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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-21

n 5 told this morning in the stand
ards news. the court house
bonds Of Deer Lodge county
brought a good bonus. With this sale
effected in a satisfactory way. the coast
is clear for building. The county COM
missioners will be in possession of a
fund of one hundred thousand dollars,
and the bond is that the building for
which plans a v been accepted will be
erected and handed over TO the county
authorities at a figure which will leave
a few thousand dollars for such pur-
poses as may be deemed necessary in
improving the grounds that will be
known hereafter as the court house
park. Yesterday. in a prominent win
dow on Main street. the successful
courthouse plan vas on exhibition.
N approval OF 1t appears to be gen.
eral: IL is admitted that when the
broad grounds a, the head of Main
street are adorned with the structure.
he result will be as commanding a
lbIic building as can be found i'm the
state.
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Mckinley IN Consultation.

Washington. April 2o.-The president
spent nearly all the afternoon with prom
inent officials discussing war measures.
Secretary Alger, Secretary Long. General
Miles. General Schofield and Captain
Crowninshield were with him until nearly
Z o'clock. General Miles brought with him
several maps and other documents. and
il is believed the matters under discus
sion had special reference to the contem-
plated movement against Cuba. Another
matter which occupied a share of the
time this afternoon was the consideration
of issuing a proclamation calling for
volunteers. in anticipation OF the early
passage by the senate of the pending bill
authorizing the senate to raise a volun-
teer army.
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The LichtR Put Out.

Key West, Fla. April 2.-Additional
precautions have been put in force here
to insure the safety of the big ships since
the resolutions of congress were adopted.
All lights on board the New York, Iowa
and Indiana, which lie out OF Key west
harbor. are now ~extinguished before s
d. m, when the battle ports are screwed
on and the formidable battleships can
hardly be seen from one another's decks
except when an occasional searchight
flashing around reveals their dark out
lines. Besides this precaution the night
patrol has been doubled. Last evening
both the Cincinnati and Marblehead, ac-
companied by two torpedo boats, went
out on picket duty. With these increased
precautions the strain of suspense be-
comes greater and all hope for speedy
and definite action.
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RUN DOWN BY AN ENGINE.
Mantle Injured 50 severely In"s KS
DIes-Geddes Murder Trial.

Special Dispatch 10 the Standard
Billings. April ED Mantle was ru"
over by the Northern Pacific switch en-
CINE a few minutes before 6 o'clock TINS
morning and received such serious in)u-
ries that he died about min hours ia,er.
Mantle was crossing the tracks IN tne
yard from the south side. ana nau APP
parently attempted to go around tne
freight train. which was standing on the
main line at the depot. when II started
up. lie stood on a side track watching
the train pull out. and failed to notice ,ne
switch engine until II was too iste' ne
made an effort To get on the track out
failed and the ponderous locomotive run
him down. smashing his right leg anu
arm to a pulp and cutting his mead. nc
was conveyed to the Kyes lodging house.
but never rallied sufficiently for an opera-
lion. lie was about IS years old ana I'M
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A Day of Odds and Ends.

