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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-12
OVER THAT WATER DITCH
First the Ditch Diggers Had a
= Pitched Battle.
THEN THE COMPANIES
Judge Lindsay Is Now Trying to Get at
the Bottom of Things-There Are
: Suits and Injunctions and Motions
. to Dissolve Galore.

9 The suit of the Montana ore Pur-
chasing company against the Boston
e. Montana. Butte A. Boston and c. :.
Batterman. an action involving the
plaintiffs right to maintain "A reser-
voir on the Northern Pacific right of
way and a ditch across a mining claim
owned by the defendant companies,
was pm trial before Judge Lindsay yes
derday, sitting without a jury. The
ease Is the first one of about 40 suits
pending in the courts tive the
three mining companies. n grew out
of a controversy owe "A water ditch
constructed over Butte a Boston
ground. near the Heinze smelter. by
the Montana ore Purchasing company
and at one time nearly resulted i'm a
pitched battle between the employees
of the different companies. The Mon
sana Ore Purchasing company had a
lease from the railroad and h old
Butte & Boston companies To store
water on the ground. The Butte a
Boston company. or the Boston q Mon
sana. claimed that the Heinze people
exceeded their right under the lease
when they attempted to enlarge their
reservoir and replace the ditch with "A
wooden hume and "A force of men We're
sent out to stop the work and tear up
the fiume.
A conflict resulted and the sheriff
and a number of deputies had To in
tervene and stop hostilities. The Mon
tana ore Purchasing company Sc
cured a temporary injunction against
the Butte * Boston and Boston & Mon
ana To restrain them from interfer-
ing with the fiume and dam. The
Butte a. Boston Immediately brought
a similar action against the Montana
Ore Purchasing company, n each
made a motion to dissolve the others
restraining order. Judge Lindsay de-
cided both i'm V of the Montana
Ore Purchasing company. An appeal
was taken and the supreme court sus-
tanned Judge Lindsay. but modified the
injunction order. One of the cases liz
now on trial upon it's merits and To
determine the rights of the Montana
Ore Purchasing under it's
lease. 1t was agreed by the attor-
neys that one case should determine
both. Only "A few witnesses were ex-
emined yesterday. The trial will prob
ably be concluded this morning.
= John j. Mediation is counsel for the
plaintiff and John r. Forbis and Judge
DE Witt represent h d~efendants.1
The arguments IN the motion 20. dis
solve the restraining order In the iRtest
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-12
BUGLe BLASTS.

London. May ia dispatch from
Madrid says that a mob burned a huge
grain warehouse there this morning.
Washington. May 1.-THE 9Th regi-
ment, United States cavalry, stationed
at various points throughout Texas,
has been ordered to proceed imme-
diately to New Orleans. IL VIII be sent
to Cuba.
indianapolis. Nav 1l.-Governor
Mount to-day received ar order from
the secretary of war directing him to
procure another regiment for immediate
serve in addition to the two Indiana
regiments already designated to go 20
New Orleans.
London. May IA special dispatch
from Madrid says a formidable Spanish
expedition is being organized for dis
patch to the Philippines.
New York. May ia Key West spe-
cial says an expedition under command
OF Captain Dorst. 4th cavalry. which
left Tampa yesterday on the transport
Gussie, has made a successful landing
within 80 miles of Havana.
Washington. May 1.-THE president
signed the congressional resolution ex-
tending the hanks of congress to Com
modore Dewey.
Washington. May l1.-Commodore
Dewey has been nominated rear ad-
miral.
London. May IA dispatch to
Lloyds from Bahia. dated Wednesday.
4 y. m, says: Two American men-of-
war have put in here. The cause of the
coming is not known"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-12
CALIFORNIA WHEAT CROP.
Practically II May Re Regarded ms n Total
Loss.

San Francisco. May ll.-Reports from
associated press correspondents in Sacra-
mento and San Joaquin valleys. the great
wheat growing sections of the state. say
that the wheat crop this year will he al
most a total failure. In Sacramento and
adjoining counties the outlook IL decidedly
gloomy. Wheat has not yet headed and
most OF IL will be cut for hay. There is "A
general belief that there will not bc
enough wheat this year for seed. Enor-
nous quantities of corn are being brought
from Kansas and Nebraska To feed stock.
Advices from Stockton state that no more
than lo.vp tons Of wheat will be harvested
this year. Thc normal yield Is from 100 100
TO l25.09 tons. In Fresno and adjoining
counties the wheat crop il regarded as "A
total loss.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-12
Central America; Its Resources and Com
merce.

