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CRONJE NOT YET SUBDUED
HIS TERRIBLE COURAGE CAUSES
 ADMIRATION IN ENGLAND.

No One Can See How 1t is Possible for
 Him to Resist so Long-Latcst News
 from Correspondent Says the Boer
 Laager Was in Flames When He Left
 --Cronje's Wife Urges Him to surren-
 'der-Boer Main Army Said to Have
 Fled from Natnl-BuIler's Advance.
 London, Feb. 24 4:15 a. m.-Mr. Bal four announced in the house of com- mons at 12:3O this morning that no fur ther news regarding General Cronje had been received by the government. He had sent tothe war office during the hour and he asserted that nothing had come to hand there. This bore out the state ment of the war office given an hour be- fore that it had no news to give out. General Cronje, therefore is presumably still unbeaten. No other construction is placed on the three days silence of Lord Roberts.
 Yet no one sees how it is humanly possible, judging from the description of his situation Wednesday, for him to resist so long. Great Britain does not withhold admiration for the valor of a losing fight against such odds. Eng lishmen feel something like pride in Cronje, even as a foe," says the Daily ? Mail. "In a position covering only a square mile, hemmed in on all sides cir cled with chain of men and howitzers, played on by deadly lyddte, bursting ip it's own sickly green light, his has, tily built trenches enfiladed by stream of lead sweeping down the river from the north bank, General Cronje still elects to fight. It is a magnifi- cent courage"
 General Cronje's wife is described by the prisoners as urging him to surren- der in order to save the lives of his men, but he would not.
 The British cavalry patrols sent by Lord Methuen north of Kimberley dis covered the Boers concentrating wheth- CT for .tffense or defense is simply con- jectured The Boers seem to be retiring from General Gatacre's front at Sterk- strom in order to reinforce the Free Staters.
 Ladysmith had not been relieved when inc latest news leet Nutal two days | ago. The Boers had then retired half | way between Ladysmith ana Colenso. If only six thousand went to the Free State, as both the Boer and the British ! accounts asesrt, the 12,G00 who are left l may purpose to maintain the siege and | to resist General Butler within con- tracted lines, although the impression at General Buffers headquarters is that the Boers are merely covering a | retreat.
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Hotel Destroyed.

Birmingham, Ala, Feb. 23.--The ex- plosion of a gasoline stove in the base ment of the Metropolitan hotel to-day was followed by a fire which burned that building and the Hewlett block ad- joining causing loss of about $160,000. The insurance amounts to about three- fourths of the loss. A number of guests in the Metropolitan narrowly escaped, some having to be lowered from their rooms by ropes.
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METHUEN 1T KIMBERLEl.

Arrived There Tuesdny-No More Slt ge
 Soup-G4 Boer Prisoners,
 Kimberley, Thursday, Feb. 22.--Lord Methuen arrived here Tuesday. He will act as administrator of the Kimberley district extending seuthward to the Orange river. Colonel Kekewich will remain in command of the local forces The issue of siege soup ceases to-day There are siXty-four Boer prisoners here.
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THE FININCI4L BILL.
Conferees Agree-Esimetnl1tc amend-
 mend is Rotatmed.

Washington, Feb. 23-The conferees on the financial bill have agreed and the report will be submitted to the sen- ate to-day. The bimetallic amendment and the refunding provision, which were the two points remaining open were retained in the final bill, but the language was modified to meet the de- sires of the house conferees. At 3.25 D. m., MT. Aldrich presented the confer ence report on the financial bill to the senate
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Aoed TIau Killed

South Norwalk, Feb. 23.-Barney Me Gill aged seventv-four years, was found dead along side the railroad tracks between Darien and Noroton early this morning, having evidently been struck by train during the night. McGill was an inmate of Fitch's Sol diers' Home, coming from Bridgeport, where he had resided for some time. The body was taken in charge by Un- -dertaker Rirchard.
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Bitten by Hattlesnakc,

