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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-23

Since then Lincoln, Bald Butte and
Granite Butte precincts have been added
to Lewis and Clarke county.
The total vote of some of the other off,
GERS was as follows:
Congressman
N1afSHall- Nep.) ...........s .......s.. ITO
hogan uuS1on) $500. 1526
Campbell (dem.) ........ .5I7S
Chief Justice
Rrantly %(fusion) ...... .2273
femberton tdem.) ....... ......... .......zeoo
Representatives
fitzpatrick (dem.) .... . .3445
AylesWorth Uep.) ........... ..............l2SS
The highest vote received by any county
officer was 1874 votes to County Clerk NJ.
Martin (dem.) over j. J. Ryan. who re-
ceived 1,429.
The smallest vote received was Lass, by
D. A. Speaker, republican candidate for
public administrator. who was defeated ~
the present ncumben Judge Batterton of
Deer Lodge, by a vote of STA.
At this election boss rule was pushed to
the limit in Anaconda. 1t was also a land
slide for the democrats all over the county,.
but it is different now. The table is used
for the benefit of republicans. to show
where to strengthen their fences. The
democratic machinery of this county is
strong. but the old thing is wearing out
and will be replaced with a new and better
one this fall, which will bear the republican
brand. which many democrats will assist
in setting up at the court house when the
proper time comes.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
AMERICANS ARE
IN GREAT DANGER

New York, April 2s.-A special to the
Herald from Washington says Min
lister Conger has Informed the state de-
partment that he is making renewed
demands upon the Tsung Ii Yanlen for
protection to Americans in China.
The departments advices are to the eff
feet that the hostility of the Chinese to
the missionaries has now extended to all
foreigners and Minister Congers latest
representations deal with the protection
of American statesmen who are travelling
in the empire.
Commander Burwell, commanding the
gunboat Wheeling, which is at Tal<u, has
reported her presence there TO Minister
Conger and will cooperate with the lat
ter in protecting American interests.
1t is the expectation Of administration
officials that Admiral Remey will place
sufficient force under Rear Admiral
Kempff's command to adequately protect
American interests in China. Admiral
Kempff will probably be charged with
matters relating to American interests in
Asia, while Admiral Remey will devote
his attention more especially to the
Philippines.
1t is the belief Of officials that Admiral
Kempff will proceed with his flagship to
Chinese waters and the presence of a
flag officer and several American vessels
at Taku will undoubtedly have a good
effect upon the Tsung Ii Yamen
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
KELLOGG NOT GUILTY
OF HELENA MURDER
Special to the Inter Mountain.

Special to the Inter Mountain.
Helena, April 2S.-Dr. r. S. Kellogg
was acquitted in the district court today
of the charge of murder in the second de-
gree in producing by abortion the death
of Mrs. Peter Hrella of East Helena, the
court granting the motion of defendant s
counsel and instructing the jury to find
for the defendant because of a lack of
corroboratng evidence and defect in the
information, which charges the use of a
drug and instrument in performing the
act, but there was no proof of their joint
use. The jury retired and reported a
verdict for the defendant in about half
an hour.
The county attorney announced this
afternoon that he would file another in
formation against Kellogg and desire a
trial at once.
The morning was devoted to hearing
arguments upon the motion of the de-
ense for an instruction of acquittal and
to hearing some evidence.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS

Washington, April 28.-Some routine
business was transacted at the opening
of the house today.
Ray (New York; renewed his request
to print, in connection with Livingston,
the resolution laid on the table yesterday
relative to remanding the cases of Green
and Gaynor to the southern district of
Georgia, with all the papers in the case
The papers were ordered printed.
Francis r. Lasster, who succeeds the
late Sidney Epes as representative from
the Fourth Virginia district, was sworn
in. In connection with the presentation
of his credentials, communication was
read from James Selden Cowdin protest
ing against tke seating of Lassiter, and
filing notice of formal contest on the
ground that the vote by which Lassitel
claimed an election was a paper vote, "
not actually cast.
The agricultural appropriation was
sent to conference. Messrs. Wadsworth
New York;, Henry (Conn.) and Williams
(Miss) were appointed conferees.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
Property Loss Will Reach
Five Million Dollars.
RIVERS STILL RISING
Half of Texas Isolated, as Tele.
graph Lines are Down and
Railroads Suspended.

