03
THE CONGRESSIONAL FIGHT.
Mr.. Chas. T. Bland Referred to in Very
Complimentary Terms.

Mr.. Chas. T. Bland Referred to in Very
Complimentary Terms.
The following item referring to Ports
mouths representative in the General
Assembly is taken from last Fridays
issue of 1.-THE News and Review" pub
lished at Pulaski, Va:
There will be a spirited fight for
the Democratic nomination for Con-
gress in the Second Congressional Dis
trct next fall. there being two pros
pective candidates in the Legislature
Senator Stands, of Southampton, who
defeated ex-senator Boykin, the regu-
lar nominee. who is knocking for ad-
mission to the Democratic caucus, and
Hon. Chas. T. Bland. of Portsmouth,
who Is serving his third term in the
House of Delegates from Portsmouth
and 1t is safe TO say that the fellow
who beats him for the nomination will
have to hustle. for he is a wide-awake,
clear-headed fellow who looks after
the interests of his constituents to the
smallest detail, and can always be
found championing the peoples cause
against monopoly and oppression. Mr..
Bland Is newspaper man of ripe ex-
perience, and is a representative Of the
Norfolk VirginiHn-Pilot, a ready writ
err and one of the most fluent and able
debaters of the House.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-03

right to hold the office until such time
as the Council should elect permanent
man. He did not understand that Mr..
Slater had been employed at salary,
but that the Council would remunerate
him for his services after q regular
clerk was elected, but he did not care
to express himself in regard to that
matter at this meeting. To be regular
clerk, he could not have the right to
hold any other oMSe.
BETTER TO RESIGN FROM COUN-
GIL.
Mr.. Montague asked II Mr.. Slater
would not be required to give bond.
The clerk having resigned. was he not
then the regular clerk, being elected for
two months? He said he could not say
at this time, but he thought it would
be better for Mr.. Slater to resign from
the Council, as he could not qualify I'M
til after he had resigned; that he could
not Qualify and still be Councilman.
He thought it would be better to ap-
point clerk at each meeting, and not
to elect him for any specified time. Mr..
Slater spoke for some time upon the
position he occupied, and said he did
not want to hold all the paid Offices, as
suggested by the newspapers. He was
ready to get out of the clerkship If
the Council so desired
Mr.. Montague moved that the City
Attorney be instructed to give a writ
ten opinion in regard to Mr. Slater's
position at the next meeting of the
Council.
MR.. SKATERS AMENDMENT.
Mr.. Slater amended SO as to add that
the attorney also be Instructed to re-
port whether it is legal for Mr.. Mon
tague to be employed by the ferry and
be a member Of the Ferry Commit
tee.
Mr.. Brown moved that the whole
liter be laid on thu table ind finite v.
which was adapted by vote of 8 TO 6
Mr.. Reed moved that the Ferry Com
mittee be instructed to employ addi-
ticnal counsel to assist the attorney In
the suit of Gill e Thomas against the
city for $4,000. Adopted.
SECURITY OF THE JAIL.
Mr.. Reed moved that the Public
Property Committee be instructed to
look into the security of the Jail and
see what is necessary to be done.
Adopted
A communication from the Mayor
was read, stating that the office of Po-
lice Commissioners expired on Deem err
31st, and asked that their successors be
elected.
Mr.. Reed moved that the Council go
into the election of commissioners.
DR.. L. A. B lisoly was reelected from
the First Ward; w. c. Corb tt Second
Ward; ]. w. Johnson. Third Ward: r.
Il. Taylor Fourth Ward and James o.
Shannon from the Fifth Ward.
An application was read from George
r. Atkinson to be relieved of rent of
stall in the market for six months on
account of falling health. Referred
to Finance Committee.
Mr.. Reynolds moved that the Council
adopt resolution requiring all per-
sons to have their bills in the Auditor
office by O'Clock of the day that the
Council meets, otherwise they will not
be acted on.
A letter was read from the trustees Of
Central Church Offering to sell their
church to the city for public building
No action.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-03

For cold in head. Capudine is n
speedy. safe remedy; also for all aches.
Is and Zoe. at druggists,
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-01-03
MARRIED SUNDAY NIGHT.

Sunday night at o'clock in ST
Pauls Catholic Chapel, by the Rev
Father Thomas ]. Brady, Mr. Jas
Patrick McCarris and Miss Mary E
Nolan were married.
Captain Julian Il. Pace was best
man and Miss Mary Bullock brides
maid. ~ reception followed mt the
residence 4o7 Third street, from 7SC
to 10 o'clock