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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-08

Doubtless each will be anxious 10 make
sure Of a republican Legislature. but the,
will tramp the hills and valleys OF New
York to make sure who the successful
candidates will be because, In January,
the legislature will elect q successor "a
Senator Evarts, and the choice will ties,
the strength Of the two factions. Mean.
while Mr.. Plat will keep the axe CLEAN.
ing In full view Of Tammany's eyes. The
axe 10 his, and his obedient servant,
State Senator Fassett. has the swinging OF
u. The senator is one Of Mr.. Platt's po-
litical creations. The two gentlemen are
neighbors In the southern tier. The situ.
alton ID that Fassett furnishes the polit-
ical ambition, Plat gives Il direction and
Mrs. Fassett supplies the needed money.
Platt has lately caused the aspiring
young senator TO be gossiped about as a
candidate for the Office Of governor.
In the present situation Mr.. Plat has a
good deal at stake. He will keep his hold
on New York II he can. There are those
who say that he 10 anxious TO 20 70 the sem
ate again to reclaim the seat which, after
q few months's occupancy, he surren-
dered when, In company with Roscoe
ConklinR, he tried TO outwit Garfield and
failed. Less aggressive men than he
might cast about for means TO secure q re-
Cancellation with the opposing republican
faction. Mr.. Plat IL not likely to do this,
but he will hang tight to Tammany by
tormenting Il and he will moi let up on
Its accused chiefs until he has used them
for any work that may happen to suit his
purpose. Then the voice of investigation
will be hushed and the chapter will com
to It's end with the same old, old story.
But the STANDARD started out this
morning simply 10 record the current
facts regarding the accused ex-Chamber-
lain Croker. As we have already said, he
wired his friends in New York that he
would not come. They we're importunate
and then the answer was that he could
not ONE The simple reason, as recited
in the dispatches, was that he was 'suf.
fering from pleuritic emulation and a
high degree of cerebral neurasthenia.'
When Tammany's heelers faced the
name Of this dreadful disease. they re-
fused to be comforted. They could not
guess what allied him, but they realized
that Croker could not come. He must
have struggled manfully, however, with
his ~ponderous latinized affection, for
within a fortnight word came that he had
left Wiesbaden and, last Friday. the
steamship Aller landed him in New York.
Under ordinary circumstances Il would
be reasonable to infer that his case will
be settled in court. More probable Il is,
that this democratic scandal will be adj
justed according to the dictates OF Thomas
&. Plat. Democracy in New York state
will never right itself until II is rid Of
these p~lunderinR camp followers.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-08

heaviest of all heavy villains,
old Satan himself. monOpOlizes the
business, the book apparently is
rather more poorly adapted for
operate presentation than Locke's
Essay on the Human Understanding
or Representative Carriers speech on
lead ore. Possibly the students have
permitted departures from the original
text so radical as to give Eliphaz the
Temanite, Bildah the Shuttle and 10
phar the Naamathite something to do
besides sitting down on the ground
and arguing points of theology with
Job for the space Of several consecu-
tive weeks. At its best, however, one
fears that the opera will be deficient in
the essential qualities of spirit, spright-
illness and sustained animation. One
fails to see how anything like q chorous
of policemen, burglars, sailors or gyp-
sizes can be introduced without viOlat-
ing both the dramatic unities and the
spirit of the noble book itself. Nor are
there any good opportunities for the
introduction of tank scenes, live horses
and trained dogs. The composers and
actors can never hope to win the ap-
plause of the galleries. As for the pit
one suspects that the students of Smith
have designs on the pit. Weighing the
subject carefully, nc other conclusion
can well be reached than that the stu
dents propose r~e-enacting Job not lit
orally but figuratively and spitefully.
They are to be Satan and the audience
is to represent Job. The new Satan
will endeavOr to put a greater strain
upon the patience of the new Job than
the old Satan with all his ingenuity
ever succeeded in inficting upon the
original upright man of uz. II is a
bold experiment, yet one with many
possibilities of success.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-08
YESTERDAYS VOTE.

