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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-20
NJ eaeher's Monument
ard Themes 1t Suggests

IF they are wise. the gentlemen VIII,
have In charge the raising Of {
fund for a Meagher memorial viii
hasten their collections. The sueges.
ton Of q statue in bronze to the mem.
DRY Of a man who figured in the ef.
fairs Of Montana. and who otherwise
made a name for himself, apparently
nnds favor, and it will be well to
gather together the resources while the
project Is young and attractive. Mon
q has next to nothing in a monu-
mental way-the proposed Meagher
statue will be a pioneer in its field. A
monument marks the place where Gus
ter and his men made their ill-starred
fight; there Is an inscribed memorial on
the Big Hole battle field. But these
are not the contribution Of the citizens
Of Montana.
Indeed. this region has thu far paid
little heed to its own dead, to say moth
Ing OF tributes or tombs for those who
are comparative strangers. As far as
the Standards acquaintance with the
state goes-and that acquaintance is
rather intimate-there is within its lin
hs no even q cemetery that can pass
muster as hardly above the line that
Indicates decent regard for the dead:
almost without exception these bury
ing grounds. even those that are su-
burban to the larger cities Of the state.
are mean, miserable. ill-kept areas; in
instances they are SO ugly as to be re-
pulsive. The careful regard which is
always noticed in older communities
respecting the cities for the dead is
lacking in our cities and towns, almost
without exception.
This happens. perhaps, because, in it's
brief history. Montana has included in
Its population a good percentage of
people who have deemed themselves to
be mere sojourners here. They came
here intending to make their stake and
go back home" The stake is seldom
made; they stay along, year and after
year. they always say that they are
very sure that they prefer the West
that they could not enjoy them
selves were their lot to be cast in their
former eastern home; yet, in many in
stances. the thought of going back
never fades entirely from their minds.
Gradually this sentiment, which is uni
versal in young communities, is disap-
pearing. When it is obliterated men in
this section. doing as men do the world
around who have due respect for them
selves and their kin, will remove the
cause for the criticism at which we
have limited.
1t was not the present intention, how
ever. to use the Meagher memorial pro-
ject as the text for a talk about better
burying grounds; at the same time, the
topics have a certain ~relation-the
movement for the monument hints at a
more thoughtful regard concerning the
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-20

excess is perceptibly declining: and thai
is a fact in return for which those
whose children are to be the fu.
ture citizenship of Montana ought rev.
erently to thank God.
Then. too. account il to be taken OF
the gratifying rank held in Montana
especially by that portion OF the states
educational establishment that relates
to elementary instruction. Without un-
due boasting. popular education In this
state may confidently place itself in
comparison. as for relative excellence.
with the achievements of any of the
older commonwealths of this country, in
some Of which the claims to superior
quality are a pretension which, on test,
could not easily be defended. Unhap-
PLY. the state "a amends to make
and it is painfully doubtful whether
these will o be made-with respect
to its plans for higher education. The
for the support Of the work
in university grade and in technical
schools were so cut up and carved and
parceled out as to cripple the move
ment toward the attainment of high
rank for the states superior schools
and darken the outlook for their future.
This c~onsummation is one which, un-
doubleday, Montana's future sons will
brand as the legislative crime Of 1893.
In truth, II was a miserable factor in
the states capital contest; It was
wicked: and the responsibility for 1t
rests on the w cities that were in the
controversy. practically share and
share alike.
This Sunday-morning chat. which
started out to be a quarter-column
mention Of the mission which the
Meagher monument may serve, wan
ders hopelessly. yet the movement itself
is suggestive, In a gratifying way. to
those whose aspiration Is for a Montana
where they may find congenial fields
who love to thread life's higher walks.
If those who are charged with the re-
sponsibility are fortunate in turning the
proposed fund into a meritorious work
OF art, that will be a gratifying exam
pie and one that will undoubtedly find
followers. There are opportunities. In
the city OF Helena, for instance, stands
the best civic building in Montana. At
he north front of this Lewis and Clarke
court house is posed a diminutive, in
ridiculous, stone George
The place is ample and
the background furnished by
The building is altogether worthy; 1t
would be an ideal site for a fitting me-
mortal of Lewis and Clarke. In front
he school of mines soon to be COM
Dleted in Butte. this states chief indus
.ry might be appropriately typifed in
good art. At Missoula art commence
of the work of the Christian mis-
iionaries in that region would find a
lifting place. The Montana pioneer Of
an appropriate subject for the
Indian Incidents, territorial
experiences. the prospector's story. the
ningling of the waters that form the
Missouri, vigilante romance
nd reality-the themes multiply, and
ach has its artistic side.
Anaconda, March 10, 1898.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-20
Prominent Or Peculiar.

