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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-13
SUNkEN

The Enormous Fortunes Contained In
Dayy Jones' Locke
From the sidney Herald.
A company, il was stated. lately set ont
from Sydncy to New Zealand to recover
sunken treasure from some old wreck on
the west coast Of the Middle Island, but
SO far no returns have been published, the
operations probably not being complete.
The subject OF sunken treasure reminds
one of the heaps Of gold carried i'm the
Ralleons and like packets years ago. In
1769 a ship of war from Rio to Lisbon had
on board 1000, 600 of crusades in
and about 10000 ''crowns turnois" i'm
piastres, making i'm the whole 29,O5O,OOO
livres tournois. So much for a single
ship. In 1T14 two Spanish ships from
Vera Cruz and Havana arrived with a.
100000 crowns, besides merchandise val
ued at q ,OOO,09 CROWNS. Such examples
could be multiplied,
Of the corRo uf al English Indiaman Ina
III, one item alone-a diamond i'm the
r~ough-was valued ut 100000 ''Roing to
he manufactured i'm England ON account
of one of the Asiatic nabobe," and on the
private freight OF this vessel the policies
at a high premium. so costly were her
contents and SO doubtful her arrival. As
a costly ship-wreck, La Lutine deserves
notice. She was of ~ gums
the bank OF the Fly island passage on the
n rag,,,s Of % October SoSe nd .; Ia so.a AZ first in sn she w on
>, VII
board. This was afterwa ard c~ontradicted
by a statement that Inc whole to
about f14O,OOO. In more modern times the
costumes of ship-wreck is to he found i'm
the destruction of the fabric and her cargo
rather than i'm the treasure OH board.
Whatever may have been the worth of n
galleon as n ship, there me- d he no scru-
pie i'm concluding that when brand new
her value would he but that of u toy i'm
comparison with such ocean mailboats as
now convey specie and valuablcs. The
sinking of am Atlantic. Indian or Austria.
liam liner-even with a clean ~hold-would
represent an immense treasure IL told i'm
dollars, ducats or piastres,. and when is
added the cargo along with the passen-
gers luggage, which would include u
quantity of jewelry expressing many
thousand ounds some astonishing fig
ures would he the result.
The Royal Charter Ia the most notable
modern instance of the wreck of u '.treas-
ure'' ship. She left Australia with f35O,-
600 in her. OF this sum, say Charles
Dickens, i'm his chapter on this drcadfu
shipwreck in the "Cncommercial Trav-
eler.'' faOO.OOO were recovered at the time
OF the novelist's visit to the spot where
she had driven ashore. Meanwhile how
much gold and silver, minted and other
wise. is annually afioat? How many mil
lions are yearly borne over the deep To
and from India, America, Australia, China
and South Africa by English steamers
alone. There should be no difficulty i'm
making the calculation. which, when ar:
rived al, must surely yield n fine idea OF
the treasure over which the red flag flies,
and an excellent notion of the trust that
Is rcposed i'm the British shipnlaster, and
of the high qualities which GO to the full
illmcnt of il.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-13

half q century. Slsc acted AS g,vcrness
to all the children nj Queeh lsahclla. i'm
including the late King Alfonso XII.
George Macdonald, tho novelist, says
that in the course of conversation with
Tenuyson ON 1.-THE NORTHERN Farmer"
written In Lancashire dialect. Tennyson
confessed that his cook. who was Of Lam
cashire birth. told him that she could riot
understand the poem and that the dialect
was not Lancashire spee~h.
Emperor William, unlike his ANCESTOR,
IN p~assionately fond of horses and nm ex-
cellcnt rider The HohenxOllern family
have always heretofore heen indli6 crent
horseman. Frederick William Ill, and
Frederick william Nv. knew nothing
about riding, and the late Emperor Will
liam rode horses only which had been
very carefully trained for him. The pres
cnt emperor even trained horses himself,
and In fond OF all athletic sports. His
ondness for life on the water dates from
his ~schooldnys mt Bonn, where he used to
do a great deal Of rowing.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-13
MEN AND

