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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-22
Its Destination Unknown.

- IL over the world speculation Is
n rife as to the manner of war II
is to be. At this moment the
puzzle is the destination and the mis-
sion Of the Spanish fleet that has been
held an unaccountably long time. as IT
appears TO outsiders. at the distant
Verde islands, more than $500 miles
from the CITY and the island respecting
which Spain has professed tender care
and which must speedily fall before the
American forces IL they are left UNI
guarded.
Men of experience in E~ngland's naval
AFFAIRS. and. as well. the London news
papers are wondering what SPANS
plan may be. 1t looks like carelessness,
yet doubtless there Is method In II.
Yesterdays dispatches from London In
cluded a paragraph Of comment from
the Times, which says: The Spanish
preparations, so far as they can be
judged at this distance, are by no means
advanced to the point which alone can
give value to popular enthusiasm. TIT
Spanish feet is thousands Of miles away
from the scene, and a arrive in Cuban
waters only after the first moves have
beer made by the United States"
At best all must be conjecture fol-
days to come-tha the Spaniards have
a well-laid plan Of their own In thi
policy that looks to the casual OBJ
server like recklessness. is not to b.
doubted. A theory widely entertained
that the purpose is. leaving Cuba to IL
fate. to attempt the destruction Of on
or another of this country's great sea
port cities. the hope being that Will
our forces are giving attention TO Ha
vana. the fleet that i soon TO leave tn
opposite side Of the Atlantic may wor
havoc in harbors like New York an
Boston. Opposed to this view Is on
that is advanced by people in our ow
naval service whose guess il is that thi
Spanish feet is not making for Cuba
waters or for the coast of the u
States, but thai IL will go in quest {
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-22
SMITH FOUND GUILTY.
His Wife Was Acquitted Of the Charge of
Murder.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Boulder. April 2l.-In the case
against John v. and Martha Smith,
charged with the murder of their
boy by criminal neglect during his
illness, arguments were concluded late
last evening. The jury was out about TWO
hours. when they returned with a verdict
finding John v. Smith guilty Of man.
slaughter. and %acquitting his wife. Martina
Smith. Judge Parker was called up a
little after midnight to receive the ver-
dict. and announced that he would pro-
nounce sentence Saturday. Counsel TOT
defense has moved for an arrest OF Judg-
ment, and will continue to hight the case.
The large number of witnesses from
Clancy. where the act was committed. re-
turned home last evening, and there is
quite general satisfaction at the veroict.
smith and his wife were demonstrated to
have been very cruel. and the fact or MS
flight to st. Paul when he learned that
the officers of the law were to take cog
nizance of his maltreatment of the boy, was
used in evidence against him. Smith had
been a brakeman on the Great Northern,
with headquarters at Clancy, and the tes-
timony of railroad men and also severai
ladies from Clancy tended to fix the quit
upon him.
Mrs. sofa Korva was recently examined
i'm the district court as to her sanity. the
complainant being her husband. his eV-
idence and her bearing on examination by
the jury of physicians was OF such a ma
ture as to warrant p~ronouncing her IN
sane. but not violently so. and IL was de-
cided To place her at the county hospital
for a few weeks. instead of sending her
to the asylum. expecting that with proper
treatment there she might recover. Inc
family lived in Basin.
OF the two cases i'm court to-day. one
was "A suit by Mrs. Jenni l.. Mckeown
Smith against jefferson county, being an
appeal from a justice court. The piaihun
brought suit against the county for dam
ages on account of n country road pehhs
located across land owned by her. IL
was argued before the court WITHOUT y
Jury. and was taken under advisement.
The other case was J. NJ. Adkins vs.. a
Nixon ct al. and brought up the OLD -gIut
stake question. II was shown that th'
plaintiff furnished a grub stake Tor pros
pecting and locating. but was ieI'' IN
Jury was out but a very short Time an'
found that the plaintiff should nave MI
interest in the claim.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-22
HARLEs EMORY SMITH. who

