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TOCROSS THE OCEAN
A 19-YEAR-OLD LAD TO MAKE
THE ATTEMPT ALONE.
He VIII Try to Sail to Queenstown In
a 19-Foot Yawl Expects to
Make It In 10 Days

New York. June 7.-Robert McCallum,
10 years old and a native of Scotland. Is
bold enough to think that he can sail
the ocean blue between New York and
Queenstown in a tiny craft which he Is
having built. He designed the craft.
and is confident of it's seaworthiness.
Talking of his proposed venture. he
said:
Il came from Dundee. Scotland. in
1891. when only 10 years old. and have
since been engaged in the coasting and
West Indies trade as a seaman. About
a year ago / learned of the successful
crossing of the Atlantic by Captain
Adolph Freitsch I'm a 40-foot vessel.
and determined that II he could make
the trip by himself in a craft Of that
size, II could be done in a 19-foot boat.
and l determined that I would make
the attempt. I'll be the youngest man
that ever made an attempt of the kind.
and II / win, Will claim the champion
ship Of the world. The boat. as you
see her, was designed by me. and was
built by myself and a friend. She is 10
feet keel and % feet over all, 5 feet I
inches in width. and has q draught OF
3 feet 4 inches amidshidA She will
spread about so square yards Of can
vass. and will be rugged on the leg-of-
mutton plan.
II will start from Battery park
about noon on June Is next, and ex-
pect to be about As days in making the
trip. l will carry 90 days rations.
mostly in canned goods. and 30 gallons
of water. l will take my sleep mostly
in the daytime. occupying the cabin.
which is s feet long by 4is feet In
width and height. While I am resting
/ shall have the boat hove to. but |
expect to make good time while the
boat Is on regular running time. l
have no fear of the vessels capsizing.
She is built on too staunch lines for
that. The only thing that could
sink her would be a collision. | only
had the boat brought on here about a
week ago. but she is well nearing COM
pletion. If l reach the other side i'm
safety / shall pay a visit to my rela-
tives I'm Scotland. returning by steam
er. | am not taking this voyage for
pleasure. but for the fame and money
that will accrue from a successful car
rying out of my plans
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the town. IL being stipulated that the
people on the streets shall have 90
days in which to remove said obstruc-
ton Houses on wheels and rollers are
common sights. The orders issued
mean business. The people seem to
understand 1t. and are getting a gem
eral move on. Everybody expected 1t.
The measures inaugurated are ac-
knowledged to be just and in the in
terest OF the public welfare: still IL is
a little startling for a man who has
been in peaceful possession OF his
house for years to be told to move
on" The outcome of 1t all will be that
Red Lodge will be squared with the
compass, will have streets and alleys.
and take at least the resemblance Of
an important town. which II is soon to
become as the county seat OF the new
and prosperous county of Carbon.
Winter has commenced in Red
Lodge. 1t has showed all day, and
the ground is white with snow. 1t is
something very unusual for June
weather. Really. IL II keeps up "a
hours longer at this rate there will be
possible sleighing. Now the grass is
green and the hills are one glow OF
radiant flowers. Ranchers have not
had to irrigate. and IL all seasons were
like this there would be a discount on
irrigation bitches.
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The price asked for this site was near
ly five times its assessed valuation for
1894 The Northern Pacific representa-
tive in this city seemed to have taken
considerable interest in advancing ar
guments in favor of this site. w. Z.
Cullen, a Northern Pacific attorney.
and Tom Cooney of the company's
land department. each tried to con-
vince the commission that it was by
far the most desirable location.
The commissioners heard arguments
from all who cared to present them
on the matter. Few If any wholly dis
interested people took advantage of
the invitation to express their views.
A number of property holders who
were interested in other sites made adj
dresses favoring their properties. AL
most every one stated his motive in
offering such an Incompatible site was
because he wished the state to have
only the best, and that the price asked
was below its real value.
Most of those who made speeches be-
fore the commissioners in favor of par
ticular sites were attorneys. Among
them were such prominent lawyers as
w. E. Cullen, w. f. Sanders. Will
Wallace, A. c. Botkin, r. B. Smith and
J. X TOOle
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"A NAMELESS TRAMP"
Rev. Mr.. Dixon Thus Referred to Christ
PLATE n Tammanyite.

