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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-13
Montana State MeWs.

last week representing themselves as
meditation committee of the A. r. u.
They sought to interview President j.
J. Hill and to secure his signature to
new schedule which they had prepared.
The committee was refused an inter-
view on account OF 1t not being thought
to represent the employees OF the road.
and the strike talk was the natural re-
suit. The schedule spoken of above
was drafted at Devils Lake last month,
ing that was entirely a local one. 1t
had no representation from this point.
and for this reason we believe that the
sentiments of the employees as a body
were not considered. President Debs
has made statement that the Great
Northern has threatened its employees
since the strike of 1894 in a dishonest
and disreputable manner; that 1t has
not held to its agreement, and that
competent and trustworthy men have
been discharged again and again for
no other reason than because they be-
longed to the A. r. u. Be this as IL
may, strike at this time must meet
with most disastrous results, and we
hope that before causing one the en-
ployes make sure they have just cause
and not do so imprudently thing just
to satisfy the spirit of enmity that ex-
lists among some disgruntled persons
who have been discharged from the
employ of the road. The men we have
talked with on this division say that
they have no grievance whatever and
the trouble that is being agitated Is en-
tirely unauthorized by them.
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Revenge Is Sweet.

Fort Benton River Press: During the
progress of the Savage murder trial at
Miles City, the Stockgrowers Journal,
a newspaper of that town, distinguished
itself by publishing some homemade
cuts, alleged to be true portraits of the
more prominent persons connected with
the court proceedings. The publishers
Of our enterprising contemporary, with
commsendable forethought, attaches
labels to the alleged portraits. and by
virtue of this wise precaution, the
reader avoided the mistake of getting
the pictures mixed. The portrait of
the judge was not mistaken for that
of the deceased Mr.. Savage, and the
sheriff-thanks to the name attached
to the cut-was not recognized as
Mrs. Savage, the party accused Of the
crime.
The Hon. Sam Gordon, editor of the
opposition journal at Miles City, was
personally acquainted with the parties
connected with the case, but failed to
recognize them by the portraits pub
lished by the Stockgrower, although
the names were correct. The Hon. Sam
mildly protested against the imposition
foisted upon the public, and in few
friendly, well-chosen words, expressed
his disapproval of the enterprise. He
little dreamed of his fate.
The artist of the Stockgrower, with
a diabolical malignity without parallel
in the records of portraiture, thereupon
turned himself loose with gouges, CHS
els, muscle and other implements of
his profession, and produced an abor-
ton which was duly printed and placed
before the public as a reliable presen-
tation of the handsome features of the
statesman-editor' of Custer county. 1t
is alleged that the Hon. Sam Gordon
failed to recognize himself at first, but
when he finally tumbled TO the enor-
nifty of the outrage, he drowned his
grief at bar near the banks of the
Yellowstone.
1t appears, therefore, that criticism
of the Stockgrower's art department Ks
TO be visible with the most horrible
torture known to man. Immunity from
this terrible fate must be purchased
by silence or words of laudation; and
since we have mentioned the subject.
II occurs to us that self-protection Is
necessary. We therefore solemnly
swear that, to the best of our knowledge
and belief. the Stockgrowers picture
gallery is everything 1t is cracked up
to be.
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A BAD PRACTICE.
setting Trap Guns for Hunters and Pros
pectors tn Run against.

Basin Times: 1t seems that Butte
knights OF the ramrod have a particu-
lar laundering for bear. and they Sc
lect the Little Boulder country as the
place most favored by bruin 10 hunt
I'm. They do not get out and take
equal chances with his bearship. but
set trap guns for him TO run up
against. b +. Trip. our local road
commissioner, came near experiencing a
dose OF lead from a 1890 Winchester In
that locality one day last week. and
but for luck that was on his side he
would have been a corpse and the gun
would have done the job. Trip was
hot clear. up to his eyes and came up
TO the Times office madden than a
March hare. He SAID: If the darn
fools want the reputation OF killing
a bear. why in the diggin's don't they
go at II as the people OF the Cataract
do and not endanger the lives OF every
one who chances ITO be out In the
hills
Since Tripp made this fortunate dis
covery, there Is a regular howl from
nearly every grizzly headed prospec-
tor about Basin. Just who set the
gun could not be learned. but as a
couple Of high-legged dudes were no
ticed perambulating aboE that neigh
borhood. II - presumed thar they are
the ones. 1t might be said that Trip
captured the gun and took IL home.
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In Oregon.

