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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-20
From "a Republican Standpoint.

Fort Benton River Press: Despite
the fact that the representatives of
the silver producing states are opposed
20 the new proposed bond bill, where
by money is to be raised by the sale
of bonds. and with no desire to criti-
else our most able representative.
Charles Hartman, we must feel that IL
Is the duty of congress to pass the
measure. 1t is in direct opposition to
dlhe principles of the republican party
TO increase the bonded indebtedness OF.
this nation i'm times of peace; IL is the
history of the republican party that
during its years of governmental reign
Vt steadily reduced our national indebt-
edneSS. But the nation is just now, in
the hour of financial perplexity forced
upon 1t by three years of ruinous de/-
ocratic rule, like the man who was on
n tres1tle. trying to avoid an oncoming
train. To be kicked off might be rough
freaitment, but Ut IL the only means Of
averting impending catastrophe. Those
who believe THAT the present distressed
condition of the national treasury will
cause the president to lend an ear to
their pleadings for silver as a money
metal are as Ignorant as possible OF
the firmness ito which His Pigheadness
Is welded to nonometallism; they are
as badly deluded as were those who
once hoped that the bourbons could
learn, when that class. like Cleveland,
were already so wise in their own con-
ceit that they could not be taught.
1t is known of all this nation that
the present state of affairs is a direct
result of the deplorable democratic
victory In 1892. and a demonstration OF
democratic directive incapacity ever
since. No congressman should be
swerved from doing his duty at this
hour, even though that duty be dis
tasteful; for it was not any fault of
their own that made IL imperative up
on the republican congress to deliver
the American ship of state from the
Sargossa of democracy.
The bond bill-the increase of the
bonded debt in the era of peace-may
be in direct opposition TO all republican
practice and teachings, but IL is the
readiest way of averting disaster at
this time. when, with Grover Cleveland
in the presidential chair, there is little
hope for just tariff and absolutely no
hope for silver
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-20
A Daring Robbery.

Madison County Monitor: One of the
most daring robberies ever committed
in this section of the county was com
mitted hast Tuesday morning at the
store of John Duilea, at Silver Star,
when some persons, at present un-
known, burglarized the building, and
blew open the safe, getting away. as
TT is reported. with about s., 900 i'm cash.
The store. as is well known to the
people tthereabouts, is separated from
the dwelling house by a cross street
and the burglars had no difficulty I'm
effecting an entrance without creat ting
an alarm. once inside. they evidently
lost no time in proceeding to their ne
fardous work, which they certainly ac-
complished in "a workmanlike man
ner." From the general appearance OF
the place, when the robbery was dis
covered on opening the store in the
morning, IL was evident that the work
had been done by parties who were
cognizant of the ins and outs of the
establishment After getting into the
store, the safe blowers. who were man.
4festly well up in their business. pro-
ceeded to muffle the sound of the ex-
pfosion by covering the safe with some
30 or 40 yards of outing flannel which
they took from the counters Several
pieces of torn material of the same
kind show that the sound Of the ham
mer ana drills with which they bored
into the safe had also been deadened
by the same means. They then went
to work and cut out the combination
lock of the safe. and inserted the pow
der. with the result of shattering Il
into several pieces. enabling them 70
extract it's contents without difficulty
What occurred after this is unknown,
except that the robbers stopped to re-
gale themselves with whiskey. beer
and sardines before taking their de-
parture. The singular part of the cpl
sode is that, although three or four
persons. who were sitting up with
Judge Vance. and heard the shot fired.
took no notice of IL, supposing that Il
was a shot fred by one of the boys
who were out on a lark. such as is
common to the people of that neigh
borhood. As stated by these parties,
the explosion occurred about 2:45
O'Clock on Tuesday morning. As above
stated. there Is no clue 20 the Offend
ers, though suspicion points in several
directions. Pending Investigation. the
Monitor foTbears comment. save to ex-
press the hope that the miscreants who
committed these crimes may meet the
just reward which is their due.
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As to Corpnrations.

