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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-26
ROW In THE FAMILY
T. ]. Rhyme Arraigned Before Judge
Turner for Attempted Wife Beating.
ALSO RESISTED AN OFFICER
A Trio Arrested for Peddiing Fake
Jewelry-Zace Assessed S2S for
Fighting Belle Little-John
Murphy Fined.

+. ]. Rhyme was arraigned before
Judge Turner yesterday on charges OF
attempted wife-beating and resisting
an officer. Rhyme and his wife live in the
Franzman block in East Broadway ana
early yesterday morning they had a
few words which threatened to result
in serious trouble. Mrs. Rhyme sum-
moned officer Anderson after her nus
band had threatened her with condign
punishment, and when he arrived,
Rhyme resisted arrest so vigorously
that an additional charge was placed
against him. He pleaded not guilty 10
both charges, and his trial was set lot
tomorrow afternoon.
+. Sherling, James Clark ana helly
were up before his honor again for ped
ding fake jewelry. Sherling was hned
s25 and given a "fioater" and Kelly was
taxed $40 Clark denied the charge
and he win attempt 10 prove Ais inno-
cence tomorrow afternoon.
Joe Face was assessed SIS for nghung
with Belle Little in East Galena street.
Laura Hood paid $40 for running
house of i'll fame and John Murphy was
fined $40 for disturbing the peace in
the Abbey saloon in East Galena street
Tom Blake was given 80 days In jan
and a $25 fine for stealing pair oil
pants from the Good Luck store.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-26

ice as pieces broke from the end OF tne
glacier beyond the Narrows and, as lSS-
bergs, fioated out TO sea
Ages had now passed since man MS
appeared in his primeval home. Soihe
progress the race had made, but mar
was still a rude and untutored saVase.
his crude weapons were only pieces %
roughly Clipped stone; but 1t was man
with progressive and endless MIND. Anu
as the years passed the rude palaeo-
ltthfc ancestor gave place to men WITH
a higher degree of primitive art; mint
tipped arrows and axes OF stone now
gave man the mastery over amman
food was no longer a matter OF chance
but a matter OF skill. Still, at war win
the elements, wild beasts, and savage
neaghlbors, 1t was a fearful struggle'
the world at the best was then no Car
den OF Eden.
For twenty thousand years or more
the ice. with its various advances ana
retreats, covered the North. Then De
gan it's final departure; but II was
probably as slow in going as 1t had
been in coming. The land begun grad
ually to sink, the winters became MID
er, and the summers longer-Harvey
B. Bashore, in February Lippincotts'
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-26
HOTEL REGISTER.

The Butte-P. o. Nelson, DeLamar;
w. HI. Coates, Detroit; w. II. Dewitt,
Butte: Franklin Bertram. Boston; Max
Engel, M. r. Engel. New York; NJ. A.
Miller, Dillon; ]. Fitzpatrick. Deer
Lodge; c. p. DUNCAN, Meriden; c. F.
Woodman, Chicago; c. E. Langham, j.
L. Simpson, Duluth; H. o. Goetz. Oma-
ha; A. NJ. Meek, Denver; w. f. Whit
aker, E. C. Atwater. Helena; A. K.
Erwin, st. Paul; L. d. Fullmer, San
Francisco; w. H. Merrill, Portland.
The McDermott-C. H. Alexander
Frank NJ. Wall, ]. S. Mcneil, Helena;
William Stewart, H. ]. Brooks, Chica-
go; NJ. w. Hatch. Big Timber; H. E
Burke, st. Paul; ]. S. Cooper St Louis
A. G. Glover. Avon; A. NJ. Scott, E
NJ. Linsley. Yellowstone park; F. Har-
ris, Butte; z. N. Burton, Oakland; I
f. Richardson, Havre.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-26

Stock and fixtures of the Dan Levi
shoe company for sale, cheap. w. Z
Burgess, assignee.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-26
Iacksnn.s IndomItablewill.

Some very good stories, not recently
in print, if ever, were brought out at
several of the celebrations of the Sth
of January. Among these is this one.
showing the indomitable will of An
drew Jackson: Just after his death a
whig friend of his met an old family
servant and began asking him few
questions about his late master. do
You think" he. said, that the general
has gone to heaven" Deed, dunno,
sab; dat jis' depen's, sab, on eff de GIN
al wanted TO go, sab, er not said the
old darby, with supreme confidence in
the general. EFF he wanted 10 go, sab,
he am dab. sho'; an eff he didn't, he
amt sab"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-26
Commerce on the Jordan.

