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ROCK SPRINGS COAL.
Mines Are Leased to q k. Kelsey and the
Combine Is broken.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.

Special Dispatch TO the Standard.
Rock Springs, Wyo., July N.-The Blair
town coal mines. tenement buildings and
equipments have been leased TO Charles
Il. Kelsey OF this city, who will commence
the shipment of coal Monday. The Blair
property contains Union Pacific No. |. No.
and No. veins OF coal; also the Sweet
water and vandyke veins. Mr. Kelsey
goes east to-day to confer with Union Pa
clfic officers with reference 10 trackage.
owing to the combine which bought up
some Is months ago the Rock Springs
Coal company. vsndyke Coal company
and merged them all in the Sweetwater
company. the output OF coal from this
district has steadily dec~ascd. proving
beyond question that the absence OF COM
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A Betting Decision.

Kansas City, July B.-Under the deci-
sion made by Judge wolford OF the
criminal court to-day gambling on horse
races run outside OF the state may be re-
sumed In Kansas City. In view OF this
decision the pool rooms which closed in
1881. when the stone pool law went into
effect. will speedily reopen. Judge VOL
ford held that the law which made 1t .
felony to make q book or accept bets ex-
cept on the course where the race was
rum. was unconstitutional because II was
special legislation which did not bear
equally on all citizens and such special
legislation is prohibited by the state con-
gtItutlon
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-07-19
Against the Sale.

Milwaukee,. July 1s.-The application
Of Morton :. Eaton, ii. A. Armour. Ed
Christian and J. ID. Smith for an In
junction restraining the sale of the
Northern Pacific properties next Tues
day will be argued before Judge Jen-
kins In the United States court Mon
day morning. one OF the attorneys con-
nected with the Northern Pacific nti-
CATION is expected TO leave New York
this afternoon so as to reach the city
in good time Wheeler II. Peckham will
argue for the application with Joshua
Stark as counsel
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Grand Lodge sons OF Hermann.

special bisnatch 10 the STANDARD.
Helena, July 1S.-The grand lodge.
sons OF Hermann, was Instituted here
to-day. There are five lodges OF the
order In the state and all had repesen-
tatives at the meeting to-day. The
following officers were installed by
Lambert Maggie. ex-presidem OF the
Humboldt lodge OF Minneapolis: Ex-
grand president. III. Blume OF Helena
lodge No. 2; grand president, waide-
mar Stein. Bismarck lodge No. I. Great
Falls: grand vice president, +. w.
kuphal. Helena lodge No. .; second
grand vice president. X. Sale. Anacon-
da lodge No. 5: grand secretary. Ru-
dolph Herbst. Bismarck lodge No. I.
Great Falls: grand treasurer. John
Hurbert. Teutonia lodge No 2 Of Butte;
trustee for three years. J. Leidemann
of Marysville lodge No. 6; trustee for
two years. George T.. Bcos, Schiller
lodge, Missoula: trustee for one year,
DIR. A. c. Dogge. Helena lodge No 3.
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Yachting at iBangor.

Bangor. July iS-with a fresh westerly
breeze the big yachts made a grand
start In the regatta Of the Royal Ulster
Yacht club to-day. The Meteor got
around the mark half a minute ahead OF
the Ailsa. the latter leading the Satan.ta
the same distance. the Caress following
closely and the Brittania bringing up the
rear. The contest between twenty raters
was spoiled by the Saint and Niagara
brushing up against each other too close
~ at the lire The Niagara retired and
the Saint sailed over the course alone.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-07-19
Justice Field .. Not Very III.

SAN Francisco, July 1s.-Associate
Justic Stephen J. Field Of the United
States supreme court arrived to-day
from Paso Roblee In the special train
sent for him. In an interview Justice
Field said there was no occasion for
the sensational statement about his
failing health: thas he had left Paso
Robles because he had completed the
course OF treatment there. from which
he was much benefited and that he
would remain here for a month to es-
cape the heat OF the East. going direct
ly to Washington cary In September.
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petition decreases the coal output. This
bold move on the part OF Mr.. Kelsey will
at once stimulate this city and start COM
petition. which will be welcomed and en-
eouraged by every man on the line of the
Union Pacific system. Mr.. Kelsey de-
serves and will secure the thanks OF this
and other communities. should he be sue
cessful In securing from the Union Pa
clfic officials equal facilities accorded 9TH
er companies and breaking up for good
the combine which has throttled this fair
city for months
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Fighting In Cuba.