Dallas, April 2S.-The floods show no
signs of receding; on the contrary, most
of the Texas rivers are rising. A Fort
Worth telegram at 10 o'clock says the
Trinity river has overflowed, doing much
property damage.
A bulletin from Waco at 10:3O says a
list of the dead there will reach from
10 to Is persons.
The property damage in this city will
exceed $l50000. The telegraph lines OF
both companies are gone south of Waco
isolating more than half the state.
Railroad movements are absolutely
suspended south of Dallas on almost
every line in the state.
The loss by food and hurricane since
yesterday morning is estimated to reach
from So, 900. 900 to s.. 100000.
Reports received from southern and
central Texas state that great destruc-
ton has occurred.
A bulletin from Galveston at noon says
the government weather bureau reports
the whole state was visited yesterday
by the greatest precipitation. and espe-
cially in Temple county, where it is ap-
proximated at six inches.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
A COLLAPSE
BROUGHT DEATH,

BIRMINGHAM Ala. April 2S.-By the
collapse of the frame work of the build
ing of the Dimmick Pipe & Foundry COM
pany. in course of erection in north Bil-
mingham today. two men are dead and
eleven are injured. To of them will die
Building was 300 feet long and 100 feet
wide. While an immense beam was being
placed in position on the roof. thirty feet
above the ground, it fell striking other
beams and knocking down the whole
structure. Thirteen men were on the
superstructure and went down in the
wreckage. Dead: James McWharter;
David White. OF the injured VIM Nc
Wharter and D. Q. Patilo will probably
die.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
Committee Action Ratified.

New York, April 2S.-The state COM
mittee Of the Chicago platform demo-
cratic party held meeting here last
night and ratified the action of It's con-
yention committee in changing the time
and place of holding it's state convention
from May q in Albany to May 10 in this
city.
In an address which the state com.
mittee has issued under the caption OF
.Jnterest to Democrats of New York
state" the committee says that it is the
intention at the coming cnvention to Sc
lect delegates to the national convention
because the regular organization is con-
tro,;ed by men who do not represent the
marty. who did not support Bryan III
1895 and who are in reality antagonistic
to democratic principles. OF these state
leaders the committee says:
.These men do not come out in the
ono, and saw: we are for Bryan and
the Chicago platform, with the addition
of planks against trusts and imperial
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
MERRIAM ON STAND
EVIDENCE UNSHAKEN

Washington. April 2S.-The examina-
ton of General Merriam was continued
at the Occur d d'Alene investigation by the
military committee of the house today.
He reviewed in detail his instructions. In
a telegram from Secretary Alger. of May
81, he had referred to General Marian s
"original instructions" General Merriam
testified that he had never received any
Original instructions" beyond the direc-
ton to proceed to Idaho and put down the
insurrection, He had applied to the
department twice for Original instruc-
tions," but they had not been furnished
and he had come to the conclusion that
Secretary Aiger was in error.
Regarding the Incident of the pump
men at the Tiger and Poorman mines he
said Governor Steunenberg had asked
what could be done to save the mine in
case the men declined to take out permits.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
MANjOR0WNEO
BRAKEMAN HURT
Special to the Inter Mountain.

Special to the Inter Mountain.
Billings, April 28.-Joe Guest. sheep
herder was drowned in Pryor creek,
south of here, yesterday morning. while
trying to ford the swollen stream on
horseback. He was on his way to c. M.
BARS sheep camp to go to work. His
horse came into camp riderless. Guest S
body has not been found.
Walker, a Northern Pacific freight
brakeman, was seriously injured three
miles west of here last night by being
run over by the cars. He fell from the
top of a box car into flat car, and
thence onto the track, so that his right
arm was badly smashed by the cars run
ming over it. He also sustained a bad
fracture of the skull over the left eye.
He was operated upon at the hospital
last night, his arm being taken off at the
shoulder He is getting along as we'll as
could be expected, and will likely re-
cover. His wife is expected to arrive
from Livingston on today's delayed pas
senger.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
|B0ERS HOLD OUTLET
EAST OF THABA NCHU