According to consular reports, II Is
the intention of the Turkish authorities
at Jerusalem to establish a steamship
line on the Dead Sea- The existence OF
asphalt in that region has been ascer-
tanned, and II is supposed that petro-
leum will be found also. A rational de-
velopment OF the Jordan valley from
Lake Liberals down and especially the
opening up of the rich mineral re-
sources of the Dead sea basin is con-
sidered a very profitable undertaking,
for which, however, foreign capital Will
hardly be found. as the legal status OF
property holders in those regions Is
very unsafe.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-26
A. q. HAMMOND INTERVIEWED
Obstacles In the Way of Completing the
Astoria Road.

Astoria Road.
Astoria, Ore, correspondence of the
Portland Oregonian: A. Il. Hammond
of Missoula, arrived in this city to-day,
after an absence of several months.
Speaking of the Astoria railroad stu
alton to the Oregonian correspondent
this evening, Mr.. Hammond intimated
that he was somewhat dissatisfied with
the progress of matters during his alb
sence, and that, unless the Astorians
fulfilled their obligations, II was prob
able the completion of the road would
be delayed.
1t was the intention of the company,
he said, to finish the road by Sept. l of
this year. conditional that the right of
way be secured, but the deeds to the
latter were imperfect in some
instances, and consequently there re-
manned % miles OF right of way east of
Tongue point to be acquired. In ad-
dition to this, strips aggregating 1850
feet in length were yet to be secured In
the city, and the promised depot site
was not forthcoming.
The company is fully prepared, Mr.
| Hammond stated, to place the remain
| der of the work under contract as soon
| as the right of way had been secured.
| SO far, he said, the company has ex-
| pended over $400, 900 in connection with
the enterprise, including the recent pur-
| chase of 10000 tons of rails. and no
| time will be lost in fastening the road
| to completion just as soon as the AS
| torians fulfill their obligations.
In reply to a question as to when the
seashore division of the road would be
completed into Astoria, Mr.. Hammond
| stated that the bridge would be built
and connection made with Astoria by
| May 1.
1T has been rumored that arrange
ments have been made through you for
the building of grain elevators and
| Touring mills here. Can you give any
information on that point?" asked the
reporter.
when the road has been completed
and is open for business there will be
elevators here to handle the grain, and
mills to grind it," was the reply.
The first shipload of rails is expected
here in May, Mr.. Hammond states, and
the other vessels are to arrive in June
By that time the company expects &c
be in a position to rush the work and
carry out it's original intention of com,
plotting the road this year; provided, o.
course, that the obstacles at present il
the way are removed by the citizens
here. Everything, in fact, depends up
on the Astorfans themselves.
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A Dangerous Custom.

Many papers. especially those in
New England, are falling into the hab-
il of prefxing a mans profession or &C.
cupation to his name. Lawyer
smith," Rector Brown" Grocer
Jones' and "Jeweler Robinson" are
forms in constant use; and pretty soon
If the mannerism continues, we may
have such descriptive designations as
Donkey Engine Builder Smithson,
"Articulator of Skeletons Brownson,
and "Renovator of Old Clothes Jonas.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-26
Lover of Breton Folklore.

lie Vicomte Hensari de la Villemar-
que. who died the other day at the age
of So had done probably more than
anyone in his generation to popularize
the knowledge of Breton folklore, folk
poetry and folk music in France. His
"Barzaz Briez" a collection of the
popular songs of Brittany, with the or
iginal melodies and critical excursus
and notes, is a standard work. He was
the first to provide translation OF the
Breton bards of the earliest epochs.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-26

For centuries the North was an ice
locked land and conditions of life had
changed. From the pole to the southern
ice limit not one mountain projected its
head above the unbroken snow; even
Mount Washington was deep down IN
der the surface.
Manhattan ISLAND was buried az Least
] 500 feet under the ice: a Wild, weird
Stiffness rested over this favored spot,
interrupted only by the crashing OF the
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-26
ANOTHER PATIENT.
Mrs. Mary Carter viii BE Taken to the
Asylum.