The silver bill devised by Window,
Reed and Mckinley passed the house
of representatives yesterday. IL Is a
which, when il came to final
test, had only seven republican mem
beers of the house arrayed against 1t.
We shall now be told that the bill is
generous toward silver, but the men
who fought for the metal were not sue
ing for generosity, they demanded the
restoration of silver to its function as
money regardless whether that implied
the coinage of more silver or less.
These men have been defeated by an
almost solid republican vote. Yester-
DAYS bill is SO far from meeting the
demands of the people of this state
that Mr.. Carter. of Montana, refused
i'm the end TO vote for 1t.
Major Mckinley is the floor manager
who put this thing through. Speaker
Reed controlled the situation and he
openly declared his hostility to free
coinage. The republican caucus of
Wednesday determined to limit the de-
bate TO three days. This resolve was
strenuously opposed i'm the house,
Thursday morning, but the Mckinley
plan carried, although il escaped by a
close vote. Ten republicans bolted at
that time. II two more had bolted,
Mckinley would have lost. Mr.. Carter
was not among the ten, and we sup
pose this fact started up all the tel
egrams that were sent To him yester-
day. No democrat voted with the re-
publicans that day.
IL remains to be seen what fate
awaits the free coinage cause in the
senate. Mr.. Carter is still expecting
something will be done, but Mr.. Carter
is a man of hopeful temperament and
little is to be expected of the political
party with which he cannot travel in
the house. The republican leaders in
the senate are in the hands of Wall
street and their weighty opposition will
be felt, yet the free coinage leaders
have realized for many weeks that
their chief hope lay in the senate and
the situation may be changed.
The chances are that IL will change
in such "A way that senate and house
will disagree and then will come con-
iirmation of this mornings Washing
ton dispatch which says that the bill
passed yesterday is cunningly devised
do nothing at all.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-08
IhE OPERA OF lob

The students of Smith college have
dramatized and set To music the grand
old book Of Job. The opera Is to be
produced Oh commencement day i'm
lieu of other exercises. with q full or
chestra, accurate costumes and appro-
pirate scenery. This is rather piling
il onto Job, but i'm these days when
everything goes in educational circles,
when the students of Harvard col
lege celebrate an athletic victory by
smearing the statue of John Harvard
with red paint, none of the great men
of old a escape the familiarity the
boys thrust upon them. No doubt
there are people who will doubt the
propriety of dramatizing Job. II win
he claimed that the production Of such
an opera will be nearly as offensive
TO good taste as passion plays. So far
the only book of the Old Testament
that has been free to musical COM
posers is Esther: and although Esther
is little more than a record of profane
history, its presentation on the stage
has been limited TO oratorio.
But the students of Smith, not only
with the consent but with the cordial
approval and earnest cooperation of
the faculty, have undertaken 10 submit
Job 10 true operate treatment, with a
cast of characters who are sup
posed to act as well as sing. As a mat
ter of fact IL is very doubtful whether
the young people who the char
acters will do either, so that il may be
said at the conclusion Of the perform
ance that, no opera having been pro-
duced, all criticism Of the work on the
ground Of propriety falls TO the ground.
Regarded from a purely dramatic
standpoint, IL would puzzle Gilbert and
sullivan % find suitable material In
the book Of Job for dramatic
purposes. Aside from the first
two chapters, in which that
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-08