As an example of the evils of per-
sonaI politics. Nicaragua stand pre-
eminent. IL has been the theater of
war almost continuously ever since
the country was discovered. There is
no country of equal area upon which
so much human blood has been vast
ed, or so much wanton destruction
committed. i'm the settlement of ques-
tions that involved only the ambition
of men or the rivalry of cities. For
half "A century three towns contended
for the seat of government: and, al
though Managua Is now the residence
of the president. Granada and Leon
have never recognized il as the capi-
tai.
Natur having blessed Nicaragua
with wonderful resources, peace and
industry would make the ountry pros
porous beyond comparison: but so
nue. attention has been paid to poll
tics hat there has been little time left
for anything else. Scarcely a year has
passed without a revolutions: and dur
ing the % years of it's independence
the republic has had five times as
many rulers as IL had i'm the three CEN
turtles during which IL was under the
domain of Spain. Ii is a land of vol
disturbances. physical, moral and
political: and the mountains and the
men between them have contributed
~ "'NP W. ~ ifo WIN
motion.
In mines. forests. fisheries and pas
toral Nicaragua has been
beautifully blessed by nature: but. if
peace can ever be made permanent. it's
future wealth will come from the de-
Nelopment OF its agricultural lands.
The forests are of great value, not for
timber alone. but for rubber. drugs
and dyewoods. The mines produce
gold, silver. copper and some of the
rarer metals: but they are worked by
primitive processes: and political dis
turbances as well as lack of Transport
tation facilities eve their full de-
velopment. The agricultural lands are
divided into large estates. which are
operated upon the same plan that pre-
vailed among the planters of the South
before the rebellion. The people are
e~xtravagant and usually anticipate
their incomes: so that the crop of
nearly every estancia is mortgaged to
the commission merchant before it is
harvested. and the planter is COM
PEELED to take any price that is offered
him. He borrows money to pay his la
borers and provide them with food, as
well az to meet his own personal ex-
penses. or draws on his credit at the
nearest mercantile establishment. The
peon is I'm debt to the planter. the
planter to the merchant. the merchant
To the exporter: and the latter con-
ducts his business with funds fur
nished by his correspondents in New
York. London or Hamburg. And so IT
goes on wear after year. Each person
involved i'm the transaction spends. in
advance OF It's receipt. as much or
more money than he makes: conducts
his business on paper. like spectators
in the stock market: meets deficits
with mortgages; and causes the coun-
try To grow poorer each year with no
possible hope of redemption except by
an influx of fresh blood and capital.
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Important Insurance Decision.

san Francisco. May 1.-THE United
states court Of appeals. Judges Gilbert.
Ross and Morrow. handed down "A de-
cision this afternoon in the case of the
Liverpool, London and Globe Insurance
company against r.. Mcneil. receiver Of
the O.. II. & y. The decision afirms
the decision of the circuit our of
Washington. for s72.17l and costs. The
action was brought by Receiver Mcneil
TO recovcr on a fire policy issued to the
receiver of the Union Pacific railway in
December. 1898, for 81. sS6. 500. for one
year. The decision is considered of
great importance. as there are other
suits. aggregating a million of dollars,
involved i'm the same policy.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-12
An INceptionaI OnnartnnitS.

Ut. seymour. the eminent eye spe-
clslist' has decided TO remain this week
only. rms is certainly a rare oppor-
tuhity Tor those suffering with defec-
i've slsht 10 consult the most scien-
tihc optician in the West. The doctor
mas met with unbounded ucces both
i'm his own city and Rutte and the
newspapers Of these places have pub
Hshed some wonderful Instances of the
cures accomplished by his skiflful
treatment. Do not neglect to meet the
doctor at the McDermott hotel during
ms stay: Consultation absolutely free.
Positively the last week.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-12
THREE BURNED TO DEATH.
Terrible Loss of Life aud Property by
Fire In phiiadeiphia.

