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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-01
TO ADVERTISERS.


t~HE Baldwin hotel IRE has caused
the country a spasm of indis-
nation. Every hotel fire In which
kshere is loss of iife-and there is rarely
"a hotel fire without sue an accom-
lpaniment-is n occasion for a similar
outburst OF anger at the folly n wick
edness OF sham building. 1t is aid
that the Baldwin hotel has been known
TO be n d~eath-trap TO the authorities
'of San Francisco for years. Why
wasn't IL condemned IS such? Why
aren't hundreds of hotels throughout
rthe country hat are known to be
fdeath-traps condemned? In the larger
cities some progress is being made in
the way of municipal supervision OF
new buildings with reference TO santa
sion and fire prevention. But the old
hotels and tenement houses are. as a
rule. permitted to retain all their risks
land dangers. Every little while one
OF them burns down and in its ruins
Nare found the charred bodies OF some
of its occupants. The good people of
the community are shocked. There is
quite q commotion about the matter
and for the space of forty-eight hours
there is a polite n earnest request
for reform. Then the subject il
dropped 20 be resumed only at the oc-
currence Of the nex fire horror.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-01
BUTTE NEWS.

Rev. Settle. DIR. Albritton. Charles
e. Passmore. John F. Firch and Prof.
Hastings. the committee having In
charge the arrangements for the meet
ing at h Baptist church tonight,
have reported the following pro-
gramme: Devotional exercises; ex-
PLANTATION Of a Y. M. c. A. by w. How
ard; report from committee pm men,
bership. The committee recommends
the adoption Of the preamble and form
of the international constitution and
bylaws for Young Mems Christian as
~sociations in places Of 5000 population
and over. The appointing Of q COM
mittee consisting OF a membership from
each Of the cooperating churches. who
shall constitute a nominating commit
tee. and that the meeting provide In
some for the mex meeting.
All those who intend to become men,
bers of the association are expected to
be present at h meeting tonight.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-01
IT is said that the clergy the country

IT Is said hat the clergy the country
over are solid for the annexation OF
the Philippines. Under Spanish rule
Protestant missionaries have not been
able to obtain a foothold in the islands
and their Imagination revels In the
prospect OF millions OF heather to be
saved. But IL il not necessary to annex
she Philippines TO give all Christian de-
nominations an open door" to them
With all respect to the clergy. they are
rarely successful in the field OF states
manship. They are too apt to thlnk
that people can be n good by legis-
lative enactment-that prohibition. for
of the liquor Evil. Those who are carried
away by the notion that humanity and
civilization impose duties on this gov
eminent owards the rest OF the world
should e the preamble Of the con-
stitution OF the United States. II is:
I'VE. the people Of the United States.
in order TO form a more perfect union,
establish Justice. insure domestic tran
guilty. provide for the common de-
tense. promote the general welfare and
secure the blessings OF liberty to our
selves and our posterity, do ordain and
establish this constitution OF United
States OF America" The first duty TO
ourselves and TO humanity In general.
is TO preserve this government and not
rashly ~jeopardize Its very existence by
embarking on a dark and tempestuous
sea OF dangers and uncertainties.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-01

talk. The Chicago Chronicle thinks the
scheme IL hardly feasible In this coun-
try. In England there are some pro-
f~essional football teams. but the con-
ditions In England are different. With
us the season Is short. being confined
practically. TO two months Of the year.
In England the winters are so mild
thai football a be played for six
months consecutively. In England.
therefore. It is possible to make up
teams with some prospect of steady
play and consequent steady pay. With
us II would be impossible to get men
together for a two months season. and
they would hardly be working well to-
gether before the season would be over.
Therefore 1t Is not likely that we shall
have professional football In this coun-
try. and there is really no good reason
why we should yearn for 1t. For at
the gait the amateurs are going IL Is
hard to see how professionals could add
interest to the game unless they were
armed with sledge hammers or axes.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-01
Government Of the Colonies.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Before civil government I'm our depend
encies can be an assured success We must
make civil service In them almost as at
tractive as military and naval service.
There Is nothing to keep us from making
civil service In the PHILIPPINES or Porto
Rico a career which will attract NAM
able men. To do this we must guarantee
that ability and integrity win never be
disregarded In favor of the man with a
pull and we must spend time and
money In training men for a kind of work
which Americans a not hitherto beer
called upon to do.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-01
America and England in China.

