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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-15
No Spare Hourx.

From the New York Weekly.
MIR. Hayseed ARRIVING at city hoteD-I
spose kin hear the gong here when II
rings for dinner. can't 4?
Cierk-Ne have no gong. We have
breakfast from 6 20 n. dinner from Il 10
6. supper from 6 to IL.
Mr.. Observation-Disclosures, How am
TO sit time to see the city?
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-15
Ladies Appreciate

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market that equals French Tsnsy Tablets for the
relic; aad cure Of painful or irregular menss&
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Paris. France. and for sals only by ID. n Nsvbro
Drug o.. Bate, heat. Sole Agenta Price ~
PEI sos. sent BY mail securely s>sisA
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-15
when IL Is Dangerou. 20 BE Funny.

From the Atchison Globe.
Don't attempt to be funny with a
ne may prove to be funnier
than you are. and your best friends will
laugh TO see you outwitted.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-15

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Washington. Nov. 1.-THE secretary OF
the interior has ordered patented To the
Northern Pacific Railroad company sss
acres OF land In the Helena and Missoula
districts.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-15
Other Causes Given.

From the Nashville Banner.
Many steamers are reported lost in
the Yukon. but Il ISN'T stated that any
OF them SUM by being overloaded with
gold.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-15

From the London Chronicle.
An scount that we do not remember
TO have seen before is given In the
Etoile Beige Of Prince Bismarck's first
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-15

II you want your eyes properly fitted
with glasses have DIR. Norcross nj
them with his new electric opthal-
mometer, free OF charge.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-15
All Put On.

Il hate to see a man sailing under false
colors that way"
what wey?"
The way Kidder Is. Why. he's I'm
mourning for his mother-in-law.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-15

Too pretty TO be overlooked-,hls
grand art exhibit at Schstziein RANT
Co.'S. IA West Broadway, Butte.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-15

Medals or jewelry OF any description
made at T.. r. Mayors. 20 West Park.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-06

July -. 1sE. The latter. October 9. EsSs
wrote 20 Edward Everett, our -niaister IN
London. allowing him 70 tender The forty
ninth parallel again II Is q mistake. how
ever, 10 state that nothing was done On
the subject between October. isxs. and Oc-
fobsr. issz. Communications of grsa. tn
gso-tance are sometimes made between
different nations, Of which The public new
er know. but which would have result 81
IN events OF great importance had rot
rsw Information have been obtained on
the subject II is plain that about the time
DR. Whitman visited Washington eouanla-
uieations were made on the oregon qdes-
ton. while Mr.. Webster Was sgiii secrs-
tsry o. state. which have never been made
pubic.
ATTY ia 1s44 bsIl was introduced be-
fore the senate asking for all me corre-
spondeEsce and Instructions OF the sub
tect of Oregon since March l. ls4i Janu-
uzry 1s44. Mr. Benton said while discuss
Ing this bill. The senator from Ohio, Mr..
Allen has read you part OF he de bate
In parliament in February last s.As0. In
which the British minister Sir Rottrt
Peel. has made a very extraordinary dec
larasion-a declaration In full rcrns-that
President Tyler has made propositions
the subject Of Oregon. which would
render IL impossible for him % have
signed the bin which passed the serate
Hk t4i- last SrSsibf ~ ksIEik fa&il 70 tffE Ut
esen settlers. His word is impossible F"
Mr.. Benton vas indignant that anything
should have been done wa.ca would rem
Ger IL impossible for the PRESIDENT 10 have
signed bin passed by he senate, spd
wanted TO know SHY the American people
could not know as much Gu the subject
as the British parliament. The bill. how
ever. before the senate was lost by vote
OF II to H. the corresponding was not OBJ
tanned, and the writer has not been abe
TO learn any more about that communl-
cation Of the president To Great Britain.
But IL Is plain from this tnat some .ery
important papers had about ,hat time
been sent 10 England, which nave not
come To light. They may have been the
ones referred 10 by Or. Gsise.. or s!lIi-
lar ones
Another question of importance here is
Mr.. Wehstsr's attitude on the Oregon
question. In 1886 in a speech before the
senate he stated that when he made fhe
Ashburton treaty in 1872 he had said The
government Of the United States has rev-
CT offered any line south of ~ degrees and
IL never will" As far as the last SEN
tence is concerned. lit never will" when
made In 1872. Ii was merely his oTinicn.
as he could not tell what the government
would certainly do. As far as he first
sentence is concerned. Mr. Benton gives
the reason. In 1913 he said senators were
sounded by the American negotiator Mr.
Webster, each on the point which was TO
go into the treaty that lay nearest to hi,-a
and whatever they agreed TO was nut IN
10 the treaty for then they felt bound to
sustain the treaty by their votes The
president says that there were conferences
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-06