Havana. July 1s.-Passengers from San
Cristobal to-day report having heard
heavy cannoading and musketry firing
all yesterday. apparently north Of tho
mountains. II Is believed that an en-
gagement is in progress between Fuente's
command and the insurgents under
Nunes. Protected by Qulntin Bandera.
Jose Maros succeeded In landing an ex-
pedption In the district OF San Diego. The
band OF Juan Brano attacked the trocha
In Pinar Del Rio with the intention Of
creating a diversion In order to facilitate
the passing Of the line by Maceo. The
insurgents plundered and partially burn
ed the village OF Cabesas. province OF
Matanzas. San Hilario de Gumatuos.
founded In 1893. was also attacked and u
houses burned
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turned from Chicago. His coming
was the signal for renewed activity on
the part Of populists who hope to pre-
vent the Endorsement of Bryan and the
Chicago platform. His visit to Chicago.
partly due to the fear that the Illinois
delegation would leave him in the
lurch. was apparently not productive
Of results. This morning he was In Sc
cret conference with the Bryan
leaders.
DIR. Taylor. one OF the most promi-
nent populists of Illinois. is not follow
Ing Taubeneck's lead. There are so
many other populists ip Illinois be-
lieved to hold the same opinion that
Taubeneck Is disturbed. To have his
own delegation so against him would
be very distasteful In the discussion
OF the anti-Bryan men this morning
no definite plan of action was agreed
upon, but they seem determined TO
make straight out fight for a sepa-
rate ticket and platform. At the
Bryan headquarters there was much
jubilation over the indications Of grow
ing strength of the movement to en-
dorse Bryan and Sewall.
The executive committee of the pop
ulist party will meet this afternoon.
Taubeneck OF Illinois. Turner of WASH
ington, Davis of Texas. Strickler OF Ne
braska. Washburn of Massachusetts,
and Gather OF Alabama. are here. The
absentees are Donnelly Of Minnesota.
McPhalen OF New York. Rankin Of
Indiana. and are expected tonight.
The business to come before the COM
mittee Is the distribution Of tickets and
arrangements for the convention. II
is probable they will recommend the
temporary officers to the national COM
mittee. The middle Of the road" men
are divided between Cyclone" Davis
and Senator Butler of North Carolina
for temporary chairman.
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A SAD ACCIDENT.
The ic-year-Oid Dsugh er OF Engineer
Chadwick Drowned at Hrosdwster.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Helena, July is-The lO-year-old daugh-
ter OF ]. ID. Chadwick. a Northern Pa
cihc engineer of Missoula. was drowned
hate tonight in the Broadwater natato-
rum. The accident occurred In the shall
low end OF the pool. The girl. whose
name was Madge. must have tainted. She
was last noticed at the edge OF the pool.
In water about three feet deep. playing
Her father and mother were not many
feet distant. When she was missed Il
was supposed she had gone TO the bath
room. A search was made and the father
found the body 30 feet away from wnere
the girl was last seen. This is the FIRST
drowning at the natatorium in two years.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-07-19
A brute n .nteneed.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Boise, July ls.-John J, Mcbride has
been sentenced to life imprisonment at
Silver City for criminal assault. Evil
dence Of the most revolving nature
proved that Mcbride for months had
forced his 11-year-old stepdaughter to
submit to him. The girl is nearly dead
and threats of lynching Mcbride are
made II Is rumored that when the
sheriff starts from Silver City to-day
with Mcbride to lodge him In the pen
Mcbride will be taken by a mob and
hanged
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-07-19

Washington. July B.-In response to
a call issued convention of silvertes
of Virginia was held yesterday at Her
nando. Va. to select delegates to the
silver convention which will meet Al
St Louis on Wednesday. Forty feie-
gates were elected and resplutions were
adopted instructlng them TO do all In
their power to secure an endorsement
Of uhe Chicago ticket and platform.
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Rrrtn,na Antl-l.r,an Pops.

st. Louis, July 1s.-Among the arrtv-
ais this morning was Governor Stone.
He came. he said. in response to a tel
egram from the populists In favor OF
the nomination or endorsement OF Bry-
an. 20 do missionary work among the
middle of the road contingent. The
latter will hold mass meeting Sunday
afternoon to start a movement against
Bryan. Chairman Taubeneck has re-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-07-19

Salt Lake. July is-The ratification
OF the democratic ticket took place at
the Salt Lake theater tonight and was
one OF the most enthusiastic meetings
ever held in the city. The building was
densely packed and a large overflow
meeting was held on the outside.
Speeches were made by c. $. Varian. ].
L. Rawlins, .. W. Powers and others.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-07-19
The silver Mems Demsnd.

