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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-18
a Plea for n Human Barn.

From the Illustrated American
Here is a simple proposition without
pathos or bathos. Let us have in each
great city a warm and Well-vcntilated
barn in which to shelter the men who
walk the streets all night. This will not
cost much, and if 1t some times shelters
the unworthy we need lose no sleep
on thai account. The professional phi
lanthropist and the gentlemen who or
ganize" charity tell us that to make it
easy for the pcnniless to obtain shelter
would increase the number OF paupers
and prove but mistaken kindness: For
a very long period. in fact, up 10 the
present time, the advice of the profess
sional phanthropist has been needed.
There is no place of which | am aware
for the pennless man to lind shelter
thanks to the professional philanthropist
yet the pcnnilcss have not decreased in
number.
Statistics prove nothing, yet every OBJ
serving man knows that there are Il great
many persons without the possibility of
shelter wandering about the streets of
New York every night. II they cease wan
dering they face either the policeman s
club or death from freezing. I he profess
sional philanthropist is not necessarily
inhuman. but many years of his cult
have not removed from our streets at
night human beings left to die or suffer
horribly. In imperial London have seen
swarms Of men and women camped for
beautiful square of Trafalgar. Some of
their shverng forms were incased in
barrels for protection. making tho pie
tire at once ludicrnus and horr BILE. |
have seen the seats along the Thames
embankment lined W.T. shuuuet in :;
wretches, some of them wrapped in pos
tors torn from the hoardngs Men do
not sleep thus in winter for fun In all
Of the great American cities tie sight ~
homeless men ut night is rs common as
lying. In New York | am asked Tor bed
money every night If nay life. ana tho
money Is not always wanted for rum. or
ganized charity 10 the contrary nntwith-
standing.
Surely Il roof is not much 10 offer these
{ our brothers. These homeless people are.
perhaps. totally undcseryine- aud that j.
oiniy word after all-but ii any opulcnt
professional phlanthropist cnnd@mnng
them for their lack of merit desires TO
know how they suffer he has hut Ia spend
one winter night in tho streets. II nc
elects to do 50 in light costume on an
empty stomach. he will admit that II is
not alone the highly organized being that
can suffer. Let ms have 4 human barn.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-18

From the Syracuse STANDARD.
William T. curtis teiIS curious story
about The Late Senator kcnna of West
Virginia. Whose statue is Ia be placed N
the capitol When he first came to CON
gross a Mrs. kcaron, who lived in tho
same boarding house persuaded him 10
buy ticket in . rattle at a church fair
for = cooking stove and 4 complete kitch-
~ outft. His ticket turned ont ~ he tne
lucky one anu he sent the goods TO his
home i'm West Virginia hnilc hc was
arranging for the shipment AT Tho rail-
way station he was introduced Ia the
Young lady who afterwards became his
wife. and peculiarly invited her TO become
his eonk. She replied that she would he
very glad 10 do 80. The uext winter Mrs
kearon sold Mr.. Ecnua a ticket in am
other fair given hy the same church
This time tho prize MAS a plain gold
ring, and again he WIS Sueee sSful. lie pat
the ring carefully away until il was need
ID AZ his wedding, a lew months Rt~r.
and it 50 happened that his hrid. was the
first person 10 use the cook stow, ana 70
Wear the ring. Mrs. heuna i now post
mistress at Charleston. W. IA.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-18
FIGHT WITH ORE THIEVES
They Exchange Fourteen Shots
With the Officers.
WAS A LIVELY FUSILLADE
No One Was Injured in the Fight and
the Ore Thieves Made Their Es-
cape by Dodging Around
Cars in the Dark.

There was a lively fusilade of revolt
o'clock last evening and the people of
that part of town did not know wheth
er the city was attacked by bandits or
somebody who was drunk. Fourteen
shots were counted, fred in quick sue
cession. but with it all there are no
dead bodies and no one was even
scratched.
1t happened near the Montana Union
railroad tracks close TO the southern
limit of the city Police officers George
Wilson and w G. Smith We're walking
along the track when they saw three
men stealing ore from cars standing
in the Montana Union freight yard,
The men were taking the ore from the
cars and placing ii in gunny sacks.
The officers started for the thieves
and got within about % yards of them
when the ore thieves took the alarm.
The started to run, but on finding
that the officers We're gaining on them
they turned and began emptying their
revolvers at them. The officers recip-
rocated but nothing was hit on either
side except some freight cars and a
dwelling.
The ore stealers eluded the officers
by lodging around some cars in the
dark, and although the officers made "A
diligent search for an hour. they We're
them.
| Going back to the scene OF the theft.
4 the officers found four gunny sacks.
/ three of which We're partly filed with
ore. There are i cars or ore in the
/ ward.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-18
DRAWS THE BIGGEST SALARY.
Uncle sam Pays Mary Kirk More Than
lie Does Any Other Woman.