Asylum.
A commission composed of Drs. Gum
and johnson last evening inquired into
the mental condition of Mrs. Mary Car
ter, and ordered her committed to the
ASYLUM. Witnesses testified that she
had acted queer for a long time, but
that her troubles became particularly
manifest about two weeks ago, since
which time she has been violent and
raving. She imagined she had untold
riches and lived in a castle and failed
to recognize her friends. To persons
who addressed her as Mrs. Carter, she
said her name was not Mrs. Carter,
and that she had been in love with am
other man ever since she had been
wars of age
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-26
New knapsack.

A new knapsack attachment without
straps is being tried on the Gordon
highlanders. The pack is fastened to
the shoulders by metal hooks, and Is
prevented from wabbling by a back
plate.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-26

Was excited by that stunning suit. A wo-
man admires nothing more than fine
clothing and a noble man wearing II.
Only a competent tailor can produce the
perfect suit. and in Butte we are the tai
lors patronized by good dressers. Our
clothing fits: that's a rule without ex-
ception. We make up everything In the
latest fashion, and our large stock of
suitings gives every customer an oppor-
tunity for a first choice of materials.
Fine fabrics. fine tailoring and perfect
fits are the three cardinal points of cloth
ing. We never fail to unite them In our
suits.
Semi-weekly independent., 1896-04-22
THE "FLOODOF CHEAP SILVER"

One OF the most deceptive, and at the
same time most ridiculous contentious
which silver men have to meet is the
one that under free coinage the country
would be flooded with cheap silver,
and consequently ruined.
Truly the exigencies of the gold peo-
pie must he very great when, in order
to defend their new system, they are
forced to paint terrifying pictures of n
mighty nation in ruins because of too
much silver money.
Here we are with n money standard
under which the producer is obliged 10
sell twice as much of his product as
formerly in order to get n dollar with
which to pay taxes and debts. In
stead of getting the dollar with one
bushel of wheat, two bushels are re-
Quired.
The gold champion deliberately at
tempts TO make him believe that if
wheat should again rise to 81 per bush
Ell he would be ruined. and the most
amazing thing about ii is that some
farmers have been made TO so believe
Semi-weekly independent., 1896-04-22
ED PARTRIDGE DEAD.
GREAT SPECULATOR BREATHES
HIS LAST.
One of the Most Noted Men in Chica
go-Always on the Bear Side-Chili
Refuses Re2aration to Sailors
Shields and Mckinstry.
Famous Chicagoan Dead.

Edwin Partridge. prominent for years
as heavy bear trader on Change at Chi
cago, died Friday of Bright's disease.
Dissolution was not unexpected and the
dying man was surrounded by members
of his household For several weeks he
had beensuffering from this malady. Gen
eral complications set in and terminated
fatally. Deceased was about 62 years old
and was reputed to possess a considerable
fortune. 1t has been many times said of
Edwin Partridge that had he been the
only member of the Board of Trade 10 re-
main upon the bear side. he would have
steadfastly refused to join the bulls and
would have gone down in the last ditch
before he would admit the possibility Of
a rise in prices. Partridge thirty years
ago was one of the leading dry goods
merchants in the city. He was one of the
first prominent merchants in that line to
see the coming greatness of State street
as Il thOroughfare. and settled his business
at a point now about opposite Marshall
Field x Co.'S store.
Semi-weekly independent., 1896-04-22
Thrown Out of Chilian Courts.

After five years the claims of Patrick
Shields and Andrew McKinstry against
the Chilian Government for injuries re-
ceived from assaults of a Chilian mob at
Santiago have finally been thrown out of
all the courts and commissions. Shields
and Mckinstry were sailors on the Kee-
wanah, that entered Santiago harbOr a
week after the Baltimore sailors were so
roughly handled by the mobs in that city
III 1891. They preferred claims against
the Government of Chill, Shields for
100000 and McKinstry for $50, 600.
President Harrison made these two
claims very important part of one of his
messages to Congress in 1892 In this he
said that though the men were foreign
subjects, they were sailing under the pro-
lection of the American flag and should
receive the same protection as American
citizens. +. Allyn Orr. of Oakland. Cal,
attorney for Shields and Mckinstry.
brought the matter before the British
Parliament. and it was finally referred to
n British claim commission. AS result
Of the investigation Of this commission
Mr.. Orr has received letter informing
him that the Chilian Government has re-
fused TO pay the claims.
Semi-weekly independent., 1896-04-22

