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Daily Inter Mountain.
VOL. XIX. NO. 2 16
£ UTT t , MONTANA. TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19. 1899.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Every Day
Until
Christmas
a
Souvenir
Day
at
J.H.Leyson's
MODERN JEWELRY
HOUSE
221 N. Main St., Butte
Every purchaser from now until,
Christmas will be presentetd with a
pretty souvenir. While this applies
to all, to those who will favor us by
buying in the morning we shall give !
presents of three times the value
of those given in the afternoon and
evening. We do this because morn
ing customers and their purchases
make the best advertising to bring
afternon and evening buyers.
Just Arrived
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UNCERTAINTY
IN ENGLAND
Rumor of the Crossing of the Tugela
Not Confirmed.
ANXIOUS TO ENLIST
The Loss of the Artillery in General Ruller's Eight Has!cut
Not Been Explained-»Imperfect Scouting Has Been
Responsible for a Great Deal of the British Loss
--Demand For Free Rein For Roberts and Kitchener
—French Opinion Against the British.
London, Dec. 19.—Only the optimistic
gave any credit to the rumors that Buller
had crossed the Tugela river and even
they speedily realized it was incredible
that the war office would refrain from the
immediate publication of news of such
importance.
There is no confirmation of the state
ment that Methune's line of communica
tion has been cut though there is a pro
bability of such event occurring at any
moment.
According to the latest news from Me
thuen, dated Sunday, the situation ap
peared to be a compete compassé. The
Boers were gathering reinforcements and
extending their fortifications on both
his flanks but it was beieved they woud be
unable to attack the British position. On
the other hand it was regarded as impos
! sible for the British to turn the Boer
flank. The Boer lines of entrenchments
are continuous and capable of rapid con
nection at many points.
From elsewhere at the front there is ab
throw additional light
; solutely nothing to
on the situation.
! The ne " s P a P eis aro hui of stories siww
! ing the unanimity with which volunteers
i and yeomanry are responding to the call
! to arms ' Lord chesham - commanding of
I fleers of the Royal Buckinghamshire yeo
■ nianry, is to command a force of 3,000
a. yeomanry which he has been authorized
to org anize for service in South Africa.
Earl Dudley and other titled officers will
accompany him.
Some of the papers express considerable
misgiving at the troops going from India
I
; to South Africa. They think the risks
■ too great and that it may lead to two Con-
tinents being ablaze insead of one.
. ,
Most ample recognition is given in the
press to the great outburst of the loyalty
of Canada and the remarks of Sir Wilfred
Laurier, premier, and the cabinet, as rep
resentative of both English and French
sections, are specially welcomed.
After Andrews' Scalp.
Chicago, Dec. 19.—Public advocacy of
j Great ^Britain's side in the South African
I war by Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews, super
j lntendent of public schools in Chicago.
jVvas the cause of resolu'tons being intro
iduced in the city council last night call
ing for his resignation or removal by the
board of education.
Sympa' hy For Boers.
Denver, Dec. 19.—By a vote of nine to
five the board of aldermen of Denver
adopted a joint resolution expressing
sympathy for the Transvaal republic in
its war with Great Britain and hope for
the success of the Boer arms. The reso
lution was introduced by Alderman Kelly
and was supported by every democrat
but one on the board.
The Old, Old Story.
New York, Dec. 19.—A dispa tch to th«
Herald from London sayf: At last de
tails of the battle at Ttigela river are
coming through, but It is very slowly and
J the sitor-les are most Incomplete. The
[dispatches bear evidence df being severely
censored. For instance General Buller's
official report stated that he had lost 11
guns, but this fact has been carefully cut
out of every message by the censor, who
evidently was In ignorance of what news
j the war office had given to the public.
-We now know that General Hart's bri
gade did actually cross the Tugela, but
had to be withdrawn, losing very heav
ily, that General Hiidyard's brigade was
also checked and that General Barton's
brigade, of whose doings nothing had been
heard, failed to carry Inhlawe hill, which
is a position on the south side of the
Tugela to the west of Colenso.
