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sainak Sets Hot Pace In the Rising Gen
erntlon stakes

sainak SETS . Hot Pace In the Rising Gen.
erAtion stakes
New York. Aug. Gin the Rising Gen.
Grafton stakes at Brighton Beach to-day
there was a rattllng finish. At the begin
ming Of the betting Winged Foot was a
strong favorite and suisun the second
choice. although nobody wanted to bet
on her. At the fall Of the flag Salnak got
the lead and set terrible pace. which
carried them to the quarter In :23is; 10
the three furlong post in ssh and to the
half In 4s seconds. She ran like a deer.
but at 1:0l for the five furlongs she was
about done up. She managed to stagger
to the finish a neck behind suisun. who
was hard driven by Simms. with Winged
Foot third. Six furlongs-Irksome won.
Bergen second. Scoggan third; time.
l:l6ie. Five furiongs-Brighton won. Dye
second. Second Chance third time. l:O2s..
Mile-Septour won. Aurelian second. Roy
al A. third; time. la2,s. Rising Genera
ton stakes. six furlongs-Sulsun won.
salnak second. Winged Foot third: time,
11t%. Mile and sixteenth-volley won,
Defender second. Chugnut third: time,
1:i9e. Six furlongs-Midlas won. Dame
Quickly second, Mormon third: time.
1:15la.
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BUSINESS REvERsEs.
-Four Banks Closed, three of Them owned
by One Concern.

by One Concern.
Nevada, Mo-, Aug. 6.-Sheriff Scrog-
hem closed the banking house of Conk-
ling Bros. In this city; also the Bank
Of Bronaugh and the Bank Of Richards.
all the property of Conkling Bros. this
morning, under an order Of the Vernon
county court. the action being based
on the report by State Bank Examiner
Jones, that the business was being con-
Quoted In an unsafe manner. A. w.
Conkling says the closed banks will
pay every dollar Of their Indebtedness.
J. L. Jones and c. M. Shartell were ap-
pointed receivers.
New Orleans, Aug. S-The American
National bank failed to open to-day.
The directors decided to 80 into liqui-
dation.
Philadelphia, Aug. 6.-Robert H.
Boyd, Milton Farley and George c.
Boyd, carpet dealers. made an assign
ment for the benefit of creditors. A
deed dated Aug. was filed to-day.
Counsel for the firm said: "The liabili-
ties of the firm are about $3.50, 900, and
the firm have on the books upward Of
$3.50. 900, but owing to the business de-
preston and number of failures. some
will doubtless prove uncollectable. In
addition to this, they have a considera-
bic amount Of stock"
New York, Aug. 6-Stephen r. Post
and s. Michelbacher announced on the
Cotton Exchange to-day their inability
to continue.
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MRS. sHATrUcK A GOOD SHOT.
More Entriss for the Cham pisaship Con.
tssts Than Ever before.

More Entriss for the Cham pisaship Con-
tests Than Ever Before.
Chicago, Aug. 6.-Interest In the Du.
pont worlds championship tournament
In progress at Burnside. ILL.,. continued
unabated to-day. The hist Of nnmana-
tions for the handicap for the individ-
ual championship closed at II o'clock
to-day with l2S entries, LA Of which
qualified and went to the score. This
surpaeses all previous records In point
OF numberv Of entriee for champion
ship events. The biggest list OF nomi-
nations ever made for the grand Amer
lean handicap was 10l. As each con-
testant must shoot at Is birds shades
OF Saturday evening will fall before the
winner b known. The appearance OF
Mrs. w. T. Shattuck OF Minneapolis,
at the traps caused no little excitement.
She Ia a splendid live bird shot. Only
one round Of five birds was shot and
although Mrs. Shattuck shot In the
rain she secured 1our out OF five Her
first four birds were brought down
with the first barrel having been kill
ed clean The last bird she hit hard
with each barrel. but It fell dead about
four feet out Of bounds. The specta-
tors applauded her vigorously each
time she brought down her bird and
sympathlzed with her at her III luck.
The 15-bird event has 123 entries. A
In the worlds championship race only
one round of Ave birds was shot. The
attendance nearly equaled that OF yes
terday. The heat up to o'clock was
terrific. Then q heavy shower set In,
interfering with the shooting to a con-
siderable extent.
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oOT HIS GUN.
Bold Attempt to Rob Aa Arlsoaa bssh
Frustrated by the Cashier.