~ substantiaI than a bric-a-brac
day in the federal senate; the
members spent their time looking over
in a ieisurely way. the relics OF last
Mondays debating. One or two re-
marks made yesterday. however. VIII
give the waiting public something to
talk about.
For instance, Mr.. Teller forcefuliy
remarked that. IL the diplomacy OF the
Cleveland administration or of the
Mckinley administration has been as II
ought to have been. the announcement
of this country's fixed determination
that Spain must stop the slaughter Oh
the Cubans would have been made Ions
ago and would undoubtedly have
proved effective. without resort to war
That is unquestionably a statement
for which there is full warrant the
bootless interchange between WASH
ington and Madrid. the repetition OF the
story of Spanish horrors on the stand
the venomous talk of Weyler after MS
recall. the appeals to the American
it,etN
public for food for starving reconcen-
trados. the Maine calamity-these mat
tiers all contributed their share toward
making more difficult the solution OF
the islands troubles. through this
country's help, by peaceful processes.
Then. too. there were suggestive
remarks in what Mr.. Foraker said
Yesterday. The senate pricked up its
ears when the Ohio senator. who was
the champion Of recognition for the
Cuban republic, asserted that without
delay the country is going to discover
that the government at Washington
by its acts. is practically recognizing
the republic. Senators wanted to know
more about 1t at once. and asked MT
Foraker to say whether his informa-
ton was official. The senator would
not say that he had his
from administrative sources. but ne
renewed his prediction that presently
the senators will see and hear Things
that sustain the original statement.
In the face of all the argument ana
all the oratory and all the official pres
sure and all the %caucusing and plead
ing and threatening. 1t is a fact that
nothing was brought out in recent con-
gressional debates that made at al
: clear to this country's public any reason
: why the president should so persistent
a.. ro,n1nftinn nf the iSln no
government. To be sure. attempts a.
the giving of reasons were made, but
these attempts served to confuse th'
, situation rather than to ciear IL
, Really. the very large public Is In doub'
D this morning on that score. There MAJ
be good reasons why the presiden'
: should have insisted to a degree tina
= involved congress in a bitter fight anC
I cost days Of delay. but certain 1t /
that the intelligent men are not man!
who, to-day, could explain the case L
their n~eighbors in a satisfactory way
d. Meanwhile the widespread suspicion
was-and now is-that in this the presi
dent listened to certain men OF whon
:. the bulk of the American people do no
entertain a high opinion, and that, t
meet the future schemes OF these mel
the president simply thrust his polio
upon congress.
That isn't a particularly pleasant re
mark to make on the morning OF wha
!" may prove to be the first day in a
" eventful war; but there's no cloakin
the fact that II is the truth.
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rrousportfnv Troops to Cuba.

Washington. April 2O.-Arrangements
are being made by the war department
for the transportation OF troops from
Southern ports to Cuba, and 1t is ex-
pected that they will be perfected to-mor-
row or soon thereafter. Colonel "A. ..
Kimball, chief quartermaster OF the de-
partment east. will open bids at New
York for the charter of steam vessels for
this service. 1t is believed that he "iil
have no difficnlty I'm securing a sufficient
number of frst-class ships of good speed
for the transportation of the army to be
sent to Cuba.
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IN FOR BUSINESS.
The Army Onicers Realize That Spain
Will Put Up n right.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Boise, Idaho, April 2O.-George Petten-
gill, one of the junior officers on the Iowa
at Key West. a former Boise boy, writes
his father under date of April 10 as FOL
lows:
..Captain Bob Evans told me that they
Intended to go within 500 yards of Moro
castle. Think of II! Easy rifle range; and
he added. my boy, they will have their
guns loaded and will get one good crack
at us. and they may have time to load
and get one more; but after that. God pity
those forts!"
Mr. Pettengill speaks of the enthusiasm
among the officers and men and Of the
attitude of the Spaniards. and adds:
Those Spaniards are i'm for business, and
they'll get all they want before we get
through with them"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-21

in Portugal and Spain. For a time Mr..
Lathrop was the editor Of the Atlantic
Monthly, most of his time. however
was devoted to light literature. and ne
won for himself a good name as one OF
this country's entertaining writer's.
One Of his most enduring ribut
is a CAREFUL, edited edition OF the
works of Hawthorne.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-21

ct appen that one of the most en-
Joyable books written by George
Parsons Lathrop. whose death was
announced yesterday morning. is known
as Spanish Vistas." The book. print
ed about fifteen years ago. was highly
commended by the critics n was rated
as an excellent contribution TO Ameri-
can literature. Lathrop was born In
Honolulu. in 1851. but he received his
education in New York. experimenting
his literary studies with a residence OF
several years In Germany. He married
the daughter Of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
q lady whose girihood days were spent
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-21

st. Louis. April 2o.-Tripp Of I~ndianapo-
lis led in the second days work at the
amateur trap shooting tournament at Du.
pont park with a general average OF IS
per cent. His best individual run was "a
out of Is. Sergeant was second IN the
genera, average. with s2Is. and Conno of
81. Louis ran third. with an average OF
So per cent. More than 40 experts took
mart in the eight events and several
thousand targets were mashed.
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TO ADVERTISERS.


