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THE INTER MOUNTAIN Issued Every Evening Except Sunday. INTER MOUNTAIN PUBLISHING COMPANY Address all Mail to Inter Mountain Publishing Company. M. A. BERGER, Manager. 26 West Granite Street. Butte City, Montana SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Year by Mall, In Advance. $7.SO By Carrier, per Month TUESDAY, A\AY 14, 1901. THE CA.MFA.IGST IS Oft. r O-DAY THE INTER MOUNTAIN begins a voting contest similar to the contests of last year, which attracted such marked attention from the people of the state of Montana. There were few newspaper readers in Montana last summer who failed to take part in some manner in the contests for the trip to Alaska and the tour of the Yellowstone Park. Not many copies of the Inter Mountain containing the coveted coupons were allowed to remain unclipped; the public entered into the voting with a zest that told how well the balloting pleased the people. Nothing of the kind had ever been attempted before by a newspaper in the northwest; it was mainly because of the enterprise shown that the progressive people of Montana joined in promoting the friendly rivalry. To-day the Inter Mountain begins a contest which, it is confidently expected, ■will surpass in interest and excitement the very lively balloting in which newspaper readers of the state engaged a year ago. Beginning to-day and continuing until June 25, copies of the Inter Mountain will contain coupon ballots, which will be used in the selection of five young ladies of the state as guests of this newspaper on a trip to the Pan American exposition at Buffalo, N. Y. The smaller cities of the s,tate have been grouped and to each of three divisions of Montana has been given one candidate. Anaconda, Deer Lodge and Missoula have been set apart as the western section of the state; Dillon, Virginia City and Bozeman rep resent the southern part of Montana, and Livingston, Bill ings and Red Lodge comprise the eastern district. Each of these divisions will vote for as. many candidates a may care to enter the race, and the one receiving the highest number of votes, will be taken on a trip to the great exposi tion. Butte will comprise another district, from which two candidates will be selected? As the Inter Mountain comes from the press to-day the contest opens. It will be the liveliest battle of ballots seen In Montana for many a day. THE ISTHMIAfT CAfTAL. ja NICARAGUA OCCUPIES an enviable position among fyt the Isthmian nations, and the government of the little republic is dealing with perfect fairness with the United States, notwithstanding this advantage. The Canal Commission, appointed to inspect the Nicaragua route for an Isthmian canal, has met with nothing but fair treatment from the officials of the republic. The executive •branch of the government of Nicaragua appears to be fully alive to the advantages that would be secured in the event of a canal controlled by the United States being built across the narrow strip of land separating the two oceans. That the canal would be jealously guarded there is no doubt, and that Nicaragua would be benefited by the stream of commerce flowing through the waterway is beyond question. The Canal Commission, in its preliminary report, declared that the route across Nicaragua is entirely feasible. At no plaça between the two oceans is the elevation more than three hundred feet, and this depth of excavation will be required for only a short distance. To-day's news tells of a plan to bring about the purchase of the Panama canal, begun by the French. The commission reported adversely on this proposition and declared that the Panama gov ernment had made the terms under which the right-of-way •was secured so hard, that it would be impossible to secure a suitable title. In the meantime Nicaragua continues to hold out the very great inducements its natural advantages have supplied, and it is expected that the final report of the Canal Commission, made to the next congress, will recom mend the Nicaragua route, and snuff out the last spark of hope for those who favor the purchase of the Panama excavation. A MATTE F OF COVRTESy. F OR A LONG TERM of years the west has been looked upon as a place where men give way to rude impulses and heated controversy enters into the affairs of life to a degree that induces discomfort and pre cludes the exercise of ordinary courtesy. The strip of lard laying along the Atlantic ocean has sprouted these opinions generously, and the prevailing impression the east has gained of the western section of the country has mainly arisen from this source. That the reflection upon the west was undeserved and that the eastern people themselves are the chief offenders against the rules of good breeding has been, at last, amply proven. A few weeks ago it was proposed to confer a Harvard degree upon President William McKinley. Immediately a coterie of anti-imperialists busied theipselves at the work of disturbing the usual serenity of Harvard by dragging political controversy into the deliberations of its board of overseers. The