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The Butte Inter Mountain.
VOL. XXI. NO. 109
Fair Tonight and Tuesday.
BUTTE. MONTANA. MONDAY EVENING. JULY 29. 1901.
Rising Temperature; War «
PRICE FIVE CENTS
HOMES FOR THE LUCKY ONES
GREATEST LOTTERY IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD CONDUCT
ED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IN OKLA
HOMA TERRITORY.
DRAMATIC SCENES ARE ENACTED WHEN THIRTEEN THOUSAND
QUARTER SECTIONS ARE DISTRIBUTED AMONG
167,000 PERSONS.
(By Associated Press.))
E L RENO, O. T„ July 29.—One ot the
greatest lotteries in history, that
conducted by the federal govern
ment in disposing of 13,000 quarter sec
tion claims in the Kiowa, Comanche
reservations, was begun here this morn
ing.
No public event In years in the south
west has attracted so much attention
as this one—'the initiation of a new meth
od of disposing of government lands.
One hundred and sixty-seven thou
sand persons, each with one chance in
13 of winning a homestead, watched the
event here in reality, or at a distance,
for the applicants come from every
state in the union.
The drawing took place on a platform
built for the purpose in the open air
a few blocks from the center of El Reno.
Situated at the foot of several small
hills, which formed a perfect amphithe
ater, the platform was the cynosure of
thousands of eyes.
Hundreds of others are still bound
this way. Sunday was spent quietly. But
as night came on and the hour for the
actual drawing approached men and wo
? ien, many of whom had waited pa
tiently for months for the morrow's
event, or had come thousands of miles
at the last moment to participate in it,
became anxious. ,
' The government clerks finished the
MANY HORSES SICK
WITH DEADLY GRIP
Large Number of Animals in Chicago
Suffering From Strange
Disease.
Owners Are Forced to Let Their Steeds
Remain Idle Under Care of
Doctors.
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago July 29.—A large number of
•the horses in Chicago are said to be af
flicted with the grip, and the disease has
taken such a severe form in some locali
ities that it has been necessary for own
ers to Stop working their horses and put
them under the care of veterinary sur
geons.
Thus far the disease has not been fatal
to an alarming degree, but it is said that
the utmost care is necessary in order to
prevent other complications setting in
which would place the horse beyond the
power of human air
The disease has been raging in the east
and there have been cases of it in Chi
cago, but it did not become epidemic un
til a few days ago.
RANCHER SLAYS TWO MEN
Old Feud in Colorado Results in the
Killing of Father and
Son.
(By Associated Press.)
Trinidad, Colo., July 29.—Phil McWill
iams, a rancher, living a few miles from
town, shot and killed Salvator Paerse
and his son, Charles Paerse.
McWilliams fired a dozen or more
shots, which were replied to, and Mc
Williams' horse was shot from under
him by the Faerses.
TVi shooti'i? (a 'he outcome of an old
feud.
SECRET OF FAR EASTERN TROUBLE
COMES INTO POSSESSION OF AMERICA
(By Associated Press.)
W ASHINGTON, July 29.—The government at Washington has come into
possession of complete views of the agitation in the far east from a
trusted agent in China.
Corea is the strong center, if there is one, just now. The government of the
emperor is a greedy, cruel and rapacious personal despotism, and Russia is
playing with the territory as a cat does with a mouse.
She is perfecting her railway system in Siberia and Manchura, and when
■he is ready she will come down through the Corean peninsula and plant
her military and commercial establishments in the magnificent harbor of Ma
eanpho, in the southeast, whence she can descend upon Japan, which lies be
tween the British interists in the north and their base at Hong Kong.
To this end Russia seeks to control or build and control a railway from the
northwestern -frontier of Corea near Mukden to Masanpho, but her agreement
with Japan forbids her seeking such concessions in Corea, and therefore
France steps in to her aid.
Her effort to displace J. McLeavy Brown, though made on a side issue to
■which he lent himself with absurd stupidity, was for the purpose of getting
the pledge of the customs revenue for a loan. The purpose of protecting her
credit is uppermost with Corea, which is possible with a foreigner in control
and with his consent. Brown has been dismissed, but under pressure was
reinstated.
