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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-28
Terms of Peace.

IT is every Americans privilege TO
predict what the terms OF peace will
be: indeed. It's a wonder hat these
terms have not already been made. by
yellow journalism, the theme of a prize
guessing contest. Aside from the temp
tation which a prize offers, however, II
is interesting to figure on what the
conditions of peace for Spain will be;
and the ~torecasting of these terms is not
a prontless occupation, since 1t is likely.
in many instances. to drift into an In
telligent discussion of important and
pertinent questions.
Start an informal talk with your
n~eighbor. at an hour of leisure. over the
question OF the terms we ought TO i'm
pose on Spain, and you will find the
conversation drifting into a discussion
OF the proposed colonial policy-and en-
nghtment on a public question OF serl-
Gus significance is sure TO be the result
OF all such discussion IL |. is conducted
in the right spirit.
without knowing anything moro
about II than the average, everyday
citizen knows. the press service hints
at terms that will involve SPANS alb
solute abandonment OF Cuba. the sur
render of Porto Rico direct to the
United States: an indemnity; and coal
ing stations in the Philippines aud
gherever we al them OF SPANS
possessions i'm the Pacific.
That would hot be a bad deal-we
could speedily Americanize Porto Rico.
We shall not be particularly bette,
of because of possessing II. Rich
Americans win get all there is OF il thai
is worth having; millions OF money are
in New York to-day impatiently wait
Ing to set sail for Porto Rico and enjoy
there the protection OF the American
flag. What is best for US TO DO respect
ing the Philippines Is TO leave the ISL
snds' natives alone as completely al
possible. The drift Of sentiment in the
! United States has suddenly yeered "a
a feeling Of contempt for tbs Cuban
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-28
A Little Moro or

~HE Bozeman Chronicle recently
remarked hat while the action
of the democratic state commit
tee did not actually commit the party
e. fusion. Z made that course probable.
The Butte Miner remarks that. in say
irg this. the Chronicle is Just a little
OF"
Then the finer tells a part of what
RI opened NJ the state committees
nreeting. nd ling that the appointment
Of a subcommittee to meet represen-
tni;ves of the metropolitan n
r.opulist committees was understood
to be an act OF courtesy simply"
Very we'll. But the members OF the
democratic state committee who share
the Miners anti-fusion views talked
and voted against the appointment OF
a subcommittee TO confer with the sill
yer republicans and the populists.
Their view some of them said so-was
TO put an end to all talk about fusion
II en- and there. and as the members OF
q is faction were well equipped with
r,oxies and. in private, on the morn
ing of the committee meeting. had re-
heorsed their programme. they were
foolish enough TO fatter themselves
q at they could carry the committee.
they bungled the thing-they fe'
down fiat. Their intentions were clever
enough.
Assume thst the Miner is right when
T. says that the meeting with the other
committees was IAN act of courtesy
simply" Now, suppose that the Miners
friends had been a majority I'm the
democratic state committee and had
carried 1t in favor of ignoring the men
who represented the silver republicans
and the democrats-how would that
action have been related to IAN act OF
courtesy simply"
Whether the view of the Bozeman
Chronicle is right-that the consulta-
tion and adjustment of dates made
fusion probable. the Standard does not
Tow undertake to say. Doubtless, how
ever. that course made fusion possible;
the aim of tho committee members who
are of the Miners non-fusion mind
was. right there. TO make fusion i'm
possible: they voted to lay on the table
the suggestion of a conference as to
dates that came from the populists and
the silver republicans.
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One More Evidence.

~ ONE Helena democrat who is OPP
- posed to fusion is getting his
- work in and mallgning Montana
through the agency OF the ~goldbug
press.
The enemies of silver are keeping
alive an Indifferent publication called
Sound Money" Under Helena date, a
letter printed in this gold organ says:
The oregon victory startles folks here.
II foreshadows decisive successes in
Washington, Idaho and Montana. Flu
sion does not fuse n longer. ouI
state must be put in line with the finan-
ella world. Butte, Great Falls, Nilsson
la and Helena need eastern capital,
The silver craze repels e."
That is the way 1t runs. Fusion IL a
constant menace to goldbug ambition
and the road TO decisive successes in
Montana OF the sort the ~goldbugs
scored in Oregon is along the PROPOSE.
ton that fusion must not be.
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wARSHIP SUGGESTIONS.
Hoodos and Signs of Fearful Import No
sailor Dares Defy.

