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Under a Fog.

~ HE spiritualists of London are
complaining that by reason of
the fogs of London town the
spirits are seriously interfered with
i'm their work of manifesting them
selves to the faithful; and that persons
OF mediumistic powers ought not to
live there. Just how the fogs inter-
rupt the activities of the spirits the
spiritualists do not tell us. and per
haps they do not know themselves
the relations between spirit and mat
ter are too subtle and elusive for the or
binary human mind to grasp 1t has
oeen popularity supposed that spirits
preferred n hazy atmosphere: that the
denser the fog the better they liked II
and the more freely and enthusiastieal-
~ would they rap tables, pat cheeks.
blow horns, play guitars and pranks
and otherwise offer the most skeptical
incontestable proofs of the Immortality
of the soul
The vulgar minded have assumed
that the whole business is enveloped
in fog. and that sans fogs. sans haze.
sans mist. sands a mighty dim relig-
ious light of some kind the spirits
were not in ii and could not get in it,
To such lengths of doubt and unbelief
and gross materialism will the isno-
rant madly rush. People who are deep
ly versed in these things. who have
spent heir lives cutivating the ac-
quaintance of spirits. spectres. phan-
tasms. visions. all the inhabitants of
spookdom, have reached an opposite
conclusion. In the gloom of fog. il
Is next to impossible for anybody how
ever proficient to keep up his spirits.
Al any kind of a seanee held under
such conditions even the spirit of the
occasion is lacking, and the most adept
doesn't get ghost of show. 10 SUM-
mon any spirits then YOU will first have
To enter into negotiations with the
bartender. and even If such neeotia
tions are successful the spirits will
disappear i'm wink. And If fog is bad
for spirits. how much worse for their
constitutions must be the fumes of sui
phuf smoke
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sylvania the court instructed the jury
that it was TO consider the question of
Runk's insanity. but that the mere
fact of his suicide was not Of itself a
conclusive proof of insanity. When
the case got into the supreme court,
that court sustained all the positions
of the court below, and even went
step farther 1t held that the insur-
ance cannot be collected against
company even when there is the ex-
press stipulation that the question of
suicide shall be waived. In some
states suicide is itself crime, and I'M
successful attempts are punishable by
imprisonment. Therefore It is against
public policy to enforce contracts in
which the commission of crime is ex-
pressly permitted as a part of the stip-
ulations
The effect of this decision will be TO
check suicides committed for the sake
OF the insurance. Life Insurance rec
ords show that the number of such
cases is large. Men in financial
straits. men of miss-spent lives or for
tunes, men living under the shadow of
some impending disgrace, not infre-
quently are willing to destroy them
selves If by so doing they can leave
their families in comfort by means of
their life insurance. Deprived of this
privilege, such men will not be so
prone to make way with themselves.
Rather, IL they have the affection for
their families which a willingness to
die for them implies. will they be
spurred on TO continue the battle of
life at all hazards to the end
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suicide and Insurance.

~ HE most interesting Of the de-
cisions of minor importance
rendered by the United States
supreme court in long time is one
TO the effect that insurance cannot he
collected on the life of sane suicide
The facts in the ease We're that one
William NJ. Runk. finding himself
heavily involved by various business
transactions some of them of a ques-
uonable character. took thought unto
himself how he might save his bust
ness associates at the expense of the
life Insurance companies and his life.
Accordingly, ne insured his life for
various large sums until he had six
policies ia the Mutual Life Insurance
company Of New York. the aggregate
of which was half a million dollars.
The proofs that Runk had deliberately
killed himsel for the purpose Of get
ting this insurance we're plentiful. con-
sisting mostly OF his own written adj
missions Of such an intention in 1ari-
Gus letters. hi the trial court iii Penn
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Not So Bad.
rH HE embellishments OF 1897 in this
country amounted to a known
tr.in ana lnnn