Hartford, Feb. 23.-Eugene Smith proprietor of the Klondike saloon at 1SS Front street, has two rattlesnakes in captivity. Two patrons, known as Louis and Frank, were bittle by the reptiles early this afternoon. Louis was bitten on the wrist and Frank on the hand They were taken to the Hartford hospital in the ambulance. The chances for Louis recovery are slim.
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BRITISH NAVAL ESTIMATES
TOTAL OF 5e25,552 ,60O
 REACHED FOR 1000-19O1.
Incrense of 220 Officers, 4,O2O Men and Several New ships Provided For-Ne- gotiations for Reserve Fleet in Canada Wireless Telegraphy success- fully Tried-Reseryo Stocks of Coal to he Added To.
be A dded To,

London, Feb. 23.-The naval estimates for 19OO-19O1 total G27 7,552,60O, an in crease of s92S, 100, providing for an in- crease of 220 officers and 4,020 men for new service. Several new ships are pro- vided for. Negotiations, it is added, are in progress for the formation of a na- val reserve in Canada, the difficulty created by the present war making this necessary.
 Ot the 10S destroyers, the turbiner Vipers preliminary trial reached thirty five knots. Exhaustive experiments will be made with her as great importance attaches to her novel system of propul- sion.
 The Marconi system of wireless tel egraphy was tried in the naval man. ouevres and proved very successful. AS long as only one ship was signalling the signals were successful for sixty miles. Negotiations are ill progress between the government and Marconi, but the terms are not decided.
 The arrangements in connection with the coaling of the fleet have received consideration and steps will be taken to increase the reserve stocks at coaling stations. The experiments are in prog ress with the object of selecting pat ent fuel suitable as q special reserve for the more distant stations. Efforts will also be made to secure local coal at the colonial stations, when it is shown that it is suitable in quality and price.
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BOERS ESCAPE WITH c UN.
The 100-Pountler Which British Cnv-
 nlry Were Sent tO Captmre.

London, Feb. 25.-The Daily Chronicle has the following dispatch from Kim berley, dated Wednesday, February 21:
 Cavalry patrole that went north to capture the Boer one-hundred- -pounder report that the weapon has been taken
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New Britain Man Assigns.

Hartford, Feb 23.-William H. Car penter of New Britain to-day filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the United States district court His lia- bilities are $10, ,09768, consisting of un- secured claims, with no assets.
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Bocr Laager i'm Flames.

London, Feb 24.4-The correspondent of the Daily News telegraphing from Modder River Thursday morning says
 "As I left Koodoos Rand a heavy shell and rifle fire was in progress. The Boer laager was a mass of flames and the Boers were seen making shelter in the trenches. General Cronje's wife, according to some of the prisoners, is urging him to surrender. Too much stress cannot be laid upon the import ance of sending cargoes of horses for remounts. The necessity of rapid move ment, which was grasped by Lord Rob-
 erts, had altered the whole campaign"
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SITUATION IN NATAL.
Report That Main Boer Army Has Fled
 --BuiIer Fighting.

Chieveley, Thursday, Feb. 22.-The main body of the Boers has fled, evil dently with the object of stemming the tide of Lord Roberts.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-24

The Daily News assumes that the foregoing dispatch refers to Wednesday morning. More likely, however, it re- fers to Tuesday.
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Complete Earlier Anglo Boer War Advices
 on Page 3.l
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-16
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

Combination Mining and Milling COM
pany, location Of principal place Of busi-
ness and works. Combination, Granite
county, Montana.
Combination, Feb. I'd, 1900.
Notice is hereby given that at a special
meeting of the board of directors or trus-
tees Of the Combination Mining and Mill
ing company, held at the Office Of the
company in the town Of Combination
county of Granite. state Of Montana, on
the first day of February. A. d. 1900, az
assessment OF ten (10) cents per share
was levied upon the capital stock Of said
corporation, payable on or before Satur-
day, March Sd, A. D. 1900, in lawful
money Of the United States. to Jesse b.
Melior. secretary Of said company. at Its
office in the city OF st. Louis. Missouri, In
room No. COS Security building. or to
Werner Ziegler. assistant secretary OF
said company. at Bi-MeLatlic, near fhil-
ipsburg, Granite county, Montana.
Any stock upon which this assessment
shall remain unpaid on the fifth day of
March. A. D. 1900. will be delinquent and
advertised for sale at public auction. and
unless payment, Is made before. will be
sold on Saturday. the twenty-tourth day
Of March. A. D. 1900. at the front door OF
the court house in the town Of Philips
burg. Granite county. Montana, to q
the delinquent assessment. together with
cost Of advertising n expenses OF sale.
BY order Of the board Of trustees.
JESSE B. AELLOR,
- Secretary.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-16

