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principal go-between, and had it not been
for him the natives would never have left
their island homes. Ferguson is an old
South Sea Island trader, and is known
from Fiji TO the Gilbert group, and when
he said there was no danger the islanders
lost sight of the fact that 200 of their coun-
trymen were missing, and gladly signed
contracts which sentenced them to what
was practically four years of slavery.
Captain Blackburn deli 7ered his cargo
at San Jose de- Guatemala, but neither he
nor his vessel ever had any good luck
thereafter. Several ventures he embarked
in failed, and finally the Montserrat, in
company with the steamer Keweenaw.
went down in storm with all on board off
Cape Flattery.
Blackburn was under contract with the
Guatemalan coffee planters to return the
natives to their homes as soon as their
term of servitude expired, but as both he
and his vessel are gone some other means
of conveyance had to be found Agents
came here on the Panama steamers sew
eral weeks ago and attempts have been
made during the past ten days to charter
various vessels. At one time it was said
that the brig Percy Edwards had been
chartered, but when the money question
came to be discussed the coffee planters
would not pay the sum demanded.
Several other shipowners were tried,
and finally arrangements were made to
secure the bark Helen W. Almy. She is
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girls, made desperate attempt yesterday
to assault Judge Conlan in court. Thomp-
son has three times tried to commit sui
eide since his arrest, and on Thursday was
examined By the Comm issioners in In
sanity, who decided that he was sane.
Yesterday his preliminary examination
was resumed in Judge Conlan's Police
Court When he was taken into court
it was noticed that he seemed to be very
much excited, and glared at the Judge and
officers of the court.
Flora Bell Wilson and Maud Strauss had
testified. While they were giving their
evidence Thompson swore at them and
talked excitedlv and incoherently. Mabel
Strauss was called TO the stand, and while
Maud was signing her name Thompson
swore savagely at her and moved about in
his seat and grasped at the arms OF the
chair. Then suddenly, without warning,
he sprang to the top of the table in front
of the clerk, grasped one of the big gas fix
lures, trying to wrench it loose and hurl it
at the Judge.
Then he turned 10 another lamp, and
partly broke that off when he was seized
by Officers Morris Bean, Bailiff Kelly and
others. Half dozen police officers had a
hard struggle to handcuff him. He raved
and struggled furiously and irothed at the
mouth.
Judge Conlan ordered him taken back
and put in padded cell. The Judge says
that he has changed his mind now, and
believes that Thompson is insane. He
noticed that the prisoner glared at him
when he came into court, and then he ex-
pected scene.
Clerk Watson was not unprepared.
when l arraigned him he was glaring
savagely, and l expected trouble" he said
'He kept on looking so savagely that
concluded that / had better look out. So
moved the mucilage-bottle to place o1
safety and started out of the room"
Had Thompson succeeded in breaking
loose one OF the heavy gas fixtures he
would have had dangerous missile tc
hurl at the Judge.
Three of Thompson's little victims, who
were in the courtroom during the scene
screamed aud rushed out.
Judge Conlan says that the Insanity
Com missioners will have to make another
investigation before he will proceed with
Thompson's examination.
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HE TALKED OF REFORM,
DR.. Martyr Discusses Essential
Factors in Municipal
Government.
Review of the Origin and Success
Of the Movement in
Chicago.