~rHE embezzlements OF 1897 in this
country amounted to a known
total of sl1 900 000-how much
more there is no means of telling. That
is the sum of which New York fidel-
ity company has cognizance. 1t adj
mits that its statistics are imperfect
IL does not profess To have access to all
sources of information, and besides
many entertainments are hushed up
ana never come to light at all In ex-
act figures the total amount of money
embezZled which has come under the
eye OF this company is $11, 154. $50. The
amount stolen from the federal and
state governments was s2,176,S32, and
from municipalities $1,41S,271. The
thief laid his hands on the funds of
benevolent associations to the extent
of $222,351. and on court trust funds to
the extent of 1928, 1893. The other vic
Tins of embezzlement were transporta-
ton companies, savings and building
and loan associations, insurance COM
panies. banks, commercial corporations
and firms. The miscellaneous steal
ings of the whole country would, If
they could be known, reach a much
higher aggregate than this. but the
item given in the report
is only $653,159. Eleven million dollars
is big sum of money; yet after all it
does not look so big a stealing when
account is taken of the vast sums of
money, the billions and billions. han
died during the course of a year by
people to whom the money does not
belong. Relatively, eleven millions is
a mere bagatelle. There is too much
dishonesty in the world, there is no
doubt about that, but on the other
hand the amount of honesty. fidelity
and good faith is magnificent. There
is yet no occasion for pessimism and
despair.
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Canada's Estimate of the kiondilse.

n NOTHING that can be said or done
IN will stay the rush TO the klon-
dixie. 1t is only people who have
sense enough TO stay at home anyway
who can understand and appreciate
such advice as is given in Captain Ray $
report to this government. or as may be
found in chapter on the Klondike in
the official year book for 1897 just is
sued by the government OF British CO.
lumbia. This publication estimates the
actual yield Of geld from the creeks
near Dawson in 1897 at about $500. 600.
ii Il added tina. every dollar If this gold
cost a dollar or more To produce it. The
10000 people who went i'm 1897 10 The
Yukon region spent each about 5000.
making an outgo of S.. 000. 0oo against
the s3,500.000 Of gold mined If. as ex-
Dected. 100000 persons 90 this year. the
expenditure in 1898 viii be SCI. 900, 900.
whereas the gold TO be mined In the next
ten years in the Klondike country Is es-
timated at about $4,000. 900 altogether.
The estimate Is made that nine out
Of ten persons going to the Klendike win
make failure. The year book saws
that Of the claims along Bonanza creek
che hundred will yield $4,000. Coo Claim
No. 80 viii yield 100000. Ter other
claims will yield 500, O0e each. Pans
average from $3.50 to $500. although $40
may be regarded as the average III rich
diggings. All the ground within miles
Of Dawson has long been staked off by
claimants. 50 that newcomers without
capital will find nothing IN the kloudike.
The gold-besrinS area is vast and COM
prises a region 81 about $4,000 square
miles within CANADIAN territory, Ii say
nothing of the area in Alaska.
About 10000 square miles gf the Ca
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GERMAN BLUT LAUS.
Ii Is the Same Pest the san Jose Scale.
Waiting Investigation.

Berlin, Feb. S.-An official newspaper To-
day says the identity of the German biut
laus with the San Jose scale is on the
authority of the president OF the Pomo-
logical college at Gresenheim. In the
reichstag to-day. before the budget COM
mittee. Count Posadowski. minister OF
the interior, said the san Jose louise. ac-
cordins tn cntomologists was n very dam
gerous insect The federal government, he
added, had been urged TO act promptly
but considerably. and expert investiSa-
tons were proceeding. upon which The
inal decisions of the government would
be based. Regarding the United States
treatment Of German sugar he said ne
EQUATIONS were progressing, the result
of which must he awaited
Baron Won Thielmann secretary of the
imperial treasury. admitted that the com
plants of unfair customs treatment Of
German sugars We're justified. and he
thought that the revival of the American
beet sugar industry was especially inju-
rious 10 the German export trade.
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Disguised klondilSers.

Victoria. Feb. s.-A special from Nanai-
mo states that the steamer Noyo arrived
there from Skaguay, She had p disguised
passengers aboard. tired of the country
after their first experience and severely
denouncing the Klondke rush. The treas
ure on board was $4,000. One of the pas
sengers said 200 men could do all the work
offered at Skaguay aud that there We're
at least 500 men there who had nothing
To do but drink and gamble. When the
Noyo passed the position of the Corona
was more critical than heretofore report
ed. The Noyo had no communication with
the wrecked passengers on Lewis island.
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lACTED AS MiNISTERINC ANGEL.
Indiana Girl Nursed Her Wounded Lover
and Parents Said Yes.