The best paid woman in the employ
of the United States government is Miss
Mark Kirk, translator of Portuguese in
the bureau of American republics at
" ashington. Her salary is $1.S00 year.
The maximum salary paid by the gov
eminent to women clerks is $1,000 per
annum. But very few ever receive it..
The next is 81 900 and the majority re-
ceive only S1400 and $1,000 In these posi-
tions there are many interesting person
alities. Representatives of famous fami-
lies can be found in every department,
and some hold positions of trust and
responsibility.
Besides being the best paid. Miss Kirk
is among the youngest of the women
who draw salaries from the government.
Miss Kirk was born in Pennsylvania.
Her father. Isaac Kirk, was a promi-
nent member of the Friends society. She
is graduate of Swarthmore college.
where she came prominently before the
public in a leading part in the play
'Antigone," in the original Greek. Her
proficiency in languages brought heI
the leadership in a leading girls col
lege of Rio Janeiro, where she became
familiar with the Portuguese language
rare attainment for an American. She
has been attached TO the Brazilian lega-
ton in Washington as translator for
Mr.. De Mendoza
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-18
Mental AIonstrosities.

From the Boston Globe.
The boy preacher and the eirl evan
gelist are no longer novelties TO the
public. There is hardly backwoods
region in the country which does not
boast of one, though i is some conso-
lation to know that the career of these
youthful mimickers of their elders Is al
most invariably short lived.
A good deal of interest has been
aroused in Chicago. In the pr1cJeious
aptitude for medicine which has beeh
shown by lad Of five. while Kansas
boasts of 7-year-old disciple of Black
stone, who can talk as glibly about tort
and troVer as any graduate of law
school 1t is even said. in the case of
the latter prodigy. that the supreme
court of Kansas. astonished at his WIS.,
dom. has formally admitted him to the
bar.
The chances are very great, however,
that neither Of these phenomenally
acute children will carry with them to
manhood. If they live 10 reach that state,
a tenth part Of the knowledge they now
possess As illustrating the possibilities
Of precocious mental development, they
are in way decidedly interesting. But
il Is fortunate for the world and for hui
manity that they are out of the com
mon" All too short is the period of
childhood under normal conditions. Life
would be well-nigh intolerablc if every
other boy at seven were prcternatu-
rally able jury lawyer or surgeon
skilled in carving OUT organs made
useless or dangerous by disease.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-18
PREY OF THE vuLTuRES.
senator Kenna's Widow Must Give Way
to spokesman.


From the Washington Times.
The axe is soon to fall upon the head
of widow of a former United states
senator, who is holding small presi-
kenna the wife of the late Senator
kenna of West Virginia. He was a
young man, comparatively, and died in
his prime. He died poor and left his
family little besides his name. Mrs
kenna was appointed postmistress at
Charleston. w. Va. where she has
served with credit to herself and to the
great satisfaction of the people of the
community. When the administration
changed. it was not thought that any
change would be made in this office,
owing TO the person who filcd the posi-
ton. but the hunger and thirst of the
spoilsmen for office did not permit them
to overlook this place. The demand was
made upon the republican member Of
congress and upon Senator Elkins for
the office. When il became known that
this demand had been made. several
democratic senators and one or two
broad gagged republicans urged the
president to leave Mrs. Kenna, a worthy
woman. in the office. and there was an
intmation that this would be done,
a change appears to have come over
the mind of the president, however. foI
yesterday il was mi-ofiicially an
nounced that as soon as the senate re-
convened the name of A. .. Petty would
be sent to the senate for this place The
postmaster to be is well named.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-18

other bulls eye struck by the blind
man. The reporter has been working
FIVE years tolerably steadily and has
saved up a little over S27
A rather good-sized bump OF curiosity
and desire for general knowledge was
also located. The newspaper man puts
in a part of his time trying to think up
and find out the odd and interesting
things which are not known. The pro-
fessor discovered that there had been
considerable development in recent
years in the curiosity department The
subject was frankly told that he was no
diplomat AS the reporter had always
taken considerable pride in thinking
that he was born diplomat to hear
that there was a hole where a bump Of
tact should be located was "A sad blow.
But when the blind man backed up his
assertion by telling the subject that
he was too outspoken and too much in
clined to jump right at anything which
he wanted the reporter acknowledged
there was much truth in the assertion
that he was shy when it came to diplo-
macy. The phrenologists talent for
discrimination came out when he told
his subject that he was not com bative,
but at the same time he was rather ar
gumentative. This was another inner
ring for the blind man. The reporter
would back away from fight most any
time unless it was absolutely necessary.
He never goes out on the sidewalk with
a chip on his shoulder, but he viii go
a good many miles to get into the mid
die of a red-hot argument.
Turning his attention to other fields
the professor told his subject that he
was fond of the society ladies. The re-
porter blushed and declined to permit
the examination to proceed further lest
the professor discover that he was en-
gagged
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-18
AT THE UNION FAMILY.
Adgie and Her Lions Give a Most SEN
sationaI Performance.