president is now swinging around the circle of the southern and western states. His progress is a continual ovation, and men of all parties unite in expressing kindly regard for this splendid type of active, successful and honorable public man. The only discordant note in the Union to-day is, the wail that goes up from the camp of the anti-imperialists of the east. The board of overseers of Harvard has set the seal of disapproval upon the dis courteous malcontents of Boston, and President McKinley will be given the degree just the same. He will go fresh from the friendly meeting with the magnificent men of the west to enter the locality where the small-souled gentry, w ho have been sat upon by Harvard overseers, make their fcome. The contrast should heighten the president's good •pinion of the west.. FEFVEFTET> HX/MOF. / S THE SENSE of humor of the American people be coming perverted? If it is not, then the comic prints are catering to only a small part of the country's population. Beyond question the tendency of the comic palters is to make themes for humorous observation of many things which are far from possessing the essence of joviality. For years we have laughed at the man who came home gloriously full and fell up stairs, after trying to unlock the front door with his lead pencil. The artists of the comic papers have pictured him standing maudlin, gazing blankly at his aggreived spouse, and the writers have invented a dialogue with a 'hiccough between ever| word to go with the entertaining sketch. But the scene is not a comedy; it is one of the saddest situations ever imagined or described. It goes deep Into the woes of ex istence, and we all know It. Yet there is something In expressibly funny about it, too. Then there is the comic cut of the little negro boy being eaten by an alligator. This is a tragedy; it ends in death and contains all the elements that produce sadness, as deep and lasting as any bereavement can. The parents of the pickaninny that the comic artist delivers to the hungry alligator Jur,t for a joke, will go through life sad dened by the gruesome happening at which we laugh. In fact, there is nothing humorous about it, when we reflect upon the circumstances attending the artists' creation. Yet the picture of the pickaninny disappearing down the open throat of the reptile Is a type of comic sketch that takes as well as anything the comic papers produce. Humor Is becoming disturbed from its old foundations. In France jokes founded upon marital infelicity have the call at pres ent; perhaps we will reach the stage some day when murders will be written up as the humorous happenings of the day. THE FX/SIOffFOLICy. r HE EDITOR of the Commoner, W. J. Bryan, is a staunch advocate of fusion. In season and out, he has preached the doctrine of fusion, and has never paused long enough in his pursuit of the presidency to realize that all his fusion plans have come to naught. The fact of the matter is Mr. Bryan has succeeded in running the fusion idea into the ground and has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the real democracy of the country that fusion is wrong and is something to be avoided as dangerous alike to party organization and political success. There is no virtue in a "triple alliance" such as Bryan is so fond of recommending to his party; it is only the straight party declaration of faith, uncompromising and decisive, that wins. There is, something inherently weak about fusion. The very beginning of the scheme involves a compromise and a compromise is an admission that the party principles are so flexible that they may be stretched for the sake of expediency. The fusion plan has brought democracy into no end of trouble. The plan of the new and radical element of the party has been to fix the party principles arbitrarily, and then by means of a fusion, attempt to rally supporters to the cause. The only successful political party is the one that consults the wishes of the majority before say ing what the platform shall contain. Bryan has forced his pet theories upon the democratic party twice. Whether he can repeat the performance again is one of the revela tions, the coining campaign will furnish. It appears to be the opinion of the majority of the democratic leaders that the weak and vacilating fusion policy of the Bryan democracy has had its day. yoy/ffG WFITEFS. / S IT THE FATE of the current literature of America to be given over to the keeping of the young writer» of the day? It would appear that the younger mem bers of the literary circles of the United States were coming to the front fast enough to furnish adequate grounds for this prediction. Not only the magazines and newspapers have welcomed the young writer to a place where what he has, to say may be given to an audience fully as large as greets the older writers, but the publisher has become the friend of youth, and merit wins without., a., reputation to back up the quality exhibited in maitu-^ script. The young writer is having his day, and is taking his place beside veterans of the pen, who have made their