There is no further explanation of the
loss of the artillery. It is said that Col
onel Long, who has been much blamed
for taking his guns too near the Boers,
was probably obliged to do so. In this
connection, it is pointed out that Colonel
Long has the reputation of being a very
good officer. We are expressly told the
reason, namely, that he was anxious to
get within effective range of the enemy.
"It is the old, old, story," said an ar
tillery expert, "that officers and gunners
of the Royal artillery are second to none,
but their guns are obsolete." 1
It is eet lain that the reverse which of
late has been (suffered by the Birltish has
jeen for the most part the result of im
perfect scouting not merely the general
scouting duties, which are under the di
reunmi of the headquarter staff, but of j
i ne mines or which the fçenerals com* :
manding brigades, the colonels command- |
ing batteries or companies are respons
ible. The British officer is, as a rule,
especially in the early part of a cam
paign, so keen to get at his work and so
eager to join issues at once with the ene
my that he is very apt to forget or to
hurry over the preliminary precaution
ary movements.
"So much depends upon Lord Roberts
and Lord Kitchener that it is to be hop
ed," says the Dally Mail, "that no further
war office red tape and none of the jeal
ousies between generals that are said to 1
exist there will Me the hands of the new i
chiefs. In the important matter of ar
tillery, if the two men who go forth un- i
der such immense national responsibility
think it necessary that they should have ;
the best artillery that England, America
-
or Germany can provide, let them have it
And the government should insist that
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach shall be no
longer allowed to further sacrifice offi-
ces and men in South Africa by hii
jlTopeless notions of imperial finance."
Many letters written to the London pa
. pens direct criticism against some depart* I
meats of the war office and against »ir I
Michael Hicks-Beach, General Buller and
J Wojseley
eyes of many ■
responsible for
In the
Lord Wolseley Is held respon
maintaining his position as commander
ein -chief for several years knowing as he
must have known that the antiquated
British artillery would be outranged on
its first meeting with any adequately
armed force.
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French Opinions.
New York, Dec. 19.—A dispatch to the
Herald from Paris says: General du
Baril, former minister of war, represent
ed the ultra-Anglophobes in Fiance when
he said:
"I hope that England will be forced to
dnink the cup of bitterness to the dregs.
She deserves it. I shall be glad to see
•poetic justice accomplished. For years
Europe has bowed before the presLige of
British arms and has been cowed and
•overcome by English tfhrea.ts. Every
modern state has suffered at England's
hands. Now. at least, we see that the
cat has not such fearful claws after all.
Every fresh British defeat makes greater
fools of us all. Personally I believe that
the Boers will bring England to terms in
short order. I do not believe that Great
Britain will think for a moment of accept
ing defeat or making overtures, but I am
confident that she will be forced.to do so.
Her recent discomfitures are not ordinary
ones. They disclose fearful incompe
•tency on Che part of the 'British generals,
who have not faced a civilized foe for
nearly half a century. In a word, th«
turning point of British power has been
reached. I consider that the Transvaal
war will rank in history as one of the
most significant conflicts on record."
•Colonel ChappaUe, editor of one of the
leading French military Journals, said:
"The war this year has disclosed three
things. It is shown that the Boers are
being directed by men who have studied
closeily the conditions in South Africa,
for nearly every mishap which has befall
en the British nas been mainly due to
superior knowledge of topography on the
part of the Boers. Second, the Boers ap
pear to have studied particularly the art
of strategy which has mostly beep aiban- j
doned by the civilized nations at present. !
Finally, the Boers are less confident than '
the IDnglish. Consequently^ they liave
gone into the struggle with more spirit
to perform what Is regarded as irapos- j
atble. Th« English troops seem to have !
