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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-14

1t is we'll to bear in mind the number
! and character of our obligations in Cuba!
The Teller resolution is not the only one
nor is it, as SO many seem to THINK!
primarily a compact with or a promise
Ito the Cuban people. The Cubans We're
not consulted concerning it. They did not
ask for it; probably most of them did;
not want it. 1t was made gratuitOusly,
SO far rs they were concerned. The only
demand for it was made by small part
of our own people, and the chief need
|of it was supposed to be to assure other
nations that we We're not entering upon
a war of conquest. The pledge, then,
such as it was, was primarily and chiefly
to ourselves and to the neutral nations
of the world. and only incidentally to
.Cuba itself--a fact which makes it none
1.-THE less but perhaps rather the more
binding.
That was not, however, and is not our
only obligation in respect to Cuba. In
dwelling upon it we must not forget the
equally authoritative and formal dec
laration of our reasons for and our pur-
pose in intervening in the affairs of that
island. We interviewed. so the govern
ment officially declared, because the con-
ditions prevailing in Cuba We're an
offense to humanity and menace to our
own wellbeing. We interviewed. more
over, to put an end to those conditions
and, of course, to provide against their
recurrence-and to establish in the island
IA stable government. capable of fulfilling
its international obligations. That pledge
still stands. We owe it to ourselves and
to the other nations of the world as well
las to Cuba, to fulfill that pledge just as
much as the other. If we permit Cuba
Ito lapse into the intOlerable conditions
that prevailed in 1897. or If We sanction
the establishment of a government un'
able or unwilling to discharge its inter
national obligations, we are convicted be-
fore the bar of the world of failure tt
keep our pledge and to fulfil our duty.
There is. happily. no radical incom
patibility between the two nations. Al
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-14

THE PERSON SITTING IN DARK
NESS.

In one of his books, "FolloWing thed
Equator" Mark Twain tells of the meth /
DDS supposed to be followed by the cele !
brated writer's in describing historical4
events that arise as an incident to thej
theme under discussion. In this del
scription, Mark declares that the celeb
rity is, in most cases, too lazy to go to,
the records and by laborious grubbing
ascertain the real facts. His method
IS, in order to avoid labor, to gracefully
pass over some point in description
Of the battle of Waterloo by saying.
''the reader will, of course, recall the
details" Thus the reader is compliment
ed and some hard work on the part of
the author is avoided. Another method
is for the author to set out what he re-
members and right or wrong, let it so
at that.
In his article in the North American
Review on the policy of our government
has certainly employed the latter meth
cd. For instance, he says:
On the LIST of May, Dewey destroyed
the Spanish fleet This left the archi-
pelago in the hands Of it's proper and
rlghtful owners, the Filipino nation
Their army numbered $4,000 men, and
they were. competent to whip out OF
starve out the little Spanish garrison
Only by courtesy can it be said that il
this statement, the author set out wha
he remembered, unless it was the re
membrance of a dream.
Admiral Dewey, who may fairly b,
said to know something about the fact
says:
Upon the arrival of the squadron a
Manila it was found that there was NJ
tDsurrection to speak of, and it was ac
cordingly decided to allow Aguinaldo t.
come to Cavite on board the McCuloch
He arrived with thirteen of his staff
He was allowed to land a
Cavite and organize an army. This wa
done with the purpose Of strengthenin
the United States forces and weakening
these of the enemy. No alliance of an
lind was entered into with Aguinaldc
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-14

Andrew Carnegie does every thing
upon big scale. His business enter
prses have been gigantic affairs, and his
charities have been of the same kind.
Now he has practically retired from bust
mess, and his assured income for the rest
of his days is SIS, 900, 900 year. OF that
he has now arranged to give away 1000.
Zoo every month or ST., OOO, 900 year. The
most Of this money will go to libraries,
universities, schools and hospitals al
agencies for good.
The canny Scot has been lampooned
fand abuse by certain class for 6
/ good many years, and yet, in the trues
sense, he must be a big man. He look:
upon the vast wealth that has come t.
Thin as a trust, and it will hardly do
4 this stage of the game to doubt his sin
fcerity or his ability as a trustee
His own statement of his plans is a
follows:
Yearly income from present Carneg
bonds 100000.
i Income from bonds issued to pay TO
This stock $7,50O,O0O.
Income from other investments $500,
CoOo.
Total expected income $15.0O0.0O0.
To be devoted to public benefaction
Rs12 900, OOO
For personal expenses So, 900, 900.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-14

