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The Denison review., 1898-08-19
OCCUPATION OF MANILA.
No Definite Knowledge us; to When
Orders Will Reach Dewey
and Merritt.

Washington, Aug. A.-Oficials are
still without definite knowledge as to
when the orders relating to the occu-
patton of Manila went forward to Ad-
miral Dewey and Gen. Merritt, but Col.
Wildman at Hong-Kong, press advices
say, chartered private vessel and sent
the dispatches and the orders. Some
response from Dewey or Merritt ac-
cordingly is looked for about Thursday
of Friday by way Of dispatch boat
from Manila to Hong Mean
while there is the possibility that the
cable may begin working at any mo-
ment.
The orders to Admiral Dewey were
much more elaborate than those sent to
commanders in other quarters. They
recited the presidents peace proclama-
ton in full and also recited that section
of the protocol referring to American
occupation of Manila and its bay and
harbor
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Where to Carry sta,nos.

"Business men have various ways of
carrying their postage stamps, scid
the stamp clerk tho other morning
while sitting in his chair at the stamp
window in tie general postoaice. x
good many men who post their letters
here always have one or more stamps
about them. Some Of them carry their
stamps in stamp cases, but the econom-
ical man carries his stamps under the
band of his hat or III his pockets
'sThe other day u young man called
for five twos, and, putting one on q
letter which be had to mail, he took
out his watch and opening the back Of
it slipped tho remaining stamps into
the case. They don't stick to the cover,
and that is about the best way one can
carry stamps if he has a watch. New
York Sun
The Denison review., 1898-08-19
REGRET HAY is TO LEAVE.
Afternoon Papers eff London Hope
He VIII See His Why Clear to
Decline Days Place.

London, Aug. 1s.-The afternoon pa
pers, without exception, express regret
at the probable return of Ambassador
Hay tothe United States to succeed Sec
retary Day, and they hope that he will
see his way clear to decline the ap-
pointment to the state department, as
it would be 'pity to interrupt an am
bassadorial career promising great re-
suits for the future OF the two nations"
The Westminster Gazette says:
While an. American before all. none
could have worked more effectually to fos-
ter the growing Anslo-American sentiment.
The recall of Col. Hay, while a gain to his
country, would be no slight loss to ours
German Cruiser II caches Hong-kong.
Hong-Kong, Aug. u. - The German
first class cruiser Kaiserin Augusta
arrived here, having left Manila Sat-
urday. She reports that the situation
there was unchanged, but her officers
are extremely reticent
The Denison review., 1898-08-19
ToRNADo's- DEADLY weRK.
Strikes Near cnubs, aIinn, and Kills
Seven Peo.se-Mas.a. Dad,-
age pohe.

Minneapolis, alinn,xaug. u. - A
Candy (NIinn.) special to ths journal
says: A tornado Sunday night at six
o'clock struck 12 miles northwest of
this place, killedyseven people, de-
stroyed many buildings, and did great
damage to the crops. The entire fam
lily of Joseph Hutchinson, including his
wife and four children, were killed;
also Peter'Juglin. The storm, was not
wide in extent, hut very violent. Seven
people are missing and some of them
may be killed.
The storm was on the border between
southwestern Minnesota and South
Dakota.
The Denison review., 1898-08-19
NoYiE1ED OF PEACE.
Gen. 3i,cs senGs WORD to NIacias of
Sig.linw OF prntocol

sil..ling of Protocol.
Ponce, Puerto Rico, Aug. L..-On
Saturday Gen. Miles notified Gen. Ma
cias at SAN Juan by cable of the sign
ing of the protocol, and Monday re-
ceived from Macias an acknowledge
ment Of the receipt of the notifcat ton.
Gen. Miles also sent Capt. Mickler,
under a flag of truce, TO communicate
the intelligence to the Spanish com
mander at Aibonito.
Gen. Miles says Aibonito would have
been his within four days had not the
protocol been signed Gen. Wilson
was moving TO turn the enemy's right
flank. Gen Miles threatened his
front; Gen. Brooke was pushing into
his rear; Cen. Henry was within IS
miles of Arecibo, and Gen. schwan
had reached Mayaguez.
Gen. Miles personally is uncertain
whether he win remain here during
the period of the negotiations for
peace, but the four army columns will
remain whore they are until the nego-
tiations are completed.
The volunteers are anxious to get
home, now that the end has come,
though orders have been issued to
make the troops as comfortable as pos
sible during the interim. The troops
that have arrived here on the trans
ports are being disembarked, no or
der to the contrary having been re-
ceived.
Fears are expressed by the natives
that during the period of treaty nego-
tiations the Spanish troops may be
given free license within their lines to
terrorize the Inhabitants. If this
should be he case, Gen. Miles says, the
Americans would be powerless to in
terfere.
Lieut.. Eumes, of the Nineteenth reg
ular infantry; Lieut.. French, of the
Eleventh regular infantry, and Senior
Antonio Lluyoras, one of the insurgent
leaders, were sent out Monday
through the country north and west
to raise the American flag in all the
towns.
A commission from the American
Relief association, on Mr.. Alexander
Van Rensselaer's steel schooner-yacht
May, has arrived with delicacies for
the soldiers.
Mr.. p. c. Hanna, formerly United
States consul at San Juan de Puerto
Rlco, has suggested to the state de-
partment that some provision should
be made to allow the refugees here to
return to their homes and to look after
their property interests and to insure
their protection.
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Vindication.

