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you had not gone, but you make up your mind that you ought to have been there or that you will go next time. You are sure that it must be something of great import ance. So with the un-club man or wopan, the sight of hundreds of women focking to and from their clubs; the men coming forth from this club where they read the morning papers, or the other club where they were discussing plans of the ways and means committee, impresses them that 1t is wideawake sort of town after all.
 
 To those who have been familiar with the condition of affairs prevailing from the time that Birmingham was first considered territorial expansion, the vast changes have been like an oncoming tide. An anti annexatonist said yesterday, in recalling the old landmarks, "The changes have not been like the tide. The tide recedes. It has been like a ceaseess wave against the shore."
 ''It has been a friendly splash" I replied.
 "Yes, he answered, refleotively and with quite the air of one who intended organiz- ing an association for the preservation of the historic places in Birmingham" lover there," he went on, indicating the spot where an old building had once stood> in Second avenue, twas once bit of old Bir- ming ham. I was very gay there. The fel- lows were gay in my day, and the girls were the toast of the counties for miles around. There was hunting, after the old English style-that of course, was before these cobbe stones ruined the streets and the tall buildings took up so much space. We did not have the craze for civic sections of clubs and this and that. The women were content with Shakespeare and the Bible."
 A contrast of the city of today with Its eff aeraNc hD are most interesting and which have been the broad foundation for its remarkable achievements. Take the period when the city was swept by mobs and the stories of murder were flashed daily across the wires, and gave Birmingham the notorious sta tistics of shelterlng the greatest number of criminals in a day than any city in the country. Not unlike politicians, Birming- ham has waited for the returns" and they have contributed to its redemption. The problem has not been solved by saying over there to the east or the south are the slums. It is the healthy progress that has como with the years that has solved the problem and brought about a condition of affairs through the quiet influence of time.
 The interesting conditions of the present day are like vivid etching against black background. The background is very vague and unsightly, and you feel that you could get along very well without it. It is probably after all like a bad story that comes to you second-handed, and you de- eide that the less said about it the better You prefer. instead, as you go down on the car in the morning to catch a popular air that a comic opera singer sang the week before, and that the youngsters are whit ling in the streets. the noise or the carts and the suburban trains coming In, the streets resuming the activity of the day, the lowering of the awnings, the swinging open of tho shop doors, the familiar Here's
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"INIPERIALISM.'

From the Washington Star. v n Yer Uncle Sam is peaceful, ,a He never sought a fray. ,' ! He lived most economic, .lI' Fl Sos to keep the wolf away. i.ii T He was a model youngster I il An he didn't ever care iEj Il Fur mixin into troubles ii + | Which was none of his affair. ',r l But now there's lots O worry 'is ,ii Fur fear he'll go astray it ! l Cause he's gettin' a cillection ,r | l
 Of small islands far away. x l An he's envied by the others T
 As they see with gath'rin fears ! I How he nacherly possesses What they've wanted all these years. | It's them that's fit to wield 1t ,fl Who at last the power will gain; | ] An taeraain't t Eo use Q dodGin' I Life's successes nof its pain. T T Those fertile acquisitions n II
 Mustn't be misunderstood, i:j
 Yer Uncle Sam can't stop 'em, iiEj
 They're his pay fuAibein good .Isu
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your morning papers!' of the newsboys. And when night comes on, and the stores are lighted, the carriages flashing by, the crowded cars going out, and some one calls your attention to flag that has been raised and tells you of the latest war bul- letins, and you stop to talk about the peo- pie who are out of town, or who have just gotten back, it brings curious kind Of contentment and pleasure that the lights are flashing along the avenues, that over there are the clubs the parks, the hotels, Newspaper Row, and that the day has past when you waited for Birmingham to pre- sent the interesting scenes that go to the making up of a great city.
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The City's Outlook.

