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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-28
HAVANA PANIC STRICKEN.
A Reign of Terror Exists mt the Capital
of Cuba.


Key West, June 27.-The most au-
thentIc news yet obtained OF the true
condition of affairs Ia Havana was to-
day furnished in a report TO the asso-
ciated press by a British subject who
left Havana on the British cruiser Tai
bot. and who arrived here yesterday.
He says a reign of terror exists at the
Cuban capital. Blanco has issued a
proclamation announcing that anyone
daring to express an ~unfayorable opin-
ION of. or suspected of being dtssatis-
fed with the present policy or the gov
m will be summary shot wlthout
trial or investigation. This proclalna-
ton. Il appears. caused LISA sfactioh
among the members OF the police force.
who threatened to revolt II full rations
were not given them. 1t IL expected
that. as the police is a numerous body,
trouble will result. The Spanish In
fantry and artillery soldiers are main
tanning guard over them at every corr
ner.
Famine. Il seems, Is imminent. ana
stories of supplies for Havana coming
1 via Batamano are reported to be un-
true. The informant of the associated
press thinks Havana cannot possibly
hold out six weeks longer. The city Is
pronounced panic stricken, Its inhabi
tants expecting every TO E'
bomharded by the American meet, as
thew realize that Blanco's attitude re-
leases the United States from the obi
CATION of giving the customary pom
bardment notice.
Riots are daily expected at havana
as the troops are suffering from nun
ger and the volunteers see their wlVe'
and children dying of want. Under Hucl
conditions the captain general cahho
much longer keep the military torSe'
i'm check. and a rebellion Is likely u
deyastate Havana before the Try !
captured by the Americans. Blanc'
admits the situation is desperate. ~
IL reported to have said he VIII neNe
leave Havana alive. as he is prepare,
10 take his own life when an outbreaI
occurs.
Referring to the strength OF the span
Ish forces, the Briton avs there al
100. 600 men under arms at Havana, an
a great number OF them are ready
surrender rather than die of hunger.
In conclusion. the gentleman says y
credits the reports that the gunners .
MORO castle and at other spanish oa'
teries were taken from foreign Wal
ships. and he says the consuls, ihclue
ing Collin. the British representatiV
arc strong Spanish sy~mpathiZers.
Is said as a result of energetic prote-
/ ~ Englishmen to the British forele
office the Talbot will shortly return
havana with Collins successor.
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Transport. Hav. \ OF Arrived.

Copyright 1898 by Associated Press.
Manila. June %. via Hong Kong June
97-JTp to the time this dispatch is sent
The transports from san Francisco hav-
ing on board American troops intended
10 reinforce Dewey have not arrived
here, and there is no change i'm the silt
nation. The insurgents have not made
any further advance and the Span
iards have beer continuing the con
struction of sand bank Notifications
and the planting of sharpened BAN
hoos around Manila for the purpose OF
stopping the insurgents advance. The
| papers here continue appealing to the
natives TO come TO the assistance Of
! Spaip
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ments. II has a president. a cabinet anu
a congress. The representatives are elect
ed for one month and the senators LOT
three months. The citizens OF the repuo
lie sustain the relationship to 1t that the
citizens Of the great republic of the uhi,
ted States do TO IL. Jacob Smith q lao
of about II years. and a former presloent
of the republic. explained to an immense
audience the workings OF the little gov
eminent.
Renresentative Raw OF New York. in
whose district the republic Is, gave II a
hearty recommendation. Representative
Grosvenor Of Ohio spoke at length OF tne
good 20 be accomplished by such institu-
tions as the Junior Republic ana OF thsIr
superiority over reformatorles ne
thought the greatest menace 10 the utuls
Of this country was the bad education and
training OF the children.
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Totally Destroyed.

