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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-02

won by Big Sandy by nearly a half
length. Time, :25A. The owners OF
Gold Bug are not satisfied and offer
to back their horse for 5000. and n Is
likely that another race will be run.
l.. Minugh of Harlem is preparing 10
snip a carload Of beef cattle from Hav-
re some time this week.
John c. Bailey has returned TO Havre
from a weeks visit in the Bear Paw
mountains.
c. z. Conrad Of KalispeIl spent a day
in Havre this week on his return from
Great Falls.
The contract for burning the brick
for the handsome building about to be
constructed At Harlem by Walter f.
French, has been let to ole Oleson OF
Havre. Contractor Fuller OF Havre has
the contract for the brick work.
Mrs. VI. J Healy and children have
gone TO sur river for a visit with Mr..
Healy's mother.
II is reported that J. W. Donavan,
assistant superintendent OF the Montana
division Of the Great Northern railway,
has resigned his position in order TO ac-
cept a more lucrative one with the
Roanoke line in Virginia
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-02

p. +. Butler. of pack train No. 8. writ
ing from Santiago de Cuba on July 23d,
lays: W all had disrThoea in more or
less violent form. and when We landed
we had no time to see a doctor, for IL was
a case OF rush and rush night and day to
keep the troops supplied Will ammunition
and rations, but thanks TO Chamberlsin's
Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy,
we were able TO keep at work and keep
our health: In fact, I sincerely believe
that at one critical time this medicine was
the indirect saviour OF our army, for If
the packers had been unable 10 work
there would have been no way Of getting
supplies 10 the front. There were no roads
that a wagon train could use. NV c. IN
rade and myself had the good fortune 10
lay in a supply of this medicine for
our pack-train before We left Tampa. and
I know i'm four cases il absolutely saved
life"
The above letter was written 20 n.
manufacturer Of this medicine. the
Chamberlain Medicine Co. Des Maiues.
Iowa. For sale by druggists.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-02
One Immune Regiment Is Absolutely
Unique.

The United States army claims the
strangest and most remarkable regi-
ment in the world-the regiment of yell
low fever immunes now stationed at
Camp Caffrey, near C~ovington, Louis
ANA, and destined for service at San
tiago de Cuba. There is nothing exact
~ / k IL in n of the armies of the
world. So il stands alone and distinct
i've in military ranks. 1t is not the only
remarkable organization in the United
States army, but certainly is one of the
most interesting.
The regiment is composed of LOSS
men. all of whom nave passed through
yellow fever. that most terrible OF all
scourges. and have come out of il alive.
Having been bitten by this horrible
calamity of the South, they could never
feel IL again. and they are therefore
prepared to go To Cuba and its jungles
and live there forever.
The regiment is headed by Col. Dun
can Norbert Hood. a West Pointer. and
one Of the most gallant young soldiers
in the United States army Colonel
Hood in the son of Gen. John Bell Hood.
the confederate leader. whose memory
Is tender 10 the entire South.
When the war broke out and IL be-
came certain that our troops nus go
TO Cuba, a thrill went along the line, for
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-02
AN AMERICAN AS A QUEEN.
Cur1on the First Commoner to Become
yIgsroN.

From the Philadelphia Times.
Mrs. George ". Curzon. wife Of the
new vIceroy II India, n daughter Of
Levi 2. Letter. the Chicago millionaire
is the first American woman to become
a queen. She viii rule more than 400
OUO. 600 OF people. and will occupy an Off
cial position higher than any woman Of
this nation has ever attained. The court
OF India. over which Mrs. Curzon viii
rule, is Far more splendid and ceremon
ious han that OF England. This Is alb
solutely necessary In order 70 impress
h natives and the semi-indspendent
princes, who still form a very important
element In the Indian empire.
The Hindus would not appreciate 4
court which did not resemble in certain
respects the most gorgeous native courts
OF which they have any memory. When
the viCerOy receives al Government
house he wears a uniform heavy with
gold lace and sits upon a throne. His
wife, beside him. on another throne.
wears royal robes, covered with dia-
m8Eds and praesless jewels, and a crow
upon her head.
when the greatest gift Of the British
government was offered Mr. Curz0u il
was not believed that he would accept.
Many people thought that the office had
not been placed at his disposal. for II
Is the first instance in which a vice roy
atty has been offered to a m
But The announcement made in the
house Of commons by Mr.. Balfnur has
set all discussion at rest. and the Man
chester Guardian. a high authority.
adds that IL Is an open secret that MI.
Curzou accepted the place because his
wife wanted him TO. The position Is
mora splendid. more important and
more powerful than the wife Of the
president OF the United states Mrs.
CUrzoa preferred real power over mill
lions Il subjects 20 the quiet houors
Of a great parliamentary career for her
husband. with a prime ministsrship IN
the distance. 50 Mr.. CurZon takes him
self put Of the line Of promotion 10 that
great place.
or our the secretary OF state for
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-02
GREAT FALLS NOTES.

