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TO DEFEND THE CUP
The Herreshons VIII Build a Boat for a
syndicate.

Newport. II. l., Aug, l9-H. h. Dur
yea and H.. Z. Whitney have given up
all idea of building a yacht 10 defend
the Americas cup. Since notice APP
peared in the public press that Sir
Thomas Upton. OF the Royal Ulster
Yacht club, had issued a challenge for
"A race FOR the Americas cup. Nat Her
reshof. the Bristol boat builder. has
made a number OF visits TO Newport
and held several conferences with
Messrs. Duryea. Whitney and Morgan
in relation TO building a yacht to de-
fend the Americas cur. Al the early
conference IL was practically settled
that these gentlemen would form a
syndicate for that purpose, but All
arrangements of the kind. 50 far as
Mr.. Duryea and MIR. whitney are on
cerned. are over. MIR. Duryea. when
seen at the Chickering cottage, said
Mr.. whitney n myself have given
up all notion of building a cup defend
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Joliet. III, Aug l9-Ftve thousand en-
thusiastic spectators saw the third day $
racing at Ingalls, Park. Results: 2:ll
trot. purse S1.OO0-Caid won I'm straight
heats. time. 2.l0. 2:O9a. ee9a4. 220 trot.
nurse N.OOo-May Bloom won in straight
heats: time. s.l7Ii e:lsr. e:l2A 2.l4 pace.
nurse ae00-Warren II. won in straight
heats; time. 2;Oslg, 2:lOL, 2:l2L. 2:l4 trot.
purse sl.00O-Caracala won in straight
heats time. 9:l0h. 2:lila, aim.
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At Chicago.

Chicago. Aug. ls.-Weather cool. track
slow at Hawthorne. Results: Six fur
CONSULTATIONS won, Cutter second. La
Champagne third. time, l:lilx. Seven nr-
longs-Astor won. Branch second. Hosi
third: time, l:Sli4. Seven furlongsOftcial
won. Prince BlsZes second, Locust Bios
som third. time. 1904. Five and a hair
fur~longs-Jinks won. Hardy Pardee sec
ond, Boney Boy third time, l:09i4. Mile
Amy Wade won. Draw Lad second. Tran
hv third. time. 1.tsla. Mile-Tonto won,
Mile NJ. second, Queen Safe third; time,
LA
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Postmasters Appointed.

Special Dispatch 10 the Standard.
Washington, Aug. ls-Montans post
masters appointed Gold Coin. Deer lodge
county. NJ. q. T. lngersoll vice g A. Bea-
ton. resigned. Raymond. Teton county.
lanes Collins vice n. W. HoNtT.
Belle Shaw has been reinStated as
teacher Of the Crow Indian school at 500
per annum.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-20
Bank Clearings.

New York, Aug. 19.-The following ia
BILE. compiled by Bradstreet's. shows the
bank clearlngs at the following cities
for the week ended Aug. IS. with the per-
centage OF increase and decrease as COM
pared with the corresponding week last
year:
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Steunenberg Endorsed.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Salmon. daho. Aug sat the demo
cratic county convention held yesterday
resolutions were passed unanimously IN
dorsing the administration OF Governor
Steunenberg A fun delegation will be at
the state convention.
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IaIur.d AZ a sail Fight.

London. Aug IA dispatch from Ma
arid 20 ne Times says ~ - reported mat
a. a ssriss % b4t nFhtn At the village OF
yIsaIyaf8 four miles from Madrid. on
Monday p p~rsgna Hsre nlurcd
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Notice to Creditors.

Estate of Sarah Kudlek, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed. administrator Of the estate OF
Sarah Kudlek, deceased. to the creditors
of. and all persons having claims against
the said deceased, to exhibit them with
the necessary vouchers, within four
months after the first publication & this
notice. to the said administrator ate the
office of The county attorney, Anaconda,
Montana. the same being the place for the
transaction of the business of said estate
in the county of Deer Lodge.
h. #. BROWN,
Administrators of the Estate OF Sarah
Kudlek. deceased.
Dated July 10Th. 1898.
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ST. Louis. Aug. la-Track slow at the
fair grounds to-day. Favorites were sue
cessful In the third and closing events,
Summaries: Seven furlongs-Pat Murphy
won. TruNillo second. Overland third;
time. 1:3s. Mile-Empress Josephine won,
school Girl second. Alma Glyn third; time,
l:45a. For 2-year-olds, six ~furlongs-Our
Nellie won. Hittick second, Assessor third;
time. 1:lT. Two miles and an eighth-Jack
Bradley won, Sunburst second, {. y.
Bush third; time, ASA. Selling, six furlongs
-Borsden won, imp. King Gold second,
Harrie Floyd third time. l:l5la. Selling.
mile-Maddalo won, Lord Neville second,
The Planet third; time, l:45.
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Bids for Lighting City of Anaconda.