DR.. Martyr, the Parkhurst of Chicago,
told something of what he knows about
municipal government at meeting of the
Civic Federation in the assem- bly-room of
the Mills building last night.
What is city?" inquired the distin-
guished speaker
"a city is corporation" he continued,
''in which every citizen is a stockholder.
The Mayor and the Supervisors are a
board of directors. To them is intrusted
the preservation of law and order; they
are the safeguard of life, liberty and
property"
The speaker reviewed the old policy of
removing heads of departments alone
when the administration of the General
Government had changed. The routine
clerks held their places.
at was during Washington's admins
tration," he said, that parties took their
rise, and this policy has continued down
to our day. Adams, Monroe and others
held that the qualification for office was
honesty, capacity and loyalty to the con-
stitution.
ut was under the rule, TO the victors
belong the spoils, that Jackson turned out
his political enemies and put in his
friends. Such policy would wreck
heaven and convert the archangel into a
wire-puller."
The speaker then gave history of the
reform movement at Chicago, and declared
that there were no Offices except those OF
the chiefs of departments that were not
filled according TO civil service regulations.
He said that there was hardly form OF
vice that was not domesticated in Chicago
year ago.
1.-The Civic Federation of Chicago" be
said, began with a central council OF 100
and finally the city was districted. Promi-
nent bankers, clergymen of all denomina-
tlons, professional and business men, all
were brought into the organization, which
was as perfectly organized as any political
party in the city, and when we finished
our work there was not an open gambling
den in the city of Chicago"
DR.. Martyn spoke in praise of the Chi.
cago press. He declared that the chief OBJ.
stacles in the way of municipal reform
we're liquor, foreign immigration and pub.
lie apathy.
]. NJ. Reynolds disputed the doctor on
these points. He said that the LIQUOR
traffic in itself was an evil and not a cause.
Then he proceeded to throw few single
tax bombs into the meeting when DR.. Ollie
fell upon him.
DR.. Ollie stated that the moral atmos-
phere of San Francisco had cleared con-
siderably during the last eighteen months.
and he felt that a clean-cut municipal-
reform ticket could win out in San Fran
cisco.
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ern entertainments, such as Trilby games,
and corked minstrels, contained In the
January Forum.
QUESTION OF JURISDICTION.
Can Police Courts Try Cases of Indicta-
Bile Misdemeanor

Can Police Courts Try Cases of Indicta-
Bile NIisdemeanor?
The case of exPoundkeeper Fleming,
charged by the present poundkeeper. Os-
borne, with libel, on trial before Judge
Conlan, was brought to stop for time
yes terday by writ of prohibition from
the Superior Court.
Attorney Cabaniss has contended that
the Police Court has no jurisdiction in the
case, and the writ made returna bic before
Judge Slack on Tuesday at II o'clock
raises that question. 1t is claimed that
hear a case of indictable misdemeanor
where the punishment provided by statute
is in excess of $1,000.
Judge Conlan has retained Carroll Cook
to argue in favor of his jurisdiction.
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if sufficient grounds for contest can be

if sufficient grounds for contest can be
found.
If the legal fight is inaugurated it will
probably be claimed that undue influence
was used to prevail upon Mrs. Wilson to
leave her property as she did. The fact
that the will was signed simply with an X
mark will also be taken into consideration
as tending to show that Mrs. Wilson was
ignorant and capable of beng influenced.
Justice Barry, when spoken to about the
matter, said that he had heard that alleged
heirs had come to light but declared his
belief that they were impostors and
would not face court. He thought they
were merely trying to bluff the legatee into
compromise. He thought that the prop
erty would be distributed without con-
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Goetze,s Matrimonial Woes.

The case of John w. Goetze to annul his mar
riage with Dora Goetze on trial before
Judge Sanderson yesterday. Goetze claims he
married Dora Winters because he was told by
a member of the old Grand Jury that if he did
not he would be indicted for seduction. He
now wants the marriage annulled because IL
was contracted under duress and because his
mothers consent, which was necessary in his
case had not been obtained.
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TO ENFORCE A GRADE.
Mandate Asked by Property to
Compel Action.

COmpeI Action.
N. H. Spaulding has petitioned the Su-
perior Court for a writ of mandamus COM
pelling the Supervisors to establish grade
on Liberty street, between Sanchez and
Noe, in accordance with petition already
presented to the board.
The complainant AYERS that there was
but one dissenting voice in the whole
vicinity when the petition was submitted,
and on this one protest the Supervisors
refused to establish the grade. 1t is further
charged that this opposition is due TO ILL.,
will and enmity, and the property-owner
who opposes has been heard to say that he
will have the street cut down at least sixty
feet, and so destroy the right of ingress
and egress to petitioners property.
An alternative writ was granted.
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WILD SCENE IN COURT.
A Desperate Attempt Made to
Assault Police Judge
Conlan.
THOMPsoN's CRAZY OUTBREAK
A Sensation Caused by the Old Man
Accused of Crimes Against
Young Girls.

Samuel Thomson, the gray-haired old
man charged with crimes against young
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AUCTION SALES.