profession the study of a lifetime. The public, too/ is gen erous to the unknown writer, and fame smiles upon the tyro in letters who hits the fancy of the crowd or casts a sunbeam of more than usual brilliancy upon the world. That - ill this is demoralizing to the profession of writ ing there can be but little doubt. The novelists of reputa tion are being supplanted by the writers whose first and oftimes only book contains something that challenges the admiration of the public. It is unfair to the fledgling writers, too, for few greater misfortunes can come to an un known author than the applause of the public won by a for tunate poem or a cleverly turned story. The author of The Man With the Hoe, although, not young in years, enteral, the lists of literary men with only one poem as his creden tials. He will, in all likelihood, never' approach the excel lence of his famous production again. The writers whose books have caught the fancy of the public are being paraded and described for the curious until it is known how and under what circumstances they performed the particular feat of composition that brought them fame. It is bad business for the old writers who are unwilling to be satisfied with ensuring fame that comes when they have passed beyond the reach of the annoying and enterprising Youngsters. The East Helena smelter has posted announcements of a grand opening to take place next Friday. Twelve per cent" off is the discount from regular prices. Residents of Flathead county wish to know why, for the land's sake, the state board of land commissioners don't sell the state lands instead of leasing them. A bouquet ninety feet in circumference was presented to the president yesterday in California. This is said to be just half as large as the oratorical bouquet Hon. J. Kemp Toole is preparing for the president's reception at Great Falls. Much to the disappointment of the spectators the city council of Anaconda failed to take the bit in its teeth and indulge in a wild runaway last evening. The Montana Central machine shops at Great Falls seem to have joined the procession of closed incidents. Yesterday, the Shamrock I. beat the Shamrock. XI. two to one. : BITS OP WIT. said little Richard. "Teacher, teacher, "Well, what is?" "Didn't you say yesterday that the world was kept in its place by the force of gravity?" "Yes, the attraction of the sun keeps the worl~ movirig in a regular orbit." "Then somebody's seen strlngln* my pa again. He said lost night that it was J. Pierpont Morgan."-Chicago Hciald-Record. The Dowager Empress was in a droll mood. "A note from the German Emperor!" announced thé chamberlain. "A Billy doux!" observed her Majesty. "And a note from the United States,!" "A Yankee Doodle doux!" cried this remarkable woman, while gales of merriment swept over the servile court. Detroit Journal. In the spring the putty drops from all the parlor window sashes; In the spring the furnace chimney chokes itself to death with ashes; In the spring when the wan consumptive thinks he surely Is imnroving: In the spring the poor man's fancy sadly turns to thoughts of movlnx. —-Chicago Tribune. "Will I express an opinion of 'Good' Frof. Algie Crook, of Chicago, who says he has never kissed a girl?" mused Carl II. Hoffman of Denver when questioned at the Thornton this morning by a short man wearing smoked glasses. "Well hardly. I will tell you this, however, Ctook is the subject of much comment in the French society papers. "Leading novelists and scientists have tuen interviewed. Some pronounce the Chicago instructor an 'idiot' and a 'mon ster,' but a powerful clan uphold his theory that love for women, even love of the ideal type, seriously Impedes a man who would be great and learned. "Henry Fouquier in a long article ad duces in support of this view Darwin, Goethe. Kant and Schopenhauer-. Fouquier says: Victor Hugo in private tt-tters repeatedly asserted his belief tpiat if he had had the courage to resist woman's charpis he would have sur passed Shakespeare and Voltaire. He believed that woman's company numbed bis highest faculties. Bacon, too, as serts that marriage retards a man's suc cess. ; "Fouquier finally quotes an interview S iven by Lord Kitchener to a Figaro re orter when he passed through Paris qfter the Khartoum victory. Kitchener brutally asserted that he 'wouldn't cross the street to win the most beautiful Vornan in the world, because he meant business in life and woman always wasted a man's time and destroyed his energy.' " IN THE HOTEL LOBBIES. "There are not many people who are aware of It, but it is none the less a fact," said Arthur H. Buchanan at the McDermott this morning. "What's a fact," queried the attenu ated interrogation point growing Inter ested. "Why, tlîat Louis Warren Hill, son of J. J. Hill, won the heart and hand of Maude Van Cortlandt Taylor on the golf links and secured her promise after she was recovering from typhoid fever, Which she contracted while trying to become a trained nurse. "It came about In this wise. The young people met in St. Paul more than a year ago. They golfed