The success of this district in iron mak- ing has been so marked that the entire country Is locking to it to make steel that will dictate prices in the markets of the
 world. If Birmingham iron dictates the price of iron throughout the world why will not steel made on the spot, before 1t has time to cool, do likewise in the mar kets? This question does not seem to ad- nit of negative answer. It really does
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not. The world expects from this district steel of low cost, and many people are en- deavoring at present to meet this expec- tation.
 Steel making and steel working will double in the next five years the popula- tion of Greater Birmingham. There is nothing extravagant in this. The Age Herald presents today facts and figures to justify this statement. A boom similar to that of 1886 is not desired, but beyond all doubt a steady. strong expansion, based upon the production of steel in this valley, is before us. The city and district are to take on new life. and to work out possi- bilities that have been too long dormant. We have heretofore dealt with iron in it's crudest forms; hereafter we are to handle its higher forms. and this means much larger number of workers, and therefore of population.
 A period of prosperity usually follows a successful war and this will be supple mented for year at least by great crops, and the entire country will be filled with industry and enterprise. The old period of distrust and clogged wheels is fast passing away, and people in every part of the country are full of hope and confidence.
 In Birmingham this general movement towards activity will be accelerated by developments in steel making. We will share the prosperity of all, and we wi have a special prosperity of our own and between the two, five busy years are cer- tainly well assured-fve years of expan- sion and new enterprises, and new invest ments, and new courage.
 The Birmingham of five years hence will be the Greater Birmingham that has been freely discussed. It will fill Jones Valley with people, and when all are prosperous and contented they will not much care what the nature of the municipality is. They will be content to see the city march, ing on to its fuller mission and propor- tions, and to know that at last it's ad- vantages have been appreciated and util- ized. There is more in the new Ensley mill than we have dreamed of. It is the beginning of things-the mother of many more mills. Upon our walls, as it were, should be written, "This is the Age of Steel,' and Birmingham intends to lead the procession, carrying as it's insignia an ingot of open-hearth steel that cannot be undersold in the markets of the world.
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Before Secretary Alger's friends proceed they should first inquire what kind of rifles and cartridges the volunteers in Porto Rico carry,
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Cocksuredness is a good thing some times postmaster has been appointed for San new place of business with a valse packed full of stamps.
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THE NEXT MORNING.

From the Chicago News.
 We should like to see the candidate who runs against General Joe Wheeler in the congressional election the next morning. We could then form an intelligent idea of . how a person looks after having gone through thrashing machine.
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MT. McKinley's terms may not now be acceptable to Spain but they will be when Miles and Merritt have rounded up their
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The Sons of their Fathers on the various staffs at Santiago were not a glittering success. The men of the line did the work, and did it well and nobly
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Anecdote
 Officer-Pat, I hear you were in the Mexican war.
 Pat-Yis, sor; I was thot.
 Officer you must have had a hot time? Pat-Yls, sor. Offcer-Where did you see the heaviest fighting?
 Pat-It was at Buney Visty, sor. Wheu ould Taylor had them Mexicans kilt en- tirely seen a sword lyin' on the turf and l ups wid it an cut off a Mexican's fut.
 Oficer-Cut off his foot? Why in thd devil didn't you cut off his head?
 Pat-His head was already off, sor.
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Gout, dyspepsia and yellow fever are in- termingling at Santiago. The Cubans have the first-named. and the Spaniards are af- fected with the second complaint.
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Cuba, Porto Rico and Hawaii will grow sugar enough to supply the country, and all three can, if pushed, furnish some coffee besides. The Philippines grow tea.
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When Dewey and Shafter and Miles and Schley come home with their officers and men there will be a hurrah time, sure enough. Especially when Dewey comes.
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General Miles campaign in Porto Rico is a campaign of conquest, pure and simple Spain forfeited her rights there long ago in acts of misgovernment. In war, con- quests are natural and proper.
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The Texas democratic convention meets this week. It will comprise many Ameri- cans who are not subject to emperoric nightmares.
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Blanco will shed more tears if the peace negotiations result in peace; for he will not be able to do the dying act in the omnipresent and ultimate ditch.
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Porto Rico will become the great winter resort of the country. Southern California s nose will soon be out of joint. >
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The Chicago civic federation scheme is altogether too sluggish. The work of the wise men will be of post-mortem nature
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Commodore Schley's report is widely com- his modesty is apparent in every part of it.
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Santiago is working a second American revolution in the navies of the world. AT want eighteen-knot battleships now. Ai
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General Shafters chief and unpardonable sin consisted in not sowing broadcast en- graved invitations to the surrender of Sam tiago.
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The Kansas City Star says that Senator Morgan does not propose to leave much to Spain except her holor.
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If the war is practically ended next month, Colonel Roosevelt can be depended upon to get into New York politics in some way.
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Whatever the terms of peace may be, neither Germany nor Russia nor France will dictate any of them.
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TWO OF A KIND.

