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waiting Till IL Comes High.

frum the San Francisco Bnlletin.
Our army and navy authorities are ex-
perimcnting at Washington with a smoke
less powder. and the results are said TO he
creating sensation in Europe, where an
entirely satisfactory article is still being
sought. The usual routine would he for
our government To decline IL, and then
after the right had been sold in Europe Ia
pay n double price for il.
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\ republican club down in Maine
has sent To Speaker Reed AN old flash
ioned candle eNtinguisher made of sill.
yer That is AN odd token. II is sent
TO the speaker as an appreciation of
Mr.. Reeds efforts to snuff out preee-
dent, and they say that the speaker re-
CARDS the gift as high compliment.
By and by, Mr.. Reed will have oc
casion 10 turn the eNtinguisher "tother
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It's an Old Habit.

From the Utica Observer.
The Princess of Wales was offered re-
Gently 5000 by an American magazine
for 100 words, and refused the offer. The
aversion of the Guelphs 10 earning an
honest penny is thus finely illustrated.
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He Hears music In Safety.

From the Chicago Times.
Russia's czar has evidently thrown OFF
the insane fear of death which has gov
erned his actions so long. He has con-
sented TO listen 10 glec club composed
of Americans studying in the German uni
versitics.
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The German emperor's labor confer
ence has expressed itself against the
employment of women and children in
mines. Within week the press of the
country has received three or four dis
pa aches relating TO this particular item.
IL wouldn't take many crowned heads
to dispose of the question in this
country. Even Montana rump legis-
lature could promptly do that.
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\ city as fond of manly sports as
Butte is known to be, would certainly
enjoy base ball if once that entertain
ing game could get foothold. The
wonder is that ball clubs do not flourish
in cities hereabouts. I'm the east and
south as well as on the Pacific coast
the sport counts its enthusiastic pat
rons, and when well played the game is
certainly interesting and exciting. The
truth is that Butte has never seen good
base ball, yet its population includes
an unusual number of hardy athletes
who would easily become experts on
the diamond field. AS sporting matters
run, base ball is not an expensive
pastime, while the game is one that all
can enjoy. II base ball has n chance to
find favor in Butte, that sentiment will
doubtless manifest itself at the meet
ing already announced to he held for a
preliminary discussion of the subject.
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CURRENT COMMENT.
Or Put In soak,

kfom the Minneapolis Journal.
President Harrison's opinion of the
Window silver bill has evidently been put
out To grass.
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Tested by Common Honesty.

From the omaha World-lIerald.
A statistical umbrella seller i'm Pittsburg
has for years been gathering facts about
women and umbrellas. He finds that a
woman always returns an umbrella that
has been lent her. And yet men are
afraid to trust women with the ballot.
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A situation They Enjoy.

From the Omaha Bee,
The British lion and the Portuguese
lamb are peacefully lying together in East
Africa, but the lamb is part of the lions
eternal economy.
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The STANDARDS Great Falls special in
dicates that in that town the Chinaman
must go and stay gone.
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George Francis Train played to $4,000
in Seattle. Cranks seem to be appreciated,
in some places.
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Labouchere seems to think the house of
lords is a rump house.
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The oHieal Paper OF Deer Lodge County
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Funeral notices neatly printed at The
"Standard office.
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THE ANACONDA STANDARD

PUBL SHED EVERY MORNING IN TIE
WEEK EXCEPT MONDAY
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-23
Forty Persons Lose Thelf.
Lives by the Bursting Of
a Dam.
Grave Apprehensions Felt for
the Safety Of an Arizona
Hamlet.
The Damage to Property viii
Foot Up Over a Million
Dollars.
A Series Of Boiler Explosions,
Dealing Death and De-
Stpuction.

