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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-23

LnOu8A ne Is necessarily HAklu6 very
slow progress, II the Beers are numer-
Gus and strongly ~entrenched. Our infan-
try are working over parallel ridges with
Lord Dund0nald's cavalry lying we'll
on the left flank and awaiting develop
ments. The Beers contest every inch of
the ground.
This morning General warren's artil-
lery opened fire. but the Beers did not
reply and our fire became less hot. The
ava guns in ron ave been quiet. A
BOer prisoner who was brought in
boosted that it would AXE us three
months to reach Ladysmith."
London, Jan. 23.-The Times publishes
the following from Frere camp, dated
yesterday monday:
"On Friday General Warren began a
long. circuitous march from Tricharde
drift westward. This was abandoned
owing to the fact that the long ridge
which runs from spfonkop was occupied
by the enemy who commanded the route,
rendering the maintenance Of commune
cation for transports impossible. He
therefore returned and camped for the
night about two miles from Trichard's
drift. On Saturday a frontal attack on
the ridges was ordered"
The correspondent then described Sat-
urday's fighting plain, already cabled,
and adds: The men behaved s~plendidly
under an incessant heavy cross fire in a
OuA IA 0uAA " oCN-u Jul Oul Lap
ualties were for the most part slight, the
proportion Of killed and wounded being
small"
London. IAN. 23.-Just before midnight
the war Office issued the following dis
patch from General Butler:
"Spearman's Camp, Jan. %. 6 p. M
The following casualties are reported in
General Hairs brigade as the result Of
yesterdays fighting:
~ Rval1 York shire r,pQi.
ment, n five men.
"Wounded-Second Lieutenant An
drews, Border regiment: Captain Mac
Laughlin, Inniskillens; Lieutenant Bar
low, Yorkshire regiment, and IS men.
"Missing-Eight men.
'Other casualties Win be forwarded
when received"
Thu foregoing was all the war depart
ment had issued up to midnight. Moth
ing, therefore, is known here as yet re-
gardipg Mondays operations.
London, Jan. 23.-The correspondent of
the Times at Lorenzo Marques, telegraph
ing yesterday, says News from the re-
publics is extremely meager, but it is re-
ported the Pretoria is much perturbed.
This is confirmed from different sources,
and to-day it is even limited that the
Beers are about to sue for peace.
This is improbable until they have
played their trump card, in the shape to
ran appeal for intervention. 1t is an IN
doubted fact that they are bitterly dis
appointed at the apparent apathy of the
continental powers"
London, Jan. A3.-The Daily Tele graph
! publishes the following dispatch, delayed
by the censor, from Rensburg, dated Sun
day afternoon: Last evening at 3 O'Clock
the Beers began firing fu,iously all along
their main position. Three tiers of rifle
fires We're visible. The firing lasted
three-quarters Of an hour. The reason
for the alarm is not known here"
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INTERESTING C

the kings which for years have ain be-
meath St. Georges Chapel, at Windsor
Castle, has been begun, in order to make
room for Queen Victoria and her de-
s~cendants.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-23

A geological party recently discovered
in a glacier of the Rocky Mountains in
Montana a large quantity of grasshop-
pers buried in the ice. 1t is supposed that
when the prairie ~grasshoppers go north
and cross this glacier, many of them
succumb to the cold and are entombed
in the ice. The glacier has been named
for the grasshoppers.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-23

A steel engraving of the battleship
Maine will be one of the features of the
new ten dollar silver notes soon to be
issued.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-23