Bold Attempt to Rob Aa Arlsoaa Bask
Frustrated by the Cashier.
Nogales. Arizona. Aug. 6.--Shortiy af-
ter IL o'clock to-day five men made a
daring attempt to rob the international
bank. but were frustrated by the pres
ence Of mind and coolness OF Mayor
Fred Herrera, cashier OF the bank.
John Dessart, president OF the bank.
was leaving the building when three
men entered. two Of them armed with
pair OF Colts revolvers each and the
third with Winchester rife. One man
covered the cashier with two pistols and
the man with the rifle covered Dessart.
The third tried TO get 10 the vault. One
man went TO a back room where sew
eral men were holding meeting and
made all hold UP their hands. He at
tracted the attention Of the man who
had the cashier covered and this frus-
had the cashier covered. and this fur
nished the opportunity for the cashier
to get his gun. The robbers immedi-
ately left the building. mounted their
horses and rode on, shooting as they
went
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ROBERT US GREAT RACE.
He Psess the Fourth Heat In Sos s-A. the
Fastest Fourth on Record.

hc I0coe too E0ortu neot IN SsV1 90, tm9
Fastest Fourth on Record.
Columbus, Ohio, Aug. s.-Robert J. to-
day again demonstrated that he is the
greatest PAGER ever harnessed to n sulky.
Frank Agan was the favorite In the free
for-all pace. and relying upon his re-
markable performance at Cleveland.
nearly every horseman on the track back
ed him to win. Previous to the second
heat OF the race Robert J. had few back
ers In this town outside OF Hamlln and
the attaches OF the Village Farm sta
bles. When Robert J. took the second
heat, however. by a fine spurt at the I'm
ish he became a hot favorite. II was evil
dent form the first that Robert ]. was
driven to win, and the fact that Agan
was SO heavily backed made II certain
the race would be hotly contested. And so
II was 1t was the greatest race Of the
year. the fastest four consecutive heats
and the greatest fourth heat ever paced
or trotted an any track being made. In
the first heat. paced in ,:03A. AEan lower
ed his record half a second and broke the
track record.
The second and third heats. I'm 2:AiA.
were considered phenomenal. but the
crowd was not prepared for the great
surprise when the fastest fourth heat
ever paced or trotted was made. the time
being 2c2A.
II was about $50 when the first heat OF
the great race was paced. The sky WIS
covered with heavy. dark clouds. which
forcboded a storm. The track was faster
than at any time since the races began.
The Immense grand stand was filled with
peple and there was perfect Jam In the
betting sheds. There were three starters
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dollars or 1000 gold whole dollars? II
you want to count your house with
more dollars. why not cut the gold dol
lars In two and measure II by gold?
Are there any more potatoes In 1000
pecks than there are In 1000 bushelsY
"Oh. but you say our prices have gone
down. and they have gone down on ac-
count of the appreciation of gold. and
therefore We want to change II into sill
ver. 30 that Il will go up again.
Whether gold has appreciated or not,
! do not suppose that any man knows;
but whatever this appreciation has
been, II has been a long time doing II.
and Its effect upon prices. In my Judg-
ment, has been nothing. The demo-
Gratis talk about the fall in prices OF
cotton and wheat because gold has ap-
preciated in value My friends, every
one In this country, even the farmers,
are liable to meet with some trouble In
their business. More people go Into
business, and the profits Of the business
decrease because there are so many TO
divide them. Why has wheat gone
down? Not because silver was demon
etized, but because Russia and the Ar
gentine Republic are raising millions OF
bushels Of wheat and they can sell II
here as cheap as our farmers can. Now,
We will always have money. even IL We
demonetize every dollar OF gold and
silver In the world. And We may have
silver money, perhaps, but are you bet
ter OF II you have your property reck-
oned in half dollars. as it will be. on a
silver basis. rather than in dollars, as
1t Is at present? No. We don't want
silver. because the road Is a thorny one
to travel and after you travel It. 1t
will be still more thorny and rougher.
Credit plays a great part In the sil-
yer question. II your merchant buys
goods from England you will find that
credit amounts to q great deal. and on
a silver basis we will pay a big sum
for this credit. This Is why merchants
do not want a silver basis. They say
on a silver basis 1t will scale down our
debt one-half. Would you do II and de-
prive the man you owe OF one-half OF
what you owe him? Shall the nation
do It? I say no. and not from sentiment
