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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-27

hundred steps" says q native proverb. and
this is the condensed biography Of millions
clan doctrine. and they starve in It, me
are duly buried and laid to the only rest
they never knew. to be followed by. poster
The prefecture Of Tia-chou-fu. in the
southwest corner of S%hantung. has always
been a nest Of robbers. They cannot DO
exterminated. for the reason that the
with their ordinary occupations. A peasant
who sees an unprotected traveller passing
on the highway will drop his hoe. seize
or both, according to circumstances
Periods Of Lawlessness.
Memorials often appear in the Pekins
Gazette complaining Of the %intractible dis
position Of these people and their con
gerers across the Klangsu border. The
latter part of July and tho month Of Au-
gust are periods during which la~wlessness
Is at a maximum, for it Is then that detec-
ton is next to impossible. h sorghum
plants, which grow to q height of from ten
to fifteen feet. practically obliterate all
landmarks. So far AZ knowing where one
goes. one might as well b plunged In q
jungle. Even natives Of the region some
times get lost within q few II Of their W
villages on q cloudy day.
The autumn crops Of Shantung consist Of
mi!let. beans. Indian corn or maize. pea.
NUTS mefOflS, 6QudSneS, SWeet potatoes ana
other vegetables. hemp. sesame and espe-
cially cotton. OF all these products there
are barely more h two which do not
cause their owners anxiety lest they be
stolen from the fielA The heads Of sor-
ghum and millet are easily clipped OF.
Nothing is easier h to rapidly despoiI a
patch of corn or to dig potatoes. The
lage dogs. which have learned by ages Of
experience that raw vegetable food Is
much better than no food at all. h
requires the most unceasinS vigilance are
the watermelon patches n the orchards.
OF watermelons. especially. the Chinese are
i~nordinately fond. Every field is provided
with q lodge, and there II some one watch
ing day and night. The same il true Of
the fruit rows. Birds. insects and man are
the foes Of the man who has apples. pears.
peaches, plums. cherries. apricots n
a
Watchmen's Duties.
The darker and rainier the night the
more essential It 70 that The Waterman
should be wide awake. If the orchard Il
OF any size there may be collusion between
the thieves, who appear at both ends at
once. Both sets cannot be pursued Tn
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-20
The Way IL Grows.

IT is a fact that this Montana town
of Anaconda is a contributor to a
fund which has suddenly been made
famous by the efforts of those who
started IL 20 stop IL.
Less than a month ago Miss Natalie
Schenck. of Babylon, Long Island, con-
ceived the idea of starting ar endless
chain for the benefit of the army relief
fund of the Red Cross society. With that
end in view she wrote letters to four
of her friends asking for 10 cents each.
She also asked her four friends to write
four of their friends to the same effect,
these latter four TO write -four others
and so on, the idea being TO interest a
large number of people n secure a few
hundred dollars for the Red Cross fund.
Since the scheme started. the endless
chain has been getting in its relentless
work. The letters containing remittances
began arriving at Babylon at the rate
of forty or fifty a day. Then this num-
Der jumped to 500. 1t quickly ran into
the thousands and the last daily con-
Segment numbered over $1,000.
The case has reached a pass where
Miss Schenck wants 1t stopped. The
are all doing what they can
to advertise her wish. The Babylon
postofice is a little cornered-off affair in
a store-the postmaster is making brave
efforts to keep up with the daily arrivals
but he simply ant do II. The young
lady started out with the idea of raising
a few dollars for a worthy cause, but she
is in danger of having to assume the
responsibility of taking care of a sum
sufficient to pay the national debt. She
is gratified at the patriotic enthusiasm
she has evoked, but from beneath a pile
of letters ten feet deep she implores her
fellow citizens to send no more con-
tributions. The amount of money on
hand is a hundred-fold greater than
she expected and it will be ample for
the purpose intended.
one would hardly think that this ten
cents-all-around fund. under the prog
ressive plan. would reach Montana. but
IL has: the wife of the Montana state
senator for Deer Lodge county is among
those whom a request reached, and,
after sending her own contribution, de-
string to push a good thing along she,
of course, wrote 10 four people asking
them TO remit. The wonders of this
way of raising money have often been
tested. If you use pencil and paper for
a minute you will soon discover what
it's possibilities are.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-20
HOW THE CUBANS FEEL.
Their New York Representatives Resent
Certain Imputations.

