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A Delicate Mission.

Roman Catholic priest that
General Merritt toe with him
to the Philippines for the pur-
pose Of correcting some Of the teachings
Of the encouragement and the arch
bishop of Manila respecting the people.
institutions. laws and customs Of the
United States, has some missionary
work before him of a peculiarly deli
ate character. The archbishop of Ma
Mia undoubtedly is as sincere as he is
loyal and patriotic. Unfortunately, he
knows nothing about this country. He
has heard the preposterous stories about
us current in Spain and Spanish cir
cles and has accepted them as truth.
Such have been his environments that
he cannot easily comprehend Americas
system of religious liberation. Still less
easily can the ignorant islanders COM
prehend such a system. 1T is just as
difficult for these people to understand
how a church can exist independently OF
the state. or how a state can do its full
duty without establishing a religion"
says the Detroit Tribune. las it is for us
Americans to understand what the re-
lation OF church and state Is. Protest
antism in England n Catholicism in
Spain are taken to be as deeply rooted in
the nature of things political as are our
courts Of justice or other matters of
civil administration. Ordinary repre-
sensations would be unable to disabuse
the minds of this people of the notion
that we should tear down the Catholic
church and substitute some form Of Pro
testantism. in case the islands passed
into our hands. The existence of this
belief would be preventive of our gain
Ing the confidence OF the people Of ths
islands. The assurance of their religious
brethren that no possible harm could
come to them through our politica
methods will give Americans a better
standing and make it easier to win theil
confidence"
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ing OF spanish ammunition and supplies
to the ~Cubans-after a n that add
ed not less than a million to his wealth
during his brief term at Havana.
Blancc's career IN the latest chapter.
He is entitled to a far greater measure
OF respect than weyler is-the fact Is.
Blanca whether he liked 1t or not. had
to be comparatively decent. Besides.
the popular belief Is that Bianco Is a
more honest Spaniard han WeyIer.
Any of these men-all Of them now
Iiving-are likely to figure In SPANS
future doings. Sagasta, withal the best
among them. is the one who probably
will pass permanently out of view. Sa-
gasta is seventy-one years old. He was
prominent and active. always as a lib
erai. in the Spanish sense of that classi-
ication. as Ions ago as the days when
Howell Cobb and John Tyler and Daniel
Webster and Lewis Cass were active
men in American p~olitics-that was
nearly half a century ago. A man who
undoubtedly had the confidence of those
in Spain whose confidence was worth
having, Sagasta addressed himself to an
impossible task-the outside world will
never know half the truth concerning
the intrigue and the hindrances he has
been compelled to contend against.
Probably for good and all he has made
his exit from Official life in Spain.
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A Spljt Expected.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Boise, Idaho. July 15.-To-morroT Will
be a memorable day in the history OF
the populist party of this state. The pop
ulist state committee will meet here TO
consider the proposition of resembling It's
former action in calling the state otn-
vention at Moscow and calling 1t to meet
in Boise at the same time as the demo-
cratic and silver republicans for tn pnr-
pose of effecting a three-cornere1 fusion.
Tonight the leaders OF the party VINO
favor ~abrogation of the former call ella m
they will be victorious. and If hey are a
big split in the populist party is pom
ised. The middle-of-the-road men an
nounce their intention of going to MOSCOW
anyway. and they say II the
rescinds the first call. they will never lis
ten TO any fusion proposition.
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weeks back. The great success of the
government bond subscription, however.
Is counted among the bullish factors and
has given financial interests generally de-
cided satisfaction The absence of dis
urbance In the money market from this
cause would prevent its having, however,
any Immediate effect upon speculation,
though the belief is that the success of
the loan and Its having been entirely alb
sorbed by Individual subscribers will bring
large mounts of corporation funds, which
have been held to pay for new bonds,
back into the general investment market.
The crop news and rumors have ceased
to be much of a factor in the market, but
on the other hand a good deal of atten-
ton has been paid to the reports of rate
cutting. which. will the decreases In
gross earnings which many roads are dis
playing for the present. has created some
bearish sentiment on railroad stocks. This
has not taken the form of selling of the
granger and trunk line shares. On the
contrary. its effect has been to turn the
speculation more completely toward in
dustrials and bonds. while the weak fea-
ture was supplied by coal stocks.
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ORDERED A HEARING.
Interstate Commerce Commission VIII
Investigate the Rate War.

