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states In contributions 1t makes little diff
ference how we feel about the matter as
to the riglt or wrong way Of aiding the
Cubans. lets fill their bellies before split
ting hairs.-The Muscular.
The distribution of federal pie among
about evenly between the silver and Nc
kinley contingents, an arrangement
which should be perfectly satisfactory TO
all concerned. 1t is reported. however,
that a choice slice of postmastership
pastry Is to be given to an alleged repub-
lican whose record in the state legislature
Is of a most unsavory nature, and to this
proposed action an emphatic protest
should be entered by both silver and Nc
kinley republicans who profess loyalty to
their party.-Fort Benton River Press.
Leaving out of consideration few
kicks from populist journals which would
have a judgeship on the supreme bench of
the state regarded as a party perquisite,
and disposed of as "spoils' due the party
henchman as a reward for his political
services, we have failed to note single
newspaper which does not speak with
satisfaction and cordial approval of Gov
ernor Smiths appointment of w. 7. Pig
oft to succeed the late Justice Buck on
the supreme court bench. It is seldom that
appointment to a high office for
which there was a goodly number of as
pirants succeeds in bringing forth so
unanimous "A chorus of approVal.-Great
Falls Tribune.
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In Court Again.
~ ERTAIN little matters that took
~ up the attention of one of the
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~ ERTAIN little matters that took
up the attention of one of the
courts in Butte yesterday served
to emphasize the fact, on the years clos
ing day, that in 1897 the state OF Mon
tana went out of the business of licens-
ing gambling. Yesterdays court Incl
dent illustrates one of the low-down
features of gambling when IL Is run in
defiance of law.
In Butte is a fellow who started out
with the statement that he was the vie
tim of a skin game-he played. and
he lost all he put up With dispatch.
Next day this man told the officers that
he lied when he said that he had been
done up. his story led the authorities TO
suspect that the gamblers who made
him their victim had put up the hush
money. The case was pressed, with
the result that the complainant avowed
that he lied again when he said the
first time that he had lied. and an in
CURRY in court is doing the rest.
The incident simply shows what the
Standard has been saying: it Will come
high for the men IN Butte who fancy
that they can fly in the face of the law
that prohibits gambling. They are
booked To spend good deal of their
time in court and good deal of their
money in the effort to keep ON the out
side of jail doors. They are on racket
that won't work. The public can stand
Ii longer than they can--the public will
wear them out. They will he hauled up
for skin games and for square
games and for all there Is in the business
and their court costs will break them
In Montana gambling has got TO go
/ That is written across the sky, and the
/ clever gamblers are those who make
, up their minds quick that those who
| buck the law are losers. sure.
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which appeared to be all the work of the
same hands
A saplfng two feet high. which is de-
scended from the famous charter oak at
Hartford, Conn. has been received at
Cleveland Ohio as a present from Hart
ford citizens. The park boald Will set
apart "A large circle In one of the parks
for the exclusive use of this young oak,
and which will be called THE Charter
Oak Circle.
A refuge hut on the Zagspite the high
est mountain in Germany 10000 feet,
near Garmisch, in the center of the Ba-
varian highlands, has been opened. 1t
stands on the Graf, between the east
and west peaks affords accommodations
for % guests and has been erected at
cost of $4,000.
Some of the wooden churches of Nor
way are fully 700 years old and are still
in an excellent state of preservation.
Their timbers have successfully resisted
the frosty and almost arctic winters be-
cause they have been repeatedly coated
with tar Norway pine, thus treated,
seems to best resist decay.
a peach tree near st. Louis of the Ear
~ Crawford variety bore a fine early
crop of peaches. Without making any
blossoms it went to work and produced
another crop of peaches not quite as
large, but of excellent quality, and per-
feet peach except that the seed is smooth
and has no kernel
of blackthorn sticks, is becoming quite
prosperous in Ireland. Happily the shiile-
laghS are not now intended-as in the
days of Donnybrook fair-for cracking
skulls The Duke of York returned from
Ireland with 100 of them to present to his
friends.
Mr. Perks. member of parliament. has
proposed to the Methodsts in England
to collect 100000 guineas from as many
Methodists to commemorate the close of
the eventful century. and as a thanks
giving for the progress and achievements
of Methodsm."
Sir Benjamin Baker engineer of the
Forth bridge, is to be consulting engi-
neer on the Georgian Bay canal which
an English firm has agreed to construct
across the Nipissing district. in Ontario.
to the Ottawa river, and which is to be
completed in three years.
A Topeka preacher in announcing Il
church festival. bids the guests TO come
in this classical language: Reason will
kiss truth and electrify the soul, while
the physical man viii swoon before the
delicacies of the season. Come one; come
air.
Billiard cues are to be made with the
butt followed out so that a screw rod
can be inserted on which to mount sew
era circular weights. which are turned
backward and forward on the rod to bal
ance the cue to the players liking.
Philip Hill. a condemned murderer IN
! Jail at Pittsburg, Pa. was reading the
| Bible the other day when the sheriff told
| him that his execution was to be post
! Toned. He at once threw the Bible down
and lit a cigarette.
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THE STATE PRESS.