Livingston Post: We do not often
disagree with the Butte Inter Mount
ain, but we cannot altogether concur
in the following opinion expressed by
our contemporary last week:
THE decision of Judge Mediation in
the explosion cases. in which he held
that trustees of a company are not
liable for THE acts of employees is far
reaching in ITS effects. The decision
seems to be based upon justice as well
as law, and will do much toward re-
lieving trustees of embar-rassments
which would surround them by an ad-
verse view of their situation. In large
enterprises involving the expenditure
of vast sums of money and the en-
pfoyment of hundreds of men, the
ground that a director living probably
thousands of miles from the scene of
the operations of the company with
which he is identified should be held
personally responsible for the manage
ment of the details of the business OF
which he knows nothing, is certainly
untenable Judge McHatton's decision
Is not only i'm line with reason and
justice. but in harmony with the inter-
ests of the principal industry in Butte.
IL is heartily compounded by the think
ing men of the city"
We do not doubt for a minute that
Judge McHadton is perfectly correct i'm
his Interpretation of the laws of Mon
tana as they affect the officers of cor
porations. Our statutes governing
these matters are very liberal indeed
we are inclined ITO think in the light of
present affairs rather too lax Proba-
bly, II they were not so liberal the hor-
r1ble nature of the Butte explosion
would have been averted. If the direc-
oors OF the company that was to blame
Tor ohat disaster, had known that they
would be personally accountable IL
powder in unlawful Quantities were
stored wifhin the city limits by their
company they would in all probability
have seen that IL did not happen. II
Is true that the office of director of a
corporation has too often become in
this state nothing more than a nice
sounding title with no responsibility or
work attached to it. The Inter Mount
ain is quite right, a trustee or director
can at present just as well live thous-
ands of miles away from the scene Of
ms company's operations, provided
that such operations are carried on in
Montana. This would not necessarily
be so bad IL the directors were still
held responsible for the acts of their
servants. If the nonresident directors
had TO pay the fiddler instead of the
citizens of Montana, when such corpor-
ations as that hardware concern in
Butte do unlawful acts. II appears TO
us that the directors would protect the
people in order TO protect themselves
by seeing that the servants of their
corporations were men in whom de-
pendence could be placed.
We believe that corporations have
rights and that corporate rights are as
sacred as individual rights. but NOT
more so. IL seems only fair that a
corporation should be held as RESPONSE
Die Tor its illegal acts as the Individual
would be.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-20

Livingston Post: IL Hon. Harry cum
ningham. the youngest and best look
ing bachelor member of the Silver Bow
county legislative delegation. should
ever attend the theater in this city he
will be completely captured by the
stylish ard kindly feeling displayed by
"a large portion OF the fair members Of
the audience. Mr.. Cunningham was
the mischievous author OF the bill
known as ''the hat bill" in the last
legislature. The gentleman himself
called the measure IAN act to prohibit
the obstruction of public view In pub
lie places" The intention Of the bill
was 10 impose n fine upon ladies who
appeared at public entertainments in
headgear Of large dimensions Now
many ladies I'm Livingston. as was evi-
denced at the opera house few nights
ago. have fallen into the excellent and
stylish custom, that has long been IN
vogue In Europe. Of appearing at the
theater without any covering on their
heads at all except that which nature
supplies. IL is safe To cay that every
man who sits behind these Thoughtful
and considerable ladies heapsi blessings
upon their heads instead OF the other
thing which has heretofore been far
more customary.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-20
saIa Sings OF Spring.

Yellowstone Journal: The days are
growing longer; very perceptibly -.
and everybody rejoices thereat. 10 Is
queer that everyone is willing 10 see
winter pass rapidly, Notwithstanding
the increase Of social enjoyment Bor-
calls Rex brings In his train and ready
to welcome the tickle. uncertain Jade
called Spring. Winter is generally
more lenient than spring. for while we
expect nothing but bitter cold and
stormy weather. more than half Of the
three months allotted To this season is
made up OF really enjoyable weather.
while with spring. though poets from
time out OF mind have sung it's praises
as n sweet and balmy season. when all
nature rejOices and man is glad. we
all know that 20 per cent. Of q is gun"
and that quite too often gentle
spring" Is as tough a specimen OF fem
ininity as one would meet with i'm the
whole category. but SIN we court her
coming with all the fond anticipatiOns
OF a lover. II must be because spring
IS typifed by a rather loose appearing
female. while winter Is a senilc old
man. There is the ground work for
a sermon in this II the right man had
hold OF II.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-20
A Newsplper on Linen.

