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rightly felt that her personality and in
nuence would help TO counterfeit the
ridicule which the 'unfeminine' move
ment was sure to meet" The writer
OF the paper says she cannot conceive
of anything that women could do in the
future that would shock the public now
az the things they actually are doing
would have shocked the public of
thirty, twenty, or even ten years ago.
Miss Abbott admits that the great
obstacle to woman suffrage at present
is that the majority of women do not
want it: and this majority. with SEEM
ing Inconsistency. seems to be as large
among thinking women as among the
unthinking. But she does not regard
this obstacle as insuperable. for an
illogical state of affairs cannot endure
forever: that subtle, elusive force
known as public opinion is subject to
the most sudden changes and no one
can ever tell how small a thing may
start 1t.
Miss Abbott closes her witty and en-
joyable paper by saying that although
she has not yet attained great age, the
world has turned around many times
since she became a passenger on this
planet People who occupied front
rows in the seats of the scornful and
perked up their noses in disdain at the
lowIy, have gone down on their knees
to what they once considered Il worm in
the dust. / may not live beyond the
allotted age of man. but | firmly expect
before / die that some of those who
now sneer at woman's rights. woman's
suffrage and the like, will come around
to solicit me to subscribe for statue
to Amelia Boomer or a monument to
Susan Il. Anthony"
1t is we'll enough to be hopeful. Yes
terday the Standard printed the list Of
the states in which proposed female
suffrage has been voted down. 1T Is a
long list. TT takes the sort of faith that
removes mountains to keep on cam
paigning against such showing.
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The Loss OF the Maine.

ATE tidings concerning the disas-
ter that overlook the Maine are
practically a confirmation of most
of the distressing reports that reached
the public in the early bulletins. The
loss Of life is not quite as large az was
at first feared. yet II is a distressing
total. the estimates are that rs men
persisted out Of the ships equipment OF
35f.
Il is a death roll that will carry sor-
row into every corner Of this country.
The makeup OF crew for battle
ship like the Maine is cosmopolitan.
one would hardly think that the disas-
ter would instantly quicken personal
anxiety In a part of the country SO far
removed from the navy's activities as
Montana Is. yet in Butte appeared yes
ferday brother of one Of the members
of the crew. while i'm Anaconda a citi-
zen was making diligent inquiry con-
corning nephew who was an ensign on
board the Maine. Thus every section
of the land reveals those whom disas-
ter like that Of Tuesday night closely
concerns. This mornings printed list
of the men on board the Maine includes
the name of James p. Aitken, whose
brother lives in Butte. Whether he is
among the saved or not, cannot yet be
told
The disaster has other phases that
directly interest the public. The idea
that Spanish treachery was the cause
of the catastrophe will find advocates.
although that suspicion viii probably
not be widely entertained II the eS-
plosion was the result Of an accident.
the public will wonder where the blame
lies. Accidents Will happen, of course.
yet the public has been led to believe
that the vigilance and discipline on
board the ships Of war are suen as
absolutely TO preclude the possibility of
an accident Of the kind that Is now
assumed to account for the explosion.
Millions are spent on these ships. mil
lions more on their magazines and mu-
nitions, and millions more on the train
ing of men 20 handle them, on the
theory that the explosives they carry.
properly cared for. are absolutely safe
III the most disturbing seas. that these
can be handled in the confusion and
exposure Ut actual battle without great
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UNSEEN THOUGH PRESENT.
Wolves Fiji the Woods, but Are Too Willy
TO lie Seen.