nation on this poirt from every member
OK tbat years emigr tliOn that ne could
/ MeSSrs Lindsey. Appegatc, Jesse Apple
gaie. A. Hiil Mathcuy j. Dougherty.
;. VI. Gilmore. II. II. o'BTy4nt. J. "
Nesmlth. j. Il. McLane. j O. Baker J.
NJ SEiFeiy, r. II. Burnett. j. Athey, T.
O. Stewart W. &. Hembrse, ID. =. Hol-
man, W Wilson. W. r. Newly. o. Brown.
y, r. Sitton and Mrs } esse Loony were
not influenced by him 10 come ana cid
not know OF him until they had started
Because Of the statements made b. these
taere are those who nave said that Dir
Whim man influenced none. but hat all
came because - othrr influences. a. A
hlt hy senator Linn IN congress. letters
rom entrants already in Oregon. wosk
hy ). N. Shiveiy and the like
Bnt on the other hand. the evidence il
that john Hohson and William Wakio
and john zachary and tkeir fathers fam
!ises. Mrs g. T. Cary. En8-n Garrison. VI
Eyels, Thomas Smith. NJ. Ri&1Fd. n. Ea-
ten. g Eaton, a ]. HenSrse y. Ford.
William Martha and s1mvs r. Martin
tame because 81 representations made hy
lr- whitman. either personally. through
newspapers. or Ghrous1 q pamphl@t. II
waten twu sFtak This - aDsut twsp-ilths
OF ticse ihas far lea--ea abos.t
n thts connection { = prope~ u quote
from Hines History OF Oregon 90 i4sl
nrst Published ia iS5i bat evidently not
vEat-yn later than 1Al5. In speaking q
ise1a troubles in 1>4--ss lie says. The
ARRIVAL cfs2 Iarge parry OF emsSrants
abt9t tpts time 0>tA. ana the sl,l4eu
Gsorrfrre % DT. WhitnaR 10 .he United
STATE vita the aV1wsd lntanttst of
trire.a~ back with h,n "A many as ne
rots1 enlist for oregon. served 10 hasten
t.ea 80 sAe above c0nciuSi0a" char the
whites naG 9e~p-ia4A sr1eue . destroy
ttHt0 ard sake V0s session % gheir cour-
tFSf a .sste~ was reviewed from u n
" PtTsirs AZ TIE Dates. ~ ~h.ra he in
to1uss as that Ire Nsscoesra and Walla
Wsiss Indians BAD communicated 20 sim
tae -oiiowing informant ssn That the In
a.asls svs very snpca exsspsvAtea AGAINST
taa whites sn consequence Of 50 many II
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about oregon. qualified as Informal. which
IS evidence there would have been fer
fnsA negotiations II the informal had
promised success The informal did rot
So promise and the reason was chat the
two senators from Missouri being SCUM l.
81 On the subject OF a conventional d.
visionai line repu3sed ghc suggestion with
an earnestncss which put an end 10 y.
Il they had yielded the valley Of the co..
lamba would have been divided" t2en-
ton Thirty Years IN the United states
Senate" vol 2 g. 49, Hence. according
~ Mr. Beuton. Webster was willing prI-
yately 20 Yicid all naTfh of the Columbia
in August. is39 sfd would have done 80
had Il not besa Tor Senators Benton and
Linn
Even with ghelr opposition. Mr., Web
sfer himself acknowledged IN 1876. 81 a
speech that ae wss willing 90 grant the
sixe 70 England q abe Columbia river pr
raaDsutly nr fer number 81 years and
She tse Cf the straits ana sounds ln the
adjacent sea and the islands sIoaS the
Coast south II g degree. that IS r. u.---
essari. Pee weud haNe yielaed taai nsuch.
Again. in ISIS De said that the - John
river. en- the northeast boundary &c
Maine Na~ a srth hundred times as
much as the Columbia was Ter au pir~
E,seS ~ human ase. or ever would be,
tNeDsfeTS Speeches vol 3 g. 1E.4 This
MAS three years after Dr Wh1tman Vas
there ans after Oregon as national
question bad entered intn the president ~
tlsttlan 81 i.83 saa about the time the
Ortson treaty was MATE.
TN.ss an EcSilsA wrfter. iu his ''OFeeoa
Territory" ta "a wri'tsn Jauns~y lsas4.
ssys thA; NJ WetstgT's anglcipAf}oas
y.erc Shat oregon voula fu,sn az some not
eeFy distant day sra independent ccnfes,-
ttattan.
Tegse was also taIs ~ trading oeezon
II ia 3s-- 3 rsseiltsaa ha3 i-ssu iaFr4-
6uceI snsa ce1xFsss BY MI Sa3Gnf ~
~ ete Island asking ghe president Ia
open segps iafiens NTH Great britain %
exensawe oregon Fos r ppsr Canada Il
l~a Mr. Chesie. sea&en< from MasS4chs.-
s*its. AIR. WeasfeF's state. Webster not
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-06