The most picturesque superstitions of
the seas are those which govern a mod
ern man-of-war Every old salt in the
navy believes I'm hoodoos and spells
which may work all sorts of evils on his
ship and must be carefully guarded
against.
The powers OF a ships hoodoos COM
mence before the ship has entered the
water. IL is a generally accepted super
stition that IL the first blow which is
struck the keel brings sparks the ship Is
destined to suffer from a raking fire from
the enemy.
The old time practice of stealing a
piece OF wood and Embedding 1t in the
prov for good luck is, of course, impossi-
BILE in the case of steel ships, though II
is considered lucky to have a piece OF
stolen wood on board.
Another old superstition Is satisfied by
placing a silver coin In some crevice OF
the lighting top of the mainmast or
some place below decks where II touches
the steel mast. Originally II was a very
common custom to imbed q silver coin,
and preferably a Spanish coin, in the
wooden steps near the mast.
Figureheads have been in high favor
with sailors from remote antiquity. Origl-
nally they were carved to represent some
god or saint. Even to-day a sailor would
hesitate 10 sail on an ironclad without
such protection.
The ceremony OF launching a snip Is
merely q concession TO an old supersti-
ton. The various formaliities OF shiT
christening have been followed with little
variation for centuries.
In the early days of ~shipbuilding IL wa:
the custom for the captain and the crew
to eat their first meal slowed away II
the mold loft Their meal invariably con
sisted OF eggs and sulphur. From this
custom has come the present day prae'
tice OF providing cakes and wine for tins
crew. And the old libation which TN
priests used 10 pour over the prov OF th'
ship as she slipped into the water Ia:
been replaced by the breaking OF a bot
tie of champagne.
The modern man-of-war dashes intS
the water with flags waving from ever,
masthead. In order to crafty this Ole
superstition Il has been necessary TO ex
pend hundreds OF dollars for the ehristen
ing Of a single ship. But no n begrudge'
this extravaganza. In "a way IL Is neces
sary.
The good or III luck of certain DAYS i
stll a belief among sailors. Friday Is I
day OF IN omen and Sunday is usually
lucky day.
The superstition about women is a rem
OF the old belief in witeheraft II l
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-28
AFTER THE BALL HIT HIM.
Sensation of a Soldier Shot at FL Caney.
An Age Before He Heard q Man Swear.

An Age Before He Heard q Man Swear.
First Lieutenant w. H.. wassell. 22d
United States infantry, writing to his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin H. Wassell
of this city, says: Il was shot about
4 o'clock on the afternoon of July 1
while storming Ell Caney, northeast of
Santiago. / was looking through field
glasses at the time, and the ball cut
through the outer part of the little fin
ger of the left hand. joint next to the
hand, then through the palm of my
hand. out just below the index finger,
then in the cheek about half an inch
from the left corner OF my mouth, back
through my mouth, taking several back
teeth, downward through my neck. still
downward and toward the spine, COM
ing out about half way down my back.
and about -four inches from my spine. /
haven't a bone broken. / a swallow,
and, hank God, i am strong. and aside
from a possible scar, / will be no worse
off.
Il will never forget the sensation of
being shot. We had been under fire all
day-the hottest rain of bullets that
men ever went up against. The Span
iards were all intrenched. They shot us
from behind their earthworks, block
houses, trees and church towers. All
at once il seemed as If / was lifted up
from the ground and whirled round and
round, oh so terribly fast. / never lost
consciousness during the sensation. l
felt myself going, but l seemed to real
ize that If / let myself go ii would be all
over, so I took a brace and, after what
seemed an age of this awful whirling,
i was dropped to the ground. Then 1t
seemed as If no one would notice that
/ had been hit.
"It seemed an age before I heard a
man swear and say They have hit
Lieutenant Wassell.' He picked me up
to carry me down behind the crest of
the hill. and what a storm OF bullets
the poor fellow got as he raised me.
l didn't know how badly / was hurt,
u from the blood gushing from my
mouth and the pain in my back where
the bullet had left me, ! imagined was
in IL pretty badly. Captain Lochinvar
came to me, and / remember telling him
/ did not know whether l was done for
or only scared to death. One of the men
dressed me as well as he could with my
first aid bandages. n | lay under a
tree until about 6 O'Clock. About that
time some of the Spaniards began a riot
at the other side of me, and for a little
while the bullets from friend and foe
whirled over me n struck near me.
About shutdown the firing ceased. i was
carried about a mile to the bridge hos
pitaI. Here i was dressed. The doc
tors were worked to death and did their
best.
"AIl night and all the next day our
hospital was fired on by the Spaniards.
Toward the evening OF the second day
[ was put in a wagon and taken about
three miles to the division hospital.
which left in the morning of Bird TO
go to Siboney. Twelve of us rode in the
ambulance. Ii was a good 10-mile ride
over the most abominable road. That
night they put me on board the Chero-
kee for Key West hospital. l didn !
want to go, but II was not a matter OF
Observation-Disclosures Journal.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-28