While Stanley has been exploring the
interior of Africa, the people of Amer.
lea have forgotten or perhaps the vast
majority of them have never known of
the existence of an undiscovered coun-
try within the confines of their own
domain. 4 tract of land in the state
of Washington, not SO large as a con
tinent and yet big enough for several
good counties. is so hemmed in by the
Olympic mountains that until within
a few weeks II has been to the white
man a secret and a mystery. Mr.. =. &.
Gilman and his son, of Minnesota, for
whose trustworthiness the Seattle Post
Tn~teiligencer youches, have succeeded
in making "A thorough exploration of
the place, and according tn their story
the land, II not flowing with milk and
honey. is amazingly rich in timber,
coal, iron and probably gold and silver
as well. IL is described as a region of
surprising beauty, where the noun
tains tower in grandeur and where the
valleys are pleasant and fertile. want.
ing only human population 10 make
them smiling and bountiful." II is one
of the advantages of this country that
there is always room for a few more
IL they are not afraid of working for a
living.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-08

senator Quay has left Washington
10 manage things in the interest of his
friends who want Office but who rest
Just now under the shadow that covers
his name. II is noticeable that the ar
dent defense of the senator against the
ugly charges recently brought against
him is confined Ia a comparatively
limited number of republican newspa-
pers. The STANDARD has already
pointed out the fact that this talk is a
revival of old charges. They were first
brought when Quay was candidate for
the state Office he held before elected to
the senate and they were vigorously
presented by the leading republican
newspaper in the city of Philadelphia.
They are brought up periodically in
quotations from that newspapers files.
These stories may not fret the hardened
politician at whom they are aimed, but
they interfere sadly with his political
manoeuvering i'm Pennsylvania.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-08

The humanizing influence of woman
is having its effect in Spokane. The
city council recently engaged q young
lady stenographer to report the pro-
ceedings. At her first appearance the
council CALAMITY passed a resolution
prohibiting smoking in the hall. At
her second appearance the council re-
solved that the room needed renOvating
and proceeded to order it cleaned,
painted and papered. IL this thing
keeps up Spokane's mayor and alder
mel within q few weeks will be resolv-
ing TO remove the hayseed from their
hair.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-08

4 Chattanooga paper has been inquir-
ing into the composition of the s5s
members of the chamber of commerce
of that prosperous city. The result Of
the investigation showed that l75, or
less than one-half, were born in south
ern states, white l47 were born in the
North and ~ i'm foreign countries. The
work of determination is going on in
spite of Ingalls, and the Ingallians.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-08

The town of Pullman, Wash, is be-
side itself with JOY, because after strik-
ing coal it has struck more water
through artesian wells than it knows
what to do with. All in all it's a strik-
ing exhibition of gush.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-08

The scraps that have taken place in
the capitol building at Washington
have often been of a personal nature,
but seldom Sc personally personal as
the one that occurred last Tuesday be-
tween Representative Belden Of New
York and a house p~ostofiice employee.
Mr.. Belden was entering complaint
about the delivery of his mail, when
the employee to whom he was making
reference suddenly grabbed him and
endeavored to butt his head against a
desk. Evidently the employe had been
so fayorably impressed with Speaker
Reeds tactics that he seized the first
opportunity to do something of the
Kind on his own hook. Another year
of Reed and the employees will clean
out the whole house.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-08

Speaking of Justice to the negro IN the
South. Rev. Thomas Dixon says the ne
groes themselves invariably prefer to he
tried before a white rather than . colored
jury. Perhaps this il because they think
their cases will look less dark and their
sentence be lighter than otherwise.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-08

4 Boston man has been arrested for
stealing a Bible. He seems determined
10 be q Christian at all hazards, but IL
he succeeds in getting to heaven st.
Peter would do well to paddock the
harp and crown room.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-08

The Milwaukee Journal declares that
who does not trust his wife ID foolish.
This may he so but the chances are that
he Is not so foolish as the man who trusts
other mans wife, especially IL the
trlstor Ia I'm the dry Qooda business.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-08
Not "welI Instructed" In French.
We Meant Hogs.
From Chatter.

