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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18
THEY SUSTAINED HIN

Senator Dubois is to be congratulated
on the results of the Idaho republican
convention of last Saturday. Rather. it
may more pertinently be said that
Idaho and the cause of free coinage
merit congratulation. A few republic
cans who are envious of the senator
successes undertook to withhold from
him the endorsement Of his party. Their
scheme was to have the republican con-
yention condemn the five senators who
refused to support the Dingley bill and
then instruct the Idaho delegates to
St. Louis to vote for Mckinley.
This scheme, which was utterly at
variance with the sentiment of the peo-
pie of Idaho. was devised cleverly
enough. but 1t proved to be a fiat fall
ure. Senator Dubois declared his readi-
ness to stand or fall with his record.
He was handsomely sustained; in the
convention held at Pocatello, last Sat
urday, a resolution to approve the sem
ator's course scored a handsome ma
tority. Senator Shoup and others who
were trying to trip Dubois were utterly
routed
Any other course on the part of the
Idaho republicans would have been
grossly unfair-Senator Dubois de-
serves well of his party. He Joined
Mr.. Teller in taking a courageous
stand for silver. Mr.. Teller was con-
spicuously complimented by the Colo
RADIO republicans; 1t would have been
a shame had Idaho withheld praise
from its representative. merely to sat
isfy the plans and suit the schemes OF
two or three politicians.
In any event, silver will not make
| strong showing ait St. Louis; there will
be hardly thirty free-coinage votes In
the republican convention. Mr.. Dubois
will be free to cooperate with Mr.
Teller and with the Montana senators
it is right that Idaho should act In
harmony with Colorado and our own
state The Idaho republicans have had
considerable to say in the way of de-
| manding mot one but both" That is
precisely what Senator Dubois has beer
fighting for; he was entitled to the
backing that was voted by his con-
stbtuents last Saturday.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18
MONDAY, MAY Is. 1896.
THIS COUNTY'S VIEW.

mot for both but for one"-that Is
the Deer Lodge democratic platform
summed up. AT the county convention.
last Saturday, this county's democrats
pledged their loyalty to their party
and they also denounced the admins
tration at Washington because 1t has
departed from democratic faith and
democratic traditions.
This done, the delegates at Deer
Lodge declared: "As between free
coinage and any political fiction of the
hour, we announce that we are not for
both but for one; we are first and last
for the free and unlimited coinage of
silver"
sFor the rest. the Deer Lodge demo-
Gratis, in their resolutions. urged the
democratic state convention to instruct
dts national delegates 10 act in har'
mony with the majority of the free
coinage delegates in the Chicago con
yentiOn
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18
WORD FROM BERLIN.

The unwelcome news has been re-
ceived, in a cable message from Ber-
lin, that there is no hope for the re-
covery of DIR. Charles f. Mussigbrod
who has been under medical treatment
there. The venerable doctor visited
Berlin to undergo an operation as the
result of which he hoped for relief from
a painful ailment. The operation was
deemed to be successful and, within a
fortnight, cheering news had been re-
ceived by the patients relatives at
Warm Springs. on Friday, however. a
message arrived announcing that the
doctor had suffered a severe relapse.
A later message says that his life is de-
SPARED of and that the end appears 10
be at hand. He has been removed from
the hospital to the residence of his
daughter. Yesterday. tidings from Ber-
lin were anxiously awaited. but up to
this hour no word has come. For a
generation DR.. Mussigbrod has been
one of Montana's best-known citizens
The news respecting him will be re-
gretfully received.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18
PTONEER'S TRAGEDY.

Yesterday morning the Standard
printed a story of a remarkably cold
blooded murder at Pioneer. Phillip AL
len was the murderer. He is a man
of about seventy years. He is well re-
membered in this region although he
has long been fugitive from justice.
Eight years ago. this man was
rancher living in Deer Lodge county.
He engaged in a quarrel with James
McGuerin, his neighbor, over the pos
session of a calf He killed McGuerin
without ado. Then he fled. and the
pursuit of him was bootless. About
FIVE years later Aliens wife obtained a
divorce and married William Emery.
Last Saturday, under cover of the
night. the untracked murderer sudden
" appeared in the presence of his for
mer wife. shot her twice and again
took to the hills. The wound proved
fatal, but the woman survived long
enough in consciousness TO testify that
IL was Allen who did the deed.
Those who know Allen. or who were
acquainted with him before his years
in hiding. agree in saying that he is
thoroughly desperate. The county au-
thorities have a large force of men in
pursuit of him. Doubtless II will go
hard with him IL, fortunately. he is
oyertaken,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18
AT CHICAGO.