The most sensational performance
ever given at the Union Family tire
alter is that presented by Adgie and her
lions, the FIRST of which Wds given last
night in addition 10 the regular dram
attic performance. Adgie appears on the
stage in cage with three great Afri-
can lions With whom she plays as with
kittens, though the actions Of the
beasts are far from kttensh. She
dances among them while they circle
around her growing fiercely and strk-
ing at her with their vicious paws. and
finally. when it seems they are worked
up into a deadly rage. She springs
through the door just as the three great
beasts make a leap for her. but arc
stopped by the quickly closed gate. The
act is cnsationaI and realistic enough
to make the audience feel uneasy. IT
is the greatest act of lis kind ever given
on a stage.
In addition TO Adgic and her lions the
programme this week presents De
Armo, a wonderful trapeZe performer.
The regular performance by the stock
comedy is a lauehable comedy, "A Cir
Gus Girl" which went with vim last
night The same bill will run through
the week and will doubtless pack the
house al every performance.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-18
ETo CHANGE OCEAN CURRENTS.
Russian Engineer Proposes to Divert the
Course of Arctic Stream.

From the Scientific American.
At Vladivostok. a prominent Russian
port and the terminus of the Siberian
railway, for over four months of win
ter the port is blocked up with ice, rem
dering shipping traffic impossible. For
many years the Russian authorities
have been endeavoring to overcome
these natural difficulties and some time
ago ice-breaking ships were introduced
to break open the ice an operation, how
ever, which has proved practically use
less. 1t is now reported that "a certain
engineer" has proposed a plan for re-
claiming the narrowest part of the Tar
tar strait between Saghalien and the
Russian mainland. The theory of such
an undertaking is that, if this is done,
the cold current which enters the Japan
sea from the Arctic via Boring strait,
will be checked, and the passage of the
warmer tide, coming from the south
through the Tshuma strait. will make
the water on the coast of Japan as
warm as Vladivostok. and the latter
will be warm all year round. The eX-
pectation is entertained that this re-
markab BILE engineering work will be en-
tered upon after the completion of the
Siberian railroad.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-18
lie still Had Them.

Shc-Vcry slippery coming homo, WIS
il not?
Hc-Oh. very.
Couldn't keep your feet ! supposcR'
20. yes. | did manage In keep them.
hut they changed places with tho back
of my neck several times. Workers
Siai rsmnn.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-18

side his wife, who died in this city in
1872
The funeral party, among whom are his
SON. Henry countryman of Columbus and
daughter, Mrs. +. II. Woody. and Judge
Frank III. Woody of Missoula. are cx-
pected TO arrive i'm Deer Lodge on to-
morrow mornings Northern Pacific train
from the East. and the funeral will occur
from the Masonic Temple at $50 in the
affprnoOn
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-18
An Editors Arrest.

has ordered the arrest of the editor of
Ell Reconcentrado. Senior Arnatuo, for
having attacked the army through the
columns of his paper during the past
few days.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-18

The Montana Union has put on a fun
line of tickets to all points East and
West via the @. S. l.. For rates and
other information call upon OF address
your nearest agent, or $. +. Calderhead,
general passenger agent. Butte. Mont.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-18

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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-18
Harvest of
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Value Giving
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Thoroughly Reliable and
Stylish
Clothing
for Men
and Boys

In the Heart of Winter, when
they are needed most, and at
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-18

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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-18

The skeleton in
m any a household Is
the peculiar weak
ness Of the wife and
mother, or of I h e
wife who ought TO be
a mother and is not
H Happiness is de-
stroyed by the pres
ence of the S ecre I
sickness that m a Y
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cath among the
m . st luxuriou $
homes The most
terrible thing about
this condition of af.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-12-23
Former Oh,n senator Dead.