The Geographic report to the ef1ect
that Mr. Bryan has opened up his cam
{paign for a third nomination is not al
kall surprising. At the same time he
might as we'll combine with that cam
paign for a fourth nomination. What's
to be gained by waiting?
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-14
sssssassssssoesssssss
IN A PARAGRAPH.
THE HISTORIAN MAY sNUB HIM.

Thomas A. Edison is not entirely great.
Somebody has discovered that he writes
a legible hand. best described as copper
plate. '-Minneapolis Times.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-14
A JOINT AGREEMENT.

The proprietors of at least one "joint"
in Topeka have given evidence that
they intend to conduct their. business
without the aid or consent of any Ma
Gazette.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-14

"a few leaders controlling the organiza-
ton in certain states and dissatisfied re
'publicans, uniting with populists who
made the capture Chat is the word
fused by Mr.. Bryan) of the Chicago con-
Lvention Neither New York nor the
eastern states We're taken into the con-
{Spiracy,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-14

The Ohio court was too much for the
big bruisers, and Cincinnau's prize fight
has gone by the board. 1t begins to look
las though the fighting game had re-
|ceiyed it's death blow in the United
Estates
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-14
PER SoNaL.
States.

r. P. O'Connor says that Sir Andrew
Clarke and not Lord BeacOnsfield invent
led the title Empress of India Clarke
now agent general for Victoria and Tas-
|mania, was then governor of the Straits
settlements, and wanted a phrase to I'M
|press the Malays. A certain Major Ma
|chair suggested Empress OF India" to
him.
Frederick HOlbrOOk of BattleborO, the
|war governor of Vermont. will be 81
years old on February Is. II am happy
and contented." ne says. II try to make
myself useful. ] walk several miles
every pleasant day. I attend to my cor
l do my own writing.
read aloud several hours daily. largely
from the poets and works of magma
ten. This tends to prevent introspec-
tiCn when one is old. try to be a young
old man. I've been smoking ever since
ii was fifteen years old. and you see I'm
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-14
NO MYSTERY AT ALL.

Chicago Inter Ocean: Unless the
portraits do her a gross in
justice, Mrs. Nations antipathy to mir
rors can be accounted for very readily,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-14
NOT AN IMITATOR.

Washington Post: General Shafter Is
mot given to imitation. The advent of
Mr.. Cleveland as fox hunter has not
caused the general to join a polo club.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-14

On a certain occasion, when Bishop
Creighton was heading the processions
1 of the clergy down the nave of Peter-i
borough cathedral. he observed a black
beetle crawling across his path. Con-;
Lscious of the insects danger, he stopped
picked up the beetle, placed it in a POI
sition of safety out of the line of route.
land passed on to his throne.
4 The kaiser says of his favorite Swear,
fold daughter Victorit: In talking to-
me she is apt to forget that 1 am the
Eemperor. but she never forgets she is
fthe emperors daughter
George Schooner, the leader of the
] Schooner, or advanced. group of the Ger-'
man party in Austria, has publicly stated
= that he and his associates desire the an
fneXation of Austria by Germany.
Judge Ray one of the New York dele :,
3gation in congress. is said to be able to
4 smoke a cigar faster and to smoke more
Ncigars in day than any other congress
Imam. He never neglects an opportunity
n Ito smoke.
IA Nine. Adelina Patti, now 81 years of
sage. for many years past stood at the
. head of the music financiers of her set
n and at the present time her terms for
Econcerts in London are $1,000. Her rec
Word for single twelvemonth is 1000,
n and for single performance $11 900.
Il Buenos Ayres is the field in which the
Hlast named harvest was reaped.
alive vet. I enjoy the weed. / don't
smoke strong cigars now. I have one
of the manufacturers make me some
81 cigars every now and then. He puts
Il the best material into them, and, as you
= see. they are very small and mild.
smoke a cigar after each meal and some
tines I go beyond that limit. l believe
- in moderation always.
There is a movement on foot in Wash
2ingtOn for the erection of memorial tC
"a General Albert Ordway, the organizer
Xand first brigadier general Of the Dis.
Rtrict National guard. Captain c.. Fred
Cook, financial secretary of the Memoria
Association, will receive subscriptions
until March l and if sufficient fund.
q shall be raised the monument will bt
I dedicated on May 80 next.
Senator TOWne served just fifty-si1
Ydays and drew $712 as salary and $2S
for mileage-$1, 900 in all. During his brie
term he only delivered one speech. 1
was 10000 words in length and occupied
three hours and twenty minutes. AS tina
speech was about the only public ser
Twice Mr.. Towne performed during hi
Xsenat orial career it is estimated that tn
government paid him at the rate of $5.5
"a minute, or cents word.
Baron Johann Faber, who died in Muir
kemberg. Germany. recently, was practi
kcally founder of the celebrated lead pen
, ell factory carried on under his name
3When as a young man he succeeded t
81 his fathers business which turned on
\ cheap pencils of an inferior sort. he EN-
IS ployed twenty hands. Now over 100
linen work at his different factories. Fa
u her succeeded in driving English mad
!, nencils at one time in almost universe
use. out of Germany.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-14