thought that a woman by throwing sand
Ia the air on s~hipboard can produce vio-
lent storms. Not many years some
women who Travelled on English warships
were tortured during a storm to make
them quiet the waves
These barbaric beliefs. however, are
partially compensated by the superstition
which sailors have held for centuries that
beautiful children bring "A blessing to the
ship. THE Neck was a handsome boy
with golden curls. IL Is said that he IL
always accompanied by a black lamb and
carries with him a golden harp. Our old
salts have especial confidence In a ship
which Is christened by a child.
The average sailor Is superstitious about
the ringing OF the ships bells. In olden
times the bells were blessed before they
were used. At present IL a mistake Is
made in striking the hour the sailors in
sist that the bells be struck backward
at once to break the spell. And IL by any
chance the wind should catch the bells
and swing them all the way round. or IL
1t will be the last of that ship.
All good warships go to the shores of
"Fiddler's Green" as a hnal resting place.
Just where this mythical harbor is situa-
ted no geographer has yet decided. IL Is in
every way the antithesis of "Davy Jones,
lockerr'
A warship which goes down with her
flags flying. as occurred several times dur
ing the civil war. goes to "Fiddler's
Green"
The tattooing habit is. OF course. very
common I'm the navy. IL is believed that
an arm or leg decorated with the design
will never be lost in battle.-New York
World
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-28
That Contract.

~ ONE OF the people who do bust
~ ness on the sea take that contract
" with a Spaniard outfit. for the
transporting to Spain of the surren-
dered soldiers. altogether too seriously;
so do some of the newspapers.
Al for the transportation companies,
they proposed to attack the contract
under which the soldiers are to be con
veyed back to their own country,
basing their contest on four or five
separate and distinct specifications.
These included the charge that the sue
cessful bidder for the job of carrying
the defeated soldiers across the sea is
"a corporation treated by a power that
is a public enemy" that, by one of
SPANS laws, the government at Madrid
gets fifty per cent. of the receipts OF
the company, 50 that our government
Is putting money right Into the Span
ish war chest; and that many of the
vessels to be used in transporting the
soldiers are now made useless by our
blockade but that, released to carry
the soldiers home. they will. on arriving
at Cadiz, help to strengthen the en-
emy's feet.
These grounds Of opposition seem
well-enough taken, but what are you
going to dc about It? The contract was
worthy of Secretary Alger-and If he
hadn't thought it out, Secretary Gage
would have; 1t vas a typical national
kindergarten performance. There were
non-combatant ~ship-owners among the
bidders, but their figures were higher
than those of the company that flies
the Spanish flag.
1t really does look ridiculous for us to
spend all these thousands wherewith to
pay the Spaniards for the privilege of
getting their own soldiers home. But
it's too late to bubble now too much
time has interviewed. These half
starved Spanish troopers Will eat their
heads off and come too high IL we per-
nit them to linger as a charge on our
commissary.
1t is true that we ave been sinking
Spanish ships and taking down Spanish
flags, and that now we turn about and
| give profitable employment to the Com
pania Transatlantica Espanola. Still
IL Spain can stand the humiliation OF
working for our money. we a proba-
bly, afford to pay the shot.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-28