st. Louis. July 1s.-The silver people,
who are to hold their convention We'd
nesday. are very quiet Few of them
are here and no delegations are expect
ed before Monday. The leaders this
morning formulated new demand,
which meets the approval Of populists
who have been consulted. 1t Is that
they insist upon the withdrawal OF all
democratic congressional nominees
who are 'sound money" or gold stand
ard men. or, IL they will not withdraw.
that the silver men and populists unite
In putting up in every congressional
district a free silver candidate. II Is
urged that this be presented to the ma
tional democratic committee as an ul-
timatum.
The populists, II Is understood, are to
concentrate their work and attempt to
elect a congress which will favor free
silver, and to accomplish this II Is nec-
essary to have the cooperation OF the
democrats.
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Hamilton r ,tifirs the Nomination.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Hamilton, July 1s.-Hamilton ratified
the nomination OF Bryan and Sewall In
glorious style tonight The citizens OF
Hamilton and the Upper Bitter Root
turned out en- masse and the train
brought a big crowd from Stevensville
and Missoula. The Lucas opera house
was crowded with an audience COM
posed Of men of all parties. The meet
ing was not a party ratification In any
sense: 1t was the hearty endorsement
of the silver ticket by the whole COM
munity. Among the speakers were
Judge Woody and J. NJ. Evans Of Mis-
soula; C. NJ. Crutchfield. r. A. O'Hara,
A. A. Hammond and others of Hamil-
t., and representative citizens OF Ste
vensvillo and other valley points. 1t
was IT, 'ost enthusiastic meeting ever
held In .he valley and the brass band
could not drown the cheers of the au-
dience
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No Hop, tor FREQ silver Now.

Niagara Falls. ". Y, July 1s.-This
afternoon at the New York state bank
ers' meeting. Hon. q. l.. Sloane Of Os-
wego. read a paper on Uses and USE
fulness OF Banks" Mr.. Sloane said, re-
ferrlng to the coinage question. free
silver Is on its last legs"
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Too Mach for a Eepublican.

Salt Lake. July so. J. Salisbury.
member of the republican national
committee for Utah. has forwarded his
resignation. giving as the reason that
he cannot accept the financial plank
adopted by his party at st. Louis.
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Depew Coming Home.

London, July 1s-Chauncey NJ. De-
pew Of New York went by special train
to-day to Liverpool in order to catch
the Cunard line steamer LucanIa. on
board which vessel he will return homo
on account of the serious illness Of Mr..
Vanderbih
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-07-19
E.-Govsruor Rus.sIrs uner.i.

Boston. July 1s.-The funeral Of sx-
Governor william f. Russell will take
place at the Shepherd Memorial church,
Cambridge on Monday afternoon st 4
o'clock
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Chicago city Raj. road 1ars burned.

Chicago, July 1S.-The car barns OF
the Chicago City Railroad company on
Co'.age Grove avenue were burned to-
night. The company lost 55f cars. 160
of them being grip cars. The loss Is es-
timated at 100000.
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A..
Pleasing
Success.
OUR 20 PER CENT.
DISCOUNT SALE

was such a gratifying success that we
have decided to continue 1t another week
to give all our customers an opportunity
to take advantage of 1t. For one week
more 20 per cent. discount on all goods.
No restrictions. All goods marked in
plain figures and warranted the very best.
Warranted accurate and reliable watches
iro" -.-.
Sharp County record., 1896-01-16

Yank, farmer in Brazil, who long
ed for ice water, has utilized a kile for
the purpose of obtaining ice de MS a
tin can WITH water ani sends it the
height Of three miles, where it is prompt
" frozen. After suffi lent interval the
kite is rapidly hauled in and the cake Of Of
ice secured. The inventor is so well
pleased with his toy that it is SAID ne
now proposes to send up kite l5o feet
long by steal wlro cable. Under the
k;ts will be suspended a pulley over
which runs an endless chain bearing cans
attached to hooks The cans will o.
Gltd with water and the speed of the
belt upon which they run will be regula'
ted so that the topmoss cans will be con,
verted into ice suffi ;ien,lv hard to stanC
the downward journey.-Ex.
Sharp County record., 1896-01-16