Washington, July 15.-The interstate
commerce commission has ordered a hear
ing into the matter of the alleged disturb
ance in passenger rates by the Canadian
Pacific railroad, to be held at the federal
court room in Chicago at 10 a. m. August
! next.
The order of the commission refers to
the conflict in passenger rates between
the Canadian Pacific and the American
roads, and recites the allegations of the
American roads that the Canadian Pa
ciic is in ''open violation of the act to
regulate m making un~reasonably
low rates between various points in the
United States, not as a measure of le-
Ultimate competition, but as a means OF
retaliation for the purpose of exacting
certain unreasonable demands upon Its
part"
In conclusion. the order recites that 1t
seems advisable that the commission
should be fully informed of the whole sit
uation with a view to determining what,
II any. relief can or ought to be applied,
and therefore the hearing is ordered as
stated. The passenger representatives oil
AZ lines of railway. all directly or Indirect
~ interested in this traffic, are ordered TO
be in attendance at the meeting. The
Grand Trunk railway ompan and the
Canadian Pacific are included in the or
der 7
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TEN PAGES.
JULY Is, 1898.
A Little Hitch.

IT appears that General Toral hoped
that ne had a string to 1t. He sur
rendered on the terms which Shaft
err pressed and from which. 1t was re-
ported, our commander was forbidden
by those in authority at Washington TO
depart, but he had mental reserva-
lions.
II was a question of arms. Shafter
insisted that the Spaniards must lay
them down. General Toral demurred:
our side insisted. Finally. as this
country was given to understand, yes
terday morning. the Spaniard gave his
assent to surrender on our terms. On
reflection. the defeated commander evil
IDENTIFY concluded tina a little something
in the line OF finesse might not work
awry he hates to go home without his
guns.
So. yesterday morning. Toral bland
~ observed that. as per agreement. he
was willing to urn over to General
Shafter the Spanish arms, but the I'M
Outstanding was to be that after his
soldiers had reached Spain the arms
should follow them and be restored
the proposition being, apparently. that
these arms should be held not In our
permanent possession but as a guaran-
tee of good faith that the Spanish SOL
diers would clear out.
1t appears that this suggestion upset
some of yesterday mornings doings In
the way of concluding terms. Secretary
Alger. who is a good deal more alert In
gathering in all the details of a victory
thar he is efficient in making the prep
arations for one. was so upset, not get
ting prompt dispatches. that he wired
n fter to let him know right of h
was going on. his willy play of Torai
was then brought to the knowledge OF
the strategists at Washington.
Last nights news was that the plea
of the spanisrd general will not ser'-
ously baik a settlement-it may be that,
before all the nights news is in. sssur-
ances will come that Spanish diplom-
acy is finally disposed of. 1t il a big
enough undertaking TO ship these
whipped Spaniards back to the land
they came from. let alone the sending
Of their guns after them. In view II
fever and sickness and the like, rs
mentioned in Iii mornings news. it's
a pretty big contract 10 get the I'M
armed troopers themselves back to
Spain.
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Heitfeid is by odds the better and the
more trusty man. Heitfeld. on square
issues. votes right. anyhow; he knows
enough. at least. not to attempt any
thing else.
Senator Heitfeld is the product of the
chaos that prevailed in Idaho after the
election Of the legislature that chose a
a in 1897. Dubois had been Ida
hos senator. He was an Aggressive.
effective, enthusiastic worker for free
coinage. The country knew who Ida
hos senator was and Just where he
stood. The goldbugs were especially
anxious to get him out OF the senate.
and Idaho was the sort of constitu-
ency they could operate in. Heitfeld
is a populist. The goldbugs not being
able to get exactly Via they wanted.
they could stand Heitfeld nicely in lieu
of Dubois. Idaho also has a populisr.
Gum. in the lower house of congress.
This year Idaho is proposing fusion,
but not along the lines that were fol-
lowed in 1897. in legislative operations.
The IdahO democrats anu silNer repuo-
leans have arranged to hold their state
conventions on the same day. in Boise.
The populist state committee proposed
that the pops flock by themselves; 1t
issued a call for a convention to be
held at Moscow. well in the clear OF
Boise. But that arrangement appears
to be not to the liking OF a good many
of the populists. so. to-day. the state
committee is to hold another meeting.
having in view a change of programme
which will take the state convention 10
Boise and so shorten the distance TO-
ward fusion with the silver republic
cans and the democrats.
As mentioned In the special dispatch
of this morning from the Standards
Boise correspondent. the middle-of-the-
road pops object strenuously to this
change-they vow that. IL IL Is ordered
they never, no. never. will listen to any
intimation of fusion. There the matter
stands.
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Review.