PRESCOTT, Ariz., Feb. 22.--The fine,
large storage dam built across Hasa
yampa river by the Walnut Grove Water
Storage company two years ago. at a
cost of SS00,0O0, gave way this morning
under great pressure of a heavy food
and swept everything before it. Forty
persons are known to have lost their
lives. AS the town of Wickenburg, thirty
miles below the dam, was on the same
stream, great fears are entertained for
the safety of that town, but, as there Is
no telegraphic communication. no news
will be obtainable of its fate until to-
morrow, at least. The service dam Of
the company, located fifteen miles
below the reservoirs, and tif-
teen miles of f1ume Just
approaching completion. was also swept
away, although the company has spent
over SS00,00U on the enterprise of steer
ing the water. The hydraulic mining
machine had arrived and they expected
The dam which held the waters back
was ITO feet long at the base
and 400 feet at the top. 1t was 1l0
feet thick at the base and ten feet at the
top, forming a lake three miles in
length by three-fourths of mile wide
and ITO feet deep. Lieut.. Brodie. in
charge Of the work, was absent at Ph9-
nix experimenting the shipment Of the
machinery to the works, and was saved.
OF those known to have been drowned
were J. Haines, wife and four children.
HI. Boone and daughters, John Silby,
Joseph Reynolds, Mrs. Mccarthy and 5.
McMilInr
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the last. He was accomplished, well
educated and of cultivated tastes.
When he returned on Dec. 81
last from trip abroad he had
an attack of the grip, which, however,
was not severe, but, it is thought, hast
ened somewhat his end. 1t did not keep
him from his regular duties, and he was
about the streets and comparatively
we'll until yesterday noon. AZ that time
he was in his reading room. lust having
taken his lunch, when he suddenly fell
back breathless upon the sofa on
which he was reclining. 1t was 1880
O'clock when servant found him in
this condition. DR.. Morris Asche, the
family physician, was Immediately
called. and pronounced the trouble
heart disease. The patient was revived
somewhat, and remained conscious. but
he subsequently had renewed attacks at
the heart and realized that his end was
near. Soon there gathered at his bed
side his only son, William Waldorf
Astor, Mrs. William Waldorf AstOr and
Miss Zella Gibbs. the sister-in-law of
the dying man. His only brother, Will
lam. is in Europe. They remained at
the bedside through the night and until
the end came early this morning. The
funeral will take place on Tuesday
morning at 10 o'clock from Trinity
chapel in Twenty-ffth street. Bishop
Potter, DR.. Morgan Dix and DR.. G. E.
Swope will officiate. 1t was at this
chapel that Mr.. Astor usually attended
services, and he was formerly a vestry-
man of Trinity church. Thus passes
away, perhaps, the
RICHEST MAN OF AMERICA;
certainly the head of the wealthiest
family in this country. For over two
years Mr.. Astor had not been quite him
self. In December, 1887, his wife died.
and from that time on there was a no
ticeable change in nlm. Among the
benefactions Of Mr.. Astor and his wife
were princely gifts to the Newsboys'
lodging house and the Children's Aid
society. Ten thousand dollars was
given to send street waits to homes in
the West. Schools, too, were endowed
with fortunes by Mr.. and Mrs. Astor.
Whan Mrs A Star died she oaun s05n nln
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-23
DAYS BREBE DIDN'T GO.
Buck Ewing VIII Not Captain
the Giants

NEW YORK, Feb. 22.-Buck Ewing
and Danny Richardson arrived in the
city tonight. They were accompanied
by Mrs. Ewing, and went direct to the
house Of a friend. The gallant
New York captain was surprised
OD arriving at Mauch Chunk to
find the lit tie second baseman awaiting
him. The first words Ewing said to
Richardson were: What did Day say
to you in Elmira?" He told me,'' re-
piled Danny. "rhat you would sign If l
did" Snake, old boy" said Ewing, she
tried the same game on me-" did you
giyehim any hope to cling to. Buck was
asked. "None. whatever. told him I
was captain of the New York Players
league team. and would stick by my
colors to the last. He knew would never
desert" .'He made big mistake." said
Mrs. Ewing, and her dark eyes giist-
ened. 'Mr. Day should not have gone
to the head of the club. He should have
known that the captain would
be the last to accept such
tain: Is! shall play with the New
worlds champions have no price. There
Ewing: League people have weakened
their case by going around the country
on wild hunt for men, all the while
thinking they can bribe them. 1t Is
such tactics that will hurt their cause.
1t shows they are desperate, and know
they are playing losing game. The
players are on top and will continue to
be. We have the players. and the pub
lie know ito
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A SOLID JUDICIARY.
Fuller's Response TO an Obvi Ously
Appropriate Sentiment.

