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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-21

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-21

baltimore .. Cleveland 3.

BALTIMORE. July D-CIeveland out
batted the orioles today. but the latter
HI the ball opportunity and won n an in
terestlng game Both sides nelded brill
iantiy. Attendance, l,5l0. Score:
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" e Morrison arrived in san Francisco
asst sunday from Dawson and = expected
In Seattle thss week.
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4 fuN and detailed account ~ the arrival
of the treasure ships VII appear In ne
Weekly Pcst-In; el.!rencer issued TODAY
Your friends in the Eastern states viii
want ne --latest nows from he t.'dora1o %
the North Send them n copy. Price 3
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-21

PACIFIC NORTHWEST LEAGUE.


SPOKANE. J.lv - Seattle played bet
-ar .- gree as1l s15 won Farro,t. ~ Spo-
r~ p fcg~ times AZ ,ce h4t. made
1< r-1 t~3 fac.- 5asEe-.. and a sacr.-
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Baltimore
..t...i Lr..I
Chicago Il. Philadelphia >.

PHILADELPHIA. July 0.-Chicago de-
featei the PaiIes today by hard hitting
The home team gave miserable exh.bi
ton AtteHlAnce, :. 10. Score:
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Washington 3. Cincinnati =.

BatreTies-CAllahan and Chance: Plat.
Murphy and Mcfarland. Ump!res, GaT-
ley and Brown
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Program me for To-day.

ID a. m.-S0hns vs., Bel. Card and Hayes
vs. P4schau and Meem. Miss Riley vs..
Miss Banks, VI IS Strive vs. Miss Ren!ng-
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THE CHRISTMAS TRADE
Merchants Say 1t Is Picking Up"
Considerably.
SHOW WINDOW DISPLAYS
Every Merchant Took Advantage o. Sun
day to Decorate His Place OF Bust
ness Express ONCE and Posto:-
fcs Prepare for the Rush.