Ex-U. ;. Senator Calvin s. Brice died
at his residence i'm New York City of
pneumonia. He contracted a severe
cold one week before. At Mr.. Brice's
bedside when he died were Mrs. Brice.
Capt. Stewart NJ. Brice, John Francis
Bruce, Misses Helen and Kate Brice.
Another son. w. X. Brice, is on his
way home from China. Mr. Brice was
delirious for - hours before his death.
Calvin ). Brice was born at Den
mark O., on Sept. h. iS45. He served
through the civil war, enlisting as a
private and at the close Of the war was
appointed lieutenant colonel. lie
graduated from Miami university at
Oxford, O., and from the University Of
Michigan. In January, 1890, ne was
elected senator from Ohio for the term
beginning March 4, 1891. Senator
Brice was keen man Of affairs and
left fortune well up in the millions
lie was actively interested in many
financial undertakings, particularly in
railroad interests.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-12-23
Regardless OF age

The kidneys are responsible for more
sickness, suffering and deaths than any
other organs Of the body
n majority Of the Ills affecting people
today is traceable to kidney trouble. II
preyades all classes Of society, in al! eli
mates, regardless of age. sex or condition.
The symptoms of kidney trouble are
unmistakeab,e such as rheumatism, neu-
ralgia, sleeplessness, pain or dull ache in
the back, a desire TO urinate often day or
night, profuse or scanty supply
Uric acid, orbrlck -dus; deposit in urine
are signs of clogged kidneys, causing
poisoned and germ-filed blood. Some
times the heart acts badly, aud tube casts
(wasing Of the kidneys are found in the
urine, which if neglected will result In
Brights Disease, the most dangerous
form of kidney trouble.
All these symptoms and conditions are
promptly removed under the influence Of
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TIE REPUBLICAN LEADER
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-12-23
McKinIc, Cheered by GeorgIans.

President Mckinley participated IN
the southern peace jubilee at Atlanta.
Ga, and made "a speech before the
Georgia legislature which aroused the
most intense enthusiasm when he said
sectional lines no longer mar the map
of the United States. Sectional feeling
no longer holds back the love we bear
each other. Fraternity IS the national
anthem, sung by chorus of A. states
and our territories at home and beyond
the seas. The Union Is once more the
common altar Of our love and loyalty
our devotion and sacrifice. The old
flag again waves over us in peace with
new glories which your sons and ours
have this year added 10 its sacred folds
Every soldiers grave, made dur
ing our unfortunate civil war, is trib
ute to American valor. And the time
has now come i'm the evolution Of senti
ment and feeling under the providence
Of God when in the spirit OF fraternity
we should share with you in the care
of the graves OF the Confederate sol
diers. The cordial feeling now happily
existing between the north and south
prompts this gracious act and if it
needed further justification it is found
in the gallant loyalty to the Union
and the flag, so conspicuously shown
in the year just passed by the sons and
grandsons of these heroic dead.
The southrons almost went wild in
their pleasure at these words and il is
generally conceded that the Presidents
address has marked an epoch in
history.
The President made a tour Of south
ern cities and at every point was
greeted with the greatest enthusiasm.
Speeches delivered at Tuskegee and
Montgomery, Ala. and at Savannah
Ga, were cheered 10 the echo by thou
sands of citizens. At the latter place
the President reviewed $1,000 troops
stationed there.
The burden of the Presidents adj
dresses was the retention of the eastern
possessions wrested from Spain and
the applause of the multitudes indi-
Gated their most hearty approval
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-12-23
One Bullets W ork.

Private Thos. j. Collins. Co. +, eth
L. ) infantry, at TT. Wayne, Detroit,
was cleaning his Krag-J orgenson rifle
on the upper floor of the barracks
when it was accidentally discharged
The bullet cut through Collins foot
and passed through the ceiling and
plaster and struck Private Sands, of
Co II, in the neck. passed close TO the
bone, went into his arm and passed
through, breaking the bone 1t then
passed through another two-inch oak
floor and finally landed in the base
ment. The hole in Collins foot is not
larger than a lead pencil, and both
floors are cut through without hardly
a splinter being torn of the sides Of
the hole Sands may not recover
Collins didn't know il was loaded.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-12-23
Three Killed by a Trim.

\ southbouud engine on the Pontiac,
oxford e Northern railroad, struck "a
sleigh containing five people four miles
north of Inlay City, throwing them out.
seriously injuring two and killing
three outright. The dead are: Mrs
Thomas Robb, of Lum; Walter Robb,
aged 4; Mrs. John Ycrles' son, aged u
months. The wounded are: Mrs. John
Ncrkes, of Port Huron, and Mr.. Daw-
son, the driver.
The party in the sleigh had been
visiting at Mrs. Robb's farm and were
returning home when the light engine,
running backward, struck the rear end
of the sleigh as il was crossing the
tracks near "A curve
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-12-23
spaniards Devastated Prnar del Rio.

The war department has received a
report from Gen. Davis showing a ter
rible state of affairs existing in Pinar
del Rio, the western province of Cuba.
The country is one of great fertility
and beauty, but is ravaged almost TO
destruction. Responsible citizens and
foreigners declare that one-half of the
former population has been killed or
starved TO death. The treasury is
empty, and the only means of replen-
ishing it is a system of taxation almost
to the verge of confiscation There is
no custom houses in this province.
The American troops were received
with the greatest enthusiasm and re-
ioicing