Mr.. and MIS-. Nate wertheim Of this
city announce the birth Of a son.
Il. +. McNair has returned from a
two week. trip through the Yellow
stone National park.
Ii. o. Lying and family have return
ed TO the edty from their summer home
in the Haywood mountains.
Mrs. Phi Msnlx and Mrs. Madden
Of Augusta are visiting their sister.
Mrs. T. J. Sheehy Of this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. y. Bridges have re
turned from a hunting and camping
trip 70 Cottonwood, east Of the High
woods.
Luke Curry. member Of the police
force. r. unable TO work for a few days.
having just had an operation perform
ed upon his ankle. some pieces II bone
being removed. The ankle vas injured
In an accident several years ago.
A local chapter VI the International
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-02

India is by law the ruler. but IL Is the
yiceroy really who controls things. IL is
not a sinecure. The Indian viceroy Is
always referred TO as the busiest man
in Asia. and generally he is considered
the most important. He can do pretty
much "a he pleases. He controls the
enormou civil service machine. He
can make the army OF 200. 900 men move
about as he pieases. Whenever he APP
pears at a post parades are held in his
honor. lie Is wined and dinsd and made
much Of by soldiers, civilians and ma
He must hold court In Calcutta when
that place is livable. and entertain at
Simla and other places when il is not.
The wife Of the viceroy holds a place
almost as important as his. n is the
e OF A~nglo-Indian society. She has
10 perform regal functions. She win re-
ceiye the native princes. who demand
that the most punctilious forms be fol-
lowed. They are wise in the niceties of
etiquette. and IL this American girl.
whose early life was passed in Chicago.
falls short in the slightest degree, il Will
make her place uncomfortable.
Ey riEht II her sex she enters homes
which are barred ever TO a king Of en-
gland. And that is one thing she must
always remember. The vicereine of In
dia. this beautiful American girl. 10
always the representative. always
stands in the place Of the monarch Of
Great Britain and ireland.
The elevation of women in India n
Of the most important questions
touching the moral and material welfare
Of the country The attitude OF this in
dependent American woman. clothed
with tremendous power. toward the
women Of India. enslaved by customs
thousands Of years old. suggests posi-
bilities that take away ones breath.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-02
He Was Too Mediaval.

From the New York World.
1.-The more l think" observed the STU
dious grandee, about our great nation
al hero, Don Quixote, the less do ] regard
him as a true type of Spanish chivalry."
Your words are almost heresy," replied
another grandee. But why do you think
thus?'
We'll, for instance, he was defeated in
his gallant attack on the windmill, and
yet. though the windmill was unable to
write or give it's own version OF the af-
fair. we have no record that the immortal
Quixote ever celebrated the victory"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-02
Wheat and stocks To-Day.

Wheat strong. held firm at about So.
Stocks in good deman at higher prices.
Silver higher at so. Bonds, 1O5 bid m
asked. Pork higher at $3.50 {. New York.
Chicago and Liverpool quotations re-
ceived by telegraph every five minutes
at the Butte Exchange, at No. ~ West
Broadway.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-02
A Long Story.

From the Brooklyn Life.
Ned-If you want TO marry an heiress.
why don't you propose to Miss Elderly?
She's rich.
Ted-Yes. but I object to her past.
Ned-Why, l thought that was above re-
proach.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-02
HAVRE NEWS.