Low prices have been f;sc burden of
their complaint for s.relty years, and
yet, whenever tie r:ee coinage of sill
YER is mentin3es, they are coolly as
sured tha: >tgher prices would sub
ject dcs,S 20 untold calamitieS. And
thar ~ all that cheap money means
higher prices. Cheap money and
'cheap goods" at the same time are an
impossible combination.
If money is cheap" it means that
it will buy less goods. If goods are
Cheap ii means that they will bring
less money. The idea of the money
and the goods tllat are to be exchanged
for each other both being cheap is as
absurd as the idea of two men being
stronger than each other, OF weaker
than each other.
If Il flood of silver should come, and
it should be CHEAP" then prices would
rise just in proportion To its chearness
and a rise of prices is what every
producer is longing and praying for.
But would there be Il flood! If so,
where would it come from?
According to the mint report for 1895,
the total amount of silver coin in the
world is $4,O7O.5OO,O0O.
The population of the United States
is estimated at 10,400.000. Therefore.
If all the silver coin in the world were
to be dumped" into the United States
we would have n little less than SJS
per head.
1t does seem as if we might mana ge
to stagger along even under that load.
If some people should happen to think
that sos in silver were too much for
them. there Is no doubt that others
would be willing to take li-tlc more.
and thus patrioicaily avert the ruin
of tlseir country.
But let us consider n little farther.
How much of this silver would be like
ly to come here!
In his testimony before the Coinag
Committee in 1891. Mr.. Frederick Fra
ley, the father Of Pennsylvania finance
and president of the National Board
of Trade. although a gold man, admit
ted frankly that foreign silver coin
would not come here because no nation
had any more than it needed. See page
Ill OF testimony.
He was undoubtedly right. Of the
total silver coinage, $631, ,.00.0G0 is I'm
subsidiary coin struck at ratios rang
Semi-weekly independent., 1896-04-22

ing from 1 10 1896 in Russia up 70 l 10
15.6S in Egypt. That is to say. right
where ii is worth from 81 -, 10 81 80 IN
gold per ounce. Aside from the fact
that it is all needed for small change
where it is, ii would he monumental
stupidity for the owners of il To mel; il
down and send it 10 the A,uerican
mint to be coined at Il loss OF from > to
80 per cent.
The full legal tender silver outside
the United States amounts To $3.50
100000. OF this. S9JO.0O0. 600 is in
India, $7J0.000,000 in China. Sl15. .Oo0.-
600 in the Straits Settlements. and $685.
00o.OO0 in Japan, making 81 1888 ,OO0,-
600 in those countries.
Not n dollar of that silver is likely to
ever find its way 10 the United States.
Those countries contain nearly S00.U00.-
600 of people, and they only have about
$3.50 in silver for each person, aud no
gold money at all.
The full tender silver coin of Eurone
may be placed at about 81 1.000.000 600.
and the population at nearly 400.
000. So that continent also has abOlt
$3.50 per head in full tender silver 1t
Semi-weekly independent., 1896-04-22

They are not losing any sleep over the
fortunes of the man who runs a wheel
barrow, or who works in factory or
mime.
Some of them, the money lenders
and annuitantS. are benefited by the
appreciation of money. Others are in
jured by the depreciation of their
property.
But so far as business is concerned
it will always be done on the basis Of
the money, i'll actual circulation.
Contracts will he made with refer
the rich mans dollar will be no better
than the poor mans dollar
This cry of ''one dollar rs good as
every other dollar" is simply binding
of the issue. Uniformity of value in
dollars is very desirable, but it is not
by any means conclusive of the excel
lence of Il monetary system. They may
none of them be good. If all were coun-
terfeits, one would still be las good as
every other" If dollars became so
scarce and dear that one would buy rs
much as n hundred will now. one
would be just as good rs every other
but they would all be bad dollars" 10
gether.
The supreme excellence in money is
stability of value; that is, purchasing
power" The money which preserves
Il stable range Of prices is honest
money" ''sound money" and the best
money in the world"
Measured by that test gold is dis.
honest money 10y nearly 100 per cent.
appreciation, diminishing, or destroy
ing entirely. the profit of the producer.
doubling the burden OF the debtor, and
filling the world with misery.
Semi-weekly independent., 1896-04-22