"Ara you not ashamed to look youl
children in the face?" hissed the un-
happy girl.
Her father bit his lips; that done, he
cut loose.
81 will no longer endure to be un-
justly reproachedn' he cried. "You
kids get your pug noses from youl
mothers fol]ks!''
Sinking into chair, he wept weak
tears. not strong enough indeed to
phase the colors in the upholstering. =
Detroit Journal.
The Denison review., 1898-08-19
THE END.

An English paper tells of clergy
man who had two curates, with the
older of whom he was at swords points.
On being appointed to another living
he decided to take with him the younger
curate, whom he liked, and when he
came to preach his farewell sermon he
chose as his text, "Abide ye here with
the ass, and and tho lad will go yon-
der and worship"
The Denison review., 1898-08-19
Poisons In Food.

Decomposition in animal products Of
ten develops poisonous alkaloids, and
cases Of illness from eating canned goods
are usually traced to this source. There
is also an element of danger in salts
that may be formed by the action of the
contents of the can. Both these sources
of danger have been reduced to mini
mum by improved methods of canning,
but it is idle to deny that they exist.
and they demand reasonable precaution
in purchasing and using canned goods
The Denison review., 1898-08-19
German Cruiser IL caches Hong-xona
Manila Reported Fallen.

London, Aug. "A. The Westminster
Gazette says it has received from
London business house a report that
Manila has fallen. The report comes
from the firms Hong-Kong agent.
The Denison review., 1898-08-19

A French physician has apparently
proved to certainty that the conta.
gious period i'll whooping cough comes
previous to the appearance of the
"whoop."
The Denison review., 1898-08-19

Utah has the only deposit Of pure
pumice stone in the United States.
The Denison review., 1898-08-19

With thirty years the banking business and
the lowest Deposits received subject be
sight Time certificates issued drawing four per
and five per for twelve months We make speciality Of
oanng money ee be fed for market we'll individuals
Also make first loans improved farms current
We sell lands lots furnish abstracts of title and sell steamship
your patronage.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-26

Ms Dlmeu1t1es On Once More Taking %
the Ordinary ways Of Lsss.