Miss Bertha Thomas, assistant organ
list of Grace Church. rings the famous
bells of that church by playing the key
board. which sets the belsl moving in
most melodious strains.
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Davis, s
Dalton, T J
DRAGON, Mrs O
Donahue, Michael T
Devine, Billie
Danaher, John V
Dudley, c
Edwards, Mrs Stella
Epla, HI
F~alkenstein, w S
harrington, Thos
Foote, John Jr
Girard, ] P
Godfrey, Mike
Graves, Minta
Howard. + Fl
Howe, William
Hyncs, Mrs James
Huddleston, ]
Holland, James
Henry, William
Hubert. w r
Hughes. Ted
Holland, Thomas
High, Miss Stella
Holland, Martin
Hanly, Mrs M
Hamilton, Geo
Jonston, Miss o
Jay, Michael
Jansen, Nina
Jensen, Rasmus
Johanson, Ed
Keenan,, Sam
Kenkade, Jerry
Kerr, James L
Kaustusen, Mrs ]
Karoluna, Miss G
! Ketchen, Mrs F
| Leck, Samuel r
Lane, Miss Mary
Lee, Miss
Lavelle, James
Leaning, Herbert
Lowell, Warren
Lannon, George 2
Mulliga,n, John
Myers, John
! Madden, James
Mitchell, Harry
Matthews, Ed
Mayott, Mrs Calvin
Mugg, c G
Mathews, Byron
Martinette, Anton
Murphy, Pat
Murphy, John
Mullany, Martin
Mallahan, VIM
Mann, Willie
Mullen, VIM p
Moore, Mrs J P
Norton, Thos J
Norton, Mrs T J
Nolan, T ]
Meme, John
Olson, Pete .
Oclevich. Mrs L
Olssan, Johanna
O'Connell. Mrs Jas
Owen, John
Phillips, T ]
Purnett, Mrs VIM
Phalen, Mrs V HI
Pearce, Miss Mary
Patnill, John
Pearson, Jennie
Price, John
Powers, Ira
Paxton, Mrs Dora
Quinn. Patrick d
Rigahl, o w
Reddan. Tom
Ramshak, Paul
Roach, Miss Nora
Richardson. Matte
Rolini, Joseph
Ritchie, Mrs J l.
Reid. Mrs. Chas
%Simmonson, Otto
Smith, A
Shulse, Miss Nelli'
Scanlon, ]
Southworth, Mrs {
/ Scott, Geo
Singer, G
Sweeney, Dan
Sails. Chas
Temby, MIS- w m
Treloar, w
Tomozine. Mari
Tale, Madeline
Tritt, John B
). ~TroWbridge, j w
). Thomas, Henry
Vincent, w w 2
, Wooloughan, Mrs
Wilder, Miss Sadi'
Wilson, Mrs Mary
!. Weaver, Lee
Wilson, J
Walsh, Joe
Walsh, John
Yager, Mrs VIM
Young, Mrs ]
H. -
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ADVERTISED LETTER LIST

me following is the list of letters adj
vertised at Butte. Mont, for the week
ending January -, 1900:
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London. Jan. 23.-The Daily Chronicle
has received the following dated Jan. %.
4:15 p. M, from Spearman's camp:
THE Beers admit p casualties during
General Lyttleton's skirmish on Saturday.
General Warren continues pushing,
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First publication December II. 1899.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-23
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

BY Z. s. Batterman, Asst Stunt.
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REWARD.

Attorney for petitioners.
The National tribune., 1900-04-05

''Then you're an original Union man.
You're in favor o the Government" said
ST and Shorty together, and very hope
fully.
NO, / amt no Union man. nor no secesh.
Don't keer durn one way nor t'other.
Jest didn't want ter be bothered, an Sot ter
foutin' fouts that didn't consarn me. Got
enough ter do ter take keer o my own foutS,
without mixin' in t'other peoples.
hadn't no niggers ter lose, an didn't keer
the flip of Sleeps tail how soon the Bobo-
litionistS done tuck the niggerS away from
them that had 'em. / done tole they y'uns
from tho fust that | waru't gwine ter fout,
an dinged if I'm gwine ter. now. when ole
thousand up thar in the mountains.
They 'uns is all gassin' about lickin' ole
Sherman, but | notice that the country
back hyah is film up with men with their
legs and arms shot off. an every one o.
they 'unS is tellin' about the orful guns the
Yankees has, drawed by 10 an 20 hosses,
that throws shots big as bee-gum an as
full o. bullets as keg is of nails. and which
go zippin' about, like yaller-jackets, now
ing down at one time as many men as kin
be crowded inter 10-acre lot, a-tearin off
their heads an laigs an arms. an mum
mickin' them all up. No, Mister; none o
that fer me. II I've got ter be shot I'll be
shot at home like Christian an a gentle
man, but I'll be monty sartin ter take the
feller that shoots along with me. Let
them that wants ter go an buck agin them
thar Yankee cannons go an buck till
they'v We got enough of hit. | never seed the
nigger yit that I'd lose nights sleep fer;
dinged if I'm a-gwine ter run the reSk o
losin' my scalp fer all the niggers this side
o 'tarnity, specially when none on EN-
The National tribune., 1900-04-05
THE NATIONAL TRBUNE WASHINGTON D. c. THURSDAY s.