Baker City. Ore. Democrat: Wednes-
day mornings o. II. & n. train carried
from Portland en- route TO Spokane a
party of % PinkertOn detectives and
a gang OF bridge carpenters. who, so
the East Oregontan was given TO un-
derstand. were all ticketed through by
the Great Northern and sent to Spo-
kane. TO be used in case the strike
proves 10 be at all general. The derec-
lives were not so mysterious a quality.
as anyone could tell for what they
were wanted in the case OF strike
being general Blu. what the carpen-
tiers are TO do does not plainly APPEAR,
unless IL Is that they are ready 10 re-
pair any damage which may be done
in case there should be riots along the
line. The impression Is general that
the authorities will pursue a course
different from rhat Of the summer OF
1854. when in some cases there was
considerable delay In placing armed
men In positions OF advantage- The
company will not hesitate ali any time
70 put out men who viii be pledged
to do anything necessary for the pro
lection OF property.
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Too Many Idle Men.

Miles City Stockgrowers Journal:
The Great orthern Railroad company
is threatened with another strike of its
employees. who are members of the A
r. u.
1t is sincerely ito be hoped that the
matters in dispute will be arranged in
a manenr satisfactory to all parties,
although at present there does not
seem to much prospect OF an amtcable
settlement.
President Hfll of the Great Northern
affects TO believe that the A. II. U. ex-
lists in name only. and that as a labor
orga nizatfon 1t has none of it's former
power. This may be true. but, If IL is,
II concerns no one more than the men,
bers of the order ito know the truth of
this belief, and "a speedy and effective
way of testing the truth of Mr. HIS
assertion is TO strike and fight the is
sue to a finish. Railroad men are
likely to look at the matter from this
point of view. The employees do not
fear Mr.. Hill. and If ne is not inclined
TO treat them fairly they will protect
their rights as best they can.
A strike ait the present time, now
ever, would be a very doubtful ex-
pedie1. The last great strike of the A.
A. u. settled a number OF questions in
volved in the tie-up OF railroad COM
panies. IL need no longer be expected
that trains will not run. II was de-
cided that a mail train includes the
general makeup of a passenger train,
and that any interference with the
movements of mail trains is good
grounds on which the railroads may
invoke federal interference
1t Is very doubtful IL a general tie-up
could be made a success by striking
employees. There are Ito many men
standing ready to fill vacancies, and
the power Of the corporation is too
great. Strikes NAV be inaugurated,
and undoubtedly will be. but the re-
suits are likely ITO be disastrous TO the
strikers
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Artemus; Griswold knocked Spence I'M
der the table; Proprietor George appear
ed. learned the truth as well as the tipsy
young fellows could tell him, and he led
the lawyer to the side door. gave him
gentle. perfunctory kick, and said: Ga
hame WI ye. nool and tent We. mon. that
ye KEN back here ma mair."
Wards poem will describe 90 In every
100 of the Alexis who are always on the
alert to pick up people who. in hasty
speech or equally hasty writing. ignore
or carelessly violate some purely techni-
cal canon OF rhetorical construction, or
equally unimportant rule of grammar.
Wards last line. though awfully lame In
its grammar. hits the grammatical smart
people squarely. Not one in 100 OF them
can write anything worth the reading.
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ELECTRIC RAILROADS.
1t IL Only a Question of Time as to When
They VIII Become Universal