george Sewell Boutwell,, who recent,
celebrated his s0th birthday, was tn,
youngest man ever elected governor OF
Massachusetts, and is now the Oldest OF
her ex-governors.
M. Frederic Fargeon. the oldest men,
Der of the French bar, died recently at
the age of 9S. He was actively engaged in
his profession. and appeared in court till
he was 80 years old.
80
General Forrest. the noted confederate
cavalry leader, was grossly illiterate, and
on one occasion, when asked the secret
OF success in battle, replied, cit thar
fust with the mostest men,"
Prince Louis Charles Adelbert Philippe
de Bourbon, who claims to be descended
from the dauphin, son of Louis XVI.
and Marie Antoinette. became a Catholic
recently. The ceremony took place in
Notre Dame cathedral. The cardinal arch
bishop of Paris officiated.
80
White of Kentucky secured for ID. G.
Colson a clerkship in Washington. Colson
studied law during his residence at tho
capital, returned to Kentucky, beat M.
White in the election and is now one of
keiitucky's represent .tives ir the house.
The king of Sweden has bestowed upon
the Scandinavian %authoress. Clara Tschu-
df, the medal for art and science, IL being
the first time that a scandinavian author
ess has received this honor. Clara Tschu-
dis works have already been translated
into German. and are mostly on histori-
cal subjects.
Prince Ouroussoff. the new Russian am
bassador to France. lis not a man of at
tracttve appearance. is a poor conyersa-
tionalist and has made a bad reputation
as a diplomat. His elevation from the un-
important post of Brussels to the most
important mission in the diplomatic SER
vice of Russia is said to be due to the
cars personal friendship.
80
Henri Lamedon. the literary hero Of
the hour In Paris, is less than 40 years of
& He began his career as a Journalist.
writing for various apers a series of sa-
tires directed against the elite of the
French capital. From this he became a
writer of comedies, and has achieved a
tremendous success in that field. His
work would have to be expurgated before
II would prove acceptable to American
audiences.
Professor william James of Harvard
has been telling how he passed an exami-
natf0n m anatomy before the late DIR.
Holmes. The first question put to him
was an to the nerves at the base of the
BRAIN 1t so happened that Mr.. James was
well VI in that subject. and he promptly
gave an exhaustive reply. "Oh. well, IL
you know that you know everything"
said DIR. Holmes. Lets talk about some
thing else. How are all your people at
General Rosecrans. during one of the
most critical moments of the battle of
Chickamauga. is said to have dashed into
the hottest of the fire to rally the men
or Davis command. who had begun to
waver before the terrible assaults of su-
perior numbers of the enemy. A young
STAN ofhcer who accompanied him begged
him to retire to a safer place and not
himself TO almost certain death.
To the exp~ostulation of the young off,
ser the general replied: Never mind me.
roy. but make the sign of the cross and
20 in" 1
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-20

From the Louisville Dispatch.
Boutelie- who disgraces the state OF
Maine as her misrepresentation I'm con-
gress, who says to the devil with the
whoie country. and declares that nobody
mas any right to interfere with his indi-
vidual prerogative as a legislator. is re-
membered as the sole Individual TO raise
his voice in congress against the yigor-
Gus attitude of President Cleveland in
the Venezuelan boundary dispute.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-20
Current Comment.
Miners and Reindeer.
~ 49,

From the New York Times.
now that the plans for carrying pro-
visions to the moderately well supplied
hlondike miners have been given up.
there can be no particular harm in ex-
piessihs uoubt as to the wisdom of max
ing the Introduction of reindeer an essen
tlal part of the governments scheme.
REINDEER certainly have their uses-to
people near the bottom of the scale of
civilization. Therefore, the chances are
that the Alaskan natives will find them
a valuable addition to the fauna of their
uesoiate land both as beasts of burden
u as a means or increasing the availa-
BILE food supply. What the miners con-,
DO with reindeer, however, except to eat
them up at once, it is rather hard to see.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-20
How to Proven Lyuchinr.