Daniel r. Magruder. an ex-1udge OF the
Maryland court OF appeals. Is a con-
gstable in Annapolis. To the protest Oh
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-14

The late bishop of London, says the
London Graphic, was the least conven-
Etional and the most human of the bish-
Tops, and was always ready to create a
Swise and useful precedent. When the
5ccmmittee of the New Vagabonds club
INVITED him to be their guest at one of
1.-THE ladies' night dinners, he at once ac-
Icepted the invitation, and delighted the
company by assuring them that he was
Ithe greatest 'vagabond" present. Again,
BWhen, in jubilee year, the Hundred
kNCtable Women's" dinner was an
Snounced-one hundred distinguished
men being invited by these women, and
DR.. Creightons name being first on the
*list-he caused amusement by suggesting
81 that the names of each hostess and the
male guest of her choice should be pub
Rlished. There is no one l should like
Ito see in city living more than -
he said of one of his clergy; "but I must
knot promote him. for my few city liv-
Eings are the only retiring pensions
Shave to give to my older clergy"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-14

1.-THE citizens that constables had not
been appointed, the board in charge of
Ithe matter. replied that they could not
hnd men to accept the office. When
EJudge Magruder stated that plenty of
lgood men could be found. it was ban
Steringly suggested by a prominent poll
ftcian that the judge should accept, and
5h& did.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-14

Judge Ray. one of the New York dele
cation in congress. is said to be able to
smoke cigar faster and to smoke more
Ccigars in a day than any other congress-
man. He never neglects an opportunity
to smoke.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-14

George Schooner, the leader of The
Schooner, or advanced. group of the Ger
man party in Austria, has publicly stated
that he and his associates desire the an
yneXation of Austria by Germany.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-14

The kaiser says of his favorite S-yeal
old daughter Victorit: In talking tc
me she is apt to forget that 1 am the
emperor, but she never forgets she is
the emperor's daughter
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-14

|alive yet. I enjoy the weed. I don
!smoke strong cigars now. I have on
{of the manufacturers make me SON
sciears every now and then. He pu
1.-THE best material into them, and, as yo
4 see, they are very small and mild.
smoke cigar after each meal and some
tines I go beyond that limit. l belieN
g. in moderation always.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-05
SIZE OF THE Ne v ARMY
To Depend Upon the Results of the
Capture of Aguinaldo

Washington, March 30.-As a result
Of the capture of Aguinaldo and the
belief among officials that a speedy md
complete collapse of the insurrection
in the Philippines will follow, the full
strength of the army authorized by the
recent army reorganization act may
not be enlisted. The question is being
canvassed by the president and the au-
thorities, but no decision will be reach
ed until the views of General MacAr-
thur n others in the Philippines are
obtained. If the conditions turn out
as the officials here believe they will,
there will be no necessity for recruiting
an army of 100, 900 men. To the prom
inent senator's with whom the president
talked today he said that the strength
of the new army o not be greater
than necessary to meet the conditions.
Not a man would be enlisted whose SER
vices were not required to cope with the
situation.
The new army act provides for an
army with a minimum of Ga, oG0 man
and a maximum strength of 10G,0 900 men.
The discretion as to the size of the
force to be enlisted is lodged in the
president. 1t is he, therefore, who will
ultimately decide what the situation
calls for.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-05
NO YELLOW FEVER IN HAVANA
This Condition Never known Before
on April 1st.