do I make this statement, but from o
selfish reason. We must preserve our
credit in the world. and II we do adopt
q silver basis we will ruin II the world
over. We want no silver basis to help
us out Of these hard times. because the
silver basis is dishonorable. Dlstrust
brought on these hard times in 1898. and
hard times will last until We turn down
these sllverites, and when We settle this
thing for good and all in November We
will hear no more of hard times"
Following Reeds speech the commit
tee on resolutions reported and the con-
vention adopted a strong endorsement
of the action Of the st. Louis conven-
ton, pledged loyal support to Mckinley
and Hobart and the candidate for gov
ernor, Lewellyn Powers, and closed by
pledeing the First district to make the
election Of Reed as nearly unanimous
as possible
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MANN OF ST. LOUIS
1T WILL COST 100000
There We're SO Competitors, the
List Including some OF the Most
Eminent Architects OF the
United States.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Helena, Aug. s.-George r. Mann Of
81. Louis, one Of the most eminent ar
chitects In the country. Is the lucky
man who will furnish the plans for
Montana's new state capitol. The en-
velopes containing the names Of those
who had entered the competition for
the prizes offered by the state capitol
building commission were opened in
Governor Richards Office this morning,
and the identity of the architects was
disclosed for the nrst time. No IS.
which took the prize. was signed by
George r. Mann. who was until yester-
day In this city. He was called home
by a telegram announcing the serious
Illness OF his daughter.
The second prize was awarded to
Cass Gilbert Of st. Paul. who viii re-
ceive $500. Mr.. Gllbert's plans were
Corinthlan style. Strange & Stent Of
Los Angeles secured the third prize OF
1900. and p. Lauritzen Of New York,
won the fourth prize OF $500. There
were SO competitors. and the list In
cludes some OF the best known archi-
tects In the United States. There were
six Montana architects In the competi-
ton. They were ". ]. Mcconnell, Kaf-
ka a Mott, Of Helena; Black & Long
stan, OF Missoula; c. 8. Hare. Of Hele-
ma. McClufiin & Patterson. Of Butte;
John c. Paulsen OF Henena. and T. F.
Matthias. OF Helena. New York fur
nlshed the largest number OF plans Of
any city.
Mr. Mann's building Is Of the italian
renaissance OF the Ionic school. Nearly
all the designs submitted were styled
after the same renaissance. The capi-
tol will be OF magnificent proportions.
with dome surmounting the whole.
The plans give the idea OF quite q dig
nified monumental structure.
The estimated cost Of the building 10
si.00o000. divided as follows: Founda-
tlon and excavation, $4,000; brick
work. $S5.000; cut stone work, $500. 900:
iron work. si55.000; carpenter work.
$4,000: f're proof. s3s.0oo; roofing. $1,000:
sky light and copper. $25.0O0; plastering,
$50, 900; marble and tiling, 100000:
plumbing. $4,000: painting and glazing.
ss5. 900; heating and ventilation. sss. 900;
elevators. $4,000: electric wiring 5000:
furnishing, $4,000; incidental expenses.
1000.
Mr.. Mann, In an unsigned letter ac-
companying and explaining the plan
says In part:
ITO His Excellency. J. r. Richards.
Governor. and the Honorable Mem
bers Of the Montana State Capitol
Commission. Helena. Mont.
"Qentlemen-In presenting thsoe
drawings for your consideration do %
with q considerable degree of pride. -
I believe, should you, In your wisdom,
select them for your proposed capitol
building. that the completed structure
will be q credit to the state, IN honor
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ROBBED AND IMPRISONED.
Adventures of q Bonoiulu Millionaire In
GAY san francisco.

San Francisco. Aug. 6-James A.
Campbell. Honolulu millionaire. who
disappeared last Monday. returned last
night with a bullet hole through his
hat and an exciting tale about an ad-
venture with robbers. Campbell says
that while he was drinking in a private
room In a saloon he was confronted by
two masked men who demanded
money. The millionaire refused the
demand and In the fight that followed
bullet went through his hat and
Campbell says he was robbed and kept
a prisoner for two days. When re-
leased last night he was given a nickel
for car fare.
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Cleveland. Ohio. Aug 6.-Fp,lnwlng
the excessive heat this morning a ter
rible Sum OF lightning, wiz III rain
cane gp this afternooa. For time
all telegraphic communication with
points west of this city was cut or. The
wind reached a velocity OF 70 miles an
hour Est before the stosm the th.r-
mometer reached 80. the highest poih;
OF the GUNNER
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~ Cincinnati.