WIN b paid for the arrest ano conv,c.
ton of any person caught steahhs 'he
standard from subscribers.
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An ~erera, business letters and CORE
sconaence should be addressed TO the
sTANDARD PUBLISHING coMPANf'
Anaconda. Mont.
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m standard has branch omces AT
Rutte. Niesoula and Great Falls, where
advertising rates will be furnished on sp-
R1icafiou.
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New York Onice-4s Tribune BuiIdihs'
Chtc.ro Onice-lee The Rookery.
The a. c. Beckwith Special Agency
aoIe Agents Foreign Advertising.
washington Bureau-ln5 u sree'
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Main omce-standard Block. Anaconda
TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
-. ....No I
1ush $50 ~
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-09-21

as if he was in bis own string. The
is about as good model of perfect
| horse in conformation as can be found.
He stands not for from 1873 hands, is
smoothly turned at every point, and his
| framework is heavily clot he'd with hard
| fines grained muscles, while his limbs and
feet are as good as the best"
| The general committee appointed by
the aldermen to consider the matter of a
peace festival in Ellsworth, met with the
aldermen Monday evening. Senator Hale
was chosen chairman. There being no
definite knowledge of the plans of the
originators of the movement aside from
| the circular received by the mayor. it .
| considered advisable to postpone action
| until more Information could be obtained.
| An advisory committee of ten Was ap-
'ointed to take the matter in hand. Ellis
worth will not have peace festival un-
| ess it is found that the movement is to
| be general one through the country.
Gev. William Il. savary, Of Jamaica
Plain, Mass, preached in the Unitarian
church last Sunday morning. Mr.. Savary
may be called the founder of the Uni
tartan church in this city, and WAS it's
seven years. Mr.. Savary closed his pas
torate here twenty-five years ago. AT
the opening of his sermon Sunday morn
ing Mr.. Savary took occasion to express
the pleasure he felt at again standing in
| the pulpit Of the church here, and seeing
before him old and new faces. He spoke
of the interest he continued to feel in the
city, and which was keptI alive by the
weekly visits of THE AMERICAN, which
he has taken ever since he left Ellsworth.
Mr.. Savary preached An earnest sermon
from the Parable of the Talents. In the
evening he preached at Bar liarbor. 1t is
| expected that he will preach again at he
Unitarian church next Sunday morning.
| During his stay In Ellsworth MIR. Savary
is the guest of Mrs. Miriam Kent.
| Another Ellsworth boy, after only ten
years residence in western town, has
established popularity which brought
him out a winner in an exciting voting
contest, and put handsome gold watch
| in his pocket This "boy' is Frank J.
Dow, Of Superior, Wis. The Leader, the
paper which conducted the contest,
which WAS for "the most popular member
OF labor organizationn, published the
| following sketch of the winner: Frank
j. Dow was born in Ellsworth, Me-, in
| 1858. He attended the schools of his
native town until he was twelve years of
age, when he became wild to go to sea
He followed sailors life for nineteen
years, and during three OF that time be
| served on Uncle Sans ship "lroduois".
| He quit the salt water for the life of a
cowboy and went to the Indian territory,
where he was a puncher for year. He
then went to Muskegon, Mich, where he
was in he life-saving service until 1888.
| In that year he came to Superior, and has
| been here since. He has been in he en-
ploy of the Northern trust company and
the Hammond estate as engineer. He has
| been a prominent member of the Traces
and LABOR ASSEMBLY for the past seven
years.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-09-21
WAS WITHIN LENGTH.
SO Says Owner Tracy of the Yacht
s'Zaim'' Which was Ruled Out.


II. f. Tracy, of Winter Harbor, owner
of the yacht "Zaim7 which sailed in the
race here last week, writes to THE AMER
ICAN as follows:
~ would like to correct wrong impression
which was given to those who witnessed the
yacht race ut Newhury Neck, Sent IL. Al
thoug the yacht "Zaim" won the race, she was
ruled ont as being over thirty feet water line,
when in reality she is less than that. In all the
Bar Har5or races (and she has been in races
there for several years past, she has been en-
tered under thirty feet and it was great mis-.
take on the part of the judges at Newbury Neck
to make her out more than that"
THE AMERICAN reporter has talked
with managers of the race and with one
of the judges in regard to the measuring
of the "Zaim". The yacht was measured
before the race, and the measurers an
nounced that her water line length was
30 feet, 8 inches.
The "Zaim" started in the race, under
protest, and was first over the line at the
nnish. She doubtless sailed faster than
any other yacht in the race, but the state
| ment that she won the race is misleading,
say some of the judges, as on time allow
ance she would not have received tirat
money.
After the race the protest against the
"Zaim' was renewed, and she was meas
ured again in the presence of the judges
and to their satisfaction. The measurers
| announced the same result-3O feet,
inches. The ''Zaim" was thereupon dis
qualified by the judges.
One of the managers of the race ex-
presses regret that Mr.. Tracy should be
dissatisfied, but says there had certainly
been no deliberate attempt to throw him
wanted the "Zaim" in the race, and it is
probable that an agreement could have been
made to waive the extra length and add
something to the time allowance but for
the emphatic protest of one of the other
yacht owners, which the judges were
bound to consider.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-09-21

