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The Butte Inter Mountain.
VOL. XXI. WO. 106 Generally Fair Tonight and Friday. BUTTE, MONTANA, THURSDAY EVENING. JULY 25. 1901.
Slight Changes in Temperature. PRICE FIVE CENTS
Probing of the Naval Scandal Will Begin September 12.
Admiral Dewey Named bls
P resident of the Board
That Will Inquire Into the
Sa.mpson-Schley Contro
versy.
(By
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(By Associated Press.)
ASHINGTON, July 25.—The
board of inquiry which is
to investigate the contro
versial points in connection
with Admiral Schley's con
duct during the Spanish
wae will be composed of
Admiral Dewey, president
of the court, and Hear Admiral Lewis A.
Kimberly and Andrew E. K. Renham.
The court will meet at the navy de
partment In Washington, Sept. 12. Sec
retary Long announced these facts to
day. The precept to the court, which is
being prepared by Captain Lemly, judge
idvoeate general, has not yet been com
rleted.
Pillsbury as Judge.
While Ute formal order has not yet
been issued it is said Secretary Long has
selected Commander John E. Pillsbury,
equipment officer of the Boston navy
yard, as judge advocate of the Schley
court of inquiry. Commander Pillsbury
was in command of the dynamite cruiser
Vesuvius during the Spanish war, at
tached to Sampson's fleet.
The scope of the inquiry will not be
known until the precept and order for
tlie convening of the court are issued.
It is expected they will be promulgated
by the department tomorrow. Secretary
STRIKERS
OUTWITTED
STEEL MAGNATES AT WELLS
VILLE SMUGGLE NON UNION
MEN INTO THE MILLS.
MAYOR OF THE TOWN DECLINES
TO ALLOW COMPANY TO
EMPLOY POLICE
RAILROADS BEGINNING TO FEEL
EFFECT OF TROUBLE IN
LOST ORDERS.
(By Associated Press.)
Pittsburg, July 25.—Sheet steel strike
developments of the last 24 hours indi
cate that the company's forces at Wells
ville are slowly, accomplishing their in
tention of operating the plant with non
union men.
Last night a number of new men suc
ceeded in eluding the strikers and get
ting inside the works.
There, is no doubt .the visit of Presi
dent Shaffers to that place yesterday
was made in order to prevent any cause
for the interference of the courts by im
pressing on the strikers the Importance
of remaining orderly.
Manager Brookman of the Welisville
plant stated today that they will have
every mill in the plant running full next
week.
At McKeesport all is quiet as hereto
fore. The declaration of Mayor Black
last night that he would not permit
deputies in the idle mills or allow city
police to guard the companies' property
has caused a sensation.
Hundreds of mill workers from Home
*tead, Duquesne and McKeesport
inarched in a body to the mayor's office
today to thank him.
Railroads are beginning to. feel the ef
fects of the strike in the countermand
ing of orders for. coal shipments that
had been placed by the different mills
previous to the beginning of the strike.
FLOOD SWE EPS AW AY HOMES
Thousands of People in the Yang Tee
Valley, China, Lose Their Earthly
Possessions.
(By Associated Press.)
Shanghai, July 25.—The floods in the
Yang Tse valley are causing great dis
tress.
Two of the main embankments have
broken above Wuhn and flooded a thick
ly populated district for 4 or 50 miles.
Tens of thousands of people have been
rendered homeless and the crops de
stroyed.
The return of the court to Pekin looks
doubtful. Supplies have again been or
dered sent to Singan Fu, the present
headquarters of the court.
HEAT BREAKS BROOKLYN BRIDGE
K
(By Associated Press.)
I EW YORK, July 25.—It was discovered yesterday that several of the
suspension rods of the north cable of the Brooklyn bridge were broken.
The damage was small, but It caused a furore for a time.
Excited persons circulated a report that the bridge was in a dangerous
state, and an order to suspend traffic upon the structure was issued through
the office of the commissioner of bridge; police reserves were cabled out and
presently the crowd of Brooklynites and other resident's of Long Island, which
dally throng the Manhattan end of the bridge at 6 o'clock, were thrown into
much excitement.