Gen. Pclix Agnus of the Baltimore
inac,icun says that his watch. n Swiss
one. cost $1,000, and inside contains n sea
of b~rilliants. The watch was given to
him. He believes IL the most valuable i'm
Baltimore.
Mrs. Harding Cox, wife of the propric-
tor of The Field, The Queen and other Brit
ish journals, il regarded as the hest anna
tcur singer i'm London. She also writes
songs.
Roscoe Conkling once said of Jay
Gould: "Had he not gone into business.
hut instead had taken up politics, he
would have been the master politician of
the country and, ] think, the greatest dip
iomat in either continent"
The cable dispatch to Brazil, i'm which
King Humbert announced the death of
the Duke of Aosta tai hat princes second
son, cost the triflc of S2.1si.
The last piece of business transacted by
the late join Jacob Astor was the pur-
chase of Ave vacant lots. corner 59th
street and Fifth avenue, New York, for
S:EU,OOO
Einlock Cooke, the new English Judge
ut Samoa, was formerly editor OF the
English Illustrated Mage siae and private
secretary OF the Earl of Dunraven. He is.
of course. "A barsistcr of education.
Lord Mayor Isaacs of London recently
devoted the upper chamber OF his historic
residence. the mansion house, To the only
Masonic ever performed i'm that
building. The lord mayor has been u
Frcemason for "a years.
Mime. Tacon, the venerable goycrncss
of little King Alfonso of Spain. has just
received the title of of Pcrnlta
from tho queen regent as "A reward Z ,r her
devotion to the child monarch during his
recent illness. The new ~cotntessi II over
30 years Of age, and has been i'm the scr
vice of the royal household for more than
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-13

When the members of Duties city
council were discussing the question of
= fire alarm system. the STANDARD
warmly recommended the Gamewell
plan. In the end the Gaynor system
scored "A majority in the council and
the city thus pledged itself To Il fire
service which will Dc in a large measure
m experiment in Butte. The time in
which, under the terms of the contract.
the GaynOr plant is to he in working
order will soon expire, and the COM
pany's representative is on hand appar-
emily sparring for time and seeking
concessions. Evidently the members
of the council are not in the market to
grant any favOrs in this matter. The
business before the Gaynor people now
is to go ahead II meet the terms of
b contract. n good many people
the subject interests. feel quite
sure that the t;aynor system will not
be n success. 1t is earnestly hoped.
however, for the sake of Butte and the
ere service, that the opinion held by
These people will be proven tn DE not
well founded.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-13

What an odd lot those republican edi-
quarrel away owe tribes that are not
interesting to the public. doing this in
a siding shufiing way that gives the
row no Zest. Between times some of
them take occasion to fling Il few I'M
professional INT wholly u~nwarrantable
personal paragraphs at the Butte Inter
Mountain, in a that is as
g~raceless AS possible. Just now the
BREWER pages in Helena are snarling
ever the Vest letter which the journal
WAS foolish enough to print mt second
hand and which il % ccuses the
Herald IF having stolen from the ell
ate chamber. Really the letter wasn't
worth stealing.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-13

Colonel Sanders will put his foot in
il m of these fine days if he persists i'm
carting false stories to the newspaper
Offices in the city of Washington. That
is q little scheme which the Colonel
tried to work last week Oh a plan which
is described this morning in the STAND
ARDS special dispatch from Washing
ton. Evidently Sanders makes the
round of the press bureaus ut the ma
tiOnal capital and he isn't as scrupu-
ious rs n senator ought to be in his eff
forts TO boom his own cause. lie
quoted Senator Turpie and has since
been called down for it. The indica-
tions are that there will be lively times
in the senat when the Montana CON
test case comes up.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-13

dur gifted s~even-octave contempt
rary in Butte surrenders its tuneful
columns to "a symphony in prose,
wherein Colonel Sanders recites four
columns of reasons why he and his ac-
sompanist ought to be received in the
senate. The stuff is hardly worth the
space. No senator in Washington will
read it. The republicans will seat
Sanders and the result" and that's all
there is of it.. The two democratic
aspirants linger at the capital, but they
wait in vain. Unless they are having
Q jolly good time outside of congress
aional halls. they might as well come
home and join the Inter Mountain'S
william Tel quintette club.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-13