then being in the senate. having left Il
TO accept TIE position OF secretary OF
state and fhen in 1875 having resigned
that posstiont, limited again at e9uiSa-
tents for Oregon" This alarmed Mr..
RresSe Of Illinois, who es5 not know what
was meant unless i, might be money or
sonnet hing like Mr.. knights idea Of iSss.
Thus there was talk OF trading on Ore
gon.
These items ali correspond with the
statements of Mesxrs. Gray and Spaiding
that there was talk uf trading OF oregon.
Mr.. Webster the author OF the treaty or
1s4s. the secretary of state when DR.. Whit
man reached Washington, placing low
value On Oregon ne himself having
stated in ISi5 that he was opposed TO The
territeria. enlargement OF the United
States.
, True by 1873. much Information had
been disc minated about Oregon. espe-
etally. in the West and yet the facts re-
main that in i>4l the senate by vote
OF 81 TO IL did not think the subject Of
enough importance TO call for the corre-
spondeuce on the subject. and in 1916 Mi.
Webster. who had charge of the business
when DIR. Whitman reached Washington.
had not obtained an idea OF tenth OF
TIE value OF the Columbia.
Messrs. Geiger, p =. Whitman. Spaid-
ing and Gray also state that Webster was
not disposed 10 yield TO Drs w nismtn :
representa- tons OF the value OF Oregon.
hence he went To- President Tyler. who Is
tened more favorabiy and at last said
that nothing more should be done until
he should hear whether or not DR.. Whit
Tan could get the emigrant wagons to
the Columbia
From Washington DR.. Whitman went
to New York TO obtain the influence CT
Horace Greeley. who was known TO be a
friend of Oregon. He was dressed rather
roughly when he reached the house. and
the servant girl, when she opened
the door. not liking his looks.
said about Mr.. Greeley. mot at
home. but MIR. Greeley. coming
around az that moment. saw the
doctor going away. and not caring fer
looks much more than the doctor did,
called him back. and they had a long talk
about oregon.
Next he went 10 Boston. and according
TO +. Il. Whitman. DR.. Geiger and Mr..
Gray, was received at first rather rough
IL because he had left His post without
permission. and because the board had
no money TO use for opening the western
country TO settlement.
Having visited relatives in New York
state he returned to Missouri. and waited
some time for the emigration - get
ready. Here We come 10 another SUI ject
of controversy. how much DR.. Whitman
did TO influence this emigration TO come.
Ii has been stated that he got up the
emigration by some, and IL mas been de-
MED by others that he did anything TO
influence any to come The writer takes
a middle view. because the evidence sus-
tains this view. He has gathered infor-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-06
Counterfeit Pennies.

