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THEY CAN PRACTICE.
A Colored Man Among the Successful APP
~plicants for "A Certificate.
.neciaI Dlsnatch to the STANDARD.

Special Dispatch to the STANDARD.
Helena. July 5.-The supreme court to-
day announced the results of the recent
examination of candidates for certificates
TO practice law in the state. Eleven of the
Is applicants were successful. One OF
them. @. Il. Aldrich of Great Falls, Is a
colored man and il said to he the first of
his race ever admitted TO practice in the
state.
The successful candidates were: Harry
Yaeger. Helena: J. g. Moroney, Anacon-
da: II. s. Tullas. &. r. Rueger, James NJ.
Lewis. Butte: +. w. Mettler, Benton;
Charles Loring, Kalispell; a. L. Mcln-
tosh, Bozeman: g. b. Aldrich. A. j. wal
rath. Great Falls: NJ. Mcleod, Manhat-
tan.
Testimony was heard by the supreme
court to-day in the proceedings recently
instituted to prevent Bell and Kent from
carrying out their contract for the de-
signing OF the state capitol, on the ground
that they were not citizens of the state at
the time the contract was made with the
commission. Mr.. Bell testified to the ef-
feet that they were citizens at that time,
having moved here fullyintending TO make
this state their home.
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soon gave up. finding the fight too hot
for them. They turned to attack the
Gloucester. with the result that pres
emily both Wanted boats were aire and
ashore. Just before the finish the New
York arrived in time to take a crack or
two at them. but practically they were
the easy prey of the Gloucester. which
was nothing more warlike than a pleas
ure yacht in private ownership when
the war broke out. Before Sundays
battle was over. the Pluton and the
Juror were a total wreck. while the
Gloucester became Admiral Cervera's
refuge. Meanwhile the Terror. the
third OF these alleged modern destroy
ers. was put out of service by Com
modore Sigsbee several days ago
Among naval authorities the hope
had been entertained hat this wars sea
operations would put the modern tor
pedo boat destroyer to the test and help
to show whether in fact the cumber-
some modern battleship is a thing Of
the past. The test on SPANS three
boats will hardly be deemed conclusive:
the battles thus far fought IN the sea
show hat the Spanish navy, in its
personal outfit. is so inferior as to fur
nish little to go by in estimating the
relative value of naval construction.
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They Arc i'm Line.

fCEEP track Of the movements of
n the free coinage forces-they are
y all in line. In Tennessee the
convention that nominated Benton Nc
MILAN for governor. by reclamation.
adopted a platform which is in full ac-
cord with the Chicago platform and
in warm sympathy with the policy
which silver's friends have pursued in
congres during the present session.
The democrats in Pennsylvania are
in line. The plan of some Of the mem
bers in the state convention was to
limit the platform exclusively to state
issues, as corruption in the admins
tration Of state affairs is the years
central question. These men prevailed,
in the framing Of the platform, but for
the office of governor the Pennsylvania
democrats nominated George A. jerks.
who was a pronounced advocate Of
Bryan in 1896. He received 306 votes
against lie votes given for Gordon, a
recognized gold democrat.
The Georgia democrats are in line.
They also held their state convention
last week. They nominated Allen u.
a platform that pledges Georgia de-
mocracy without reserve 10 the hearty
supper OF the Chicago platform. These
states follow Indiana, Michigan and
Minnesota in a cordial pledge to keep
the silver issue steadfastly TO the
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-06
Mining Made Legitimate.

~ direct Importance to every man
- engaged in mining in Montana
is the decision announced yes
terday by the supreme court of this
state in the matter Of the relation Of
stockholders responsibility to capital
ization.
Every man who reads the Standard
know what the practice-amounting to
a custom-has been. Mining properties
worth a few thousand dollars. or a few
hundred. or even worth nothing. have
been capitalized in magnificent millions
and stock issued accordingly. Thus the
value of the properties. represented by
the amount of stock. has been an alb
surd fiction. In the case that has just
been disposed Of, the property involved
was deemed by a lower-court jury to
he worth si25, 900; it was incorporated
with a capital of $500. 900.
The decision of the supreme court cf
Montana is that, under the laws of our
state, this wildcat stock process must
stop; that is. 10 say, mining men must
stop IL unless they want to assume a
very large liability as stockholders.
when things happen TO go wrong. II
they want to be rich in stock. they must
The opinion in this case very clearly
i'm advance certain quotations.
that might arise. A man is not 10 pay,
when trouble comes, a penalty for
honest error in judgment: good faith
in the valuation put upon the property
is what the law demands, and all that
it demands" But a valuation II mil
lions on property worth hundreds does
not stand.
The effect Of this decision is simply
60 bring mining properties. in respect
and legitimate basis that obtains in
the organizing of mercantile and other
corporations. The opinion handed down
yesterday vas prepared by Judge
Hunt. 1t is so admirably written. so
clear and SO practical hat the stand
ard prints this morning a very full
summary of 1t. in the belief that it will
be read by every intelligent business
man with interest; and we feel very
sure that the courts well-expressed
conclusions will be everywhere re-
ceived with favor. because they AXE
the last long stride, in the name Of law.
that was needed To make mining a
wholly legitimate business.
That is a step hat ought TO have
been taken long ago. And while a
hardship thus bears upon individuals
since the amount involved in the pres
ent instance is large-the effect Of the
decision, respecting the capitalization
of mining properties. will be so whole
some and So beneficial that IT will win
universal commentator and bring dis
tinct credit TO Montana's supreme
bench.
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GOLD DUST N NEWS.
The New England the First Boat To Ar
rive From Dawson Direct.