The fact that parental objections
must usually yield to true love has
again been emphasized at Shelbyville
Ind, where, three months ago, while
returning from festival at Geneva,
George Maple proposed marriage to
Miss Bertha Van Gordon. who informed
the young man that owing to the OBJ
jections of her parents she would have
TO refuse him. When Maple reached
the Van Gordon home he assisted his
sweetheart from his buggy bade her
good night, climbed into his rig and
started home.
He had not gone far. however, when
the girl heard two reports from a re-
volver. She aroused her father. who,
goind down the road, found Maple on
the side of the road wallowing in pool
of blood and two bullet holes in his
abdomen.
Assistance was secured and the
young man carried into the Van Gordon
home. where he was nursed to health
by the girl he loved. and there this
evening he was united in marriage to
her. having gained the consent of the
obstinate parents.
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TEN PAGES.
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY .. 1898.
Franey's AcquittaI.
A IR. THOMAS FRANEY has been
vi triumphantly acquitted of the
rharcp afs yyot,,.,l a,s;s,,,4 r Dos,

A 1R. THOMAS FRANEY has been
M triumphantly acquitted of the
j charge Of numbering Paul
kroeger. For his unpleasant detention
pending his trial and vindication, he
deserves Butte's humblest apology 1t
did look very much at one time as if
somebody had been murdered. and as
If Mr.. Franey and his business associ-
ate, Mr.. Moody, knew something about
it-but all this was a mistake. the off,
GERS We're too hasty in their conelu-
sions. The verdict of the coroner's
jury which pronounced Mr.. Kroeger
dead should now be reversed and
new trial granted. AS it was possible
that Messrs. Franey and Moody did
not murder Mr.. Kroeger so it is log
ically possible that Mr.. Kroeger was
not murdered, that he died by his own
hand, that he didn't die at all. that
he never lived or died. that he was a
myth and the story of his murder was
a fake.
II is to be regretted that Mr.. Franey
has been put to any trouble and incon-
venience in the matter. but perhaps it
is not too late to make partial amends
In addition to his own freedom he
should be given the freedom of the
city. He viii take ii anyway. and ii
would be better to make 1t a voluntary
gift. His vindication should be as
complete as possible; there should be
no stint of brass bands. fireworks, pop
uiar parades. gala decorations. arches
of triumph, elaborate banquets and
other public and private festivities.
He was accused of a horrible crime.
an unfortunate combination of cireum-
stances seemed to strengthen the ac-
cusation, and his life was put i'm jeo-
pardy. That is to say. il appeared to
be put in jeopardy-appearan are
very deceitful in Butte sometimes. Ap-
parently murders are sometimes COM
mitted in Silver Bow county, but
whether they really are or not is
questionable action of juries raises at
least a reasonable doubt. Anyway
Messrs Moody and Franey have been
acquitted and indicated They never
murdered anybody. They are good.
law-abiding citizens. They were under
clouds. but they waited until the
clouds We're rolled away by the proper
~ constituted authorities. They can
walk the streets of Butte holding up
their heads as high as the next man.
and also holding up-but they never
did such a thing.
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radian gold-bearing district are included
in the water shed of the Yukon river, so
that the Canadian gold fields have an
area as large as that of France. and
larger by 10000 square miles than Eng
land, Scotland ana Ireland II Is these
statements that allure the multitude
people fancy that all they have TO do is
to go there. find acres Of gold nuggets
and scoop them up by the shoveiful.
Geologiealiy, the gold field corresponds
with that Of California. being in the
same mineral belt. ana with the Cariboo
and Cassiar mining regions. famous
fifty years ago. Rich gold prospects have
been actually found IL an area from ten
TO one hundred and fifty miles wide
and six hundred miles long, embracing
one hundred thousand square miles.
Only small part of this region is in
cluded in the Klondixe basin When the
whole field has been exploited it viii
probably be found to be the most extern
sive and richest in the world
The Canadian authority says that il
will probably be found that the pro-
ducing region extends all the way from
Klondike southwark in a line roughly
parallel with the coast and some nun
dreds of miles inland TO the northern
border of the United States. The Seat
tie Post Intelligencer notes that nothing
Is said in this about the millions upon
millions OF dollars worth Of gold to be
found on the Alaskan side of this divid-
ing line. Yet in Southeastern Alaska, |
on the islands, at the mouth of Cook |
inlet. on Copper river, almost wherever
a stream comes down from the noun
tains to American waters, gold is to he |
found in more or less profitable guam |
titles"
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Montana and Montanans.