from the Philadelphia Inquirer.
II the authorities of the county in In
diana in which five men were lynched had
brought the marauding and theiving gang
OF winch they were members to Justice
,ohs oeiore the conditions would not have
been such as to give an excuse TO any
body to usurp the p~rerogatives of the
courts.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-20
Year of Lost Opportunities.
from the RoHton Post

49, t"N ooyboh IOst
rms was the year in which President
Mckinley's administration ought TO make
a record. il ever. The scepter of power
viii pass out of the hands of his party
with the congressional elections this fall.
then he will have a hostile congress
to obstruct his plans. And this first year
has been a year of lost opportunities.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-20

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
m Chicago man who can make gold
out of a few drug store ingredients again
comes to the front. He is just as SAN
guine as ever and only needs a little more
capital to produce the precious ingots.
And the chances are that he'll get the
money.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-20
Hanna Wants to- H--oup.
the Omaha WnrId-HaraId

TIUW tHt OIndhd WorId-Hera
Mr.. Hanna Idea is that he should have
time to make good the losses incurred in
his recent senatorial canvass before hay-
ing his stocks and bonds deprecated by
an attempt to stand up for the honor and
dignity OF the nation. Mr.. Hanna's leg Is
still very sore and somewhat elongated.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-20
The q Thin Lacking.

From the Washington Post.
Representative Beach's suggestion OF a
receivership for Cuba sounds rather queer
in that ii fails TO name some good ohio
man for receiver.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-20
The Romance in II.
the PHILADELPHIA Times

FROM the Philadelphia Times.
II all Is true that is told of the KIon-
dike. when a man Is telling of the for
tunes to be made there. there's no harm
In regarding him as a ortune-telIer
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-20
Emperor a Man OF Means,

From the Cleveland Leader.
There are 1900 millioraires in Berlin
William Hohenzollern is 1857 of them.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-02-02
Suicide forfcits Insurance.

Justice Harlan, in the United State.
supreme Court in Washington, hand
ed down yesterday an opinion holding
that hcnciicarics Of the policy of an
insured person who commits suicide
when Of sound mind cannot rccovcron
an ordinary policy. The case at issu.
was that of A. Howard Ritter as cx
ccutor OF William NJ. Runk. against
the Mutual Life Insurance Company,
OF this city. Rmm!: . citizen uf Phil
adclphia, on November >, 1891, took
out a $75 900 policy in the Mutual
Life. It appeared by the facts az
presented that this sum was Il part Of
u S200 ,00O increase i'll the amount Of
insurance which he carried, all Of the
increase having been effected at about
the same time, and the whole of it
bringing up the total Of his insurance
to 5000, 900. On October 10, 1892
lsunk killed himself. 1t was shown
that on the day before he did so lie
wrote a letter saying that he was go
ing to do it IN order tha. his debt,
might be paid out of the insurance
money.
The insurance company contested
the claim made for payment Of the
policy on the ground that Runk was
sane when he took his life. The 50
called '.incontcstablc' clause Of the
policy did not figure in the suit be-
cause that clause become operative
two years after the date Of issue of
! the policy and Runk killed himself in
j less than Il year after that date.
Justice Harlan held that it was not
supposed, when an insurance company
contracted to insure man life, that
either party had suicide in contc,a
plation or that the life Of the insured
was at the option OF either, and that
no company would undertake to in
sure against suicide. And there
could be no recovery, he said, by
heirs Of an insured person who when
Of sound mind committed suicide.
This decision is the first authorita-
tive one Oh this point, it is said, de-
livcrcd in this country. The first lie
liycrcd by and Court was one handed
down by the Illinois Court Of Appeals
on the very day that argument on the
Runk ease was heard in Washington.
The Illinois decision was submitted to
the Federal Court by the insurance
company s lawyers. Justice Harlan q
decision, counsel Of the Mutual Life
says, puts the United States in line
with most Of the countries of Europe,
where the principle the Justice lay
down is established law and has long
been. although not until now in this
country.-New l'ork ,Sum
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-02-02
VOLUME XXXIII---N 80.