From Sampson's Report.
 When it became evident that she (ths Coon) could not be kept aloat she was pushed by the New York boldly upon the beach, the New Yorks stem being placed against her for this purpose.
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The making of newspaper is the easiest thing in the world. Everybody knows how 1t should be done.
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Spain needs peace but diplomacy reyer seeks a thing in a straight line.
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Staff Officer John Jacob Astor is serving time h qoanantine at Tampa.
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Correspondent Scovels impudence has led to his retirement from newspaper work.
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Remittances can DO made by express. postofiice money order or drafts at current rate of exchange. Address
 THE AGE-HERALD,
 Birmingham, Ala
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Nothing succeeds like success.
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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-16
NEWS OF THE STATE IN GENERAL
The 0rist as Gathered by the Standards Special Correspondents
in the Prosperous Smaller Cities and Thriving
Towns and Villages.

few days. The remains were buried
i'm the Basin cemetery.
job McPhail and Phillip Bogue I'M
bibed a little too freely this morning
and engaged in a street fight. His
honor, Judge Langan, gave them each
a term i'm the county boarding house
at Boulder. John McPhail has just
recently completed a 10 days sentence
for smashing the show cases in the
postoffice store while on n of his
periodical sprees.
The Basin & Bay State Mining COM
pany held its annual stockholders
meeting at the ONCE of the company
in his city last Wednesday. All the
old officers of the company, including
the board of trustees, were reelected
to serve during the coming year.. All
the stockholders from the East who
were here to attend this meeting ex-
pressed themselves as being highly
pleased with the progress of the work
on the mammoth new smelling and
concentrating plants that are being
erected to treat the ores from the IA
nous Katie mine.
Martin Buckley has again returned
TO the charge OF the Ruby mine as fore
man. The Ruby is looking well and
has more ore in sight than ever be-
fore.
AT the High Ore mine a 40-foot body
OF good concentrating ore has recently
been crosscut, and the owners of that
property are in high spirits.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-16
IN IDAHO CITY.
A Large Dredgo Being Constructed nj
PIncerviIle.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Idaho City. June 11.-Teams pass
through daily with machinery for the
large dredge under course of construc-
ton at Placerville. The boat. which is
$40 feet long. has been completed. and
tn machinery is now going in place.
Work is also progressing on the dredge
at this place.
A man named Thompson has secured
an option on the Elkhorn gold quartz
mine on Elk creek. He has sent up min
ers and Will Immediately m
sinking. on the ore chute that yielded
s25. 900 in 20 days when worked by Hugh
Turner several years ago. The Elkhorn
is a very large ledge-from 10 to Is feet
wide-and when worked in 1S65-66
yielded over $500, 900. In the lower
workings a great many drifts were rum,
but the ore chute was not cut. Mr..
Thompson will follow it down Ind ex-
poets to soon have a large ore body
opened up.
A man named Silberhorn of Chicago
Is opening IN the old Aston mine on
More creek. In 1865 the Aston company
OF New York commenced the erection
of a mill to work ore from this mine,
but never finished 1t. Mr.. Silberhorn
had tie mine located last year. A
short time ago he set two miners at
work running a tunnel to cut the vein.
They nave gone eight feet in ore with
out reaching the opposite wall. 1t is
estimated hat il will produce SIS per
ton. and Mr.. Silberhorn, who is a prac-
tical mining man. says with the album
dance of timber and water at the mine
he a take it out and mill 1t at IN
expense of about $3.50 per ton.
Herman Meyer and another man have
discovered a very promising g~old-bear-
ing ledge in Miller district. a mile be-
low Miller diggings. The vein is large
and they think the ore will mill $50 per
ton. They are at work getting depth
on the mine. Much prospecting will be
done this summer in the district, and
all feel confident that some very val
liable mines will be developed.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-16

| Ger. W1tnezp stationed himself at a
convenient place and watched until Mr..
Thompson returned with Oficer Leyden.
Before they arrived he saw the man
brow away a revolver. which. when
picked up, had one load In II. The
repetition of that of his employer. ex-
| cept in conclusion he stated he was near
enough to the scene OF the tragedy at
the time Il is supposed to have been
committed TO nave heard any boards
being nailed on the side OF the barn ad-
joining the old clubhouse had such a
thing taken place.
John Kay, another teamster employed
at the Carroll lumbe yard. testified that
about $50 last Thursday evening he was
loading when he found a blue andke
chief lying on a pile OF lumber. IL
was found to be wrapped around a lot of
cutlery. The parcel was turned over to
Foreman Thompson. Later he saw a
man captured who was supposed to
have stolen the cutlery he mad ound.
The witness repeated the statements of
the previous witnesses with regard TO
the blood IN the mans hands. face and
clothing and as to his condition when
arrested.
General c. ID. Curtis of the Chapman
Mattress company, which has an office
near the scene of the murder, was called.
~ VIZ VI - "
body from the vault. His testimony did
not bring out any new facts.
Mrs. Sarah A. Smith. a neighbor Of the
Gill family. was called, but knew moth
ing of the case.
Ami Anderson. a girl living at 32s
South Ohio street. told Of going 10 the
warehouse to look for Ethel Gill Thurs
day evening. when she was first missed.
Earlier in the evening she had herself.
with other children, been to the ware
house after oranges She saw no man
around at that time aside from the man
In charge of the warehouse. Mr.. Ayers.
Rose Dombraskie. a young woman liv-
ing In the vicinity OF the Gill home. saw
the child going toward the warehouse
about $3.50 o'clock Thursday evening.
She knew nothing further.
An adjournment was taken at this
time until z o'clock this evening.
The officers of the police force and
the sheriff's Office are still devoting
themselves to the effort TO establish
who is the murderer of the child. and
thus far without finding anything to
reward their labors beyond what evil
dence has been accumulated against
the man Smith and the arrest of a
number of suspects who have been
known to deport themselves improperly
toward women and children. Yester-
day a woman and two little girls
one of the two suspects arrested the
day before as a man who a deliber-
ately exposed himself to them. He
answered fairly well the description of
the mysterious short, stout man. but
that is all the evidence there is against
him. as no one can be found who say
him in the vicinity of the Foster ware
house the night the crime was commit
ted. Last evening n gentleman and his
wife, who had also observed a man
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-16
AFFAIRS IN BASIN.
Miners Union Day was Appropriately
Observed.