New York. June THE Rev. Thorn
as Dixon raised a laugh in the course
OF his sermon in the Academy Of Mu-
sic by saying that Pontius Plate was
the Tammany politician OF his day and
generation. He felt that he was TAX
ing too great a responsibility Of SEN
fencing such a man as Christ he said.
so he washed his hands of the matter
and let the people take the RESPONSE
bility.
Christ. a nameless tramp. was Of so
much Importance 10 the world that he
changed the calendar made by Caesar.
then the most important man in the
world. Death upon the cross was the
symbol of shame; he made 1t the SYM
boil of power
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THE BIDS REJECTED.

No Capitol Site Selected, as the Offers
Were Unsatisfactory.
Special Dispatch to the STANDARD
Helena, Mont, June THE capitol
site commission adjourned this after
noon without making a selection. The
commissioners believed they could get
better offerings by readvertising. and
for three weeks advertisements for
bids will be again run.
The commissioners say they rejected
all bids because none of them were at
all satisfactory. Some of the tracts
offered were too small in area and
some too. high in price. The new bids
will be received up to noon. July /, and
will not be opened until July 8. when
the commission will next meet.
The following statement obtained
from the commission shows the price
asked for each site and its assess
ment for 1891. 1t should be stated
however. that the assessment is low.
and very few Helena real estate hold
ers would sell for the valuation as it
appears on the tax lists:
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The action of the commissioners in
rejecting all bids and inviting new Of
fers meets with the approval of a large
proportion of the people of Helena. Ii
is the general impression here that
with the exception of the Winnie site.
which is offered for nothing, and five
acres of Capitol hill. donated by S. T.
Hauser, the prices asked for the pro-
posed sites, including five additional
acres of Capitol Hill. were excessive.
With the exception of a few real es-
tate men or others who have personal
interests in the location Of the capitol.
the people are almost unanimous for
a central location.
There were four sites offered that
are located in the Central addition.
and any one of them would make a de-
sirable location so far as public con-
venience is cqncerned. but each is
rated at a price which is considered
by most people away beyond it's actual
value. The same can be said Of other
and more remote sites. such as the
Steele location on Hauser boulevard.
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AIabamn slIrcrltes.

Birmingham, Ala, June IA call
was issued to-day by the executive
committee Of the Alabama Democratic
silver league, urging silver democrats
to organize leagues in every county in
the state. The call adds: 1T is ex-
pected that when these leagues are or
ganized a consultation will he had and
a state convention called to further
the views entertained by democrats
who believe in free coinage" 1t is
expected these organizations viii be
so complete in the next 30 days that
further action may, by correspondence
and Joint agreement. be had.
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Chinese Imperial Communication.

Washington. June THE Chinese
minister here. in company with acting
Secretary Of State Uhl. accompanied
by his secretary Of legation and inter-
prefer. waited on the president this
afternoon and presented 10 him a let
ter from the emperor OF China thank
ing him in grateful terms for the kind
~ Offices exercised by the United
States in behalf Of the restoration Of
peace between China and Japan The
imperial communication was in the
Chinese language. handsomely encased
In royal yellow silk.
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BOOZE AND BULLETS.
whiskey DlstiIIeries Turned Into veritabIe
Arssnals.

Chicago, June IA local paper says:
Every distillery in the United States
controlled by the whiskey trust has
been turned into an arsenal. For near
~ a month past United States deputy
marshals have had their quarters i'm
the distilleries. They are all heavily
armed and prepared to resist any at
tack that may be maze, or any attempt
to take possession. a decision is daily
expected from the supreme court of the
state which may have the effect Of
rrecipitatinG hostlities.
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Washington, June BLANKS are pre-
pared at the treasury department for
the use OF persons who have claims
against the government for the refund
ing income tax. The refund will be
made under section 222O Of the Revised
Statutes. which authorizes the commits
sioner OF internal revenue, on appeal,
to refund all taxes enormously or ille-
gally collected.
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Heney and the Mint.

