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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-24
He DISMISSED THE Case
Hearing of Skuplanc and Jovan
Before Laurandeau.
CHARGED WITH ASSAULT
An Alleged Stabbing Affair in Which
the Complaining Witness. Frank
Borg. Is Said to Have Been
Seriously Cut.

The preliminary hearing of Frank
in the second degree from the alleged
stabbing of Frank Borg about three
weeks ago was concluded yesterday aft
ernoon before Justice ~Laurandeau. re.
sulting in the discharge of the defend
ants. The hearing was commenced a
week & and continued at the conclu-
sion of the taking of testimony for the
state. Yesterday the defense put in its
case.
The first witness was Mrs. J.. Thomp-
son, i'm front of whose residence in South
Wyoming street the alleged assault
occurred. Mrs. Thompson testified that
she witnessed the whole affair and said
Borg and his friends were the aggres-
sors. She SAID the parties came together
In front of her place and Borg knocked
Jovan down. She did not see any knife
used. but saw Jovan had been cut in
the head md wanted him to come into
her house To wash the blood off. She
did not see Jovan cut Borg.
Police officer iIyrne testii Il for the
defense He said he heard someone call
ing for the police. and responding, found
il was JOvan. He was cut and bleeding
and whoever he had been fighting with
had disappeared. He did not arrest
Jovan. as he appeared to be the one as
saulted. Skuplanc was not around
when the officer arrived.
The defendant. Skuplanc. could not
remember any of the circumstances
leading up to the assault and did not
know anything about that, as he had
not been present. Jovan took the stand
and denied that he nae stabbed Borg.
He admitted the trouble in the saloon,
but denied that he participated i'm II or
that he followed Borg afterward. He
said he was going along the street and
was not aware of Borg's presence till
he ran into him with his friends. Sku-
plane was not with him at the time and
Borg at once attacked him, knocking
him down. cutting hin i'm some manner,
he ouldn iay how, ON the head. When
he denied cutting Borg he was asked to
account for the fact thai: a knife was
found in his pocket " .er he was ar
rested, which was covered with blood.
He replied that he took his andke
chief out of his pocket to wipe the
blood from his head and put the hand
kerchief back in his pocket and the
blood got on the knife. He was not
asked to explain the statement he made
to the police when arrested, admitting
he had cut Borg in self-defense. This
completed the case of the defense. and
after argument OF counsel. in which the
prosecuting attorney admitted the state
had no case against Skuplanc. the case
was dismissed. as Judge Laurandeau
did not consider the proof against Jovan
sufficient to warrant binding him over.
Thomas Muldoon was arrested yester-
day on a warrant sworn out in Justice
L~aurandeau's court. charging him with
petit larceny. He was accused Of steal
ing a quantity of bedding, including AZ
quilts, two spreads, two sheets. two pill
lows, one blanket and a lamp from a
lodging house run by a Mrs. Miller at
S24 south Main street. Muldoon was
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-24

Reward-S25 to any person proving
we do not use the best main springs
manufactured. Watches cleaned. Sl.5o.
Main springs. 81. Mayer, 40 w. Park.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-24
Reckless Driving.

D.. W. McMasters. a driver of an ex-
press wagon, was arrested yesterday
on a charge OF reckless driving Tor
running over an old man on Park
street.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-24

Week end excursions, via Great
Northern railway, commencing at
once:
To Alhambra and return ........Si20
To Boulder and return ........... 2.3o
Good Saturday until Monday.
To Basin and return ..............sl.oo
Good going and returning SUNDAY
Ticket Office Al North Main street.
j.. T.. DAWSON.
General Agent.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-24

The funeral of John d. Ryan will
take place from the family residence,
No. l. Dugan Dublin guich'
TODAY at > n. m.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-24

Souvenir spoons of Anaconda mine
- cents each, at Towle a Wlnterhal-
ter's, 2S West Park street.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-24
4C Instead of Sc

80 pieces of the latest Colored
Novelty Suitings, New Bayaderes,
New Plaids. elegant cloths for
Bicycle Suits, new cloths for tailor
suitings, values up to S5c, for ACC.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-24
At 39c Instead of 75C

A swell lot OF new Summer
Checks and Covert Suitings. 46
inches wide and cheap at I5c yard.
Sale price only 39c. They'll be
quick sellers sure.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-05-05
GREENWOOD.