- HARLES EMORY SMITH. VINO
~ enters the cabinet as the sue
cessor of Postmaster General
Gary. would hardly pass as an expert
on postal affairs but. rather. as a novice
at the business. He is. however. an apt
gentleman, and ne may be depended
on to learn rapidly. The appointment
is one on which. in all probability. Mr..
Smith had not counted. He is the edi-
tor of the Philadelphia Press. That
newspaper has been a staunch supporter
of the presidents policy during the re-
cent controversy over the Cuban reso-
luton. Interest in the discussion attract
ed Mr.. Smith to Washington whence. Of
late. he has been sending to his news
paper constant news-editorials to which
his initials were signed. Apparently,
Mr.. Smith happened to be right In
harms way. Probably his presence In
washington suggested his name more
directly than otherwise would have
been the case. For a time Mr.. smith
was this country's minister to Russia.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-22
Better and Better.
cards soon to go into effect
will insure conveniences for the

cards 500 to go into effect
will insure convenience for the
public. over the line Of the
Northern Pacific. a long step in ad-
vance of any service over that road
with which Montana has hitherto been
favored. A few days g h Standard
announced that the Northern Pacific
has arranged to start. early In May. a
daily service between Butte and Hamil-
ton The train will be known. in honor
Of Anaconda. as the Copper City Linn
tied. This train will make fast tim
and will carry passengers from one TO
he other Of the points named without
change of cars. The time card makes
the run especially convenient for those
who wish to be summer guests at the
celebrated Ravsili. Montana's most at
tractive inn
Another train 10 announced. II will
run daily between Livingston and Gar
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-22
HOSE Spanish editors fiatt

Hose Spanish editors Halter
themselves unduly. They fling
epithets at the people OF the
United States in a style that shows that
spaip's press has its full share OF Wey-
Iers. The semi-oficial organ at Madrid
breaks out with the cry that the Amer
leans are 'vile people" with the most
ignobie passions and the basest feel
ings." Its lamentation Is that a
feelings have been outraged-and all
that sort of thing. III Spain had any
feelings" that are honorable. its treat
ment of its own subjects In Cuba and IN
the Philippine islands would not be to-
day a stencil In the nostriis OF the
world. A man with a heart IN MIN
wouldn't treat a dog as the Spaniaros
have treated these unhappy subjects
and this country has concluded that'
when IL comes to feelings" as Tar as
Cuba is concerned, the Spaniaros
haven't any which decent men are
bound to respect.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-22
FAv0RABLY REPORTED.


Bill to Dispose of Land on the Fort
Mnsinnis Reservation.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Washington. April 21.-The bill to dis.
pose OF the lands on the
portions Of the Fort Maginnis reserva-
ton. introduced by Senator mas
been favorably reported from the pub
lie lands committee by Senator Carter.
Several changes have been made In II
by the committee. 1t now provides that
all lands which have heretofore been
excluded from the limits of the reserva-
ton shall be open to the operation OF
the laws regulating homestead entry
and to entry Under the laws
and the laws governing the disposal OF
coal lands, desert lands, mineral
lands, and shall not be subject to sale
under the sale of abandoned military
reservations. Any entry heretofore
made in good faith by a legally quail
fed person under either the homestead,
TOWNSHIP, desert-land, or mineral-land
laws of the United States upon any of
the excluded portions of the reserva-
| ton shall, IL regular in form and free
from adverse claim. be held valid, and
the secretary of the interior, upon APP
plication of the entryman, II maze
within one year. Is directed where ad-
verse interests ave not interviewed to
reinstate such entries under either OF
said laws as he may heretofore have
Cancelled because of a constructor
based upon the opinion that the laws
did not apply to the abandoned por'
tions of the reservation.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-22
SUFFERED HEAVY LOSS.
vancouver Again Visited by n Disastrou
Fire.