From the Minneapolis Journal
The experience Of Il. g. Brooks in the
ltasca county forest country seems
likely 10 discourage the enthusiastic
posse of wolf hunters for whose benefit
Brooks journey was, to some extent.
undertaken. Mr.. Brooks agreed 10 lind
the most promising hunting ground FOR
a wolf drive. and there Is no doubt that
the territory he traxersed is literally
oSefrun with gray Varinints intent on
the capture and demolition of anything
good 10 eat. AIR. Brooks has made a
report To the 81 or 40 people who want
ed to trail the willy wolf To his lair
and the report is that the Itasca county
wolf ~ TOO clever Ia be seriously dis
turhea by the advent Of any number OF
hunters To begin With. the country is
difficult To traverse in winter. there Is
at present insufficient snow on The
ground 10 make tracking feasible. and
on top Of everything else The Wolf is
several times as smart rs his pursuers
can ever hope 10 be.
There are thousands or wolves In the
country | have iass uaNerSei. said
AIR, Brooks this morning. but the
most extraordinary thing 20 ME Il thar
onn ldum or never Sees a wolf FE n
man Is caught out at night he viii b.a5.
them heWiing ell around his retreat
and II he stays awake long enough
without making 4 move If SO much AS
q finger. he may IT, rewarded bv
sight Of their Wild eyes glaring under
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other Famous Wrecks.

HAPPILY, disasters Of the sort that
~ wrecked the Maine are of rare
! occurrence. In recent years the
only serious loss, involving the Ameri-
can navy was the wreck of the old war
ship kearsarge, famous as the destroyer
of the Alabama, Off the coast of France,
In rebellion days The Kearsarge went
10 pieces on Roncador Reef. about two
hundred miles Off the Mosquito coast of
Central America. The first news of this
wreck was sensational it transpired
that not a life was lost The wreck Of
the Kearsarge occurred February .. 1894
Not less appalling than the blowing
up Of the Maine was the memorable dis
aster in which the Victoria, of the Brit
ish navy. Went down, after collision
With the Camperdown. The Victoria
was the flagship Of the Mediterranean
fleet, which was engaged in maneuver-
ing. on the afternoon Of June %. 1893, off
the coast OF Tripoi A collision with the
Camperdown occurred: in fifteen min
utes the Victoria sank. She had more
than seven hundred men on board; the
loss Of life was more than four hundred,
the list including Admiral Tryon TO
whose wrong orders, 1t was claimed. the
accident was due.
At the time when the Victoria went
down the English press declared the dis
aster to be the most sweeping of the
kind that had occurred since the wreck
Of the Royal George. which has been
embalmed in verse and story. In 17s2
the Royal George went down off Spit
head She was undergoing repairs
Hundreds of people were visitors on
board of her at the time. She careened
under a wind that suddenly sprang UP,
and sank with all on board.
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Olive Sehrener, the noted woman
writer is one of the most consistent advo-
Gates Of the emancipation of women.
Mrs Eliza A. Lowell a descendant OF
the first settler of Hallowell, Me, has
made a donation of $4,000 to build a wing
of the library building in that city.
President Eliot, in his last annual re-
port to the overseers of Harvard univer-
sity, expressed the opinion that athletics
and high scholarship do not harmon
ize
$50
Mrs. Louisa jackson Arnold, the only
surviving sister of ''Stonewalf' Jackson,
Is a resident of water cure institution
on the outskirts Of Columbus, Ohio
Shigetsuna Furuya, a young Japanese
newspaper man, who was a regular cor
respondent In Hawaii during the reyolu-
ton. Is now studying law and politics in
Ann Arbor university.
Frau Cosima Wagner has in her pos
session four unpublished completed plays
by her husband, entitled Luther
Frederick the Great Hans Sachs
Second Marriage and Duke Bernhard
Of SAKE Weimar."
The late Mr. yilliers of England was
wont To call himself the most celebrated
man in that country, for he alone had the
distinction of having three statues erect
ed in his honor during his lifetime.
The new French commander in chief is
General lamont. who Is a Breton. He is q
years of age and served in the crimea,
Lombardy and Mexico. He was also at
Metz in 1870 and in 1886 commanded the
Tongking expedition.
William Henry Domyille, who has just
died In London. was associated with Hulk
ley Tyndall and others in the formation
of the Sunday Lecture society and the
movement for getting the national mu-
seums and art galleries opened to the
public on sundays.
At recent sale Of autograph letters
in London an original plan and survey
entirely in the hand of George Washing
ton and made by him in 1850, when sur
veyor in the woods of Virginia, was sold
for SO A fine letter written by William
Penn, dated 1907, brought s56.So.
Tho cherchc Midi prison in Paris.
where Dreyfns and Esterhazy We're con-
fined was once The home of MINNIE. Reca-
mier. Ii was built in the 18th century.
II became prison early III this century
and ii was In 1t that Victor Hugo married
his wife who was the daughter of
Foueher who lived there.
Rev A. J. ID. Haupt pastor of the Me-
mortal Evangelical English Lutheran
church of ST. Paul, Mimi. has raised
commotion by accusing members of the
National Guard. whose armory is next
to the church. of spending more time
flirting with the young women of the con-
gregation than they spend at their drills.
l.. A. Seynave. resident of Philade-
phia for more than 40 years. has been
decorated to the Order Of Leopold and his
insignia forwarded 10 him through the
consul general to the United States by
King Leopold in consideration of many
years of labor and activity In relieving
the destitute and distressed citizens of
that nation.
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Women sutfragists Again.