Corn planting is the general or
der Of the day.
Milton Hindman and wife were
visiting his parents Saturday and
Sunday.
Il. G.. Gather and others worked
the roads last week. I wonder
where the road overseer was? He
don't turn up on the road very of
ten; has other business to attend to
| guess. But then Brother Gather
and the road workers Of this vicin-
ity knew better how to work the
roads than the boss himself. So
you see he was not needed.
l see in the Times Of April 22d
that "Legion" says in his communi-
cation that "John Bailey has surplus
money to invest In hogs and cattle"
We'll, Legion, who is John Bailey?
Shame on any person that pretcnds
to be a man that will throw as cow
aydly a slar as that and hide be-
hind nom de plume. But you are
known, and if it occurs again you
will surely be given away. What
harm did the person you call "John
Bailey" ever do your You attend
to your road business and you will
not have so much idle time on your
hands and probably won't know 50
much about other peoples business
Enoch Shell il farming on James
II. Girdley's place this season.
WANDERING WILLIE.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-05-05
The Absurd Confederate Parallel,

Various timid and iIl.informed
newspapers cite the civil war as a
warning that our contest with Spain
may be long and dreadful, says the
New York World.
There is no possible parallel be-
tween the two cases. 1t is simply
prcposterouS.
|. First of all, the confederates
were Americans, not Spaniards-an
important difference.
9. Their armies were commanded
by some Of the ablest West Pointers
then living, including Lee, Jackson.
the two Johnstons, Beauregard,
Longstreet, Stuart and others, sol
dierS equal TO any that war has ever
produced.
3. These Americans stood face to
face with the union armies from the
very outset. They were not trans
ported 1000 miles. They fought on
their own ground.
4. They numbered half a million
fighting men, whereas Spain has not
more than $4,000 effective soldiers
in Cuba and cannot land any more.
5. They had their homes, their
corn-felds, their cattle pastures,
their plg-pens and their smoke.
houses at their backs. They had
100000 negro farm.hands to raise
food supplies while the white men
fought. They had resources such
as poor, bankrupt and revolution
racEed Spain has not had In a CEN
tury.
G. The civil war DIVIDED the
country. This war unites 1t. The
north and south are standing to-
gether as one man, and our war
making power represents now the
combined force of both union and
confederate fighting plus a great
increase in wealth, population, tran
sit facilities, food production, inter
national credit and all other resour.
ces. Plus also all the teaching Of
that costly war lesson, plus exper.
fenced officers and soldiers still
ready for duty, and plus powerful
navy.
The country that faces Spain is
quite five times as potent as was the
divided country that tried conclu.
Sions with itself in 1861. Compari.
son in such case is simply absurd.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-05-05
A Selfish World.

No matter how things go-the
poor always suffer.
Yes, the nabobs who own railroads
don't think anything of running over
a poor mans horse.
And the man who can afford to
own horse runs down the poor fell
low on bicycle.
And the fellow on the bicycle runs
down the poor chap who has to
walk.
And the man who walks stumbles
against the poor cripple who goes
on crutches.
And the cripple on crutches spends
most of his time jamming his sticks
down ou other peoples corns.
So don't be too ancharitable with
the money grabbers, for, had we "A
chance, we might be the biggest
grabber of them all. This is a self.
ish world.
And yet charity, noble charity
perennially abounds in many hearts.
and there is more good than evil in
the world.-Ex.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-05-05
A EatefMI DaY.

Some time ago, says the Chicago
Record, J. W. Mullery, of Larri-
more, N. Oak, called attention to
the fact that the 18th day of the
month had always been eventful in
American history, and he furnished
the following list:
United colonies formed, May 10,
1913.
Battle of Lexington, April 19,
ITS.
Battle of Saratoga, Sept. 10, 1777.
Surrender at Yorktown, Oct. 19,
1881.
First national Thanksgiving, Feb.
10, 1895.
Treaty with Great Britain, Nov,
10, 1895.
War declared against Great Brit
ain, June 10, 1912.
Guerriere captured, August 10,
1872.
Monroe doctrine proclaimed,
April 10, 1928.
Sixth Massachusetts Regiment
mobbed at Baltimore, April 49,,
1861.
Emancipation decided, Sept. l9,
1862.
Gettysburg Cemetery dedicated,
Nov. 10, 1868.
Alabama sunk, June 10, 1864,
Battle Of Opequan, Sept, l9, 1864.
Battle Of Cedar Creek, Oct. l9,
1864.
To this list may be added another
important event, Cuban resolutions
passed, April 19, 1898.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-05-05
Announcements.