Carson, New, June Mrs. Heney,
wife of James Heney. the man sup
posed to have stolen $780, 900 from the
Carson mint, filed with the commits
sioner of the United States court a
proposition that Heney would volun-
tarily come to Carson if his bail would
be fixed at $1,000. Heney is at the
Hotel Vendome at Leadville, Col, and
has openly sent and received mes
sages to and from there.
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Died on the Train.

Pocatello. Idaho, June I'D. a. Nc
Dougal. proprietor Of the Leland house
at Naskup. y. c.. died OF consumption
this morning on the west-bound Union
Pacific train. and his remains were
LEFT at Glenns Ferry. Idaho. He was
on his way from Salt Lake 10 Spokane.
lie told a passenger last night that he
had a wife and three children at Spo-
Laun
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Looks Like Peace.

Hong Kong. June 7.-Adviees from
Formosa indicate chaos is rapidly Civ
ing way TO order. now that the Japa-
nese troops have reached Tai Pehau
and established headquarters at that
point. The natives OF Formosa are
submitting readily TO the rule Of the
japanese.
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The Rennr. Not Credited.

Washington, June THE report from
Florida as to the dispatching Of three
torpedo boats with a Cuban revolu-
tionary party is thought by Spanish
officials here to be a ruse TO divert at
tention from the movements at other
points. Ii is stated that the torpedo
boats could make but feeble showing
against the large feet of Spanish cruis-
ers and gunboats now patrolling Cuban
waters
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what the Trouble Is Coming To.

0TH'CIf- IITNIlfIEII % LTIF NLll TAT 7.
Cheyenne. Wyo.. June THE body
Of John Rofferty, a sheep herder. with
a bullet hole through the breast. was
found yesterday near Rock Springs.
Indications are that the killing result
ed from the range troubles existing be-
tween cattlemen and sheepmen.
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TO SQUARE THE TOWN.
settlers Given Notice to Get a Move On
SIeighing Possible.

oD1ciAi Dt>pAtcu le tA' otahltfl
Red Lodge. Mont, June There is
high commOtiOn in Red Lodge this
week over the notices that have been
issued by the Rocky Fork Townsite &,
Electric company. The company prac-
tieally owns the townsite. All parties
owning houses in the central portion
II the town. known as the right-of-
way. have been given 20 days notice
10 remove. The city council has or
dered the city attorney 10 draw an
ordinance for the purpose OF opening
the streets OF the plated portion OF
The Anaconda standard., 1895-06-08
To Rescue Perry.

ST. Johns. N. T.. June THE whale
boat Kite has been chartered to carry
an expedition of 10 persons to Green
land to rescue Lieutenant Perry. the
Arctic explorer. Emile Diebitsch. Per
rvs brother-in-law. will have charge
or the party. The Kite is to start
about the middle of next month.
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An Old Feud Ended.

Omaha, June IA special to the Bee
from Crawford. Neb.. says: ]. \. Jones
and Thomas Barnes. brothers-in-law
and prominent cattlemen, engaged in
a duel on horseback near here to-day.
Jones horse was shot from under him.
He continued the battle afoot and was
soon killed. II was the result of an
old feud
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san Francisco. June limited States
inspectors OF hulls and boilers COM
menced an official examination into the
Colima disaster to-day. A. X. Richard
son. stOrekeeper OF the wrecked steam
er. told the story Of the storm. OF the
sinking of the ship and OF the rescue
of the survivors by the san Juan. Ills
testimony developed no new details Of
the wreck
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treasury of the United States a GER
tain percentage OF the dividends in or
der to redeem the bonds when they
matured. Counsel agreed that con-
gress had imposed a personal liability
The government was not dealing with
an inanimate body, like a corporation.
but with the stockholders themseIves-
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WHAT HE DESERVED.
One of the Haymarket Fiends Receives
His just Dues.

Tegucigalpa, Honduras. June 7.-F'u-
gitive Schnaubelt. alias Rindskopf. the
man who threw the bomb at the Chi
cago Haymarket riot. was badly
wounded in a fracas at Pinalojo. He
will die
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At Philadelphia-5; st. Louis, 3.
AT BaltImore-s; Chicago, 10.
Al Westinghouse; Cleveland, q
At Boston-3; Pittsburg, |.
At New York;; Louisville, B
At Brooklyn-10; Cincinnati, o
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Washington, June 7.-Montana-Fair
warmer in western portion; northerly
winds.
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If You Need
A Watch

Call and examine our stock
and find out our prices.
Goods well bought ale half
sold. We have a very large
assortment of American
Watches, all grades and
prices, which we will offer
very low. Don't miss the
chance.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-16
THE BOOM is HERE.

