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VOL. I. NO. 14.
KALISP E LL, MONTANA, TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1000.
FIVE CENTS
NEWS AT LAST.
Foreign Ministers Are Prob
ably Alive.
HAD A HARD FIGHT.
Were Repeatedly Attacked by the Chinese
Troops -Armistice Declared—Lega
tions Destroyed Hay Hopeful.
Special to tho Bee.
London, July 30.—The admiralty has
made public the following dispatch from
Rear Admiral Bruce at Tien Tsin:
"British Legation, Peking -From June
20 to July 10 we were repeatedly at
tacked by Chinese troops on all sides by
both ritte and artillery. Sineo July 10
an armistice has been enforced, but a
cordon is strictly drawn on both sides of
the position. Tho Chinese barricades
are close to ours. All women and child
ren'are in the British legation. The cas
ualties up to date are: Sixty-two killed,
including Captain Strouts, and a num
ber of wounded are in tho hospital, in
cluding Captain Halliday. The rest of
the legationers are well except David
Oliphant and Warren.
Signed, McDonald."
Washington, July 30.—Tho secretary
of state received at midnight a dispatch
from Mr. Fowler dated Chee Foo, July
29, noon.—Mr. Fowler says "A letter
from the German legation dated the 21st
inst., received at Tien Tsin. German
loss, 10 killed and 12 injured. The Chi
nese ceased their attack on the 16th.
Baron Von Kettler's body is said to be
safe. The Austrian, Dutch and Spanish
legations are destroyed, and the French
partially. A letter from tho Japanese
legations dated the 22nd inst., arrived at
Tien Tsin the 25th says ten battalions of
Chinese shelled the legations consecu
tively from the 20th of June and stopped
on the 17th of July, but may renew. The
enemy are decreasing. The German,
Russian, American, British, Japanese
and French legations say they have food
for six days but little ammunition.
Washington, July 30.—The effect of
days news from China was to freshen
the hope that the government can soon
get in direct communication with min
ister Conger. The mass of testimony as
to his being alive as late as the 22d inst.
is now so great as to warrant the depart
ment in resuming the consideration of
projects for the future. With all its
anxiety to get Mr. Conger and the Amer
icans in Pekin safe away, the department
is proceeding with proper precaution
and is by no means disposed to accept
any proposition that would unduly
jeopardize their lives. Such might be
the result of an off-hand acceptance of a
proposition to have the Chinese govern
ment deliver foreign ministers at Tien
Tsin, for it is realized that tho escort
might be overpowered by superior forces
of Boxers on the way to the sea. The
state department has como to the con
clusion that Mr. Conger himself is the
best person to judge of the conditions
under which his deliverance shall bo
affected, and therefore it is again looking
to the Chinese government to place it in
communication with Mr. Conger, in
order that it may be advised by him.
That requirement was first of tho con
ditions laid down by the president in his
answer to the appeal of the Chinese
emperor, so the situation diplomatically
can not be said to have been materially
changed by the developments today.
LOOKS BAD IN INDIA.
Fallnre of the Monsoon Likely to Ag
gravate the Famine.
Special to tbe Bee.
London, July 30.—The following dis
patch from the viceroy of India was re
ceived today:
Considerable anxiety is felt owing to
the weakness of the monsoon. The situ
ation is serious and critical. No fodder
whatever is available. Sown crops are
in imminent danger as rain continues to
hold off. Fodder is scarce and cattle are
dying. Good crops are possible only in
case the monsoon improves. One-quar
ter of the inhabitants of central provin
ces are on relief. The total number
receiving relief is 6,266,000 with in
complete Bombay figures. The gover
nor of Bombay telegraphs that there
were 8607 cholera cases in the famine
district during the week ending July 21,
of which 5073 resulted fatally. The to
tal deaths in the relief works of the Brit
ish district were 6753 or 421.5 per 1000.
MINISTERS MURDERED.
Earapcd Russian Banker Says Foreign
ers all Killed.
A telegram to the London Daily Mail
under date of July 20, says:
Shanghai, July 28.—Newspapers here
publish a statement by an influential
banker residing in Pekin near the Brit
ish legation who arrived in Shanghai
July 25 having left Pekin July 7.
"He stated that the legations were
then destroyed. All the foreigners had
disappeared and he could not say posi
tively if they had been murdered, as he
was too frightened to inquire.
"Investigations prove this information
is reliable. The banker in question has
gone to Ting Po. His friends will not
disclose his name fearing that to do so
would cause him to lose his head.
