Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-16
TO ATTACK CITY ON MONDAY,

er fortune.
TO ATTACK CITY ON MONDAY.
Remey Sends Word of Brilliant
Progress Of Armies.
Washington, August 1e.-The navy de-
partment has made public the following
dispatch from Admiral Remey:
Taku, August 13.-Front unheard from
since the 11th Lieutenant Latmer is on
Chaffee's staff expressly to furnish me au-
Chow on the 18th and would attack Pekin
today. (SigneD
CONDENSED TELEGRAMs.
Missoula has a golf club. with preacher,
Rev. c. H. Linley, as president
Three men were arrested at Bingham,
Utah, for counterfeiting, and have been
taken to Salt Lake.
Thomas spicht, democrat. was elected to
trict of Mississippi.
Smallpox has broken out at Houghton,
Mich, and many cases have been reported.
Fortunately the disease Is in a mild form.
Two hundred and fifty German marines
and 100 Austrians have gone from the war
ships at Taku to reinforce the allied armies
at the front
A fierce gale in the Cape Nome country
wrecked quite number of vessels. which
were driven ashore. So far as reported, no
lives were lost .
Word from Pekin says that Prince Tuan
is beheading everybody who in any way
with or provisions the im-
prisoned legations.
The state board of pardons has approved
the action of the governor In pardoning J.
NJ Mcdonald of Yellowstone county, sent
up for life for murder.
Morris Brennan is under arrest at ST.
Louis charged with being one of the men
concerned In the blowing up of the street
cars a few weeks ago. He has been posi-
lively identified.
Eli Frank formerly Victoria merchant,
went to Dawson to collect an account OF
several hundred dollars for another firm.
He got the money, but disappeared, and
the police are after him.
The Vancouver city council Is taking ac-
ton on the charges of blaekmail brought
by the chief of police against two of the
city detectives, who have been holding up
Cinnamon and other people of the town.
The town of Columbia, B. c., was almost
entirely destroyed by fire yesterday. There
was no fire protection and the citizens were
helpless In the face of the strong wind then
blowing. There were about 500 inha btants
in the town.
The failure to find enough gold for all
has resulted in veritable reign of terror
1tnvv Grac
with robbery the ultimate object. while
burglars, pickpockets and thieves of all
kinds are having gala day of crime. It
Is likely to end in a wholesale lynching of
the marauders.
Preparations being made for the Ameri.
can troops in China include everything
needful for winter campaign. Woolen
clothing, field stoves. and all kinds Of cold
weather supplies are being sent, or made
ready, before the freezing over of the Pc
Chi LII bay ,on which they are dependent
for shipping. The bay usually freezes over
about the first of November.
The war department has made public
some of the correspondence captured in
the Philippines few months ago. Among
the letters Is one from a Dr. Montague
Laverson of Brooklyn in which he ad-
yises his correspondent. one G. Apacible to
bring about the capture of some American
official and try him before council OF
war for piracy.
The Monterey, the monitor which Is to
be sent to Canton to replace the Don Juan
de Austria. which has been doing duty
there. is armed with two Pinch and two
lO-inch rifles, besides several smaller Ones
She Is perhaps the most powerful ship
afoat because of her heavy guns and her
practical invulnerability. The Chinese ex-
pect to fire on her If she goes to the pro-
posed place.
The terrible wreck at Grand Rapids was
caused by the negligence of tfA telegraph
operator at Mill Rock. who failed to give
the train men their orders Both trains
We're going at full speed when the collision
occurred land total smash-up was the re-
suit. Fortunately the one train had three