Havana, April 1.-For the first time
in the history of Havana the month of
April begins without a single case OF
yellow fever in the city. Major w. c..
Gorgas, chief sanitary officer. Is con-
fident hat with sanitary measures now
being enforced and the valuable intor-
nation gained during the recent inves-
tigation of the yellow fever commission
there will be but a few cases during the
coming s
The marine hospital service IS also
taking precautions against bringing
into Havan infected persons or bag
gage from Mexican or other ports. DIR.
Glennon, chief surgeon, has issued or
ders for a quarantine against these
ports beginning April 18th. 1t is thought
many cases in Havana last year were
brought in from Vera Cruz. which is
only two days sail from havana.
Hereafter, passengers from Vera Cruz
Will be Obliged to remain in quarantine
for three days.
Immigrants are now kept isolated un-
til employment is secured for them and
they are shipped direct into the coun-
try. The number of yellow fever cases
in Havana has decreased wonderfully
since these precautions were AIKEN.
A regular quarantine station was
built by the Spaniards at Marfel II is
considered one Of the best in the marine
hospital service n will be retained by
the United States under the clause in
the Platt amendment relating to sani-
tation.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-05
EFFORTS To GUST DEMOCRATS
Vfrgfnia Republicans do Not Like
Democratic Post-masters Staying In
Of1ce.

Washington, March 30.-George c..
Bowden and Par Agnew, Virginia re-
publican leaders. talked with the pres
ident today about Virginia patronage.
The two Virginians are making every
effort to GUST h democratic postmas-
ter at Lynchburg. Senator Daniels
home town, also the democratic post
master at Chatham, Representative
Swanson's home. They say a democrat
has been held at Lynchburg as a cour-
tesy to Senator Daniels. Senator Dan
iels himself saw the president later in
the day, but whether in reference to
the L~ynchburg p~ostoffice is not known.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-05
A CLEVER SATIRE.

One of the best satirical articles we
have seen lately is the Washington
Post on the Shadows in South Africa"
and the British accounts of the i'm
mense slaughtering of the Beers and
the victories that have attended Brit
ish arms. 1t is too long to copy n a
sample will not suffice to give the flaw
or and purport of the clever editorial.
In spite of the destruction Kitchener
still implores Britain for more troops.
That is very perplexing. The Post be-
gins by saying:
1.-The Beers are extinguished. Their
fighting men have all been killed, their
farms burned, their ONE n chill
dren who have not yet persisted corral
led in British prison-pens, their horses,
cattle, sheep, &C., driven off; nothing
left but ashes, deSolation, bleaching
bones, and bowling wildernesses. When
Roberts sailed from South Africa for
home there was nothing left of the
Beers u a few struggling, fugitive,
and disheveled bands. Actually
it appeared upon the official record
(BritiSh), more than six weeks ago
hat the South African republics had
been successfully aSSaSSinated and that
mourning TeHdln6u lot the bTllISn du-
thorities beyond throwing their cada-
vers into a pit n filling up the same
for of landscape decoration
Statistically, automatically, theoreti-
cally, and morally, there were no more
Beers to reckon with. The jig was up"
And still the cry is for more troops,
troops. horses, horsesi The problem is
curious The Beers eXtinguished,
their army annihilated and the war
over quite a year ago, and yet the
alarm continues, the agony intensifies,
the havoc continues and demoriization
widens. The Post says that 1.-The
ghosts of Boer commands still terrify
every military station and outpost from
Pretoria to Cape Town. The shadowy
battalions of De Wet, Botha, Delarey-
still sweep across the deSolate veldts,
ford blood-stained rivers, threaten
British camps and bivouacs, loot de-
pots, magazines, and stations, n
keep Kitchener's men forever on a
deadly and ~exhausting strain A
wonderful wal truly. A quarter of a
million of fierce British fighters unable
to end a war with never more thar 49,
600 men to oppose them, and now in
1901, Kitchener'S plans are declared in
London a failure and a complete re-
construction must be had to put Down
the remnant of Beers.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-05