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
second judicial district. OF the state Of
Montana, in and for the county of Sill
yer Bow.
In the matter of the estate of Anna E.
Irvine. deceased.
Notice Of time n place set for hear
ing petition for conveyance Of real estate.
Pursuant to an order of the above en-
titled court made On the 9th day of Feb
ruary. 1900. notice is hereby given, that
Saturday the 10th day Of March, 1900.
at 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
of the above entitled court authorizing
and directing the conveyance to him by
Shelby Irvine, administrator OF the es-
tate of Anna r. Irvine, deceased, Of lot
number eight, block number nine, Can
non's 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
heard and may produce witnesses in
support Of their objections.
CLINTON CLARK.
(SeaD Clerk.
BY H. II. FARLIN.
/. Deputy Clerk.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-16
PROGRESS OF THE
PASSING CENTURY.

When one gives q moment to the con-
templation OF h wonders that have
been achieved by human inventors dur
fng the hundred years that have con-
stbtuted the nineteenth century, the
MIN naturally reverts to the telephone
and telegraph, for. OF ali the Inventions
few rave been of more Importance to
the world. The progress in the matter
Of material speed has been immense; but
1ow much greater has been the increase
On the speed In thought!
One hundred years ago the means of
communication between persons was
limited to the crudest form of small serv-
ice. Even benny postage was not in
land Hill introduced That system in
England, Inc prior to that time the
charge of postage was so large as prac-
tically to restrict Letter writing. Sudden
were wonderful uses to which electricity
could be put. n from that day the art
of communication has progressed by
leaps and bounds
1t was in 1887 that Morse gave his first
model of the present day telegraph in
affair enough. The electromagnetic
used in its operation. weighed more than
one hundred and eighty pounds, the In
ventor being under the delusion that the
wire uSeu III WIHllIl6 ulCIH HIuSl NC VI
the same size, as that of the line itself.
The story of the difficulties that beset
Morse in his efforts to persuade congress
to appropriate SIC. 900 to enable him to
construct a trial line is a matter of ma
tional history. People laughed at the in
vention and they declared the inventor
crazy. s -
The idea. that space could be annihil-
ated in such q way was too preposterous
to be- credited for An instant. In spite
Of all these acknowledgements. however, the
inventor persevered in his work, and in
1874 the first message, what hath God
wrought?" was flashed over the wire from
Baltimore to Washington. The: inventor
had triumphed aud this advancement. of
the human race vas made possible.
THE TELEGRAPH.
Although the first telegraph instru-
ment was, comparatively speaking, a
success. the present hne-wired, compact
and portable electromagnetic. weighing
less than a, pound, had not been dreamed
of. When the first line was opened 1t was
with a primitive system of combined err
cults, but in 1S48 the idea Of short cir
cults n relays began to be developed.
Some idea of the immense growth Of
the Geographic industry during the
past half century can be gathered from
the fact that the receipts Of the first
line for the rear 1916 were $4,22S.7 n,
whereas today the Western Union com
pany alone does a business of some $780,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-16
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Mining Application No. 4171. United
States Land Office, Helena, Montana,
January 25th, 1900.
Notice is hereby given that Henry r.
Bartlett and Michael A. Donahue whose
postoffice address is Butte, Montana.
have this day filed an application for q
patent for 147S.5 linear feet, the same be-
ing for 336 feet in an easterly and 1142.5
feet In a westerly direction from the point
of discovery on the Spokane lode mining
claim, situated in unorganized mining
district Silver Bow and Jefferson coun-
ties, Montana. the position, course, and
extent. Of the said mining claim, desig-
mated by an official survey thereof, as
survey 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
and 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 l-5SO1 for corner No. / of this survey,
witnessed by bearing rocks. from
which Initial Point No.. 2 established fc.
surveys in fractional township 8 N.,range
Z W. bears north 36 degrees So minutes w
SS16.5 feet; running thence N. "a degrees
% minutes e, 147S.5 feet to corner No. 3;
thence 8. IL degrees 45 minutes w 1858 feet
to corner No. 3; thence 8 "a degrees OF
minutes w. 1852 feet to corner No. 1;
thence N II degrees As minutes E 1888 feet
to corner No. ! the place of beginning, con.
tanning an area Of II. "a acres, from which
40 acres in conflict with survey numbers
1870 and 5748 are excluded and not claim
ed, leaving IA acres claimed by appli-
cants.
The location Of this mine is recorded in
the office of the recorder Of Silver Bow
and Jefferson counties. on pages 229 and
65 In books p n q of IOdea.
The adjoining claim on the north is sur
vey No. 2819. Mary Ellen Lode. James W.
Murphy ct al applicants; on the northwest
Is survey No. 5722. Josephine Lode and on
Lode, James Mcbride applicant for both.
GEORGE d. GREENE,
go y Register.
JOS. H. HARPER,
u. S. Claim Agent.
First publication Jan. "a. 1900.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-16
EMMA NEVADA MINING AND MIxx.
ING COMPANY. ROOM 30,
SILVER BOW BLOCK.