~ VEN while the suffrage women,
in convention assembled. were
mingling with the statesmen at
Washington. Tuesday afternoon, the
proposed suffrage constitutional amend
ment in Massachusetts was going
through its regular annual killing.
Year after year. female suffrage gets
voted down in tile legislature at Bos-
ton. on Tuesday the house committee
on constitutional amendments reported
that the petitioners for a woman-suff-
rage constitutional amendment be given
leave To withdraw. and this report was
accepted. Later reconsideration was
asked. but the committees report
finally prevailed.
The fact that the woman suffra gists
are now holding their national eonven-
ton. gives interest 10 the recent con-
tributions to suffrage literature. As
bright and entertaining as anything
lately written on the subject is an
article in the February number of the
North American Review contributed by
Miss Frances NJ, Abbott. who sketches
the history Of the agitation and re-
views the arguments that have been
urged.
The first weman's rights convention
WAS called in July. 1S4S the call for it
being signed by Mrs. stanton and
Lueretia Mott. The subject had been
occasionally discussed before. but that
date marked the beginning Of the con-
certed agitation. Associated with the
demands for The ballot made by this
convention We're demands for Indus
trial opportunities for women. changes
in the laws relating to the holding of
property by wives. admission 10 the
medical and other professions. ad-
vanced education and general indie
pendence of thought and action. These
changes have nearly all been made in
precisely The order in which they were
most needed. Theoretically" Hiss
Abbott SAYS. The ballot ought to have
come first. but practically il can wait
till the last
Miss Abbott reminds some OF the
women Who are now joining clubs as a
fashionable fad that the pioneer clubs.
Sorosis Or New York and the Woman's
club OF Boston. both established thirty
years ago, never could have existed, If
their founders had not been willing to
brave sneers, earieatures and the cold
shoulder Of society I'VE do not hear
the cpithet strong minded ia these
days bur the early club members were
nothing else Alice cary WAS put for-
ward as the hset president of Sorosis.
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TIMES HAVE CHANGED.
Frnn1 he eentnrx.l