"Wednesday afternoon the much-talk-
ed-of race between Big Sandy. owned
by Will Aud, and Gold Bug. owned by
Brown q Heron, oOk place.
The purse was 800. but the
side bet made the sum depend
ing IN the event about $500. The first
was = dead heat. Uut tnr second was
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-02
A CRITICAL TIME
DURING THE BATTLE OF
SANTIAGO.
SICK OR WELL, A RUSH NIGHT
AND DAY.

The Packers at the Battle Of Santiago
de Cub Were All Heroes-Their He
roic Efforts in Getting Ammunition
and Rations to the Front Saved the
Day.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-02
Don't Tobacco Spit and snok. Tour LIT
AWAY.

To cult tobacco easily and forever, be mag
nstic, full Of life, nerve and yigor. take No-To-
Bac, the wonder-wsTkeT, that makes weak men
strong All druggists, SOC OF VI. Cure guarsa.
tssd. Besklet and sample free Address SIsr.
Ling Remedy Co., Chicago OF As~ York
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-02

1T Is all very nice 20 inculcate respect
for gray hairs said the Cornfed Phil
osopher. but I him a little reverence for
bald heads ought % be instilled Also
indianapolis Journal
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-02

To CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinins Tablets. AL drug
gists refund he menev If it fails % care. 25a.
The genuine has l. B. Q on each tablet
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-02

oliver n. Perry and Louis Stett-
heimer, appraisers of the estate OF the
late DR.. Wellington c.. Harding, yes
terday filed their report in court. They
~aprpaise the estate at 81 ,25S.15, of
which SO. 294. 90 is in cash and the re-
mainder in notes.
Judge Lindsay will hold another ses-
sion of court at 10 o'clock this morn
ing for the purpose of hearing appli-
cations for admission to citizenship.
The Springfield herald., 1898-07-29

I Boston, Washington. Chicago, st.
Louis, and blockade all the rest of the
cities of the United States with four
half-armed men-of-war and three tor
pedo-boat destroyers. He said that
they could get no conl at Martinique
and missed the English colliers be-
cause the latter had been captured by
the Yankees. AT Curacao they got
barely enough coal to carry them to
Santiago.
who would suppose" continued
one of the Spanish officers, that the
second capital of Cuba, and the most
prosperous city on the island. would
be empty of all provisions and sup
plies when we arrived there? So short
We're provisions that instead of re-
ceiving stores we We're ordered by the
government to take the sailors ra-
tions from the holds of our ships and
distribute them among the soldiers.
The merchants had sold out and had
not replaced their stock. so that they
would have little to lose in case of the
capture of the city by the Americans,
while the commiSsariat of the army.
by some dreadful mismanagement,
had made no provision for a siege.
Half the soldiers were sick and all
of them We're on starvation rations
During the battles of the first days of
July 1,5OO sick men were carried in
carriages and carts to the trenches
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First. because we had only n few
long-range guns. There We're none on
the Colon and only two each on the
other ships. Then we had no proper
range-iinders, and our sailors lacked
practice. The gunnery of the Yankee
fleet was marvellous. Nothing finer
was ever seen in the world.'
My Spanish friends declined to dis
cuss the effect upon the people and
government of Spain of Commodore
Watson's expedition, but they showed
great anxiety when told that he would
certainly lombard CadiZ or Malaga or
both. They shrugged their shoulders
and muttcred imprecations upon the
politicians of their country, who they
said were directing the war. At the
same time they asserted proudly that
Blanco's army in Havana would ac-
cept no terms of peace without Il bat
tie. No Spanish officer. they said.
would order his men to lay down their
arms until they had tested their
strength with that of the enemy.
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cA1MANERA sPANIsH CAME on GuANrANAMo pAY cupA.

