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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-10

OF the southern, and the festivities
, were continued until midnight.
chairman Darner announced that the
national highway Improvement COM
mittee had offered two lots Of cash
prizes for the best collection of photo
graphs of bad roads. While a number
had been received, the competition was
still open.
The address of the day was that of
Professor Hamilton of Harrisburg, Pa,
who is president of the National Assoc
citation of Farmers Institutes and au-
thor Of the Hamilton road bill. which
is expected TO do something towards
the Improvement of the roads in that
state. His address was entitled Good
Road Prospects in Pennsylvania
pennsylvania Is one Of few states
which has given aid to the counties
within her borders for the building OF
good roads. a recess was taken until
go p. m.
A. Ii. Choate, member OF the national
highway committee for Minnesota. who
has lately succeeded in securing the
passage by the legislature of that state
of a resolution favoring the adoption of
an amendment to the constitution pro-
viding state aid in the building of high
ways, presided in the afternoon. on
assuming the chair Mr. Choate spoke
on state Aid for Building Wagon
Roads in Minnesota"
THE Streets of Chicago" was the
subject taken up by Frank w. Moul-
ton of that city. He told of the poor
condition of the thoroughfares there,
where 100000 wheelmen use the streets,
and detailed the efforts that We're be-
ing made for their betterment. In five
years, he predicted, Chicago would have
the best streets of any city in the
country.
f. G. Harkins of the United States bu-
of road innlIirV WASHINGTON. and
secretary of the New Jersey Road I'm
provement association, followed with an
address on What New Jersey Farmers
Think of State Aid"
Other speakers We're Levi Chubbuck,
secretary of the Missouri Dairymen's
association, whose paper was on the
Location of Roads, Street Commits
sioner Miner of St Louis on Tine
Streets of st. Louis, and +. w. Patti
son of st. Louis on Wide Tires. This
concluded the speaking. and an adjourn
ment was taken until tomorrow morn
ing, when the actual work of the con-
yention will begin.
The friends of President Potter are
confident of his reelection. They assert
that he will have at least 252 votes out
of a total of 1884, far more than is neces-
sary.
A protracted session Of the racing
beard was held to-day, with all the
members present. The first thing for
consideration was a list of riders who
had been transferred to the professional
from the amateur class for the infrac
ton Of league rules. Professionals from
nearly all the states We're recommended
for transfer to the amateur class. and
their case will be acted on by the ma
t.onal assembly.
At the time of adjournment tonight
the racing board was discussing the
California question.
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The Fight Still On.

TT is not an easy matter for old news
paper readers to get accustomed to
the new order of things in the New
York journalistic field, wherein repub-
lican politics is involved. The New
York Suns championship of the Platt
machine is something one does not
promptly get use to. on the other
hand, it's odd to see the old Tribune
doing what IL can-and that isn't much
Ito break up the republican machine.
In a sense the Tribune has become
the organ of the Low independents, al
though many of these have no liking
for the Tribune or its editor Mr. Reid.
The Tribune urges these independents
to make themselves the regulars, by
hook or crook. and on no account to
have any dealings with the Plat peo-
pie. And, indeed. the Independents are
likely to act on this advice, although
most of them will say they are not
taking ii from the Tribune. The prob
ability is strengthening constantly that
the Low people will ignore the Plat
organization to the end. They are do
ing what they can to get allies
throughout rural New York, in antici-
patton of the coming summers impor-
tant state convention; they claim that
they can control it.
As for Mr.. Reds Tribune. it isn't
likely to get much out of the republi-
can row whichever way it goes. White
law Reid is a man whom New York
repubicanism never liked With Plat
especially Reid has several old scores
to settle. Reid was second on the
presidential ticket with Harrison, in
1892. Platt conveniently let the ticket
lose the state of New York Then,
when Mckinley was elected. Reid was
resolved to get the appointment to the
court of St James. President McKin-
ley. IL was said, was agreeable, but
Platt simply wouldn't have it that
way. These personal matters enter
into New York's republican quarrel; it
must be said that Plat is getting the
heavy end of the furnishing just now.
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Cradle and Quinlan.