Last week nearly every merchant
was complaining about Christmas and
New Year trade. They all aid that it
was poor. II was suggested hat il was
stil rather early for the brisk trade to
begin. but they said IL il were ever time
to begin II was time right now.
The Sunday holiday. however.
worked a marked change i'm the holiday
trade. Yesterday the merchant did not
say trade was poor; he said lit was
picking up II is still a week from
Christmas, and the increased activity
in holiday buying. az indicated by yes
terday's trade. Is certainly a sign thai
from now on the holiday trade will
boom.
Nearly all OF the stores took advan
age OF Sunday to decorate their show
windows for the holidays. How well
they have succeeded is shown by the
hundreds OF beautifully arranged dis
plays, all OF which were prepared dur
ing the time the stores were closed on
Sunday. las week the wood haulers
did a thriving business In eyergreens. or
pine boughs. which they sold to the
business houses at remarkably good
prices. The green pine decorations,
upon a face Of pure white. form "A beau
tiful picture, n nearly every window
has the evergreens. There are scores Of
fine displays of elegant merchandise.
some of them artistically arranged 10
resemble the interiors Of happy homes.
The express companies and the post
office felt their first rush of increasing
business yesterday. Those who are
sending presents To the more remote
states fixed them up on Sunday and
yesterday expressed them or mailed
them. The expressmen and postofiice
clerks expect an enormous increase Of
business this week. The rush at the
transportation offices will increase as
the days intervening between now and
next sunday grow fewer. the pounds
pounds Of mail and express matter
will grow greater and greater each day.
and finally. on Saturday. it will wind
up with an enormous ush OF people
who will ask IL this package can get
over to Butte to-day"
This week, from this time forward.
viii be one of great activity i'm Ana
conda. This clty's people are prosper
ous; they have a a most favorable
year; they will do their utmost to make
their friends happy, n altogether the
Christmas and New Years presents
that will leave Anaconda VIII be enor-
nous in number. handsome i'm appear
ance. appropriate in assortment. and
will carry with them the good will Of
IL. 1000 prosperous, contented, happy
people.
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This allowed 20 minutes on each side
for debate.
AIR. Wager. IN support OF the meas
ure. described the work OF the Paila-
delph'a museum and its influence upon
American export trade. over half a
million dollars. he said. had already
been spcn; in the establishment of the
museum. and the city Of Philadelphia
had appropriated 500. 900 additional.
This bill. he said. asked for an appro-
priat.Jn Of sS50.0oo. provided a similar
sum were raised from other sources.
Mr.. Bingham. rep. Pa. dwelt upon
the great benefits which would accrue
TO the country as a whole from this &-
position. The bill. he said. had already
passed the senate. and II was impor-
TAM hat IL should become a law at
once in order that plans for a govern
ment exhibit might BE- prepared.
Mr.. Burke. dem.. Texas. IN opposing
the bill. called attention to the fact that
last spring some prominent members Of
the majority opposed A bill To allow
even the free importation Of exhibits
from Mexico designed for the Dallas
fair.
Does the gentleman see any analogy
between a state fair and the exposition
provided for in this bill?" asked AIR.
Dalzell. rep. Pa.
"A state fair Is worthy OF more con-
s~ideration than a city fair" replied Mr..
Burke.
Mr.. Bailey. dem. Texas. and Mr..
Dockery. dem. Missouri. also opposed
the bill. The latter said II was eimply
a naked proposition for the government
to enter into a partnership with a pri-
vate corporation for the purpose Of col
Letting samples of manufactured pro-
ducts designed for export.
Mr.. Underwood. dem. Alabama. sup
ported the bill on the ground hat we
must watch out for foreign trade. IL
this was to be done in%telligently u
people must understand the class Of
goods required abroad The appropri-
alton asked for i'm this bill was for the
benefit OF our export trade.
The bill finally passed. l42 TO 20. or
a margin OF two votes over the neces-
sary two-thirds.
A~resolution was adopted setting aside
January is for the consideration Of a
bill reported from the interstate com
merce commission.
\ till was passed to authorize the
distribution Of the Frecdmen's Lank
assets and to enlarge the scope of the
fish commission to include game birds.
A bill was passed on motion of MIR.
Brundige. dem. Arkansas, for the re-
lief of the ith mounted Arkansas infan-
try. This regiment was never muster
ed into the service and never was paid.
The bill directs the secretary of var to
appoint a referee to take testimony.
make up a roll m ascertain the sums
due the living officers and men.
The senate bill for the relief Of John
w. Lewis of oregon was passed and
then at 2:45 p. m. the house adjourned.
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DRINKING BOUT AT eELLGvILLE.
Two Favorites Zach swallow 3 Meas
urcs of Beer.

urcs of Beer.
John Saal of Bellcville. Ill, had a
mule. He also had an ice box full of
beer. He wanted TO be rid Of the mule.
He also wanted to he rid Of the beer.
He gave birth to a happy thought. He
would get rid of the mule by getting
rid Of the beer.
John Saal mad proclamation that to
the man who took the most beer Off of
his hands in the space of a month
would be awarded the mule.
Great interest was aroused among
the beer drinkers Of South Belleville. 4
large number Of them fastened eager
eyes on the mule and entered the race.
Every mar who paid 3 rents for a
schooner Of beer at John SAILS thirst
place "a given a coupon. The man
who could produce the greatest num-
Der of coupons at the end OF -four weeks
was to have the mule.
Early n the game X Bartholomew
and Val Rischar became the faVorites.
All the drinking vas in the dark. Mo-
body knew how anybody else stood. But
to even n casual observer IL became
plain that Ike and Val were giving the
closest attention to the business OF win
ming the mule.
The two men grew I'm girth as the
contest progressed. Each OF them had
his waistband spliced. but still the ten
ure OF their buttons was brief and I'M
certain. But they Jagged not. Barthol-
omew was heard to say that he would
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20
"Mistakes win Happen."