The silver men challenge their Oppo-
nents TO that trial. and in this they
S.und upon the fiEmer ground. OF
course. If the aJtempt be not made. the
gc,dite Is always in a position 10 de-
care that it would fail. if tried. That,
however, is ''prophesy" and not arSti-
meat.
But whether free coinage restored
the parity OF the metals or not, the
dollars in general circulation would
necessarily be of the same value--otl-
crwiSe they would not circulate to-
getller.
SO long rs there is Il mixed "circula-
ton tine dollars will necessarily be
o. the same value. As soon rs dollars
of one kind rise they will retire from
general circulation, and only be used
for special purposes and at specially
agreed rates. In this statement wild
cat bank notes. such rs existed before
the war. are not considered. They are
not legal tender and nobody is obliged
10 take them. Legal tender money
alone is referred TO.
The impression is sought TO be con-
veyed that under free coinage the ricn
man would have all the precious gold,
while the poor man would be paid in
cheap silver"
Then why do not the rich men gen
orally champion free silver? Those
people are looking very carefully as Il
rule, TO their own interests They al
ways favor the financial policy which
they think Will benefit them. And yet
we find them very Soli.lly arrayed
against the restoration of silver
Why? Simply because they thinl;
the gold standard is 20 their advantag re.
Semi-weekly independent., 1896-04-22
BREVITIES.

Nikola Tesla has by means Of y rays
seen through the boGies, bones and all.
of three of his assistants. placed in line.
Gold bonds of the Provisional Republic
Of Cuba to the amount of S2000.0O0 are
To he placed on the American market.
They are TO draw per cent interest. and
are made payable ten years after the
Spaniards evacuate the island.
The British budget. which was pre-
sentcd to the House of Commons Thurs
day, gives the surplus for 1896 as "a
10000. The estimate Of expenditures
for the current year is t1OO.04I 900 and
the calculated revenue, f101 ,155,000.
A Rome dispatch says: The papal nun
clio at Madrid has been instructed to pro-
pose the mediation of the pope in order to
bring about n settlement of the troubles
in Cuba or to urge upon Spain the accept
ance of President Clevelands reported
offer Of mediation.
Rev Jenkin Lloyd Jones. of All Souls
Church, Chicago, has announced that bi-
cyclists will he welcome at the services
conducted by him next Sunday, and that
their wheels will be taken care of free Of
charge. Knickcrbockers and boomers
will not be barred.
At the Maine Republican convention
for the nomination of delegates to the ma
tional convention at st. Louis the en-
thusiasm was centered about the name of
Thomas Il. Reed, the unanimous choice Of
the convention as candidate for President
of the United States.
The London Exchange Telegraph Com
pany says it is rumored that Buluwayo
has been captured by the Matabeles- The
news is not confirmed from other sources
A dispatch from Aldershot says the Mid
dlesex Regiment has been ordered TO start
Immediately for South Africa. Consid-
cradle anxiety, is felt regarding the South
African situation, and the Government
is openly blamed for its inaction.
An ice Jam in the Ridcau river. Ontario
has backed up its waters to such an extent
that fos miles around farm lands are
deeply submerged and it is feared much
live stock will be lost. The Prescott and
Ottawa branch of the Canadian Pacific
Railway is for some three or four miles
covered with water. To protect the trains
going through gangs OF men are at work
keeping the railway track free from drift
wood.
Senator Allen proposes to make all vet
Grams of the Mexican war and the rebel
lion eligible to appointment as brevet col
onels in the regular army.
Five hundred Italian immigrants. held
Mt Ellis Island New York harbor. for de-
pOrtation, made break for freedom, and
were only restrained by the revolvers in
the hands of their guards.
Major George A. Armes. L. S. A., re-
fired, who achieved notoriety last May
on account of his arrest for trouble with
Lieut.. Gen. Schofeld, is being sued by
his wife for divorce on the ground of i'll
temper and cruelty.
Semi-weekly independent., 1896-04-22
Slioht Gnin in Trade.

Il. G. Dun * Co.'S Weekly Review Of
Trade says: THE sudden change from
sleighing to midsummer heat. with fair
skies in most cities, has tested the preva-
lent idea that good weather only was
needed to bring general Improvement of
business. Everywhere there has been
more retail buying, and in some branches
better demand at Wholesale ana at the
works has resulted, but not as yet in most
lines. There is no abatement of the al
most universal disposition to deal with
unusual conservatism, and not TO antici-
pate future wants, and this has been
especially conspicuous where combina-
tiOns have been formed or prices advanc-
ed The comparative infrcquency Of seri-
GUS failures, with money less disturbed
since gold exports began than might have
been expected, helps TO give encourage
meat, but does not kindle speculative fires.
Such improvement as appears is mainly
of q healthy sort