The man who saws wood and says
nothing is generally regarded as the
model OF diligence and dogged per-
severance. He usually makes lIv-
my, sometimes manages to lay by a
little for rainy day, and if he en-
counters no serious i'll luck, may
some day become the happy possess
or of an humble cottage, but the
man who blows his horn with discre-
ton and intelligence IS the fellow
who scores brilliant successes, and IN
time advance from poverty to wealth
until eventually he retires to spend
his declining years IN a mansion -
Printrs Ink.
Sharp County record., 1896-01-16

If anybody is credulous enough
to believe that the annual pension
charge of $4,000, 900 will decrease
in the near future, he shoald read
the following from the Senate pro
ceedinga of one day recently. By
Senator Voorhees,: To increase all
pensions granted under the act OF
1890 to $!?. "By Senator Sherman
To adjust and increase pensions
granted on account of loss of limbs
Gen. Grant once said the annual
pension charge should not exceed
S35, 100000. 1t is now thirty years
after the war. Just four times that
am cunt. What it will be by reason
of readjustment and increase when
the new century is ushered III. we
can only conjectnre>posslbly 5000,
900, ,0OO.-Little Rock Democrat.
Sharp County record., 1896-01-16

Young man don't swear, There is no
occasion for it outside of printing office.
whereit is useful when the paper is be-
hind time. II also comes in handy in
proof reading, and is indispensable wh"n
tbe ink works bad and tho prcss begins
to buck. II is also useful when tho fore
man is mad, and It has been known to
entirely remove that trod feeling Of the
editor when no looks over the paper
after II Is printed. Outside Of a print-
ing Office itisa foolish habit, Atkins
Chronicle.
Sharp County record., 1896-01-16

One day last week while sad and
dreary as we wended weak and weary,
acros, the unswept floor, wa heard, al
first, gentle tapping, then it became
m earnest rapping, at our SANCTION
do,r, "Comc in, wc said, while yet we
pondered, and what for US could be in
store; then tho door kNob gently turning
in he walked-onr check was burning us
we thought of crimson gore. Are you
tho man who does tho wrtinY' Then
we thought there's signs Of Gghtiog, as
ve looked him DER and DER. Sir we
are" wo meekly told him, and muti,ned
for Tho boys to hold him, If ho tried to
beat us sore. Then you'll give me
credit, opposite thst liHlc debt Of dol.
lar or more, l like your paper and will
lake II as long asyou try to make IL ~
good as II was before" We jump d, ho
dodgedl Thus we missed him, or we
surely would have kissed him, no matter
if the boys did roar, SO seldom trta;oi
in this manner, va were inclined TO
sipg hosonnOh' Only this and nothing
moro, -Ex,
Sharp County record., 1896-01-16

1t was an old editor who wisely
remarked that when doc or makes a
mistake he bures it; when a preach>
er makes mistake his congregation
bushes it; when a lawyer makes a
mistake it Is taken away and locked
up, and when an editor makes a mis-
take 1t Is spread out on sheet OF
paper before the gaze Of an unfor'
giving world, and perhaps toe darn
fool interested howls until his langs
are sore kicks like two thousand
pound steer,
Sharp County record., 1896-01-16

The worst that can befall boy is to
have the liberty of staying out at night,
says an exchange, This is often fatal
privilege, because it ia mostly during the
hours Of the night that all mischief is
planned and executed. The boys who
are permitted the freedom of the streets
at all hours of the nights are the boys
who FIJI the warehouses; and bring sorrow
10 their relatives and friends. All parents
should keep their boys of the streets and
at homo at night,
Sharp County record., 1896-01-16

Henry Ward Beecher once received O
letter from a lad asking aim to find him
"a n easy place" This was bis repl!
'Yoi can not be an editor, do not try
the law; let alone all ships, shops and
merchandise; abhor politics; don't prac
tee medicine; neither be soldier noi
sailor. Don't work. Don't study, Dom
think. None Of these are easv. Oh my
sorl You have come to bard world
know of only one easy place in it, and
that is in the grave"
Sharp County record., 1896-01-16

Shades of tho departed deadl W,
have heard Of tho man who would s'eaI
tho nicklo of Of the dead mans eyelids
but tho man who went into the vroani
building where tho dead body of the
tramp who died here recently lay, and
dranod tho contents Of tho latters
vbipkev bottle, is the hardest epecimen
wo have ever so'ually known of Drink
ing dead tramps whiskeyl that had
been bought for him by the charitable
people of Imbodep on doctors prescrip.
iion. II that man don't see snakes and
hobgohlins and DEVILS there arc no euoh
varmints. God pity the men who has
nm higher sense Of honor and dcccrcy
than that.-Spring River News.
Sharp County record., 1896-01-16