Cincinnati. Aug. d-One miie-Martin
won, lie Banjo second. Dick Lebion
third; time. l:isit. Six furiongs-sauterne
won. Cuticle second. Judith third; time,
1:ih Five furlongs-Angelus won. Connie
Lee second. Rosendyke third; time, i:0s.
Seven furiongs-Blanche Kenny won.
Valley Fuse second. Lulu r. third: time,
lao. Four and half furiongs-Orens
won. Enceru second. Gioja third: time.
:6
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HIS WIDOW TAKES MORPHINE
Gsrtie ssidsn Attempts suicide When Oh,
Hears OF the Tragedy.

6ereie Seiden attempts suicide when She
Hears OF the Tragedy.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Pocatello. Idaho. Aug. 6.-TMs morn
ing at II o'clock when Gertie selden.
alias Gertie Mooney received news of
her husbands death at HALEY yester-
day as a result Of stabbing ARRAY,
she Immediately took o large dose of
morphine and for hours hoversd be-
tween life and death. At this hour II is
thought that she will recover. II she
can be kept awake. Gertie ID one Of
the demi monde Of this city and lives
with Tan Kid. She Is well educated In
language and music and is the leader
Of her class. Her attendants are re-
relieving each other In their efforts to
save her life,
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HALEY FELL ON TOP.
He Drew u Knife and Stabbed selden 10
the Heart. -.

special Dispatch to the Standard.
Boise. Aug. 6.-At HALEY late We'd
nesday night william A. Seldom, an in
surance agent. was stabbed and killed
by George HALEY, son of Congressman
John HALEY. The tragedy resulted
from q debt Of s12 which Seldom owed
HALEY. They engaged in an alterca-
tion and blows followed. The men
'clinched and fell. Haley on top. He
pulled o knife and plunged II four
times into the prostrate body Of Sell
don. HALEY has not been seen since
the stabbing. A posse Ia after him.
The coroner's jury returned a verdict
Of wilful murder.
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Pittsburg. Pa. Aug. THE heat rec
ord of 1896 was broken to-day. the mer-
curry touching IS degrees. One death
and many prostrations have been re-
ported There was much suffering
among nall workers and many mills
closed
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sneaker Rad ksnenlnated.

Portland. Me. Aug. 6-Speaker Tho9.
n. Reed was nominated by acclamA-
ticn for the 10th consecutive term IN
congress by the republican osnvsn1so
OF the First district to-day.
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Judge Thomas Dying.

Fargo. ". D., Aug. s.-Alfred ID.
Thomas. judge OF the North Dakcta
district United States court. 70 dying
of complication of diseases OF which
neuralgia is the most serious.
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Washington, Aug. e-Judge Samuel
W. Sheliaberger. one OF the most prom
inent members Of the bar In this city.
died az 3 p. m. tonight.
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At Boston-1: Washington, o.
At Batimore-s; New York, G.
At ChicaGo-5; 81. Louis, g.
At OnctnnAti-4; PNtsburR, 4
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For The People
SOLID FACTSl
VS..
CLAIMS. !