in the shadow o the willers. and me and
Pete Ii 60 over and mix the trails"
SO it was agreed. They came back to
the creek, after circling around, and waded
down it, while Shorty crossed the creek
again, taking Pete with him. crawled up
the slope to- part where he felt certain that
some Of those who went out which Shad had
passed, and then crawled back to the creek
and descended it to where ST and the rest
were waiting for him.
There" he said as he shook the water
from him, "if l haint made n trail to fool the
dogs. may | never see the back o my neck.
It's took time and trouble, but it'll give
that old whelp-boss enough sight more. y
Ii was several hundred yards from the
willows up the slope to the woods beyond.
All the trees between had been cut down to
build the Stockade, and the ground had
been pretty thoroughly cleared OF the
boughs and off-fall by prisoners gathering
wood and material for shacks. But the
heavy rains had made the harsh wire
grass grow pretty luxuriantly. and this
was IN favor of the boys, but 1t necessltated
more crawling. since the bright fires lighted
in the rear of the Stockade threw their light
that far, and the rebels around the hospital
might see against the light any one rising
to walk. ST feared that the waving of the
grass as they crept through would be
but they had to take some risk.
Finally they all gained the crest of the hill
and coverture behind the giant trunks of the
trees, and then turned to look again at the
conditions on the slope they had quit, and
around the outlet of the tunnel. The
turmoil continued, with less frequent shots
by the guards, and diminution of yelling
inside. Guards could be seen coming
back with man or two whom they had re-
The National tribune., 1900-04-05
PERSONAL.

Comrade Madison B. Davis, of Sioux
City, Iowa. will be presented at the Dayena
port Encampment by Gen. Hancock Post,
%, as a candidate for Department Com
mander.
Capt. Milton GarriguIs. of Kokomo, Ind,
has been indorsed by Thos. j. Harrison
Post, 30. for Commander of the Department.
of Indiana. Capt. Garrigus entered the
army Aug. 30. 1851, and served until the
close of the warrior more than two years
as a private. then Second and First Lieu
tenant and Adjutant, and for the last year
as Captain and Brigade Inspector. Capt.
GarriguS is n charter member of Post 80,
has twice been its Commander and many
times its AdJutant. He has been regulcS
attendant at National Encampments, ana
has served as Assistant Inspector-General
of the Department of Indiana. He has been
since its organization a member of the
Indiana Chickamauga Commission. In
civil life he has worthily filled many posi-
tionS of honor and trust.
Comrade Alfred A. Lord, a well-known
Binghamten veteran and a member of
Watrous Post 80. of that city, will be u
prominent candidate at the New York
Encampment for the office of Department
Commander. He served nearly four years
in Co. +. Goth n. Y; was wounded at the
battle of CoX's Plantation. La. July Is,
1863; was taken prisoner at Cedar Creek,
Oct. 10, 1864: was confined in Pemberton.
Salisbury and LibbyPrisonS for five months.
He has labored untiringly for the success of
his Post and for the uphuilding of the Grand
Army. He served seven years as Com
mander of Post 377 and two years on the
Department Council of Administration.
He withdrew from the race last year when
he had 26O Totes pledged. He has the
support of many Posts throughout the
Department. and his friends are confident
of his election.
The National tribune., 1900-04-05