From Lippincotts Magazine.
The whole plan as so entirely practi-
cal that IL is only a matter OF time
when such roads will be established be-
tween all important points. The sub
s.itutlon of the eleotrdc motor and spe-
Clad devices for fast travel may be de-
iayed by the managers OF steam rail-
ways, whose business will be injured
thereby. burt the change has to come.
Present methods are not in keeping
with the progressive science of the age.
The steam roads carry a ton OF car
weight for every passenger they trans
port. where only 400 pounds are requir-
I'd with the new system. The slaughter
OF people by crossing roads built at
grade on the surface must be stopped,
and this Is one way TO avoid IL. Why
should the mails occupy "a hours In
transit between New York and Cnlca-
20. when the distance can be covered
In eight hours? Why should passen-
gers be bothered with sleeping car &C
conmodations to make a journey chat
can be accomplished within the short
hours mat now constitute a legal work
Ing day7
In the Bro5t system locomotives are
dispensed with. The motors are on the
axels under the cars. Hence Il Is pos
s.ble TO dispense with the mighty loco
motive, mat has to be made nearly as
heavy as the whole train. In order 10
secure a proper hold upon the track.
Now that ocean steamers have so close
Nv approached railroad speed. Il Is high
time that the land roads forged ahead
before designers OF water craft catch
m
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-13

Miles City Stockgrowers Journal:
The wolf question which has been the
all-absorbing topic among stock grow
ers for years. is practically settled
with one man at least. and his theory
as we'll as practice is certainly worthy
Of a trial. and is given for what IL is
worth. Stockmen have expended thou
sands OF dollars in the vain hope OF
exterminating the pests. Fresh beef
by the score. inOculated with every
known exterminator, has been inviting
Is placed about the ranges frequented
bv wolves and coyotes. but all TO very
little avail In the very face OF these
aDpetlzing bats valuable colts and
promising yearlings have been taken.
with a total ignorance Of the delica-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-13

Thompson Falls Montanian: Strange
isn't IT. The croakers have all quit
croalxing. When the Montanian came
here the town was full of 'em. They
told us there was nothing here and
advised US to move on. Now they
have all ceased croaking. They have
learned the lesson that croaking
doesn't pay. They have found out
that there is something here. They
are not doubtful about it. They know
IT. That old monster. selfshness, Is
also dwindling into oblivion. The
croaker has found out that In a com
munity where his neighbor prospers,
he might prosper also. Therefore, In
Thompson. the stranger is made well
come. Our great natural resources are
explained and held out to him as an
inducement to come and live among a
prosperous people. The button has
been touched. the machinery of prog
ress Is in motion and let it be the duty
of every citizen in the city to put oil
on the cylinder and fuel in the furnace
whenever an opportunity presents it.
self. Never in her history did old
Thompson see so bright a future as
she sees to-day.
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Have No Use for Goodwin.

Kalispell Graphic: Kalispell does not
need such men as Roy Goodwin and the
citizens are far safer when such men
as him are elsewhere. He came here and
melted men to deeds that has involved
them into trouble.
He ordered a strike and being unable
to secure the cooperation of railroad
men, sought such as would follow his
lead. The first act was to destroy
property. Mr.. Goodwin did have some
friends here until his anarchistic utter
ances at Spokane were made known.
All law abiding citizens must despise
a man who will preach such socialis-
tic doctrine as substituting bullets for
ballots.
He cannot tell why this strike was
called unless he says 1t was to give the
Great Northern trouble for some griev-
ance peculiarly his own. The employees
did not ask him to come here and in
augurate such a movement, and
promptly aided in checking ii. Just
think of the awful consequences that
might have followed had the would-be
train wreckers succeeded in accomplish
expected when men whose lead 9TH
ers follow urge the use of physical
force?
Mr.. Goodwin is no more than a walk
ing delegate whose chief aim in life Is
to create dissension among the working
classes. He is well paid and well fed
and suffers no loss in the event of a
strike. The Great Northern employees
are too intelligent a set of men to fol-
low the lead of such as Goodwin and
have contempt for such as he. No man
was ever denounced in more severe
language than was Goodwin by the citi-
gems of Kalispell. He has gotten into
the clutches of the law and may find
considerable difficulty in extricating
himself save by paying the penalty the
law imposes.
Goodwin has learned one thing II he
is at all observing, and that is that
there is no place in this city for the
practice OF his anarchistic ideas. We
may have dealt harshly with Mr.. Good
win, but it is the duty of citizens and
the press TO suppress such movements
and denounce the movers.
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Mr.. Mock Retires.