Russia views the opposition with tolerant amusement and will win. When
the real purport of the Brown incident became apparent Japan was much
alarmed, and with good reason. Her finances could not stand the stress of her
armament and the cabinet has gone to pieces on the financial issue. A feeble,
stop-gap ministry can hardly be said to be in power, and the country is drift
ing, possibly, into war with Russia, like a rudderless junk.
Whatever temporary success Japan may have when she goes to war with
Russia, it will insure her having to fight for her very existence in her own
Islands and that before many years. Great Britain could not stop Russia, if
she would, and if she could she would, for she does not care to accelerate the
Russian advance to the head of the Persian gulf, which already threatens
India.
The Russians hold the great port of New Chwang. without there being
anything visible or in efTect a single shred or pretense of Chinese authority and
an official says he was astonished to see armed Russian soldiers quietly al
lowed to overhaul the British steamer on board of which he was traveling. New
Chwang, mind you, was an open treaty port.
Germany is as powerless as Great Britain, and in fact her position is be
tween the French hammer and the Russian anvil. . ^
task of placing the names of the ap
plicants in envelopes and of tying them
in bundles ready to be placed in the
wheels, which had been tested for the
last time yesterday afternoon.
~The only detail that remained was the
selection of the 10 persons who should
perform the actual drawing out of the
envelopes within the oblong receptacles.
They were young boys of good families
and were named at the last moment.
The placing of the envelopes in the
wheels proved slow work and the ac
tual drawing was delayed over two
hours.
The first envelope taken from the
wheel contained the name of James R.
Wood of Weatherford. Oklahoma, who
had registered for a homestead in the
Lawton district.
Mattie H. Reals of Wichita, Kan.,
whose birthplace was in Missouri, drew
number two, also in the Lawton dis
trict.
The multitude went frantic over the
announcement, but became quiet almost
instantly and listened intently to hear
the names of the other fortunaes.
When Colonel Dyer, the commissioner,
in thunderous tones announced the wo
man's age as 23 and her height the same
as that of Mr. Wood, 20,000 persons
shouted in chorus, "They must get mar
ried."
As the drawing progressed hundreds
of persons saw their hopes dashed to
the ground, and many pitiful spectacles
were witnessed.
CZAR RECO VERING HIS HEALTH
Russian Ruler Rapidly Gaining
Ground Since His Recent
Illness.
(By Associated Press.)
Beiden, July 29.—The czar has been rap
idly taking on flesh since his illness. He
is pale, but looks stout.
The doctors have ordered him to take
more exercise and he has put in his bed
mom a rowing machine, at which he sits
half an hour each morning.
He lives abstemiously, as the physi
cians forbid him wines as fat producing.
Boers Badly Scattered.
Capetown, July 29.—Boers are scattered
throughout the upper districts of Cape
Colony. Some are within a few miles
of Indwe Others are between James
town and Moite and around Burghers
dorp. Several parties are close to Crad
dock.
Millions for a Museum.
New York, July 29.—That Jacob S.
Rogers, who left almost all of his im
mense estate to the Metropolitan Mus
eum of Art, himself placed the estimate
of his property at $5,443,000, has been dis
covered by the appraisers
RECEIVERS ASKED
FOR LAND COMPANY
OF WASHINGTON
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36 by the prominence of the three 36
36 trustees who are made defendants, X
X Senator George Turner, Col. W. W. 36
36 D. Turner and Col. I. N. Peyton. 36
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Claim of Prof. Koch of London That Tuberculosis Is Rot Communicable to
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L ONG BRANCH, N. J., July 29;—Dr. J. A. Wyeth, president of the
American Medical Association, in speaking of the theory recently
put forward by Prof. Koch in London that tuberculosis is not
comunicac.e to human beings by eating the meat or drinking the milk
of tuberculosis cows, says:
"Notwithstanding the report that Prof. Koch has stated that bovine
tuberculosis Is no' transmissable to man, we shall not cease to take all
precautions to destroy the baccilli th are found in milk and beef.