Although trife early the local polfti-
cal pot begins To simmer and many have
office bees in their honnets thar only an
election viii satisfy.-Towuseud star
The boys are assaying everything in
camp. You would think hy The sound ~
the mortar and pestte they were gayybrIs
tiuktinE from every nook and corner. hut
it'S only the boys prosprctsng.-Twi
Bridges Monitor.
W. ". Alc"rs7u uI the Rozemau Avant
Courier. who is now ia Washington
writes to his paper that Colonel Rraa-
shaw. of Montana fame Is ,ouspirifa5,s
around tAe capitol h.Aius tle pr,vi.sc,s
oI the floor of The house ana th4t solo
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JAPAN.
THE OPTIMIST.

oh. fair Japan. oh, rare Japan!
Thou land of ancient trees,
Where lotus blossoms fringe the path
And perfume every breeze;
Where lilies bend their fragrant heads
TO kiss thy FLASHING streams.
And dark-skinned nesans, Acknowledged,
Wake long forgotten dreams.
Thy hills. crown-capped with sacred
groves,
Inclose thy gilded shrines;
In grottoes where the iris blooms
Drop sweet wistaria vines.
Mysterious languor seems to hang
Ger mountain. plain ans rill;
An unreality of life
Doth all the senses fill.
Thine ancient shrines to Buddha blest,
With Shintos gilded spires,
Proclaim soul-sustaining rest,
And ecstasy inspires.
Oh. sweet it is to dwell in thee,
Land of the Rising Sun.
Where beauty. age and mystery
Combine themselves in one.
THE PEssIMIsT.
Oh hang Japan. oh, dang Japan.
A land of gnats and feas,
Where noisome odors fill the air,
And float on every breeze.
Where men run naked in the streets,
Wear spectacles for clothes,
And old and young and rich and poor
Eschew the use of hose.
OH land devoid of knives and forks
OF tables, chairs and beds,
Where women black their teeth and
shave
Their little babies heads
I've had enough. | have no use
"a quiet New York mani
For all this nude simplicity
Careering round Japan.
I've had enough of cloisonne;
OF ivory carvings. too;
or ancient. rare Satsuma jugs.
(Which probably are new.
l hate the sight of Buddha fat:
He's too Internal calm
And temples. shrines. red lacquer ware
And daimios. l damn.
Boy. bring my clothes up from the wash
As quickly as you can.
Sir Edwin Arnold writes "A lot
OF hosh about Japan.
I'm shivering cold: I'm ringing wet;
I've been an idle dreamer.
TO Yokohama let me get
And there aboard a steamer,
Pacific Commercial Advertiser.
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TROOPS ORDERED NORTH.
Four Companies win Preserve Order at
Dyea and Skaguay.