•thought they were dealing with half civ
ilized foes or entire barbarians like the
Dervishes. Apparently they did not ex
pect to find military intelligence shown
against them and were drunk with a
•sense of their own power. This is why
they are so often taken by surprise. Any
good leader of soldi: rs knows that the
•best army is that which goes on the but
tlAleld tilled with uncertainty."
Favors Mediation.
Mow York, Dec. 10.—A dispatch to the
Herald from Berlin says: The Berliner
Tageblatt is informed that the Austrian
government is inclined to offer its media
tion in the conflict in South Africa. It
is considered that the diplomatists of
Europe who only a few months ago sign
ed the protocol of the peace conference
cannot admit dial the present loss of
life, which only in the end will end in
favor of the black population, should con
'tliTue. The Berliner Tageblatt, how
ever, considers that mediation would lie
premature. Germany at least has for
the moment no Inten, tion of taking part
in any steps of the sort.
War Office Silent.
London, Dec. 19.—The war office de
clines either to confirm or contradict the
report telegraphed by a correspondent of
the Daily Mail that G lierai Buller has
crosse® the Tugela river and that Gen
era] Methuen's communications have been
; ^xCitCIÜCIlt III Willi StTCCt
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' New York. Dec. 19.—All the roads led
i to Wall street this morning. Curiosity
seekers of all conditions and both sexes
thronged the financial district. Some
had interests at stake but the major
ity were present simply as sightseers.
'Measures already taken for the relief of
the money market and other measures
projected had an effect in allaying ap
piehension. Sharp recovery of Ameri
can shares in London this mo firing con
tributed to the same effect. The feel
ing was, nevertheless, ■' verish and up
piehensive. The advance in the Imper
ial Bank of Germany's rate of discount
from 6 to 7 per cent and the 8 per cent
discount rate in Berlin caused uneasi
ness not only on their own account but
because they probably foreshadowed ■
further advances in the Bank of Eng-j
land's rate and resulting pressure on New j
Y The brokers on the floor were in a state I
As the '
of wild excitement and turmoil.
1 signal sounded for opening it was in- I
desoribable. The course of the market I
ebbed and flowed many times in the t
course of the first hour and. became wild
ly irregular at times. > - -
r-P^.yerful financial interests whose ef
j fort was to Sustain and advance prices
: found imoortaiif from inv'pwt
| ment buving on a large »cale. The a va- 1
xew York Dec 19
1 ...... ,
i °" t 111 " 0 1,1K tenement houses which
were destroyed by fire in Ihis city early
i to-day. Five charred bodies were found
lanche of selling orders was so steadily
albsorbed that standard railroad stocks
began to offer resistance to the decline.
13*1*1 y in the second hour there appeared
an appreciable decrease in activity and
pressure was no longer severe.
Tenement House Fites
lives were j
Jon upper floors of the burned tenement at I
; One Hundred and Second street an ,i
. . '
Third avenue, known as the Mentor, and
I smoke with cuts
I The dead are:
five women and a little- girl all badly
burned,' were carried from the blazing
house to nearby hospital«. There is
thought.to be but slight chance of any
of the six surviving. Several other per
sons escaped from flames and dense
ind bruises.
■ daughter,
Mrs. Giles.
John Barrett, wife and six-year old
Miss Annie Farrey.
Richard Nickerson.
Missing: Mrs. Adolph
daughter.
A few hours earlier the fire attacked
Schneider and
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five-story tenement on Tenth avenue, |
•burntng to death Mrs. Martin Fox and
her 3 year-old son.
Return From Philippines
San Francisco, Dec. 19.—The following
officers arrived from the Philippines on
the transport Rio de Janeiro anil will
probably be landed today, as there is
nei infectious disease on the vessel, and
its detention in quarantine will be brief;
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Major Noble, Twenty-fourth infantry,
on siek leave; Captain French, Sixteenth
infantry; Captalp A. A. Augurs, Twen
ty-fourth infantry, und Captain Rodgers,
Twentieth infantry, on recruiting duty;
Captani Pondexter, medical department,
siek leave: Captain Dunning, Sixteenth
infantry, recruiting duty: Lieutenant P.