"It is by no means proven by Dr. Koch or anyone else that this
transmission of the disease is impossible. Moreover, it is the gen
eral belief and opinion of the best experts and investigators in this de
partment of medical science that milk from tuberculosis cows is dan
gerous as a source of infection to human beings, especially to children
of low resistance.
"Dr. Koch is reported to have 1 ased his opinion, in part, on the
fact that primary tuberculosis of the intestines is extremely rare and
t.iat a large number of post mor;oms bave shown only two or three
subjects in which primary tuberculosis had occurred in the intestines"
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COLUMBIA WINS A RACE
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Bateman's Point, July 29.—Fifteen
sloops and yawls and three schoone-s
came off Newport harbor today to com
pete in their respective classes for the
Astor cups for sloops and schooners,
valued at $1,000 and $500 for each class
respectively.
The Columbia won the race for he;
class, with the Constitution second. Th ?
Columbia started at 11:08:10 and finished
at 2:54:32.
Heretofore the more valuable of the
trophies has gone to the schooners, byt
on account of the Constitution' and Cc*
lumbia being among the competitors this
year the donor reversed the conditions
and the $1,000 cup went to the sloop class
for competition.
Baby Carrying Dynamite
Walks the Butte Streets
The lower levels of the police station
contain enough dynamite to blow the en
tire city hall, with its contents, over Big
Butte hill.
Sol Levy has his sun dial stationed in
the alley immedately outside the station
door, keeping tab on the time when he
expects the explosion to occur.
When the hour approaches Sol is going
to vacate the premises and take to the
tgll timbers, leaving his prisoners and
old Jack, the sugar eating dog, to their
fate.
The dynamite was rescued last even
ing from the hands of a 5-year old child
by Policeman Renniger near the new fire
staton, now under way of construction at
the corner of Excelsior and Quartz
streets.
With the dynamite was a giant cap.
The latter is strong enough in Uself to
blow the child, which so fondly handled
the innocent looking explosive, into an
other world.
Policeman Rennger has palpatation of
the heart and short breathing spells
Falling of Big Grandstand
Brings Injury to Many
(Special to Inter Mountain.)
Billings, July 29.—Dr. William Par
berry, a well known citizen of White
Sulphur Springs, and one of the larges*
wool growers of the state, sustained a
compound fracture of his left leg at Red
Lodge yesterday, when the grand stand
on the baseball grounds collapsed. Mr.
Parberry has been in this city two
weeks, looking after his wool business,
and yesterday morning, accompanied the
excursion from this city to Re l Lodge
to witness the ball game.
The grandstand was a frail structure
and when 300 people crowded upon It, it
gave way. Several other people were in
jured, but not seriously.
At 11 o'clock, the starting time, a
good northwestern breeze prevailed and
a long roll was setting in from the
ocean almost in the opposite direcii ,n.
The sky was overcast, however, and
half an hour before the start there
seemed to be little chance that observers
ashore would see much of the race |
At 1:43 p. m. the two 90-footers were
on about even terms, making for the
second mark. The yacht which was at
the rear had caught up with th other
and apeared to be going by her to wind
ward.
At 1:56 p. m., it was seen that the lead
ing boat was Columbia. The yachts then
were within seven miles of the second
mark and going very fast, and Columbia
seemed to be increasing h r lead.
every time he talks of the white sticks of
deadly explosives.
He found the child leisurely walking
atout the partially completed fire station,
holding in each hand a stick of the dy
namite
How to secure the packages from the
child without causing trouble was a mat
ter not easy to solve.
The patrolman scratched his head con
siderably before he decided upon a plan,
but when he did so lie wasted little time.
Renniger deliberately took a seat upon
the ground near the child and taking a
bunch of keys from his pocket called for
the babe to approach him.
The child seemed to take to the police
man at once, and he came towards the
blue coat so rapidly that it looked as if
the dynamite and cap would be dropped
in his haste.
The child dropped the contents of his
fat little arms into the policeman's lap
and grabbed for the keys A sigh of relief
went up from Renniger when he found
himself intact and the explosives in his
possession. lie turned the dangerous
slicks over to the jailor immediately.