Portland. Ore. Feb. 8.-orders Were re-
ceived to-day at department headquar-
ters at Vancouver barracks to send four
companies of United States troops to
Dyea and Skaguay as soon as possible.
This order was issued on account of the
threatened lawlessness at the two points
mentioned. Companies A. b. G. and IL of
the Fourteenth infantry have therefore
been ordered TO take station at Skaguay
and Dyea. and soon as transportation
can be arranged they will be sent for
ward. The Pacific Coast Steamship COM
pany has chartered the steamship Austria
lia one of the Pacific mail fleet,
and there is Il probability that she will
be sent here to transport the troops
north
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~ oNERNoR PINGREE Of Mchi-
" gan is a lively and vivacious per-
sonality. Opinionated, dogmaiic
assertive he is at the same time honest
and high-minded, and the people of
Michigan love him for the enemies he
has made in large assortment of
street-car and other monopolistic cor
rorations. He is a bimetallist and IS
trying To steer the republican party of
Michigan that way. Most of the re-
publican papers of the state, preferring
to accept the steer of Mr.. Mckinley, are
assailing Pingree with much bitterness
and bilingsgate. The Detroit Tribune.
whose admiration for the great potato
champion is at least qualified. declares
that the inevitable consequences of the
present style of campaign will be the
strengthening of Pingree in every com
munity in which these virulent papers
may circulate. The people have long
had the idea that he was a sort of mar
tyr. They believed 1t in Detroit. and
they testified to that opinion by rolling
up maJorities for him such as no other
candidate was ever able to command.
This belief is spreading in the state and
II VIII continue to spread. No man was
ever more fortunate in the kind of OBJ
position he encountered than Mr.. Pin
gree, and there are unmistakable evil
dences that the gods still love him
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4 IfAnNn Iinn.

Fresno Cal Feb, S.-The Barton estate
vineyard. one Of the largest in this conn
Try, has been very heavily assessed 10y
the United states government for irrega-
iIrities Oh The matter Of distiling. the
penalty fixed being THE unusually heavy
fine of Mrzlg
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OFF for Alaska.

Seattle. Wash. Feb. S.P A. Walsh of
Ottumwa, Iowa. secretary of the demo-
cratic national committee, arrived here
to-day on his way TO the Klondike. Mr..
Walsh comes i'm advance of party of
81 Iowans and South Dakotans, who will
leave here for Stewart river about the
latter part of the month
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Bourke Cochran delivered an address
on Charity" in Philadelphia the other
evening. He said that charity lis es-
sentially the doctrine of human broth
erhood, therefore, of federation, which
leads to equality and results in democ-
racy.' Mr.. Cochran himself has shown
deficit of the quality that results in
democracy, ever since the summer of
1896
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senator Mason desires the Cubans to
bear i'll mind that the grand stand is
with them. Notwithstanding some tall
perndy and dishonor on the part Of the
umpire
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Messrs. Moody and Franey should be
content with the liberty that has been
given them. II they attempt To take
any more liberties around Butte. a
change of Venue may remove their
cases from Judge Clancy To Judge
Lynch.
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MIR Franey is able to be out and
around. thank you, and hopes Mr..
Luetgert and Sheriff Martin will soon
be the same.
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Evidently the prosecuting attorney in
the lola case stands in with the court
much better than some of his esteemed
western contemporaries
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New York Ofice--4S Tribune Building.
Chicago Office-4es The Rookery
The $. c. Beckwith Special Agency.
Sole Agents Foreign Advertising.
Washington Bureau-1ii5 G. street,
y. w
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Spokane. Wash. Feb S-Thc washed
ont bridge on the Northern Pacific near
Pasco has been repaired and trains are
again running
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As for rejecting the Cuban sentiment
of the American people. the senate is
the house of real representatives.
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Counsel for NJ lola would give few
francs Ia know how to Franeyize his
jury.
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The West Virginia girl who shot a
man for treading on her foot may not
be able To convince the jury that it's a
small matter.
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All general business letters and CORE
spondence should be addressed to the
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Anaconda, Mont
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Messrs. Riley and Shadwell will now
please step up to the vindication coun-
ter and help themselves
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Billy Mason is going To give Wall
street another scare for its money any
wAN
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TO ADVERTISERS.

The Anaconda Standard guarantees its
advertisers a bona fide paid circulation.
Daily and Sunday, three times greater
than that of any other newspaper pub
lished in the state of Montana. Advertis-
ing contracts will be made subject to
this guarantee.
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AS a man of letters there's no post
age or flies due on Mr.. Irwin.
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Seattle, Wash. Feb. S--The steamer
Cleveland sailed for Alaska tonight with
200 passengers.
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The Standard has branch Offices al
Butte. Mfssoula and Great Falls. where
advertising rates will be furnished on APP
plicatinn
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AS usual. the queens speech to par
lament was figure of speech.
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Main ofiice-Standard Building. Ana
conda. Telephone No. ].
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$1,000 REWARD.

VIII be paid for the arrest and convic-
tion of any person caught stealing the
Standard from subscribers