We are authorized to announce HON.
WILLARD D. VANDIVER OF Cape Girar-
deau county as candidate for reelection to
congress from This, the Fourteenth congress
ional district, subject to the action Of the dem
o:ratic congressional convention.
We are authorized to announce HON,
MERRILL PIPKIN oi St. Francois county
as candidate for judge of the Twenty-sev-
snth judicial circuit. subjec, to the aclion Of
the democratic judicial convention.
HON. JAMES D. FOX of Madison county
is a candidate for reelection as judge Of the
Twenty judicial district, subject TO
the will Of the democratic convention.
We are authorized to announce HON. c.
d. ANTHONY of Madison county a candi-
date for judge Of the Twenty judicial
district, subject to the decision of the demo-
cratic convention.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-05-05
HAHN.

After an absence of several weeks
| will send you a few items from
our town.
Health is very good at present.
Corn planting is the order of the
day.
Quite an excitement was caused
here Sunday by a child Of A. E.
Myers being missed and supposed
to have been lost, but after a two
hours search, in which the neigh.
borhood took part, the child was
found at home, in the room, in a
bed and asleep.
A mad dog passed through this
settlement biting stock here and
and there, but was finally killed by
Miner Deck,
There is class of men largely
known through their characteristic
ways and who seem to have plenty
of money-the merchants all know
him. He will talk all day for q
nickel or TO jew them out of their
blacksmiths knOSti lis h9S .'E because he
wants his horse shod twenty cents
cheaper than regular price. He is
known by never donating to char.
table institutions; he makes a
hawk-eyed look, baboon appear.
ance and a 'possum grin when So
licited to help in society; he don't
like to lend a helping hand to a
neigbbor, in fact, he is not worth
anything to any class of society OF
community. All, but If his easy
way of getting money should stop
his forehead would hang further
over his eyes and his mouth would
not be so we'll fixed for whistling
and he would be in better shape for
stinginess. Well, Of course, he is
we'll known.
will stop to come again.
GEDIoN.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-05-05

Giant heads, bodies and brains
were Webster and Cass. All the
strength of New Hampshire granite
was concentrated in those two sons.
To look upon them made the ordina.
ry man feel small. One removed to
Massachusetts, the other to Michi.
gan and never were two states more
highly honored. When these men
met in the United States senate they
were the cynosure of all eyes,for they
were as imposing as Mt. Washing
ton, under whose shadow they were
reared. Wonderful eyes they pos
sessed, and men have been known
to shiver with dread when one or the
other allowed his glance to fall upon
them Cass could look through a
stranger IN u way to make his brain
burn and his knees knock together,
Ope searching stare seemed to de.
stroy all mentality and filed the
victim with paralytic emotions
New York Press.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-05-05
ZALMA.

DR.. J. G. Cubbage has moved his
family to Blodgett.
A. ]. McMinn visited home folks
at Buchanan a few days last week.
The work on J. V. Slinkard &
Co.'s brick store is progressing
nicely.
Sam Randolph seems to have a
good deal of business down the rail-
road on Sundays.
John Cubbage likes to plow po-
tatoes where Miss Anna can see
him.
John Burford of Lutesville was
on our streets last week,
G. W. Hastings has moved his
family back to zalma. George can't
stay away from old Bollinger.
L. B. James went to St. Louis
with two Car loads of hogs last
week.
Why can't we have telephone
line from Zalma to Lutesville?
DR.. Lagos says that there is not
much sickness now and he can take
little hand in politics.
The directors of the Cox district
have offered to employ James Sea-
baugh to teach their school. Hur-
rah for Jim.
L. b. James had q fine cow to 90
mad last week. The COW was killed.
Maggie Snider and her foster
brother, Steve Bush, who lived two
miles southeast of this place, have
moved to Lutesville with their
eight dogs and four cats. They
will be badly missed, but our loss
is their gain.
There will be a mass meeting at
zalma next Saturday, the 9TH, to
organize a mill company, This is
"a very important move, and we
would like for the good people of
Marble Hill, Lutesville, Glen Allen
and Latin to meet with US,
see we are going to have con-
vention. That is tho right step for
the party to take. The democrats
are congratulating THE PRESS over
the matter and say it is not run on
ly for what money there is in it,
but run for the best interests of it's
party.
At special meeting of the direc-
tors of our school district on the
9th ult., it was decided to build a
brick schoolhouse 24x40 feet.
AILEEN ARooN.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-05-05
UNION RIDGE.
he daus are netting warm.