Mr. Parberry was brought to this city
last night and taken to his home this
morning, accompanted by Rufus Thomp
son and J. P. Smith. Being an aged
man it is feared his injuries will prove
more serious than they would otherwise
l>e.
The day proved a bad one for the
Billings delegation. The baseball boys,
who had left their clothtning in a room
in the Spoltord hotel, suffered the loss
of $40 in money and two gold w itches.
At 11 o'clock, the starting time, a
nearly everybody in the town was at the
game and -had rifled the clothes. A Red
Lodge player also lost Then, too,
the game was lost by the Billings boys,
the score being;22 to 12.
STEEL STRIP NEAR AN END
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LITTLE DOUBT THAT THE CONFLICT BETWEEN EMPLOYERS
AND THE MEN WILL BE SETTLED IN A
DAY OR TWO.
AMALGAMATED ASSOCIATION WILL BE PERMITTED TO CON
TINUE UNION LODGES IN ALL MILLS THAT WERE
NONUNION.
(By Associated Press.))
Pittsburg, July 29.— Pittsburgers gener
ally express their delight in the anticipa
tion of a settlement of the strike, and
no one seems to have the slightest doubt
that the negotiations for peace will re
sult in a cessation of hostilities.
So far neither of the contending forces
has suffered greatly. Working under se
vere strain of the oppressive heat lately
would have been an unusual hardship
and the men think that on this account,
perhaps, many lives have been saved by
the strike.
So far as the companies are concerned,
they are also in better position for work
now than they were before the strike.
Many of the mills have ben repaired and
the conditions of an increased output
are greatly improved.
It is true that a computation of cold
figures foots up a total loss of $6,176,000
on account of the strike of which im
mense sum $3,960,000 is charged to the
combine and $2,516,000 to the strikers.
But this loss will soon be made up,
owing to the better prices which now
prevail and the improved operating con
ditions as well as the better feeling be
tween the employer and employe.
President Shaffer and Secretary Will
iams were both at Amalgamated head
quarters this morning. They maintain
their position of secrecy, however, and
beyond admitting that a call was sent
out last night to all the members of the
FORGET ALL ABOUT DANGER
Residents of Brooklyn and New York
Once More Using the Great
Bridge.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, July 29.—Full traffic and
car service has been resumed on Brook
l\ I bridge.
Crowded bridge trains and surface
cars pased over all day Sunday and the
accident seems to have made no .lasting
Impression on the public mind. Plans
for a new truss are now under consid
eration.
Plans for the - new truss have been
drawn and prior to the finding of the
break the attention of the authorities
was to have been called to the effect
that if the bridge was to continue to be
burdened as at present a new truss
would be an absolute necessity.
MANY REPU TATIONS IN DANGER
Son of Admiral Schley Says Startling
Revelations Will Be Made in
Naval Scandal.
Balt Lake, July 29.—Onpt. Thomas F.
Schley, eldest son of Admiral Winfield S.
Schley, who is station«; 1 at Fort
Douglas, this city, has declared that
startling facts will be Brought to light
during the Sampson-Sehley controversy,
if the whole truth shall become known,
and that the reputations of persons
other than his father arc likely to su r fer.
SECRETARY LONG
IMPOSES SILENCE ON
NAVY OFFICERS
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36 Washington, July 29.—Secretary 36
36 Long this morning issued the fol- 36
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o. ed by Rear Admiral W. S. Schley.
36 "JOHN D. LONG, Secretary." 36
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DECLARATION OF COMMERCIAL WAR
IS THE GERMAN TARIFF PROJECT
(By Associated Press.)
B ERLIN July 29.—The tariff project is an open declaration of commercial
war with Russia, Austria and the United States, according to press opin
ions, but Count von Buelow know£ that the bundesrath will not confirm it.
It is therefore a well conceived sop to the agrarians, however, intended to show
his symiathy for them. _ ,
Commerce means everything in Germany's future relations with Russia.
Count von. Buelow, as is well known, is keenly anx ous to resume the old unie
good relations with Russia. That can only be accomplished by the mainten
ance of good trade relations. ...