From tho Century
When Phyllis In some cunrtly dance
Threads tender mystic mazes.
Her rich attire may well entrance
The eye that on her gazes.
In shmmering folds of stately grace
II falls. or outward sweils
In pillows fieeked with foam OF lace,
Admired OF beaus and bellies.
When Phyllis riding forth would fare.
Like Dian to the chase,
MOI Dian with her might compare
For perfect form and face.
Tier shapely robe. with modest art,
CoucP8is, Whit yet 1t L lis
OF wltching srAer. dear % the heart
or mount d heaus and bellies.
when PHYLLIS 10 her wheel would 20,
Alas What siEEs Is This
IT, this thu modest maid ar nos
/ taxi. it mach lmiss
That with IA Eas defiant ar,
Which hlushed amaze enfuieEs.
Shr saiiies fafth-r1y Phyllis fai4
in sarb IL eaus. nut bellies.
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risk and that they are harmless when
the ship rides at anchor in peaceful
harbor. That is to say, the popular
theory has been that. with the exercise
of the vigilance the service calls for.
disaster to The Maine of the kind that
happened ought to have been impossi-
bic. 1t is not TOO much TO say that the
public has been taught to believe this.
4 searching inquiry By the department
at Washington must follow before the
public may hope 10 know how the
which all citizens very properly feel an
interest.
Meanwhile. there will be theories and
theories-a good variety Of them finds
mention in this mornings news. AS
a rule, senators and house members are
conservative. They seem not to impute
treachery. but the manner in which
most of them mention the forthcoming
inquiry leads one TO infer that in the
minds of most of them fingers the sus-
picion that the explosion was somehow
or somewhere the result Of causes that
might have been avoided.
From a commander in the confeder-
ate service. a man who made a good
record on the sea, comes an outspoken
expression TO the effect that the Maine
was deliberately wrecked. that a tor
pedo WAS exploded under her bow with
diahollcal intent" This seaman, Com
mander Montgomery. makes the point
that an accident of the sort never hap
pened in the history Of our navy. With
some force he asks why it should hap
pen in the case of a ship so perfectly
equipped. The question Is, of course,
not conclusive, but 1t is suggestive. yet
the first information from Captain
Sigsbee himself was to the effect that
the explosion was the result of an aeci
dent. The claim is that he was on deck
when the accident occurred
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0 PANISH efforts 10 smirch Consul
~ General Lee came 10 sorry fin
- ish. At Havana are Spaniards
who. when De Lome's exposure came
felt that on them deyolved the task Of
getting UP counter charges against Lee.
These spaniards are sufficiently skilled
in daplieity. yet in this instance they
did not invent a good campaign lie:
they asserted that they could produce
letters that would compromise Lee as
badly as De LONE was compromised by
his foolish writing. Consul General Lee
was willing TO let these people bring
On their dogs. They couldn't do it.
there was nothing in sight. or out Of
sight. from the exposure of which Lee
had anything 10 fear. At length re-
wards We're offered for the production of
letters that would damage the standing
of this countrys representative at
Havana, but nothing has been pro-
duced, and no charge against Consult
General Lee can be made TO stick
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TEN PAGES.
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY Il, 1898
.HEN General Morales gets back

.HEN General Morales gets back
WI to Guatemala there will be an
other hot time. He was run
out Of the country because he was
disturbing element and constant
menace to the other fellows who were
bossing revolutions for their own bene-
fiji. Morales has been in Mexico but
recent dispatches say that, as soon as
he heard of the assassination of Bar
rios. he began packing up his things in
order to hurry back to Guatemala and
ascertain what the outlook Is for
Morales. They are getting in Guate-
mala all the conditions needed for
revolution of the genuine old-fashion
South American sort. One claimant to
the presidency has been killed: second
claimant has lost, by assassination, his
principal supporter; a third claimant
has taken possession. AS number four,
Morales will make it lively for all
Corners
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Pen and Sword.

