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VOTING IN VARIOUS STATES.
Mississippi and Utah at h Two Extremes
as Regards the Suffrage.

BY the last national census the total
population of Utah was 20I, 900. BY the
same national census the population of
Mississippi was 1890, 900. or more than
six times greater. Since 1890 the popu-
lation Of Utah has increased consider
ably, but not to an extent so large
as to give IL at present more than one
fourth of the present population OF Mis-
sissippi. which has increased to some
extent also. Yet at the recent election
more than 100, 900 votes were cast in
Utah and less than 1000 votes were
cast in Mississippi. and this apparent
paradox seems to call for some ex-
PLANTATION. 1t is to be found in h fact
that while in some states, particularly
in the south in recent years, the most
active efforts have been made to reduce
to a minimum the right of suffrage, IN
other states all legislation has been
tending toward its enlargement.
Mississippi and Utah represent W
extremes, Mississippi having the mini
mum and Utah the maximum stand
ard of suffrage. To vote in Mississippi
a citizen must be able to read n to
understand and be capable of explain
ing the United States constitution; he
years, and in the voting precinct one
must have lived in the state for two
year, and to the last rule the only ex-
emption made is for clergymen, for
whom residence of six months only Is
necessary III al tlttlioh u lit
hardships of these conditions may be
seen i'm part from the fact that in New
York only one years residence in the
state is required and only thirty days
residence in an election district. More
over. Mississippi excludes from the
right of suffrage persons owing local
taxes. But IL the conditions of suffrage
are hard in the Bayou state, they are
certainly favorable in Utah. Any man
or woman over the & OF Fl who has
resided I'm the state for a year and in
the voting precinct for sixty days, Is
entitled to vote. There Is no education
al test: there Is no tax-paying test;
there is no general exclusion of persons
convicted of crime. except in the case
of treason or a violation of the lenient
election laws. Practically. therefore,
there is full manhood and womanhood
suffrage in Utah, and when these facts
are understood IL is not difficult to see
the ease with which the franchise Is en-
larged so as to include about one-third
of the present population OF the state,
men. women n children.
Women have equal suffrage with men
in wyoming and Colorado, and in tho
latter state a residence OF six months
only L. required in the state n ten
DAYS i'm the election district. Some or
the states, too. Colorado and Michigan
among them, permit aliens to vote. X
they have declared their intention TO
become citizens; but this regulation has
been abolished in Wisconsin by an
amendment TO the constitution, and
there is some agitation for its aboli-
ton in other northwestern states where
Il still continues. In North Carolina
atheists annot vote, and II Is the only
state which has established such a
qualification. though for practical pur-
poses Il is imperative under the opera
lion OF the Tar Heel constitution.
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Musical Reforms.