agitation with such an amendment"
AS pertinent to this we notice a pa
per prepared by Rev. Dr. s. r. WISH
ard, for the northern Herald and Pres
byter relative to "Polygamy and
Politics" He lives in that land of vice.
and knows much of the conduct of the
high Mormon officials. He states that
of twelve apostles living in that
gang. ten ARE living in polygamy."
So the president OF the church, who is
called The Prophet, Seer and Revela-
tor and The Mouthpiece of God is
living in open and fragrant polygamy.
He recently buried the only legitimate
wife he had. but he has five or six un-
lawful wives living. His first n
secon Councillors, George Q. cannon
and Joseph F.. Smith. are both living
in polgyamy. b. III. Roberts is still
living with three wives. When in
Washington he swore he would never
give them up and he is keeping his
oath. Angus NJ. Cannon, president of
Salt Lake Stake (Which is the local
church,, is living in polygamy. Scores
of bishops are in polygamy."
He reports that polygamy is practic-
ed in Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, New
Mexico and Arizona, as well as in Utah,
He has been travelling for nearly
eleven years in that degraded, spotted
section. He says he has never yet met
a single old Mormon who did not favor
polygamy. He writes and it is instruc-
tive:
They are bound to believe in it and
approve it. For their prophet, Joseph
Smith, said in his revelation on poly
gamy: Behold, / reVeal unto you an
everlasting covenant (referring to the
covenant of plural marriage), and if
We abide not in that covenant then are
We damned, for nc one can reject this
covenant and be permitted to enter into
glory The revelation has never
been repealed, and stands as a bulwark
in defense of the doctrine. Further
more, it is enforced by the example of
the leaders of the church who are IN
tinuing in polygamy."
Not content with prostituting women
in the distant west, they send out their
sly, false, in%sinuating agents of lust
throughout the old states. One of this
gang of emisaries was in Wilmington
going ITOm mouse 10 mouse WlInln q
week. They all lie about the prevalence
of polygamy. DR.. Wishard writing of
the great obstacles and even impossi-
bilities of reaching polygamy now in
Utah says this:
lone intelligently familiar with on
ditions in Utah would see at once that
our legal machinery is SO clogged and
hindered that we can not suppress
pOlygamy. Look at the conditions.
We have a Mormon Governor, a Nor
mon Secretary of State, a Mormon
Treasurer, a Mormon Auditor, a Nor
mon Superintendent of Public 1nstruc-
ton. And, l am informed by an attor-
ney of this city, that every prosecuting
attorney in the state last year., except
one, was a Mormon. The Supreme
Judges are not Mormons, but they can
touch no case until it is brought to
them. The prosecuting attorney a
not only prevent the case from going
to the higher courts, but can prevent
every case from reaching even the
lower courts"
So once more polygamy stands on it's
hind legs and defies law, public opinion,
the American people.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-05
MORMON POLYGAMY RAMPANT
AGAIN.

The fact that Mormon polygamy is
again legalized in Utah by act of the
naturally, attracts public at
tention freshly to that accursed mons
frosty. The constitution should be
amended to meet the case since the
courts in Utah are unequal to cope with
the crime, and legislators are corrupt
and vicious enough to countenance IL.
The Messenger agrees with the Char
lotte Standard that after prohibiting
polygamy in the constitution that the
whole power Of the United States
government should be worked to exc
cute in that debased land United
States laws. And it adds well that
"the complication with the Sultan of
Sulu ought not to prevent immediate
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-05
The Strike at DanviIle. Wa.

Danville. Va, April L-Rfverside cot
ton mills are idle. The strike situation
remains in statu quo. A committee
waited on the mills management
today and submitted the resolutions
adopted Saturday night. but as nom
resident stockholders had been wired
to and could not get here before to-
morrow no answer could be returned
The mills will not be opened till the
operatives are ready to work. This Is
done to prevent trouble.