A novelty In journalistic enterprise
comes from Spain. II Is a weekly IL
lustrated paper printed on linen. The
journal Is appropriately entitled Ia
Tela C0rtada and Is sold at pa pence.
The price Is modest enough In view OF
the peculiar advantages which are Of
fered to subscribers. From an article
on Hygiene and Journalism" we learn
that the reader has but % send his
copy to the laundress after perusal In
order 10 transform h into a superb
pocket handkerchief IL viii. moreover,
b. useful for busting ones hat. wiping
away a tear. making ones tender
adieux. taking part In popular demon
STATIONS and preserving diplomatic
documents" Although its special ap-
plicability TO the last-named purpose Is
not very clear. the Tela Cortada must
be credited with considerable original
lily I'm Its aim OF extending the sphere
OF usefulness OF the press
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-20
State Of MOntana.

gas with only slight results. but as a
strong wind was blowing down the
gulch at the time the gases would have
been rapidly diffused. A strong sui
phurous odor was present. On a sub
Sequent visit. however, there was no
wind, and the presence of carbonic
acid gas was more manifest.
1t is not likely from the nature of
the surroundings that there is ever a
very great accumulation of this deadly
gas, for ii would naturally tend to flow
down the ravine and be rapidly dissi-
pated. If the head of the gulch was a
more marked basin, as characteristic of
the Javanese death valley, the accu-
mutation of gas would undoubtedly
have been very marked, and the con-
sequent fatalities more numerous The
first animal doubtless wandered in and
was overcome, and thus served as a
bait to lure the others in turn to their
destruction. Certain 1T was the body
of the bear that was fresh on our first
visit was a widely advertised bait, on a
second visit some weeks lateri
AS Mr.. Weed has suggested, this
gulch has doubtless served as a death
trap for a very long period of time,
but these bodies and skeletons must
be the remains only of the most re-
cent victims, for the ravine is so mar
row, and the fall so great that the
channel must be cleared out every few
years, If not annually.
Since the discovery i'm 1888, Death
Gulch has been visited by people resid-
ing in the vicinity, and while 1t can
hardly claim rank with the death val
ley of Java, it stands without a peer
as a natural bear-trap.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-20
Dr. Townsend. "Reminiscences.

Yellowstone Valley Recorder: A ru-
NOR that the renegade Cree Indians
were concealing a case Of smallpox In
their village across the river induced
the city and county health officers.
Drs. Townsend and Free TO visit the
camp Friday. They found the report
unfounded and a very healthy state OF
affairs I'm that Indian camp. DIR. Town
send recollected having charge of a
negro settlement back In Jersey when
smallpox broke out among them and
related that having Guaranteed them
he confscated all the meats and fatty
provisions in the village. fed only po-
tatoes and plain bread. and out OF 40
cases lost but one. negro girl who
had secondary fever and dellrium. for
whose comfort he left a vial of NOR
phine with her old nanny TO admins
ter. The old woman got mixed on
doses and gave the whole portion 70
the girl. who slept herself 20 death.
The doctor told another reminfscence
which was invoked by a photo OF a
friend of a haff-century ago.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-20
Grounds for Kicking.

Yellowstone Journal: The Helena
Herald Is trying 10 edge itself into the
baseball discussion that has been GO
Ing On in the Yellowstone valley by
asserting that a movement Is on foot
70 organize a state league composed Of
Butte, Billings, Miles City. Anaconda
Missoula and Helena adding that ''of
course Helena Will fall into the move
ment." In the first place there Is no
movement" that includes any Of the
western cities; and in the second place
there won't be. IL = going TO be hard
enough TO maintain little circuit In
eastern Montana. and there 3 no sense
n considering anything outside or be-
yOnd- But the Herald makes rs laugh.
when - bases SIS right 10 BE- counted
IN on what h did generation ago, and
on the assertion that II has the best
grounds in the state" These grounds"
are located on a side NIL. covered with
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-20