L
HE Dineulties On Once More Taking "
the Ordinary Ways Of Lsss.
For q long time after I had given
up business" said the retired burglar,
II had great difnculty In accommodate
Ing myself to the ordinary conditions
OF life. Seems TO me 1 told you c
something about that how l couldn't
ing at the hours of other people, and
/ had difficulty In getting back In other
ways. so strong is the force Of habit
There were some curious things
about this that might never occur to
you at all. For instance. In those days,
at the hour at which formerly I had
zone into other peoples houses. I new
er went In at my own front door: i
used to go in at q cellar window. This
was bad; IL was like q man who had
resolved to quit drinking taking a
drink occasionally; he IN In constant
danger of falling back n old habits:
but 1t didn't seem to me that ! could
break on all at once. And then ! made
II easy for myself. too. When ! lock-
ed up the cellar NIGHTS ! used to leave
a cellar windc- ~lnfastened DO that II
was perfectly e. for me to get In.
But one night. or n morning, rath-
err. about 2 o'clock. when i got around
to that window. i found 1t fastened.
and j knew well enough what had
happened. My wife had a perfect hor-
TOR Of burglars. n I knew h must
have been aroun the cellar after me
and seen the window unfastened and
turned the buttons. But that was no
impeachment to me: II made me laugh
to myself to think how easy Il was.
and ! opened the window and slid In
as usual.
Besides having q horror of burglars
my wife was great on pickles n pre-
ooruoa and fo11foa and that anpt ~
thing. which h used to put up her.
self and keep down cellar on q hang
ing shelf, consisting of q nice board
plank suspended by side pieces nailed
to the floor beams overhead. I don't
know how I did it-as q general thing
we never do know how We conn to do
~things-but when I slid In that night
/ got turned In some way % that /
was in danger of falling. and I threw
up my arm instinctively to save my
self and my hand touched the end OF
hat shelf-Td often said II was near
the window and the first thing she
knew s~omebody'd come along and
clean IL all out-and naturally enough
IL closed over the board. And the
sport Of 1t was that I yanked that
end of the shelf free from Its support
n pulled IL down. and the bottles and
Jars went slam-scattering down on
the cellar bottom-and / went down
among 'em.
Somehow I managed to cut myself
up pretty bad on the broker glass. and
I vas pretty well used up otherwise.
The upshot of hat experience was that
/ stayed in the house six weeks to re-
pair damages. and rs a matter Of fact
that did more to bring me back to the
ways of other people than anything
else. / vas half helpless at first. and
/ gradually became accustomed to the
habits of the house. BY the time I was
able to go out again. indeed. i had
quite fallen into the ordinary ways and
hours of living. I got up when other
people did and came in early nights.
and came in with a nioht key instead
of a jimmy, just as natural as could
| hav
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-26
The Case of Mr.. Roberts.

- HERE IS an effort to prevent
Brigham II. Roberts. Utah's
representative-elect. from TAX
ing his seat in congress. The charge
Is that he Is a ~polygsmist. Mr.. Roberts
is a democrat. but the republican can
didate. himself a Mormon. accepts the
election result and will make no con
test. II any contest is made II will be
brought by the popufist candidate. who
received only 1000 votes out Of a total
OF 5000.
Mr.. Roberts admits that he is living
with three wives. But he married them
before Utah became a state-he has
married no woman since. The terri
story OF Utah was created a state ON
the express pledge that polygamy
should be prohibited. With the adm's-
sion Of U.Ah to statehood. the federal
statutes relating to that subject be-
came imperative. The legislature en-
acted q law against unlawful cohabi-
tation. and the state constitution CON
tains an anti-polygamy clause. but
these have never been enforced. There
10 no proof. however. that polygamous
marriages have been contracted ince
the Issuance Of the polygamy manifes-
90. and II IL said to be the general be-
lief I'm Utah hat the practice will grad
uaily die out with h death OF those
who entered into ~polygsmous relations
prior 10 the PRONUNCIATION OF the man.
ifesto.
Speaking for himself Mr.. Roberts
says: The settlement OF that ques-
tion. after years Of strife and heart
ache. left upon men moral obligations
from which no decree Of the church
could release them and no act OF the
state absolve them The demand Of
the American people. as expressed
through their representatives In the
American congress In the enabling act.
went no further han this: That per-
feet tolerance OF religious sentiment
shall be secured. provided that polyga-
nous Of plural marriages are forever
prohibited Thus the demand went 30
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Current Comment.
Place of the Negro.

From the Baltimore Sun.
The ~disgraceful and fatal riot OF col
ored soldiers OF immune regiments at San
Luis. Cuba, Will tend TO strengthen the
belief hat IL is not wise to invest the
negro with power. either civil or military.
until he appreciates better than at pres
ent the responsibilities that attach to IL.
His record in political affairs has shown
that he has not yet advanced beyond the
primary Instincts of barbarism with re-
gard to the administration of government.
The negro has his place in the scheme of
civilization. but II Is not yet at the top.
There would today be no race prejudice
and no talk of race conflict but for the
~ill-advised policy which has ignored all
the lessons of history and all the sugges-
lions OF common sense.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-26