In isEs there was a great ahEindsnm q
copper cents. which aroused the su~tss =
OF the government exports. fsopss a
wonder what proSt there w0aih y
cyunterssiting cents. but ~ msssa y
fact IL proved highly lucrative
ness. A copper cent - hard. Fsfs ~ 4
per Is soft 4 pound Of COPPER eoss i
cents. and from pound 100 pssfsni@
b< made The experts pas an end =
game ia short order bring led 10 ~
coyerg- Of the counterfeit by the 80
appearance CT the coins.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-06

II is n wise eoafrfyaBCe O. nasuss -
prevents "a mans siGuabers from Oss's
turbed by hss own snoring.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-06

Sote-~The next article viii contain
record 81 scientific s0uudinEs IN -
Washington which explode old traa''sSs
Of unneasurab.e depths OF water.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-06
Lake Washington.

In February 1Ss9 the United States
fish commission planted a75 go FRY of The
common white5ish tGoregGnps cIgpci-
iornlsI In Lake Washington az Seattle.
In June. isss. Mr.. a h. AiexaEdeE visited
this lake and began "A series OF obserYa-
ticns for the purpose % determining the
results q this planting % fish. After n
few obzeTy tons ne was called sway 70
other work. but returned and again took
up tire inquiry November .. continuing
Il To- January n following
General description az Lake Washington
This lake r. situated ia King ecunty,
Washington. Ia greatest length. which
iiss nearly due NORTH ard south. i BAs
miles. and its greatest width. from Ier-
Ger slough across Mercer Island "a the
west shore. IS about ~ miles. The great
est wie b o. open water Is about half =
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
Pleasure Graft Caught in a Squall and
 Capsized.
Entire Family From Bridge port, Conn.,, Among the
 Victims.
Captain of the Schooner Loses His Three Little Boys-Only Four
 Survivors.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

KEY WEST, Fla, March 3.-The schooner Speedwell. Captain Collier from Marco, Fla, for Key West, was struck by a squall to-day while of Marquesas, eighteen miles from here and capsized. Nine persons were drowned out of thirteen on board.
 Among the victims were three chil- dren of Captain Collier-George, Tom and Wilbur, aged respectively four six and eight, and the entire Nichols family-Bradley Nichols and his wife their son and the latters wife, and two grandchildren. The family was from Bridgeport, Conn.
 Those saved are: Captain Collier; Samuel Rates, deckhand; Jesse Green, deckhand, and R. w. Bates of Myers, Fla, a passenger.
 The Nichols family is said to have been well-to-do. All had been staying for a month or two at a small hotel kept by Captain Collier at Marco, and they were on their way home.
 The survivors say the Speedwell was making slow headway this morning against head wind About ' o'clock Captain Collier was at the wheel and the Nichols family and the Collier children were in the cabin asleep. Sud- denly a squall came bowling up abeam. Rates and Green rushed to take in sail, but as the jib Tapped loose the squall caught the schooner and blew her over on the port side. Collier, the deckhands and MT. Bates were swept into the sea, but caught the rigging just in time to save themselves.
 The wind. rain and waves drowned the dying cries of the imprisoned Mich ols family and the Collier children. They were penned down below like rats The wife of the younger Nichols rose to the skylight. She waved her hand to the men, and that is the last they saw of her. The elder MT. Nichols was the only one to get out of the cabin, but he was swept away and drowned.
 The men who escaped lashed them selves to the rigging. After the sea subsided they got the dingy loose, bailed her out with a hat, broke a thwart into two pieces and with these for oars rowed toward Marquesas. After going three miles they were picked up exhausted by fishing sloop and brought here about 4 o'clock this afternoon Soon after being in port Captain Collier and Jesse Green went out on the yacht Buccaneer, accom- panied by diver, to try to recover the bodies.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
4 NEW ERA IN
 GOLD MINING Unique Reduction WOrkS to Be ESta bliShed at
 BarStOw. Important Event in Southern CalifOrnla'S Mining
 History. Capital Invested in Low Grade Ore Ledges Will Soon Begin to
 Yield Returns.
Special Dispatch to the Call.