with us. Were boin' straight to Sher.
mans army. and Wen take you along.
You'll help by showing us the way. Come
along. Wen git You out o the reach o
the consoripters.'
No, sir-r-ree. | hain't a-Cwinc n step
nearer Sherman's nor aTv other army
than am this minute. I'm jast as close ter
any army as | want ter be. or I'm a-gwine.
as long as I'm alive. This country suits
me. an I'm a-gwine ter stay right hyah.
Hyahs whar | wuz born, an hyah's whar
L m a-gwine ter die when my time comes. L
reckon | kin stand off the conscripters Jest
as long as they kin hunt me. Well see
who'll git tired fust. 'Twont be me, I'll
bet"
Having cleaned the bones OF the shoat OF
every particle of meat, the boys returned
with Boneset TO the island and lay down TO
the rest which they so badly needed
Gabe's loyalty to them was cemented by
the present to him by Shorty of a large
piece of plug-tobacco, the first manufac-
tured leaf he had seen for long time In
some way Shorty had managed to keep it
dry during his various cravings through
the creek. Gabe filled his corn-cob pipe.
and sat down to a contented smoke, as well
satisfied with the world and his surround
ings as plutocrat smoking a fine Habana
after Sumptuous dinner.
CTo be continued.)
The National tribune., 1900-04-05
Work of the Pension Office.

The report of certificates issued for the week
ending March 2I shows
Army invalid: Original, 16; increase and ad-
ditiOnal 4S4; reissue Is: restoration and renewal
25 duplicate, 30; accrued. 49, total. 62I.
Army invalid (act of June % 1880: Original
2S5; increase. 4I4; additional 81; reissue, 26;
restoration and renewal, IS; duplicate, 40; ac-
crued. 5S; total. 991.
Army invalid (war with SPAIN: Original, %:
increase and additional. l; total, %.
Army widow, etc: Original 50; reissue, /;
duplicate, IL; accrued, l; total, As.
Army widow. etc (act of June 81 1890: Origi-
nal III: reissue, 2: restoration and renewal, 2;
duplicate 15 supplemented, 8; total 169.
Army widow etc. (war with SPAIN: Original,
3.
Navy invalid: Original, 2; increase and addi-
tiona /; total. 3.
Navy invalid (act of June 81. 1S90l: Original,
3d. increase and additional Is; duplicate. l;
accrued. /: total, SO.
Navy invalid (war with SPAIN: Original, 4
Navy widow etc: Original. l.
Navy widow (act of June 81. 1890: Original. z.
Indian Wars-Suryiyors: Duplicate. l; accrued.
l.; total, 2.
Indian Wars-Widows: Original. l; duplicate,
1; total 3
Mexican War-Survivors Increase and addi-
tional 3; reissue, l: accrued l: total. 5.
Mexican War-WidOws: Duplicate, 1.
Totals: Original, 551; increase and additional.
1,0f2: reissue, 4S; restoration and renewal, 90,
supplemental, B. duplicate, 100; accrued, 110.
Grand total, 1881
The National tribune., 1900-04-05
AN OPEN LETTER.