New whatcom, Wash, June E.-The
second largest lumber mill In the state OF
Washington. belonging to the Bellingham
Bay Improvement company. was totally
destroyed by fire this morning together
with the company's new electric lgnt
plant. Fifty thousand dollars worth OF
lumber was burned. Three Great North
ern cars were burned and two badly dam
aged. The total loss Is placed at s4ooooo.
The mill employed 400 men. IL Is said ina
IL will be rebuilt at once. The principa
stockholders of the company are I'd
Cornwall of San Francisco. ID. y. Mills
and Alvinza Hayward.
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Geors. Junior Rrpublir.

Washington. June 21.-An insight was
given last night at the Metropolitan NJ,
r. church into the workings Of a UNIQUE
institution, the George Junior Republic.
Founded four years ago al FreevLle, y.
Y. by Mr.. George. the institution hat be
come widely known as a place where the
principles Of good citizenship are instill'd
into the youthful mind by practical train
ing. Those who have studied its opera
lions have pronounced IL the solution OF
the problem OF the slums.
The Junior Republic IL modelled after
that Of the United States. with all OF It's
executive, judicial and legislative depart
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sustained by the Court.

San Francisco. June G.-1n the United
States district court to-day Judge MOI
~ aecided against Insurance Commis-
sioner Andrew ]. Clunie in the cases
brought by the several insurance compa-
MES doing business In this state. The ac-
tons were brought 10 restrain the com
missioner from declaring the bonds or the
companies invalid and TO RESTRAIN MIN
,rom revolving their certificates OF su-
thority 10 DO business In this state. Like
wise the companies sought to RESTRAIN the
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Vienna, June 27.-Dispatches received
from Leimburg, Galacia. say the rioting
peasants pillaged Alt-Sandec seNeTai
hours SATURDAY evening. The houses and
stores in the ring square were plundered
and then destroyed. their contents oelng
moved in vans to the country. An organ
ized attack was made upon Neu sandec'
six miles from Alt-Sandec, but the cav
airy dispersed the peasants after a hano-
to-hand fight and surroundeo tne low.
the Jewish houses in the suburbs and set
fire 10 several buildings.
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standing of the Clubs.

London, June 27.-A dispatch to the
Daily News from Port Antonio. ia
maica, says: The Americans appear
to be suspicious Of the insurgents. who
could be of immense assistance IN
bushwhacking. But how can We be
sure" says and American officer. that
any one of them is not a Spsniard,
ready to lead US into trouble. We
cannot talk their niger Castillian. and
xhen they guide US we have to 90 II
blind. We o u trust them complete
IN or not at all"
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Washington. june 1.-THE house devoted
to-day's session to consideration of legls-
lation affecting the District of Columbia.
The message of the president relative TO
Naval Constructor Hobson. the HUDSON
officers and crew at Csrdenas and captain
uodpson OF the Hugh McCulloch at Ma
Mia. was not read until late. Few mem
bers we're present and the reading was
not marked by any demonstration At
4.sO %. m. the house adjourned.
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Mur,ler and suicide.

East Las Vegas. N. NJ. June H.-John
Rhodes. a Goa driver. shot his wife ana
then killed himself. Rhodes came home
under the influence of liquor and COM
menced quarreling with his wife. he De-
rame abusive and she fed from the house.
followed by Rhodes. who shot at her. IN
alctinr fatal Wounds. He then turned the
weapon upon himself with fatal effect.
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commissioner from collecting the tax I'm
posed according to the act of 1885.
Each Of the three petitions of the insur-
ance companies In sustained by the
court. Judge Morrow holding that the de-
cision of the supreme court OF the state
in declaring the act imposing the tax TO
be unconstitutional was a just and proper
decision. He also declares that the action
of the COMMISSIONS In declaring the BONDS
of the SO Insurance companies TO De IN
valid as arbitrary and illegal.
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VIII Go with Merritt.

San Francisco. June s7.-orders have
been issued for the Astor light battery
and Batteries II and X, 3D. United
states artillery. 20 break camp on
Wednesday and go on board the New
port, which will convey Major General
Merritt and his stan To Manila.
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U,der the Protection Of Soldiers.

Wis, Tune 27.-Four of me
seven sash. door and blind factories az
fected by the woodworkers' strike stsrteo
up to-day under the proteotion OF a
Mia and go deputy sheriffs. AT present
the expenses Of the count are more thai
$50. 600 a day.
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KILLED During n Quarrel.