Flathead Herald-Journal: In this
weeks issue of the Graphic II. j. Mock
announces his retirement from the
newspaper field in Kalispell, having
sold out to the Inter Lake. Frequently
in the past we have crossed swords
with the Graphic, but have always
highly esteemed our opponent, and cor
daily wish him success In whatever
new business he may engage. To Mr..
Goshorn, editor of the Inter Lake, we
extend a fraternal hand. hoping that
success may be his. Two papers in
Kalispell are enough. and not too many.
and the Herald-Journal expects the
business of both papers to greatly i'm
prove, as a result Of the latest move
in the local newspaper field.
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cies placed there for their benefit. To
overcome all of this Mr.. r.. l.. Ander-
son OF Glen Rock, after suffering ser
ious loss from the varmints. con ceived
the very brilliant idea Of placing bells
on the necks of his herds, with the re-
suit that he has not lost a single head
IN the past two months. while previous
to the experiment one head would sure
ly be missing every morning. While
the test might not prove successful
In every wolf and coyote-infested dis
trict. still it Is we'll worth the expense
of a trial.
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GRAMMATICAL SHARPS."
An Editor Whose Grsmmsr Has Been
Criticized Tells story.


Criticized Tells - story.
From the Chattanooga Times.
We never see little Teller take vio-
lent collie IL somebody he greatly envies
makes a trifiing break like the violation
OF a technical rule Of grammar. without
recalling a story of Artemus Ward
(Charles F. Brown and the Fat Contrib
utor "a. +. Gr1swold) Brown was local
editor of the Toledo Sentinel along in the
ffties, Grfswold held the same position
on the Buffalo Express. One night the
two CHANGED to meet at John Georges
saloon and restaurant in Toledo. Other
choice spirits came in The finances OF
the crowd were sized up and found equal
10 an oyster supper for the four or FIVE
and some bottles of pale ale. an i'm
menseiy popular drink In those days.
During the evening one rather dull fell
low. a half-licked lawyer Of Toledo. who
set up to be a good judge OF good Eng
lIsh, roughly criticized the grammar OF
an article Artemus had written for the
Sentinel The critic became quite often
sive, owing probably to his having par
taken rather freely OF the ale: but Ar
temus bided his time TO get even with his
tormentor and II soon came.
A resolution was adopted that the man
called on for a poem. a story or a song.
and failing TO produce that which was
demanded of him within Ave minutes.
would be fined a round OF ale. The reso-
luton had barely been pronounced car
ried when the disciple Of Coke and
blackstone demanded a poem OF Arte-
mus That gentleman stared at his legal
friend a moment. then his big black eyes
snapped, his long hooked nose seemed 70
droop clear over the wits clear-cut. ex-
pressive mouth and threaten his chin. as
'twere the beak Of an eagle. lie sat look
ing at the limb OF the Law for fun two
minutes. and then he drawled forth:
"A man in town. whose name IL was
Spence.
Wrote. and his grammar IL was just i'm
mense:
But II was a queer thing,
And a fact. by Jing.
But thai d-d fool never could write
sense"
Mr.. Spence raised an ale mug 20 fire al
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-13
upsrlntendent Ryan.

Kalispell Graphic: superintendent
p. Ryan Is deserving the prasie of the
citizens for his splendid work In
promptly su2presslng the trouble.
which II allowed TO have gained foot
hold would have proved a calamity
for business men. He IS TO be con-
gratulaited upon having such men in
service who calamity rallied to his
support when their services were most
needed.
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Franz H,rlow WIZ Return.

Basin Times: Frank Harlow, once a
clerk of the district court of this coun-
ty, fed. taking with him money that
did not rightfully belong to him.
Sheriff Gillian went to Phoenix. Ariz. /.
where he in in Gus tody. and will bring
him back to explain why he took so
sudden a departure without first hav-
ing left his future address. The ways
of the transgressor is hard. particular
ly in Jefferson county.
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The Reps. wiz Give thanks.

Livingston Enterprise: The country
can look forward to Thanksgiving day
with an assurance Of something to be
thankful for. II Is now settled that
there will be burt 16 months more of
democra tic administration. and with a
democratic minority in both branches
OF congress my policy cannot be
successfully enforced in the interest OF
British money barons and foreign
manufacturers during that time.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-13
Couidn't Raise SEQ.