Notice is hereby given that at a meet
ing Of the directors held on the SOth 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 10th day Of March, 1900. to
the secretary and treasurer of the COM
pany, at Room 80, Silver bow block,
Butte, Montana,
Any stock upon which the assessment
shall remain unpaid, on the 18th Gay Of
March, will be delinquent, and adver-
tised for sale at public auction, and UNI
less payment is made before, will be sold
on the .st 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, 1900-02-16
REWARD.

: The undersigned win pay The sun OF
twenty-five hundred dollars ($2. 500. COZ to
dersigned with Information which viii
lead to the detection and conviction OF
any person or persons or corporations
who have heretofore or may hereafter
trespass upon and extract and remove
ores or minerals from any Of the UNDER
ground workings beneath the surface OF
those portions of the Michael Dewitt lode
claim, which are included within injunc-
tons issued by the state or United States
courts Of Montana.
BUTTE AND BOSTON CONSOLIDATED
MINING COMPANY.
Ey {. S. Batterman. Asst Stunt.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-16
lntimatiOn That Came From
Great Britain.
GERMANY TO BE in IT
Officials at Washington Will Not Dis
cuss the Speech Made by Rosebery
Answer to Statements Of Ex-
consul Macrum.

New York, Feb. ia special to the
Fl .rald from Washington says: Adminis-
tration officials are circumspect in dis
GUESSING the statement made by Lord
Rosebery that Great Britain In Decem-
Der approached the United States AMI
Germany In regard to the advisability of
forming an alliance. It ia understood,
however, that Mtimations were conveyed
to this government by the British au-
thorities Of their desire that the relations
between the " governments S 'uld be
closer and in the. nature Of a pact, but
the administration turned a deaf ear
and made In plain that the United States
could no abandon its policy of non-en-
tanglement in European affairs. 1t is
stated that the overtures We're not in the
form OF formal suggestions but even If
they had it Is unlikely that they would
have met with a cordial response from
the president. 1 r~
Considerable curiosity has been awak-
ened as to Lord Rosebery's reason for
making public h fact of Great Britain's
desire to enter into an atllance with the
United States and Germany and the
steps she took to that end. 1t is thought
by some that h statement was deter
mined upon by the British cabinet as an
answer to Mr.. Macrum's statement that
ne did not know that an, alliance ex-
Great Britain and to dispose OF the
charges made by Observation-Disclosures
politicians that such an alliance does in
fact exist. The suggestion that such a
statement be made certainly did not
come from Washington.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-16
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To ]. w. oberman. and yoar heirs ana
assigns:
You are hereby notified that I have cx-
pended the sum OF one hundred dollars in
labor and improvements. upon the Rack
arock lode mining claim, situate In the
Camp Creek mining district. Silver Bow
county. Montana, in order to hold the
said premises. to-wit: Fifty dollars dur.
ing the year 1873! and fifty dollars during
the year 1899. said work being annual
assessment work and being done under
section 1924 revised statutes of the United
States, and for the yea ending Decem-
Der 3lst. 1899. and being your share there
of.
And II within ninety days from the
service Of this notice upon you Cor With
In ninety days after this notice by publ.
cation) you fail or refuse to contribute
your said proportion Of the total amount
SO expended by me to-wit: Two hundred
dollars. your portion being the sum of
one hundred dollars, aforesaid, as CO.
owner to the extent of one-half Of said
expenditure. your interest In said claim
will become the property of the sub
scriber. you co-owner, under said sec.
ton 1924 revised statutes Of the United
States.
WALLACE M. L. DERNIE.
Dated at Butte. Mont. January 10. 1900.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-16
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