He had replied that he did not feel COM
petent to advise. He knew that to have
allowed the mine to be filled up water
would have destroyed it as effectively as
to have blown it up with dynamite.
Attorney Robertson conducted the cross
examination of General Merriam. In re-
ply to a series of questions, General Mer-
riam testified that martial law was de-
clared by the governor of Idaho, upon
whose request the United States troops
were furnished and that the section of the
revised statutes requiring the president
to proclaim state of insurrection did not
apply Some of the federal troops, he tes-
tilted were in Idaho and some on their
way there before martial law was declar-
ed May 3rd. He had telegraphed May 2,
to the war department that he would ex-
ercise martial law If the action was not
approved by the department.. WAS that
your intention?" asked Robertson.
"It was" replied General Merriam.
"But it was not exercised. 1t was my in
tention to scrutinize the travel outward
bound from the scene Of trouble. The gov
ernor proclaimed martial law on March
3O'
Up to the time Of his arrival, 11S arrests
had been made. Robertson sought to
gain an admission that some Of these ar
rests were made prior to The governor s
proclamation, but General Merriam de-
MED this emphatically, producing his tele-
grams to show that when he ordered ar
rests he stated martial law was declared
When he had directed that arrests should
be made by deputies he had not conceded
that troops could not make arrests di-
rectly and without warrants under mar
tial law.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
TIE MONTANA SATURDAY EVENING. APRIL 81

political conditions cannot continue in the
old dominion. The plain explanation of
these explanations is that the people are
tired of the means which they have been
forced to countenance in order to retain
white supremacy in the state. They now
demand that a constitutional convention
shall be assembled and the negroes re-
moved from politics.
The elements opposing this movement
are the great corporations, the local Of
ficeholders and the republicans Some OF
the democrats, including Governor Tyler,
have taken the position that their party
cannot carry the convention at the polls
on May %. They insist that the elements
named. with the addition of the illiterate
whites will defeat it.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
WRIT OF REVIEW.

Leo. L. Gottlieb, through his attorney.
L. p. Forestell. has petitioned the district
court for a writ of review in justice
court case entitled NJ. Grefig VS.. Leo. L.
Gottlieb. and Judge Lindsay has order
ed the records of the case to be presented
to him at O'Clock on the End of June.
According to the petition. Grefig had a
bill against Gottliab for $S3.h0 and brought
suit in Justice Bliss court of South Butte
to recover Judgment on it. When the case
came to trial both parties were present.
The plaintiff at first did not put in any
testimony and Justice Bliss it is alleged.
asked him some questions touching upon
the nature of the alleged indebtednss.
Gottiieb's attorney objected to the ques-
tions, whereupon .Grefig produced an ac-
count book which showed that while
Gottlieb had owed him $3.50 he had paid
$40 of it. Judgment for the full amount.
however. was rendered. The petition now
claims that the justice exceeded his jur-
isdiction and requests the hiPher court to
straighten the matter out.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
$4,000 OUT OF WORK
$4,000 ARE HOMELESS

Ottawa, Ont, April 2S.-Estimates on
damage wrought by Thursdays fire prov
ed to be rather over than under the mark.
A survey of the field gives the follow
ing results:
Dead Z: homeless $4,000; buildings burn
ed 1000: hands out of work, $4,000; value
of property destroyed $15,00oO00. At
mass meeting of citizens it was decided to
instruct the city council to ask the On
tario iegislture for leave to borrow $lOO,
600 by issuing debentures to aid sufferers
from the fire. f. b. Eddy's entire insur-
ance is placed at $3.50, 900 while his loss is
about SO. .00O, 900: insurance is principally
in American companies.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
Fifteen ARE lead
WORK OF HURRICANE

ism,' but resort to all sorts of subter-
fuge and equivocations.
''They do not say: We will send an
instructed delegation so there can be no
question raised No: on the contrary,
they say: 1T is not the custom to send
an instructed delegation from this state,'
and Tammany representatives in con-
gresS and others prominent in this po-
litical circle come out in advocacv for
Dewey and any kind of a platform ex-
cept the reaffirmation of the platform Of
1885, We think you will agree with us
that these men cannot be trusted.
There would not be particle of doubt
of securing a Bryan delegation from New
York it his opponents would meet us in
a fair and manly way. They refuse TO
put up delegates openly pledged to any
thing. but it can be only for the purpose
of deceiving the voters into voting for
delegates supposed to be for the Chica-
go platform and Bryan. but who would
turn out in the convention to be against
him. Any delegates who refuse to be in
structed to vote for Bryan do not intend
to vote for him, and any delegate who
is not pledged for Bryan is secretly
pledged against him."
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
WORK OF THE SENATE,