Bids will be received at the ONCE oil
the city clerk of the city of Anaconda
until Monday, September 5. 1898, at 1850
o'clock o. m. for the furnishing OF arc
lights for the street lighting of the city
of Anaconda for the period or hve
wears. Sixty-two arc lights are now
used and will soon be increased. The
council reserves the power to reject any
and all bids.
BY order Of the city council.
T. O'LEARY, City Clerk
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-01
slGsBEE ON THE STAND.
of the Maine Tells What He

Commander of the Maine Tells What Ho
Knows Of the Disaster.
Captain Sigsbee, in testifying before the
court of inquiry which convened in the
harbor of Havana, Monday, Feb. 81, said
that he assumed command of the Maine
on April 10, 1897, and that his ship arrived
in the harbor of Havana the last time
Jan. Is, 1893. The authorities at Havana
knew of the Names coming, Consul Gen
eral Lee having informed the authorities,
according to official custom. He took in
the pilot sent by the captain of the port of
Havana and the ship was berthed in the
man~of-war anchorage off the Machina,
or the Shears, and according to his under.
standing, was n Of the regular buoys
Of the place. He then stated that he had
been in Havana in 1872, and again in 1893.
He could not state whether the Maine
was placed in the usual berth for men-of-
war, but said that he had heard remarks
since the explosion, using Captain Stew
ems, temporarily in charge Of the Ward
liner City of Washington, authority for
the statement that he had never known in
vi his experience, which covers visits to
Havana for five or six years, q vessel of
war to be anchored at that buoy; that he
had rarely known merchant vessels to be
anchored there. aud that it was the least
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-01

IA VA -NSoAAs
symbol of good will and of our ships in
the fulfillment of the mission of pro.
lection tt American interests, even
though no immediate need therefor
might exist.
Accordingly, on the oath of January
last, after conference with the Spanish
minister in which the renewal of visits
of our war vessels to Spanish waters
was discussed and accepted, the PENN.
sular authorities at Madrid and Havana
were advised of the purpose of this gov.
eminent to resume friendly naval Wis.
its at Cuban ports, and that in that
view the Maine would forthwith call
at the port of Havana. This announce.
ment was received by the Spanish gov.
eminent with appreciation of the
friendly character of the visit of the
Maine and with notification Of the i'll.
tention to return the courtesy by send.
ing Spanish ships to the principal ports
OF the United States. Meanwhile the
Maine entered the port of Havana on
the 25th of January, her arrival being
marked with no special incident and
besides the exchange OF customary sal.
utes and ceremonial visits.
Remained in HAVANA Three Weeks.
The Maine continued in the harbor
Of Havana during the three weeks fol.
lowing her arrival. No appreciable
excitement attended her stay, on the
contrary q feeling of relief and conf.
dence followed the resumption of the
long interrupted friendly intercourse.
So. noticeable 1:as this immes1ia-e effect
of her visit That the consul general
strongly urged that the presence of our
ships in Cuban waters should be kept
up by retaining the Maine at Havana or
in the event Of her recall, by sending
other vessels there to take her place.
At 40 minutes past 8 in the evening
of the 10th OF February the Maine was
destroyed by an explosion, by which
the entire former part of the hull was
utterly wrecked. In this catastrophe
2 officers and 2G0 of her crew persisted,
those who were not killed outright by
her EXPLOSION. being nennoA. b.--ya=n
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-01
Conclusion Reached That the
Vessel Was Wrecked by a
Submarine Mine.
MESSAGE ACCOMPANIES 1T
Formal Statement From the
President, but No Rec
concentrations.
Spain Is Notified, and Is Re-
lied Upon to Do the
Proper Thing.