Kansas CITY. Mo-, June T.-Mike Nue.
clio an Italian, uuarreled with William
Ewing. a painter - years of age. over
win daughter. for whose hand Nuc.
clio was a sutton. and shot and killed
Ewing. Nuccio was arrested. Ewing and
his family moved here from Trenton, MO-,
three months ago.
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MISUNDERSTANDING and Peitz; swain
and Farrell. Umpires-Swartwood and
Wood.
At Chicago-The Orphans hit their OLD
comrade hard from the start to-day while
Woods kept Brooklyn's hits far apart un-
Ill the game was practically won. Attend
ance, 1, 500. Score:
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BASEBALL YESTERDAY.

At Cincinnati-The Senators MADE IL
three out of four to-day by hitting Haw-
ley OPPORTUNITY. The Reds could do moth
ing with Swain. 1t was a ~listless game.
Attendance, 600. Score:
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Aldermen said Of Derng and fotnd
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voice Of goods in stock, and upon this Miller
agreed. with his partner, Cole. to pay him
for his interest In the business one-half
the result Of this invoice. Nothing was
said of the good will In the contract, but.
upon plaintiffs representation that 1t was
valuable, a more liberal allowance was
made in fixing the price of the stock and
fixtures. The result of the invoice was
$4,000. and McGrath's father forwarded TO
Miller draft for $6000 Miller now began
to ask something for the good will, and
McGrath, jr., desiring harmony, said that
IL the net profits for the first year. after
paying all expenses, including salary for
each of $50 per month, amounted to 5000,
he was willing that Miller should have 1t.
The latter Immediately produced a note
for $500, payable in one year, which Nc
Grath signed. The business did not turn
out profitable the first year. and defendant
asked plaintiff to destroy the note. Later
Miller had reverscs which caused him to
sell his remaining interest to McGrath, and
in turn became the clerk of the man who
had formerly been his employe. Later he
was discharged. and then he brought suit
on the note. The court held that there had
been no consideration for 1t and that Miller
had received all that was coming to him.
The herald., 1898-03-29
FALKENsTRoM FOOLED
Gets the Worst Of It From Beginning
to End

A judgment for defendant was entered
yesterday in Department four in the dam
age suit of c. s. Falkenstrom against the
Los Angeles Railway company. Judge
Van Dyke was OF the opinion that the
plaintiff had brought about the trouble In
which he got by his own misconduct, and
that the company was not responsible for
the consequences resulting. The case was
tried without jury short time ago.
Briefly stated. the circumstances were
as follows: Falkenstrom boarded Pico
street car on E street. coming into the
city. He produced $50 gold piece to pay
his fare and said it was all he had. There
was a discussion about the change, the
conductor having none. but offering to pro-
cure it down town. He refused plaintin
a receipt for the money, and, returning II
to him, attempted to put him off the car.
A passenger offered Falkenstrom nickel
to pay his fare, but the conductor, who
had his dander up. refused to take 1t. and
fred the plaintiff off the car.
The conductor, says the court. was not
obliged to receive $50 piece rendered In
the payment of a nickel fare nor to give a
receipt therefor, and unless the fare had
been rendered in a more reasonable sum
Of money the conductor was justified in
removing him from the car.
The herald., 1898-03-29
SEVERE STRUCTURES
Blanton Duncan's Brief the Subject of
Supreme Court Persiflage