II may be that Hanna can be beaten.
but the chances are that the man who can
successfully buy a presidency Will not be
thrown down by a little thing like a
scnatorship.-Butte Miner.
Time should not he lost il an earnest
effort Is 10 be made To- get return ns
Klondykers to stop off at Helena ana III
vestigafe the opportunities for the ems
ployrnent of capital in mining business
in this state.-Helena independents
We obsSrSa that Cow rnor Leedy Of
Kansas has imbibed the hare- bra ned
scheme cf running canal from the MIX
river In this state to the @Rsd river IN
Texas. The great commontr should
come out TO Montana and take a look At
some of the mountains it would have 10
apHetrate-R azeman Chronicle.
The appeal Of the state department for
tine starving If cuba should uot Ic UNI
needed Montana viii not Ice behind other
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TEN PAGES.
SATURDAY, JANUARY l. 1s9s.


nth the rest of manllind's mill
M ions, our little world moves this
morning into the new year. Not
overwhelmed with regret, yet with a
measure of tenderness, we bid the old
year goodbye: because it proved TO
be withal a genial year. Not with I'M
due citation. yet hopefully, we hail the
new year: because we have faith that in
good measure its paths will be paths
of pleasantness.
The Bradstreet weekly summary
printed this morning says that, in re-
spect to the things that contribute most
to good financial record, the West and
the Northwest make for 1897 a better
showing than is the average for the
country at large. In its way, that Is
gratifying. The West and the North
west abide in the belief that for no sec
tion of the country was the year 1891
what it could have been and would
have been, but for the persistent pur-
suit on the part of the federal govern
ment, of policy that must be reversed
ere the era OF normal prosperity comes.
The West and the Northwest are not
blind: they know that If they have
ranked above the average for the land,
that has happened not because Of the
country's financial policy. but in spite
of it.
AS for the broad region in which the
Standard finds its host of friends. the
year 1897 was indeed year of good re-
port; those who live within its boundar-
les may with reason launch out this
morning. firm in the hope that 1898 will
be a friendly and a prosperous twelve
month. That is the right spirit in which
TO start, and in that spirit the Stand
ards sends TO all its friends its greeting
for A Happy New Year.
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zcns that it is going to be all right-he
really didn't expect his revenue bill to
earn very much during its first six
months, but for the next six months 1t
will be. he says. a record breaker.
Some of the staunchest republican
newspapers in the land--excellent tariff
authority-declare that the deficit will
be enormous, and they are demanding
more tariff legislation OF course, they
won't get it-Mr. Reed has set his foot
down, and he viii not let the house go
at the work of Dingley-blll revision.
Next June will tell.
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The Islands Almost In.

Asst autumn 1t was the prediction
of some gentlemen of ardent
temperament that January /,
1898, would see the American flag float
ing over the Hawaiian islands, with
annexation an accomplished fact. This
was putting 1t too strong; the tradi-
ton is that congress, If it can possibly
avoid acting, never transacts business
of Importance before the holiday recess
Yet, figuratively, this country's flag
may fly in Honolulu to-day, just the
same; the real article will float over
that town a year hence.
There seems to be no doubt about it,
Senator White, who, as the Standard
has more than once remarked, made
the best argument that has been adj
vanced against annexation, is quoted
as a convert-they list him now with
the senators whose opposition has
ceased. Senator Teller is just now
heard from--he is warmly in favor of
annexation and his opinion is that
there should be no delay about receiv-
ing the islands which some distant
power will seize unless our government
takes steps promptly Washington
gossip has it that Senator Hoar thinks
better of annexation than at first he
did and that, on this question. he prob
ably will fall in with Mr.. Lodge, the
junior senator from Massachusetts, and
vote for it.
So that it is hardly too much to say
that Hawaii is as good as ours this
New Year morning
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Electrical Gleanings.