Philadelphia. May Ii.-Threc persons
were to-day burned TO death and prop
erty amounting TO $4,000 destroyed by
"A fire which originated I'm the big six
story building occupies by McCaddon
Bros. wholesale dealers In toys and fire
works. No. el9 Market street. The dead
are:
William McCaddon. q member of the
firm.
Michael Quinn. a packer.
Miss Evelyn Caldwell. "a stcnographer
and typewriter.
Their bodies were found on the second
floor In the rear OF the building and were
SO charred that IL was impossible To rec
ognize them. but as all the employees with
the exception Of those named have been
accounted for there can he no doubt OF
their identity.
Three other persons are missing. the en-
gineer. the fireman and a porter. TIL fire
originated from an explosion of fireworks.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-12
silk Duties.

Washington, MAY 1.-THE secretary
of the treasury upon investigation has
found that the government of Japan
pays an export bounty on raw silk. eN-
ported from that country. n he there
fore instructed officers of the customs
To collect countervailing duties on such
im~portations equal To the export duties
paid. Three grades Of raw silk are
specified upon which the export bounty
paid is 20, 30 and 20 yen per 100 catties
respectively. The countervailing duty
will he the same as the bounty. The
present value of a japanese yen is ~. \
cents, n u cattle is equal to LIS
pounds.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-12
Material Without End.

MIR. Wannamaker makes n nsw speech
from every new stump. This is remarkable
campaigning. aud shows remarkable po-
hiical capability. Something Is due. how
ever. To the subject matter as well as to
tn" orators versatility. The man who I'M
dertakes to expose the rottenness of re-
publican management in the state Of
PennsNlvania could not exhaust his topic
i'm n dozen campaigns.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-12
levees Are breaking.

Little Rock. Ark, May 1.-THE Ar
kansas river at Little Rock has reached
21.o5 feet. The record is ~ feet. \
levee broke ON the Arkansas river this
morning at Linwood and caused dam
age at more than half a mill
lion dollars. \ telegram from PHI.
Blum late tonight states that the leyec
at Sheriff. broke late This afternoon,
and that the town il entirely under
water, bu; details of the damage lone
there are not given.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-12

Des Moines. May n.-Fred Gilbert. the
winner of the Dupont trophy i'm 1887. led In
the g.. ". Budd four-days' shoot being
held here both to-day and yesterday. In
the ten-twenty target white fiier vents
to-day those who took the five highest
percents. OF the 90 targets each man
shot at were: Gilbert l>s. Fannin M.
Powers lS, Leroy Isl. Rub Isl. Hcikes
aud Grimm $50.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-12
Arthur's brotherhood.

81. Louis. May 1l.--About Coz delegates
were present to-day when Grand chief
Arthur called the third biennia conyen-
ton Of the brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers TO order for he hree-weeks'
one of the most important mat
tiers To be decided H. the question ot going
int" "A national alliance Of railroad or
ganizations. To-day's session was devoted
wholly TO routine ~preliminaries
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-12
Italian TRANQUILITY.

Rome. May II. midnight.-a semi-ori-
cial note Just issued asserts that tran
guilty prevails throughout the country.
According TO the same authority the Rus
sian government has officially notified
Italy that rumors of Russia's intention To
prevent the expor OF cereals arc UNI
founded.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-12
MUCH WOOL BURNED.
A Large Ware store destroyed by rire in
Apdoyer.

Andover. Mass. May IA large three
story building at Hallardsville. used as
n wool storehouse by J~annission IL Love
joy OF Boston. was burned shortly after
noon to-day. together with "a number of
connecting buildings. The buildings con-
tanned wool valued at between $3.50, go
and 1900. on. Most of the stock was de-
stroyed ar badly damaged ana IL Is
thought the total loss will be- nearly
slpO Oo0
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Our War Premium.

Send us SO in advance for one years
subscription to the Standard. or Sc for
six months. and secure a copy of The
American Navy. Cuba N Hawaii
the handsomest premium ever offered
by a newspaper.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-12
Nav Have Hesu Lost.