NEIHAEr has a brighter outlook
today than even before in her his
tory. Interest in mining is awaken
ing, renewed forces are being set o
work, ore being shipped and it looks
as if the long looked for revival has
come. Within sixty days an air of
general prosperity Will strike rs.
There is some quiet talk going on
concerning an immense mining deal
soon to be c]onsumated. We are
not authorized to say anything about
it, but we have the information from
those in the game that it mean the
employment of large forces of men
at Neihart Instead Of 25O men
employed, q thousand lunch pals
will march to the music Of the whis-
tie and "A thousand homes will be
g%Iaddened by the regular appear
ance of IA good fat time check.
Ore shipments will be more than
doubled, The Queen, Gait, Flor
encc, Nevada, Peabody, Broadwater,
Benton, Mountain Chief and Little
Anaconda, all turning out a daily
large quantity Of ore, and this other
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-16
Carat" rs Applied to Diamonds.

Although the term carat is ap-
piled to diamonds as we'll as to gold,
it does not mean the same thing
Used with regard to the metal, it ex-
presses quality or fineness, "a carat
being pure gold and 80 karat equal
to coined gold. But applied to tho
diamond carat means actual weight,
and by this measure 115H carats are
equal to an ounce troy, The value Of
a diamond is not merely so much per
carat, irrespective of size, but in
ease in an increasing ratio with,
the weight of the stone.
To give an example,: If ego be the
value Of a stone of one carat of the
first water"-that is, colorless and
free from brown tinge-a stone of
two carats would be worth $50, or
$50 per carat; one of five carats,
$3.50, OF f7O per carat; one of ten
carats, f2, 200, or 9220 per carat.
Thus it is that when stones are found
of a phenomenal size their value is
almost incalculable and can only be
approximately appraised by the most
skillful and experienced experts.
And thus it is that we often hear Of
fabulous and utterly impossible val.
uations of gems. -Chambers' Jour
nal
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A Black Eye for Silver.
j. f.. Walton.
Great Falls, Mont.

a few days since the gold press
heralded as another sign of the wan
ing of the silver ~'craze' how silver
WAS hard hit by the farmers, how the
Farmers National Congress met in
convention in Atlanta gave silver a
black eye. Below is the resolution
adopted, a recommendation somewhat
similar in purport to the plan pro-
posed by Mr.. Wharton Barker in
The American some two years since.
''Resolved, That we favor the
free and unlimited coinage of both
silver and gold at the present ratio
of Is to |, guarded by an import
duty upon foreign bullion and for
eign coin equal to the difference be-
tween the bullion value and the
coinage value of the metal at the
date of importation, whenever the
bullion value Of the metal is less
than it's coin value"
This is how the silverities were
knocked out, how the farmers gave
silver a black eve, how they hit sill
yer hard. IF such hard blows con-
tinue to be rained on the silver craze.
a craze heralded as expiring, if not
already dead, the corpse will indeed
become a lively one. The more
knock downs of this sort the silver
craze gets the stronger it will grow.
The gold monometallists never
went further on the path Of reckless
falsehood than when they so grossly
misrepresented the real action of the
farmers congress. The gold metro
politan papers that have lent their
news columns to such falsehoods
have no eXcuse for such a base be-
trayal of public trust and confidence.
To say that possibly they were mis-
informed in the first place, that some
subordinate is to blame, cannot be
accepted as an excuse. for the blum
der if blunder it was, they allowed
to 90 u~ncorrected and their readers
still remain misinformcd. Misrepre-
sentation of this character is too com
mon to be accidental. That such.
false news is permitted to go uncor-
rected proves it to be intentional.
Mr.. Barker proposed:-l. That
the United States shall admit silver
bullion from American mines to
coinage in its mints upon the pay
ment by the owner of IL seiunorage
absorbing three-fourths of the differ
ence between the market G.ondon)
price of the bullion and it's value
when coined. 2. That foreign sill
YER shall be admitted only for coin
age purposes, at a ~seignorage alb
sorblng All of the difference between
the market Oondon) price and its
valve when colned.-American.
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host confessed after an examination.
but he refused to admit that there
was any off flavor to his pet brand.
The kentuckians tasted again and
were more firmly set in their opin-
ions than before. Finally the host
undertook to have the entire pack
age decanted off to settle the dispute
and when the last dregs were reach
ed an old fashioned carpet tack, with
a leather washer, was found in the
bottom Of the barrel. That of course
ended the discussion, and the host
has never since disputed the word of
a kentuckian when he was talking
about whiskey.-Cincinnati Tribune.
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A Piece of k