TT is gratifying to see the good, true
and beautiful city of Boston dis
playing n spirit OF progressive cul-
ture. IL Guizot's proposition In true
hat progressiveness is n prerequisite
10 civilization. even more IL Il neces-
sary to culture. the highest form of
civilization. To some discriminating in
tellects progressive culture Is on the
whole more OF a m bonum han
progressive euchre.
The world learns with the liveliest
emotions of pleasure that Boston is
taking the initiative in a movement TO
establish an official standard OF musi-
cal excellence; in other words that IL
has addressed itself to hand-organ n
ittle-German-band reform. 1t will not
do to say that reforms of his charac-
ter have never been undertaken be-
fore. But in the past they have been
begun and conducted by individual
rather than by organized. official and
authoritative effort. They have taken
the form of musical criticism expressed
through the fundamentally OF brick
bats and cobblestones-criticism that
almost always falls short. or over
shoots the mark. or produces ex-
traneous and unpleasant results in
other directions. AS illustrating the
antipodal difference between cultivated
Boston and coarse Chicago in the mat
ter of musical reform. let us quote from
the Chicago Herald the defense of n
man who was tried in a Chicago police
court the other day for d~isorderly con-
duct in demolishing the windows of a
neighbours house. 1t appears that the
defendant IN vented his ~displeasure
at the technique o. a street piano" by
beginning a rapid fire of rocks, and that
unfortunately for himself and his
neighbor's windows his aim VAS essen
TALLY Spanish:
1T was all right. Judge" explained the
prisoner. until he began to make them
classical spiels. I couidn't stand for wag-
ner. lie played Let Me Bring My Clothes
Back Home and She Was Breu In Old
Kentucky like n bird. But when he struck
Reingold.' honestly. Judge. IL sounded as
n he was having a chill at an electric pi-
amer and couldn't get his fingers of the
keys So I Just stopped him. II was the
bhlN AhlhA WV NV W N"
But such crude. violent methods OF
reform do more harm than good. II is
ike the prohibitionists who believe in
closing up saloons with dynamite. Bos-
ton il wiser. IL realizes the futility OF
attempting 10 eradicate hand organs
and German bands from the world by
violence or ordinance. These are among
the evils that cannot be blotted out by
any legislatures enactment or city
councils fiat. Yet they can be con-
trolled. And so Boston las appointed
a Sc, of municipal music commission
ers." whose duty II is to pass judgment
on the t~unefulness OF all musical in
struments played in public. Last Fri
day was set for the hearing of al
barrel organs and street pianos for
which licenses were desired. and a tota
OF three hundred and forty-two showec
up. one account Of the proceeding
says:
AT II o'clock Mr.. Mclaughlin shouted &
the men to get their instruments In lin
and advance. They were taken as the
stood.
Mr.. Mclaughlin stood to the side Of tn
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-08

~IFTY Cornell students are spe-
r clalizlng in naval architecture
and marine engineering. This
announcement may cause surprise that
the greatest school of naval architec-
ture in America is situated so far in
land as Central New York, but such is
the unquestioned fact. The department
is presided owe by Professor Dupnd.
n graduate OF the United States naval
academy, who has had eleven years
work in the construction of ships for
the navy. and Assistant Professor Nc
Dermott. for twelve years designer AMI
In charge Of scientific work in the
great Thompson shipyards at Clyde
bank, Scotland. The Cornell school has
been running seven years. and men
trained in II are employed in all the
great shipyards OF the country. and
have helped to design and construct
the Massachusetts,. Brooklyn. Alabama.
Iowa. Kearsarge. Kentucky. Illinois.
and in fact all of Uncle SANS recently
built ships. besides hundreds of mer-
chant vessels plying upon the great
lakes and upon all the oceans. When
the expected great boom in American
ship building comes Cornell university
must have considerable credit for pre-
pairing the way.
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next time you go to sea, ex-
anime the life-preservers. 1t

~HE next time you go to sea. ex-
anime the life-preservers. 1t
appears that those on the
steamer Portland were ''of about as
much use to the passengers as belts Of
lead" Some OF those washed up on
Cape Cod were a mere thin fabric hold
ing together a number OF punches Of a
coarse reed. or grass. like that used as
n covering for champagne bottles n
some other bottles. This reed, me wet
through-which IL was almost immedi-
ately-is wholly destitute OF the quail
ity of buoyancy. A passenger with one
of these life-preservers on was doubly,
certainly doomed. This is not saying
that a real life-preserver would have
been ~eficacious in the storm: but the
nfe-preserver made OF grass not only
could not keep a human being ahoat.
but served to keep a dead body down.
One such preserver fairly well satur-
ated. weighs fully Is pounds. n IT is
a dead weight. The only reliable life
prcserver In made of cork n costs
seventy cents. The grass-flled belt
costs ten cents. The difference between
them Is sixty cents and a capacity to
noat or sink the wearer Is spite Of HIM
self
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-08
She WANTS A DIVORCE
Efhs q. Whitwell Accuses Her
Husband of Desertion.
A SUIT FOR A WINE BILL
California vim Association Brings al
Action Against Andy Mandoli q
Co. for size o6-Business OF
the January Term.