. ASOSpOhSS w OH ootlOuShJ
Appropriate Sentiment.
CHICAGO. Feb. 22.-The programme
arranged by the managers of the Union
League club for the anniversary cele-
bration this evening included three
events. At O'Clock Clarence Eddy in
augurated the first part of the pro-
gramme by opening up the great audi
tOrium organ and sounding it to its
depths. The Rev. DR.. Tiffany, formerly
of Chicago, but now of Minneapolis,
followed with the leading address, his
subject being 1.-The Perils of National
Extension" A reception to Chief
Justice Fuller, at the rooms
of the club, followed at 6
o'clock as the second part. and
at Z O'Clock, 500 persons sat down to the
regular WashingtOn's birthday banquet,
responded to the toast, "Our Federal
Judiciary; S. E. Mason. president of
the Chicago Historical society, to
washington and the West" and Rev.
J. Coleman Adams to "Our National
Safeguard" Chief Justice Fuller spoke
as follows: "My attachment to the city
which has so long been my home is so
sincere that when | pay 1t flying visit
feel distinct disincliGatiOn to do any
thing more than renew tn 0Se old aSSOci-
ations which cannot be purchased with
gold or place, and
CANNOT BE PARTED WITH
for either. And as the delivery of set
discourse is quite Incompatible in my
case with that enjoyment Of the occa-
sion which know you wish me to have,
you will pardon brevity, perhaps not
always characteristic of speeches after
dinner. A sentiment to the federal iu-
dietary is obviously appropriate to the
celebration of the birthday of Washing
ton. for it was Washington who urged
upon the continental congress, while
the smoke on Bunker hill yet fingered
in the air. the creation of federal tri-
bunal with jurisdiction co-extensive
with what were then the united colonies
and provinces Of Great Britain In
North America. The particular sug-
gestion sprang from the particular
exigency. but it was pressed with an
earnestness clearly attributable to the
conviction that nation had declared
its independence. And later, when the
constitution was put Into operation,
Washington. with characteristic saga
| city foreseeing the great part which the
| judicial department would play in the
| development of our institutions, called
| Ii, in his letter rendering the chief
| justiceship to Jay, the keystone of the
political fabric.' 1t is the keystone In
| that, through its decisions. the funda-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-23
BR1ToNs WANT STOCK YARDS.
Chicago's Plant Likely to Change
Hands

The story published in a morning
paper that the Union Stock Yards and
Transit company was about to change
hands'a and pass into the control of an
English syndicate for consideration
of sSO.00O,0O0 caused considerable
talk at the companv's offices, and
among the commission offices this morn
Ing. Nobody knew how the story orig
mated or who started 1t. George T.
Williams, secretary and treasurer of
the company. when spoken to on the
alleged pending negotiation, said: II
do not know what started such a story,
for there Is absolutely nothing in it.
We would know something about it, if
there was any truth in the story, but
seen about any sale. Not one
has been approached that l know
of. We do not know the party said to
havebeen entrustd with the details of the
affair. Two years ago, or thereabOuts,
some parties representing eastern cap
italistS were in the vicinity asking
prices on the various interests. packing
houses and the like, but the stOckyards
was not included. The whole matter is
simply story. pure and simple" JIG.
McMullin. vice-president of the Chicago
& Alton Railroad. and one of the stock
holders i'm the Union Stock Yards COM
pany, said this afternoon: 81 believe
the published statement that negotia-
tionS are pending for the purchase Of
the stockyards
BY AN ENGLISH SYNDICATE
Is absolutely correct. 1t accords pre-
ciseIy with my information on the SUBJ
ject, except that understand the price
is S20.o0O,000 instead of s30.OO0,OOO. The
great bulk of the stock Is held in Bos-
ton, and the stockholders here would
not necessarily have any knowledge of
what was going on until the deal was
cOnsummated. Recent actions of the
stock were alone convincing that
some unusual influence was at.
work. Without auy apparent
cause it quit its old figures in the neigh
borhaod of par and went up to between
lSO and 14O. My inquiries as to the
cause brought me the information of
prospective transfer to an English COM
pany. The deal, as understand it, is,
however, not yet a certainty, as the pur-
chasers still have chance to back out
and a great many such deals
have reached the point of being
carried across the water only
to fail at the last moment"
John B. Sherman, president of the
stock yards company, admitted tonight
that such deal might be negotiated by
Eastern stockholders without his knowl-
edge. He added that $50, ,000, 600 was, in
his opinion, higher price than the con-
trolling interest held in the East was
worth. Mr.. Sherman was confident
that none of the Western stockholders,
of whom he is the largest, had been ap-
preached in the matter.
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mental law becomes IN reality as wei
as in name the
sUPREME LAW OF THE LAND

SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND.
ut is to no purpose said Marshall,
that powers are limited and the limta-
tion committed to writing if the limits
can be at any time passed by those in
tended to be restrained. The deter
mination of what the law is. the exposi-
ton, Interpretation and application of
the rule devOlves npon the judicial de-
partment; and so IL is for the upreme
court to determine the validity or III
validity of congressional or state enact
ment and governmental action when
the question arises in contested litiga-
ton. The Virginia plan of the consti-
tuition contemplated negative by con-
gress upon state legislation, but to this
Jefferson strongly objected and thought
the proper remedy for unconstitu-
tlonal laws was to be found in a
federal Judiciary. He subsequently
suggested that negative on Legislation
might be reposed in the judicial de-
partment. But the wisdom of the
trainers prescribed the better course i'm
declining to confer political power upon
that department, and confining it to the
exercise of the judicial functions, so
that 1t passes upon the validity of laws
or governmental action only when
drawn in controversy In the particular
case; but its judgments, though eX-
pending their direct force upon parties
and prlvieS,are accepted as authoritative
public laws. Nothing has done more to
commend that department to the con-
huence and respect of the people than
it's
sCRUPULoUs ABSTINENCE
from the decision of strictly political
questions. and its rigid adherence to
the exercise of none but judicial DOW
ers. And it is the acquiescence of the
Union and the states, the people and
their authorities. in the conclusions Of
the Judicial department, that demon
strates the success of popular govern
ment, since it implies the capacity to
observe self-imposed restraints. | have
drifted into this line of remark because
l wish to call attention to the language
OF Washington, expressive of his belief
that the arch reared with such consum-
mate craftsmanship depended for its
strength to stand, to resist. to bear the
weight of ages, upon that keystone
which holds the massive blocks TO-
gether and without which it
would fall in indiStinguishable ruin.
The same thought is contained I'm the
words of John Adams when he solicited
Jay to accept the ermine for the second
time: The tirmest security we can have
against the effects of visionary schemes
or t1uctuating theories will be in a solid
judiciary Ana it seems to me that as
the years roll on the judiciary gains
more and more in the affection and trust
of the people-the judiciary, national
and state; for the federal and state
courts are parts of the whole, and their
lights shine from the same firm ament.
Alike they seek that understanding
heart which will ENABLE them to discern
between that which is good and that
which is bad, and so to sit wisely in
Judgment amid this. SO great a people,
the people of George Washing ton."
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FORTUNES OF THE FAMILY.
He was the head of the third genera
tiOn of the Astor family. He was born
about sixty-five years ago. In 1875 his
father died, leaving John Jacob two
thirds share of his estate, valued at
$200,000,000. During the civil war Mr..
Astor went to the front, aud served with
credit as an aide-de-camp to Gen. Nc
Cleilan. He married Miss Gibbs, of
South Carolina. who died about two
years ago. He IS succeeded by his only
son, William Waldorf Astor, who was
minister to Italy some years ago. John
Jacob Astor the first was born in 1863,
the third son of poor peasants. at Wal
dorf, in Baden, and their name was
usually spelled "Ashdor (" Indeed, the
elder brother Of John Jacob the first
signed his name "Henry Ashd0r' even
after he had come to America. John
Jacob AStor came to America in 1884,
and began with stock In trade con-
sisting of six flutes and two other
musical instruments. He entered the
employ of furrier in this city, and in a
few months mastered the trade, which
was extremely profitable as carried on
with the Indians. AStor visited the
Canadian woods, going Oh foot and car
rying in pack on his back baubles
such as
DELIGHTED THE ABORIGINEs.
He traded them for furs and carried
the furs home on his back. He made
money, enlarged his business, using
pack sleds and the like, ana in few
years was doing an immense trade, get
ting the skins for literally nothing from
the Indians, and sending them to the
Orient, where they were exchanged for
most valuable goods. teas. spices. Indian
To -s1l-
profit averaged $4,000 to every cruise,
and when in 1850 the old man died he
left $4,000, 900. He founded the Astor
library at the earnest solicitation of
Washington Irving, Fitz Green Halleck
and an old and trusted commercial
friend. He had been extremely Pc
nurious, even to meanness, and delight
ed iG saving pennies even when he was
millionaire. He had had three sons.
The first died babe. The second,
named after himself, John Jacob Astor,
was demented and was kept In
fine residence on West Twenty
third street. at his fathers ex-
pense, and after his fathers
600 set apart for that purpose. That
John Jacob passed away, aged sixty
years. some thirty years ago. The AS
tor millions had been handed down to a
third son, William B. Astor, and he 1t
was who began the movement for better
tenement houses In New York. When
William B. AstOr died he left the vastly
increased family fortune to his eldest
son, John Jacob Astor the third, who is
now dead. Thomas G. Shearman. In
the Forum for November last, set down
John Jacob Astor's fortune at S150, ,0OO,-
600, making him
THE AMERICAN cRGsUs.
"The Astor'' was known for half
century as New York's landlord. 1t
has been estimated that the estate in
cluded more than thousand dwelling
houses. John Jacob Astor. who died
to-day, was the finest specimen of man
hood the Astor familYsever offered. He
was tall. erect, handsome, vigorous, and
carried his years admirably almost to
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-23
John Jacob Astor, the Richest
Man Of America, Passes
Away.
He Had Been Falling Since
the Death Of His
Wife.
A Fortune Of Two Hundred
Millions Left to His Only
Son.
The Estate Includes Over a
Thousand Dwellings in
Gotham.