Mr.. Childs, who has prohibition
bill on the calendar, expects TO take
up and press his measure next Tues
day. He has been unwcil and his
physician has advised him that to
take any active part in legislation
would be at his peril, aud that he had
better go Off aad regain his strength.
mir. thilds, however. will explain his
bill and get recorded vote The
greatest factor against prohibition
now is the excuse of waiting until Il
decision is rendered by the Federal
Court OF last resort
The chief fight of this session, how
ever, aside from the elections, was on
the repeal Of the lien law. The
House did not seem to be in mood
to repeal the law, and it is likely TO
stand for some time to come.
is noteworthy and comncndablc
that no suggestion of partisan politics
has been made on the floor. The
members, if they have not yet buried
the hatchct, do not show it, and it
can be candidly said that none of the
discussions have shown partisan
tendency. The only ontcropping OF
feeling has been with reference TO the
election, and there tho tendency still
IL Ito the victor belongs the spoils. >
The members are working hard and
no complaint can be made az to their
attcndcndancc. 1t will not be long
before they will be rcstivc and want
TO go home, and then the end will be-
III sight without Il doubt. A. H.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-02-02
A Progressive Preacher.

q'hc Rev Mr.. Stoddard, who has
charge of large Episcopa! Church ia
Jersey City, has won national notoric
ty by a recent enterprise which he has
undertaken rs part of his church
work.
Brother Stoddard believes that the
Church should be made rs attractive
as possible, and he has his own notion
of how this may bo done. His latest
idea is dancing school, under the
auspices Of his Church. The dancing
school is conducted in the Sunday
school room. An expert dancer in
structs in the art of dancing free of
charge all the children of the Church
and older members who may choose to
learn of him. The Rev. Mr.. Stod
dard attends the school but does not
take dancing lessons.
Like many other innovators, he
finds his pathway rough Some Of the
members Of his flock object to IL Church
dancing school, but Mr.. Stoddard tells
them that they are too old-fashioncd
to know how to run a modern church.
The dancing teachers Of Jersey City
are down on Mr. Stoddard because his
free dancing school intcrfcrcs serious
ly with their business. lie tells them
that it is his business to construct the
machinery OF his church as he sees
proper.
Dir. Stoddard may have been moved
to establish his dancing school by the
success of another New Jersey preach
CT with bicycle services He found
that on pleasant Sundays very large
part Of his congregation deserted the
Church to enjoy IL spin out into the
country. AS the congregation would
not come to him, he resolved to go to
it. So he announced that he would
have series Of bicycle services, and
on several Sundays this accommodate
ing pastor brought out his wheel, and
at the head Of long procession of
members of his congregation on wheels
dashed of 10 pleasant nook several
miles away where regular church SER
vices we're held, after which the
preacher and his congregation wheeled
back home.
The Rev. Mr.. Stoddard has i'm
proved OH this experiment. His
church dancing school, so far as heard
from, is at the head Of the list Of mod
crn methods of calling sinners to re-
pcntancc. 1tidnM JoMrMui
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-02-02
A Sensation in Abbeville.

AnBEviLLE, Jan 26-Quitc IL SEN
sation was sprung in Court here at an
early. hour this morning when the
Grand Jury made special present.
ment finding CLERK w. S. Bullock
guilty Of forgery in four different in
stances. He is charged with forging
Judge q. w. Buchanan name to two
witnesses and two constables' pay
certificates, and the jury in making
the prescntmcnt begged that the ease
be tried Immediately, as the people
demanded an investigation. Bullock
will be tried at this Court.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-02-02
Si0O Reward. sin0.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn
that there Is at least one dreaded disease that sci
IS Catarrh. Halls Catarfh Cure Is the only posi-
tive cure now known to the medical fraternity
CataYch being \ constitutional disease requires a
taken internally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system. thereby de-
',royinG The foundation OF the disease, and giving
tion and assisting nature In doing Its work. The
proprietnrs have 20 nuch faith in It's curative
powers, thnt they offer One Hundred Jiolla.s .or
any case that II falls to Send for list Of
tiinonials
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-02-02
"Georre Lanier ofthe Mt yern,