Helena News: It's a deuced pity.
you known that these millionaires
cannot receive wedding presents from
admiring friends abroad without being
obliged TO pay import duty on the
same. There is the young Duke of
Marlborough. A friend in England
sent him 'ibauble' in the shape
scented to mis- bride. The New
York custom house people had
the audacity to assess the duty
on the trinket ait $50. The duke and
his friends, 1t seems. were unable TO
raise the spondulix. and the present
was ordered sent back to the donor.
The tuke was very anxious to have
the thing to present TO his intended,
but was 10th to pay duty on 1t, as he
was going out of the country again
after the wedding. and so stated to the
custom house people. adding that he
thought he might be allowed to have 1t
just a few DAYS. but the officials were
memorable. Then ne asked IL there
was no possible way that the matter
could be fixed I'D for him. and was
told that there was one way-and only
one; they could get married in the
custom house. so that the diamonds
need not be taken out. To that
proposition the astonished dukelet re-
marked. That would be bad form,
you know" So it seems that these
misers have concluded that rather than
pay the pabtry sum Of $50 they will
let the "bawbee' go back to Blenheim
castle and await th.hr arrival. The
queen was on the point of sending the
Vanderbilt girl camels hair shawl.
of which she has quite "a collection.
but as there would be a duty on 1t
amounting to "a couple of dollars, the
old lady has been cabled to send the
shawl to Blenheim castle.
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Them works Are . Go.

Thompson Falls Montanian: Yes.
them water works are a go. Since the
railroad company has decided TO put
in their round house and turntable all
doubt about the water works PROPOSE
ton has vanished. You can just pre-
pare 90 either go 60 work on the ditch
or reach way down in your jeans and
bring forth the amount subscribed.
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Glasgow Record: What the outcome
OF the present trouble between the
Great Northern and the American Rail-
way Union will be is difficult now 10
foretell. II appears that the agitation
Of a strike is mainly confined 10 men
who, for various reasons. have been
discharged from the service OF the road.
These men. or a committee composed
chiefly Of these men, went to ST. Paul
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Fort Benton River Press: Sheriff
REYNOLDS. OF Silver Bow county. re-
Gently sold an A. NJ. Z. church under an
execution. and now the Butte Bystand-
er has passed into the ownership OF
the First National bank OF that city.
Queer times in Butte when a populist
paper becomes the organ OF a soul
less corporation" and a church goes
into the hands OF a sheriff.
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Excursion tickets 10 California points
are on sale daily. via the Union Pacific
railway. This IL the only direct line.
the time being So hours from Butte TO
San Francisco. For further Information
apply 10 your nearest Union Pacific
agent, or r. V. Maze. General Agent.
Butte Montana.
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The Northern Pacinc Is the only llns
operating through Pullman vestiouled
standard sleeping cars between Butte and
81. Paul ciry tickss once. = East Broad
way. BurrN
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-13

The Bure. Anaconda & Pacific railway
have tickets o. SAle al the Great North.
ern city ucks. once. ls Main street
Stree. car tickets free.
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See that your tickets read Burllng-
ton route via Northern Pacific AT Bill
ings-
Omaha daily bee., 1895-06-19
The Supreme Court on seIf-Defensc.

A recent decision of the United States
supreme court is attracting wide attention
because 1t deals with a matter of universal
interest the right Of self-defense. In the
United States court for the Western district
Of Arkansas young man was convicted and
sentenced to Imprisonment for eight years
for killing his brother-in-law by a well d-
rected and effectively delivered blow. The
testimony showed that his brother-n-law,
with two other brothers-in-law. came upon
the defendants premises to claim and drive
away a COW; that the first named brother
in-law was about to draw a revolver when
fatally struck by the defendant. Justice Par
ker, before whom the case was tried, in his
instructions to the jury on the law Of self
defense, said that the defendant was COM
PEELED by that law to avoid danger by getting
out of the way II he could that the only
place where he need not retreat farther was
his dwelling house. The supreme court has
ordered retrial, and in doing 30 has given
a lucid and comprehensive statement Of the
law OF self-defense. 1t said:
"The defendant was where he had the right
to be when the deceased advanced upon him
in threatening manner and with a deadly
weapon, and II the accused did not provoke