The supporting of q newspaper costs
any town scarcely cent Though pm
pcrs may DO well patroniSod and The
bu mess men may spend large sums o.
money in advertising tho cash yer,
quickly gets back into the channel frou
which u came. Nearly every cent .
paper gathers in is spent at homo, nbd !,
goes to tho merchants who delight in
hen, fling themselves and ,be commuoi
~ by hboarl advertising. Boiled dowo
tho facts are, that Newspaper roturns
oil It gets to those who gavo 1t and its
wo,d for tho town and country is thrown
10 ne good will,-Ex.
Sharp County record., 1896-01-16
EDITORS DREAM.

''I've inst awakened FROM dream
Oh. such Il crazy vision!
dare not tell it to my vile.
She'd greet me with derision;
1t serves me right to have nightmare;
Pm such houghtless bucpdin
To eat when bediime's drawing nigh
A pie made out outcfpumpdin;
But; n: that dream-that awful dream!
HIkca, s Tgh cold shiYers;
Ifgsith- IN down my bacd
IL u, frOst-bitten rivers
IT, .ad-now this is the gospel TRUTH
lam e r.
dreamed l got two dollars from
The man callod"Old Sub scrIber."
Geo, V, Hobart ,
Sharp County record., 1896-01-16

A western paper tells of a man
who, every time he gets on a spree,
insists on paying a years subscrlp'
ton to his home paper. lie has al
ready paid for his paper to January
lst. zoos. An effort was made to
find out what brand of whiskey the
fellow drinks. and committee was
appointed to call on the saloon keep
crs ir the states adjoining to try to
get them to keep 1t for sale over the
bars.
Sharp County record., 1896-01-16

When you see an error in your Local
paper, don't parade it as if you had dis
covered something straoge says the NAL
den Mo Register. Suppose the editor
should take the pains to go round and tell
little mistake al lllystdle IN S~ YOUR EVERYDAY ,
routine duties ara generally unknown to
the public, Your miserable spelling and
dicSitn in your busiues, letters are never
seen by the public and no one can crit
oss them, while an editors mistakes and
omissions, in bis hurry to get his pa
per ous on ine for you and hundreds o.
others to read, appear in black and white,
but he goes right to work to print an
other paper and don't care continental
what butcherers Of every day eugllsh say
of his oyer sights and harried proof read
ing. Our btst lessots are those We learn
when we profit by others mistakes.
Sharp County record., 1896-01-16

Two men residing in a neighboring
township left the Democratic and Re
publican parties last spring and joined
the Populists. "Unscrupulous dishones-
ty on the parts of the aforesaid old
parties" said sbey "impelled the act
and justified our so doing" These two
were arrested and brought before Justice
Erstcin, and will be tried next Saturday
on a charge of hogsIealing, Current
Wave.
Sharp County record., 1896-01-16

The following, beautiful in language
cnd withal rather sentimental, we re
produce from the Rogers Democrat:
FLOWERS bloom in the spring time to
wither and fade at the approach OF win
ter, Tbri*MFss! perfumes. float softly
Ike flowers, need some attention ant
care, and we trust o"r delnquents will
take the hint and come in and square
their accounts"
Sharp County record., 1896-01-16

Last Tuesday in conversing with the
business men across the square, dis
covered no less than three Of our blight
est and most promising young merchants
an clerks under the influence If liquor
not dead drunk Of course, but feeling
their oats" however, Of all the foes
that beset the business men and threat
ems his ruin, none certainly can be G II
sidered a greater than intcmperance
Consuming his time, using up hi, sub
stance. confusing bis IDEAS blurring his
judgement, and in word, bvgettins
every i'll that can possibly come to body,
mind and soul. Let q business man keep
a habit of this sort and his friends viii
all eventually lose confidence in hin
friendship will decline; credit will be re-.
paired; and an aggregate Of evils viii
follow one another until all that is de-.
sirable is gone. Young men, stop it!
Forget not that business, reputation.
friendship, kindness, family, health,
body, mind and soul nre depGnient upon
your actions in this matter. Mtn. Grove
Hornet
Sharp County record., 1896-01-16

The war scare has blown over. and we
may now join the poet in singing.
"No more shall the sound of the war
whoop be heard,
The ambush and slaughter no longer
be feared;
The tomahswk buried shall rest In
the ground,
And peace and good will to the
nations abound