The recent collapse Of China has
opened up one OF the greatest questions
of our time. Is this vast country, with
untold mineral and other resources,
and with a population of four hundred
millions of frugal. industrious people, 10
be partitioned among European nations
Is the greatest potential market OF the
world to b. permanently closed to gen.
eral trade, or is II to remain open. with
its incalcuable possibilities. to all ma
tons on equal terms? The interest Of
the United States In the decision is the
same as tina of Great Britain. If IL
should ever be necessary to enter into
negotiations, in order to secure to all
the world an equal opportunity In re-
gard to this commerce. 1t can not be
doubted that they would be Infinitely
more influential II backed by the Joint
action OF the United States and Great
Britain. than IL either of these powers
held aloof.-From Recent Develop
ments in the United States" by the Rt.
Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, in the De-
cember (Christmas) Scribners.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-01
Went BY Default.

false pretenses against Robert Mans
field. an 1~s-year-old youth. went by de-
fault in Justice Laurandeau's court
yesterday. Young Mansfield procured
the arrest Of one r. j. Aldrich some
time ago on a charge Of committing a
helnous ~offense. For some reason the
case did not stick and Aldrich retail
lated by swearing to a complaint
against Mansfield for obtaining money
under false pretenses for, as alleged.
having procured $50 from Aldrich on a
promise to accompany him on a jour-
ney and then refusing to keep the
promise. Mansfield was arrested and
his hearing set for yesterday, but Al
drich failed to appear and Judge Laur-
andeau dismissed the case.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-01

n NEW device for making practi-
cal use OF the force Of the waves
and the tides has been patented.
The inventor is william Reed of New
York. an insurance adjuster. who talks
like a sensible and practical man. He
says: by my method the power OF
the tide in its rise and fall may be
utilized at small cost. and by its appli-
cation the use OF coal to manufacture
steam and generate electricity will no
longer be necessary. A plant
by which this power can be secured
will cost no more than an ordinary
electric plant. There will be no cost
to operate II. as the tide will operate
II automatically. No engineer will be
required. This power. I think. will
come in an unbroken chain" IL Mr..
Reed has accomplished what he as
serts. he is one of the greatest inven.
It's of the age and his name will be
remembered when Keeley's, and prob
ably Tesla's. have been forgotten. D The
utilization of the force of waves would
be one Of the browning triumphs of
modern progress.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-01

~HE British board OF trade inquiry
into the loss of the Mohegan on
. the Manacles rocks In the En-
glish channel finds the cause of the
disaster TO have been taking a wrong
course from the Eddystone light. but
can give no explanation why that
wrong course was taken. The great
loss OF life is attributed 20 the extin-
guishment Of the electric lights on
board when the engine room was hood
ed. The Michigan. like so many OF
the modern steamer lighted by cleo
tricity, had her signal lights. as wen
as the lights inboard. supplied by the
electric current. and when that was
shut on there was nothing to direct the
life savers 10 the wreck. Thus precious
time was lost and the life saving boats
were themselves in danger from the
masts OF the sunken vessel. there being
nothing to mark their location
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-01
The Peopi. aud National Finances

From the Washington Post.
II We were asked to point TO the best
available evidence Of the capacity of the
American people TO govern themselves.
we should cite our national record I'm
nance. There will never be a time when
all the people will agree rs to the details
of %fnancia measures. but there need be
no fear that a majority will ever support
that which Il does not believe TO be hon
est and of good repute.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-01
England Alone Respected Our Motives
for War.