Count von Buelow has now to fare the biggest difficulty lie has e\et en
countered. It is to reconcile the demands of Russia for favorable treatment m
the forthcoming treaty of commerce and at the same time meet the de
mands of the agrarians, a powerful party composed of the most solid support
ers of the crown.
For many months past the German chancellor has been struggling against
the well organized efforts of the agrarians. Do what he would. K was always
the same cry: "Proteot us or we will bring all the power of our opposition
against you."
Count Buelow is'resourceful and knows most of the political moves
upon the board likely to bring the opposition parties round to his side, hut
with these hard-headed agrarians his attempts to coerce or cajole have been
fruitless. The result is the publication of the new t riff, which is to go into
force after the present treaties of commerce with Russia and other countries
expire.
Hitherto Russia wheat has paid a duty of 3 1-2 marks. In future it will
pay from 5 to 6 1-2 marks. Cattle and horses will also be subjected to much
heavier taxation, but this will affect Austria and the United btates much
more than Russia.
It is the wheat tax which will hit Russia so hard and which will un
doubtedly call forth from M. DeWitte a stiff counter-duty upon a multitude of
cheap manufactured goods with which Germany floods Russia just as she does
other countries. *
M. DeWitte wil probably hit back hard, all the more so as Russia has
done so much to build up an important gra'n trade with Germany. The
diminution of such trade will intlict a heavy blow upon the carrying trade
which is necessary for the maintenance of the railway systems
The new tariff does not, it is said, go into operation until the month ot
Decmber. 1903, so that there is plenty of time for the two countries to try to ar
range some modus vivendi. *
executive board for a meeting to be
held in this city tomorrow morning, re
fused to give any information as to the
probable settlement of the strike.
Secretary Joseph Bishop of the Ohio
board of arbitration reached Amalgam
ated headquarters about 10 o'clock and
immediately went into a secret confer
ence with President Shaffer.
The conference lasted more than an
hour, and when it was over Colonel
French, Secretary Bishop and William
Collier refused to say anything concern
ing the matter under discussion. Shortly
before noon President Shaffer quietly
slipped out of the office through a rear
door and all efforts to locate him have
so far been fruitless.
There remains little doubt that offi
cials of the United States Steel corpor
ation are now as anxious to have the big
strike settled as are the strikers. Dur
ing the last week a number of contracta
intended for and practically let to mills
of the combine were shifted to inde
pendent mills, with rush clauses at
tached.
Terms of the prospective settlement
are being carefully guarded by all par
ties concerned, but from a source be
lieved to be reliable, it is stated that
Mr. Morgan proposes to permit the
Amalgamated association to continue ita
union lodges in the mills that were non
union .prior to the strike, but which
went out on President Shaffer's strike
order.
GEN. LYTTLETON
FOR HEAD OF ARMY
British Officer May Succeed Kitchener
as Commander of Forces in
South Africa.
Change Will Not Come, However, Un
til the End of the War Is
in Sight.
(By Associated Press.)
London, July 25.—It is freely rumored
that General Lyttleton will succeed Lord
Kitchener as commander-in-chief of the
British forces in South Africa.
General Kitchener, it may be assumed,
will not be recalled until the end of the
war is at last actually in sight, so
Lyttleton's task will be more passive
and administrative than belligerent.
General Lyttleton did good work under
General Buffer in the early days of the
war, but Generals Forestier-Walker and
Methuen are both senior to him.
Neither of these men is, however, like
ly to be promoted, and it must be said
in favor of the choice of Lyttleton that
he has distinguished himself in civil
life. t
Comes to Serve Life Sentence.
(By Associated Press.)
San Francisco, July 29.— John Flanni
gan, sentenced to life imprisonment for
the murder of George W. Lake at Seoul,
Corea, has been brought here on the
transport Meade and lodged in San
Quentin.
King Honors American Woman.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, July 29—The American
board of foreign missions in this city has
received an official report from the
state department at Washington that
King Edward has conferred the royal red
cross decoration upon Miss Abble Chapin,
one of the board's missionaries in China.