New York, July 19.-Dr. Lincoln do
Sayos of the Cuban junta sai to-day
that the representations hat the Gu
bans resent the purpose of the United
States to establish temporary military
or other provisional government in the
conquered territory in Cuba was with
out foundation. The Cubans," said
he. know hat such an arrangement is
necessary, and they do not expect the
United States to urn the island of
over to them, or any part of II,
for their self government until the ISL
and is entirely under American control.
and then only after full provision is
made for a permanent, stable govern
ment. The Cubans 10 resent. however,
the slurs hat are being cast upon
them. They are made to ppear de-
spicable. while the Spaniards are sud
denly being pictured as heroes. | see
in this report only that certain forces
are at work ~antagonistiC TO the Cubans.
which ! recognize as the same that
strove so desperately to prevent Amer
lean Intervention. | have no fears.
however, as to the outcome"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-20

Under Shafter a force Of troops. cruelty
was hammering away at Santiago's
outposts. Just at the when,
throughout the United States. the sus-
picion dawned hat our men on the
southern coast of Cuba were likely,
spite of their intrepid conduct. to be
slaughtered like sheep, the exit of Ger
vera from the harbor OF Santiago fur
nished a second brilliant opportunity
for our navy n our forces did not
fail to take the fullest advantage OF II.
The record thus made up is, for the
enemy, a loss in lives and i'm ships so
appalling that 1t is practically decisive
of the war. while. for as. IL involves In
men and in ships a loss so insignificant
that the history of warfare has no par
allel for il. We suffered a painful total
of deaths in the tangled fields before
Santiago: that is a loss which this coun-
try will always believe might have
been avoided IL the war department had
made preparations at all commensurate
with the placed without stint
at it's disposal.
1t remains to be seen whether the
ministry at Madrid will compel the
United States to take Havana n
prosecute a war that is surely to be.
from first to last. utterly hopeless for
this country's foe. A sane policy on
SPANS part will end a war made bril-
liant by its brevity. a war in which
ii Is vain for the Spaniards to hope to
retrieve themselves by procrastinating
the day of peace. For the enemy the
war is summed up in the laconic phrase
lately made current. that Spain now
has the largest submarine navy in the
world: her remaining ships have ex-
hibited to the world a spectacle not
more inspiring than that which SPANS
own wandering Ministries present. Ca
mara is the most luckless seadog OF
them all: for his own fame as for his
country's name. he would better have
run long ago across the route of ships
of ours and have endured the sinking
OF the remnant Of SPANS navy.
These ninety days make up a monu-
mental three months in American his
tory. 1t cannot be doubted that the
prayer for peace will soon come from
Madrid. II our governments demands
are r~easonable-if the administration
turns a leaf ear to those who crave
opportunities for syndicate operations
on distant islands-Spain can be speed
ily driven to terms.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-20
TEN PAGES.
WEDNESDAY. JULY 20. 1895.
He's the Right Man.

II LII the evidence coming from
Manila strengthens the proofs
that Dewey is tactful as well
as Brave. The apt remark of the Chi
cago Journal is that both the military
land the diplomatic policy of Admiral
y Dewey ought to become popular under
the designation of the Dewey shortcut.
h Spaniards were terrifying a point
in Subig bay. II may be that their
scheme was to strengthen the place in
anticipation that when Camara arrived
they could help him from that point
/, in an attack on Dewey's ships: it may
be that the work was progressing mere
ly as a defense against the insurgents.
At any rate, these rebels concluded to
drive the ~Spaniards out of the place,
and Aguinaldo sent word that the Ger
mans wouldn't let him take Isla Grande
because they didn't recognize the in
surgent flag. Thereupon Dewey sent
q couple of warships under a flag the
Germans would recognize.
When our ships appeared. the Irene,
the German craft, quietly sailed away.
~ an NbIil-
mander in this matter is not clear. His
report Is that he interfered with the
movements of the insurgents on HUI
name grounds. fearing hat Aguinaldo's
men would put every soul in the Span
ish garrison TO the knife. Dewey had
no fear: in the face of his profession
of anxiety. he ordered two of his ships
TO take the garrison and then he or
dered that the prisoners thus captured
be turned right over to ~Aguinaldo-he
showed his faith in our insurgent al
lies On top of that Dewey refused to
take charge of the refugees who had
sought the protection of the Irene.
Somehow. Admiral Dewey seems al
ways to do the right thing at the right
time; he does IL promptly and thor
oughly well. HI has given manifold
proofs of his ability to deal with the
problem before him. He has rights in
Manila bay that must be respected and
he seems determined that this shall be
recognized by the other commanders.
His rights are those which nations have
hostile country. He can be trusted to
use all proper courtesy in letting the
other commanders understand that ne
does not propose to surrender to them
the responsibilities Of his position. The
detailed information received within a
day or two shows that he has told the
German captains what's what.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-20
Their Spanish Methods.
~HE fact that the regiment COM
manded by william j. Bryan