A newly patented idea in pleasure rail-
ways consists of high, dark tower UP
which the car, electrically propelled,
makes it's ascent by spiral tracks. When
the top is reached the descent is made by
similar tracks around the outside of the
tower.
The Chateauguay & Northern Railway
company of Montreal is making pre- para
tons to handle an extensive freight bust
ness in connection with the Canadian IA
cific railway. The outfits ordered are cap
able of handling 80 ears ut a time.
The last report of the West End Street
railway of Boston states that during the
year 100000 passengers We're carried.
against 1877. 02S. 900 in 1894 155, 231, 1O6 in lS5
and 1GG. $50. 22S in 1896 This is said to sur
pass all similar records of this or any
town, considering the total population OF
the hub
one of the facts brought out by the re-
cent great fire in London is that that me-
tropolis has a very inefficient fire alarm
system, not having one-tenth as many
fire alarm stations as New York city. al
though covering much greater territory.
Moreover only authorized persons are
permitted to sound an alarm.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe rail-
| way is actively equipping its cars with
electric lighting dynamos mounted on
| the axles employing storage batteries to
| carry the load while the train Is at
! standstil and to maintain a uniform cur
/ rent due variations III the speed OF the
| train This scheme has been extensively
! and successfully adopted in Europe.
/ The Smithsonian institution has just
| come into possession of what is believed
! to be the original first telegraph instru-
! rnent constructed by Morse for actual use.
/ The first line was in Baltimore between
! a school and church. of which a DR..
Scheb was respectively master and pas
tor 1T was over this line that the eXper-
ments were made which led congress to
appropriate $4,000 for the line between
| Baltimore and Washington. The instfu-
ment above referred to has been in the
| possession of DR.. Scheib, an intimate
| friend of Morses. who, having just died,
hequeathed it to the Smithsonian institu-
/ ton.
The armor plate plant Sor which cen
! gress has asked bids requires considerable
| electrical machinery. as the following list
| of the electric apparatus required VIII
! show: one electric charging machine for
/ charging the furnaces; two 1to-ton ard
| two 75-ton overhead electric travelling
/ cranes with special hydraulic lifts; one
| l6O-ton. one l0o-ton, five 75-ton one Seton,
one potion and one 5-ton overhead tray
| cling cranes: three direct connected dyna-
mos of 40 horse power each; about -
| electric motors for operating various spe-
cial tools besides numerous arc and in
candescent lamps and wiring for the en-
/ tire plant.
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An Odd Objection.

rHE strange objection raised to
the publication of the pension roll
and urged by the Kansas City
Journal, is put in these words: MANY
veterans do not care who knows that
they are pensioners; they would just as
lief the fact were published 10 the
world every day as not. on the other
hand there are many, equally deserv-
ing, who are sensitive and would suf-
fer a feeling of embarrassment and
humiliation TO know that they were
publicly advertised as dependents on
the governments bounty for IA living
Ones sources of income are his private
matter. and one ordinarily does not like
TO spread his private matters before
the public"
That is the point precisely, although
the Kansas City Journal turns the APP
plication of it upside down. 1t may be
put down as a good rule to go by that
the persons for whom the publication of
the pension would be a humiliation
are the persons who really are not en-
titled to a share in the public purse.
The people are entirely willing that
those who merit pensions shall receive
them. Ir Is the abuse of federal bounty
that s<}z-nging the whole pension pol
icy into disrepute. II will be found that
deserving pensioners are not afraid of
the proposed publication.
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Many Good Ones.

~ the form of special holiday editions,
several handsome newspaper publ
cations have lately reached the
Standard Office. Several of the Stand
ards eastern contemporaries sent out
brilliant numbers. One of the most
attractive Christmas editions came
from the office of the Salt Lake Herald,
while the Seattle Post-Inteligencers
effort was admirable. The handsomely
Illustrated edition of the Dramatic Mir
ror was one of the seasons choice pro-
ductions.
The home field had it's share of sue
cesses in this respect. The Christmas
edition of the Butte Miner was one of
especial merit. Its sketch of the local
mining field and its review of the years
experiences in the counties of Montana
made up a valuable summary, and
the edition was richly illustrated.
OF rare excellence was the special
edition of the Dillon Tribune, in
which the industrial interests of
Beaverhead county were admirably
| summed up and profusely illustrated.
| The Tribune's edition did honor to the
weekly press of Montana.
! Last evening brought to the attention
of the Anaconda Recorders patrons its
! handsome New Year number. 1t was
an edition in eight pages on high grade
! paper which gave full credit to the
! cuts, illustrative of local industrial life,
with which the edition abounded. Many
subjects OF local interest We're treated
by the Recorder in special papers care
fully prepared and presented in attrac-
! tive style, making the New Year num-
Der one that merits hearty holiday con-
| graduation.
The Standard makes grateful ac-
| acknowledgements this morning of the
many compliments kindly given by its
! contemporaries, in mention of its
! Christmas number of fortnight ago.
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He Is Hopeful.