New York. July 15.-Brsdstreet's Ffnan-
cial Review tomorrow will say: More
than customary i~rregularity prevailed In
the market this week. At its conclusion
there was marked weakness developed on
the basis of the surrender of Santiago ana
the apparent willingness of the MADRID
government to negotiate. Before this
point had been reached. however, the
market passed through several changes
of speculative sentiment In the begin
ming of the week il was strong on the be-
lief that Santiago would soon be taken.
but by Wednesday II experienced a de-
preston on the reports of a yellow fever
outbreak among the American troops
there. At the same time there has been
a strong undertone. though the public has
been inactive and London was up to FRI
day a considerable seller here. Activity
in the stock list has also suffered from
the stamp tax and the professional ele-
ment in the board room and street have
adopted bonds as a speculative vehicle,
owing TO the fact that transactions In the
latter are not subjected to the stamp tax
There was the best attention paid to mat
tiers apart from war news than Tor some
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CONDITION OF TRADE.
Rradstreet's Review,

New York, July 15.-Bradstreet's to-
morrow will say: Pending the initiation
of new fall business. preparations for
which are actively under way in many
markets. there exists a quiet midsummer
condition, accompanied. however, In most
cases, by price steadiness and confidence
in a promising outlook for fall trade Re-
trospection and review continue to fur
nish many t~ransactory illustrations of the
favorable conditions near the first half OF
the present year, some of which seem
bound to be duplicated during the second
half. While there was little reason to
expect anything like the excited buying
of cereals this year which occurred last
season, the worlds wheat crops all point
ing to exceptionally large, II not record
breaking yields, still the situation of car
ried over supplies, visible and Invisible.
is such as to lead to confidence In a good
general demand for most of this country's
surplus. though the outlook favors a con-
siderable shading of prices obtained from
such products.
There is a little more hopeful feeling in
the iron and steel trade, the result partly
of reduced output and stocks of pig, and
partly owing to the large business. partic-
ularly in the west, where some mills Will
forego their usual summer shutdowns and
others will curtail the vacation period ma
terially. More Is doing In steel, and some
western mills are reported booked with
orders until next winter. Some large ex-
port orders are reported from Chicago.
Except for some shading In cereals,
caused by the usual tendency to discount
government crop reports and look for a
larger than the indicated crop yield, the
price situation is one of considerable
steadiness. Contradictory reports come
as to the volume of export trade in wheat
and corn at the decline, but a good BUSH
ness for this time of the year Is undoubt-
edly doing. The movement of new wheat
at the southwest is also freer, though
farmers are rather independent at present
prices.
Trades continues of a midsummer dull
ness at the east. but more inquiry for raw
wool is a feature. and prices are well
maintained on a fairly large business for
this time of year.
The feature of the trade movement at
the west is the proposed demand for iron
and steel at Chicago. Louisville and ST.
Louis report the fall trade outlook as
good.
Our exports still continue in excess OF
corresponding periods of previous years.
wheat and -four shipments a~ggregating
2,9i0. 2S7 bushels, as against 2,72s, 462 last
week and compared with 1.522.09 bushels
in this week a year ago. 2.963.s49 bushels
in 1896, 1852. se2 bushels in 1895 and 1,si3,3o0
bushels in 1894.
Business failures In the United states
number 23s, as against 21 last week, 2is
In this week a year ago, go In 1896 and
PA In 1895. The business failures In can
ada number %. against 16 last week. IS a
year ago, SO in 1896 and Is in 1896.
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HERE never was a worse mix-up
in politics than that which was
brought about in Idaho. in the
senatorial contest which. in January.
1897. resulted in the election of Henry
Heitfeld as the successor in the SEN
ate of Fred T.. Dubois. The conditions
there were in pertinent illustration Of
fine fact already pointed out in the
Standard-the fact that in the mighty
middle-west constituencies silver gets
more loyal and more unselhsh support
than Il can count on in some of the
small silver-producing states Of he
West.
Idaho's percentage of alleged states
men to its total of population is tre-
Snendous. The state a more men who
believe themselves competent to RANK
high in the federal senate and who
mean TO get there than New York or
Massachusetts, can muster. Many OF
these men are o~pportunists; they can
be on both sides or on all sides. The
result is that, as a rule, In the scram-
bic for place, the really good men usu-
ally get crowded out and unreliable
political pinhesds like shoup or vast
n~onentities like Heitfeid get daho'
senate seats. They constitute the pres
ent pair. and. IL IL were not too severe
q comment 10 pass upon shoup. the
STANDARD would feel warranted In say
ing that. in what concerns the faithful
presentation of Idsho's sentiment.
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FROM LOWELL, MASS.
The Homo Of Moods Sarsaparilla :
4 Wonderful Cure.