Now that Congressman Taulbcc is dead
people are wondering how Kincaid will
fare. There is plenty of proof tina the
maj who shot Taulbcc is not without
friends and defenders by any means. His
crime was terrible. yet all that has been
learned concerning the unfortunate fc,id,
shows that the ~assailant had long been
subjected To intense p~rovocation. A man
who respects himself cannot easily endure
treatment like that which the dead rom
grcssman sought to infiict OH the man
who finally shot him down.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-13
A LITTLE OUT or TIME

1865
from the real question i'm Tuesday
nights discussion of the rival fire alarm
systems. They managed to raise an
alarm of quite another sort. The talk
in which the aldermen engaged was
not edifying. One member of the
board declared that he could IVA Sc
cured three hundred dollars il he had
voted in favor of the Gamewell system,
and forthwith ugly inference was fired
back and forth across the council
chamber.
In n sense. as il seems to us. the
whole discussion was unwisely started.
The STANDARD does not believe that
the members of the Butte city council
are NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. men under
any circumstances. The public has
been willing to assume that each men,
Der of the board gave an honest vote in
choosing between the two systems that
were offered: all are entitled to the credit
of having acted with conscientious re-
gard for the public good until better
evidence of bribery is produced n
that which threw the members of the
board out of temper Tuesday night.
Perhaps il would have been more to
the point IL the alderman whom we
have quoted had announced weeks ago
the statement just now given to the
IuDllS- IIt W y ttoitV III VI tttV
presence of the council. e the rival
systems were under discussion. when
the man who proifered the bride vas
under the eye of his accuser and within
hearing of the serious charge. That
was the time to tell Butte's people all
about it. Public sentiment would have
rounded up the whole business then
! with Il short turn and the discussion of
| any and all fire alarm systems would
have stopped short until the more alb
stract question of ethics had been sub
iected to searching study.
There are in every community plenty
of people whose chief pleasure it is to
believe that all men in the public ser
vice are corrupt and every administra-
ton rotten. These people love scandal.
they delight in nursing every suspicion
of wrong. IL would crafty their alb
normal taste to feel quite sure that
corruption gets it's work in. Butte
has its share of this sort
IF men. What will they
have to say about Tuesday nights
talk. They will simply hasten to the
conclusion that both the t;amewell and
the t;aynor systems were put up for
bids. that the t;aynOr won and hat its
wires strung about the town are an
other testimony to bribery and fraud in
municipal management.
of cOurse exposure of wrong-doing
is right and laudable Mt any time, yet
we believe we have the right of il when
we say that the first duty of the alder
| man i'm question was to rise i'm his place
when the question first was up and de-
nounce any agent of any alarm system
who sought to reach u favorable vote
through what he believed to be Il sus-
ceptibie pocket.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-13

Free lead had n hearing yesterday he
fore the committee OH ways and means.
The statement made was that
never intended to put "A duty OH silver
lead ore, and tina the proposed tax would
cripple the smelling and refining inter-
est. The position thus taken is utterly
untenablc. yet Il will he persistcntly de-
Tended before the committee and, IL pres
ent indications Ro for anything. "A sharp
light will have To he made by those who
demand that the duty he laid. IL is "a
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-13

All In well that ends we'll. A ~. Louis
woman identified n body in the mOrgue m
thai of her husband, from whom h had
been separated several years. Time had
softencd her hard feelings towards him,
and she gave the body n handsome
funeral. Her husband. however, was still
alive, and when he learned that h M
buried him In style, he called on her tn exc
DrS.ss his thanks.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-13
Here's the Right sort of Spirit.