The days are getting warm.
The nice refreshing showers Sunday even
ing helped our gardens in this neighborhood
ever SO much.
Clarenc. Schoeble, who has been attending
the MS, academy, is al home for awhile
helping his father to farm.
The prospects are good for plenty of all
kinds Of fluit in this section of county.
r. L. Teeters is recovering from the mea.
sles.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. M. Johnson spent Sunday
with Mr.. Johnson's aunt, north of Marble
Hill
W., D. Yount has been on the sick list for
the past week, also his little sister, Lola.
David Cheek and family visited Prof.
Graves family Saturday and Sunday.
Ed Graves will go with Mr., Cheek to Ok
lahoma.
Henry Bollirger and wife visited relatives
in the south part Of the county last week.
Aunt Mary Formway returned TO her home
Sunday after two weeks stay with relatives
in this settlement.
Sweet music from the Marble Hill brass
band could be plainly heard at the "Tood
and Todd home Monday evening.
Misses Radie and Lille Cheek were out
calling on their friends Monday evening and
telling them good bye before leaving for the
west
Misses Erma Petty, Ola Rogers and Lucy
Johnson were visiting the Misses Cheek
Monday.
Tuesday Of last week fire broke oal in the
woods Above Mrs. Critics. house and destroy
ed several hundred Of the good old ladyS
rails II beng bad time Of the year to have
ihs farm open to stock, the good men and
boys Of our nslghborhood went Wednesday
and made the rails and placed the fence back
new. Iooh Ash TODD
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-05-05

Wheat looks well.
We had nice rain Sunday night
L. J. Grimslcy is. counter hop
ping now.
Fred Clippard went to st. Louis
Sunday.
W. +. Sadler has quit the shop
and gone to work at the stave fac.
tory.
Lige Allen has gone to farming,
Deputy Sheriff Eldracher was in
town last week.
Go to work and seat the church,
as there is money enough subscrib-
cd, and talk about it after it is done.
Leon Rose is working for Fred
Clippard.
Dick Nations is pulling the lines
for Luther Grimsley.
David Check was in town Satur-
day bidding friends good bye.
Alois Anger of Leopold was in
our town Sunday.
Troy, you had bstter tie the mule
the next night.
G. N. Thornburgh was in our
town last week.
f. Darl is hauling bolts for B. S.
Snider.
Bill Horn says Bob can whip any
rooster in the county.
Payne Horn says if it was not
for that girl he would go to Cuba.
So would I, Payne; but I am glad
| have got that girl to look after.
K. r.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-05-05
ENGLISH VIEW OF WAR.

If war were to break out between
the United States and Spain it is
probable that it would be protract-
ed. The United States has neither
a sufficient army nor navy, while
Spain is without credit and has
not the material force to infict such
serious damage upon the United
States as would compel it to sue for
peace before it was fully armed.
1t is possible thapSpain might gain
advantages at the beginning, and if
so, she might be wise enough to
accept these as salve to her honor,
and might at once then agree to
the American terms. If she did
not in all reasonable probability
she would be ruined. 1t is, on the
other hand, possible that volunteers
might swarm over from the United
States to Cuba and might make the
retention of the island by the Span
iards impracticable. But that docs
not seem very likely. What is
reasonable to expect is that the
United States would have to wait to
create both an army and navy, and
that would take time. Meanwhile,
there is no reason to suppose that
capital would be sent from tho
Uuited States to Europe for safe
keeping. Spain might possibly
blockade American ports and do
a certain amount Of damage, but
she could not land an army; or, in
fact, do anything that would put
much American property in serious
danger. 1t is hardly likely, either,
that there would be q great de-
rangement Of industry In the Unit
ed States.
Of course, if q numerous army
and a powerful navy had to be crea.
ted, large loans would have TO be
raised, the value of money would
rise, capital would be diverted to
the trades that minister to war and,
in that way, there would be dis
turbance of industry. But it is IN
the highest degree improbable that
Spain would be able to infict such
injuries as would seriously depress
American trade, and, therefore,
business would continue fairly ac-
tive. On the other hand, it seems
safe to assume that If Spain fought
out the struggle to the bitter end,
she would be utterly ruined. She
would certainly lose her American
possessions and she would probably
lose the Philippines. Whether the
American navy would proceed,
when IL was fully developed, to
blockade Spanish ports need not
be considered now. Probably be.
fore then tho credit of Spain would
be exhausted, and she would have
TO accept the terms imposed upon
her. Tho likelihood is that she
would very soon have to default
upon her debt, and might bc hope.
lessly made bankrupt If she fought
on for a long time. Tho hank.
ruptoy of Spain would inAict much
loss npon French interests, who
hold immense quantities ofSpanish
securities, aud tho danger TO the
trade ofall countries would bo worry
serious. London Statlst,
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-05-05