London. May ll.-Advices received
here state that the British Eilmoran,
which arrived at Algoa bay on April 70
from San Francisco. has been driven
from her anchorage seward, and moth
ing has been heard of her since. She
had 500 tons Of cargo on board. Ia be
discharged al Algoa bay.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-12

OF the many suits between the Mon
tana ore Purchasing company and the
Boston e. Montana was argued before
Judge Clancy yesterday morning by
Mr.. Forbis and Judge Mediation. and
the matter was taken under advise
ment by the court.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-12
Our War Premium.

Send us $40 in advance for one years
subscription To the Standard. or IS for
six months, and secure a copy of The
American Navy, Cuba and Hawaii
the handsomest premium ever offered
by a newspaper.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-12
10 Was Terrible.

London. May l2-The Rome correspond
ent OF the Times sends by mail a Ions
dispatch which the censor had refused TO
allow to be transmitted by wire. practi-
cally confirming the terrible nature OF the
Hoting at Milan and elsewhere.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-12

Toronto, Ont, May 1I-Dalton Me-
Carthy, q. G., Nj. p. one of the fore
most counsels and leading statesmen
of Canada, dice at 3 O'Clock tonight as
a result OF being thrown from his car
riage on Sunday evening last. He was
s. years old
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-12
Blauco Heard From.

Madrid. May u.-An official dispatch
from Havana says: The enemy's squad
ron has disappeared. Five warships have
gone eastward"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-12
sanger Retires.

Milwaukee, May n-Walter G.. Sanger.
the well-knwon bicyclist. to-day made the
announcement of his permanent retire
ment from the track.
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Going to New Orleans.

Springfield. ILL.,. May 1.-THE 81 and
5th regiments. Illinois volunteer in
%fsntry. will depart for New Orleans
tomorrow.
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Calling tards.

CalI AT the STANDARD ONCE. 81 East
and see the latest styles Of
calling cards.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-12
Snani.h A..

Madrid. MAY H-Spanish Is closed to-
at 500. Gold was quoted at sl.0.
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Bank { Co.

A general commercial banking business
transacted. including the purchase and
sale Of State. County ard City securities.
a careful attention to collections and the
acceptance of trusts.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-12
The FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF BUTTE
4 GENERAL BAMKIN6 BUSINESS
TRANSACTED

Foreign exchange. We draw direct on al
the principal cities of Europe and issue
our own letters Of credit. available In all
parts of the world.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-12

HennesSy'S HenneSsy'S II

THERE'S a sort of ''get there air about the bike
i which the old army mule lacks, but the ~latter's
heels quickly make a wound that's slow to heal.
There's no going backward in our business; we're
pushing ahead, doing more and more every month
and setting a pace for busy merchants in high values
that is telling, so telling.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-09-08
The New Bankruptcy Law.

There has been some apprehension among
new bankruptcy law, which says that any
person shall be deemed insolvent whenever
the aggregate of his property, exclusive of
any property he may have transferred, shall
not, at a fair valuation, be sufficient in
amount to pay his debts.
Under the old law of 1867, the courts held
that the amount of a debtors property as
compared with his debts, was of no conse-
quence. The question now arises whether
the new laws definition means, for instance,
that a merchant or manufacturer who is do
ing business on capital of, say, $50 900,
and secures credit for more than that sum, u,
is in danger of being declared insolvenu
whenever his liabilities exceed his assets.
The subject is of sufficient importance to
have warranted the securing Of eminent
legal advice, which is to the following effect :;
"a man must commit some act Of bank
ruptcy before his case can come within the
Jurisdiction of the bankruptcy law. That
is, he must actually be in default. 1t is we'll
known that many business men oftep secure
credit far in excess of their invested capital
or assets, but 80 long as they keep on paying
debts and meeting their obligations, the
bankruptcy laws definition of insolvency
cannot apply to them. If tirm should give
a three months note for 81 900, and that
happened to exceed the firms assets, moth
ing could be done under the bankruptcy
law, unless the n ote was not met when
duen
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-09-08

