The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-18

strategic point to another. 1t is great
line.
You will perhaps be interested to
know that the Russian government is
building several merchantmen TO ply
between Vladivostock and some port IN
Alaska. We are now building three OF
them at vladivostock and three more
are to be built at Constadt; they will
be finiEhed within a year or so.
1T is not decided which port we
will go to; perhaps one will be made
for the United States is TO build a rail-
road to some point north OF Alaska,
| and wherever IL makes its terminus
that we will make our port
but this is simply a proposition,
isn't ii. to run a railroad across the ISL
ands of Boring sea to connect with a
Russian railway
No: IL is not simply a proposition.
but a part of the grand strategic plan.
| and II is being carried out by an un-
| Outstanding between the two countries.
! The United States will build line
| north of Sitka. across the Boring sea
| islands as far as practicable. and from
| that point make connections with those
| ships Russia is building, making the
| journey from Alaska to Vladivostock
/ in "a hours.
This will bring the two countries
very near together, and. being old
| friends, as they are, there might be an
| alliance some day against our old enc
my, England. At least. l hope so. But
! / don't know, and as l before remark
| ed. don't talk politics.
The Butte parties who met the doc
| tor" would like to know what his OBJ
| ject is and they are inclined to believe
| that he is crazy, or that he is out for
| lark and works" his way through
| but avoids getting into any one deep
enough to justify a criminal prosecu-
ton. AS IL is his victims seem to be
| very grateful to him for letting them
| down so easy.
Hoenoch's stay in Seattle. as his stay
| in Butte and Helena, was as though
he had started out to cut much wider
swath Soon after his arrival in thai
city he sent out the following genia
| invitation to a number of prominent
men in that city:
your presence is humbly requested
at an informal reception at the Hote
| Butler on Thursday, Jan. 16, (privat'
entrance on James street,, at 9:3'
o'clock You are desired to be one Of
the godfathers in company with the
Hon. c. III. Hanford, the governor, th'
mayor and a few other congenial spir
its, at the baptism of a new industr,
in these parts; /. e., the brewing of {
Swedish punch. Very truly yours,
DIR. l.. NJ. Hoenoch."
The informal reception" however
did not come off. as the clerk of tn
Ranier-Grand became suspicious of tn
distinguished foreigner, and after h
had been there a few days and Their
was no evidence of valuable baggage
the unfeeling clerk Frank Jago, form
erly of Butte. demanded payment II
advance. The doctor said he woul'
just as soon as not pay in advance ant
rendered the clerk one of the numerou
drafts in his possession. II was on
Helena bank for 1925. but the clerk wa
not very easy game, and while h
pretended to be satisfied with the draf
he lost no time in telegraphing to Hell
ena and learning that the doctor had n
funds there. The reply from Helen
was handed to the doctor, and he be
came very indignant and said he woul
pay the clerk i'm the morning and leav
his house, and then sarcastically h
asked MIR. Jago if he did not want I
take his watch as security, at the sam
time handing the timepiece to the clerl
The latter fooled the doctor an
grabbed the watch and kept IL. TIL
doctor soon afterwards left the hote
and he was not seen again. and tina
was why the informal reception" an
baptism" did not take place. Commu
nications were opened with the Helen
hotel by the manager of the Rainier
Grand and soon the Seattle peopl
knew all about the doctors brief caree
in Montana.