Washington, April 2S.-When the sem
ate convened today the desk of each SEN
ator bore evidence taken in the Clark
case, consisting of three large volumes
and the report of the committee in the
case.
A resolution was adopted providing
that the exercises appropriate to the re-
ception and acceptance from the Grand
Army of the Republic of the statue Of
Genesal Ulysses S. Grant, to be erected
in the capital, be made special order
for Saturday. May 19, at p. m.
The resolution introduced yesterday bv
Pettigrew calling upon the president and
secretary of war for information as to
whether General Torres on behalf of
Aguinaldo asked General Otis TO cease
hostilities and for information as to the
alleged salute made to the Filipino flag
by Admiral Dewey was passed without
discussion The following bills We're
passed.
For the establishment, control. opera
ton and maintenance of the northern
branch of the national home for disabled
volunteer soldiers at Hot Springs, South
Dakota. and appropriating sloo,000 fol
that purpose; requiring that the dam
across Rainy Lake river, Minn., be CON-
menced within three years and completed
within five years from May 4.
Pettigrew then called up his resolution
expressing sympathy for the South Afri-
can republics and expressed hopes for the
full success of their determined contest
for liberty. Lodge moved it be referred to
the committee on foreign relations. Pet
tigrew demanded years and nays. The
roll call showed 81 yeas and II nays, not
! a quorum.
The detailed vote follows:
Yeas: Allison. Baker, Bard, Carter,
Clark, (Wyo.). Clay. Cullom. Davis, Frye,
Gear. Hansborough, Hawley, Jones (Ne-
vada), Kean. Lindsay, Lodge, McComas,
McCumber. McEnery. McLaurin. McMil-
lin. Morgan, Nelson. Penrose. Perkins,
Pettus. Pritchard, Proctor. Ross, Scott,
Shoup.-31.
| Nays-Allen, Berry. Chandler, Cockrell
Cuiberson Heitfeld, Pettigrew. Rawsins
Teller. Turner and Yes III.
! Another roll call developed the absence
ce cs.e,-orum and the senate at lao p. M
:d;ourned.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
Many British Points are
Now in Doubt.
SUMMARY OF SITUATION
Beers so Disposed They Can
Mass at Any Pass British
Try to Force.

London. April 28.-2:05 p. m.-The Brit
ish in the Orange Free State are still
presumably following the Beers north
ward, but at this hour there is no word
from the most interesting field of opera
tions. A dispatch from Ladysinith, un-
der todays date, says there are only
small parties of Beers in Tintwa pass.
but that some hundreds are guarding
Vanreenen's pass and Olivershoeck pass.
Commandants De Beer and Vannieskirk
are in charge and ta1ir forces have peen
so disposed that the whole can be masSed
at any pass the British may attempt to
force.
A dispatch from Dewetsdorp, dated
Friday, April 27, says residents of that
place claim the strength of the Boer
force which recently evacuated the place
was 5000 men, with six guns, under Ger
man officers.
The st. James Gazette this afternoon,
dealing with the problem of the treat
ment of the Free State farmers, suggests
revival of General Weyler's Cuban
concentrate system, minus the horrible
dishonesty of it's execution"
Tribune from London says: The rigor-
Gus censorship has excluded press news
from the Free State for "a hours. The
war correspondents, owing to the extern
sive deployment of five divisions and two
| cavalry brigades, have, with one or two
exceptions, returned to headquarters at
Bloemfontein, and their conjectures re-
specting the direction Of the lines of the
Boer retreat and British operations have
rot been in accord.
| General Roberts, in a midnight dis
| patch, presented brief summary OF the
situation as he understood it at o'clock
| Friday afternoon, but left several points
in doubt. General Hamilton, with the
mounted infantry and one brigade of the
north division, had reached Thaba
N'Chu, where General French joined him
with his cavalry brigades yesterday
morning. Rundles division being few
miles south. The Beers We're still hold
ing the eastern outlet of the town and
French and Hamilton were preparing to
turn them out.
Both Hamilton and French had made
| fine forced marches but it was not clear
whether the main body of the Beers had
retired to Thaba N'Chu from Dewets-
dorp or had gone across the country
towards Constia to effect junction with
Olivier's force retreating from Wepener.
The former theory was more probable,
but even in that case it was uncertain
the Beers had remained in force or had
left rear guard in the town.
General Roberts reported that General
Brabazon, with yeomanry cavalry, had
gone as far as Wepener and returned to
Dewetsdorp, where Chermside's division
was still hating. Pole-Careys division
was at Dewetsdorp or was marching to-
ward Thaba N'Chu. There was nothing
from Wepener and no other official news
except a few casualties and a report of
an outpost affair near Bethulie.
General Roberts operation are now
conducted on so large scale that the
public here is dazed by them, and re-
quires some definite result, like another
Paardesburg, in order to be convinced
that he is making progress
The experts regard his maneuvres as
mastery.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
TO DISFRANCHISE
ALL THE NEGROES