One fact outweighs q hundred claims,
that's why We deal in facts. We be-
heve In honesty. not in idle boasts nor
bold assertions that merely excite ones
crsdulity. We have won our way to
public favor by honest motives. honest
principles. honest dealings and by SELL
Ing the best jewslry that money can
buy.
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south, and, in fact, to make a complete
revolution, but never to diVerge from
the north and south line. The mag
nifying power of this instrument is not
very great, but it's field of view is
large, so that it admits plenty of light,
for it is not intended as a searcher
but for noting the exact time at which
after or for gazing at celestial objects,
stars and planets pass south and north
of Greenwich.
Upon looking through this telescope
the Observers eye is first arrested by
a vertical row of what seem to be iron
bars placed at equal distances from
each other. They are, however,
neither more nor less than spiders
webs, the center one, passing through
the focus Of the object glass, being the
meridian line.
By observing the time at which the
O'clock stars pass ever these web lines
or wires" as they are called, is side
real time regulated. The adjustment
of the instrument has to be extremely
exact in order to obyiate error. The
slightest thing will put it out, even so
small a matter as too much sunshine.
On one occasion the correction for
level error in the instrument having
become inconveniently large, owing
apparently to subsistence Of the east
ern support, about a ton weight Of
stone was placed on the western pier.
But this having no effect, the stones
wefr removed and a sheet of very thin
paper was placed under the support
on the eastern side by which means
the error was corrected. This will
give some idea of the delicacy of ad-
justment necessary for the perfect
working of this ponderous instrument.
The hands of the sidereal clock are
said to be zero when the first point of
the constellation of Aries, or that point
where the eciiptic and equator cross,
is on the meridian, and if the clock
does not vary in time, its hands will
indicate exactly the rate of the diurnal
motion of the heavens. Every degree
of the equator will mark four minutes
of time and every fifteen degrees will
mark one hour, and SO on, in proper
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places OF the fixed stars, so as to t1nd
out the SO much desired longitude of
places, for the perfecting of the art of
navigation. And to do all these
things the generous Charles II. gave
Mfr. Flamsteed f100 sterling, or $500,
and doubtless considered the donation
a tremendous one.
Mr.. F'lamsteed seems to have man
aged the task with fair success, how
ever, considering that he started with
out scientific instruments of any kind
and without an observatory, assist
ants, charts, or any of the parapher-
MALTA of the modern astronomer. More
over, he held his job for forty-tlve
years, and only relinquished his task
when death stepped in. But he made
a good start, and when his successor,
the noted HALEY, assumed the task
in 1920. the Greerwich observatory
was an established fact. Although
221 years old, the institution has had
only eight chief astronomers, which
incidentally goes to show that the
study of astronomy must be conduc-
i've TO longevity. Christie, the pres
ent chief, was appointed III 1881, ano
in all probability will continue IN the
honored position for many years.
The observatory buildings are in The
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anguish and Encouragement, but the
anniversary day brings US new hope
we may start again.
Then may we not all have grateful
hearts today, if not for great joys and
blisses, then for the opportunity OF
commencing over again, and doing bet
ter than in the past year?
He came to my desk with a quivering
lip.
The lesson was done
Dear teacher want a new leaf" he
said,
I have spoiled this one
In place Of the leaf so stained and
blotted
[ gave him new one all unspotted,
And into his sad eyes smiled
DO better now, my child"
went to the throne with a quiyering
soul,
The old year was done
Dear Father, hast thou a new leaf for
me?
l have spoiled this one"
He took the old leaf stained and blot
ted
And gave me a new one all unspot-
ted.
And into my sad heart smiled.
Do better now, my child
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MEN AND WOMEN

Where there is discomfort, there is
usually a local cause, which may be
removed. If it is characteristic, it is
pitiable. The normally discontinued
woman is a OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
from a mental disorder, which needs
such tonics as are usually given to
grief. The trials of wife and mother
will appeal to most men as affording
some extenuation. The monotony of
domestic duty, and the more limited
opportunities for daily change, will
suggest tolerant consideration and eff
forts to afford her relief unknown to
herself There is a wide range be-
tween the disconnected with irksome
and dreary routine-the aspiration for
more pleasant if not more commend
able occupation-and that discomfort
which comes from pampered selfish
ness. 1t will require as much consid-
Grafton and tactful attention on the
part of the husband to ameliorate it,
as effort on the part of the wife. And
in the husbands efforts will a reward
be found in the exaltation of his own
character, even if it fail completely, in
it's efforts upon the woman.
They forget that the condition of
things to-day, and, especially in this
country, is not what it was when our
grandfathers could not see that women
were fitted for much else than to be ap
preached hat in hand and treated more
like pretty dolls Or delicate potted
plants ON one hand, or as little better
than slaves and mere drudges on the
other according to where fortune or
circumstances had located them. The
condition of things to-day is totally
different to what it was even a quar-
ter OF a century back, and without los
ing one iOta of her womanly nature,
the woman of to-day wherever educa-
tion and enlightenment finds it's way
and that is almost everywhere-is a
totally different being to what she was
the exception to find her anywhere else
than within the four walls of what was
supposed to be, although it was very
often not, home. The woman of to-
day who is self-supporting and who
through the medium Of education has
fitted herself for much of the work
which was considered exclusively the
prerogative of the sterner sex, is sure
ly by that training which fits her for
that work entitled to the consideration
which is her just due ofsuccessful effort
and recognized ability, and, therefore,
she cannot be judged, and should not
be bound down by, the sentimental rul-
ings of condition of things which is
fast passing away.