Vancouver Again Visited by n Disastrous
Vancouver, b. c.. April 21.-Not since
Vancouver was destroyed by fire in 1856
has there been such a CONFEDERATION as
took place early this morning. The fire
started in one of the buildings on Slim
sons wharf, and soon assumed disas-
trous proportions. The outbreak was dis
covered by the men discharging coal from
the steamer j. l.. Card at the Union
Steamship company's wharf. adjoining.
They quickly gave the alarm. and the
Card blew her whistle. Other whistles
and alarms joined in. and soon the whole
town was aroused.
The entire fire brigade Of the city was
quickly on the ground, but the fire had
obtained so firm a hold and burned so fast
and furiously that IL was soon seen that
the buildings on Stimson's wharf were
doomed. A number of Canadian Pacific
cars. filed with valuable freight, stand
ing on sidings soon became a prey to the
flames. The fire then leaped to the New
England Fish company buildings. the bait
shed and the roof of the packing shed be-
ing soon aflame. TIL firemen turned their
whole attention to this building. and al
ter an hours hard work succeeded In get
ting the fire under control. The burning
mass covered an area of wharf about 25(
feet by 20 feet.
No estimate of the damage has yet beer
made, as 1t is not fully known what was
destroyed.
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E PAGES.
rRIRAY, APRIL %. 1898.
soon Cuba VIII BE Free.

urJRspAY. April q. 1898. will be
remembered as the day when the
American people turned their
backs on differences respecting methods
in order that they might present a
united front TO the common enemy. 1t
10 an enemy that has persistently ex-
posed itself to the punishment which
his country proposes. most justly. to
infict. The day will be noted hence
forth in the calendars as the M on
which. through the processes Of right
eous war. this country's citizens started
to end a reign of terror that had sought
to defend itself under the forms of law.
We all have mad our notions as to
what ought to be done and how 1t
should be done. These preferences must
be set aside now. The governing pow
ers at Washington reached conclusions
after long elaboration. Nothing was
done In a hurry: on the contrary. there
was excessive elaboration in II all. No
intelligent American doubts that upon
this country devolved the duty to end
SPANS barbarities on the island of
Cuba. Thoughtful citizens realize that
the wal whose threshold we have
crossed Is no toy-soldiering; the situa-
ton appeals TO the highest qualities of
patriotism. There is no alternative
It is wal already. First OF all. the duty
of every loyal child of the republic is
TO forget past differences and remember
the Maine.
The American people may be par
doned IL. to a degree, a vengeful spirit
reveals itself In their words and ac-
lions. Our undertaking is to punish
those whom the civilized world believes
TO be responsible for the slaughter of
American seamen. the victims Of Span
lsh treachcry. We are not to forget.
however. the larger responsibility which
spain's brutality thrust upon US. We
have vowed that SPANS savage sway
in Cuba must cease forever. For tho
YtrfofultHCe VI tudt NoN' sho q
ervaticn and in the hearing of the
civilized world, life. fortune and honor
among the people OF the United States
are pledged.
This responsibility. We say. wal
thrust upon US. That is the truth. un
less II be that 1t was humane that. al
most within view of our own coast
Spain were to be permitted to extermi
nate millions of perishing humanit,
without our protest. War is upon u:
We enter It impressed with Its signif
canoe and its responsibilities. yet arder
in hope and confident in the triumph
that which we perfectly well know
just. Soon Cuba will be free: towar
that end. God prosper the measures an
the men.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-22
Articles of Incorporation.

Special Dispatch To the standard.
Helena. April 2l.-The articles OF incur
poration of the Boston and Montana Con-
solidated Copper and Silver Mining com
pany. Incorporated under the laws OF .ne
state of New York. were filed with .ne
secretary of state to-day. The company
was Incorporated April 4. lsss. AT Albany.
New York. by Chas. w. Welcn. Eoss.
Buffom. James Barker. IT.. wi,Ian -
Taylor. Wilson p Narchbank. Edward j.
Dwyer and John J. Roch. who are ofncers
Of the company. The capital stock Is 20
$50. 600. divided in lJo. ZOO shares OF 30 eaeh.
Joseph II. Vivian Of Butte IL ha"eo NJ
the Montana agent.
The Swedish evangelical Lutne'an
Emanuel church of Butte was ihco.po'
ed to-day by J. A 4. Jobiom. AUGUST
Carlson. Gust Ammauist and A. p. shuiin;
capital. s2.c0.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-22
HOBOES COMING.
Police Department Preparing 10 Cope
with the Impending Invasion.