When the people OF the United states
decided that the condition OF things in
Cuba was shocking to humanity and
could no longer be tolerated by a hber-
ty-loving nation In close proximity to
the scene OF so many outrages n OF
OF the continent OF Europe were
alarmed and suspicious. They Imputed
to the United States motives OF selfish
aggression. only t~ransparently cloaked
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-01
In Police Court.

Judge Terrell had but two cases be-
fore him yesterday in police court. One
was Hugh Mclaughlin. a dimlnutive
gray-haired old man, who halls from
Browns gulch. and whose love of liquor
was the cause of his disgrace. Owing
to his age. Judge Terrell discharged
him upon his promising to do better.
An Individual giving the name of John
Doe entered a plea of not guilty to a
charge of obstructing a sidewalk ana
had his hearing set for tomorrow.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-01

n BOUT this time every year there
n is more or less talk concerning
the possibility of establishing
professional football teams. but every
year the project ends. as IL began-in
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-01

An general business letters and CORE
s~pondence should be addressed TO the
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Anaconda. Mont.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-01
Wars on Paper.

From the Cincinnati Commentators
zette.
The air is filled with rumors Of wars.
They come thick and fast. but they are
only rumors after all. and are not to
be given full credit. War is such an
expensive luxury that the contempla-
ton OF the necessary expenditure gives
those in authority a most commend
able spirit of hesitation. For that rea-
son pay but little attention to h ru-
mors. Wait for the lannon's opening
roar.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-01

New York onsce-s Tribune Building.
CHICAGO Odice-<es The Rookery.
the 6. c. Beckwith Special Agency.
! 8ole Agents Foreign Advertising.
: Washington Bureau-lns @ street.
N. w.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-01

Speaker Reed has Joined the Port
land Golf club and become an earnest
devote Of the game.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-01
A Tumor Formed
Finally 1t Broke Inwardly
and Discharged
Trouble Began With Dyspepsia
and Impure Blood

Thorough Course Of Moods Sarsa.
parIlla Completely Cures.
There Is danger in impure blood.
Disease and suffering are surely COM
ing to those who neglect this threaten.
ing symptom. Read this:
"Giniam, Missouri.
&C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mas:
"0entlcmen MY troubles began with
nervous headaches, which would last
me for two or three days. The doctou
pronounced my trouble dyspepsia, but
they could not do anything for me, and
advised q change Of location. At the ags
of 50 . tumor formed on my spine. which
was Vevy Painful
but did not rise or discharge. The doctor
thought best to cut Il out, but I objected.
1t finally broke and discharged . great
deal. The doctors said they could do
nothing for it. Then the tumor began to
rise inwardly and discharge. i read much
about cures by Hoods 6arsaparilla and
thought I would try it. Before I had
finished taking one bottle I Nas much
relieved. I continued the nee Of Hoods
sauaparilla, and sitter taking II bottles !
was entirely cured. Iam now well, have
Q good appetite and feel tAat ! owe my
life to Hoods sarsapsrilla,5 W. D. FoHa.
Hoods s pss;.
Sold by ali d.asTists. si;hiI fos s.
HoOd,e D;llc act harmonsousy with
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Butte, Missoula and Great Falls. where
.advertising rates win be furnished on ap-
fplication.
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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-01-20
Notice OF Mortgage Sale.