LAST week we published, without
comment, the card of Hon. G. P.
Hawkins of Dunklin county, an
nouncing his withdrawal from the
congressional contest. This was not
because we failed to appreciate and
approve MIR. Hawkins manly ac-
ton, but for want of time and space.
He did the right thing, and in a
straightforward, honorable way that
will make him friends.
@s-1-.-lt.---.s----
To DEFRAY the expense ofholding
q primary election in Mississippi
county the democratic central com
mittee has assessed each of the can
didates for the several offices as
follows:
Congress. .....$ $1,000 Circuit judge. 81 500
Representative. 1890 Collector ..., 1900
Circuit clerk ... 1900 County clerk. 1890
Sheriff .......... 1000 Measurer..... 1000
Prostc lting atty 1000 County Judge. 1000
Probate judge. 1000 Coroner..... 500
District judge, 500
Tywappity township candidates. ....... 500
Other township candidates ........... 800
Comment is unnecessary.
s---e@.,.a.,e.s-a.z-zssr.1e<
Hew ANY democratic paper can
afford to antagonize the primary
system is mystery to us for it is by
odds the tairest method yet devised
to nominate candidates. The pri-
mary was voted down in this con-
stitution, however, last week.
The foregoing specimen Of "En-
glish as she is wrote" was dug out
Of the Benton Record, and the party
who perpetrated it writes himself
"tho editor" from one to twenty
times week. "The edltorw Shade
of Sairy Camp defend us! When
YOU como at us in United States
language, bud, we'll spare you fall
or two--just for luck.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-05-05
Our correspondents.
CLUBB's CREEK.

I will try and scrSpe you up o
few items from this place.
Everybody is planting corn.
Clarence Roberts cow was bitten
by a mad dog few days ago and
went mad last week and had to be
killed; also a hog, dog and mare
belonging to Henry Fowler, Morse
Myers and Marshall Roberts have
gone mad, and other stock is being
very closely watched that is sup
posed to have been bitten.
NJ. f. G. Roberts, who has been
very sick, is recovering.
Peter Perkins and wife were the
guests of CALVIN Roberts last week.
Hayes Null has finished planting
corn.
]. W. Angel was on our creek
this week on u fishing tour.
Monroe Fowler and sons have
a hard job before them-grubbing
out cane patch.
]. W. Fowler, while driving his
wagon home from the farm, ran
over q rabbit and killed it.
J. A. Picket is turning the soil
very fast for corn.
Hiram Fowler lost his pocket
book containing s. and some notes
and accounts.
]. J. Fowler says he is going to
fish this summer. He says he has
the bow and will 60 below to get
the arrows.
Our hog man has turned out to
be q peddler, He was seen few
days since going up this creek with
. load Of ladies' fine dress goods
and shoes.
Pink and his Robin have taken
their fight to Perkins creek.
J. W. Null, our lawyer who ar
CUES sanctifcation, has recovered
from the measles.
will bring my letter to q close
by saying hurra for The PRESS; it's
no fifty cent paper. HoBoKEN.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-05-05
Give Them a Chance to Kick.

A St. Louis physician, who is a
confirmed old bachelor, has started
out to reform the habit that obtains
of dressing babies in long clothes.
He says that it is necessary for the
proper development of babies that
they shonld have plenty of leg room
In which to kick. The St. Louis
doctor is no doubt right. This
thing Of beginning at the very start
IN life to deprive a free A merican
citizen Of the right to kick is in vic
lation of the principles of republican
government, ant should have an end
put to it.-Mobile Register.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1898-05-05
SCopUs.

Farmers are busy getting out
their crops.
M. II. Chostner is said to be dam
gerously i'll with typhoid and pneu-
monia tovers.
j. M. Burford and David Clip
pard were here u few days ago
hunting up the democratic voters.
Our village is now supplied with
daily forecasts of the weather.
Jacob Welker was the accepted
bidder TO build the new schooIhonse
In the James district.
4 few nights ago some parties
entered tho store building belong
ing TO A. j. Lincoln, near Stanton
vile, aud helped themaelYcs TO sew.
sral bottles OF hitters that Mr. linf