among the dead He wrote me that he
had no chance OF returning home until
thu fan OF 1854. BY that time no one in
Galena could give him the slightest
clew to my place OF abode. They knew
that we had moved to Omaha, and lat
er 10 Milwaukee. and for several
months he advertised for me and my
family IN the papers OF those cities.
Then he Travelled OF and on for two
years in search OF us, and at last gave
me and his child UP as forever lost
Nearly a month ago Mr.. Gillespie
met in Denver a Robert Whitehill OF
Shasta county. who knows me quite
well. As l had never remarked. Mr..
Whitdhill spoke 10 Mr.. Gillespie OF
knowing a woman by his name in Cal
ifornia, and related my history to him.
Judging from what Mr. Gillespie wrote
me, he must have experienced similar
sensations to mine, when he learned
that j was yet among the living. He
has been a resident OF Colorado for 20
years and has also never remarked.
can scarcely bide the time until I see
him again. I am now 81 years OF age,
but the happy event makes me feel as II
l were again a girl / merely came up
here so my daughter could accompany
me to her father"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-20
NARROW Escapes.

Bozeman Courier: They were talk
ing about the carless handling of fire.
arms the other night. when ID. +. Nc
Elwee gave in his experience, as fol-
lows:
II was at Three Forks. when one
day. Mr. McElwee and a friend went
out to shoot at a mark. Mr.. McElwee
did the marking. whereupon his friend
shot two shots. all there was in Nc
Elwee's gun.
Returning to the store. a young man
said: Cum loaded2'' NO" replied
Mr.. McElwee. who did not know that
his friend had shot one load from
each OF the guns taken to the target.
Well" replied the young man. see
me kill a Chinaman." with this he up
and pointing his rifle at Chinaman
in the other part OF the room, fired.
Fortunately the aim was not true. for
the ball struck about a half inch above
the Chinaman's head To say that
there was a scared young man. until
he learned that the Chinaman was not
hurt. does not describe IL. Mr.. Neil
wee would have sworn that the gun
was not loaded: but u was. just the
same. and he says he is never sure
since the
David Anderson then told his expert
ence. Once when hunting he noticed
an unused log cabin near where he
camped. So the next time he hunted in
that vicinity. he arose one morning
and proceeded to clean out his gun by
firing shot and running rag
Through IL. In the unused cabin was
a single pane of glass with a board
across IL. At the bottom Of the board
was a black spot. which caught An
derSon's eye and he forthwith used IL
Gus a target. There was a man sleeping
I'm than cabin, and when the bullet
plowed through his coffee pot and the
stove pipe and buried itself in the
bunk in which he was lying. he was
very mad man. IL took him but a mo-
ment to reach the door and show him
self to the astonished Anderson. Be
fore the latter could make his escape
the irate tenant came up To him. and.
shaking his fist under his nose. said
you'll pay me two-bits for that win
dow glass you broke. or I'll know
why!" Dave settled on the spot.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-20
A BIT OF ROMANCE.
To Meet Husband After a Separation of
30 Years.

\ strange romance. indeed. Is that Of
Mrs. Ida B. Gillespie OF Shasta, Cal,
now visiting a daughter. Mrs. Sarah G.
Cooper. In Portland. says the Tele-
gram. Mrs. Gillespie Is on the way 90
Denver, Col. 10 meet her husband.
whom she has not seen in 80 years
ami wf1om her daughter here never
saw. although he rs her father.
Mrs. Gillespie's maiden name was
knowles. and in 1861 she was married
10 Simon ID. Gillespie In Galena, IL In
1862. when there was "a call for more
patriots 10 throttle { he rebellion. Mr.
Gillespie left his young bride and went
% the front. That year Mrs. Cooper
Vas born. but fate had decreed that al
mos. a lifetime should elapse before
she could see the author Of ner exist
ence II came about in this way:
Mr.. Gillespie was In a regiment con
stantly on the move. hence his wife's
letters rarely ever reached him. and ~
was almoss Impossible for him 10 OBJ
tain a furl0ugh during the first Is
months OF his service. Subsequent and
very recent disclosures 60 90 show that
the miscarriage OF his wife's letters 70
him for almost a year led him 20 sus-
pect that she had grown cold in her
affections for him, and he ceased writ
Ing To her. In July. 1868. Mrs. Gillespie
received advices from the front that
her husband had been killed in action
and soon thereafter she. her parents
and her little daughter moved 20 Oma-
IA. Neb They remained there a short
time. subsequently taking up their resi-
dence in s.. Paul Minneapolis and
Milwaukee. until 1873. when they per-
maren-ly located IN California.
During the first year OF her absence
from her Galrua home. Mrs. Gillespie
responded with a few friends. but.
after the expiration OF that time the
correspondence ceased As result
Mrs. Gillespie lost track OF her friends
at nome and vice versa.
Ten days ago" said Mrs. Gillespie
las evening. 7 received a letter from
the dead IL shocked me 50 THAI /
dropped from one swoon into aGother
for 50 hours. and my doctor feared that
/ would de IN one OF them. The letter
was from my dear husband. whom I
FOR 50 many years mOurned as being
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-20
Facts About Jame.nn.