Schaeffer. Thirteenth infantry, sick
leave: Lieutenant W. A. Leiabor, Twen
ty-third infantry, recruiting, and iLeu
tenants, Titus, Hefflefinger and Pray,
acting surgeons. The transport is to be
turned over to its owners, the Pacific
Mail Steamship company.
Pension Old Employes.
Philadelphia, Dec. 19.—It is announced
that the plan of pensioning aged em
ployes of the Pennsylvania Railroad
company will be nut into effect January
19, 1900. There will be 3,000 retired and
pensioned on that date.
Democratic Meeting.
Washington, Dec. 19.—Senator Jones, 1
chairman of the democratic national com- '
j mittee, has issued a call for a meeting
! of the committee to be held at the Ra- t
' leigh hotel in this city on the 22nd of
February next. The purpose of the meet- j
ing is to fix the time and place for holding 1
j the national democratic convention next j
! summer, J
He
Was Shot While at the
Head of His Troops.
ATTACKING SAN MATEO
The Rebel Bullet Struck Him
in the Breast and He Was
Killed on the Spot.
A MOST GALLANT OFFICER
President Had Just Ordered a Com
mission Made Out For Him as
Brigadier General in Regular Army
When Sad News Came.
'Manila, Dec. 19.—General Henry Law
ton has been shot and killed at San Ma
teo.
He was standing in front of his troops,
was shot in the breast and died imme
diately.
onel Sargent for the purpose of captur
, , „ ,
■ mg Mat «° "here Geronimo was sa'id
to have 300 insurgents,
_
w " Wn «rton, Dec. 19,-öp to 2 o'clock
' this afternoon the war department had
Lawton started from Manila last night!
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with cavalry under Colonel Lockett and
battalions of the Twentieth and Twenty
seventh infantry under Lieutenant Col-j
received no word of Lawton's dentil r , v -
'
t cep,t that conveyed in the Associated
[Press dispatch which was given imme
,. a , . . ' _ , K " ,mme
d ' ately to ,he war offlcia ' s -
The president's first intiiniation of the
#
* h 8 brave offlcer was als0 siv, ' a
....
lke cabinet meeting was in progr
him by the Associated Press. The dis
patch was sent to the white house while
ind
was received with expressions of sorrow
and regret.
It was learned at the war department
that instruct ons had been received last!
night from the president to prepare Law
ton's commission as brigadier general in
the regular army to fill one of the ex
isting vacancies and the adjutant gen- j
eral 8 c,erks were ut work on the com * !
mission when the information of Law- 1
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tons death was conveyed to the de-
partaient,
and
Lawton was a native of Toledo, Ohii:
nlisted froim Indiana and wen
his commission in the army by signal g.t!
laatry (luring the civil war.
WORK OF THE SENATE.
Wasington, Dec. 19.—Wm. V. Allen was
sworn in as senator from Nebraska when
the senate convened to-day.
The financial bill passed by the house
yesterday wa
received from the heeusc
and at the suggestion of Aldrich, chair
man of the finance committee, it was re
ferred to that committee.
Aldrich Is Sponsor.
'«tor Aldrich to report the senate finan
Bill as a substitute for the house bill
Washington Dec. 19.—The senate com
mittee on finance to-day authorized Sen
after the "house bill is received from that
body, the report to be made before ad
ajournaient for the holidays.
Aldrich notified the committee of his
purpose to call up the bill in the sen
ate on Jan. 4.
The H (Herts Case.
Washington, Dec., 19.—Several wit
nesses from Utah testified today before
the committee on investigation in the
Roberts case. The principal witnesses
were Dr. Luella Miles, E. A. Daniels and
Dr. Wishard. Roberts was present and
conducted the cross-examination.