From Chatter.
Weary wayfarer lstanding in a crowded
car ibid | hear you say you were going
to Chicago"
Graball who has his seat filled with
valisesl "les."
Weary Wayfarer: Aren't you afraid :"
Grahall lcurtly): Afraid of what
Weary wayfarer: Afraid you'll lose
your life. They do a big business In your
flesh and blood out there"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-08

The two Kentucky lovers who fought n
duel in q Louisville cemetery, one night
last week. showed an unusual degree Of
consideration for their friends In trying
TO abbreviate the distance to DO travelled
by the funeral procession.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-08

The reception of Mr.. William Ferris
was noticeably COOL wrote the dramatic
critic Of the London Sundoy Times. in de-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-08

scribing his first appearance an an actor
In that city. For this remark Mr.. Ferris
sued the paper for libel, and got q verdict
for $1,000. II must he great fun to he
a DRAMATIC critic In London.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-08
The Least Important.

The Least Important.
Whenever you hear Q brass band play,
Let II he worst or best,
You notice that the bass drum makes
More noise than all the rest.
So, too. mid men.they're loudest mouthcd
With one long, endless bawl,
Who are. perhaps, the very least,
Important OF ms all.
Washington Post.
The springs Awakening.
Spring crowns the earth with sunlit skies
And life new lease Is taking;
The trees. the flowers, likewise the flies
From sleep are now awakening.
Practical Advice.
BE siirewd and selfish as ~you9ikc;
You II not Ice poor.
Re not unto any man,
And close your door
To those who call on you for aid;
Turn them away
They are no goo, their play is played
They've had their day.
Uet all you can, and all you get
And when at last you die, you bet,
Merchant 7raret,r.
A pe..,mi::t,c Wall.
Where are the pleasures and pastime Of youth.
With innocent wits merry flashes?
Where are the hopes that ne'er grew into truth"
Ashes.
is the thinner who's every dish
Through memory painfully flashes
The steak, and the roast, the potatoes, and fish:
flashes.
-WdshiagtOn Ps~t.
..
d Pains Of Marriage.
However much You marry on.
Remember this Is true:
You can AFFORD to carry on
As once you used 20 do.
-yeW York sun.
.ss
The Charming Chorus Girl.
A chorus girl whose name was Marie
Was tung on the limb bv a bic,
She cried out, "Oh. my.
Y0u're entirely too n.y.
Don't cotton so kindly To ME-"
-Nep York Herald.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-08
VOICES OF THE SEASON.
The Little Tin Bucket,

The Little Tin Bucket.
How dear 10 my heart are the hours that We
sguandered,
When with nothing Ia do on a hot afternoon,
With a modest tin pail round the corner We
wandered
And brought il well filed from the nearest sa-
loon.
Each draft vas n portion Of nectar the sweet
est,
There was comfort condensed in the amber 50
clear.
IL held satisfaction, p~rof0undest, completes
That little tin bucket that carried the beer,
That little tin bucket, that wire-bailed bucket
That rusty old bucket that carries the beer.
-WdshingfOn Ppsf.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-08
stuck To isis Word.