Livingston Post: The Post is in
clined to believe with the Anaconda
STANDARD that DIR. jameson Of Trans
vaal fame Is not the Jameson who
hunted in Montana. Strong evidence
for that opinion this newspaper thinks
Is contained in the fact that jameson.
the Montana hunter did not carry the
Union Jack" with him and try 20 turn
Montana into a dominion of her Brit
annie majesty. As the Standard saws
DR.. Leander Stairs Jameson. of pres
ent fame. was the man who began the
war against King Dobengula, after
which event he went to England and
the standard says was decorated with
the Order of the Bath in recognition of
his services" This statement. while
substantially true. is liable 10 be mis-
leading. DR.. jameson was not made a
Military knight of the Bath. he was
not made Civil knight of the Grand
Cross, nor yet an Honora bic knight OF
the Grand Cross, nor yet a Military
knight Commander of the second
class, nor Civil knight Commander.
nor even a third class Military Com
paniOn OF the Bath. Leander Stairs
Jameson, NJ. D.. was simply made a
Civil Companio0 Of the Bath, which il
comparatively low down and the Bath
has got pretty muddy by the time
those OF the jameson. worse than third
class men, get into It, To most peo-
pie an ordinary wash tub would be
preferable The Post thinks that the
Standard is also right in stating that
DIT. jameson is the son OF a Glasgow
editor and not OF the Dublin dIstiller.
II i likely. however. that IL was the
distil!er's son who hunted in MoEana.
for according to the state press that
gentleman is credited with having a
pretilection for a wee drop Of the
Irish" a jameson. one Of the distil-
ler's sons. and the Post is inclined to
believe his eldest. IL not only son. &C
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-20

Great Falls Tribune: Gov. Levi Nor
ton. now that ne has been forced to
the front as a candidate for the repub-
lican nomination for the presidency
does not. II appears, intend to leave
the management of his campaign en-
tlrely in the hands of Boss" Platt-
He has now J. Sloat Fassett. who IL
something OF a politician himself. max
ing a tour OF the West In his interest.
sounding. surveying and putting up
fences. Mr.. Fassett expects to visit
Montana, and We wish 10 inform him
IN advance that Helena Is not the
state and that Cascade county Is a
factor In republican politics and Is a
power in state conventions. This being
the case. Mr.. Morton's gentleman had
better make a. convenient 70 visit
Great Falls. Tie Will be welcomed all
right
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-20

Great Falls Leader: There is some
thing strange about d. but just as our
local man had congratulated the citi-
zens of Great Falls upon the we'll
known fact that nowhere else within
the temperate zone can such a favored
cline be found as right here I'm this
bend of the Missouri. suddenly the
skies became overcast and the mer-
curry dropped. with "A thud and the bliz-
zard OF the season was with us II is
never safe in this locality TO be too
sure Of the continuance of any kind OF
weather, but we can generally count
upon enough Of a breeze to keep the
air fresh and wholesome.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-20

Kansas man Visiting IN the EaSt)-
Yes, sir. the West Is the country for
the farmers. Look at her vast prasries
covered with crops 50 heavy that they
make whole counties sink down in the
middle. Look at her corn crop. so vast
that IL crowded township lines into the
rivers,
kansas Man Cat populist meeting IN
his native statel-Fellow-s sufferers
dry weather. Hessian flies and gold
bugs prey like vampires on our land
our once fair state i plaStered over
with mortgages - heavy that we have
10 bore a hole through with an augur
in order 10 plant corn Rouse. ye
slaVest-Iife.