~ Y the showing of the latest figures
IL given out in New York, Francis
Cradle managed to get into the
famously conservative Chemical bank
Of New York TO the tune of 1896. 900. 1t
is not concluded that this amount is a
total loss to the bank: on the contrary,
the claim is that the salvage in settle
ment of CRADLES affairs will be a good
percentage of the money loaned to him.
That at the outset, was the talk given
out in behalf of the bank More re-
Gently the estimates on the value of
the Cradle assets have been revised
and reduced and the shrinkage ex-
plains itself.
For instance. the capital stock OF one
concern floated by Cradle was 81, 000, 900.
About 100000 of this stock had been
issued to Cradle himself in payment for
5000 acres of land Including 1900 town
lots. the property lying in and around
Edgemont" That is town of about
900 inhabitants in South Dakota. on the
line of the Burlington road and at the
point where its branch road for the
Black Hills country leaves the main
line.
1t staggers a western man who is ac-
quainted with Dakota to find a specu-
lator organizing companies for a mil
lion on this kind of property or walk
ing calmly into one of this country's
most conservative banks and getting
trusted for nearly a third of a million
on the strength of his princely possess
sions of the Edgemont sort.
In behalf of Cashier Quinlan it is
said that he was really worn out for
lack of reasonable vacations during his
many years of service, That Quinlan
was sadly in need of a vacation or of
some other vitalizing form of recrea-
ton. there is no question. lie lost his
job. and unquestionably he demon
strated his unfitness for the office of
cashier. Yet this poor man is too
severely denounced by some of his
critics He made bad loans to be sure
but isn't that pardonable? He was the
cashier of a big bank There is in Chi
charged off $1,000, 900 in loans that
proved to be bad What became of the
president of that bank? Why. about a
year ago they put him at the head of
the treasury department Of the United
States
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Fort Worth's Big Fire.

Kansas city. Feb. "a special to the
Star from Fort Worth. Tex. says: At }
o'clock this morning the largest property
loss by fire that ever occurred here took
place. the eight-story Hurley office build
ing, Dreyfus companys mammoth dry
goods house. Farmers and Mechanics
bank, general offices of the Forth Worth
q Denver City Railway company, Worth
Cycle company and one or two small
merchandise companies being burned to
the ground. Firemen We're unable to get
the fire under control beforea9 this morn
ing. The total loss is estimated at more
than $3.50 600 1t is impossible a this time
to ascertain the exact amount of insur-
ance. Flying embers fell on buildings
blocks away. Street car lines are par
alyZed, wires cut and no cars running
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT.
LaSeile Habeas Corpus Proceedings Taken
Under AIyisement.

The application for writ of habeas
corpus in the case of the state VS.. Will
liam LaVelle and Mrs. William LaVelle
who were bound over to the district
court on Tuesday, came up for hearing
in the district court last evening The
Lavelles We're charged with the crime
OF obtaining money under false pre-
lenses and Judge Donoghue heard
their preliminary examination. Dur
| ing the preliminary examination GER
tain technical points of law We're raised
which the lower court found it difficult
to satisfactorily determine. and he
/ bound the defendants over in the sum
of $500 each
The question that was raised has
I been thoroughly made clear in the
! Standard and needs no repetition. Ae-
cording TO the contention of Mr. Duffy.
attorney for the defense. the codifers
of the Montana laws in copying a sec
ton from the California laws made an
| omission. The hiatus. said Mr.. Duffy.
nuliifies the section under which the
Offenders We're arrested and charged.
| Mr.. Duffy in his argument last even
ing also attacked the sufficiency of the
complaint. He cited various authori-
ties and gave his definition of the
word token.
Mr. Trippet for the state opposed
Mr.. Duffy's stand in a brief speech and
said that the fraud was 50 palpable
that no doubt existed of the intention
u the ue1GHUdllIS. lie answered LtI
arguments of the attorney for the la
yelles in detail and at the conclusion If
the arguments the court took the mat
ter under advisemenr.
In the ease of John Anderson vs..
Charles Carlson, the motion for Il new
trial heretofore argued and submitted
was overruled.
In the case Of J. w. Frush against
]. J. Walsh. the plaintiff was given
until May in which TO prepare
statement on motion for a new trial
In the case Of Thomas MCCLURE W.
the J. I. Carroll company. the dumur-
rer was sustained and plaintiff al
lowed until Saturday To amend.
The case ~ Ascheim vs. Roarmau
was set for trial Feb. Il at , o'clock
p. IN.
In the matter Of the estate of n. NJ.
Dunklebers IN order for distribution
ard sale of real estate was made.
Michael Macer was admitted 20 final
citizenship He is j nati.e OF Austria
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In an Interview.