EAsToN & ELDRIDeE.-Tuesday, January 81
Real Estate at 63s Market street, at IL o'clock
noon.
BALDWIN & HAMMoNp.-Thursdsy' January 2S
Real Estate. at o Montgomery st.
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Scott & McCord. !.

Office and main warehouse removed TO 615
and 6I7 Sixth street. near Brannan.
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ADJUSTMENTS.

ADJUSTMENTS.
PAIDwIN THEATER.-' An Unequal Match"
CAIIFoRNIA THEATER-" Hamlet
COLUMBIA THEATER-'The senator"
NoRosCo's OPERA HOUSE, A Long Lane"
Trvo1I OPERA-H HoUsE.-''Ixion or, The Man of
the Wheel"
ORPHEUM.- High Glass Vaudeville
GHovFR-s AICAzAR.-"My Precious Baby"
SHOOT THE CHuTEs.-Daily at Haight street
a { ulock east Of the Park
IAc1lIC COAST JOCKEY CLUR.-Races.
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SLAVES TO RETURN HOME,
The "Blackbirding" Business of
the Steamer Montserrat
Revived.
A DISASTROUS EXPERIMENT.
Of Six Hundred Adults Taken From
the South Less Than Half
Remain.
A DISASTROUS EXPERIMENT

The employment of South Sea Island
slave labor in the coffee plantation. of
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worlds largest city. That claim is not
made good by official estimates which
show that. after consolidation, the pop
ulation of New York will be 1886, Q59
Thus it appears that New York must
make a long march to catch up with
London, that city showing by a census
taken in 1891 a population of 1851. 431.
However. the enlarged city of New
York will be far and away without
rival on this continent. To match it,
Chicago would need to absorb the state
of Illinois. AS for politics. the interest
ing fact is pointed out that Greater
New York at one end of the state, with
Erie county-including the city of Buff
falo-at the extreme opposite end. can
outvote the balance of the Empire
state
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THE METRIC SYSTFu

The bill for the introduction of the
metric system has been reported favora.
bly, in the house of representatives and
may be enacted into law by the present
congress. 1t has been introduced re-
peatedly at other sessions, but never
made much Roadway Now there is a
strong movement in its favor. which 10
some extent no doubt is intensified by
the fact that the English house of COM
mons is also seriously considering a
similar measure. If England can so far
overcome her ancient custom of reckon
ing. II is believed the United States
could adopt the French system with
much less repugnance.
The bill provides that on and after
January l, 1901. the metric system Of
weights and measures shall be the only
legal system recognized in the United
States. The system is already used by
all civilized nations with the execution
OF America and Great Britain. It's use
in the United States was authorized by
congress in 1866 but never was made
compulsory. 1t is to-day the interna-
uonal standard and is exclusively en-
ployed in all scientific work the world
over. including America and Great Bri-
tain. Its principal merit is the fact that
it is decimal system. and is. therefore.
far more convenient. when once il is
learned, than the old system with its
ounces and pounds. its inches. feet.
yards, rods and miles. it's pints. quarts.
gallons and barrels. The metric unit OF
length is the meter. a little more than
a yard. The centimeter Is little less
than half an inch. the kilometor a little
more than a half mile. The unit OF
area is the are, and the square cent?
meter and meter. The unit of bulk is
the cubic centimeter and meter. The
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unit of capacity is the liter. a little
more than a quart. The unit of weight
is the gram. one twenty-seventh of the
avordupois ounce.
The adoption of the system is favored
by every business man of whom con-
gress requested an opinion. $50 respons-
es being received. coming from every
state in the union. To these men the
change would come hardest. To all
business houses having a considerable
export or import trade the new system
would. of course, be relief. The ar
gument against which nothing can pre-
vail is that other civilized nations have
introduced the metric system with no
harm to themselves, but, on the con-
trary, to their advantage.
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HOW Mr.. HIT STANDS
Continued From Page One.