The car service was stopped altogether, as was the driving of all vehicles.
Pedestrians were, however, allowed to walk to the Brooklyn side- The con
gestion on the Manhattan side was relieved by this permission, but the
Brooklyn ferries carried thousands more than they usually do.
When the Bridge and Brooklyn Transit company authorities found how
greatly the damage had been exaggerated the traffic was partially resumed.
By 9 o'clock the bridge cars were running once more. The broken rods will
ha replaced in two or three days. Heat caused the trouble.
ADMIRAL SAMPSON.
Long, says, however, that the proceed
ings of the court will be open and that
the widest latitude will be permited in
the matter of witnesses, and that Rear
Admiral Schley will be allowed to be
represented by counsel.
Secretary Is Silent.
The secretary had nothing to say
about the composition of the court, ex
cept that he thought it spoke for itself
and to express the hope that the mem
bers chosen would be satisfactory to all
concerned.
Makers of Steel Are Not Uneasy
N
(By Associated Press.)
EW YORK, July 25.—The Iron Age says:
The strike ' in the rolling mills has not developed
any special features during the week, and the feeling
in the trade is that the power of the Amalgamated associ
ation has been generally overrated.
From a high source comes the statement that the United
States Steel corporation will wait until its men in non
union mills get ready to go to work and then plant after
plant will be opened, which does not seem likely for several
weeks.
The decline in the product of the finishing mills will
soon lead to the closing of some of the steel plants and to
other banking of furnaces or the accumulation of pig iron.
Thé longer this condition lasts the greater will be the
necessity for the merchant furnaces who sell to the United
States Steel corporation to look for an outlet in other
directions.
The Ohio Steel Company's plant at Youngstown has
been put on steel rails, so that it can take up the work
of South Chicago should any trouble arise there. This,
of course, reduces the billet supply.
The shortage of sheets and tin plate has already made
Itself felt and the jobbers' stocks are being drawn on
heavily ail over the country, a premium being secured.
There is a decidedly firmer feeling in iron bars, and the
recent weakness in steel bars has disappeared.
The pig iron situation is puzzling. Statistically the
position continues favorable, but there is a feeling of un
certainty and weakness cropping up in different places.
This week business has been light all over the oountry.
We note a sale of 10,000 tons of basic iron in the Philadel
phia district.
NEW POPE COMING
Candidates Getting Ready for a Meet
ing of Cardinals to Be Held
Soon.
Deadlock Is Anticipated by Church
Authorities in a Position
to Know.
(By Associated Press.)
Rome, July 25.—Although the pope is
in excellent health, a feeling prevails
at the Vatican that a meeting of the col
lege of cardinals cannot be far off, and
it is no secret that the candidates for
the papacy are making elaborate pre
parations for the conclave.
One of the chief characteristics of the
next conclave, according to a high pre
late, will be the large number of can
didates for the chair of St. Peter.
A first scrutiny is expected to slhow
that six or seven cardinals are favored
for the pontoficiate.
Those who are well informed antici
pate a deadlock, and the ultimate se
lection of an outsider who has not yet
been mentioned.
Would Stamp Out Yellow Fever.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, July 25.—Dr. Felipe Caldas,
Brazillian bacteriologist, who has a yel
low fever serum, has sailed for Cuba on
the steamer Havana. Dr. Caldas goes to
Cuba to direct experiments with his se
rum with a view to stamping out the
disease.
BOARD OF INQUIRY
Admiral De>yey,
Rear Admiral Kimberley,
Andrew 12. K. Benham,
John E2. Pillsbury.
Place of Meeting
Navy Department, Washington, D. C., Sept. 12, 1901
He pointed out that none of the offi
cers chosen had, so far as he knew, ex
pressed an opinion concerning what is
known as the Sampson-Schley contro
versy, and it was therefore to be pre
sumed that they would enter upon their
work in impartial and unprejudiced
spirit.