In the suit of Blanton Duncan, appellant,
vs.. the Times-Mirror company, respondent,
or appeal in the supreme court the latter
had made a motion to strike from the rec
ords the Kentucky colonels opening brief
upon the ground that it was of scandal
Gus and contemptuous character.
The supreme court in bank, in the follow
ing amusing opinion denied the motor
"The general style of the brief is not one
to be followed by attorneys conduct
ing litigation before this court.
The brief may be said to be largely an in
discriminate hotch-potch discussion and
dissertation of law. mythology, Shake
speare and the Bible. Upon a careful re-
rusal of its pages We do not find that ugly
intent directed toward the trial Judge
which respondent claims to be there mani
tested. Again, plaintiff being his own at
torney and of advanced years, we will not
too loosely scrutinize the suggestions ap-
parently intended as pleasantres, found in
the brief, directed toward opposing coun-
SELL"
Judges Henshaw and Temple dissented.
They believed that the brief should be de-
MED place in the records Of any court be-
cause it is grossly abusive. The fact that
Blantor Duncan is his own attorney is no
extenuation, as he is licensed practitioner
before the supreme court.
The herald., 1898-03-29
PATRIOTIC PREACHERS
Adopt Resolutions Against the
"Mother Of Cruelties"


The following patriotic resolutions were
unanimously passed by the methodist
preachers meeting in its regular session
yesterday at the First M. E. church:
LAS ministers of the Methodist Episcopal
church, which has from the beginning
stood loyalty by our country and manifest
ed that loyalty by every means within the
power of true patriots, We feel that the
time has come for a fervent expression Of
our devotion to our national government in
the trying ordeal through which it is now
passing.
while We deplore war as a means Of
settling troubles between nations. yet we
feel that peace may be purchased at too
dear a price; when that price Is the ma
tion's dtshonor and the wholesale destruc-
ton by neighboring power Of helpless
women and innocent children by the slow
torture of forced starvation-a system of
warfare unworthy Of the barbarous Turk.
Therefore,
Resolved, That we, the members Of the
Los Angeles Methodist preachers meeting,
stand by our worthy president in his noble
efforts for peace; in his humane plan of
using ships OF war to carry food to the
starving Cubans; and we likewise pledge
him our sympathy. moral support and per-
sonal service. II called on, to sustain him
in his courageous stand against Spain, the
ancient and modern mother OF cruelties.
(Signed) "P. H. BODKIN.
WILL A. KNIGHTEN. -
GEO. F. BOvARD."
Rev. P. H. Bodkin reports that the cash
fund for the starving Cubans was In
creased yesterday by the addition of $27. o.
$25 from Mr.. C. Ganahl of the Ganahl Lum-
Der 60. and $2.07 from the Compton Ep.
worth league.
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THAT SPECIAL CENSUS
It Was Not Intended to Work Public
Mischief in Los Angeles Citv

The opinion of the supreme court In banc
in the habeas corpus proceedings of Geo.
Mitchell. which were instituted for the sole
and avowed purpose of getting decision
from the highest tribunal In the state on
the status of the Los Angeles police courts,
has been filed with Clerk Woodbury. in this
city. The different phases of the question
have been several times published, and the
reversal of Judge Van Dykes views was
telegraphed by the Associated Press.
The only point of interest not fully CIV
en- until now was the one concerning the
taking of a census for federal purpose, of
which local attorney had availed himself
to bring about chaos in our lower tribunals
and the destruction of the police courts.
Commenting on the act of the Legislature
by which Los Angeles was authorized to
have a special census taken, the opinion
says: 1--WE do not see that the act in Ques-
tion and the census taken under it neces-
sarily resulted in the abolition of the po-
lice court, and it should not be so construed
as to work public mischief unless re-
quired by words of the most explicit and
unequivocal import. Meaning can be given
to all the words of the act without reaching
the conclusion that 1t contemplates q ter
mination of the applicability of the Whit
ney act to the police court of Los Angeles
and the utter destruction of that court It
merely provides, In general terms, that the
city may take census, and makes no ref
erence to courts, while the Whitney act
deals specifically with the subject of police
courts. The act should not be construed
as intending to work legal change in the
population of cities so as to instantly de-
stroy all courts created under the Whitney
act. Moreover, the general act for the
classification of cities according to popu-
lation provides that the United States CEN
sus taken in 1880, and every ten years there
after shall be the basis upon which the re-
spective populations of said municipal cor
porations shall be determined unless d.
rect enumeration of the inhabitants thereof
be made, as in the act provided. in which
case such direct enumeration shall consti-
tute such basis-the enumeration provided
for in that act requiring a vote of the
people, and being entirely different from
the census involved in the case at bar.
The court concludes that the police court of
Los Angeles is legally existing court"
The herald., 1898-03-29
MEXICAN TRADE
Poor Prospects Of Getting Coasting
Steamers to Stop