ed and a new. machine. IN which no
water was used and which was known
as the 'lIberator." was the outcome. II
had a series OF tuning forks. with the
vibrations Of which Kelley claimed TO
disintegrate air and release an etheric
force rivaled In strength only by a y
clone. During the intervening quarter
OF a century Keeley-with Collier faith
fully clinging to him with the exception
OF occasional Iapses Of incredulity-
periodically heralded announcements OF
his being on the verge Of success. zach
announcement being followed by cash
investments by enthusiastic believers.
Kelley is dead. but we still have
Tesla. a greater than Kelley. Tesla has
satisfied himself and Ia trying to satisfy
others that he has discovered a princi-
pie the application OF which must pro-
luce a profound change In things and
conditions presently existing" Tesla's
only fear is that his invention will be
used by n:er COR evil purooses-that,
like the Invention OF gunpowder. 1t VIII
not be an unm,xei good to tire world.
But 1t Is a CO mfort to him to know that.
for on. thing. q will abolish war. In
a long letter to the New York Sun, he
concludes with this statement:
I'VE shall be able. by awaiting our
selves of this advance. to send a pro-
jectile to a very great distance. II will
not be limited In any way by weight or
amount of explosive charge. We shall
be able to submerge II at command. to
arrest II in its flight. and call It back.
and to send 1t out again and explode II
at will. and. more than this. II VIII
never make q miss. since all chance In
this regard. II hitting the object of at
tack were at all required. IL eliminated.
But the chief feature of such q weapon
Ia still to be told. namely. 1t may
be made to respond only to q certain
note or tune. II may be endowed with
seiective power. Directly such an arm
is produced. II becomes almost impossi-
BILE to meet II with q corresponding de-
velopment. 1t is in this feature. per-
haps. more than in its power OF de-
struction. that its tendency to arrest
the development OF arms and to stop
warfare will reside"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-26

far, as 70 prohibit future p~olygamous
marriages. but no further" Mr.. Rob-
erts. IL win be observed. takes the po-
sition that while he has no
to violate the law by taking unto him
self any additional wives. he Is under a
moral obligation 10 support and cherish
the three he had married before
the law was enacted.
The New York Herald has interview
ed a number of representatives con-
corning the question of Mr.. ROBERTS
right to a seat. Mr.. Dingley Is quoted
as saying hat II the charges mad
against MI. Roberts should be found to
be true IL would not be merely an ord
mary case OF a lawbreaker being sent
to congress-it would be an affront so
grave that he thought the house could
not avoid taking some notice OF 1t. and
II might be possible hat 1t would lead
TO expulsion. Many other rep
resentatives take practically the
same view. while many others
upon whom the Herald report
ers called were more ~non-commit-
tai, declaring that they wished to hear
the evidence before rendering a decis-
ion. One man. Turner of Kentucky re-
marked that he didn't care IL
Roberts had five hundred wives.
II. he has three he has enough
trouble without any one trying
10 unseat him. A man that can
manage three wives must be a genius.
and ought not to be disturbed" Gen.
erai shattuc OF Ohio said: my judy
ment In that there will be ample OPP
portunity for the congress to first as
certain just how man. representatives
we're crowded into congress through
'bulldoxing shotgun process. The Ina
who supports three wives nicely n
treats them AZ a wife should be treated
is a million times better than the man
who secures his seat rs one or two APP
pear I o nave done who will claim their
seats In congress text term. I am for
commencing with those who commit
the greatest offences. and by the time
we get through with those Mr.. Roberts
orense will appear very slight by COM
parison."
Mr.. Cooney Of Missouri said: "Mr.
Roberts. beyond doubt. was fairly
elected by the people of Utah to repre-
tent them In congress. I would not
vote to unseat him II he had a thou
sand wives" Another MIssourian. Mr..
Pierce says he doesn't believe that Mr..
Roberts will attempt ito introduce all
his wives to Washington society at
once. and so long as he does not openly
practice polygamy in Washington 1
think the question of his eligibility will
not be noticed officially"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-26
PEOPLE WHO WILL FipcET.
A Woman's Plea for Increased Instruc
tion In the Art of Repose.