Attorney John C. English yesterday
filed in the district court an action for
divorce on behalf of Efie Z. Whitwell
from her husband. Furman whitwell.
jr. The plaintiff claims that or or about
June "a. 1898. her husband deserted her
and abandoned her and he has not lived
with her since; that she has not seen
him since hat date. The parties were
married in Anaconda. They have no
children. The plaintiff asks that the
court grant her a decree OF absolute d.
vorce. The plaintiff Toes not ask for
alimony or any other relief, except the
decree.
Attorney B.. F. Maiden, on behalf Of
the California Wine association of San
Francisco, yesterday filed a complaint
in the district court against A. Man.
doll q Co., a partnership consisting OF
A. Mandoli and o. Scala.
The plaintiff alleges that on March IL,
1897, goods were delivered to the de-
PENDANTS, who were then in the retail
grocery and liquor business in Ana
conda, to the amount of $11S.05, which
is the amount they seek to recover.
There will be no session of the dis
trict court until Dec. 30. four days after
Christmas. The jury for this term has
been discharged and the business that
will be transacted in the court before
the next regular session Will be in the
matter of motions. demurrers and pro-
bate matters. The next regular term
of court will begin early in January.
At the next term there Will doubtless
be a new judge or the bench, inasmuch
as Judge Brantly has been elected to
the supreme bench.
One of the most important criminal
cases to come up during the January
term is the murder trial of Charles
Sheppard for the murder of John Ben
son at Deer Lodge on Nov. 5.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-08
Home Rule In Large Cities.

From the Boston Transcript.
Nc matter how well disposed the inhab-
itants of a city may be toward
improved methods or how capable and
honest their officials. II is impossible for
them to be sure OF accomplishing a great
deal when IL is In the power of the state
legislature at any time to intervene and
take matters into its own hands. One of
the first indispensable steps. therefore,. to-
ward municipal reform is to make the
municipality Independent of state and Ia
tional interference so far as the admin
istration of its purely local affairs is
concerned.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-08

Keep in mind that Scott's
Emulsion contains the hypo-
phosphites.
These alone make it of
great value for all affections
of the nervous system.
1t also contains glycerine,
a most valuable, soothing
and healing agent. Then
there is the od-liver oil, &C
knowledged by all physicians
as the best remedy for poor
blood and loss in weight.
These three great remedial
agents blended into a creamy
Emulsion, make a remark
able tissue builder.
sos. and 500, all druggists
SCOTT s. BOVINE, Chemists, New Yort
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-08
War ON the snk P.t,iooat.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
IL Is not probable that the women OF
Chicago will follow the example OF the
Georgia club women who recently. at
a convention. took the first step toward
abolishing the silk petticoat. State
street merchants say that the Chicago
woman loves the music OF her silk
skirt, and that she wears the costly
garment for no other reason than be-
cause OF its noise. her argument being
that for some time yet the society re-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-08
FATHER SHERMAN. who is the
- chaplain OF the Fourth Missouri,

haplai OF the fOurtn MISSOURI,
writes from Porto Rico to The
Messenger of the Sacred Heart of the
conditions there. He says: Porto
Rico is a Catholic country without re-
ligion'-that is 10 say there is little
practical Catholicity here and no other
pretended religion whatsoever. True.
there is an Episcopal church in Ponce,
but the congregation does not exceed
a corporal's guard. though a bishop in
quaintest ecclesiastical attire and most
venerable missionary beard officiates
There are fairly good churches in the
principal towns. the clergy are excel
lent gentlemen. IA they do not seem
TO have any firm hold OF the native
people. nor have they any lively SYM
pathy with Porto Ricans or Porto Rico.
They are part Of the Spanish establish
ment. welded to the idea of the union
OF church and state. The Spaniards
here are Catholics. The men are legally
Catholic. which means hat they are
baptized. married and buried as Catho-
lies. / believe hat Spanish-American
priests from Colorado and Southern
California could be of great assistance
here. and new missions are impera-
lively demanded"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-08
Ouap safe Among His Friends.