"George Lanier of the Mt. Vernon
section remarks the l:dgefield -4duer-
tiser, says that turkeys are laying and
guinea hens are fixing to lay, and this
Is earlier than he ever knew such things
to happen. What 1t means or portends
George did not know, nor do We. Docs
it moan that cotton will go to | cents in
February?''
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-02-02

- Judge Wilhouse, OF Kansas, ia called
the apple king in those parts. His
orchards cover $3.50 acres, with over
100000 apple trees In IL years he has
harvested 400.00 bushels Of apples.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-02-02
x CASH!
On and after Feb 1st, 1898, no Goods
vii! be Charged!

WE have decided after mature consideration, do
STRICTLY CASH BUSINESS and no Goods will be charged
to any This step have taken with the view Of
marking Goods VERY CLOSE as we will be in position
sell Goods cheaper than any of competitors You will
have pay in spending your cash with the
ocasioned in doing credit business We will have no
eokkeeper ledgeronly cash-book and for every
that goes out Of this Store its equivalent money will
be in the cash drawer.
We wish to thank the trading public for their liberal
patronage the past and trust for continuance the
same Remember to bring the cash with you No Goods
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-12


IN Persia when o. creditor falls 10 rot
hIH money IN ms other wav, h. appear
100 thr debtors huuHr and sits down.
Then Dec uur. uul move away mn tho uHs
liuuurut NHyr NO. lir fntHra tho debtor
HIrrUiuU apartments. NJ possible uud huH
hIH meals brought iu. a few Yeuri nru
o. lrfHiuu holt Hu u1rHtlrncd claim
against the lrltish government, mud hr
rfurUrtrd himself before tho British miu-
hli" uilfr The minister hld NOT rfN
thr inlr, uud a.ut Tor policeman. That
made o. lnt nf Noise and trouble. and IN
ituHslHn representative In '-hrFIu utIs
dsutlY LEARNED o. o. lu from H. COR d.
wHnInHh "a care uf fhn Humr kind mutH
dlnrrt ntiY few weeks Hrn.
The IfrHlnn who demanded money from
Tho Russian count knlniuciHnWI wnH 81
huly man a doryiHh. and when No. sat
down IN the iiuHFlnn'H ante room tn walt
ilil The latter raid Tho dirpuiod cinlm
not rot ria ~ him without much nim
and explanation, % ~ aFuinHt the laws.
ur nt lnnrt tho custom, which ~ lust a.
firm 90 touch creditor who tnkaH mi
mrunu ~ collecting money, ~ ths rouu.
ava nor thfuW him nuL lie thnuFat
over The matter, ana one morning he
sent fur lot " mnHuNH Then ~. or.
dor0i them 20 build wall around ,he
drrvlrh, who Mur sitting IN tho Middle
If the room, The drrvlrh watched Thorn
phcidly ~ inst. but When the wall grew
completed room, h. Jumped over IA ran
away, nnd has not been seen since Thpv
my that the count q tho inst man In
TshefAn whn has beaten creditor az
this Kind without recourse 10 tho f,nliHe
Pail Mall Gazette.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-12

The .xpectntion Il services will be held
in one ~ the Catholic churches. possi-
hiv -. Patrick'a. on Tuesday. after
which the remains VIII be placed tenn
nor,arliy in receiving vault pending
nnnI interment In cuba. There having
heen ns vet no official recognition given
Inc commission by the President. 70
seems unlikely There will b. any ON
cial participation Ne such. although II
ls expected members of the cabinet
ana members Of Congress may attend in
their Individual capacity.
The members OF the commission feel
kecniy the blow which has befailen
hem in the death Of their leader. who.
rhey say, was a man ~ Intelligence,
valcr. energy and probity. In whom the
nrrlt majority Of people had absolute
Confidence. The work In hand. thay
say. will continue without; Interruption
and the ideas and views held by Gen.
Garcia will be Impressed on an that Is
done. While u II possible an0fher
IN airman may be chosen by the Cuban
assembly. yet the commissioners say
II IA not essential, a. those now here
are thoroughly equipped 90 take NJ the
work where their leader laid 10 down.