The police department expects TO
have it's hands full in keeping the city
clear of the large number of vags that
are expected to drift into In
the next few days. The a guard or
the hobo army has already begun to
arrive, and yesterday morning the po-
lice found seven or eight of the tough
est looking vags that ever hit the tran.
They were sent on their way without
being given an opportunity to stop ION
enough to do any damage. The night
force has been instructed to keep an
especially sharp eye on the bad char
acters. :.
The vags are being driven out OF
other cities i'm great number Spokane
has just begun a crusade against It's
tough element and Butte Is also receiV,
ing a turning over. 1t would be wei
for people who have occasion to be ou'
at night to be careful Of the
they may meet in dark places. House
holders would also do well to nave =
care for the fastening OF their doors
and windows.
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rel Johnson vs.. second judicial district
court: White Sulphur Springs Va. Pierse.
May 6. Home Building and Loan asso-
citation W.. Nolan. May 6. State Of Mon
tana w. Bowser; State of Montana VS..
Rodgers. May 3. State ex rel Kenyon vs.
L~aurendeu. May g.: State Of Montana VS..
Stages. May 10. Sanford vs.. Gates. Town
send q Co.; Johnson VS.. Curtis. May IL
Matusevitz vs.. Reynolds: city of Philips
burg W.. Weinstein. May II. Beach W..
Spokane Ranch company. May 70. Crowd
er W.. Mcdonnell. May 16. State of Mon
tana Va. Howell: Atkins VS.. Frank. May
II. State of Montana vs.. Gill: Sweeney
W.. Darcy. May Is. On re estate OF Rash
VS.. Rash. May 10. Emerson Va. Bilger;
Eakins VS.. kemper, May q.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-22
All the News.

" people watched a~nxiously Cor
! every word of news. IL was 4
day when every newspapers facilities
for obtaining the news and getting 1t
promptly to the waiting public were
put to the test; as is the rule. the
Standard was the newspaper to which
the public throughout Montana turned
for information.
The regular press bulletins for the
day answered a useful purpose, OF
course. but to these the Standard added
yesterday, as during the past week. the
splendid service forwarded from the
Standards bureau in Washington,
under the prompt and efficient super
vision Of Mr.. Hosford. whose name has
become pleasantly familiar to the read
ers of these pages. The daily service
received from it's own Washington
office is giving the Standard a war;
bulletin report which is more than a
dozen times larger than that of any
other newspaper in Montana. or of any
other newspaper within many hundred
miles OF this states boundaries.
The report received yesterday was the
largest bulletin service ever handled by
any newspaper in these parts, except
on two occasions in the summer of
1894. in the height of the great A. r. U.
strike. when Montana was without a
railway service and when the Standard
carried the current news to the people
in a special Geographic digest. Prompt
" on the arrival of the Hosford bulle-
tins yesterday. a summary of them
was repeated" TO sixteen different
points in Montana, the report thus sent
being, in instances. so complete as to
give it's readers a good running ac-
count of the essential news of the day.
This service the Standard proposes to
continue and to extend, so that the
largest possible number of people in
Montana may keep right up with all
the movements that relate to the war
upon which this country has actively
entered. We are far away from the
SttItS VI 'tiNias p"s ~ fN
ton that the bulletin service now sue
cessfully inaugurated Is more promp
, and more complete than that enjoyed
: by many populous sections OF th'
country that are more than a thousand
I miles nearer to Washington than we
{ TIL news of the past week is the mos
; significant that.ever came over wires
into any newspaper Office in Montana
{ in former war days this region had Z
: await the arrival of the stage coach
The coming days will bring tidings o
, the deepest concern to the people o
the United States; and there is in thi
$ land no place where the patriotic pulls
beats quicker or where the anxiety I
know how the nation fares is more in
l. tense than IT is in the communitie
N where this newspaper has its patrons
h The Standards special bulletin ser
'e vice is enlisted for the war. Ii will B
Is maintained II will be trustworthy
IL day after day 1t will be prompt and
" will put all the news. whether good {
= whether i'll. before the eyes of thou
:. sands of readers in this state.
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rison by the MuIlen-tunnel route. For
this train a schedule which insures
close connections for points that have
6 common center at Garrison is made.
This new train will be known as the
Gallatin Valley Limited. Thus Tor all
of Montana along he Northern Pa
c,nc line. between Livingston and Ham
nton. a daylight service is to go into
effect. II will be highly appreciated.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-22
VIII Meet saturday.