The Joint committees on railway and
transportation from the board of trade,
Merchants and Manufacturers associa-
tion and chamber of commerce met at the
chamber yesterday afternoon to hear the
report of the special committee appointed
on the 18th to investigate the feasibility of
inducing the steamships plying between
South American ports and San Francisco
to stop at our ports. Their report was re-
ceived and adopted and copies of the same
ordered to be sent to each of the three COM
mercial bodies. This report does not give
much encouragement to the proposition, as
it seems impossible to make the steamship
companies an offer that will justify their
coming out of their regular course.
President Forman appointed the follow
ing reception committee to represent tine
chamber at the reception to be given the
visiting educational officials Thursday
afternoon, March 31st, from 8 to o'clock
W. A. Harris, DR.. H. c. Buell., r. W.
Blanchard, D. o. Anderson, I. N. Inskeep
N G. Felker, J. A. Foshay. C. M. Wells,
w. c. Patterson, H. w. r. Strong, Abbot
Kinney, Burt Estes Howard, w. D. Gould.
c. E. Day, DR.. Ralph Hagan, I. B. Dock
weller.
The following goods were sent In for.the
Omaha exposition: A handsome display of
citron Of commerce by D. D. johnson and a
box of oranges to be put into liquid by A.
P. Griffith. 20
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ATTACHMENT GOOD
One of the Leonis Estate Suits Bobs Up
Again With Renewed Vigor

The supreme court has affirmed an order
Of the superior court denying the motion of
defendant Laurent Etchepare to dissolve
an attachment in the suit of Maria E. c.
de Leons VS.. Etchepare. The plaintiff is
the widow of Miguel Leonis, a wealthy
Basque, who died in September. 1885, leav-
ing an estate worth more than SIPS 900. Ever
since then this estate has been the subject
of litigation and 1t is not yet finally settled.
II has been the greatest kind of a "pie" for
the lawyers engaged in it. Etchepare be-
came the widows agent under an rrevoca-
bic general power of attorney. Mrs. Leonis
later sued him for certain specified sums of
money, including rents and sales, moneys
allowed her by the court for her support,
amounting in the aggregate to SIG, 147, and
for other sums of which she had then no
knowledge. She then caused the defend
ants property to be attached. He wanted
the attachment dissolved because the
amount stated in the writ was only $40 147,
instead of $1G,147 as in the complaint; that
the action was one In equity, where an at
tachment should not have been issued and
that it was not founded on contract eth
er expressed or implied for the direct pay
ment of money. The supreme court in q
long opinion disagreed with the appellant
and maintained the attachment.
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psrs. she asked the board to be retained
for ten weeks longer. after which, she was
willing to retire. She also wanttu to
know who made complaints against her.
or what they consisted Of
Mr.. Bragg said that he had caused the
change to be made because the janitor
work was not well performed. and because
Mrs. Muratt did not need the place as bad.
ly as the present appointee. who was gen.
orally recommended by the neishbors.
The matter was then allowed to drop AND
after some bids had been opened and re-
ferred to the proper committee. the board
adjourned.
The herald., 1898-03-29
Burglarized a Coalshed

Harrison Oliver was tried yesterday in
Department one of the superior court for
the crime of burglary. He is accused of
having entered an clubhouse of the Santa
Monica school house on May 15th where.
it was alleged, he stole some coal. About
$50 pounds of coal was subsequently found
in divers residence, and he was arrested.
He escaped from the Santa Monica lock-
up by means of outside assistance, and
was only recaptured several months after
ward by some deputy sheriffs at his broth
er's house in "Dogtown." oliver has been
convicted twice before-once in San Ber-
nardino county in 1884 for grand larceny,
and again in July, 1894, in this county, also
for grand larceny. The jury was not out
very long before it brought in verdict of
guilty of burglary in the second degree.