"The manager of the Russian bank of
Shanghai has received a letter from the
bank of the New Cliuang branch stating
that one of their Chinese representatives
from Pekin who had just arrived, con
firmed the report of the Pekin massacre.
Ho states that all the foreign ministers
were murdered.
"Seeing death was inevitable as the
Chinese swarmed into the legations, tho
ministers killed their families at the last
moment. Sir Robert Hart in despair
committed suicide."
POWERS ON THE STAND.
TcMtltlrri til Ills Own Itclialf In Om-l>«l
Miirdrr Trial.
Special I» llic Bee.
Georgetown, Ky., July .'50. Ex Secre
tary of State Caleb Powers took tho
stand in his own behalf today. His de
fense in his admission that he organized
a body of mountaineers who went to
Frankfort on several occasions last win
ter, was for their influence with tho state
contest board and the legislature, but
not to intimidate them. Ho entered a
denial of tho damaging charges made
against him by Witnesses Culton, Gol
den, Nakes and others.
On the stand this afternoon he denied
that Witness Youtsey had tho keys to
his office on the day of the assassination,
but said that there were two keys to tho
office, one of which was in possession of
Former Assistant Secretary of State W.
J. Davidson and another in possession of
Ben Rowe, Governor Taylor's colored
porter. Powers said neither of these
keys was ever out of his possession and
that he had his own key in his pocket in
Louisville on tho day of the assassina
tion. Davidson is in the far west, sup
posedly in the state of Washington, and
Rowe, the colored porter, is somewhere
in Indiana, probably at Anderson.
SKULL AND BONES FOUND.
Believed to he an Eeho of u Ilorsc Race
Eleven Years Ago.
Special to the Bee.
Anaconda, July 30.—The skull and
bones of a human body were found in
a small lake fifteen miles west of here
today. They are believed to be tho bones
of a man named Perry, who was pursued
eleven years ago by indignant people at
Silver Lake after having gotten into a
quarrel with parties after a horse race
at that place. The pursuing party at
the time of his return said he believed
Perry had been hit by one of his bullets,
but was not sure. Perry, if the identifi
cation bo correct, must have fallen into
the lake after being shot. Nothing was
ever heard of him in this region since
the shooting.
MtFttdflen Heats O'Urften.
Special to tho Bee.
New York, July 30.—George McFad
den administered a severe drubbing to
Jack O'Brien tonight. The pair mot for
a 25-round bout at light weight, the
limit being 1.33 pounds, but there were
only 12 rounds of fighting. O'Brien was
so badly punched in tho twelfth round
that he was forced to give up. When
tho hell rang lie began the thirteenth
round, but instead of putting up his
hands for attack or defense lie extended
his gloved right hand to McFadden,
giving tho latter tho bout.
Looks Like Murder.
Special to the Bee.
Waco, Tex., July 30.—A mysterious
double tragedy occurred at an early hour
today at the residence of M. C. Kings
bury, one of Waco's most prominent cit
izens. The dead bodies of Duncan Lcn
nan and Myron C. Lingsbury's broth
er-in-law were found in a room with
their throats cut from ear to ear. The
fact that neither of tho bodies was in
jured or bruised except about the throat
indicates that there was no struggle, and
it is generally the opinion that they were
murdered.
A Sealed Verdict.
Special to the Bee.
Great Falls, July 30.—The coroner's
jury on the remains of William Ander
son, victim of Wednesday night's Box
Elder tragedy, this morning went to the
Columbia hospital and took testimony
of "Big Ike" Jordan, who was shot
through the face by the same bullet
which killed Anderson. After returning
from Box Elder the jury returned a
sealed verdict.
Old Resident Dead.
Special to the Bee.
Butte, July 30.—Louis Carron, one of
the oldest Canadian Frenchmen in the
state, died suddenly yesterday at noon
from a stroke of paralysis or apoplexy.
State Ban Ball.
Special to the Bee.
Anaconda, July 30.—Butte 6, Ana
conda 2; Helena 4, Great Falls 5.
THE BOERS GIVE UP
Five Thousand Surrender to
General Hunter.
WERE SURROUNDED
The End of the Free State Army Horses.
Guns and Wagons Captured in
Caledon Valley.
Special to the Bee.
Bloemfontein, July .30.- General Hun
ter has received the written uncondi
tional surrender of all the Boers in tho
Caledon valley. About 11 o'clock the
troops were drawn up in two long lines
on the hills and over tho valley and tho
Boers rode between, throwing down
their rifles on tho ground with a motley
collection of clothing, blankets and gear,
such as was found in General Cronje's
laager. The Ficksburg command was
first to lay down its arms, consisting of
about 550 men. Then came tho Lady
brand command with about 4450 mon,
fifteen horses, two guns and fifty wagons,
which were given up.