an earnest protest against going out to
certain destruction, but peremptory
orders came from Madrid.
Did the sailors demonstrate? Was
it true that you had to make them
drunk to prevent Il mutiny:'
NO, indeed" exclaimed my friend.
Indignantly. "'rhey are the bravest
men in the world. They knew nothing
about our plans. Not Il man on board
any of the ships. except the command
ers, was aware that he was expected
to face almost certain death until the
cruisers started for the open sea that
Sunday morning. and even then very
few of them asked questions. The
word was passed around that we We're
going out to fight the Yankees, and
the poor fellows We're enthusiastic over
the prospects of II BATTLE
did you expect to escape|
NO: we expected to die. AS ! have
said. the sailors knew nothing of the
fate that awaited them. but there was
not an officer on the fleet who did not
feel that his end had come There was
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and made to fight, although many of
them fell from exhaustion. The hos
pitfalls We're emptied. We sent Il lot
of sailors from the ships to assist
them. but none of our guns We're talk
en- off. as reported in your papers.
The only naval guns used in the forti-
tications We're from the Reina Mercc-
deS."
l asked the officers about the effect
of the dynamite shells which the We
suvius threw toward the city. They
replied that the noise of the explosion
caused great terror among the sol
iicrs. and particularly among the citi-
Zens. and great deal of earth was
displaced. but the shells did not hap
pen to fall where they could do great
damage. All of Cervera's officers
agree that the Nesuvus is Il most for
midable and destructive agent of war
l asked my friend who suggested
the sortc of the fleet. He threw up
his hands in horror.
Would that knew" he exclaimed
Would that l knew the man who sug-
gested our sacrifice. 1t was the most
cruel and unnecessary command that
was ever given to brave men, We
were ordered to enter the very gates
of hell for no other purpose, as | can
conceive. than to crafty the politicians
and sensation-mOngers in Spain who
clnmored for some offensive demon
stratiOn. Some of my comrades think
there was an intention to bring about
Il disaster that would furnish an eX.
cuse to make peace, but | believe in
the first theory
He said that the captains had sent
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directly responsible. but he was sup
ported by all of the members of the
Cabinet except the minister of marine
who finally and with great reluctance
consented to issue the necessary or
ders to Admiral Cervera. They eX-
plain that public sentiment in Mad
rid and elsewhere throughout the
peninsula, as represented by the poll
ticians and newspapers. demanded
some offensive demonstration toward
the United States. They We're not
satisfied with the defensive policy of
the administration. They were impa-
tient because the Spanish army in
Cuba was bottled up in Havana, San
tiaGo and other ports by our blockade
and because every vessel sent to its
relief was captured rs n prize of war.
They insisted that fleet of cruisers
which was idle at Cadiz should be
sent out to destroy our commerce,
take prizes among our shipping and
blockade and lombard the ports of
the United States in retaliation for
what our fleet was doing in Cuba.
! Admiral Cervera's officers say that
these demands We're made by people
who were not aware of the untitness
of the navy and the ministry could
not make it known without exposing
the long-continued corruption of the
marine department and the robbery of
the government by the diversion of
funds appropriated for naval de
fenses. They think it possible the
true state of affairs was unknown to
some of the ministers and that per-
haps Mr.. Moret shared the delusion.
The minister of marine, who was
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only one chance, slight possibility
that one or perhaps two of the ves-
sells might escape. The arrangement
of the Yankee fleet was favorable.
The lookouts told us that the New
York had gone to the east and the
Brooklyn was the only ship in sight
that could outsail the slowest of our
vessels. 1t was the intention to ram
the Brooklyn Immediately and sink or
disable her, even though one of our
vessels went down with her. Then it
was hoped the others could outrun the
battleships. Our plain failed because
we could not get near enough to the
Brooklyn. She did not close in on us
like the Texas and Oregon, but stood
off ut long range, and when the Maria
Teresa started for her she made n
wide sweep and ran away. Cervera
asked Commodore Schley why he did
not come nearer. but got no satisfac-
ton. But the Maria Teresa was al
most instantly disabled by shells from
the Texas, which met her ut the mouth
of the harbor, and the Oregon was
great surprise. We had no idea that
any battleship could make her speed.
1t was something we We're not pre-
pared for. 1t was the Oregon that pre-
vented our escape"
"What was the matter with the
Spanish gunnery? Why did your shots
do no more damageW
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fully aware of the situation, remon-
-strated. and was sustained by prom
nent officers of the navy. But he was
compelled to yield, and finally issued
peremptory orders for m expedition,
which every man familiar with the
navy knew was not only hopeless but
suicidal.
The vessels lacked arms. men and
fuel, and one of them. the Cristobal
Colon, did not carry guns enough for
ship of onc-tenth its tonnage. When
Admiral Cervera was asked where
the guns We're he replied: In the
pockets of the contractors" 1t is
claimed that on the four vessels-the
Cristobal Colon. Nizcaya, Opuendo
and Maria Teresa-there We're only
six guns of large calibre. two each
upon the three last named.
When l asked what the govern
ment expected TO accomplish by send
ing over this feet one of the captains,
with IL sarcastic smile. replied that
Moret, who is n dreamer, believed it
was possible to lombard New York,
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nWERE SACRIFICED.
STORY OF csRvERA.s OFFICERS
The Fleet Was Ordered to Certain Destruc-
tion to Satisfy spanish PolItieians-rho
Plan to Cross the Atlantic Was Fool
hardy.