Notice is hereby given that that certain mort
gage, executed and delivered by Tough, Mercer
& Tough, F. E, B. Mercer and Thomas Lough.
mortgagors to Cavalier County Bank, of Lang
don, North Dakota, mortgage. dated the 2lst,
day Of July, 4. D.; 1888, and filed for record in
day of July, A. b. 1883, and duly recorded in
book one, of mortgages at page ffty-two, and as
signed by said mortgage to First National
Bank of Langdon, North Dakota, which assign
Register Of deeds in and for Cavalier county,
North Dakota on the 18th day of April, A. b,
1885, and duly recorded in book Is of mortgages
at page 422, and which said mortgage was again
duly assigned by said First National Bank of
which said assignment was duly filed for re-
cord in said Office of the Register of deeds in
and for said Cavalier county, North Dakota, on
the goth, day of December, 1897, and was duly
recorded in book 10 of mortgages at page 24S
such mortgage and hereinafter described at the
front door of the court house in the City of
Langdon, in the county of Cavalier, state of
North Dakota, at the hour of two o'clock in the
afternoon of the 5th day of March, A. D. 1885, to
satisfy the amount due upon said mortgage
on the date of sale.
The premises in said mortgage described and
which will be. sold to satisfy the same is de-
scribed as follows: Lot number nine, in block
twenty-seven, in the City of Langdon, county of
Cavalier, state of North Dakota, according to
the recorded plat thereof on file in the Office of
the register of deeds in and for said county and
state.
There will be due on such mortgage at the
date of sale the sum of S1884.50
ALoNzo j. GALBRA1TH
Assignee of Mortgage.
Attorney for Assignee of Mortgage.
4-D Grand Forks, N. OAK
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-01-20

The irrepressible Jerry Simpson
injected a little amusement into the
close of the civil service debate in
the House by telling the anti's that
whether they would be allowed to
consider a bill for the modification
or repeal of the civil service law,
later on, would depend entirely on
the Speaker, of whom he added:
'He is the whole thing and runs
the House." Amid the laughter
which followed Lemuel Eli Quig,
Boss Platt's man, tried to get funny
by turning to Jerry and asking:
"Have you consulted the Speaker"
Quick as flash Jerry replied:
mo: he never consults me and I
aever consulted him."
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-01-20
Attorney for Assignee of Mortgagee.
Y-W Grand Forks, N. OAK

Default having been made in the condition of
chattel mortgage bearing date the Both
day of December, 1896, executed and delivered
by Gunnlogur johnson, as mortgagor to w. J,
Mooney State Bank as mortgage, and filed
in the office of the register Of deeds of the
county Of Cavalier and State of North Da-
kota, the Goth day of December, 1896. at o'clock
p. m, and number 47552; wherein default has
been made as follows towit: The Nonpayment
after date and upon demand. The debt secured
by said mortgage is $1,000 with interest at ~
per cent from the Both day of December, 1896.
due Oct. 1st, 1897, of which amount the sum
of :s3. 75is claimed to be due at the date hereof
by reason of said default.
Notice is hereby given, that by virtue of said
default and the power of sale contained in said
mortgage and by order of WI. Mooney State
Bank the present owner of said mortgage, I
will sell tho following chattels described in
said mortgage, to-wit: One gray mare years
old one dark gray mare years old one buck
skin mare S years old one Fisk Bros wagon
complete one John Deere set of bobsleighs.
The above being a part of the property securing
said debt, at auction, for cash, at the front
door of the First National Bank Block at Lang
don, Cavalier Co, and State of North Ds
kota, between the hours IL m. and O'Clock n.
m. on Saturday the 18th day Of January 1898, from
the proceeds of which sale shall be paid First
the cost and expenses of said mortgage sale.
and lawful attorneys fees; second, the
debt aforesaid with interest thereon at the date
Of sale; third the balance If any there be. To
the owner Of the mort9aged property.
Dated Langdon N. OAK. January Is. 1898.
!. Z. AoHanrT, p. 4cHUoR.
Auo1sy. Agent.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-01-20
.ST,{TE FEDERAL PLI.H.S.