Gossip regarding the st. Louis con-
vention is ceasing to interest the pub
lic-gradually the attention Of the
country is turning toward Chicago 1t
Is admitted that free coinage will be
strong in the democratic convention.
however. no estimates that are safe
have yet been made.
Two weeks ago the goldbug press
raised the cry that silver was rapidly
rolling up a majority in the Chicago
delegations. This cry was started in
the hope that 1t would alarm the gold
bugs and arouse them to work. 1t did
have that effect. A hard and success
full fight was made against the in
structed delegates from many districts
in Michigan. The same style of fight is
progressing In Illinois. Iowa. Ohio and
I'm other states.
There is promise of much bitterness
in Illinois where a split in the demo-
cracy is threatened the goldbugs pro-
claiming that they will not bend to the
will of the silver majority in the COM
ing state conventlon-there is talk Of n
goldbug ticket with Comptroller Eek
els as the candidate for governor.
Manifestly the plan is to appear in the
national convention with a contesting
delegation for Illinois. Events in that
state are significant-they foreshadow
a fight in the national convention and
a possible rupture Of the party.
In Washington scores OF people are
making figures on the relative strength
of silver in the Chicago convention
one itemized estimate deals exclusive
" with fourteen states which have al
ready elected their delegates. represent
ing a total Of $40 votes. The analyst
gives 13s votes for silver and 10
against. Respecting several states n
close calculation can be made. Tn
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18

thought of his experience. and answered:
Picking out your wheel"
The questioner thought that reply re-
quired further explanation, so the dis
penser of wisdom told his story:
Before / tried IL / thought II would
be the easiest thing in the world to pick
out a wheel would just go to reputa-
BILE dealer, plank down my money and
that would be the end of II. / probably
would have done that IL there had only
been one or two reputable dealers in
town, but there are 800 of them, more or
less, and every one handles the very best
wheels on the market. I found that out
the first thing.
80 then / thought I'd inquire of my
friends who were already riding. i tried
that, an1 every soul of them told me the
wheel he was riding was the best. Then
undertook to find out what they knew
about the wheels they were not riding.
asked one man If a Thus-and-thus
wheel was good one. Don't touch It,
he said. If you buy IL you'll have II in
and-so' 1 asked the next friend I met
about the So-and-so. No good he an
swered. Buy a Thus-and- thus.
$50 1t ran along, and the more ques-
tons / asked and the more wheels
looked at the more undecided 1 grew"
but how did you finally settle it?'' ask
ed the man who was catching the fe-
yer.
II wrote the names of all the wheels
/ had looked at on slips of paper. shook
them up in a hat and made a blind draw.
But I'll tell you this" he added, the
wheelman's instinct coming again to his
rescue. this wheel that 1 bought is the
very sest one made. Don't you get any
thing else'
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18

The North Carolina republicans at
tempt a straddle which must result in
a. compound fracture. as the doctors
call IL. These republicans assert that
they are for the restoration of silver
which is well enough. Thereupon they
turn about and instruct their delegates
TO vote for Mckinley whose intimate
friends are assuring the goldbugs that
he is the soundest sort of an anti-silver
man. How do these Carolina people
reconcile their professions for free
coinage with their support of candi-
date who VIGOROUSLY is silver's foe?
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18
MEN N MATTE r s.

Mr. Goschen, the secretary of war, has
followed Mr. Balfour's example and taken
to the bicycle.
Colonel H. s. Olcott president founder
of the theosophical society, is lecturing
on "Theosophy" in India.
Miss Marie Sandoval is the first lady
lawyer to appear before a jury in de-
Tense of a supposed criminal in Mexico.
Herbert Spencer never accepts a college
degree nor any other honorary trade
mark from any society. He wants to
stand wholly on his own merits or be for
gotten.
The Duke of saxe-Meiningen was rob-
bed of $19 by bandits in Italy 1t was all
the money he carried with him, but he re-
fleets with satisfaction that he preserved
his incognito.
DIR. Louis Frechnette, who is called the
Canadian poet laureate, is engaged In
writing five-act drama in verse for sa-
rah Bernhard. The plot is laio IN ltaiy
in the 18th century.
Verdi is a horse breeder as well as a
musician. His paddocks on his country es-
tate near Genoa are among the nnest IN
italy Verdi has little music at nome ana
seldom visits the opera
The new shah is said to be particularly
! partial to Russia and to mediate closer
| relations with that country. He is also
said to be more ignorant fanatical anu
despotic a ruler than the late shah.
II is said the Swinburne has memory
almost as wide-reaching as Macauley
had. Burne-Jones says that upon one oc-
casion the poet recited verbatim several
uages of Millions prose, which he had
I read but once, and that 20 years oefore
! DIR. f. j. Furnivall, who is an eminent
authority on the English language and nj
erature of the Elizabethan era, says that
! Shakespeare's name was pronounced
.'Shahkspair," the e having the sound OF
a in father and the acre sounding as
+ air"
4 NJ Moissan. the renowned French met
F allurgist, specially famous for having pro-
duced artificial diamonds in the electric
furnace. has been appointed by the FarS
sorbonne or university, to represent 1t al
the centennial of Princeton univ9: 'ity
| this summer.
Rev. DR.. Moses d. Hadge of Richmond
Va, is undecided about attending Its gen
eral council of reformed churcnes al
Glasgow. Scotland and remaining to the
ex-confederate reunion. He has never
| missed one of these ex-confederate coca
! sions since the close of the war.
! Inward of 60 ornithologists assembled
recently at the monthly meeting OF the
British Ornithologists' club held a.
Frascatf's restaurant in oxford street
London. The proceedings were of specia
interest on account of the splendid series
of more than 900 of the eggs OF tn
cuckoo which were on view.
Frederick Henning of Youngstown, WIFI
has been a laborer all his life and though
he was very poor, has Unexpectedly COM
into a small fortune. His wife died las
week and this week he ran across httl'
trunk of which he had often noticed hi
wife was very careful. He burst II opel
and found $4,000.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18
SUICIDE INCREASING.