The engagement of Jacob Lifts COM
pany at the Margaret next Friday
should prove a red letter event i'm To-
cal theatricals. First. because il is
one of the strongest companies of
comedians hat il is possible to get to-
gether; and, second. because the play
which will be presented is one of the
most successful comedies hat has been
presented i'm many years. The play is
called Mistakes Will Happen and is
the work of Grant Stewart, a young
American dramatic author who is rap
idly becoming famous as a playwright.
Mistakes Will Happen is fun from
the beginning to the end, and the kim
of fun that is wholesome. OF recent
years most of the farcical comedies
which have been given To the public
have been erotic. In Mistakes VIII
Happen there is nothing from the
first to the final curtain which could
possibly offend: it Is simply a good
hearty laugh. The story is said to be
a continuous one, and all of the lu-
dicrous situations which occur during
the action Of the play are arrived at
by logical sequence. Charles Dickson.
who has appeared in this city many
times, will head the cast i'm Mis-
takes" He will be supported by Hen
r.etta Crossman and a company of
clever people.
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SUSPENSION DAY.
Bailey Causes n FURRY by Introducing
His Expected Resolution.

Washington. Dec. 19.-This was eus-
pension day i'm the house. and several
bills were passed. the most important
of which was the bill appropriating
s35O.00O for the Philadelphia exposition
of 1899. The vote was exceedingly
close; il had but two votes more than
the necessary two-thirds. Bills were
also passed under the suspension Of the
rules to authorize the distribution cf
the assets of the Freedmen's hank: 10
enlarge the scope of the fish commits
sion to include game birds: for the re-
lief Of the 4th mounted Arkansas in
fantry, and for the relief Of John w.
Lewis of Oregon.
Mr.. Bailey of Texas introduced a res
olution in pen house directing the in
dietary committee to investigate and
report on the question as to whether
the members of the house who had &C.
cepted commissions i'm the army had
forfeited their seats I'm the house. He
made the resolution the text for some
remarks. in the curse OF which he took
occasion bitterly to denounce n news
paper statement to the effect tina IN
his attitude on this question he had
been made a catspaw by prominent re-
publicans i'm the house. He denounced
the republican who a i~nstigated the
statement as an Infamous liar n
challenged him to father il. There IVES
no reply to Mr.. Railey's statement and
the resolution was referred To the CON-
mittee on rules. The resolution is as
follows:
Resolved. That the committee on iu-
dietary be and is hereby instructed TO
ascertain and report to his house %
whether any member of this house has
accepted any Office under the United
States. and (2) whether acceptance of
such Office under the United States has
vacated the seat of the member accept
ing it,"
Mr.. Dingley offered a resolution for a
holiday recess from Wednesday. De-
cember 81. TO January 4. and IL was
adopted without division. A special
order was also adopted setting aside
January ; for the consideration OF bills
reported by the judiciary committee.
This being suspension day. Mr.. wag-
ner. rep. Pa. moved the passage. un-
der suspension OF the rules. Of the lill
for the proposed Philadelphia expos
ton Of American products and manu-
features in 1899. Mr.. Bailey demanded
a second. When the result was an
nounced. - ayes and "a noes. Mr.. Pal
ley made a point OF no quorum. The
speaker counted IL members present
and declared the demand seconded.
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win II he had to put on India rubber
clothes.
The contest was announced to close
Thanksgiving night. There was a great
crOwd on hand to see the finish Mo-
body knew for certain. but Ike and Val
were supposed to be about neck n
neck. Fac had partisans who helped
their favorites along by setting the
pace for a few laps at a time. But dur
ing the closing hours everybody else
stood aside u watch the two favorites
jumping for the tape.
They were both running easy. Both
were full of confidence. There was the
strongest reason for believing they were
also fun Of hops. but II they were they
did not seem to know IL. They kept
stacking up the coupons and leaving a
trail Of empty schooners and buttons
behind them.
The race was ended amid great ex-
element. The barkeepers were exhaust
ed. but Ike and Val were still fresh.
The coupons were counted In hushed
expectancy.
"a tie-2ss oupons each" was the
announcement.
II was agreed that the two men
should shake" for the prize.
That "A equivalent TO giving the
mule to Bartholomew. He had a rabbit
foot i'm his pocket.
R.schar did not know IL. He invoked
all the lucky deities and threw five
skies. The mules mine" he said. and
started for the tab
Hold on" said Bartholomew. I've
got n throw yet"
He took n ~strangle hold on the rab-
bit loot with his right hand and juggled
the bones with his left. They rolled
on the ends of his fingers. The rabbit
foot had won. He had thrown five
aces.
Ike did not know what TO do with his
mule. He conferred with his friends
They told him that a man Of talents
ought To succeed In the saloon bust
ness. He agreed with them.
He is having the old Lincoln house
renovated. In a short time he will open
up. He will call II the Dewey. In COM
memoration OF his victory. IL will be
known as the Mule and Rabbit Foot
m. The mule will play mascot In the
back yard and the rabbitf foo VIII hang
over the door.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20
RETALIATION.
The United States To he Placed In n
Position To strike Back.