General Priz and Commandant Crow
thcr were received by General Hunter at
his tent, where they were well treated
and accorded every courtesy.
Many of the Boers have gone through
Naauwpoot and will'surrender to Gen
eral Macdonald. Others arc still arriv
ing here. The Harrismith and Vrede
commandos arc yet at large, as well as
some Boers who got out of the valley at
night, but the prisoners say that those
outside will surrender, and this will
practically end the Free State army.
The Boers say they would not have sur
rendered had they not been surrounded.
Tiie prisoners have boon placed in a
laager under guard and will bo kept
there until all arrive.
Lnccy Will Live A while.
Special to the Bee.
Butte, July 30.—A motion for a re
hearing of the case of the state against
Daniel Lucey for the murder of Patrick
Regan, who is in the county jail under
sentence' of death, was filed in the
supremo court yesterday, by his attorney
B. S. Thresher. As the supreme court
has announced that it is about to ad
journ for a vacation, it is not thought
likely that tho motion will lie decided
for some months.
FINALLY MARRIED.
Lady Randolph Churchill and Her Boy
Lover arc Wedded.
London, July 28. Lady Randolph
Churchill was married today to Lieuten
ant George Cornwallis West at St. Paul's,
Knight's Bridge. Tho church was
thronged with handsomely dressed
women. There was no restriction upon
tho number admitted to the church to
witness the ceremony except the capac
ity of the church, hut only relatives and
intimate friends were bidden to the sub
sequent wedding breakfast, and no re
ception was held. Outside tho church
two or threo thousand people gathered
to witness the arrival and departure of
the bridal party.
MONEY PAID OVER.
Clark Pays the Purchase Price of Ills
Kansas City Vletory.
New York, July 28.—Senator Win. A.
Clark, of Montana, left today on the
Lucania for a vacation in Europe. Be
fore sailing Mr. Clark said to tho Even
ing World reporter:
"Yes, I may have given a check for
$100,000 to the deinocractie campaign
funds. Perhaps it was for more than
that amount. I sent a contribution."
FIRES UNDER CONTROL.
Heavy ltalns Help to tineneh the Tim
lier Fires,
A Missoula dispatch to the Anaconda
Standard under date of July 26 says:
Superintendent Collins has received no
direct information today regarding the
forest fires in the reserves, but from the
reports that have come in from tho fires
nearer Missoula, it is learned that the
rains of last night and this morning have
checked the destruction of timber effect
ually. The rain at Bonita was heavy
enough to quench the tire that has been
burning so fiercely there for a week or
more and a dispatch to the Standard
states that the lumbermen believe that
the fire will not revive. It will be
watched carefully, and if it is possible it
will be prevented from getting another
start.
The driver of the Blackfoot stage who
came in from Cottonwood tonight says
the rainfall was very heavy there last
night, though it was lighter in the
Camas prairie country. He is of the
opinion that it extended far enough
west and north from there to check the
fire.
Superintendent Pollysof the Blackfoot
mills at Bonner sent out a force of men
to aid in fighting the fire and they will
proceed at once to the Swan River eoun
try. If, as is hoped, the rain was heavy
north of here, it is likely that the tire
has been checked sufficiently to enable
the rangers and their assistants to sub
due it entirely.
No word has been received here today
as to the progress of tho fires in the west
end of the county. In tho Bitter Root
mountains there is considerable timber
being burned, but tho situation there is
not considered as being as dangerous as
in the Lewis and Clarke reserve. Guo
of the tires in tho Bitter Root was re
ported yesterday as being under control.
Superintendent Collins has received
from Agent Smead of the Flathead res
ervation assurance that everything pos
sible will be done to check the forest
fires that are within the limits of the res
ervation, and Mr. Collins believes that
Agent Smead will co-operate in the pre
vention of any repetition of tho destruc
tion of timber outside the reservation
boundaries by the Indians. With the
co-operation of the Indian department
in this matter, the Indians can be pre
vented from indulging any further in
this pastime of setting fire to the timber
to aid them in slaughtering game. M.
McDonald, who has just returned from
a trip through tho Clearwater country,
says that he saw many evidences of care
lessness on the part of campers and
others, who do not take pains to proper
ly quench their camp tires when they
leave them. The law covering this of
fense is very positive, and neglect is pun
ishable.
Niagara by Moonlight.