fact hat the regiment COM
manded by William J. Bryan
has started for the front will
not avail. we suppose. To stop the
stories that have been diligently kept
in circulation in several prominent ad-
ministration journals. These news
papers have ION what they could To
make it appear that Bryan was seek
ing to avoid actual service. that ne was
aiming to get a soldiers reputation
without taking a soldiers risks. that
his plan was to use the war exclusively
for the purposes Of political advantage.
These filings have been kept up with
persistent unfairness. One of the most
industrious circulators OF them has
been the Philadelphia Press. whose
managing editor is a member of the
Mckinley cabinet. Now. every can
did man knows that Bryan and his
regiment have been detained. idle and
useless at an inland amp impatient.
as all volunteers are. to see service and
be at the front. but held under enforced
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-20

delays because Of the Incompetence
itself. To the inefficient management
in the war department is due the fact
that, after all these weeks consumed
in preparation, our first land engage
ment was fought by a ridiculously In
sufficient force, meanly equipped and
shockingly short of supplies, medical
attendance and the like.
Bryan couldn't move his soldiers an
inch without orders from the war de-
partment. Like the members of the
Montana regiment. the Nebraska re-
cruits were kept waiting for uniforms
and supplies during a shamefully long
period; they are in luck IL already
they have not learned what IL is, as our
states troops have, to sit down to
sinking meat furnished by the admin
istration's favored contractors. Yet
the administration organs have kept
up their indecent attacks on Bryan.
just as. by a sort of syndicated process.
they have Landed the policy which has
sent certain fa~me-hunting politicians
to the advanced front while Fitzhugh
Lee has been conveniently detained
from active service.
Bryan has not failed in respect to
any service or any duty. but the ad-
ministration's newspaper sponsore as
sail him while they are silent when
so famous a newspaper as the Boston
Herald. surely no friend to Bryan, as
serts that the administration has been
furnished by scandal; that in Sec
rotary Alger's department contracts
are given out thai are wasteful and
extravagant n u soldiers fail to
receive the supplies that are purchased
for them And the Boston Herald
adds: 1--WE believe there is no reason
why, in matters of this kind, the war
department should differ from the navy
department: why dishonest contract
ors should find comfort and assistance
in one section of the great stone build
ing at Washington which forms the
headquarters of the united services,
while they do not dare to trespass with
their ~nefarious schemes over the
threshold of the other section of the
same building. Both departments ara
giving out contracts calling for large
expenditures of money. Why is 1t
that in one case they are fairly and
honestly awarded. and in the other
they are given out in a manner to cause
loss to the United States treasury and
to bring discredit on the country"
The administrations r~eorganizei
newspaper agents are not answering
this question; they are too busy try
ing to break Bryan down.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-20
THOSE THREE HIGHWAY MEN.
Three Prisoners Who Are Probably the
Men Butte Wants.

The three highwaymen who held mp
the Reception and Fountain road
houses a week ago last Sunday morn
ing, or at least three men who. were
Identified as the robbers. were arrest
ed by Captain Dawson, Detective MUIR
ply and Sergeant Leyden at an early
hour this morning. The men were
captured at the Clarendon hotel after
the officers had put in 10 days hard
word on the case. In the mattress of
one of the beds occupied by the men
IN officers found the watch taken at
the Reception. The men were taken
to the city Jail. where they ave the
names of John Mason, James Lacey
and Frank White. Proprietor George
Kroninberg of the Reception identified
Mason as the man with the crooked
finger, and identified the others by their
general appearance. Charles Warren
and three other persons who were at
one of the other of the road houses the
morning of the robbery. also identified
the prisoners, and Warren identified
the watch found as his. The robbers
are locked up at the county Jail.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-20
HIS JAW IS FRACTURED
Stanley So Vicious the Surgeon
Could Dc Nothing for Him.
BAD MAN FROM MONTANA
II Was Lieutenant Conrad, Not Lieuten-
ant Kennedy. Whom He Assaulted.
Stanley lisa Member of Company
F OF Butte-Left in Frisco.