From the Louisville Dispatch.
1t is not so far as IL looks from the
United States senate to the penitentiary.
but Senator Quay has no idea of taking
the drop. Proof before a Pennsylvania
jury is one thing, but conviction Is an
other. The people of Pennsylvania have
Just got through indorsing all the crimes
Quay ever committed. and they will Ii
cense him TO commit more as long as he
will pay the license fees.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-08
Latest Deviltry of the Cigarette.

From the Minneapolis Times.
A young man who surrendered himself
TO the police the other day, confessing
that he had committed burglary, ascribes
his downfall to the cigarette habit. The
wicked little cylinders have been accused
of "A good deal of mischief. but the young
man in question Is the first to discover
that IT is the habitat OF the bacillus bur
Clarazis
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should Have Trouble Enough.

From the Denver Times.
The more you think OF 1t, the greater
the wonder that Brigham Roberts OF
Utah should want TO go to congress. A
man with three wives ought TO have trou-
bles enough Of his own without assuming
any national cares.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-08
Relative yalne of Wife and Mule.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A Missouri man beat his mule so Sc
yerely that he was fined $50. The next
day his anger again overcame him and
he whipped his wife. For this he was ar
rested and fined 81. Just where the moral
of this tale lies IL would be hard TO tell.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-08
CAIvAlRY.

A pretty girl.
A crowded ear.
Ten men stand up
And there YOU are.
A tired woman
Enters car:
Men remain
Right whore they are an
-Chicago News.
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Butte. Missouia ard Great Falls. where
advertising rates Will be furnished on ap-
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-17
LECTURE ON GLADSTONE.
BY R.v. Mr.. Carru hers In First Presby-
t.rian Church Last Evening.

A lecture on Gladstone was delivered
In the First Presbyterian church, Ciif-
ford street, last evening, py . Fran
els Carruthers, OF Taunton, formerly .
correspondent for English newspapers
aud one who had had frequent oppor-
tunitss of nesting the great commoner.
Mr.. Carruthers stated that Glaostone's
greatest CLAIM to fame rested upon his
Christian character, which he carried
into politics and into his literary work.
In spsaking o. Mr.. Gladstone reia-
ton with the scotch people, the lecturer
q. id that tie departed statesman was Pc
crlIarly dear to the Scottish heart DE-
car "a OF his Scotch descent. Even john
Knox wns no moro respected. ne vas
always received In scotland with un-
bounded enthusiasm. whenever ne ap-
reared. Mrs. Gladstone vas with MIN,
ven when he made . speech. After an
Of alton. Mrs. Gladstone Was sl~ avs care
fuI 20 put q shawl about his neck to pro-
acct him from the law Scotch mists.
Tn speaker referred to many OF Mr..
Gladstone's official acts. and SAID DIS
oreatsst act was his last. his treaty OF
renee With the Beers after q British regi.
ment Rad been defeated ana oil England
called for revenge. In Scotland he alvey
attended the Presbyterian Church. he
listered to metaphysical sermons, defined
as something OF which the reople knew
absolutely nothing, and the minister
scarcely more, with the greatest respect.
The GREAT Lesson OF MIR. Gladstone liz
A That power OF work ana ooncsntratior
of energy will accomplish much.
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POSTAL PHOTOGRAPHIC CLUB.
Excellent Exhibition Given 10 the Camera
Cubs Rooms.