f'NS
Vancouver. July 5.-The first steamer
to arrive from ST. Michaels with gold
dust and news from Dawson direct IS
the tug New England. This boat looked
in Nanaimo on July 3. on her way TO
Seattle from the Yukon. and o.. ii. 81.
Denis took the opportunity to post TO
Vancouver. giving the particulars OF at
fairs in the Klondike and on the gold
river Yukon itself. He avs
The tug left Seattle on May % for
st. Michaels with two river boats in tow.
On June Is we ran into thick ice in
Boring sea. but escaped damage to the
vessels and tug. We arrived at 81.
Michaels June 81 and found several
sailing vessels anchored and discharging
their cargoes.
1.-The ice left st. Michaels June is.
The New England was the first steamer
to arrive at St. Michaels. where several
stern-wheel boats are being built for
the Yukon river traffic. At Dutch Har-
Dor. which was reached June %. there
are a great many river boats building
for the Yukon trade. The Yukon river
opened at Dawson June %. A party of
men left Dawson on June 1 in small
open boats and reached st. Michaels
June Is. a distance of 1.s00 miles in IA
LAYS and Is hours. The Yukon Is eight
feet higher than ever known. Dawson
City is flooded.
There is a great lea Of ickness at
Dawson, the death rate being three to
-four daily. Typhoid pneumonia and
scurvy are the prevailing ailments. The
hospital and church at W were
burned down June 4. 1t vas reported
that there were IA. 200 claims registered
and only about 200 are on a paying
basis. 1t is estimated that from s2O,-
900. 900 to $40. 900, 900 viii come out of tie
country this year. A large part of this
is last years output. Outcoming miners
say that new miners will have TO go to
entirely new ground for diggings.
AT Fort Yukon. June 9. there were
q hours and Is minute of sun. ON ac-
count of high water the river steamers
were driven high and dry on the banks
Of the Yukon. The Margaret. Bella,
weare and Victoria were high and dry
at Circle City. about 400 yards from
water. The steamer Seattle, which left
last fall for Dawson with so passengers.
is high and dry Is miles above Circle
City. The Governor Stoneham, with 100
passengers. is on a bar at Fort Yukon.
The May West and st. Michae will be
the first boats to arrive at Dawson.
Many claims are o~btainable for $50.
The poll tax at Dawson is $45: dog tax,
s.. and miners licenses cost SO. All
sick people will have the first chance to
! come down on the first boat for st.
Michaels. A committee of the passen-
gers Of the New England presented the
captain with a large gold nugget from
the Klondike."
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The Wars Surprises.

HUS far IT is n surprise apiece
for the rivals in naval combat
At Manila the spaniards were
completely surprised. Dewey came
upon them bright and early in the
morning-they had not dreamed that he
would enter the hsrbor without a halt
10 find out how il was about torpedues
and mines.
In the second instance the surprise
was ours. All accounts agree in say
ing that our ships were astonished when
the prows Of the Spanish navy ventured
outside Of the harbor of Santiago. Ad-
miral Sampson was not counting on
anything OF the sort. on duty meet
ed with the coast patrol he was so far
from the fight thus hastily precipitated
that he arrived just in time for the
death.
But the parallel ends with the mere
fact Of the surprise; in all other re-
spects the two great laval battles pre-
sent a contrast. The Spaniards At
Manila were not able TO recover from
their surprise. On the contrary. our
ships at Santiago lost not a moment.
They were UT and at 1t instantly fight
ing as effectively as IL they had been
favored with ample notice Of what was
going 10 happen. At first the wonder
was among those who read the news
hat cervera ventured out in broad
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the part of officers and men were, IN
the educated judgment of our special
correspondents, the choicest of the des-
perate fight of Friday and Saturday.
The prospects of European Intervention
on behalf of Spain have vanished. aud
the significant determination of Eng
lishmen and Americans on Independ-
ence day in the United States and Eng
land may well give pause to those con-
tinental countries who are credited with
a design to dictate to America the
terms of peace. Spain, II her statesmen
have any fragments of political wis
dom left, will make terms with her ad-
versary quickly. Delay is dangerous
on many grounds"
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BRAVERY %EUl0GlZEO.
English Newspapers Praise the Work of
American Troops.