some states in this country. suicide Is
increasing at greater ratio than the
increase of population. The Boston
Herald says that in Massachusetts It
has nearly doubled since the
year 1870. Massachusetts,. how
ever. may regard this as a com
pHment, for lit is established that in
all countries the suicide rate is higher
for the educated tran the uneducated
classes" Many interesting particulars
have been gathered. May and June
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18

anti-silverites are insisting that they
will have a majority. but even the bold
est of them are not talking loud about
their ability to poll a two-thirds vote.
At any rate, silver will be powerful
enough to command a hearing In the
convention. The free-coinage forces
cannot be ignored. If goldbugs pre-
sumo too far. the advocates OF silver
will be so numerous that independent
action on their part will certainly com
mand respect.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18
ON THE DIAMOND.

The crack of the bat and the whizz of the
ball.
And the umpire's fog-horn shout
Will soon be heard, and on every hand
Good men will be striking out.
The pitcher will tie himself into a knot,
With fiendish twist on his face,
And the ball will come in with a cork
screw curve,
And a batter will fall from grace.
Tho catcber will stand in his armor of
with a hustle strapped over his phiz.
And when a foul pops over his head,
He will struggle to see where IL Is.
The coachers will hug up as close as they
dare
To the base lines, and cheer up the
with hoarse cries of go 1t. Tint
slide. Kelly, slide"
"And Now you're off! Come back
againl"
way out at right field. with the sun In
his eyes,
nlayer will put up his hand,
Tine bali will come sailing along through
the sky
He'll mum it-then hear the grand
stand!
While Murphy at short-oiest chiiu Vi
the gods!-
A a screaming hot liner spins by.
viii nut out his hand. and. by mere
lucky chance,
VIII gather il in on the N.Y.
Then. OH what howl from the bieach'
ers will rise,
And Murphy will take OF his hat,
A. a. ,tvere the commonest, every-da,
| thing
| To capture the balls hot from the bat
! yes the crack of the bat and the swisl
| of the ball.
| And the umplre's fog-horn cry
! WIN soon be heard. And the champion
| ship?
Well. well talk about that by ana oy'
| "NA' -Somervflie Journal.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18

are, in most countries, the months in
which most suicides occur, but in Ba-
varia and Saxony the largest number
is in July. The favorite method of sud
eide in England Is. among men. hang
ing; among women. drowning. In Italy
the most common mode is by gunshot
among men, and. after that, by drown
ing. A very large number of Italian
women drown themselves. In Prussia
more than one-half of the male suicides
hang themselves, and women make use
of the rope more than in England. The
use of poison is more common among
English women than among those q
Italy and Prussia. 1t is observed that
women take. less care than men to Sc
lect painless poisons. 1t is notable
that soldiers are more inclined to sui
eide Than any other class, but the rate
is high among medical men, chemists
and druggists. because they are famil-
lar with poisons.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18

Last weeks experience involved
useful moral for men like Mr.. Wolcott,
of Colorado. and Mr. Shoup, of Idaho.
When it came to the pinch these men
fell down. They deemed 1t clever to
stay with their party rather than join
silver's real friends. They supposed
that they could prevail with their con-
stituents. Both have failed. Mr..
Shoup is not a delegate to st. Louis;
Colorado has ignored Wolcott, instruct
ing it's delegation to follow wherever
Senator Teller leads Mr.. Wolcott and
Mr.. Shoup would better have stood pat.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18