Boutelle created much amusement by
sarcastic description of the presi-
dents twist of the British tail in his
Venezuelan message. He painted
Cleveland in battle array, with plumes
streaming and sword clanking, march,
ing down to the seashore and shaking
his fist at John Bull, crying, Fee, f.
{, 70, fun, 1 smell the blood Of an En-
! glishman." -Four days afterwards, :"
continued Boutelle, lust as we were
preparing to pack our grips and go
home for our Christmas turkey, this
great warrior. with the plume broken
and spurs tangled in his trousers.
dragged himself up the steps of the
capitol and made his Macedonian ap-
peal: The treasury is bankrupt; for
Gods sake, gentlemen, don't go home
until you have given us money enough
to tide over the holidays That" he
said, disgustedly. lis what you call
| vigorous foreign policy"
In support of his contention against
the recognition of belligerency, Bou-
telle read from the messages of Gen.
eral Grant and charged that it was the
boast of tie revolutionists that they
had burned and destroyed crops, fields
and villages in order to drive the poor
into instruction.
After he concluded Smith of Michigan
secured minute in which to read the
declaration of the Massachusetts, re-
publican convention on the Cuban
question.
Skinner. populist, North Carolina.
closed the debate for the day with a
brief speech in favor of the adoption
OF the conference report Without ac-
ton, at 5:1O o'clock, the house took
recess until O'Clock.
AT the pension session of the house
o-night several members attacked
Erdman, democrat. Pennsylvania, a
member Of the invalid pension COM
mittee, for blocking pension bills.
Erdman in his reply declared that he
favored meritorious bills, but that he
had opposed and would continue to
oppose bills to pension teamsters, camp
followers, photographers, deserters and
others who were not justly entitled to
pensions. He referred to the pension
bills passed without debate this after
noon (more than 80 in number), as a
feast spread by the house for the bene-
mt OF deserters, photographers and
bounty jumpers. Eight bills were ia
vorably acted upon.
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IN steel-i.ound Secrecy.

New York, April 3-There was a
continuation to-day of the conference
of steel manufacturers of the United
States at the Hotel Waldorf. AS was
the case yesterday all outsiders were
rigidly excluded and the greatest Sc
crecy was observed as to what is be-
ing done. 1t is said, however, that no
action has been taken in regard to the
protest against pooling made by the
Schomberger's Steel company of Pitts
burg and discussed at the meeting
yesterday. The consensus of opinion
was that an advance would probably
be agreed to in the price of everything
made of steel
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1T rs NOT NEWS.

President Cleveland has not written
letter in which he declines to be con-
sidered a candidate for a third term
the country will take Secretary La
mont's word for that One of this
mornings dispatches says that Secre-
tary Carlisle will be a candidate, as
was announced exclusively by the as
ISOLATED press a few weeks ago."
One is left to infer that the associat-
ed press fiatters itself that 1t did won
ders in announcing an item of common
gossip respecting Mr.. Carlisle's inten-
tions-gossip which had been current for
weeks before the associated press-lack-
ing genuine news to send-loaded the
press wires with the story.
The public is not in the dark respect
ing the intentions of the administra-
ton. If he thought there was a ghost
of a chance for him, Cleveland would
be red hot for the Chicago nomination.
He will not withdraw until he sees that
the last chance is gone. He fiatters
himself to-day that, If Mckinley gets
the republican nomination, disaffected
republicans will throw their compli-
ments at Cleveland's feet and ask him
to save the country.
1t will be noticed that, up to date,
only those are mentioned as demo-
cratic candidates who are backed by
the administration; Mr.. Cleveland's
theory is to try it on the dog" and he
uses Carlisle to that purpose. In the end,
if he sees that it is all up with him, he
will let Carlisle take the nomination.
That will result in a split in the dem
ocratic national convention-it will be
admitted in advance that Carlisle can
carry nothing.
That result, If the nomination does
not come to him, will suit President
Cleveland dmirably-unquestion
his ambition is to wreck the democratic
party If he cannot run 1t. Think of
man of Carlisle's habits and morals and
cowardly career in public life running
for the office of president!
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THEY HOLD BACK.