OF the presidential officers,
postmasters have been appointed
by President Mckinley at Mandan
and Bismarck, and one of the land
Office positions at Minot has been
filled, but the better offices, the
surveyor generalship, the United
States district attorneyship, and
the land Offices at Grand Forks,
Bismarck Devils Lake, and Fargo,
are yet to be filled. The post
offices at Fargo and Grand Forks
are also still at the disposal Of the
president, as we'll as number of
minor positions, which will soon
be opened to the competition of
aspirants. The United States
marshalship is one of the best
plums in the state and the term of
Joseph E. Cronan expires this
month. It is conceded that his
successor will be John Haggart,
of Fargo. Then there is the sur.
veyor-generalship, which pays
$4,000 year, with the disposal of
a number of desirable positions,
although this latter prerequisite
is apt to be hampered somewhat
by the civil service regulations E.
A. Williams will be next surveyor
general of the state, he having
held the same position under
Harrison, being succeeded by
Andrew Blewett, of jamestown.
Blewett's term will expire next
year, and William will sue
coed him in turn. The land Of
fees at Bismarck, Grand Forks,
and Devils Lake are maximum
Offices, and consequently the most
desirable, the fees reaching $4,000
and over annually for each of the
two officers and they being allowed
fees to that amount if they are not
received by the Offices. Fargo and
Minot are not maximum Offices,
but are fair positions, and there
are plenty of politicians who would
take the positions without kick
ing. Tracy Bangs term as district
attorney will also expire soon, and
it seems to the impression that Pat
Rouke, of Ramsey county, has the
lead in the race for that position.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-01-20
thews resolution. declaring that

thews resolution. declaring that
all U. S. bonds, are payable in,
silver, at the option of the govern
ment, which was offered by Sena-
tor Teller, and referred to this
committee. They say that the re-
porting of the resolution will cause
needless agitation; thatit has been
adopted by congress and that Its
readoptlon now by the senate,
when it is known that the house
would not be allow ed to vote upon
it, would accomplish nothing. But
the democrats have no idea of
allowing the resolution to be
smothered. They intend that it
shall be reported and voted upon.
1t will put the senators on record,
as we'll as notice to the gold
standard administration that its
efforts for gold bond legislation
also belong in the needless agita-
ton" class.
The house having let off it's sur
plus steam in discussing the civil
service question whole week is
now Jogging along with routine
work on the appropriations.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-01-20
M0NEY WINS.

MarkHanna's triumph is assured.
The vote cast for him by the Ohio
legislature Tuesday in separate
session of the two houses was rati-
fed by the joint session on We'd
nesiay. He is now Senator by
two vote.
The point Of interest in the
contest now is that the nominee
of the opposition stood for bime-
tallism. On this platform he
Withheld support from Hanna
which could not have been unified
on any other principle. This
means fly in the ointment which
the republican bosses had not ap-
pretended 1t means the destruc-
ton of the republican party in
Ohio unless Mckinley stultifes
himself by repudiating Gage and
falling back behind the gauzy
pretense of friendship for bime-
tallism contained in the St. Louis
platform. 1t places the president
in worse predicament than he
was in before he gave into Hanna's
hands all Of the powerful forces
of tho federal patronage to boost
the party's boss into the Senate.
Before the next Presidential
election is decided we shall hear a
great deal from young Mayor Nc
Kisson of Cleveland, who has led
the first organized revolt of his
party,
The democratic party can stand
Mr.. Hanna's election if the country
can. But It's extremely doubtful
whether his party can stand it.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-01-20

This has been remarkable
winter, running to the opposite
extreme from last winter, which
was the most Sc yere and prolonged
of any in the history Of the state.
Throughout the state there is good
wheeling sufficient snow for sleigh.
ing not having fallen. Cattle and
horses Oh the ranges are getting
their entire living from the stand.
ing cured grass aud stock generally
is reported in magnificent condi-
ton. A number of cotton wood
trees in the capitol grounds at
Bismarck are budded out, the buds
appearing nearly ready to open,
and the general appearance of the
trees is such as is generally OBJ
served about the middle of April.
The weather during the winter has
been 80 warm that tho growth of
the trees appears to have been
little retarded.