Niagara, like the sea, is ever changing,
never monotonous; masculine like Samp
son in its strength, and feminine like
Cleopatra in its infinite variety. By day
the waters roar and tumble and gather
themselves and leap tumultuously into
the awful gorge below; yet are so flecked
with foam and almost sportive in their
play above the falls, and so tinted by the
sunshine as they take their fearful
plunge, that there is an element of joy
and beauty in tho scene. Through tho
darkness there is only that dull and sul
len thunder of the hurrying cataract,
and peering at midnight from tho deso
late shore the sight is wierd and awful.
In winter there is a perpetual struggle
between the convulsive waters and their
giant keeper. Frost, who seeks to bind
them in his icy chains. Now the hound
ing water, now the North King is con
queror. When tho keeper triumphs,
and when over large spaces his white
hands restrain the uneasy torrent, while
below rises tho mighty ice-bridge upon
which the descending cataract beats its
impotent fury, tho spectacle is wildly
beautiful and sublime. But at moon
light, touched with silver, lighted by a
thousand colored lamps at different parts
of the leaping water catch and reflect
new tints from tho queen of heaven,
Niagara loses its awfulncss and dread
solemnity and becomes a place of en
chantment, and wo can almost hear
rising from its waters tho majestic song
of the gods, as in Wagner's incomparable
opera of the Rheingold they cross the
rainbow bridgo leading to Walhalla!
John L. Stoddard in tho Bee's Scenic
America.
Up Agalimt It.
The workingman who trios to elevate
himself by elevating his fellow toilers
generally finds himself up against it very
strong. Without refining his everyday
shop manner to some degree ho will
never gain the confidence and respect of
the business community. If ho does try
to improve himself along these lines,
break away from tho "gang" and move
in a manner calculated to do credit not
only to himself but his fellow toilers, he
is generally dubbed an upstart or a
ward politician. If none else find fault
with him, his follow workman will in
time grow suspiciously tired of his suc
cess in life and immediately proceed to
"show him up to tho gang" in the
most ridiculous colors. Not only is
the avowed oppressor of the workingman
his enemy, but the average „workingman
is the workingman's enemy. Ignorance,
jealousy and personal prejudice on the
part of the workingmen themselves arc
the main obstacles which poster the
workingmen's progress.—Memphis Labor
Journal. _
Weekly Crop Bulletin.
State Weather Observer E. J. Glass of
Helena has issued the following epitome
of the crop conditions in the state for
the week ending July 24:
There has been no change in the crop
conditions during the last week; hot,
dry winds have been general throughout
the state. The weather has been favor
able for haymaking and grain harvest
ing. The hay crop in western Montana
is yielding more than was anticipated a
few weeks past. Hay harvest is about
over in the western portion of the state
and the harvest of the grain crop has
begun. In many places in the central
and eastern portions farmers are cutting
their oats for hay. The early varieties
of apples are ripening in the Bitter Root
valley. The apple crop will be up to tho
average.
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ASSASSINATED.
King of Italy Is Shot Three
Times.
DIES OF HIS WOUNDS.
The Assassin a Former Employe of a
New Jersey Silk Factory He Was
Nearly Lynched.
Monza, Italy, July 30. King Humbert
has been assassinated. Ho was shot by
Angdlo Brissi and died in a few minutes.
The king was attending a gymnastic
competition celebration and had just on
tered his carriage with his aide-de-camp
amid the cheers of the crowd. He was
killed by three revolver shots fired in
quick succession. One pierced the heart
of his majesty, who fell back and expired
in a few minutes. The assassin was ar
rested immediately and was with diffi
culty saved from the fury of tho crowd
by the police. He gave his name as An
gello Brissi, describing himself as of
Prato, in Tuscany.
Monza, Italy, July 30. More details of
tho terrible tragedy are now available.
It happened so quickly and expeditiously
that the king was dead almost before
the spectators had realized what had oc
curred. The king had entered his car
riage and was just driving off when re
volver shots wero fired in quick succes
sion. Some witnesses assert that Bressi
was soon just previously waving his hand
and cheering. The first shot wounded
the king in tho neck. Tho second and
fatal one pierced his heart and tho third
broke his arm.
Tho crowd was stunned by the unex
pected scene, but speedily a rush was
made towards the assassin. He uiado
no attempt to escape and was roughly
treated until tho carbineers formed a
cordon and secured him from the fury of
the people.
An eye witness says that immediately
after tho shots were fired tho king fell
back, and pressing his hand to his heart,
died without uttering a sound. Blood
gushed from his mouth.