San Francisco, July 19.-Private STAN
ley Of Company r, Montana volunteers,
is in the city prison awaiting examina-
ton on a charge of assault with a
deadly weapon. The following is a de-
tailed story of his assault on Lieuten-
ant Conrad of Company NJ at the en-
barkation of the troops on the Penn
~sylvania at Pacific street wharf. STAN
ley. who had been drinking, attempted
to leave the dock. Lieutenant Conrad
took him by the arm, led him to a pile
Of lumber and made him sit down.
Stanley resented the interference with
his plans and drew from his blouse a
wicked looking hunting knife. Brand
ishing the weapon, he declared that he
was a sailor n a bad man from
Montana" and that he intended to
carve out the heart of Lieutenant Con-
rad. Catching sight of the object of
his dislike, he delivered a few whoops
and began to clear for action.
by taking off his coat. He had one
sleeve off when Sergeant Moritz, rife
i'm hand. stepped out Of the ring that
had gathered around Stanly. He first
sized a, is piece, as IL to use the bayonet,
but, Changing his mind, reversed the
rifle, and laid the ! Utt with a powerful
swing across Stanlv's neck and jaw.
The bad man from Montana went down
like a log.
Medical aid was summoned and the
wil.eG knife wielder was conveyed to
Captain Towards office. where Major
Adams, the regimental urgeon, applied
restoratives. 1t was found that STAN
ly's jaw was fractured, but he was so
vicious that the could do Moth
ing with him and ordered him removed
to the receiving hospital. Stanly tried
several times to bite Major Adams
hand. BY orders of Captain Hill, COM
mander of Company Stanly was att
erward locked up in the city prison and
charged with ssaul with a deadly
weapon. Stanly is % years of age. He
has proved himself absolutely worth
less as "A soldier and 1t was the inten-
ton of his officers to subject him to Sc
we're discipline as soon. as the Penn
~syiYania got to sea.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-20
TWO MORE REPORTS.
Fergus County's Assessment a Big In
crease, Clusters "a Big Decrease.

crease, susttFs u dig DeeTsdsss
Special Dispatch TO the Standard.
Helena, July l9.-The reports of the as
SCISSORS of Fergus and Custer counties
were to-day received by the state board of
equalization, making % so far received.
The missing county is Dawson, whose re-
port is expected Tomorrow. Otherwise the
board will not be able to proceed with its
equalization. The board met to-day and
did little business besides looking over the
reports of the assessors and informally
discuss matters. Last year the board al
lowed the representatives of the railroads
several days to address the board upon
the question of the valuation of their re-
spective roadbeds. This year the board
will devote but two days to that. 1t de-
cided to listen to the tax commissioner
of the Great Northern and the Northern
Pacific on July %, and to hear the repre-
sentatives of all the other roads on July
30.
During the Informal discussion 1t ap-
peared that so far as known the Pullman
Palace Car company has not paid taxes
upon its rolling stock hat is used in this
state by the Northern Pacific, the Bur-
lington and the Short Line. The board
will probably this year assess such cars
against the Pullman Palace Car COM
pany individually and not look to the
companies using the cars for the taxes.
II is claimed hat Montana is the only
state in the Northwest that does not tax
the Pullman cars.
The two assessors reports received to-
day show respectively the largest increase
and the largest decrease as compared
with last years figures of any of the
counties of the state. The total assess
ment of Fergus county this year is
81. 80. 22s. or s6s6. lSS in excess of last years
figures. Most of this increase comes from
personal property as a result OF the IN
creased stock assessment agreed upon at
the assessors meeting last winter. The
increase in personal is $652. 21s and the
increase I'm real property 1856.
The report Of the treasurer of Custer
county shows a falling of of H.oss.5s2 as
compared with last years. The decrease
in the personal property amounts TO
81, 106 .lSS, while TO Offset this vast sum
there is an Increase of only s26.541 on real
property. This falling of in the personal
assessment is reported to be the result OF
"A number OF large cattle companies nav
ing driven their herds out of the county.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-20
HOW STOUT WOMEN MAY GROW THIN
Mrs. Rorer Tells That to Eat and When
to Eat to Cure Obesity.