Chicago, July 23.-A dispatch to the
Record from Annapolis gives an inter-
esting interview with the Spanish Of
fcers now on parade there. The cor
respondent says:
While the officers of Admiral Ger
vera's squadron decline to discuss the
probabilities of peace or the conse-
quences that may follow Watson's ex-
pedition and the invasion of Puerto
Rico, they talk very freely of their
own experience and consider them
selves as having been sacrificed to
atone for the sins of the ministry at
Madrid. This expression was used by
one of them in discussing the fate of
their fleet. They declare that the dis
patch of their vessels from Spain to
the West Indies under the circum-
stances then existing was an unpre-
cedented example of administrative
folly. for which Mr.. Moret, then min
lister of the colonies at Madrid, was
The Springfield herald., 1898-07-29

the severity of the disease or the prompt
and perfect cure performed by DIR. Ayers
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where DR.. Ayers Pills are used. ''Thcy
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Here is another testimony to the truth OF
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l have the appetite OF the farmers boy. 1
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The Springfield herald., 1898-07-29
SKILL OF. DOCTORS TESTED.
Fifteen Years of Suffering.
81 thought should surely die"

when the stomach begins to fail in
its duties, other organs speedily become
affected in sympathy, and life Is simply a
burden almost unbearable. Indigestion
and dyspepsia are no common that only
the sufferer from these diseases knows
the possibilities of misery that inhere in
them. A typical example of the suher rings
Of the victim Of indigestion is furnished
In the case of John c. Pritchard. He went
on for fifteen years, from bad to worse
In spite of doctors he grew constantly
weaker, and thought he would die. He
got we'll, however, and thus relates his
experience:
"For fifteen years was n great sufferer
from indigestion In its worst forms. l
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could not walk fifty yards without having
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The Springfield herald., 1898-07-29
Ferdinand Peck Sent to Paris.

Washington, July 22.-The President
has appointed Ferdinand w. Peck of
Chicago commissioner general of the
Paris Exposition.
Mr.. Peck succeeds the late Moses
p. Handy as commissioner general to
the Paris Exposition of 1900, Mr.
Handy having died several months ago
Mr.. Peck is Il leading Chicago citizen
and was one of the directors and lead
ing spirit i'll the Worlds Fair.
The Springfield herald., 1898-07-29

The Automatic Grip Neck Yoke Co..
of indianapolis. Ind, whose. ad. ap-
pears elsewhere in this paper. have
invented what is without doubt tile
best and safest neck yoke on the mar
kct. 1t is simple in construction. does
not rattle, and the pole cannot pos
sibly get away from it.
They offer very liberal terms to
agents and as it is n good seller we
urge our readers to write them at once
regarding 1t.
The Springfield herald., 1898-07-29

was In Denver buying horses for Tor
reys Rough Riders and it had better
results here than ut any other point
where an agency was established. All
the horses bought We're of the very
highest quality, and the board was well
pleased with the result of its work.
Hence the regular Board of Inspection
for the army will come direct to Den
YER and commence the purchase of
horses.