W. F. DesIsles, of Lamoine Point, is agent
for the Bates Aluminium Filter, one of the best
articles of the kind on the market. Being of
aluminium, it is non corrosive and indestructi-
Bile, and always holds its color. 1t Is ridiculous
ly simple in its con truclion, and cannot get out
Of order. The only changcab'e thing about it is
the pad, which is made of a specially prepared
chemically pure cotton. The price of the arti-
Gle, Including one gross of pads, is only IS
cents. F. b. Aiken has them on sale in Ellis
worth.-Adrt.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-09-21
COMING EVENTS.

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
Sept. 20, 81 and 22-Fair of Hancock
county agricultural society at Mountain
park, Bluehill.
Wednesday and Thursday Sept. 21 and
22-Eden fair at Salisbury Cove.
Tuesday, Sept. 27, Manning hrll, at s
p. m.-Song recital by Miss Mabel Mon
aghan. Tickets So cents.
Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 81 and
2S-Fair of Northern Hancock agricul-
tural society at Amherst.
Wednesday, Sept. 2s-Fair at Orland.
Wednesday and Thursday, Oct II and
3-Semi-annual reunion Good Templars,
Grand lodge, at Southwest Dor, with
Ocean Echo lodge No. 157.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-09-21
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
HEw ApyEKrIsEmnNrs THIS WEEK.

NEW ADV ERTIsEMGNT THIS WEEK.
Manhattan steamship Co-Change in schedule.
G. W Il .sford-Piano tuner.
Probate noticc-Est Richard p Buck
Boston Il Bangor Steamship Co-Fall ar.
raurcmcnt
l. II Cushman-Spec'a notice to water takers.
& l. Morang-Dry Goods.
J Walsh-Shoe store.
Robert B Holmes-Furniture.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-09-21
Song Recital.

Miss Mabel Monaghan, who expects to
return to Boston shortly to resume her
studies in vocal music, will give a song
recital at Manning hall next Tuesday
evening, Sept. 27, at O'Clock.
She will be assisted by Miss Mary Fran
ces Hopkins, accompanist, and Misses
Helen and Harriet Rollins.
Following is the programme:
Irish Love Song.t...- Lang
C Were ! Gard ner ..........,... .Chaminade
Constancy............. Weber
Mis- Monaghan
,. Duet for piano, Stiinmungsbilder, op.
81, No 4........,............,. Scharwenka
Misses Rollins
The Swallows. s.,..............,.....Cow .Cowen
Land of Nod. u.......................Gi Gilbert
The Violet. t....-..................W w Goldman
Miss Monaghan
4. Duet op. 81, No 5.......... .....Scharwenka
Misses Rollins
q Repentance -.-....................Go .Gounod
My Neighbor.. or........,.............Th Thomas
Land O. the Leal. eal......,-.........,,..Foo Foote
q Good Night, Pretty Stars.........J Johnson
Miss Monaghan
New Postmaster at Nieolin.
Henry G. M Mllliken, ir., has been ap-
pointed postmaster at Nicolin.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-09-21
CHURCH NOTES.
BAPTIST.

BAPTIST.
Reu. c. s. McLearn. pastor.
Thursday, 2. 80 p. M, meeting of ladies
missionary society, and emptyng Of mite
boxes. AT 80 p. M, meeting u advisory
committee.
Friday, 7.30 p. m., week-aay cnurcn
prayer meeting.
Sunday services = 1890, morning SER
mon. At u M, Sunday school; 6
p. m., Y. p. s. c. f. prayer meeting;
700 p. m., praise and preaching service.
UNITARIAN.
Reu. Walter Reid Hunt, pastor.
Sunday, Sept. 25, regular morning wor-
ship with sermon at 1870. Rev. William
H. Savary, of Jamaica Plain, formerly of
Ellsworth, will preach.
Sunday school meets in the vestry at
11.45.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-09-21
UNITARIAN.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
Req. j. P. Simonton. pastor.