POMONA, March 3.-A most import ant event in Southern California min ing is the contracting for a flfty-stamp mill, combined with a modern cyanide and smelter, at Barstow, in San Der nardino County. The contract for the reduction works has been signed this week, the Colorado Iron Works of Den yer getting 1t. Stamps will be set up by June, and the whole reduction plant will be ready to do business by Au- gust.
 F. M. Moers and c. D. Burcham, who have made fortunes in Randsburg and desert mines, back the enterprise, and the Santa Fe Railroad Company has also aided the project. In some par ticulars the cyanide works will be unique.
 Samuel W. Bedding of St. Louis, who bought the White Granite group of lowgrade gold mines on the Mojave desert several weeks ago for $40,000, said to-day: "The reduction works at Barstow will be the best that money can provide. The works will do much toward the development of the mining industry of Southern Cali fornia. The opening of this plant will mark new era in gold mining in this region. Tens of thous- ands of dollars now invested in low grade lodges will begin to yield returns to their investors. The institution will be able to handle 800 tons of ore day by the three reduction processes, and by some additions at any time the ca pacity may be increased to 800 tons. Some of the machinery is loaded at Denver now and the grading for the spur railroad which will connect the reduction works with the Santa Fe Railroad is progressing.
 "The plant will be located on the ele- vation just west of Barstow station. The ore will be run upon the hill and dumped into chutes to the mill. The tailings will be run from the mill to the cars on lower tracks and thus min imize the expense. The Mojave River, near by, will be pumped for water for the institution. With the reduction works in running order the value of all desert gold mines in Southern Caiifor- mia will be increased many fold"
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
BLACKMAN CONVICTED
 OF ENTERTAINMENT
As Secretary of the Los Angeles Lighting Company He Pur-
 Joined S3OOO

LOS ANGELES, March 3.-At II o'clock this evening a jury, alter being out five hours, found w. R. Blackman, ex-secre- tary of the Los Angeles Lighting Com pany guilty of embezzlement Blackman was for years trusted ernploye of the company. He was an expert accountant and 1t was great surprise to the people of this city when some time ago he was founG to be an embezzler. This fact he admitted to the officers of the lighting company, stating that ne had taken some where about $3000 Blackman was d prom inent member of the church and moved in high society social circles
 A few days after the discoveries with regard to Blackman, Captain NJ. G. Bol- ton, the bookkeeper of the company, com. mitted suicide. His accounts were found to be short. Blackman's defense was that the shortage charged against fini was really Bottoms shortage, but the Jury did not believe him.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
ENGLISH ELECTIONS
 PASS OFF QUIETLY.
Returns Show the Progressives Have Elected Sixty-Seven Candidates
 and the Moderates Forty.

LONDON, March 3.-The elections have passed off with no notable incident. The attempt of the Earl of Denbigh to oust John Burns in Battersea failed. The Earl Russell, progressive candidate, was de- feated at Hammersmith. Among those reelected were the Earl of Hardwicke, Baron Monkswell. Sir Horace Farquahar, the Right Hon. G. J. Shaw-Lefevre and Sir J. B. Tundell Maple.
 The latest returns show that the pro- eressiyes have elected sixty-seven of thetr candidates and the moderates forty. A recount will be necessary in Chelsea and the results in the city proper, Full nam and Wadsworth will not be declared until tomorrow. Thus far the progress sives show net gain of thirteen seats. The moderates have gained only two seats in Central Ffnsbury, and this was owing to split in the progressive ranks.
 The pollings show no marked increase over previous elections, but the return of a number of extreme socialists is fea- ture of the result. It is expected that the progressives will have majority of at least twenty-four in the new County Council.
 Despite the dfsagreeable sleet and rain great crowds awaited the results in Fleet street at Battersea and other cen ters of exciting contests There was a great gathering of Liberal politicians at the National Liberal Club, where the progressive victories were hailed with delighted cheering.