living in the LIMERICK City who could prop
erly be added to this list.
When this article was started it was in
tended to conine it to people formerly of
Belfast, but now in business or professional
life in Rockland, but we must make another
exception. All over the city were bills of
the great labor-day demonstration at Oak
land Park, Sept. 9TH. L. M. Staples, Esq,
of Washington was announced as orator of
the day. Mr. Staples was born in Swan
vile, July %, 1847 He enlisted twice dur
ing the civil war, but was under age the
first time and could not get the consent of
his parents, and on his second enlistment in
the 10Th Maine, in the company commanded
by Capt. Charles Baker of Belfast, the ex-
amining surgeon found evidences of pulmon-
airy weakness and he was rejected. He then
studied law in the office of James B. Murch,
Esq, Belfast, and later was admitted to prac-
tlce at the Waldo county bar, soon after tax
ing up his residence in Washington, Knox
county, which has since been his home.
Looking over this no doubt incomplete
list of Belfasters in Rock land, we venture
the assertion that no place in the State has
contributed to any one of its neighbors so
many men and woman who have become
prominent in business and professional LIFE
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A Lawyer Poet.

Frank FL. Colley, who has opened a law
office at Old Orchard for the summer
months, is one of Portland's rising young at
torneys, and man of literary ability as
well. In fact, it was disappointment to
some of MIR. Colley's friends when he chose
the law as his profession, it having been pre-
dicted that he could easily make for himself
place among the first writers of the day.
He is Belfast boy and for four years was city
editor of the Belfast Age. 1t was during that
period that some of his best work was done.
One of his poems, when Horace Used to
Sing has been copied widely into the Bos-
ton dailies and other western papers and
has brought him the kindest criticisms of
writers and publishers. Many of his poe ms
are of the same style as Eugene Fields and
have pathos and sw eetness that can but
captivate the reader. Mr.. Colley is
prominent member of the Maine Press AS
socation, having been the poet of that Or
ganzation for four years. Biddeford
Journal
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The Belfast Schools.

All pupils having school books belonging
to the city are requested to return the same
on or before Sept. 10th.
Teachers are requested to call at the office
of the Superintendent on or before Saturday +,
Sept. 10Th, for keys, record books, etc.
A teachers meeting for all teachers, city
and rural, will be held Monday afternoon
Sept. 10Th at $50 o'clock in the High school
room.
The teachers, parents and pupils of form
er school district No. -, Brick schoolhouse,
East Belfast, will have bell hanging, pre-
sentation and ringing at the school house
Saturday evening at o'clock. The bell was
bought by subscription and will be formally
presented to the city. with appropriate ex-
ercises, including addresses, music, etc.
All friends of the school are invited
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-09-08

The following jurors were drawn: Grand
Jurors-Edwin L. Stickney, Percy S. Edge
comb; traverse jurors-Edgar NJ Cunning
ham, James II. Stnson, George D, Mahoney
Edwin NJ. Crocker.
The report of the committee on finance in
settlement with the collector OF taxes for
1897 was read and accepted.
The report of the committee on schools on
bills of Stllman Grotton and Ansel Robbins
was read and accepted. Both bills were
somewhat reduced
An ordinance relating to cemeteries was
read and passed. Tie ordinance as passed
is published in another column.
A few petitions for abatement of taxes
were received and referred to the commit
tee Oh finance.
The assessors Of the Baptist church We're
granted permission to occupy portion Of
High street while taking down the steepe
and repairing the church.
An order was passed abatng the taxes of
the Belfast W alter Co, S5S2.75, in consider
alton for'concessions, as per the original con-
tract.
AL OIutI W DIS passed. - ludU lut DUdru Ol
cemetery trustees shall have the custody
and control of the hearse belonging to tile
city, and that said board is hereby author
lied to sell said hearse in such manner as III
their judgment viii be most advantageous
to the city
Two orders were passed authorizing the
settlement of back taxes on certain property
Oh payment OF taxes and costs without in
terest.
G. H Sargent, collector of taxes, reported
as follows:
Collected from Aug. 1 to Sept. o.. $50, ,076 Is
Paid James Pattee, treasurer. ..... ., ,562 90
Cash on hand. d...................,.. / 51i -
S30,O76 2S
Aldermen Poor and Rankin We're appoint
ed to make sewer assessments
Adjourned.