Stuck ~ Hhib NoTVs
From Chatter.
A countryman at Rouden asked the
price of q railway ticket to the next sta
ton, and being told 50 cents, replied to
the clerk:
"Il1 give you %"
The offer being refused, he set out to
walk. He had not gone far when an en-
CINE whistled behind him. Turning about,
he shook his fist nj the engine, exclaim-
ing:
"You needn't whistle for me; ! made
you an offer oncew and then logged on.
Not "weil instructed in French.
From Chatter.
City daughter entertaining Father
Hazeed at dinner Papa, dear, you
oughtn't to eat pastry with YOU knife. IL
any Of my city friends should be dining
with me they would think you were not
quite au fait.
Papa Hazeed-I don't rare whether they
think I'm on A, or Nigh A, or Gee, Haw,
Buck A; when | eat pie I'm goin' to eat
my way. and don't you forget il.
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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-12
FOR EMBEZZLEMENT
Charge Agai u.s. a Former Financial Agent Of
the Chicago and Arkansas Construc-
tion Company.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Dec. 11.-Curtis G.
rant charging him with embezzement.
S,oddaru is accused of en- beZZ!iug bonds
of the Chicago and Arkansas coustruc-
ton company TO the amount of 81 POO
600 with actual value estimated at
81 900, 900. The warrant was sworn out
by F. B. Mordecai. Stoddard was re-
leased on $4,000 bail. His bond was
signed by W. T. Block of the Grant loco
motive works.
Stoddnrd is the former financial agent
of the construction company. In bill
filed in the supreme court this afternoon
the company's complaint is made at
length. According to the bill the KAN
sas City, Arkansas and New Orleans
railroad company in October, 1889, gave
a contract to T. Crutan to construct its
line aud in consideration turned over
81 600, 900 worth Of bonds and
~ 900 shares OF stock of par
value OF 81 200, 300. Crutan sublet
the contract to the construction company
which, thereupon, secured the bonds and
stock depositinR them with the Farmers
loan and trust company. In December
of last year S,oddurd was appointed
agent TO ueROtiate Tue securities, uuu IL
Is alleged he at once caused the securities
to he entered upon the books Of the COM
many in his own name aud then attended
pretended meeting Of stock holders and
voted the com plsinHnt' stock as his own
on q resolution to declare the first issue
of stock null and void. Stoddard was
afterward deposed, but he still holds the
securities. Judge Shepard issued an in
junction restraining him from trans
ferrlng or disposing Of them in any way
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-12
FRENZIED LOVE.
A Fathers Objections to a Mar
rage Results in a Tragedy.
An Arkansas Miner Kills Five People
and Then Blows His Own
Brains Out.
He Had Gone to Town with His Girl to Have
the NuDtiai Knot lid, Put the Father
Carried Her away.

srecial to the Gazette.
FORT SMITH. ARK. Dec. ia hor-
rible tragedy in which six people were
killed occurred near this city late this
evening, particulars of which have just
reached here. About o'clock this
smRrRing R. G. Caldwell, q prominent
farmer, was drivi home from this
city and when about four miles
out was intercepted by q foo,man
armed with shotgun. The footman
asked him II either of his mules would
ride. Caldwell told him no. About
this time an Old man came along riding
a pony. The footman ordered him to
get off but he did not comply promptly
and the man
SHOT HIM TWICE,
blowing the whole top of his head of.
He then mounted the OLD mans PONY
and rode MN about three miles, when
the pony gave out and he abandoned
him. He then caught a young man
driving 81 empty wagon, and jumping in
il he told the young fellow to drive
for his lite or he would Kill him. Taking
the whip from the driver he whipped up
the team and ran the mules TO Jenny
Lind a distance of three or four miles.
Arriving there he went TO the store Of
Dr.. j.. d. Stewart, and seeing several
men about the place
DROVE THEM OFF
with his gun, eutere the store and shot
Stewart down. He then walked out,
but returned and shot Stewart again,
though it is said the first shot killed
him. From Stewards he went 20 the
house of John Miller, quarter of mile
distant. Finding Miller some distance
from the house he shot and MORALLY
wounded him. He then proceeded to
the house and shot Mrs. Miller in the
stomach and then killed Miller's daugh-
ter, after hich he
BLEW HIS OWN BRAINS OUT
dust as posse OF men who had been
summoned came up to him. Miller is
dead, ana it is said Mrs. Miller
cannot recover. While in the
wagon with the young man he
told him that his name WAS Bill Joplin.
He gave the young man 81, saying he
wished him to telegraph his uncle some
where in Kentucky that he vas in trou-
ble and TO come to him. joplin has
been ut work at Jenny Lind, where he
fell in love with Miss Miller, whom he
murdered. He was in the city to-day
with the girl for the purpose of marrying
her, but her father followed, and
PREVENTED THE CEREMONY,
taking his daughter home with him.
Joplin followed them out later, and
thinking DR.. Stewart had sone-
thing to do with brenking up
the match killed him. The
old man he killed on the prairie first
turns out to be A. L. Dull OF Hutchin-
son, Kan. He told the young man while
riding with him that he was sorry he
killed the old man. but that he ought TO
rye got off the pony quicker.