i it is to be taken for granted that
Marcus DAILY is a Judge of bad fines,
or that he knows good times when
he sees them, the interview with him
printed on the third page of this morn
lngs Standard win pass as added testi-
mony that the East Is not vet advanced
even To speaking acquaintance with
prosperity.
Mr. DAILY seems to make his point
good by adding the assertion that if
prosperity had been enthroned, as
promised. there wouldn't be any silver
question to-day. whereas, in the bust
ness circles OF New York he finds that
to be the living issue, forcing itself on
mems attention. entering into all their
calculations, prompting them To with
hold the investment Of their gold, ana
prodding them on toward a great
national fight which. while they do not
confess it, they are afraid of.
Mr. DAILY met other men while he was
east. They are the leaders in the silver
crusade. He refers this morning To
their zeal and their loyalty, as well as
to their anxiety or even their fears
These men in Washington are the rec
ogniZed sponsors for the cause of free
coinage Some of them are democrats,
some are silver republicans, some are
populists, some are sllverites-they
represent many distinct political organ
iZations, but they are working faith
fully toward a common purpose--that is
the making Of common cause in the
largest possible number of states, dur
ing the politics of the next two years,
to the end that there may be. unity Of
action for silver in the great national
contest of the year 1900.
The testimony brought back to Mon
tana is that these men are courageous
enough TO step across partisan bound
airy lines in their planning and in the
work of carrying out what is planned
for the campaigning of many states
where. With union of action, silver may
win preliminary battles this year. On
that score Mr.. Days interview will
interest the friends of silver in Mon
tana who. looking beyond the bounda-
ries of our own state, are ready to get
loyalty into line with the national lead
ers and who stand ready and willing To
aid in all efforts that will promote the
cause in states which, if they are won.
must be hard fought
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newspapers have been drawn into the
debate. The democratic side is making
OUT a bad silver record for the presi-
dent; the republican side is saying that
silver was only just little below par
when the Matthews resolution was up
and that therefore the president never
was really for reputation. They are
having as warm a time about ii as IL
the whole matter was Of some account.
But meanwhile. Senator Murphy. the
cause of the row, has been lost sight of.
When the Teller resolution reached a
vote in the senate, Senator Murphy had
question of policy TO decide. He and
some of his New York friends are liv-
ing with the next national democratic
convention in view. They hope to be
influential there. They know that Mr..
Murphy's vote against the essence of
the Chicago platform of 1896 would
compel them TO account for themselves
in the national convention Of 1900. 1t
was good policy to vote that way, as
almost all of the democrats in senate
and house voted. That's the size of it.
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At Its Height.