EAniotttoh v
Cubs Rooms.
The exhibition of the Postal Photo
0raphic Club, which Is progressing In
tina rooms of the P~rovidence Camera
club. is OF a great deal Of artistic merit.
and fully illustrates the great progress
made In amateur photography during
the very recent past. The majority OF ehe
40 prints shown by the CLUB are carpons.
but there are also q u Der Oh pia'ino
types. which are very effective.
The pictures include winter ana sum
mer scenes In every part oil the eiope, al
though quita q large numce OF tnem are
tvps : of New England scsnery, some OF
she test work having Eeen done by Miss
sarah 7. EDDY Of Providence. II. II.
Schouller. of Blackinton. Mass. w. Ly-
man Upderwcod, Beln ont Mass. L. M.
Mccormick. Glsn Island. q. ii. Prentiss,
Holyoke. Mass, Allan j.. houghton,
Washington, ID. g.. and f.. T.. Fsir-
tanks, FitchburR, Mass, also exnioi'
| some remarkably fine visws. i.
The Postal Club is nm association Oh
| amateurs living in different cities, wno
| monthly contribute w pictures oacn TO
an album for circulation among tine
members. Ihe album 10 accompanied ny
4 note rock In which I'm IMPRESSIONS ano
criticisms are recorded, thus giving tre
mann be,s prActicsl assistance. The presi
dent Is Albert j. LeBreton OF Washing
tom ID. q. lie secretary treasurer II
II. u. ConQdon of New FORK. Inc exDl
hilton il free, ana will be opsn every oil
ternoon and evening to and ~inciudint
Saturday at 81 wey bossst street.
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NOT
NUMBERED
Election Contest Taken
TO Court.
TIvERTON TOWN COUNCIL
Contention Some Members Were
Not Legally Elected.
MATTER HELD FOR AMUSEMENT.
MATTER HELD FOR AMUSEMENT.

There was . hearing in the Appellate
Court this morning ON the question OF
whether or not the Town Council OF Tiv-
was justified In the declaration
made by 1t of the result OF the election
for town officers in that town june LIST
Progress perched on the pleasant farms OF
the old southern town with the advent OF
summer breezes. and at the election re-
ferred to there was Q Goo-Goo ticket In
the field, and there were complications.
There were at least two Republican tickets
in the field, and o one OF these the coun-
cIlmen were not designated b. numbers, as
1t is claimed they should have been. Inc
Town Council declared, by a vote OF threa
to two. that Richard j. Barker, John n.
Wilcox, Austin Walker, Charles =. WI.
liston and Fernando A. Wilcox, who had
received from 1872 to 129 votes on num-
bercd tickets, elected to the town coun-
eli. These men are some OF them Dem
ocrats m some Republicans.
Oliver II. p. Howard, $. Gilman Bowen,
John 4. Manchester, George Reynolds,
John Hathaway, who were the straignt
Republican nominees for overseers OF the
moor ana members OF the town council,
want the Apuellate Court to declare the
votes counted for the candidates on the
| tickets W here the candidstes' names were
| not numbered to have been w~rongfully
counted.
Charles e. German represented the gen.
| tlemen who wish the count, a. declared
by tine town council, set aside, and ne
| argued that the statute was mandatory
that the election by town council should
be for first, second, third, fourth ano NTH
councilmen.
Messrs. Comstock and Gardiner. who
appeared for the gentlemen declared
elected, said the reason for the election
by numbers had passed away, the
question was the intent OF the voter,
which could be easily ascertained In tins
lion and the votes counted on the ballots
NOT marked did not conflict with thu
position of the names numbered on TIT
other tickets.
The Court held the matter for advise
maut.
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A BRILLIANT GAME.
Grays Defeated in the Ninth by the
Bis0ns.
One Of the Nest Spirited Contests Ever
Seen at Adelaide Park.

Ono Of the most hotly oontsstsd and In
tersstine baseball games ever played ct
Adelaide Park was that bstwesn the
0rays and the Bunslos yesterday after
noon. IL was Q battle royal In which
.aoh team showed up remarkably well.
Roth pitchers ala remarkably good work:
wills their support In the field was Al!
but faultIsss. Although the Grays iosi
by q angle run, they Cd owed tnemssi I've,
ospabls Of making a briiiisns uphi''
For four innings the Disons failed e
score. but In the nth they piieo 10 ioul
runs and one ia the sixth. Tney uiu nos
score again until the nintns wnen 'Ae'
Continued on Pegs =
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Miss Jones OF Nsvada.

Philadelphia, June 17.-Marion Jones
of Nevada, daughter of the senator from
that state, won the final round for the
championship tennis tournament at
Wissahickon Heights yesterday. Her
opponent was Helen Crump Of Philadel-
phia. BY winning the final round, Miss
Jones has the right to challenge the
present champion of the United States.
JuIiette Atkinson Of New York. Miss
Jones and Miss Atkinson met today to
decide the championship.