paraileling the Russian increase OF six
tsttleships. which Russia proposed to
begin 1895.
Only two hattieships were taken into
ccoun In the original British pro-
grsmme. AMI the first lord OF the ad-
mifalty announced that he now asked
the house 10 grant o more battle
ships. This proposition was greeted
with cheers. Mr.. Goshen added: The
Russian programme provides for four
cruisers. We propose to build four.
and also twelve destroyers." Then the
cheered again.
Significantly. all these new British
ships will ~ built with reference to
their ability to pass readily through
the Suez -an1l.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-28

How immeasurabiy worse for all our
purposes the Asiatic Malay!
The craze to annex the Philippines is
going to be as short-lived a spasm as
ever seized the people of the United
States. New era" nonsense, the
"~Pacihc-ocean empire" drivel and the
expansion" humbug will presently
sound ridiculous. Before peace negoti-
atoms are closed this country's people
will have concluded that they don:
,sre for any more war in theirs for
quite a little while.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-28

According to the Santiago CORE
spondent of the New York sun. on the
second day of the battle a minister OF
the gospel carried a bucket OF liquor
with a tin dipper around TO the Red
Cross nurses. members of the w. c. t.
T., who were fainting from overwork
and loss of sleep. and bade them drink;
and they drank. II anybody desires to
find fault with the minister or with the
nurses. will he please step outside-w
would like to see him about n min
ute and fifteen seconds.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-28
TWELVE PAGES.
THURSDAY, JULY es. 1898.
EFT Am a Democrat"

~HE ruotation marks used In this
little line are not ours-they are
the Helena Independents. Us
Ing the quoted words. our Helena
contemporary adds that they were
uttered by David B. Hill under cir
cumstances calling for an exhibition
of moral courage n political fidelity
that tried lis soul They are com
n.ended to the democrats of Montana
ut this time when all the elements of a
sweeping party victory are visible
without the aid of telescope or micros-
cope Hill made the declaration In sup
port of a candidate not at all TO his
liking. n n platform only partially to
his liking"
o. 1 don't know. Hill FIRST used the
words IT am a democrat" In a banquet
srtech. He had. In his talk. been slur-
ring, by insinuation. the Cleveland ad-
m~inistration. not far advanced at the
time on It's FIRST term. and. after the
manner Of q ~demagogue. he rung In the
f1ur quoted words, putting the empha-
sis firmly on the first of them.
But, wherever used, Hill is respon-
sibie for the sentence, and we marvel
to ind IL used by the Independent as
the preface TO a sentence which says,
democratic conventions are admirably
organized Cor the determination of the
will of the majority, and democrats
Ioyaily abide by the will Of the ma
3crity."
II the Independent so utterly obliv-
Ir.e e. IIfIfs ntaoa In vn1npt Anrnn-
cratic histo-y7 How about the will Of
the majority In the national demo-
cratic convention OF 1896? Did David
n. Hill abide by It? He did not; on
the contrary. he put his views on the
silver question above democracy. He
went forth from the Chicago conven
tien TO make felt his rebellious oppo-
sition TO the will of the majority. He
wss able to do II. To begin with. he
forced the nomination of the man of
his choice for the ofice of governor of
New York, in the Buffalo convention.
His knavieh plan was carefully figured
out: he knsw that he could control tho
man thus nominated. And. sure
enough. after the delegates in that
great states convention had re-
turned to lheir homes. n at a mo-
ment when his action could produce
the most demoralizing results. Hill
caused his candidate for governor &c
withdraw. IN the ground that. as a
democrat. he could not abide by the
viii of the majority. Then Mr.. Hill
As Is famous, sneaked into hiding fol
IN. rest Of the czmpaign-he had done
his worst.
This same Mr.. Hill is to-day in higt
favor with those who say with tn,
Helena Independent: Let democrats
be on guard. and let them put none but
democrats IN guard" Mr.. Hill 10 op.
posed to fusions because he knows this
they help silver. and he hates silver
II he were q citizen OF Montana h,
wculd fight fusion. That the Helens
Independent should quote him as .
man after whom Montana democrat,
should pattern is astounding. He mad,
conspicuous the fact that he was .
democrat as long as democracy wen.
his way BY the way. since our Helena
contemporary appeals to MIR. Hill
phrase as something to go by. may ",
ask whether. according TO the indie
~pendent's tests. Mr.. Hill to-day is 4
democrat?
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-28