Th members of the court are distinc
tively fighting men. Each has been con
nected with a celebrated event in naval
annals. Of Admiral Dewey, hero of the
battle of Manila Bay, it is unnecessary
to speak. His record is familiar to all.
His associates, Rear Admiral Kimberly
and Rear Admiral Benham. are both
retired officers.
Maclay May Go.
An effort has been made to secure the
removal of Edgar S. Maclay, author of
An Army of Sightseers
Moving Through Butte
___ HE first section of the Epworth League excursionists from San Francisco
T spent the night and this afternoon in Butte on the way back to the east.
I This party numbered 125 people, made up mostly of people from eastern
Iowa, along the line of the Milwaukee road, and was in care of John R.
Cook, traveling passenger agent of that road. There were two special cars,
well filled.
The party visited the smelters and several of the mines, under the guid
ance of W. E. Brink, city passenger agent of the Northern Pacific, going
down into the Stewart and Speculator shafts, and taking in others of the
sights of the city. The good old farmers from the Hawkeye state were very
appreciative of what they saw here, declaring that San Francisco is not in
the same class as Butte in any one of a dozen particulars. Some of the visit
ors had never seen a mine before coming here, and the figures of Butte's cop
per production staggered them.
There will be many thousands of tourists coming east from the great con
vention within the next few days. Twenty-five thousand people went west
from the midie and eastern states, and upwards of one-half of this number
will return over the Northen Pacific, the majority of them through Butte.
Exact dates are given for upwards of 1,000 of the visitors to reach Butte. This
is an objective point for almost all of the excursionists, very few of them
planning to go through without stop.
Nearly 100 members of the New York Schutzen corps will be in Butte on the
29th, on their way home from the great shoot at San Francisco. They will
visit all the principal attractions before leaving.
Strike at 'Frisco Crowing More Tangled
(By Associated Press.)
San Francisco, July 25.— Secretary Mc
Laughlin of Brotherhood of Teamsters
announced today that it had been decid
ed to call out all the members of the
brotherhood except those employed by
the Pacific Transfer & River Express
company, which have agreed to make ac
cessions. This order will effect 300 men.
While there is no prospect of an immedi
ate settlement of the teamsters' difficul
ties there are chances of* an understand
Timely Aid for British House of Commons
(By Associated Press.)
London, July 25.—The government has
been helped out of a great difficulty by
the return to the house of commons of
the chairman of committees, and the
prospects of the winding up of the par
liamentary session have distinctly Im
proved. Had Mr. Lowther's illness, how
ever, proved to be of a prolonged char
!
GIANTS RACE
TWO GREAT STEAMERS RUSH
ING TOWARD AUSTRALIA
FROM NEW YORK.
INTENSE INTEREST SHOWN IN
SHIPPING CIRCLES OVER
THE CONTEST.
(By Associa(ed Press.)
New York, July 25.—Two steamships
cleared from this port for Australia,
both at the same time today, and report
has it that they at- to race to their
destination.
They are the Indrallm of the Leysjn,
and Devon of the American and Austra
lian line.
In shipping circles much interest is
shown in the result.
Strikers Return to Work.
(By Associated Press.)
Scranton, P. A., July 25.—The Allls
Chalmers company resumed work in all
departments of the Scranton machine
shopt today*
the history of the Spanish war contain
ing the criticisms of Rear Admiral
Schley. Maclay is a clerk in the Brook
lyn navy yard.
Representative Sidney U. Mudd of
Maryland, a member of the committee
on naval affairs, called on Secretary
Long today and represented to him the
impropriety of Maclay continuing as an
employe of the government, in view of
the language of which he made use in
reference to Admiral Schley.
The secretary promised to give the
matter his early attention.
Cause of the Trouble.