NERlNG the trial of zola, chatter
tOJ is kept up in the Paris court
room at a rate that passes UNI
derstanding on the part of the Ameri-
can public. The reports Of the trial,
even in their brief summary, present a
scene that is more like Il farce than
a judicial proceeding. It's the way
they have in the French courts. 1t is
not our way but that does not signify
that it is as much burlesque as it
appears to be-
Few of the phrases interjected dur
ing the course of the lola trial are
worth passing attention. One of them.
however, makes point in which there
is merit. During one of the sensa-
tional passages between court attorneys
and witnesses, Zola, moved by the alb
surd effort to exalt the army and its
officers. exclaimed: Il have served
France with my pen. l ask General
Pelleux if there are not different ways
of serving France? If he has. had his
victories. / have had mine. | bequeath
to posterity the names Of Pellieux and
Loia ana les1Ne II 10 posNeflty 10 clooSe
between them"
There can be little doubt as to the
result. Posterity may dispute over
Zola: opinion may be divided as to his
merit: If posterity is right minded it
certainly will say that Zola might well
have been less realistic and more clean
and pure. But at any rate. posterity
will know Zola. 1t will not discuss
Pellieux; ii will never hear of him.
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~ PANISH intrigue has so engrossed
~ public attention of late that the
~ Transyaal election, which other
wise would have interested the Ameri-
can people. has been out of mind. They
had an election in the South African
republic with the result that President
Kruger gets another term. The cleo
ton returns are an emphatic proof Of
the remarkably strong hold Kruger
has upon the confidence of the people
Of that South African state. The vote
for his reelection was nearly three
times greater than the united votes OF
his two opponents. The candidate who
before the election was thought to have
the favor of the people WAS General
Joubert, who Tor a number of years
past has been the leading military
authority in the Transvaal Indeed the
running Of a third candidate. Burger,
was supposed to have been intended
merely to draw votes which might 9TH
erwise go to General Joubert. and in
this way prevent his election. But. as
il turned out. the above named mill
tary officer did not poll 1000 votes, while
Herr Burger had nearly twice that
number. and President Kruger close
upon $4,000, The entire vote. however.
of the state of Transvaal was less than
20,0o0 and this after one of the most
active eanvasses that the country has
a,4a,. lypnuss,
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origin of the Word FiIibuster.

The name "buccaneer' was chiefly af-
feeted by the English Adventures on our
coast. while the French members of the
profession often preferred the name of
''filibustier." This word, which has since
been corrupted into our familiar .filibus-
ter" is said 10 have been originally a
corruption. being nothing more than the
French method of pronouncing the word
..freebooters." which title had long been
used for Independent robbers.
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Mrs. Keely. the veteran English actress
tells an anecdote of a young actress, who
in the play. is a boy. She is taken before
a Judge, who asks sternly: Now, where
are your accomplices?" And the young
actress. by happy thought, improved OF
the author and answered In artless tone
Il don't wear any They keep up with
out =
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New York ohice-4s Tribune Building.
Chicago office-ze9 The Rookery
The S. c. Beckwith Special Agency
Sole Agents Foreign Advertising,
Washington Bureau-l4i5 q street
n. w.
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All general business letters and CORE
spondencc should be addressed to the
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY,
Anaconda, Mont
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TO ADVERTISERS.

The Anaconda Standard guarantees It's
advertisers bona fide paid circulation.
Daily and Sunday. three times greater
than that of any other newspaper pub
lished in the state of Montana. Advertise
ing contracts will be made subject to
this guarantee
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The Standard has branch offices at
Butte Missoula and Great Falls. where
advertising rates win be furnished on APP
pljratiou.
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Main onice-Standard Building. Ana
conda. Telephone No J.
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An insurance and collection agent in Otsego County

An insurance collection agent in Otsego County,
New York. constantly Rpans Tabues to every
body suspects of suffering from dyspepsia and takes
pleasure in relating his experience follows nave
been sufferer dyspepsia for dozen or more and
have tried medicines that said to be good oa
positive cure them afforded much reilet have
always blessed with keen appetite and have perhaps IN
duged heartily times and suffered accordingly Last
winter while travelling through adjoining county first
learned Rpans Tabules and induced by friend TO try
them They done great deal OF good and think
that fair promise OF permanent cure Il would De
regular about my meals now am sure should Be we'll
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Daily and Sunday. one year. Slu 70
Daily and Sunday, six months. o.UO
paflv and Sunday three MONTHS. SEQ
DaiIv and SUNDAY. one month";. 100
sunday one wear . zoo
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viii be paid for the arrest and eonvlc-
ton of any person caught stealing tine
Standard from subscribers.
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Personal Mention.

Olive Sehreiner, the noted woman
writer, is one of the most consistent advo-
Gates of the emancipation" of women.
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President Eliot, in his last annual re-
port to the overseers of Harvard univer-
sity, expressed the opinion that athletics
and high scholarship do not harmon
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Mrs. Louisa Jackson Arnold, the only
surviving sister of .'Stonewall' Jackson,
Is resident of water cure institution
on the outskirts Of Columbus Ohio.