London. July 5.-All the papers to-
day m upon the sudden and dra-
matte transformation resulting from
Admiral Cervera's mysterious and sui
cidal maneuver. which various theories
are advanced to explain. All eulogize
the bravery displayed on both sides and
strongly counsel Spain TO accept the
inevitable and sue for peace, which
would entail no disorder.
The Daily Graphic says: IF Senior
Sagasta courts further disasters for fear
of the iingoes in Madrid. he will incur
a terrible responsibility. The Spanish
nag has been borne with undying glory
i'm the face Of tremendous odds, and the
punctilio of honor has been generally
satisfied"
The Daily News tenders similar ad-
vice. Ii says: The Spaniards can hight
and die. SO can the Americans. Am
bsssador Hay. in his glowing and elo-
quent speech of yesterday. glorified in
this thought. but TO their equal courage
Americans add in this unequal combat
with Spain not only vastly superior ma
terial but a devising min
and a skilled organization, without
which bravery is nothing but a means
Of providing stun for the shambles.
The Daily Telegraph comments upon
the way in which the American COM
manders al Santiago. and probably at
Manila also. have fulfilled their predlc-
tons for the Fourth Of July. IL says:
The Americans rushed upon San Juan
in a manner displaying the immense
virility of American manhood. The Mt
ness upon the part Of h American
officers to conduct military operations
and unfinching personal bravery upon
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All Three of Them.

= Y AID SPANS little torpedo ter
rors' been in the right sort Of
j hands. the laval world might
now be able to draw conclusions from
what happened last Sunday morning.
This country had been taught to dread
SPANS torpedo boat destroyers. They
cut a sorry figure of Santiago.
The Pluton and the Juror sailed out
with the rest of the Spanish feet. The
Gloucester attacked them. They ran
past. looking for bigger game and pro-
posing TO do up one or two Of our bat
tIeships. That ambitious purpose they
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-06
A Fourth Of July Murder.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Helena. july 5.-The town of Augusta In
the northern part of this county furnished
a murder among other exciting incidents
of the Fourth Of July celebration. Sheriff
Davidson to-day received a brief telegram
from there announcing that last night
James Hannon had shot and killed Will
liam Noel. The latter at once gave him
self up, claiming that he acted I'm SELF
defense. County Attorney Purcell and
Coroner Brooke have gone to Augusta TO
hold an inquest, and until they return it
will not be very generally known how the
tragedy was brought about. Harmon is
said to live on a ranch about % miles
above Augusta on the north fork of Sun
river.
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On the Other Side.

news is to the effect that
Commodore Watson. with some
of our navy's best material, will
be sent IN the mission that was
planned for him when word was first
received that Camara was headed for
the Philippines.
1t may be that the July events at
Santiago will cause the government at
Washington to revise its programme
and make unnecessary the cruise to
the Mediterranean. If what Sagasta
said yesterday is true, however, the
purpose of the Spanish regency Is to
keep up the semblance of lava war
fare as long as Spain has anything
left tina can be kept afoat on h sea.
Fights in foreign waters will not he
a new experience for the American
navy. In our revolutionary days John
Paul Jones scaled the walls of forti-
fed w~hitehaven. on English soil and
on the edge Of the Irish sea, and
spiked nearly forty guns He cruised
successfully on the coast Of Scotland.
In the early years of the century u
sailors became familiar with the wat
ers along the north coast of Africa,
winning famous victories there-not far
from the places which Watson will at
tack. IL he bombards points on SPANS
southern coast. During u civil war
the historic victory Of the kearsarge
over the Alabama was won within
sight OF the coast of France. almost
exactly on the line Of constant traffic
hetveen France and England.
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Can send Cipher Messages.

New York. July 1.-THE Commercial ca
BILE company yesterday issued the follow
ing notice: We are advised that messages
in code and cipher may now be accepted
for Analogue. Barbados, Granada. Quad
aloupe. Martinique. st. kits, st. Croix.
st. Lucia, ST. Thomas, ST. Vincent and
Trinidad. The Islands of Cuba. Jamaica,
San Domingo. Hayti and Porto Rico are
still closed to all code and cipher mes
sages in any form to and from Spain.
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In "a dangerous Position.