President c. A. Tuttle of the schooi
board has issued a call for a meeting
saturday evening. at which time IL Is
expected a clerk will be chosen. In aa-
dition to the two candidates aireauy
mentioned, it is understood mat tnere
will be a strong effort made TO secure
the selection Of a lady candidate.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-22
SERIOUSLY INJURED,
John Akers Was Thrown From a Farm
Wagon.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Deer Lodge. April 21.-John Akers, a
prominent stockgrower and farmer of the
big Blackfoot valley, near Helmville, was
brought TO the Sisters hospital in this
city last night suffering from serious
complex injuries, resultant from being
thrown from a wager on MS farm Weo.
nesday evening. Akers was in the act
of assisting a lady into a heavy farm
wagon-he being in the vehicle-when the
horses became frightened and ran away,
throwing the driver beneath the wheels
which passed across his stomach, causing
internal injuries. which has resulted In a
total paralysis of his limbs from the MP
downward Mr.. Akers' physician lis I'M
able to determine at this time whether the
injuries will produce permanent paralysis
or are of only a temporary nature.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-22

The race horses Fairchiid and Bitter
Root were sold yesterday to satisfy a
mortgage. Fairchild brought SO while
the other horse went for 500. Both
horses are thoroughbreds. They were
owned by a couple of colored men,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-22

The amenities of wal will be pre-
served to the extent that neither squad
ron will throw any obstacles In the way
Of hostile vessels seeking to cultivate
the acquaintance of McGinty.
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Assigned for Argument.

Special Dispatch TO the
Helena. April a.-The supreme cou.. =
day assigned 20 cases for
follows: Horsky vs.. Moran. MAY $3.50
". o'Connor; Beck vs.. FransnAm, 49,
Wilson vs.. B~arbeough. May
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-22

While the London papers have no
doubt of the brilliant finish. some of
them seem to express fear Of a Bull
Run start
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-22

As to the disturbance Of values. Mr..
J. Pierpont Morgan trusts that the gov
eminent understands II does not anec
the value Of his advice as q bond ex-
merit
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-22
shooters on the GROUND.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Wallace, Idaho, April 21.-Fourteen out
side shooters are on the ground for the
tournament beginning tomorrow. some
fine work was lone in practice to-day.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-22

die had some sand; In spite OF Mr.
Hanna: Yankee Doodle fired a shell;
Yankee Doodle dandy; Yankee Doodle
raised some hell; and RACED the town
quite handy. r
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-22

The attention of the Cuban public i
respectfully invited to the American
style of pacification.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-22

In her speech to the cortes. the queen
regent attempted to get even with
Yankee Doodle by firing off flap oodle.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-22

The latest news from Chattanooga
and Chickamauga is distinctly more
encouraging than the advices received
80 years ago.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-22

The advance Of the troops is likely to
be followed by one in the price OF gro
ceries.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-22

The alarm Of fire also prevents the
audience from witnessing the final de-
movement Of the Dingley act.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-22

With Dor Carlos intervening, the
queen regent is not so sure that she'll be
queen regent by the May, mother
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-22

Anybody who attempts to run the
Havana blockade will take a sudden
run down the harbor.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-22

II was Spain that formally broke of
the diplomatic relations between the
two governments. and it wasn't her
first break this season.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-22

Spain's refusal TO answer the ulti-
matum. nevertheless answers every pur-
pose.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-22

1t is to be feared hat General Blanco
will call in his little armistice.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-22

woodford need not try to dazzle the
grand stand with a home run. He's been
thrown out.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-22

It's a little curious and significant that
Polo should start for Halifax on his
way home.
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However. II makes no difference. as
the ultimatum didn't "a n II. 8. v.
L. attachments.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-22

Mr.. Hanna will charge his loss OF
reputation as a prophet up to prophet
and loss.
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The interest OF the spectators is n
tered in watching Sagasta run UP
against Uncle Sans shell game.