n ER. DINGLE1 comes up hopefully
MI to the new year; he has evolved
i mass of figures respecting his
tariff bin and he gives them, through
the press to the American people this
morning. in the fond hope that ii Will
be a happy year at the send-off. as far
as his figures can contribute toward
TIT end.
Last summer Mr.. Dingley. as chair
man of the house ways and means COM
mittee,a attached his name to a reTe-
nue. raisinx device which he said would
be a winner from the word so. Many
good republicans whose hopes are all
fifth the administration. said that Mr..
rlngley's prophecy wouldn't prove
true; Senator Aldrich was one Of these
men. and he could teach DIngley much
about the tariff. The fiscal year began
lJaIy ]. and thus one-half Of the year
j. sped. The Dipgley bins earnings
pave been TO the bad by tens OF mil
snSEaat the present pace the deficiency
ID OF next June is going To be
be like 81 which The con-
yer heard Of But Alr
~ ever. starts the new
IS TO his fellow clti-
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IN Washington the joke is passing
around at the expense of Charles
Page Bryan, the man who means to
be United States minister to China.
The other day Bryan called on Theodore
Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the
navy Roosevelt comes of one of the
oldest and grandest of American fami-
lies He has great wealth. he is a man
of many gifts, he is scholarly, he has
seen much of the world. He has the
mental and social equipment suited 10
successful service in any one of this
governments best diplomatic appoint
ments. he has for such duties the quail
tiles which. according to all accounts.
Bryan conspicuously lacks. During
Bryan's call at the navy department
ministry came up. Self-satisfied as to
his own ability Bryan. in a patroniz
ing way. remarked: What need will
be a good private secretary, a man who
IS we'll up in diplomatic matters and
who, IL IL becomes necessary, could help
me out. In fact. If it would suit you,
would like TO get bright young fell
low just like you, Roosevelt" 1t is not
reported that Roosevelt fell off his
chair. but the remarks of Bryan got
abroad instantly and. as soon as the
laugh was over, everybody wondered If
the incident was proof of Bryan's
STYLE of diplomacy.
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CURRENT COMM ENT.
The Crumbling Chinese Empire.

From the New York Journal.
The experience of the fifth century is to
be repeated on more extended scale. The
outer barbarians were falling upon the
Chinese empire as they did upon its Ro-
man predecessor. An unwarlike civiliZa-
ton is succumbing to ASSISTANTS whom it
despises. but whom 1t cannot re sist. And
as at least four Roman empires could be
cut out of China. the collapse that we are
witnessing is one whose like the wotl1
has never seen before.
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sleepers Made of Cast-Iron.

Cast-iron sleepers are fast taking the
place of The steel sleepers on account Of
their greater durability and the saving
when worn of 20 per cent. of the or ginal
cost be remelting Wooden sleepers are
not plentiful while those of steel are
cheaper than the cast-iron at first cost.
they do not last SO well, nor when worn
can they be put to further use.
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poesn,t Need Ncrye Eood.

From the Rochester Herald.
Colonel Charles Page Bryan, whom the
president has selected for the Oh ncse
mission. is a pretty nervy and prema-
ture individual If it be true. report d,
that he asked the secretary of the navy
for a batteship to carry him to China.
Colonel Bryan may consider himself lucky
if he is permitted to travel to Pekin by
the usual route.
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Cause and Effect.

From the Detroit Free Press.
one of those minor consequences that
generally follow the formation of trust.
only incidentally, of course has already
materiaized from the new cracker trust
that is to say, the price of crackers
has been advanced.
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From the Philadelphia Record.
Mayor Elect Van Nyck of Greater New
York announces that no one can hold Of
flee under his administration who is at
the same time engaged in private busi-
ness. Tammany may be a terrible eyre of
corruption, but ii can sometimes give
good government pointers TO the more
upright municipalities
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Tho Sanlnie Is Fad.

From the Detroit Tribune.
If the Philadelphia Record is printed as
a fair sample of the produce of Editor
Singerlys paper mills it is no wonder
they COLLAPSED,
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Tint NAV BE 1t.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Possibly Secretary Sherman is merely
testing the sincerity of the Cuban SYM
pathizers in congress.
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TO ADVERTISERS.

The Anaconda Standard guarantees its
advertisers a bona fide paid circulation.
Daily and Sunday, three times greater
than that of any other newspaper pub
lished in the state of Montana. Advertise
ing contracts will be made subject to
this guarantee,
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NIckinleY's Long Suit.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Again we remark that, as an eyeopener,
Mr.. Mckinley is more of u success than
as a mill opener.
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Chicago Office-509 The Rookery.
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Standard from subscribers.
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The Standard has branch offices at
Butte Missoula and Great Falls. where
advertising rates will be furnished on APP
plication
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postage added.
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