Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-09
FIRE
WAREHOUSE CALLS OUT FIRE.
MEN TWICE.
IS A RECORD PRICE FOR WOOL
Returned Chinese Missionary in the
City-nteresting Account Of
e. the Boxers.
Billings, Mont, August

Billings, Mont, August Z.
A lire was discovered Last night about
O'CLOCK In one Of Yegen Bros. ware
houses on the Northern Pacific right-of-
way on South Twenty sixth street.
When discovered the fire had gained
considerable Roadway and 1t took quite
an eHor on the part of the fire depart
ment to extinguish it, as the building,
Deing or corrugated iron, was a hard one
TO work at. The fire is supposed to have
oeen started by a spark from the switch
engine. AT 8 o'clock this morning the
pullolng caught fire again. 1t being pre-
sumed that a smOudering ember was the
cause. The building contained binding
Irvine, sacks, Implements, stoves wire
n heavy hardware. The loss will
amount to several thousand dollars, fully
covered by insurance.
Rev. G. j. Anderson and wife are In
city visiting the latter's sister, Mrs.
Haserman. Rev. Mr.. Anderson is a
chinese missionary of the Scandinavian
Alliance Mission, having BEEN located at
81 Ngan, the old capital of China. in the
province of Shangsi. for nearly ten
years. They are now in this country on
a years vacation and after stopping in
Billings for a couple of weeks will go to
Minnesota n Nebraska for a visit to
relatives. When they left ST Ngan on
on the fifth day of last May they had
not heard of the rebellion in China, nor
did they learn of it until they reached
the open port of Ha Koe, where they
took the steamer for Shanghai. Here
they found no trouble. out there were
rumors of every kind. Thousands upon
thousands of Cinnamon were leaving
Shanghai for Ming Pc as they antici-
pated trouble in the former city. Days
had been appointed on which it was IN
derstood hi missions We're to be de-
stroyed, but Rev. Anderson said that up
to July 1, the time he sailed from Shang-
hal, there a been no trouble. Rev.
Anderson defines the ''boxers'' as a sect
or secret society. which has been in ex-
istence for years, but has Just lately
been brave enough to cause an open re-
the foreigners, n not only the mis-
~sionaries, as they hate all foreigners,
through whom they do not wish to be-
come enlightened. Speaking Of the u
Of the rebellion, Rev. Anderson said,
that as far as he could learn, it was
caused by h entrance Of railroads into
China more than anything else. As
everyone knows, h Chinese are the
most superstitious people in the world.
Since the coming of the railroad they
have looked Upon it as a great evil. It
has leveled off and desecrated the graves
of their dead, and the noise cause by 1t
has made the Chinese feel that 1t will
arouse their ancestors. The first out
breaks of the boxer movement occurred
at the railway stations. When asked
whether the Chinese government was
not behind the rebellion, Rev. Anderson
replied that there was no doubt but
it was. If the Chinese government so
desired it could suppress the trouble in
short order. Rev. Anderson says that
the Chinese have made remarkable pro-
firess In their military department since
the great war with the Japanese only a
few years gao. Since that time they
have become quite proficient in hoot-
ing and drilling, something they were
lacking in, before. Rev. Anderson thinks
that the allied powers contemplate di-
viding the Chinese empire and he will
regret to see it, as he is of the opinion
that more trouble is likely to occur in
the event of such action. When ques-
toned as to his work in China, the rev.
erned gentleman stated that during his
stay there he had met with fairly good
success. When he went to 81 Ngan no
missionary work had been done there
except by the Catholics, and there was
no protestant mission there. Now there
are over twenty missions in and around
there. Rev. Anderson has kindly con-
sented to occupy the pulpit In the M. E.
church next Sunday evening and will
speak of his work and experiences in
China.
The wool market has begun to pick up
a little in the matter Of price. For a
few days last week the market was
rather sluggish, and what was done was
at only fair prices. Yesterday it opened
much better and closed today at a good
price. Better than Is cents was paid for
several clips yesterday, with 16 IL cents
offered for one clip, but refused The
latter offer was on John Schroeder's
clip of So, 900. He was first bid 16 cents
and refusing, was offered 16 IL cents
by one buyer. but refused this. His wool
is OF fine quality and by holding it a few
days he will probably realize II cents,
or even better. Sixteen cents was paid
for a clip today. Over 10000 900 pounds
have been shipped from Billings so far
this season and there are still over 2,000,-
600 pounds on hand with over 500,0 600 at
least to still arrive here. The buyers
think that the season will close In al
most ten days, when they will return to
their eastern homes. Most of them ave
been In the west, ince about the first of
April and they viii be glad when the
market closes. They all go to Big Tim
Der on a special train tomorrow morn