Position To strike Back.
Washington. Dec. 19.-The a%gricultur-
al appropriation bill reported to-day.
contains a retaliatory clause autho"iz-
ing the secretary of agriculture to in
spect imported articles dangerous to
health. nd also authorizing the secre-
tary OF the treasury to exclude such
articles. The restriction is designed to
apply to a large number OF articles inn
ported from foreign countries. The
clause Is as follows:
The secretary OF agriculture. when
eve he has reason to believe that arti-
cles are beng imported from foreign
countries which are dangerous to the
health Of the people of the United
States, shall make a requisition on the
secretary Of the treasury for samples
from the original packages of the arti-
cles for examination and analysis: and
the secretary OF the treasury is hereby
authorized TO open such original pack
ages and deliver specimens to the sec
rotary Of agriculture for the purpose
mentioned. And h secretary of the
treasury shall refuse delivery of n
goods which the secretary OF agT.cul-
ture reports to him to have been in
spected and analysed m found TO be
adulterated or otherwise Injurious To
health."
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20
HARTE'S MOUNTAIN TALE
"Tennessee's Pardner"a Beautiful
and Pathetic Story.
OTHER PLAYS THIS WEEK
SHAFT No. q" Comes to the Margaret
Tc-Morrow Night-Charles Dick
son at the Same House on
Friday Evening.

Bret Harte's beautiful and pathetic
little story, TENNESSEE Pardner." has
been read a thousand and one times in
Anaconda This quaint tale of the hills
Is included i'm one of the books which
is AZ any ones call at the Hearst Free
Library. Many thousands of Anacon-
da's people a read the tale; many
thousands admired 1t: they were de-
lighted with the characters portrayed in
1t and the scenes depicted there.
When the dramatization of "Tennes-
sees Pardner" was announced to appear
In Anaconda everybody SAID they were
going to see IL. But the play came at
the wrong time-Christman planning
and Christmas shopping interfered
with the attendance at the Margaret
last evening. The audience was only
ordinary in size, but IL was appre-
ciative and did not hesitate in making
its appreciation manifest.
Miss lane Corcoran in the role of
Tennessee Kit was received with the
most earnest demonstrations of appre-
citation. Many of the other members of
the company interpreted their parts
well. but it must be said that in one
or two respects there could be decided
improvements. The Golden Nugget
quartette. composed of Charles Powell.
Thomas Stubs. Theo. Westman and j.
w. Kilduf, rendered some excellent
numbers. The performance through
out was good.
The company left this morning for
Missoula.
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To Visit Cuba.

Washington. Dec. 19.-Mr. Gallinger
to-day attempted to report favorably
Senator Proctor's resolution for a COM
mittee OF five senator's to visit Cuba.
This required unanimous consent. and
Senator Hale objected. MIR. Proctor
said he thought IL was important 10
get information. Mr.. Hale said re
thought II would he a foolish thing to
send a committee there.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20
Death of Mrs. Hickey.

j. s. Hickey received a telegram yes
terday morning announcing the death
of his mother in Denver, Colo, where
she has resided for the past Is years
Callipruit. Mrs. Hickey was IS years
OF age and the mother of seven chill
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20
Books and stationery at L. A. King
Council VIII Meet To-Nirht.

There will be a meeting of the city
council tonight and all Of the alder
men had better be around. IL they don't
want TO get their foot into il. There
is a special order of business for to-
night, n that special order is set for
1880 O'Clock. which is half an hour ear
Tier than usual. The special order is
the fixing of the levy of the tax levies
for certain Improvement districts
where sewers have been built.
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dren. FIVE of whom survive her. She
has been a widow since 1885. J.. s.
Hickey left for Denver yesterday to
attend the funeral. which will take
place Wednesday. the 2lst.
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'.Shaft No. g."