WASHINGTON. March 29.-The presi.
lent has sent to congress tho report of
the Maine board of inquiry into the loss
of that battleship. Accompanying tho
report was the following message to
congress:
To the Congress of the United States:
For some time prior to the visit of
the Maine to Havana harbor our con.
sular reports pointed out the advan.
tages to follow from the visit Of ma
tional ships to the Cuban waters in &C.
bustoming the people to our flag as the
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-01
BIG MASS OF TESTIMONY.

BIG MASS OF TESTIMONY.
Court Occupied Eighteen Days in Hear
ing Evidence.
WASHINGTON, March 29.-The i'm.
mense mass of testimony taken by the
Maine court of inquiry was sent to the
senate, and with the presidents mes.
sage and findings Of the court was re.
ferred to the committee on foreign
relations. The testimony was taken
OH Is different days, the l4th day, how
ever, being devoted to viewing the
wreck. Every witness who was known
to have any information that could
throw light upon the great disaster was
called to give his testimony. The story
of the destruction of the vessel is told
not graphically but in a manner which
gives all the obtainable facts. No tech.
nical detail is omitted. Every move.
lei and incident connected with the
Maine from the time she left Key West
until the
Last Diver Ex. mined tho Wreck,
slowly sinking in the mud of Havana
harbor is given. It is a story intensely
interesting to the people. Those who
read it could have little doubt as to
whether there was an internal explo.
sion. Perhaps the most significant
testimony is that showing the bottom
plates on the port side OF the Inflated
Maine to be bent inward and upward,
a result that hardly could have fol.
lowed anything save an explosion from
the outside. A mass of testimony is
submitted showing the care exercised
on board the ship by Captain Sigsbee
and his officers and the apparent i'm.
possibility of the accident occurring by
any internal cause.
sigsbee's Story the Most Important.
The testimony of Captain Sigsbee is
of the greatest Importance ind perhaps
IS of more general interest than that Of
any other nan called before tho board.
With great care and minutenes she gives
an account of the management of the
ship, how she was handled, what was
done from day to day on board, how
she sailed into Havana, her anchorage
and what he knew about it and in fact
every point upon which the govern.
ment and the country desires to be in.
formed. Nothing in Captain Sigsbee's
testimony shows that the anchorage
was changed or hat it was considered
dangerous by any one
Second to the Importance of the tes.
timony Of Captain Sigsbee is that of
Ensign Powelson who had charge Of
the divers and knew from day to day
What the Divers Found.
This officer was infinitely informed as
to the construction OF the Maine and
everything about her. His testimony
was to a certain extent a technical
bearing upon tho construction Of the
ship, her plates, etc., but it was from
these plates and this technical knowl.
edge that he was able to declare that
the explosion took place from the out.
side.
The divers, Morgan, Olsen and
Smith, all contributed important evi.
dence. They testified that the plates
were bent inward on the bottom port
side and outward on the starboard side.
Nothing in the testimony fixes re.
sponMbility. No conspiracy is ap.
parent and no knowledge of the plant.
ing of q mine is shown.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-01
REPORT OF THE COURT