"If I had the power to confer one
single accomplishment upon all man.
kind" said a sensible looking woman
at a recent tea, II believe I'd choose
the art of sitting still n keeping abb
solutely quiet-the art of repose. 1
suppose one might say. ] don believe
that anything wears more upon a hu-
man being than the constant hdget-
ing of other human beings. / some
times wonder whether / am more ner-
vous than most persons. Perhaps 1
am, and yet 1t doesn't show in most
of the situations which call for a dis
play of feminine nerves But one thing
is sure. I haven't gone to theater or
concert or even church In Years with
out having my pleasure partly spoil
ed by some little annoying habit on
the part of persons near me. Not one
man or. woman In a thousand can be
quiet. At the last Boston symphony
concert the man mex to me tapped an
accompaniment to all the numbers on
the arm of his seat. 1t was a little
thing, but IL got upon my nerves ana
marred h evening for me.
IT went to the theater three evenings
last week. One night the man just be-
hind me scraped the bottom Of my
seat with his feet all evening lons.
The next night my escort had squeak
ing shoes, and he evidently wriggled
his toes constantly n kept the soles
of those shoes ~squeaking. Another time
the woman beside me clasped and un-
clasped her bonbonniere necessarily.
making a sharp. clicking noise. At
church, on Sunday. the woman to
whom I offered part Of my pew had a
cracky little far which she futtered
or open and shut all through the SER
vice. At the matinee. on Saturday.
two girls behind me nibbled some sort
of brittle candy from the time the cur
tain first went up until 1t fell after the
last act.
"Of course you think I am q crank;
but II irritates me to see how careless
and inconsiderate the average man or
woman Is, and what absurd habits
most persons have. When / see any
one sit still for five minutes at a time
1 feel like introducing myself and con-
graduating him on his valuabl accom-
plishment. All the world wriggles
nowadays. and hen IL isn't wriggiing
IL has prostration."
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-26
Tho Value of Monitors.

~HE naval authority OF the De-
troit Tribune takes the position
that the construction of mont
ent time ffty-two vessels Of various
types are building for the United
States navy. Eight of these are bat
tleships. four are monitors and the bal
ance are torpedo boats and torpedo
boat destroyers. The Detroit writer
says the monitors are to be formidable
craft on paper only. He regrets that
the navy department Is so slow to APP
preciate the weak points of these war
vessels. although they have long been
abandoned by every other naval power.
The four now building are to have a dis
placement Of 1000 tons each. Each
will carry 400 tons Of coal. four ten
inch rifles. have a draft OF fourteen feet
six inches. and a speed of twelve knots
an hour. 1t has already been estab-
lished that these vessels are unfit for
any purpose but harbor defense. Their
small coal capacity necessitates fire.
quent coaling at sea. n unless the
weather is dead calm this is a difficult
and dangerous task. Their low free
board permits q clean sweep of the
waves over them. and their slow speed
makes them a drag upon the feet they
accompany. As to their utility in ac-
ton very little can be said in their
favor. They roll excessively because
they partake of the motion of the water
in which they are almost completely
submerged. This makes a very unsta-
BILE gun platform. The low position OF
the guns is another disadvantage be-
cause II makes effective gun practice
impossible In a heavy swell. The most
fatal defect Of all is the fact that these
vessels are inadequately protected
against attack by torpedo boats.
1T is hardly good economy" says
this writer. ITO build a million dollar
ship tina will be unable to defend itself
effectively against a mosquito craft.
The appropriation of Sc. o00.o 900 for these
monitors might better be put into sta
tionary harbor defenses or into a feet
OF torpedo boats. That amoun Of
money would build twenty fast destroy
ers. which would be OF use In deep sea
operations. as well as in harbor de-
tense. There is no harbor defense SO
effective as substantial land fortiica-
tions, supplemented by submarine
mines. They AFFORD a steady gun plat
form. giving the defenders n decided
advantage over those OF an attacking
feet and they are practically impreg-
nable against an attack by warships.
II anyone questions this let him review
the puny armament OF the land bat
teries at Santiago. which stalled on n
powerful feet for weeks. There was
hardly one Of the dozens Of warships
which had not a heavier armament
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From the Philadelphia Record.

u tAC
The explorations OF the Russian
scientist, Andrussow, have established
a very curious fact. The Black sea.
which in some parts has q depth OF
more than $500 feet. is poisoned by sui
phuretted hydrogen. wherever the
water Is deeper 100 feet. This ac-
counts for the curious fact that there
Is no organic life below h a depth. ex-
cepting. perhaps. some bacteria of very
low order, impregnated with sulphur.
The causes for this phenomenon are
explained by the quick outflow OF the
fresh water through h Bosphorus'
while salt water coming o the Ned
terranean enters through . deeper cur
rent into the depths OF the Black sea-
The waters ON the surface are. there
fore. controlled absolutely by horizontal
currents Of considerable force. and. YER
teal currents which might carry the
nuxious gases from the bottom to the
surface and fresh oxygen from h sur
face to the bottom are hardly ever no.
ticeable. The water at great depths -
now so saturated with sulphurfc gas
by the d~isintegration OF organic matter
sinking to the bottom by reason OF
its weight that no nsh or other living
being. which needs oxygen for its or
ganic system. can exist beyond a
stated depth.