When the popular success. Jacob
Lifts Shaft No. 3" comes to h Mar
garet theater Tomorrow evening. lovers
of genuine stage realism will have an
opportunity to witness one of the most
startling and unique scenes in this
line ever attempted on the stage. i'm
the electrical storm in the third act.
Nothing like 1t has ever been success
fully introduced before on the stage.
and IL is said to represent the greatest
progress that has recently been made
in adapting electricity to stage uses.
An abundance of magnificent scenery
is used in this production, which Is
said to be one of the most elaborate
scenic productions on the road. The
cast comprises several well known peo-
ple.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20
Annual Representation Work.

Afidavits of annual representation
work performed have been filed for rec
ord in the Office of the county clerk and
recorder:
G. f. Baldwin on the Effie, in an I'M
organized district.
George Fairweather on two fire clay
placer claims.
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THE POWER IS INHERENT
CONTINUED from Page One.)

vestment, and drew a glowing picture
of the use to which the funds could be
put.
AT BIS y. m. the senate went into ex-
ecutive session and at $3.50 p. m. ad-
iourned.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20
ANACONDA NEWS.

Single copies of the Christmas edi-
tion Of THE STANDARD, wrapped
for mailing, with postage paid. can
be obtsined at the business offices
Of The Standard In Montana. Price
ten cents.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20

Devine's grocery and LIQUOR store re-
opened at the same old stand.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20

At h Montana-C. NJ. Meyer. New
York; D.. j. Donohue. Hamilton: o. l..
Warren. Warm Springs; Royal Scott.
Chicago; A. +. fowler, Chicago: Chas.
X. Levy. Minneapolis; w. T. Franklin.
Montana; Jack ~Fridenberg. New York;
Arthur Aston Inc wife. Miss Corcoran.
Miss Fannie Linter. Frank NJ. Kelly. j.
ID. Quinn. New York: j. L. Clark. Chi
cago; William b. Thompson. +. h.
Howell. c. o.. Davidson. Butte; John NJ.
Sturck. Kansas City; w. c. Mandell.
Salt Lake; c. Clifford. Butte; c. c.
Congdon. Philipsburg.
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Lined Kid Gloves. fur trimmed, &c
a pair. NJ s. Aschheim.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20

Cashmere mufiers. soc: silk muflers,
SOC. NJ. $. Aschheim.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20

Tomorrow We will give a handsome
and useful souvenir TO every customer.
NJ. s. Aschheim.
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Mrs. W. E. Bond viii sell at sacrifice
the entire contents OF her house at No.
60 Maple street. Immediate sale i'm
perative. Call at Montana hotel be-
tween IL and ? p. m.
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japanese all silk initial handker-
chiefs, 25c. NJ. s. Aschhe.m.
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The Only Method.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
DO you approve of compulsory educa-
tion?"
well" said the man who had settled
down late In life. ITS about the only
way to learn the value OF a dollar"
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Closing out sale of Xmas novelties at
225 East Commercial.
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Souvenir day tomorrow. NJ. S. Ascn-
helm.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20

At Merrill's this week. a $500 La
dies Gold Watch for $500.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20

You must not rest until you examine
and purchase one of those elegant holi-
day books at Kings.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20

T.. T. Baker Of Butte, the county sur
Neyor OF Silver Bow county, was a
Anaconda visitor Yesterday.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20

Notice-Firms or individuals having
any account against w. E. Bond, late
manager of his company. will please
present same at our office to-day.
Standard Publishing Company.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20

Cigars. tobaccos. etc. at L. A. Kings.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20

SOC Child's Rings for 25c. Merrilrs.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20

All who call at the Kennedy Drug
company on Wednesday will receive "A
handsome calenoar.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20

DIR. o. Y. Warren of Warm Springs
one OF the newly elected members O
the legislature. was in the city yester
day.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20

j. l.. Goodwin Of Warm Springs W
a visitor in town yesterday.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-20

Silver match boxes 81. at Gre,g's.