The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-18
Men and Matters.

Captain Quevado of the Spanish ship
Panama, captured of Havana last April,
who Is now at Gibraltar. says he was
scandalously and brutally treated while
a prisoner at Key West.
When General Garcia called on ADMIRAL
Sampson recently, he said: 81 only had
mangoes for breakfast" and then, after
a pause, with a cheerful twinkle in his
eye. he added. but I also had mangoes
for supper yesterday"
Chauncey M. Depew is said to be par
ticularly sensitive. just at this time. of
his remarkable performances on the other
side. to any reference to the striking ap-
perance between himself and the late
Adam Forepaugh, the great circus and
menagerie man.
General Garcia. the Cuban leader. now
at Santiago. has received word that his
favorite child. a beautiful girl of Is. is
dying at the house of relatives In the VIII
lage Of Liberty, Sullivan county, N. Y.
The girl has expressed a desire to see her
father. but of course IL is impossible.
Ammon Fowler of Brooklyn. after visit
ing the ancient mine in Mexico discovered
by his son, which has been harder to To-
cate than some of submarine mines at
Guantanamo, is convinced that 1T Is the
ipEN ioSoPnE III VIII tAdiil ~ it"oiN
of $4,000 offered by the Mexican govern
ment.
A subscriber to a New York paper
writes n letter suggesting that the family
of Augusti. captured by the Philippine in
surgents be exchanged for Hobson, but.
of course, this would depend on what
esteem the Spaniards have for August
and his family. As a rule they punish
their defeated soldiers.
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Mrs. Hetty Green. the wealthy New
York woman. has offered to loan that city
800, 600 at 2 per cent, and the town BOOM
ers are divided between the advisability
of praising the act as one of generosity
or of heraldtng II as a proof of the city's
solidity. The usual rate on such loans
is from 3 to 31 per cent.
Mrs. Teresa Aquadro. who conducts a
confectionery store at Bridgeport, Conn,
has presented a claim for $4,000 against
the United States government through
Baron Fava of the italian embassy, based
upon a petition in which she asserts that
a boycott Is being maintained against her,
and the municipal authorities have failed
to protect her.
1t is now definitely announced that Sa-
rah Bernhardt will play Hamlet in Lon
don next season at the request OF the
Primo of Wales. 1t has been rumored for
some time that the tragedienne was very
anxious TO attempt the role. She has
some original and peculiar ideas about the
play, and whether her performance is a
success or not it will certainly be inter-
esting.
For the first time in many years, Ex-
President Cleveland sent no letter on the
occasion of Tammany's celebration of the
Fourth in New York this year, although
invited to do so. This by some Is taken
as a sign that Mr.. Cleveland considers
himself out of politics. Perry Belmont,
however, who Is talked of as the demo-
cratic nominee for governor, sent a letter,
and Senator Hill a brief telegram.
II was Hamilton Fish. secretary of state
in Grants administration and grandfather
of the young man who has just been
killed in Cuba, who may be said to have
originated the line OF conduct concerning
Spain and Cuba which this government
has followed for the past 30 years. and
the causes which have made us go to
war were clearly set forth by him in a
series of state papers nearly a generation
ago.
When the Roosevelt rough riders had
been sworn i'm and were just about to
depart for Tampa, Lieutenant-Colonel
Roosevelt said to them in the course of a
brief address,: You have now reached
the last point. If any one of you don't
mean business let him say so now. An
hour from now will he too late to back
out. Once in you've got to see it through.
You've got to perform without flinching
whatever duty is assigned to you, regard
less of the difficulty or danger attending
it," At the conclusion of the address he
said: Think II over. and il any man
wishes to withdraw he will be gladly ex-
cused."