Text of the Findings of the Maine Board
of Inquiry.
The following is a full text of the re.
port Of the court of inquiry:
United States steamship Iowa, LIST rate.
Key West, Fla, Monday, March IL,
1898.
After full and mature consideration
of all the testimony before it, the court
finds as follows:
l. That the United States battleship
Maine arrived in the harbor of Havana,
Cuba, OF the 25th day of January, 1898,
and was taken to buoy No. 4, in from
five and a half to six fathoms of water,
by the regular government pilot.
The United States consul general at
Havana had notified the authorities at
that place, the previous evening, of
the intended arrival Of the Maine.
2. The state of discipline on board
the Maine was excellent and all orders
and regulations in regard to the care
and safety Of the ship were strictly cur
ried out.
All ammunition was slowed away in
accordance with instructions, and
proper care was taken whenever m.
munltlon was handled.
Nothing was slowed in any one OF
the magazines or shell rooms which
was not permitted to be slowed there.
Captain Had the Keys.
The magazines and shell rooms were
always locked after having been
opened; and after the destruction of
tue Maine the keys were found,in their
proper place in the captains cabin,
everything having been reported Sc.
cure that v at 8 p. NJ.
The temperatures Of the magazines
and shell rooms were taken daily and
renorted. The only magazine which
after lO.inch magazine and that did
not explode at the time the Maine was
destroyed. The torpedo wal heads
were all stored in the after part of the
ship under the ward room and neither
caused 0 participated in the destruc.
ton of the Maine.
The gun cotton primers and deton.
remote from the scene of the explosion.
The waste was carefully looked after
on board the Maine to obviateAkanger.
Special orders in regard to this had
been given by the commanding officer.
Varnishes, dryers, alcohol and other
combustiles OF this nature were slowed
on or above the main deck and could
not have had anything to do with the
destruction of the Maine.
The medical stores were slowed aft
under the ward room and remote from
the zone of the explosion.
No Dangerous Stores Around.
No dangerous stores of any kind were
slowed below in any Of the other store
rooms.
The coal bunkers were inspected. OF
those bunkers adjoining the forward
magazines and shell rooms, four were
empty, namely B3, B4, B5, By. GALS"
had been in use that day, and "Al6"
was full Of New River coal. This coal
had been carefully inspected before re.
ceiving it on board. The bunker in
which it was slowed was accessible on
three sides at all times and the fourth
side at this time on account of bunkers
''B4" and "B6" being empty. This
bunker "Al6" had been inspected that
day by the engineer officer on duty.
The fire alarms i'm the bunkers were
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surface of the water ana ABOUT 5O feet
above its normal position. In the opin.
ion of the court, this effect could have
been produced only by the explosion Of
q mine situated under the bottom Of
the ship at about frame IL and some.
what on the port side Of the ship.
Conolusions OF the Court.
The conclusions Of the court are:
That the loss Of the Maine was not
In any respect due to fault or negli.
gence on the part Of any officers or
members of her crew.
That the ship was destroyed by the
explosion of q submarine mine which
caused the partial explosion Of two or
more Of her forward magazines; and,
that no evidence has been obtainable
fixing the responsibility for the de.
struction of the Maine upon any per.
son or persons.
I have directed that the finding of
the court of inquiry and the views Of
this government thereon be commun-
icated to the government of her mai.
esty, the queen, and I do not permit
myself to doubt that the sense of jus.
tice of the Spanish nation will dictate
a course Of action suggested by honor
and the friendly relations of the two
governments.
1t was the duty of the exc cutive to
advise the congress of the result, and
in the meantime deliberate considera.
ton is invoked.
TSigned1 WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
Executive Mansion, March z8, 1893.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-04-01

A. MARK, Lieutenant Commander, U.
8. N. Judge Advocate.
q. s. flagship New York, March "a.
1898, off Key West, Fla.
The proceedings and findings Of the
court Of inquiry in the above cas are
approved.
N. =. sIcARD, Rear Admiral, COM
mander-in.C Chief Of the u. 8. naval
force on the North Atlantic station.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-24
Our Sckeming Kids.

From the Denver Evening Post.
all a-glisten,
And hearts are beating faster, as the little ones
in thought
Lie curled within their cozy beds md fnnooant1v
To hear old santa's jinsling bells and RENDERS
In fond anticipation they are picturing the treas
They'll find within their stockings on the merry
Christmas morn,
And in imagination drinking Of the matchlsss
pleasures
They'll wrest from drum and saueakine fife and
ear-annoying horn.
What models of obedience the dear ones are be-
No matter matter what their parents ask. tbs done in
They carr, carry coal md shovel and on er-
Glad songs of glee; when works to do who
Within their seats at isunday school we regularly
Unto Ct, the teachers spoken words they list at
No thought give they to Sunday sports which they
have cast behind them
Ihelr p1Cus eyes are flied upon the coming
Christmas tree. III tss
And who Of of older YEARS can frown upon tho
practice, u II
Or child ehide the sehemns little in harsh re-
Can hold up holy hands at such deeeption7 for
That People in glass houses should be shy of
throwing stones Il. . 0' "
For memory will take us back on silent pinions
Unto the days of long ago when life was in
And as we picture boyhood scenes by jinks, there
no denying :
That kids of sd were nsuch the same as kids
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-24
Toward Bethlehem.