The cause leading up to the dispute is
in brief:
Sampson was commander-in-chief of
the Atlantic squadron off Santiago in
the summer of 1898. Schley was con
ing between the machinists and their
employers. The conciliatory committee
of the resuscitated Municipal League has
induced the mayor to attend the meeting
of the Employers asso iation, with a view
to the suggestion of a conference with
the strikers. One effect of the machinists
strike has been the practical stoppage of
work on large buildings because the iron
work cannot be procured. It is an
nounced that a strike of the street car em
ployes is probable before the close of the
week.
acter, an extraordinary situation would
! have resulted. No one can put closure
but the speaker, Mr. Gully, or Chairman
j Lowther, and the unavoidable absence of
i both seriously crippled the business of
; the house. Nothing would better please
j the Irish nationalists, but the liberals.
' as well as the conservatives, are agreed
I that this is a risk to which the affairs
{ of the nation ought not to be exposed.
British War Policy Is Denounced
(By Associated Press.)
L ONDON, July 20.—The war correspondents in South
Africa have united in a belated revolt against the
military censorship.
Bennett Burleigh, a veteran of many campaigns, de
scribes the censorship as a "bungle and a blunder," and
declares that (he sooner the whole matter of unofficial cor
respondence Is put upon a definite basis, conformable to
free institutions, the better it will be for everybody.
Edgar Wallace asserts that there is nothing so far as the
military position is concerned to justify the maintenance
of censorship, and that it is creating a bad precedent, since
the only service which it can render is a political one,
savoring "somewhat of Russia; nay, it is Krugerian."
Howell Glynne, who has remained in the field con
tinually since the outbreak of the war, holds his peace.
In addition to the general restrictions based on military
reasons established at the opening of the war, the following
regulation enables any censor to reject or condense every
dispatch submitted to him. "In future the length of cor
respondents' wires will be in proportion to the importance
of the news contained then in."
The correspondents, consequently, are disabled and un
able to justify by cable work the expenses of their service.
The country, which is heavily taxed for a costly war, does
not know what is going on, and is forced to be content with
casualty lists and Lord Kitchener's inventories of Boers
killed, wounded and surrendered, and of stock, rifles and
ammunition captured.
It Is not easy to understand what are the political
motives for the suppression of news from the seat of war.
Some of the Incidents which have been suppressed would
bear heavily against the advocates of the Dutch cause, both
here and on the continent.
ADMIRAL SCHLEY
mander of the "flying squadron," a de
tachment of swift cruisers on the look
out for the Spanish fleet in West Indian
waters. Sampson had the heavier slower
ironclads under his personal supervision.
When Cervera's fleet was bottled up
in Santiago harbor, both parts of the
fleet united in the blockade. Sampson
was aboard his flagship, the armored
cruiser New York, and Schley aboard the
cruiser Brooklyn.
The Spanish fleet of four powerful ar
HOT WAVE BROKEN
Heavy and General Rains in Several
Streets Relieve the Suffering'
People.
Indications Now Are That the Worst
of the Heated Term Is
Past.
(By Associated Press.)
St. Paul, Minn., July 25.—A heavy and
general rain throughout this section
early this morning has greatly relieved
the heated spell.
Chillocothe, O., July 25.—A heavy rain
storm occurred here this morning. Sev
eral buildings were damaged by lightn
ing.
Louisville, Ky„ July 25.—At 1 o'clock
the official temperature was 93 degrees,
with indications that it would not ex
ceed 100 during the day.
Palma Makes a Denial.
Havana, July 25.—A letter has been re
ceived from T. Estrada Palma to Hora
tio Reubens, in which the former denies
the assurances in favor of the annexa
tion of Cuba to the United States attrib
uted to him.
More Filipinos fuvrender.
Manila, July 25.—Col. Zurbano, with 29
officers, 518 men, 243 rifles and 100 boios,
has surrendered to Lieutenant Hickman,
of the First cavalry, in Tayabas prov
ince. These former insurgents have
taken the oath of allegiance.
RAIN FALLS IN PARCHING STAfES
(By Associated Press.)
C HICAGO, July 25.—Reports ear'y this morning from telegraph operators at
central points in Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska—the drouth-stricken states
—regarding the weather conditions at that hour and the prospects for
the immediate future, are as follows:
Iowa—Cedar Rapids, heavy rain since 1.15 a. in., prospect for continuing
is good. Independence, heavy rain since midnight- Fort Dodge, hard rain
since 12:15 a. m. Gillman, downpour since midnight. Marshalltown, pouring.