''The Dutch Reformed Church of the
Transvaal." says The Rochester Post
Express sis divided into three denom-
nations. the Dopper Kerke. h Erform-
de Kerke. and the Gereformeerde Kerke.
The government Of all three churches
closely resemble the Presbyterian in form.
President Kruger belongs to h Dopper
Kerke. the adherents of which include
many Of the oldest and most influential
families Of the republics. The character
istic of this sect is It's excessive conserva-
tism. The services are very plain in
form. There is no music ave the sing
ing of the Psalms. and Sunday is observ-
ed with very great strictness. The Err
fOrnlde Kerke is q direct contrast to the
Dopper Kerke, and holds by far the most
Authoritarian. doctrine to be met with In,
the Transvaal. General Jouhert belongs
to the G-eFefOr1neerde Kerke, which has
the largest rOll-of membership. The Rev
w. ]. Underwood, who lived for. ten years
among the Beers, states that SO per cent
of the nation belongs to n OF these three
sections: No Boer can be married unless
already enrolled In the church. This. Ms
doubt, accountssfor the fact that theaoBoer.
offers some perplexing contradictions to
the student Of morals. !" .
IL rains q great deal In the Puget
Sound country" says a. man from that
part OF b union in. ".The Washington
land I heard a funny incident not
long g about it. Some chap had COME
from the Mississippi valley to take up his
residence at Watcom, on Bell:ngham Bay
where there are very high tides. Whefi
the boat landed him at the end Of the long
pier extending over the tide flats the wat
er was low, and the new man didn't no.
tice anything but a wide stretch Of sand
between the boat and the town. It was
IN the evening, about dark, and was rain
ing, and he went to the hotel ON the front
street and stayed there, going to bed
without having gone out for a walk. The
next morning when he got up he looked
out. and the tide was in, the water COM
ing up close to the hotel. He gazed at the
widespread waters for an instant. and.
throwing up his hands in establishment.
ne exclaimed: Gee whiz! but it must have
ra.ned hard last night
he hurried downstairs 10 the Of
flee to find out If there was any danger
from the food, but the clerk smiled eo;1r
or five times and gave him some much.
needed information"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-16
Fate OF Three American
Soldiers in Philippines.
REMAINED BEHIND
When Their Company Moved and Were
Captured by the Rebels and Their
Pate Was a Most Shocking OneTa
Were Massachusetts, Men. 8

Boston, Feb. 16.-A dispatch from Iloiloi
to the Globe says: Three Massac husetts
soldiers of the Twenty-sixth regiment
U: 8. ". have been tortured to death by,
Insurgents. The men were Dennis
Hayes, Vim. Dugan and Michael TrAceye
privates of Comapny F. under Captain
VIM. M, TutherIy. They remained be-
hind the column at Baliuag last Novem-
Der to get q tuba and refused to- accom-
pany h corporal sent by Captain Tuth-
erly to bring them along. They were
captured by the insurgents hanging on
the rea Of the column and were cruelty
tortured and murdered by the rebels in
the public plaza at Baliuag, the action
being c~ountenanced by the Spanish
priest. The padre has since left his par
ish for the country. a~