In the July Ladies' Home Journal.
Mrs. S. T. Rorer writes of THE Best
Foods for Stout and Thin Women
The best meats for the obese" (stout),
she says, ARE beef, mutton. venison ana
game, and the best fish are soles. ioun-
der, cod. rock. halibut and white fish.
The crustacea and the mollusk are not
desirable. The best vegetables are the
cabbage tribe. such as caulifiower, broc-
coli and Savoy. the ordinary cabbage,
kale and spinach. lettuce. endive, chic-
DRY, celery. carefully cooked turnlps
without sauce, ~artichokes, squash. Gu
cumbers cooked, cress, very young
green peas and string beans. The best
fruits are grapes, ripe peaches, rasp-
berries. ~blackberries, strained and made
into mush. and an occasional k APP
pie. and the best nuts are almonds ana
a very few pignolias or pine nuts. Nut
cheese. made into a with
whole wheat bread. makes a desirable
luncheon. Dry toast made from a whole
wheat bread may form the basis OF
many delightful sandwiches for the
ponds meal. Where the habit is to
have a midday dinner. and supper IN
the evening. these sandwiches. with a
glass of half milk and half barley water,
nay form the supper. \ glass of cool
water may be taken on retiring
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-20
WHO Is STANLEY?
Two Stanleys in the Regiment. One From
Butte and One From KalispelI.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Helena. July 19.-The Standard reporter
to-day obtained from Adjutant General
English the muster rolls of every COM
pany in the LIST Montana regiment in or
der to ascertain to h company the Will
liam Stanley named in the standards
San Francisco special as ~assaulting Lieu
tenant Kennedy of X company belonged.
A careful inspection of the rolls shows
that no person of that name belongs to
Company G. There are two Stanleys in
the regiment. one in + company of Butte
and the other in II company of Kalispell.
Both are privates. William F. Stanley of
F company gave his birthplace as Eng
land. his age 81, his occupation a fireman
n the name of parent or guardian as c.
Thomas, Butte.
George l.. Stanley of II company is Y,
a native of Appleton, Wis. a son or
nephew of II. A. Stanley of Columbia
Falls. 1t is impossible to learn whether
either of these is the party accused of as
saulting the Anaconda company's lieuten-
ant. The Standards special was the first
intimation the governor or other state
officers had of the affair. They. with other
Montanans. deplore the disgraceful occur
renee.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-20
The First Three Months.

~HE pace has been so swift as to
make IL not easy to realize how
rapidly history has been made
during the past ninety days. Three
months ago to-day President Mckinley
signed the ultimatum addressed TO
Spain: Polo received his transports and
tool the cars for Canada: General
Woodford's family left Madrid: the
Spanish cortes. in brilliant assemblage,
listened to the queen regents address;
everywhere expectation was on tiptoe.
That was as recently as April 20.
Ten days later came news of a splen-
did engagement, the opening incident
at arms. h humiliation of the Spanish
fleet at Manila. 1t was impressively
by surprise. A few days prior to tina
historic event they had hardly known
of the presence of one of our %squadrons
in Asiatic waters. When they learned
of Dewey's whereabouts, it was not in
their thought that he was destined TO
magnificent first triumph.
Our land operations Jagged a little
General Algers end of the war was
utterly unable to keep the pace the
navy had set. II his department had
managed well. the city Of Havana
would undoubtedly have been ours in
June. However. the country has rea-
son to be fairly well satisfied with
what these ninety days nave witnessed.
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home county of Colonel Bryan at 1880
p. m, three hours behind time. A
crowd of 5000 waited for the train and
gave the soldiers a rousing welcome.
The near relatives of Colonel Bryan
gathered here and gave him an affec-
tionate greeting. A magnificent floral
emblem, a wreath surrounding a pic
ture of Bryan. with a horse shoe sus-
pended underneath the picture, was
presented by the citizens of Marion
county. The presentation speech was
made by Rev j. l.. Waller and a brief
response was made by Colonel Bryan.