From the Isozcinan Chronicle,
Bozcman would he the best location for
the state capital, all things considered, but
il the people of the state should mistake
i'm not so agreeing. it would unquestion-
ably be better to chose Missoula, Dillon,
Billings. or any one of n dozen towns we
could name. than to leave the situation as
il is. Any one of these has a municipal
spirit of dignity and breadth such as Hell
cna has never had, and from which her
material growth has only separated her
farther and farther. Amy one .of them
would command n popular respect as tho
capital So far beyond h the present i'm
umbc is able to attain that this single
consideration would outweigh the geo.
graphical disadvantages that might apply
to some.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-13
THURSDAY. MARCH II. 1890.
By formal action of the county com

By formal action of the county com
missioners. taken yesterday afternoon,
the STANDARD becomes the official
newspaper of Deer Lodge county, "A
distinction our esteemed contemporary
at the county a and on the other
side Of the political fence has hitherto
enjoyed. The STANDARD is six months
old. It's a clipper youngster and IT
appreciates the new title which it wears
as the coun;y's official newspaper.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-13

1t is very kind and considcrate of the
Russian Nihilists who are engaged i'm the
plot, to warn the czar that he, the czarina
and the will surely meet their
death ON March II. IL Is "a delicate attcu-
ton which most assassins fail To show.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-13
Good News From Africa.
From the Boston Globe.

From the Boston Globe.
The most astonishing stories come
across the waters about the rapid filling
mp of Africa with an intelligent white
population. This is good news. There
is hope that our exports to that continent
may soon consist of something besides
rum and missionaries.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-13
No Place for 1t Here.

FROM the New Nprk IriUunts
The author of Sarah Bcrnharlt's passion
play. having been enjOincd from produc-
ing il in Paris, threatens to invade this
country with il. He may AS well spare
himself all expense and troublc. Passion
plays are not wantcd here.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-13
a Tribute tn Judge Davis

FROM t1ic Tuttc inter Mountain.
Judge Davis had many warm friends
and i'm his rare hours of leisure was a
most genial and coInpanionablc man. He
was thoroughly educated, "a keen judge of
human nature, a thinker. n philosophers.
u man of splendid intellect.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-13
High Pay for Low Work.

From the Chicago inter Ocean.
The best paid office in the United States,
considering only the time required, is
that held by Gen. Jubal A. Early. He re-
ceivcs a salary of 10000 for presiding
over the drawings of the Louisiana lottery.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-13

Churchill took the completely
by surprise when he cspouscd the Par
nellitc cause in Tuesdays speech. The
london Times will soon begin To wish ait
hadn't done it,"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-13
CURRENT COMMENT.

rO0 BsG y Sob for Thens.
Prom The Philadelphia Inquirer.
With all it's millions the senate has not
money enough to bar its doors against pub
lie opinion.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-13
Its Mission Is tai Kick

From the Kansas City Times.
The New York Sua remains the cham
pion kicker of the country. Not content
with obiecting to- green as u color for
postage stamps, il now sets up a howl be-
cause Ra,ypcF's Weekly has printed a pic
t,Ire of Mr.Chaunccy Dcpcw in (which 'thc
nose is too large, he left cheek too heavy.
the chin too thick, the person too obese"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-13
They Can stand 1t.

From the Omaha World Herald. .
1t has been said that the girls of Mis-
souri, are frecklcd. That's all right! The
girls of Missouri let out the liquor when
they want il let out. and they let their low
crs out of Jail when they choose, and take
their places themselves. The girls of
Missouri can be frecklcd il they want to.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-13

The columns of the are open
To any town in this world that knows il is
going To get President Jim Hills Great
Northern railroad, but which HASN'T yet
been heard from.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-13

From the Washington Post.
"An Chicago wants il fair play says
the Times. To the outside world il would
seem that Chicago simply wanted tai play
Fair.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-13
Several Degrees Below,