New York. April 2s.-A special to the
Times from Richmond, Va. says the
question of calling a constitutional con-
vention in Virginia. primarily for the dis
franchisement of the negroes has been
practically settled SO far as the democrats
are concerned. A majority of the dele
gates to the democratic state convention,
which meets at Norfolk on May 2, are in
structed in favor of making the call for
the convention party issue. This mat
ter is now the absorbing one in Virginia
and the demand for the disfrarchisement
of the negroes and other constitutional
reforms has entirely overshadowed the
original purpose for which the Norfolk
meeting was called.
The constitution under which the peo-
pie now live was adopted in 1869 by what
was then known as the Underwood con-
vention. That body was composed Of
northern settlers and negroes. The white
people of Virginia, very many Of whom
were then disfranchised,h had little or no
part in formulating the organic law under
which they have lived since. There Is an
Overwhelming sentiment in the state in
favor of eliminating the colored vote from
it's politics forever.
This can only be accomplished by con-
stitutional revision. The elimination of
the black vote is demanded not only from
the great black belts of Virginia, but also
by the white counties. Some of the larg-
est and most influential of the latter
elected delegations instructed to favor a
convention.
The keynote Of this radical suffrage re-
form has been sounded by the declara-
tions of some of the great negro counties.
These in effect, insist that the present
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
RHODDA REARRESTED
FOR PETIT LARCENY,

w. j.. Rhodda, the clever young man
who talked himself out of tight place
in Judge SulliVan's court yesterday, was
arrested again last night on a charge of
petit larceny, and the police are of the
opinion that they have case against
him this time. Rhodda is very bright
young man, well educated and is compe-
tent to earn a livelihood in more lesiti-
mate walks of life than those he is in
clined to follow. His real name is Van
Horn, and he is said to be the son of an
ex-mayor of Denver by that name.
Thursday night Rhodda visited West
Broadway bagnio and shortly after his
departure the madame of the place
| missed two SIS bills One of the bills Rap
pened to be marked. The 1andady was
| inclined to suspect Rhodda of the theft,
but said nothing. Last night he re-
turned to the place and in payment for
the drinks presented the landlady With
the marked bill that had been stolen the
night before. She quietly sent out for
Assistant Detective Charles Ray. who
placed the young man under arrest.
In police court this morning he plead
| ed not guilty and his case was continued
| until Tuesday.
w. ]. Roeder. charged with vagraney,
was before Judge Sullivan yesterday
afternoon. Roeder proved that he had
| eashed a draft for ST. 600 a few days pre-
ViOuS to his arrest, and Judge Sullivan
held that man whose finances were in
| such shape was not guilty of vagrancy
| and dismissed the case.
John Anderson, a colored mine owner,
was also charged with vagrancy Ander-
| son set up the claim that he was about
| to sell mine for $4,000 However, sew
eral police officers gave damaging testi-
mony as to Anderson's habits, and he
was sentenced to 80 days in the county
| jail
| Patrick Griffith, gun fighter. who
| added fresh laurels to his fame as a bad
man the other night by threatening to
kill Police officer McQueeney. pleaded
guilty. and now he's sorry that he spoke.
Judge Sullivan fixed the tax on his blood
| thirsty bluff at GO.
j. l.. Mcdonald. charged with va
grancy, pleaded not guilty and his trial
will be heard Tuesday.
| Richard Dunn pleaded guilty to SIM
! liar charge and was given "a hours to
get out of town.