larles Hanson Towne in the Catholic World
Toward that sweet city where the Virgin mild
Brought forth her Child
Fain would turn upon this Christmas day
And softly pray
That tt might see the place wherein He slept,
While Mary kept
Her watch and ward about His sacred bed,
And kissed His head;
And would pray that might see His face
In tnat poor place,
And be shepherd or worshiper,
Bringing my myrrh
Onto the little Babe who Is my King
Heavens Offering;
Bringing my franRlncense and all the gold
That earth doth hold.
And would kiss the crib wherein He =,
And L would kiss
The little swaddling clothes that wrap His form
Safe safe and warm.
o little city far beyond the sea!
Ills nut for me
To journey unto you. Here must 1 bide
This Christmastide.
Hush! tho wide wastes divide US, still near MT
Your walls may be,
And can dream of you, and shut mine ewes
And see arise
The little manger-bed where once He lay
So far away.
And can love Him just the same as tho
Across the snow
came toward yon'on that first Christmas night,
Led by loves light,
And laid my gifts before Him. Now, as then,
With those wise men,
/, too. can journey DER the midnight hill.
Weary, until
worship Him and feel Him at my side
This Christmastide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-24
J. IL ~
IndfreHAon.

Fair are the flowers t6ad tile children. but their
subtle suggestiouOis f&4rer;
clasps 1t is rareEt1st %
Sweet the exultance d ssohE, but the strain that
precedes 1t Is sW4etef.C.
AND never was poem yet writ, but the meaning
administered the ihetesl
Never daisy that grows, but a mystery guideth
. the growing; iH sla:
Never river that fosps, cut q majesty scepters
the flowing; lis - i
Never a Shakespeare that scared, but stronger
than he did enfola hine
Nor ever prophet fofetenSp but q mightier seer
hath fOretold hiuaI ; s;
2Ec 81
Back Of the canvas asdt othrobs the painter il
limited and hidden: sc
Into the statue that br6athes the soul Of the sculp
tor is hidden:
Under the Joy that is felt lie the infinite issues
of feeling;
Crowning the giesy revealed Is the glory that
crowns the revealing.
Great are the symbols Of being. but that which Is
symbctled IL greater:
Vast the create ard beheld. but yaster the inward
creator;
Back ef the sound brcods the silence. back Of the
gift stands the giving;
Back Of the hand that receives THRILL the eenstiye
nerves Of receiving.
BY the dairg
The heart Of the wooer Is warm. but warre4 the
heart Of the wooing;
from the heights where those shine.
Twin voices and shadows swim starward. and the
- .1ICHAD REAII.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-24
A THRILLING INCIDENT.
Hut 1t Eventually Brought India Tn
der EngIand's Control.

Hut 1t Eventually Brought India I'm
der EnxIand's Control.
From Pearsons Weekly.
How many Of our readers are aware that
we owe our vast Indian empire to a varia-
ton of three shillirgs a pound in the price
of pepper. And yet such is the case, and it
throws an interesting light upon the lido
syncrasies Of the English character
In the sixteenth century all the pepper
consumed in England was bought by the
English merchants from the Dutch, who
brought it from India. Owing to racial
jealousy, the Dutch traders in 1899 raised
the cost from three shilings to six shillines
per pound. This petty display of ill-feeling
caused considerable annoyance to the En-
gllSh merchants, and aroused in them that
Keeling OF independence which has always
been so characteristic of our race
They determined to import their pepper
direct from India in their own ships. and
for this purpose formed a company, called
The Governor and Company of Merchants
of London Trading to the East Indies" and
which in later days became eventually
known as the East India Company.
Their first voyages embroiied them in al
most innumerable Quarrels with the Dutch
and Portuguese, and for time the venture
proved financial failure. 1t was not until
1918 that the company became successful
and obtained lucrative treaties, owing to
their deciSively defeating the Portuguese
From this time on their possessions
gradually increased, slowly at first, and
then very rapidly, until, by the wise and
beneficial management of such men as
Give, Warren Hastings and Corvallis
they exercised sovereignty over the greater
portion Of India
In this manner it happened that an in
crease in the price Of pepper momentously
aHected the history of mankind.