and drove to gether, but before any agreement was reached Miss Taylor returned to New York, and, despite her millionaire father, Cortlandt M. Taylor, decided to become a trained nurse. "She went to work in the Presbyterian hospital, hut soon contracted typhoid 'Hill managed to keep her home al- ! most filled with flowers and bonbons. and when she recovered he put forward the vital question, and now he is happy." "Now don't think I am giving you a jolly." remarked Edward A. Butterfield of Buffalo, N. Y., to the clerk at the Butte, with a merry twinkle in his eye. "Î know the name will sound a little odd, but it. is on the level and so is the story. Now listen. "Tookham Basinajian—no middle name -6a street ear conductor in West Hobo ken. has neither cause nor desire to ring up ar.v more fares. "His wife has just received information from the United States consul at Cal cutta that the uncle of her father, Man darge Oghley Manollel, all of which is said to mean 'good fortune,' has left her heir to $2,500,000. "The obliging uncle died fifty years ago, long before Mrs. Basinajian says she was born, but he left a provision in 1rs will that his wealth f.hould lie dormant for half a century and then be divided among his elatives. The conduc tor's wife is the only real heir to be found, although many others are expect ed to out in claims within a short time." ! "We all know what a voice Jennie Lind had." said J. T. McCormick, of Seattle, at the McDermott. He was ad dressing a party of traveling men, all of whom nodded in assent. "Well, sir," continued Mr. McCormick, "I was in New York recently and my attention was called to a fact that another voice like Jenny Lind's may be developed in Mag gie Murray, who has learned to sing during her sixteen years' stay in the American Female Guardian Society and Home for the Friendless. ' xne girl was admitted to the 'insti tution as a waif, and the other day F,he eras sent to the gills' school at North field, Mass., with the view of bettering her academic education. "Her expenses are being paid by a member of the beard of managers of the charitable institution, and after two years at Northfield her voice will be cul tivated. It 1~, said the g'.rl is a won der. Great things are expected of her." "Mammon and morality are the factors which promise to make B Ima- Beach, N. J., anything but a haven or fashon able rest during the coming summer sea son." said John J. Sommers to a party of men at the Butte last night. "One of the chief charms of the place heretofore ha-, been the dally parade of the fair cottagers from their houses to the beach In the'r bathing suits, and the custom has attracted many visitors. Now William Gordon, who owns and operates the principal bathing grounds, has raised his voire in protest against the usage. "He did this in the council chamber and asked that an ordinance be passed against the practice of walking about the village in bathing dress. He -.aid he did this in the cause of propriety and decency, but it later developed that the monetary question entered very largely into the matter. Personal Mention. Dr. and Mrs. Thomas G. O'Dell re turned today from Salt Lake, where they went to attend the wedding of Dr. O'Dell's sister. Mrs. Lewis A. Smith returned Monday evening from Fort Madison, Iowa, where i she had been spending the winter. | _ j : j j ; W. II. Liddard, better known as "Rat tlesnake Pete," the famous Indian scout, was iu this city last evening, and to »k advantage of his brief stay here to visit a number of c>ld Omaha friends, includ- j ing T. C. Douglas and "Tom" Brennan. ' ''Pete" was with General Miles during his Indian campaigns. He had charge of the Indians at the World's Fair and at the Omaha Exposition and is now taking a number of Sioux to Qleu Island, New York. I If Your Truss Lr JSfot Perfectly Comfort ».blé It doesn't fit properly, and you had better throw It away. An Ill fitting truss is worse than no tri^ss. We fit trussess for patients for many physicians. We have a private room for fitting and so large a stock of good trusses as to be able to fit any case. NEWBRO DRUG CO 109 North Main THE SILTAN REVIVES PROPHECIES OF _ «isimûtic rAMiuc Tut MAnAlIOI S COMING, Abdul Hamid, sultan of Turkey, is ex erting himself to bring about a great re vival of Mohammedanism. This is in a large measure the result of an event which is producing a profound impres sion on the minds of thousands of de vout Mussulmans in Turkey and Moroc co. That event Is the discovery by priests oi some old prouhecies, in which, they say, the advent of a new Mahomet or a new Messiah about this time is fore told. The most important prophecy was made toward the close of the eighteenth cen tury by Ben-el-Benna. a native of Tlem cen and a man of singular piety. It tells of the coining of Mouley Saa, "lord of the hour," or Messiah, who will bring triumph to the arms of the Islamites in their great battle with the Christians. Thousands of copies of this prediction have been scattered throughout Moroc co during the past few weeks, and it is said that they are mainly responsible for