From the noston Globe.
The report that Senator Blair is mn edi-
tor In officially denicd. He is only n states
man nothing more.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-13

The district court il generously furnish
ing Deer Lodge ~stop-ovcr privileges 10 a
good many FOUNDERS these days.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-13

From the Giendiye independent.
Helena amt "a perfect hog, the Butte
to the contrary notwithstand-
ing. TIN. bristles have only sproutcd.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-13

question which, i'm q word. Mr.. Window
might have disposed Of with all proprtety
months aRo.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-13

Carter says that democratic federal
Office holders will all have to go within 60
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-27
CITY DIRECTORY.
T1WN COUNCIL.

TOWN COUNCIL.
Monte b. Gwinn, Chairman.
,,.,,,,- Stntnnsnber, A. Il. Isham,
sI',MnN Copin A. A. Hoover.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-27
HON. HUGH. w. WEIR.

The following from the Indiana,
(Penn.) Messenger, Republican
newspaper, gives the standing of
Judge Weir in community where
he lived before moving to Idaho:
awe observe that Hon. FL. w.
Weir, formerly of this place, has
been nominated for Supreme Judge
of Idaho, by the Democrats. Mr..
Weir was appointed Chief Justice
of Idaho Territory by President
Cleveland and held the office for
two years, when he was succeeded
by Republican. While on the
Bench Judge Weir so conducted
himself as to win the good will of
the best men of the of the Territory
of both political parties, and his
rating as a jurist and gentleman is
very high in the new State. His
character for integrity and honesty
is we'll known in this community,
where he spent many years of his
life; and though he is Democrat,
we are free to confess that we
would be pleased to see him
elected. The people of Idaho will
make no mistake if they select
Mr.; Weir as one of their Supreme
Judges,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-27

The settlers of Boise Valley are
right in their demand for just and
equitable laws protecting them IN
their prior appropriation and use
of water. True the Constitution
says that priority ofappropriat2on
shall give the better night IS
between those using the water, but
that is a broad principle Of fuods-
mental law. The farmers OF Boise
Valley have not only the night OF
demanding that prior app7opraa-
tons shall be recognized, but tAsr
also have just right in demand
ing a system of water laws whereby
that principle may be made opera
tive without recourse to expensive
and long-drawn-out litigation In
other words that rancher won I
have to sacrifice his all in proving
title to and holding his water night,
without which his farm IL worth
less. Have the laws 50 framed
that the users of water have tbs
same as nearly as possible under
their own control, and when dry
dry season occurs they have the
means of enforcing their rights IN
their own hands without the e1-
pense and uncertainty OF appealing
to the courts. For instance, with
out machinery to make il opera
tive, what would have been the
value of the Constitutional gnaran-
tee last year when the water was
all taken out of Boise river before
it reached the bridge near Caldwell,
regardless of the fact that appro-
priations of a quarter OF century
standing were below. These ap-
perpetrators had no recourse only 10
the courts; what they wanted was
water--not law suits Water alone
would mature their crops and they
wanted it forthwith and not al the
end of long contest. The ranehers
of Boise Valley are right in their
demands.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-27

Under the Constitution the Office
Of County Attorney, upon which
$4,000 of the peoples money was
wasted every year, is abolished, and
the office of District Attorney for
several counties forming q Judicial
District was created. Ada county,
together with Boise, Washington
and Owyhee, form the Third Judi
eial District of the new State, and
for the important Office of District
Attorney of this District, the DEM
ocrats have nominated Mr.. Chas.
G. Stevenson, of Boise City. Mr..
Stevenson is a graduate of the law
department of the University, at
Ann Arbor, Michigan, and has
been in active practice of his pro-
fcssion in Boise City for several
years. For the past two years he
has held the position of Territorial
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton, and under his management
the common schools throughout
the State have made considerable
advancement. Mr.. Stevenson pos
sesses all the qualifications for the
office to which he aspires, being
vigilant, vigorous and learned in
the law, and il elected will fill the
office with credit to himself and his
constituents,