IT LASkA'S mining furore has its
I center in that part of the United
! States where you find the most
money and the least knowledge of min
INK. The klondike fever is raging in
New York. Millions of money are going
into Alaskan ventures. eminently rich
men are taking stock i'm undertakings
which certainly have in them all the
lock of South Sea dreams.
Ii is soherly asserted ON authority
that must be accepted as excellent that
within the next five or six months from
$50, 900, 600 To $50 600, 900 will be invested
by capitalists who are in New York or
who are associated with New York in
terests in the commercial development
of Alaska 1t is, of course, impossible
to get at anything like an accurate or
even an approximately correct calcu-
lation of the amount of capital which
Will be thus invested. The figures just
given are only a conservative guess
made by those who have perhaps the
best information upon the plans which
are now being rapidly completed for the
organization Of various railway, steam
ship. trading and other incidental enter
! pfises all aiming to secure some part of
the great commerce and business which
are certain 10 be developed at once,
and TO be maintained throughout the
year
In instances names are given. The
Philadelphia Press has a valued New
York correspondent who writes that
one Of the most important of the enter
prises is that with which John w.
Mackay, Mr.. Letter, of Chicago. ID. q.
/ Mills and the Rothschilds are associated
and of which Ii. Maitland Kersey is TO
be the executive head. The capital
which this syndicate has nominally
subscribed is comparatively small
sum. Ii is reported to be a million
dollars, but that is only small part Of
the money which will probably be in-
vested by this syndicate in its various
operations. II may undertake the
management OF several distinct corpor-
ations. IL will undoubtedly esta blish a
steamship line extending from Seattle
/ to one Of the Alaskan ports. 1t is also
the purpose of the syndicate to build a
railway which viii make the quickest
connection between tidewater and the
Yukon district. but exactly where that
railway will be constructed is a matter
Of some doubt, probably doubtful even
to this syndicate itself"
This Is only one Of the Alaskan enter
piises. Another company in which Mr..
Depew is Interested and inwhose future
he seems to have much confidence,
proposes 10 establish a steamship line
and in addition TO develop certain min
ing claims already owned by the
company as Wen as 10 engage in a
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GOOD ROADS.
Addresses Before the l.. A. w.-Potter
win he Re- Elected.

st. Louis. Feb. 9.-The entire day was
devoted by the national assembly of the
l.. y. W. 10 the discussion of good roads
Chairman Otto Doerner Of Milwaukee
presided over the meeting. and in his
opening address stated that reports
were coming in from all over the eoun-
try that the farmers had entered into
the good roads movement with UNI
abated zeal
Prof John Hamilton Of Harrisburg,
Pa, president of the National Associa-
tion of Farmers Institute Conductors,
delivered the principal address of the
day. The meeting did not adjourn until
late in the afternoon.
The interest in the election has in
creased TO fever heat. The New York
delegation has posted a bulletin board
In its headquarters on which is marked
down every vote as fast as il IL pledged
for Potter. At \ o'clock tonight the
board reads go votes pledged.
That President Potter Viii be elected
is confidently expected ON all sides. and
speculation rs now being made on his
majority. Everything is now i'm readi-
ness for the opening session of the as
semhlS tomorrow morning. and with
but few Scattering exceptions. the
delegates have arrived Tonight "A
banquet will be held in the dining hall
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BABY's SMOOTH, FAIR SKIN

A Grateful Mother Writes this Letter
Tells all about Her Troubles when
Baby Broke out with Scrofuia Sores.
"At the age of two months, my baby
began to have sores break out on his right
cheek. We used all the external ap-
plications that we could think or hear of,
to no avail. The sores spread all over one
side of his face. We consulted physi-
clan and tried his medicine, and in a week
the sore was gone. But to my surprise in
two weeks more another serofulous look
ing sore appeared on baby's arm. 1t
grew worse and worse, and when he was
three months old, began giving him
Hoods Sarsaparilla. ! also took Hoods
Sarsaparilla, and before the first bottle
was finished, the sores were well and have
never returned. He is now four years old,
but he has never had any sign OF those
scrofulous sores since he was cured by
Hoods Sarsaparilla, for which l feel very
grateful. My boy owes his good health
and smooth, fair skin TO this great med
icine.n MRS. 5. S. WRoTEN, Farming
ton. Delaware. Get only Hoods.
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general commercial business. Recently
four steamships hitherto running upon
one Of the European lines have been
purchased by another company whose
headquarters are in New York and will
be sent as soon as possible to Seattle,
the expectation being that all of them
viii be in service before June 1.
OF truth, 1t is n stampede with all
possible modern improvements: one in
which millions for railway construction
cut less figure than the price of a pack
mule used to in the days of Rocky
Mountain new discoveries. And. as yet.
Alaska has practically nothing to show
for 1t or to warrant it,
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Murphy Not in IL.