Req. j. P. Sjmonton, pastor.
Friday evening at 7.3o, prayer meeting.
Sunday, 1890 a. M, preaching by the
pastor. 11.45, Sunday school. 800 p. M,
Junior league. COOP M, Epworth league
prayer meeting. 700 p. M, Sunday school
concert.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-07-21

subject. In resen;ing it, the ordinary
young woman will eXclaim with asSur-I
ance that the criticism isn't true; that
many n girl has thought herself into q,
headache, which no one will deny; bul
even this, one tormenting young skepti3
sauciiy declares, is quite frequently
done after the manner Of the girl in the
story of How One Girl Studies" She
places her box of chocolates on the
table, and while eating them and pol!
ishing her finger-nails says aloud and
indistinctly, Of course, 1.-The three an;
giles of triangle are equal to two right
angles. Oh, dear, hope it won't rain
tomorrow and spoil that picnic! The
three angles of triangle are equal I'd
two right angles. l saw George Morris
and Sue walk off together, and they
just may for all care! The two angles
of a triangle are equal to three right
angles. There, those chocolates are not
SO large as those that were on top! The
three right angles-well, this old thing
is too stupid! There is nothing in it but
nonsense, SO there!'
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-07-21
AGAIN THE GRAssHOPPERs.
The Destroying Pests Due to yisi
the United States This Year

The Destroying Pests Due to Visit
the United States This Year.
The Agricultural Department at Wash
ingtOn announces that a visitation of that
dread pest. the grasshopper, Will take
place this year. One army of the locusts.
known as the 11-year brood, will capture
Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey. New
York. North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylva-
MIA, Virginia, West Virginia and Wiscon-
sin, while the 13-year-old broed will sweep,
over Arkansas, Georgia, Kentacky. Iii
nols, Indiana. Louisiana, Missouri Mis-
sissippi and Tennessee.
Since the close of the civil war there
have been five periods of extensive To-
Gust rayaSes, and each of them was, for
the time 1t occupied, far more destruct-
I've OF property than war. The first was
III 1850, III which the damage was suffi--
c1ently great and widespread as to at
tract national attentions The insects
swarmed over the Northwest, but did
their greatest damage in Kansas, Nebras-
ka, the western counties of Missouri and
northeastern Texas. They were often So
thlck that trains were seriously DELAYED
Oh account of the immense numbers crush
ed on the railroad tracks. The progeny
or those that Cell upon the country in that
year did considerable damage the next
year. but it was evident from their debiI.
ltated state and their quickly Derishine
that they were not to be feared as an ever
present scourge. But later in the season
fresh swarms came from the Rocky
Mountains and re-enforced the failing
hosts in the western portions of the Mis-
slSslppl valley. AS late as 1869 some rem.
nants of these swarms were noticed in.
Nebraska and Kansas, and in each of
three years after that. in spots III West
ern Kansas, in Western Iowa and in
larger districts of Colorado and Utah
much damage was done, but whether by
the progeny of the migrators of 1866 or
by new arrivals was not definitely ascer-
tanned. The damage from the original
and the after sporadic visitations amount
ed to many millions of dollars, and besides
there was much suffering in consequence
of shortage of food supplies.
The counti. invaded by the Iocusts in
loio-i4 extended from the north end of
Lake Winnipeg to Austin, Texas. and
from the Rocky Mountains TO near St.
faul, Mimi, to Des Moines, Iowa, and:
10 The Western counties of Missouri
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-07-21

A West Point officer, Captain Parker.
writing for 4 recent magazine, shows
that the great need Of our volunteer
army is trained officers. 1t is estimated
that in an army Of 100000 men We
would need 10000 officers The original
Idea Of the West Point academy was 10
provide a reserve Of officers who in civ
II life would always be available to COM
mand and train raw levies. In 1915.
with population but one-tenth what il
now is, the maximum number of cadets
Mt West Point was fixed at 26O. 1t is
only 81 to-day. The original purpose
of the academy has been lost sight Of.
Captain Parker recommends that the
number of cadets authorized by law be
increased from 81 to 1900. or thai
three military academies be establish
ed, having ali told the needed 2.oGO ca
diets. 1t would be understood that all
these men would not remain in the
army. but they would be organized into
a reserve Of officers, all of them subject
10 the call Of the government in case of
war