The Goebel Contest.
Chicago, Dec. 19.—A special to the Ree- !
ord from Frankfort, Ky., says: It is an- |
nounced by tiie Goebel managers that:
the service of notice enumerating tlie
grounds of contest on which the seats
of Gov. Taylor and Lieut. Gov. Marshall i
will be made by Goebel and Beckham has j
been prepared and wil be served on Gov, 1
Taylor and Lieut. Gov. Marshal Tuesday. ;
The grounds of contest are said to be al- '
leged intimidation by troops, use of tis- j
sue ballots, force by injunction, etc. |
At the same time the contests are filed the
'address to the people" authorized by
the state democratic committee in the
resolution requesting the contest will be
promulgated. The address will call on all
democrats to assist in the efforts to seat
Goebel.
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HOLIDAY
SUGGESTIONS
It is more blessed to give than to re.
ceive. These words were spoken years
ago by One who knew. The truth is de
monstrated every year during this Holi
day season. Can you do anything bet
ter than to make your friends and ac
quaintances happy? Some little token pre
sented in the proper spirit may make tha
recipient feel that after all life is worth
living. Some folks have a hard time,
when necessities seem veritable luxuries.
Don't forget them. There are others whom
you must remember. /
Fur Garments
IVe are showing a handsome assortment!
of Jackets. Capes, Collarettes, etc., mada
I of fine Alaska seal, astrakhan, mink,
I krimmer, Persian lamb, fox and beaver
and give the best values at the price.
Fur Scarfs $3.50 to $35.00. ,
Fur Muffs $2.00 to $25.00 *
Collarettes $7.50 to $150.00.
1 < 'apes $25.00 to $200.00.
Jackets $40.00 to $300.00. L
Fur Novelties
Rich Fur Sets, handsome styles anti
Kuaranteed the finest quality, made of
j stone marten, consisting of scarfs, muffs,
; boas and collarettes to match. Sold in
j sets or separately; prices from $25 to $100
Fine Black Marten Scarfs, Collarettes
: and Capes in various styles and lengths,
in the best quality and finest finish, in the
newest effects. Sold in sets or separately^
prices from $15 to $100 each.
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Trimmed Hats
At Half Price.
Some Pattern Hats, some made in our
own work rooms, about 125 in the lot, val
ues from $« to $40 each. Half price sale
commences today.
Umbrellas
For women, 26-inch Paragon frame um
brellas of Hercules cloth and warranted
to give best service. Natural sticks with,
sterling silver mountings; price $2 and
$2.50 each.
26sinch Paragon frame umbrellas cov
ered with Hercules cloth and warranted.
Fancy Dresden handles, trimmed with
sterling silver, gold plated and sterling
silver handles, very latest styles; prices
$3.50 to $6.50 each.
A large assortment of Rich Silk l 7 m
brelns with handles of the latest fashions,
novelties and exclusive designs, fully
warranted in every particular; prices
$7.50 to $20 each.
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For the Babies
We have every requisite for prop >rly
'„Ifitting the little baby. Skirts, dresses,
caps, vests, cloaks, bootees, veils, bands,
etc., in a variety second to none in the
state, shown In line lawns, cashmeres,
silks, flannels and cambrics, made up in
the newest and neatest way, just as
mother wants them. All sizes and prices.
KID BOOTEES
New lines of Fine Kid Bootees in ail
colors, lace and buttoned; prices 25c u>
$1 each.
Cloth Jackets
Do you fancy something in this lineY
We will give you big values for the mon
ey. Here is a big assortment that takes
in stylish garments of every conceivable
description, made by those in New York!
who best understand the work. Many
styles and many shapes in many shades
and in all sizes, at prices ranging front $S
to $50 each.
All Novelty Jackets, Suits and
Capes at One-Thind Off
AT
HENNESSY'S
Butte, Montana.