rHAT man in The New York legls-
lature who created a sensation
ten days ago by introducing a
resolution demanding the resignation Of
Senator Murphy. laid the wide founda-
tons for a lot of trouble. and Senator
Murphy himself isn't burdened with
any part of it,
The Legislature at Albany has a
republican majority. Mr. Murphy is a
democrat. He might naturally do
things. therefore. displeasing to the
majority in the legislature and not care
fig for its criticisms. But Senator
Murphy had always voted with the
goidbugs, up to the time when the
Teller resolution was disposed Of
When Mr.. Murphy voted with the sill
verites, his action was more embarrass-
ing 10 some Of the New York democrats
than it could possibly be 10 The repub-
licans. Still. these gold democrats
didn't exactly feel like pitching into
Mr.. Murphy. So they consulted and on
their behalf Perry Belmont wrote a
letter to some Of the leading democrats
in the legislature, telling them to get
back at the republicans by showing
that in its original form. as the Mat
thews resolution, the Teller resolution
got the vote of Mr., Mckinley.
That was threshing old straw. but
the democrats went at II, and the con-
sequence is that TEN fines more discus
sion has been started up than one
would nave supposed was possible. The
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-10
To pnstnnne lie snle.

Omaha, Feb. 9.--John c. Gown, special
counsel for the government in the Pacific
roads matter, will go to st. Louis to-
morrow for the purpose of presenting to
Judge Sanborn of the circuit court mo-
tion on behalf of the government asking
for an indefinite postpcnement of the
foreclosure sale of the Kansas Pacific rail-
road. The second motion will ask that the
government be given the right to pay off
the first mortgage lien. The third motion
Will be for the appointment of receivers
to manage the road during the tendency
of settlement
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krpt in Force.

Special Dispatch to the Standard
Helena, Feb. 9-The supreme court has
ordered an injunction that was recently
dissolved by Judge I,arler of the district
court of jefferson county in the case of
the Gaffney Mercantile company VS.
Charles hopkins kens in force pending an
appeal to the higher court.
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A Parliamentary Ruling.
Editor of the Standard:

10 the EuitOF OF the STANDARD.
Please answer the following question
according to parliamentary ruling,
through the columns of the Standard:
Can a favorable ballot be reconsidered
at any future meeting? To make the
matter palmer. a ballot being taken the
result of which proved favorable to the
candidate, a week or SO later 1t hap
pened that his character is not what
was expected. A reconsideration of the
ballot is called for, which is denied on
the ground that it is unconstitutional.
Is it? BY answering the above you will
confer a great favor on several sub
scribers. SUBSCRIBER.
Anaconda. Feb. 6, 1898.
If a candidate receives the requisite
number of votes to elect, the ballot
cannot be reconsidered at a subsequent
meeting unless the successful candidate
refuses or neglects to take the office
The only way to dispossess him of the
Office is by impeachment proceedings.
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Postofiice at Lar.

Special Dispatch to the Standard
Washington Feb. 9--A postofiice has
been established at Lat. Park county.
Mont, with Annie Stephens as postmis-
trpSS.
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resided all worked
consequently
which
he
Tatues and
be able swallow
of
perfectly well Many fellow
three the Tabu accessible pocket and to take
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George p. Zimmerman of Mishawaka
Ind. claims that he has invented a pro-
cess by which pictures may be transmit
ted over electric wires. just as telephone
or telegraph messages are sent.
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