The country has had a bad week
Bradstreet's report says that stormy
weather and slow collections are TO
blame for it. II is the same old story
when the weather is cold these mer-
camille reporters assure us that things
would be all right If the weather was
warm; in summer they promise that
the winter SHOWS are needed to revive
the country's languishing trade.
Read the summary for the current
week which comes from New York in
this mornings news-the figures for
the first quarter of 1896 make a show
ing that must put to their wits ends
the prophets of returning prosperity
The quarter presents the largest list of
disasters ever recorded in the United
States-largest in the number of fail,
ures as we'll as in the millions of money
involved; the figures speak for them
selves.
In this part of Montana II has been
good-enough quarter; probably there
is not a section of the United States
that can show a better record for the
first three months of the year 1896. In
Butte there was some complaint that.
in the closing fortnight of March, bust
ness was not as brisk as had been
anticipated. However, the universal
testimony in that city is that the month
was reasonably good, while the quar-
ter dating from the first of the year
has come fully up to what had been
anticipated.
There isn't doubt in the world that
for the general mercantile trade in this
section of Montana, especially in Butte
and Anaconda, the springs business
will be brisk. Stocks in the stores i'm
both of these cities are unusually
large; and it is certain that the mer-
chants have not mistaken the temper
or the purchasing ability of their
patrons.
This much we say, not simply in
small talk-the proofs are not lacking.
The backbone of the Standards sup
port is its advertising; by a very large
percentage the advertising patronage
of the Standard in Butte and Ana
conda, during the first four months of
1896, was larger i'm actual dollars and
cents than during any former seven
months following a first day of Jan
uary in the history of this newspaper.
Newspaper earnings in advertising are
an unerring measure of relative condi-
lions in local business circles.
Yet the fact remains that at all the
commercial centers in the East trade
lags; the reports which, within a fort
night, leading Montana merchants have
brought back from centers of trade in
the East are astonishing. Their testi-
mony is that, with the jobbers at i'm
portant centers in the East, business
is duller than ever.
We can stand il as long as the rest
of them, and longer than most of them, |
There is a remedy for the stagnant
conditions that prevail. Misguided
business men in the East are not vet |
ready to apply it. They will have to |
come to 1t before they get relief. Their |
remedy is in the free coinage of silver.
After the suffering ranks engaged in |
trade have talked tariff and reciprocity |
and bounties and politics and side
issues to death. their depleted bank
accounts will bring them to favor a
policy from the approval of which
prejudice now restraints them.
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Riv~r aud Harbor Bill Completed

Washington, April 3.-The river and
harbor bill of the Fifty fourth con-
gress was completed by the committee
on rivers and harbors and reported to
the house by Chairman Hooker to-day
The total amount appropriated by the
bill is, in round numbers, $4,000, 900, and
provision is made for continuing works
already under way, contracts to be
made by the secretary of war for
works which will cost ISL zoo, 900 for
which appropriations will be made in
the future.
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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 pub
iished in the state of Montana. Advertis-
Ing contracts will be made subject to this
guarantee
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Tn tros. Managemen:.

Constantinople. April s.-ATiss Clara
Barton. president of the Red Cross
society, is much disturbed on account
Of reports circulated in the United
States that the Red eros relief is being
controlled by Turks. This is not the
case The Turkish government allows
the agents Of Miss Barton to distribute
the relief funds the only stipulation be-
ing that il must be done in the presence
OF Turkish officials.
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Dull Times and Failures.

Attleboro, Mass, April 3.-Wade, Da-
Wis & Co., manufacturing jewelers. and
Harlan Bacon, of Lincoln Bacon & Co,
also in the jewelry business, have made
assignments involving more than $780,
900. 1t is feared other jewellers will be
forced into insolvency. The firm of
Lincoln Bacon & Co. is not affected.
The reason given for the failures is dull
times
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Colonel Nam Wasn't Drowned.

Minneapolis. April "A special to
the Journal from Crookston says Col
A. f. Nam. United States inspector. re-
ported drowned yesterday on the Cana
dian boundary. has returned to that
city. All the party broke through the
ice i'm RAINY river and with the excep-
ton of Naff and United States depu-
" marshal all were drowned. Those
two escaped and secured horses on
which they reached civilization.
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Jacobs the BoodIer.

Detroit, April "a warrant was
sworn out this morning for the arrest
of Alderman John Chris Jacobs charg-
ing him with soliciting a bride from a
firm of architects in connection with
the plans for the new county building.
Alderman Jacobs was indicted several
years ago on charge of "boodling."
but escaped conviction.