Mr.. Plat Is one of your stubborn
fighters. He never admits he is
whipped until the returns furnish the
proofs. He submits to interviews in
which he insists that Mckinley is not
the coming man and in which he as
serts that the nomination of the Ohio
man would be the very worst course
the republican party could pursue. Mr..
Platt reminds those who listen to him
that McKinley's election means certain
disaster for the republicans in 1900
The Mckinley rooters win remark that
the election of that year is long way
OF: they are operating chiefly with
the summer and autumn of 1856 In view
Mr.. Plat has pluck enough; what his
faction lacks Is delegates.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18
hint TO Rich lien ftctoss

indianapolis Journal; speaklhs o. s,oo so
ar,-,,,o,,s person who has given slOOooo
. Harvard college an exchange remarks
maj the recording angel will have no
trouble in identifying him. This Is prop
atj,, true but the sort of credit marx
a., xiIl be set opposite his name may
Senend upon the angels opinion OF me
henevolcnce which unloads money on lhs
higher colleges that are very Meil 49,
s,,c,.r COR funds. When. for instance. WI
!, occur 10 some one TO endow a kinder
garten?
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18

Senator Hill says that the Chicago
convention will be almost evenly di-
vided between the silver and gold
forces, and that its control will depend
upon which of Nebraska's contestlng
delegations is seated. 1t is to be hoped
that Secretary Morton and his crowd
of Cleveland office-holders will be the
Nebraska sufferers this time.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18
TO ADVERTISERS.

The Anaconda Standard guarantees ITS
advertisers a bona fide paid circulation.
Daily and Sunday. three times greater
than that of any other newspaper |up-
iished in the state of Montana sertis-
ing contracts will be made subject to this
guarantee.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18

The japanese commission which has
arrived in San Francisco to investigate
our electric systems will find the
American lightning rod complex and
Intricate study.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18

Mr.. Mckinley himself, as well as the
spectators, must be getting very tired
of his protracted straddle. AS a great
acrobatic phenomenon he would prefer
varying the entertainment with few
double somersaults.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18

The North Carolina republican state
convention seems to have instructed
for Mckinley, straddle and ALL
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18

While remaining as dumb as an oys-
ter, Mr.. Mckinley may come danger
ously near being a clam.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18

If the Montana delegates to st. Louis
go back on T Her and Dubois, they need
not come back to Montana
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18

Tom Marshall desires to announce to
the Montana republicans that when
ever they want some good western
man." his address is Missoula.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18

Mark Hanna, in all probability. will
be Tom Carriers successor as chairman
of the republican national committee.
but he may not be able to land his
man any more successfully than Mr..
Carter landed his'n.
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The real Kansas cyclone season, how
ever. will not begin until the adjourn
ment of congress and the return of
PETERS whiskers.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18

The silver men in congress are talk
ing of preventing an adjournment until
after the national conventions in July.
They propose to make II hot FOR their
goldbug associates some way.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18

A new insect is destroying SPANS
wheat crop but the other nations of
the earth are not expected to recog-
niZe L.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18

The Boston Herald advises the silver
men to keep COOL" If the Herald is
aware of the state of the weather in
these parts, it is hitting us below the
belt
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18

Senator Teller wrote the republican
party's financial plank in 1892, but this
year he will permitted TO do only the
handwriting on the wall.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18

OF course Governor Morton will not
withdraw. There is no necessity for
his putting himself to the trouble.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18

The attempt of Montana, Colorado
and Idaho to wag the rest of the re-
publican dog will be one of the most
interesting features of st. Louis great
moral show.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18

The advance agent OF prosperity
might take a few large orders from the
Texas and Kansas cyclone districts.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18

From The BuHaIo ENprtFF.
What's the hardest thing TO learn
about riding a wheel7" asked the man
who was rapidly catching the fever OF
the man who had been riding week
The man who had tried u sighed as ne
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The Kansas cyclones are not so big
as their Texas sister but there are
more of them and they work longer
hours
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18

Mr. Reed to Mr.. McKinley-"What
are you giving us?"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18

Johnson. the American blcyclist. was
beaten in Paris yesterday and the Pa
risians seem still TO retain their reputa-
ton OF being the fastest people on
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18

The outflow of gold seems to be TAX
ing the Carlisle boom along with 1t,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18

The esteemed New York Journal
again thinks the silver men viii con-
troll the Chicago convention, an admis-
sion the more significant for the reason
that while the Journal thinks so II
doesn't hope so.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18

Mr.. Reed would certainly rather be
first at Washington than second at st.
Louis.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18

However, several applications for the
office Of tail To the Mckinley Kite are
already in.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-18

Mr.. Reeds advice TO his hackers
seems to be not to play him for
rnlnra
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Montana may yet cut some Ice next
month If this weather continues.
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