"a swelling as big as . large marble
came under mytongue. Physicianss said It
was a semi-transparent tumor and must be
operated upon. / felt / could not stand 1t,
and as spring came began to take my
favorite spring tonic, Hoods earsAparilla'
The bunch gradually decreased and finaily
disappeared. I have had no sign of itsre-
turn. / am glad to praise Hoods Sarssps-
rilla." MRS. II. NJ. CoBuRS, s Union St.,
Lowell. Mass. Get HOODS.
Moods pills cure Sick Headache. 2c.
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AVANA cigars are becoming as
scarce as Spanish victories. 1t
is more than two months since

scarce as Spanish victories. 1t
is more than TIVE months since
the last ship with Havana cigars
reached New York. and 1t was said then
hat this ship brought all the cigars
that were on the island. An eastern
journal says hat stocks are now so re-
duced that not even the largest import
ers will sell Havana cigars by the box.
The clubs have very few left, and within
a few weeks they will nave none to sell,
though they are dealing the cigars out
at retail, and at a higher price. To-
bacco is being grown to some extent In
Cuba. but IL war should cease at once,
IL will be two months before cigar
making could begin. and a couple of
more months before the boxes to put
them in could be taken to Havana and
filled.
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The decree ~suspending throughout
Spain the rights of individuals as guar
anteed by the constitution seems to
throw that distracted country into more
disagreeable suspense.
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Having laid down his arms to them,
General Toral is pleased to discover
that the Americans have laid up moth
ing against him.
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No matter how prevalent the yellow
fever may be. the Spaniards down there
are delighted to find that the Vesuvius
no longer seems to be troubled with
that distressing cough.
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gasta takes the high ground occupied
by the distinguished legislator VINO.
when his associates objected to his bill
as'unconstitutional. demanded to know
what Is de constitution bechune frinds.
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Besides what they need in their own
hospitals. the Americans a v plenty
more medicine in reserve for the enemy
should occasion demand IL.
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If IL is true that bull fights have been
suspended, Spain will have to look for
amusement to the yellow dog fights Of
her politicians.
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Mature reflection on the subject Of his
orders to Admiral Cervera has endowed
General Blanco with a highly developed
sense of hindsight.
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General Miles is TO be heartily on
graduated on not trying to sampsonize
General Shafter out of the credit that
belongs TO him.
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1t is to be feared that the Physicians
who are fighting the yellow fever won't
get their share of glory halos.
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The members of the New York legis-
iature who are holding an extra session
at their OWL expense may be taking
their medicine with something on the
side
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While the drama may not be over. II
seems to be the general expectation
that the fall of Santiago is the u for
the fall of the drop curtain.
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New York onnce-s Tribune Building.
chicago Ofbce-4ss The Rookery.
/. The s. c. Beckwith Special Agency.
Sole Agents Foreign Advertising.
= Washington Bureau-lis q street
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1t is understood hat Admiral Samp-
sons squadron Is enjoying Its we'll
earned summer vacation.
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II Spain can catch the ears of the
powers. she is prepared to offer The
champion hard luck story OF the season.
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Meanwhile there is no necessity for
the Watson squadron to wait and act
as a convoy to those 10000 S~paniards.
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II the peace involves the cession
of the Philippines, Germany would like
some off the same peace.
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General Torars bands are not throw
ing much spirit into their rendition of
Home. Sweet Home"
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As to the Irene, the German govern
ment will have difficulty in making
anybody believe that the incident was
an accident.
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In the interests Of peace Spain is pre-
pared to give up Cuba. The real peace
de resistance is the Philippines.
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The territorial expansionists would
beg to inform Sagasta that Cuba is not
the only island on the list.
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' All general business letters and CORE
should be addressed to the
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Anaconda. Mont.
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Fortunately the yellow fever is mild.
IL the weather is not.
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The odor of garlic is not so pro-
nounced In the world as II was three
months ago.
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Uncle Sam Is about ready to sing out
next" to Germany.
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The standard has branch omcee at
Butte. Missoula and Great Falls, where
advertising rates will be furnished on ap-
uaicatton.
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Among the other things the war is
bequesthing to posterity is the Schley-
Sampson controversy.
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When Torars command reaches the
other side of the Atlantic IL will be all
over but the cussing.
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Rank C1eariDgs.

New York, July 15.-The following table.
compiled by Bradstreet. shows the bank
clearings at the following cities for the
week ending July IA. with the percentage
of increase and decrease. as compared
with the corresponding week last year:
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Spain Is beginning to realize tina it's
a case of peace or bust.
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In suspending the constitutional
rights Of Spanish citizens, Senior Ss-
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Main ofnce-Standsrd Block. Anaconoa'
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