the insurrection now raging in the southern part of that country. This 'has grown so formidable that the emperor of Morocco has decided to march against the malcontents at the head of his army. Fearlessly the rebels await him. for they are convinced that the predicted Messiah will soon appear and champion their cause. Here is the strange prophecy: "The Messiah will come from the south ern part of Morocco. He will have with him 1,000 tents and he will first enter the city of Morocco and will go from there to Fez. Thence he will advance upon Tlem een and will go as far as, Oran, which he will destroy. From that point hg will niar °h tow ard Algiers and he will remain for four months in camp at Mitidja. Then he will destroy Algiers, after which he will go to Tunis, where he will re main for forty vears and then die." According to Sidi el Roukrari, a famous authority on the Koran, Mahomet him self predicted that thin Messiah would bear the name Mohamed hen Abdallah. "A man will come after me," said Ma homet, "and his name will be similar to mine. I mean that his father's name will be like my father's name, Abdallah, and that his mother's name will be like my mother's name, so that his full name will be Mohamed ben Abdallah. He will re s,emble me in character but not in coun tenance, and he will cause justice and equity to prevail throughout the world." That the time is at hand for the ad vent of this predicted Messiah is Inferred from the following prediction, made many years ago by Sidi el Akredar, a .devout Arabian priest: "The armies of the Christians," he says "will come from all parts. They will come, both cavalry and infantry, and they will cross the sea. They will descend upon our country like a raging fire. All France will come, and as a result there will he no peace in our land, and our cause will not triumph. They will all come like a torrent during a dark night, like a cloud of gand that is whirled by the winds. They will enter by the east ern wall. The vessels of Christians will be in the harbors and churches of Chris tians will he built everywhere, so that the doctrines of Christianity will spread throughout the land. After their work In Algiers is accomplished the Chris tians, complying with the all-powerful will of God, will rule over the Arabs, but soon afterward there will come to our relief the Messiah, whom Mahomet has announced." In view of the progress which the French have recently been making In Algeria and Morocco, it la not surpris ing that the Arabs and Mussulmans are now firmly convinced that everything predicted bv Mahomet Ben-el-Benna and Sidi el Akredar will soon come to pass and that a Mouley Saa or "lord of the hour" will surely manifest himself In the near future and enable them to vanquish their old enemies, the Christians. In Constantinople, as in Morocco and Algeria, this same- strange belief now prevails and it is the popular conviction that these old predictions are bound to lie fulfilled, which is now impelling Sul tan Abdul Hamid to interest himself in bringing about a grand revival of Mo hammedanism. The Newest Musical Plague. (Chicago Record-Herald.) "Sweet Annie Moore" has taken the place of "Because," "My Houoluht Lady," "Just One Girl," and all the oth er songs that everybody used to sing and whistle. In New York it is said that 33 out of every possible 40 people to be met in the streets are now sing ing or trying to 3ing "Sweet Annie Mo jt e," the chorus of which runs as fol lows "Sweet Annie 'Moore, sweet Annie Moore, i I'll never see iny Annie any more | She went away, j One summer s day, : And I'll never sje my Annie u.iy more." After reading the words It is easy to understand why "Sweet Annie Moore" is a craze. The song writer who can t j get up lines that are absolutely foolish ' j is always sure of success. Such stuff ; as "Sweet Annie Moore" never fails to get into the g:ent, throbbing heart of Mew York, j -j don't ' I i mm i ». e why you aren't industri ous and economical like the man next door," said the wife. "You will scarce ly have time to get to your office in season. The man re-t door bas his lunch in a ba-b* --d star*» out at < o'clock in the morning "Yes; and goes fi.su.ng.' Mrs. Bingo—"You are perfectly wel come to another piece of cake, Willie, but I am afraid it will make you sick. Your mother told me to give you but one piece." Willie Simpson—"That's all very well, but I don't know where the pantry is here."—Leslie's Weekly. BUàltk ik «h >kii u nkdidid. *•&*&****« Our two new opeh stock ■ patterns of Havliand China, ] different in design from any j that we have had before, are • well worth seeing. We sell ! one piece or any amount de sired. Night & Fairfield! ************************ Haye You Weighed The reason for It well over in your mind, when your eyes burn and smart when reading? ust try a pair of glasses that fit your sight perfectly and you will find a great relief. Headaches are generally the result of eye-strain, and can be promptly and permanently re lieved with the use of proper glasses. 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