~HE English house of commons
supports with cheers an extra
ordinary appropriation for war
ships. Mr.. Goshen's recent statement
81 the supplementary naval pro-
Sramme" was greeted with great en-
thusiasm. He reviewed the original
programme. which was considered SUI
dc.ent when IL was framed, being
based upon the two-power system.
tia the navy OF Great Britain must be
equal TO the combined fleets OF any two
powers. But, in consequence of the
setion Of Russia on the same system.
the government was compelled TO pre-
sent q supplementary programme.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-28
Valuable Spanish Discoveries.

From the Washington Times.
-Four hundred years ago Spain sent her
adventures to the new world to discover
unknown territory and win their country
new glory. She has been doing exactly the
same thing for the last few months, and
her present discoveries are likely TO be
quite as useful to the rest of Europe as
were those of the fifteenth century. Four
or five European nations have been won
derlng for some time whether it would
be safe to challenge us to a fight. They
know now.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-28

The cigar output of the Philippines
reaches 16o, 00O, 900 a year and a better
cigar is retailed In Manila for a cent
h is retailed in the United States
for a dime. The C~igarmakers' Union
of America is not craving for the an
nexation of h Philippines with a
great, wild. passionate crave.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-28

From the Chicago Chronicle.
We do not credit the report that Ad-
miral Cervera will take up his permanent
residence in Boston. He is a considerate
man and would not care to be responsible
for the rout and panic which his presence
would cause in Beacon street and the
country round about.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-28

After the war Is over, gratitude
should prompt the president to take as
good care of the Washington gentle
man who writes the associated press
war leads" every night as that accom-
plished and able cuckoo has taken
care of the president.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-28

ness OF the Iowa was unsurpassed and
unsurpassable: that II Is impossible TO
conceive of any more effective service
thai that rendered by the Texas; and
that I'm pure. unadulterated effective
ness there was nothing to compare to
the Indiana.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-28

1t Is probably just as well and per-
haps a great deal better for Spain, that.
owing TO the interruption Of communica-
ton between Madrid and Havana. Cap
taiu-General Blanco is no longer at
tempting to captain the club.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-28

Butte" says the ST. Paul Globe. "is
the greatest city on the continent for
expert poker players. but when II comes
To the great Intellectual game OF whist;
Boston still leads by several blocks"
Not by a good deal.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-28

Ex-oueen LII. who is dying with a
cancer over the jugular vein. seems 10
have got IL where her great and good
friend received IL when he attempted
TO commit the democratic party to the
gold standard.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-28

Ssgasta will doubtless be able to ave
the peninsula intact, anyhow. and that's
something as the physician said who
pulled the old man through after losing
the mother and baby.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-28

II. as now seems probable. the United
States does mot insist OF keeping the
Philippines, the territorial expansionists
will be left with a badly damaged stock
of manifest destiny on their hands.
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Birds Of "a Feather.

From the Memphis Commercial-Appeal,
Dem.
With the Dreyfus case and the Bour-
gogne disaster to her account, no wonder
France sympathizes with Spain.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-28

n war is likely 20 close without
General Lee or Colonel Bryan getting
so much as a run or a rough ride 70:
their patriotism.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-28

The ~Spanlard most eagerly and en-
Enthusiastically DESTROYS of peace is a re-
tired sea captain named Camara, at
present living in seclusion of Cartha-
genia,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-28

It seems to be the present intention
OF the administrator to let Aguinal1o
paddle his own canoe without the Ash
attic squadron as a convoy.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-28

A declaration of peace at this stage
of the game might elicit from Watson
as well as Miles the declaration that
peace is hell.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-28

II IT is true that Hawaii wants Sewall
instead Of Dole for governor. Dole can
realize to some extent that peculiar
Queen Lii feeling.