There is a piece of General Sickles
over in the Army Medical museum
of Washington, a large bone, splin-
tered about midway, where the bull
let struck, marked"No. 1886" The
tag says: Major General D. E. s..
United States Volunteers, Gettys.
burg, July 2; amputated in the low,
er third Of the thigh by Surgeon r
Sims on the field; stump healed rap
idly, and subject was able to ride in
carriage July IS; completely healed
so that he could mount his horse Sep
TENDER, 1863. Contributed by the
subject"
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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-16
The GeCEo,

The gecko is an odd little creature.
His name is seldom heard, and his
form is seldom seen, for he lives in
warmer climates than this. His
home is in Africa and the southern
countries of Europe.
This little gecko has so many
strange waysa and there is something
SO uncanny in his appearance that
the people of the countries where
he lives are rather afraid of him, be-
lieving his bite to be poisonous, al
though this is denied by n%aturalists.
He is little creature, with a broad,
fiat head, like a snake, and a long
body, with a narrow tail, with odd
shaped bits of skin arranged like
scallops along the sides of it. He
has short legs and queer, catlike
claws, which enable him to easily
climb the old walls and rocks upon
which he lives, catching the insects
of various sorts which make his din
ner.
He is a nocturnal animal, walking
abroad at night and sleeping in the
daytime. He moves with sudden
PUSHES and without any noise what
ever. His odd name was given him
from the queer noise he makes,
which is something like the noise
you would make to start a horse
with. The male gecko is of a gray
color, SO near the shade of the old
walls and rocks among which he
makes his home that he can barely
be seen.-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
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If you do not do this | am going to
vote some ticket that will.
We have no animosity for the rich
man. We simply want the % per
cent represented as well AS the five
per cent in making the laws We
respect him and his money, we can
not he prosperous without it and he
cannot make money without our la
Dor. Give us II part of the profits
and Il part of the laws, and YOU will
find us drifting up stream, You will
find ON country saved from anarchy
aud despotism.
j. f.. Walton.
traat E.1lc Mont
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1T WAS GOOD WHIsKEY.
But Blackburn and Carlisle Prov
ed They Were Judges of Fla

Joe {. S. Blackburn and John G..
Carlisle were some years ago visiting
a mutual friend at his summer resi-
dence. The host had some old Ken
lucky whiskey of which he was very
proud, and this was, in his cstima-
ton, the richest treat he could offer
the k~entuckians. 1t lay in his eel
lar in the original package, and
as the kentuckians had about finish
ed the pint which had just been
drawn off he took occasion to say
that the whiskey was 10 years old.
"No," said Carlisle; CHATS very
good whisky, but it's only II years
old.
Mr.. Blackburn said, CHATS right
John, and it came from Bourbon
county, my old district.
The host agreed that it was Bour-
bon county whisky, but maintained
that it was 10 years old and asked
his visitors for a candid opinion of its
merits. Blackburn tried another
glass and said, 81 have ONLY one
fault to find, and that is IA slight IA
vor of rusty metal.' Carlisle filled
again and said that SO far as he
was concerned, he was unable to
detect any flavor of metal, but
that it did taste IA little leatherv.
This criticism rather wrought on
the feelings of their host, who de-
clared that it vas impossible that
either metal or leather could have
come in contact with the goods, as
they were still in the wood, and as
for the age, lie would take them in
to the cellar, where they could salts
fy themselves on that score. Into
the cellar they went, and the seals
showed that Mr.. Carlisle's estimate
of their age was correct. This the