NEW YORK, Feb. 22.-John Jacob
Astor died suddenly at o'clock this
morning at his residence. Thirty-thrd
street and Fifth avenue. His death
was unexpected by his family. 1t is
supposed to be due to heart failure. Mr..
Astor complained yesterday morning
that he was feeling unwell, but in the
evening he went out to dinn Soon
after his return home he became so ill
that his family were greatly alarmed
and sent for their physician. DIR. For
dyce Barker. vino resides near by at "a
East Thirty-eighth street. He at once
hastened to Mr.. Astor's residence, but
wnen he reached it he found his patient
already dying. Hardly any pulse was
perceptible. Mr.. Astor continued to
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LEVIN Ahbs
BILLY DUNKLIN.
JOHN PETERSON.
nAN HAnr aNn
TWO KILLED OUTRIGHT.
Saw Mill Hands Manned and
Mangied by a Boiler ExpIo.

Saw Mill Hands Manned and
Mangied by Boiler Explo.
sion.
GoLANsvILLE, Va. Feb. ga DIS
astrous boiler explosion occurred in.
Hunter Brothers q Company's saw mill.
two miles from this place, at O'Clock
this morning. Two persons were killed
outright and six others badly injured.
Portions of the machinery were blown
to height of 100 feet in the air. and car
ried over the Postal telegraph lines, ESQ
yards from the mill. The victims ali
colored men, were employed about the
mill. Their names: Killed-Wiiliam
James and Henry johnson. Injured.
Samuel Fox, leg broken in two
places and badly scalded; JEFF
ferson Washington, leg broken and
scalded about the face; John jackson.
face and body sealded; Benjamin Bea-
nam, found under mill shed with arm
broken, and badly scalded. DR.. w. C.
Flagg. local physician, responded
promptly, and is doing all in his power.
assisted by Hunter Bros, for the unfort-
unate men. The explosion made
loud report. and could be heard miles
distant. Firing up without sufficient
water in the boiler caused the explo-
sion. The mill property is total
wreck. No insurance.