of Representatives
Gentlemen weagain appeal you
relief the
day and everywhere
Portland ore
gallant soul who from 1861
absolute destruction
burng
girl just before the waraon sounded and started with her into happy me- but
who when announced that felt that his country called him.
neo battle; who read with
battle shudeng
lest she should find his welcomed him back at the close his enlist
ment with that no other felt who took up with him ane" the battle
t1 f s rti ~ i - , n ~ l, r him. who still enconr-
aged helped him with all her strength and who mnterd faithfully to him
If We n have aiv opa Of tr whole face of the country it would show
his widow
following slow all that of who
hope
the politicians and
his denial defamation persecution by the Commissioner
Pensions Somewhere between these gallant
Sabbath Sabbath
the soil they fought
More bateed veterans die week than the British have mad
killed South Africa. larger dies than Lord Roberts
African Capital than England
many Waterloo
drifting steadily and surely that
Whose curtain newer newer outward swings?
appeals
once that this no time for Commissioner of Pensions be dng
This for him to be
calling congratulations fact that he ning devised and means
denied little last
year. Nations
injustice certainly will
ton that dealing with aged disabled and dying and women there is
the cunning arts the pogg and the aggr the market place
hittd
When ordered
pstenta whether the laws
Commission co and Revise them before
asked where needed
though stared them the
bubbles
them should much from that they
attempted raise legal cav them from going
lacking
legal
well
interest people than other before
You 10 full
of
be
number
the meanwhile
earnestly
The National tribune., 1900-04-05
IN SOUTH AFRICA.

The events Of the week in South Africa
have not been particularly stirring. The
British made an attempt TO send relief TO
Mafeking, but. as the distance was great,
and the relieving column only a small fly
ing force, the Beers were able to intercept
and turn it back.
Very singularly, the Beers have not
been able to reduce even so small post as
Mafeking. With all their many good mil
itary qualities, the Beers seem queerly
deficient when it comes to assaulting other
troops in position. They can make a
splendid defense, but are singularly weak
in assault After their first grand rush
on the British positions they scored 10
successes whatever when acting on the
aggressive, but were always repulsed when
they attacked the British in position II is
true that they had a serious problem be-
fore them, both AZ Kimberley and Lady
smith, as soon as they allowed the Brit
ish to recover little, and get in shape
for serious defense; but they should cef-
tainly have overcome the weak garrison
of Mafeking.
They scored one success last week in
nveigling a British train into a narrow
valley, and capturing it and its escort On
this occasion the Beers seem to have secuted
better than the British, something that they
have not been doing since they let Roberts
march over 100 miles across their front and
catch them all mapping. The capture of Col
Broadwood's valuable train, with six can
non and an unknown number Of prisoners,
shows that the Beers are recovering from
the nervous prostration into which they
were thrown by Roberts's quick, decisive
campaign against Cronje
Lord Roberts is not publishing his fu.
ture plans, but it is supposed that he is
getting a good ready for swift advance
upon the South African Capital. and if he
can strike as telling blow rs his first one
ii Will come near ending the war, if it does
| not altogether. The temper showed by tbs
Beers after Cronje's capture would indicate
that they will become utterly dishearlened
by another similar blow, and give up alto
gether. Like all pastoral people, theil
weakness is greatest in lack of organiza
| ton and subordination. They quickly
( lose confidence when disasters begin TO fol
low in train, having no organization tc
hold them together and reanimate them
! People only make stubborn defenses when
they are thoroughly organized. and have
master spirits who can quickly reassembIe
/ the shattered fragments for renewed ef
| fort. The Boers resemble our militia in
the Revolution and the War OF 1912. who
were constantly going TO pieces after any
severe reverse. Witness the way the Brit
/ ish overran North and South Carolina and
Virginia in the Revolution.
The National tribune., 1900-04-05
(To be continued.)

THE departure of the Duke of Norfolk for
South Africa makes four Dukes of Eng
land there, beside two Marquises, 20 Earls,
three Viscounts, % Barons, 50 heirs to
peerages, and 30 Baroness The history
of England is to the effect that the more Of
the higher nobility she has had mix up in
any war the worse off she has been. Her
real fighting has been done, and victories
very modest ones. Wellington was a
commOner when he came into notice by his
victories in Hindustan, which gained for
him only the title Of Baronet, the lowest in
the Kingdom. He continued Baronet
until he had driven the French out of Spain,
when he became Viscount, and such was
his title when he won Waterloo. The
next greatest name in English military
history-the Duke of Marlborough-was
plain John Churchhill. until his victories
raised him to the peerage. On the other
hand, wherever an English army has met
with misfortune or disgrace. a high noble
has been in command. 1t was a belted
Earl who made the blunder which sent the
Six Hundred
Into the jaws of DEATH
Into the belly Of hell.
The best place for the noble lords" is to
swell the mob about headquarters, while
plain John Smiths, Donald McDonalds
and Patrick O'Rourks do the real marching,
manuvering and fighting.
The National tribune., 1900-04-05