The assassin on reaching the guard
room was in a pitiable condition, his
hands and arms being lacerated and
bloody and his clothes torn by the angry
crowd. Replying to questions he hissed
through his teeth: "Toll them I came
from America on purpose to kill Hum
bert. I only just arrived from America
and know no one. I spent a day at Bo
logna and then came to Milan." A
search mado at his homo at Prato re
sulted in the finding of several compro
mising letters from Now York, one
signed by a woman and was dated July
25. In this letter tho writer asks if all
is ready and expresses hope that ho will
soon return. The assassin is strictly
guarded in prison. Ho continues to pre
serve absolute indifference and took
meals today without sign of being af
fected by his position. Tho second let
ter was found on the public stand in tho
gymnastic grounds. Bressi formerly
worked in a silk factory at Patterson,
New Jersey.
Bryan Ou Ini]M-rlall«iii.
William Jennings Bryan, in an inter
view recently, was asked if the anti im
perialist vote would he seriously affected
by the announcement of some of tho op
ponents of imperialism that they will op
pose him on account of tho silver plank
in the platform. Ho replied:
"Several gold standard opponents of
imperialism have already annnounced
their intention to support the democratic
ticket. Although tho Anti-Imperialistic
league has not acted officially in such a
matter, each individual is governed by
his own views as to tho relative impor
tance of tho issues. Tho democratic
platform declares tho question of imper
ialism to bo tho paramount issue. If
any opponent of imperialism refuses to
support the democratic ticket because of
the silver plank it must he because he
considers the money question more im
portant than tho Philippine question;
that is, he prefers a gold standard em
pire to a bimetallic republic.
"When the test comes I beliovo that
those who adhere to the doctrine that
governments derive their just powers,
not from superior force, but from the
consent of the governed, will support our
ticket even though they do not indorse
the silver plank. A large majority of the
democrats believe that a restoration of
bimetalism will prove a blessing, but
the anti-imperialists who dispute this
will admit that any evils that might
arise from bimetallism could be correct
ed more easily than the evils which
would follow from the deliberate in
dorsement of militarism and imperial
ism."
SCENIC AMERICA FREE To vearly sub
scriben of the Bee. Read the premium oiler in this
paper.
MONTANA PRESS ASSOCIATION
Official Call for the Fourteenth An .
nual Meeting.
The Fourteenth Annual meeting of the
Montana State Press Association will be
hold at Livingston, Montana, on Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, August 16,17
and 18, inclusive.
The officers of the association having
accepted tho cordial invitation of tho
people of Livingston, through their
mayor, to hold the fourteenth annual
meeting of the association in their city,
it is hoped there will be a large attend
ance, that the people of Livingston may
know that their efforts for tho entertain
ment of the association are appreciated.
A trip to Hunter's Hot Springs; drives to
the various points of interest around the
city and the usual banquet, will be fea
tures of the meeting.
In addition to this, arrangements have
boon made whereby members of the
association who desire to take a trip
through tins Yellowstone National Park
may do so at a greatly reduced rate.
The trip will be made in about six days
and tho start will probably he made
from Livingston on Saturday, August 18.
Members desiring to avail themselves of
this opportunity to visit Wonderland,
should at once notify the secretary, stat
ing tho number of tho members of their
families who will accompany them.
The program for tho business meetings
of the association will be announced
later
There is every indication that the
fourteenth annual meeting will bo one
of tho most profitable and enjoyable in
the history of the association and it is
hoped tho members will find it expedient
if not convenient to cease for awhile
from their labors and enjoy the famous
hospitality of tho people of tho Gateway
City.
Jno. MoMurray, President,
Butte, Montana.
Walter Aitken, Sec'y,
Kalispell, Montana.
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The plan of giving a work of art like
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year (104 Imhci).
Willing to Back Bryan. .
A Milwaukee dispatch says; James
Fisher Jr., who has a largo stock farm at
Eastman, Crawford county, Wis., is wil
ling to back up his confidence in William
Jennings Bryan with his good money.
The daily news of this city today pub
lishes the following communication
from him:
"Editor Daily News: Please state in
your paper that I have $1,000 to bet
with any republican that Bryan will
beat McKinley. I have offered it repeat
edly here, but can get no takers.
I will also bet one half of this amount
that Bryan will carry Wisconsin by
more than 5000 majority. Will bet $100
that he will carry Wisconsin by 10,000
votes. The farmers are almost solidly
against McKinley. The German farm
ers are unamimous against him. Mark
Hanna's money may do something in the
cities, but it won't work in the country.
Jakes Fisher. Jr."