Dubuque, light shower at 1:30, now threatening. Iowa City, raining since
midnight. Atlantic, no rain, but prospects are favorable for rain soon. Mason
City, no rain yet; lightning and cloudy in southwest. No rain reported
within a hundred miles east or west.
Nebraska—Omaha, Cheyenne county and vicinity was visited by a heavy
rain, two Inches falling at Sidney. The fall is believed to extend through
western Nebraska- North Platte, v >:y light rain both east and west of here.
Schuyler, no rain. Broken Bow, no i tin. Not much prospects.
Missouri—Jefferson City, Kan.;is ''icy, Centre 11a and De Soto reported no
rain and no prospecta for any. Moberly leporteu light showers tutCUgU the
central portion of the slat.-.
F u 11 e s t Latitude is to Be
Given, a.nd Intention is to
Settle Cnee For All the
Trouble That Has Come
About.
mored cruisers and two torpedo boat de
stroyers steamed out of the bay the
morning of July 3, 1898, seeking to
escape. Schley was the ranking officer
present, the New York, with Sampson
aboard, having steamed away for a con
ference with General Shatter of the laml
forces. Schley signalled the order of
pursuit, and in a running battle, in
which the Brooklyn and the Oregon
were the star actors, sunk or captured
the entire Spanish fleet.
According to Sampson's official report',
his ship was never within range of the
enemy's guns. He was commander of
the fleet, with Schley as a subordinate
officer. Schley's report of the battle was
made to Sampson, who in turn made re
port to the navy department.
Friends of the two officers laid claim
respectively to the sole honor of the day,
and to the financial reward due the
victor for sinking an enemy's fleet. Ad
miral Sampson was declared the man te
receive the lion's share of the reward,
$8,335.
Milner and Rhodes Sworn In.
London, July 25.—Lord Milner and Ce
cil Rhodes met yesterday at Marlborough
House, where they were sworn in as
members of the privy council.
FREE TRADE
DECLARED
PRESIDENT ISSUES PROCLAMA
TION REGARDING PORTO RICO
AND TH ET UNITED STATES.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF A CIVIL
GOVERNMENT FOR THE
ISLANDS MADE.
PLANTING OF THE AMERICAN
FLAG AMONG THE NATIVES
CELEBRATED.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, July 25.—The president
today issued his proclamation establish
ing free trade between Porto Rico and
the United States and declaring the or
ganization of a civil government for
the island.
The proclamation is purely formal and
cnly in the resolutions adopted by tho
Porto Rico legislature, heretofore pub
lished, does it apear that the island is
set free commercially today in com
memoration of the anniversary of the
planting of the American flag on the
Island.
The proclamation is headed, "Cessa
tion of Tariff-Forto Rico."
NEW BISHO P IS CO NSECRATED
Thousands of Catholics Witness Au
Impressive Ceremony in
Chicago.
Chicago, July 25.—An audience of
thousands, awed by the solemnity and
magic of Roman Catholic ceremonial, to
day witnessed the consecration of Rev.
Father Peter J. Muldoon as titular
bishop of Tamassensis and auxiliary to
Most Rev. P. A. Feehan, archbishop of
Chicago.
Cardinal Sebastian Martinelli of Wash
ington acted as consecrator, while two
archbishops, Feehan of Chicago and
Ryan of Philadelphia, 12 bishops. 400
priests and scores of acolytes assisted in
the ceremonies and celebration of mast,
The ceremonies, which occupied three
hours, came to an end with a prayer and
a hymn.
AWFUL PLUNGE TO DEATH
Son of Former Rear Admiral Collins
Palls Fourteen Stories in
Chicago.
Chicago, July £5.—John L. Collins, 5S
years of age, a son of Rear Admiral Na
poleon Collins, prominent during the civil
war, plunged fourteen stories to his
death in the Masonic Temple today. II*
was caught betwe n the elevator and th*
shaft. He lea\es a wife and child and
two brothers in California.