ASSISTANT SECRETARY DAVIS has
resigned from the Department of the In
terror. This was not unexpected. His
views Of the laws and what was due pen
sionerS We're so diametricaliy opposed to
Commissioner Evans's that one had to go.
Mr. Davis believed in executing the laws
according 10 their intent and purport, and
he continually overruled the Commissioner.
In one instance the Commissioner action
was so indefensible that the matter was
taken to the Assistant Attorney General,
who sustained the Assistant Secretary,
and gave the Commissioner severe lee
ture
The National tribune., 1900-04-05
CLEVELAND ON THE CANAL.

Ex-President Cleveland has come out of
his retirement long enough to show that
his methods OF thinking are as errant and
liable to just criticism as ever. He ex-
presses the hope that the Hay-Pauncefote
Treaty will be ratified, and says:
with reference to the canal across Mic
aragua, | have always thought that what
ever was done in its promotion by the
Government of the United States should
be done as contribution by it to the cause
of progress and advancing CIVILIZATION.
1t has seemed to me that we had gained
that position among the nations of the
world that would make it appropriate for
us, in accordance with the spirit of our
institutions, to make such contribution.
This. of course. means the absolute neu-
traliZation of the Nicaraguan construction
and since the Hay-Pauncefote treaty is
directly in line with this sentiment, L am
strongly in favor of its ratification"
To right-thinking Americans this is
entirely wrong. We are no more called
upon to make such an enormous contribu-
ton to "the cause Of progress and advanc-
ing civilization" than we are to dig the
proposed ditch TO irrigate the Sahara. or TO
build lighthouses around the African
coast. We are going to build the canal
because our own military and commercial
needs demand it, just as they demanded
the building Of the Pacific Railroads. We
shall serve the cause of progress and ad-
vancing civilization" just as well by keeping
the canal absolutely in our own control
as we shall BY making a free gift of it to the
world. Rather, we shall serve it better
for then all the world will know just where
the responsibility for its control lies, and
we shall be strong enough TO assure the
world that there shall be no contests and
wars over its control, nor any seizure and
use by stronger power against weaker
To neutralize il, would be to throw it as q
bone of contention into the arena of the
world. SUPPOSE, for example, there is a
war over the partition Of China, in whcl
Great Britain, France, Germany, Russia
and Japan shall be involved. or any tw,
Of them. The neutralized Nicaragua
( Canal would become at once a strategic
! point Of immense importance. One side o.
the other would attempt TO seize it, block
or at least dominate it, to the great dis
advantage OF the other We shall preyen
all this by keeping the canal absolutely il
! our own hands. Under our control il vii
! be much freer, and more certainly fre,
/ for the uses Of the whole world than il vii
/ in any other shape.
The National tribune., 1900-04-05

THE latest news is that Aguinaldo is
hiding in Manila, and recently attended
a masked ball there. On the face. this
looks like an invention by yellow reporter,
but it is to be hoped that it is true. When
man comes down TO sneaking around
the back alleys Of city, with false mus
taehe and pair of goggles, he drops from
the George Washington class into that of
Claude Dual and Sixteen String Jack.
Soldiers are through with him. He is then
a subject for the police.
The National tribune., 1900-04-05

IT is interesting TO the social student TO
noteto what lengths British municipal Gov
ernments are going in the direction of what
might be termed Socialism. For example,
the Glasgow and Liverpool Corporations
have each provided several hundred flower
boxes, of attractive design. to be loaned to
people of the poorer classes for six months,
N payment of one shilling, to be returned
Nlen the box is.