San Francisco. July 5.-A telephone mes
sage from Half Moon Bay reports that the
schooner Mayfiower. loaded with lumber.
from Oregon for San Francisco, is in a
dangerous position in the bend. Her steer
ing gear and her bulwarks are much dam
aged. The tug Sea Witch has gone from
this city TO rescue the imperiled vessel.
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New English Coaling station.

London. July 5.-The admiralty has
granted an annual subsidy to equip the
CaIliope dock at Auckland. one of the
largest dry docks in the world. The gov
nme owns a large area of land adja-
cent which will be utilized for coal and
naval depots. The Daily Telegraph, COM
menting on the announcement, says II
means a second naval station for the
South PaCiic.
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Admiral Camara Obscure having en-
tered the Suez canal. II the Lord desires
10 perform any more Red sea miracles
He can expedite matters considerably
and save Dewey evera dollars w'Ial
Of Ammunition.
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The reporters al the front were
able to rush some very interesting mat
ter through Monday night. But the
American press censors lifted the blue
pencil blockade as for that matter.
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Berlin is at pains officially to deny
the report of a Franco-Russo-German
alliance inc to insist that the made in
Germany mark must be removed from
all such yarns.
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In congratulating the spanish people
on Cervera's successful escape, The
spanish minister of marine hits the
mark quite as accurately as the rest Of
his marine OUTFIT.
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The celebration probably reached it's
climax in Boston. With Montijo Knocked
out and Camare in the Red sea, Boston
doesn't care a baked bean for the enc
my's C~erveraless navy.
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1t is no discredit to Sampson to have
been out doing the chores when Cervera
called. but the praise for receiving the
visitor and fttingly entertaining him
seems to belong to Schley.
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The piece Of Spanish shell hat fol-
lowed on the heels of Colonel Roosevelt
evidently aspired to force the celebrated
rough rider to turn up his toes.
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Having come out of the Santiago bot
tie. Lieutenant Commander VAIN
rights distinguished guest in TIA:
handsome cabin OF the Gloucester rs
doubtless permitted TO get outside II a
bottle Of champagne as often as he
p,aases
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In well-regulated family newspapers
Cervera's comment at the conclusion
Of his dash will have to be represented
by another dash.
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Admiral Sampson came up just at the
shouting stage of the
battle. 1t wasn't necessary for him to
do the Butcher act.
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While Madrid's celebration of Ger
vera's escape" is showing a great
burst Of speed. IT Is bound to terminate
in A Cervera finish.
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The Cris;obal Colon played tag with
the Brooklyn for so miles. when she
gave up trying TO be it n longer.
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At this distance an army of flies APP
pear to be camping or the visible por-
tons of the Merrimac.
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Colonel Roosevelt had his boot-hesls
shot from under him, but he still didn't
show his heels to the enemy.
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The Colon made the greatest dash Of
any of them. but finally came to a pc
Rod where she had to stop.
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Senior Cervera is receiving many econ
iums upon his bravery in jumping from
the frying pan n the enemy's FIRE.
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It's only a question Of time before
Camara will b. sailing with Cervera
and Montijo in the Ancient Mariner
class.
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Spain doesn't know much aoou the
destruction Of Cervera's fleet. but II she
lives long enough she'll know more
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The Merrimac's work at short-stop
was simply rotten, all Of CerVeras hot
grounders slipping past her.
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General Wheeler Is sick. but his COM
plant. whatever 1t is, is not in the ma
ture of a kick.
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The Cristobal Colon insists that she's
the only unburned warship on the
beach.
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After Sundays engagement IL looks
as II Admiral Montijo will be forced to
abandon his theory at~;ributing the poor
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In the game of war the score credit
the Spanish navy with a remarkable
succession Of goose eggs.
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England's Fourth of ~ celeoratons
seem TO be doin things TO the memory
OF the late George III.
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craftsmanship of his gunners at Manila
to the fact that they fought in their
pajamas.
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II Spain sues for peace. she neednt
expect any more damages.
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Admiral Cervera hnds his present sit
uation even more combining than his old
one
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The Iowa, Indiana, Texas and oregon
went democratic last Sunday all right.
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rhe standard has branch ofices at
B,,t,e Missoula and Great Falls. where
advertising rates will be furnished on ap-
1ltrasfop
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Camara has only TO GO up against
Dewey TO 60 down likewise.
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