Special Correspondence OF the Standard.
Basin. June 14-Miners' Union day
was appropriately celebrated here yes
terday. and n large crowd of people
turned out from the surrounding towns
The weather was bad and II aimed the
greater part of the day. still the people
seemed to enjoy the day, despite this
one unpleasant feature. At IL o'clock
in the morning a parade formed at the
Great Northern depot and marched to
the picnic grounds. the procession be-
ing headed by the Basin and Bay State
band. AT the large new pavilion on the
picnic grounds addresses were delivered
by Charles Lane of Butte and by II. l..
Hughes OF this place. The afternoon
was devoted to drilling contests. bicycle
races. foot races. horse races and other
events of a like character. In the even
ing a grand ball was given at Leary &
hall, while all during the
afternoon dancing was in progress at
the pavilion The crowd was a large
one. but there were no unpleasant feat
ures. and aside from the rain every
thing passed OF pleasantly and sue
cessfully.
James OfDonnell. a laborer employed
on n Northern Pacific section at this
place. died here Saturday morning from
heart failure. He was a man about 55
years OF age. and had been here but a
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-16
Coal for War yesseIs.

If the present war lasts a year Il Is
expected by the navy department that
at least 1000. 900 tons of coal will be used
by our warships. Last year the con-
sumption was only 13S, 31S tons, which
cost 1855 900. The case is very different
now. when every vessel is in Commission
and hundreds Of auxiliary craft are
added.
The navy has to pay all sorts of
prices for coal. varying from 81. 80 to SIS
per ton. the latter being the price at
certain South American ports.
Before the war began IL cost the gov
eminent $3.50 per ton at Key West,
whereas the price has sine risen to
50. so.
Two steel piers are being built by the
navy department. for coaling purposes
at the Dry Tortugas, each of them 3l4
feet long. and also two steel sheds, each
capable OF containing 10. 900 tons OF coal.
These sheds will be equipped with the
latest hosting apparatus. which is able
10 handle the coal in enormous quaint
ties Giant shovels. each holding two
tons. win dive into the holds OF the
Golfers. grab the coal. lift II out and
then drop Il into the sheds through
matches in the roofs.
II takes a lot of coal to run A war
ship. Al Rio de Janeiro recently the
Oregon shipped 1900 tons. Travelling at
her ordinary cruising rate Of eleven
knots. h consumes about IS tons i'm "a
hours. so that she could keep going at
this speed for p days. covering 5.544
knots. or $3.50 statute miles. Under
forced draft the Oregon Is capable of
making nearly IL knots, but her fuel
consumption would run up to $50 tons
every "a hours. and her supply would
last her only six days.
Every 43 tons taken on board sinks
her n inch. The big cruiser New
York can carry 1.200 tons of coal, and
can make Is knots burning 100 tons a
day. Going at the rate of 81 knots. she
uses more than three times hat quanti-
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Sunday Excursion. to Grcr.op.

The B., A. & +. railway will make a
rate of 81 for round trip from Butte to
Gregson and return. every Saturday
and Sunday until further notice.
Tickets good going on any passenger
train leaving Butte between S p. m.
Saturday and 5 p. m. Sunday. Re-
turning. leave Gregson between s:f5
y. m. Saturday and IL o'clock Sunday
might,
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To Builders and Contractors.

The contract for the erection and
completion of a two-story brick build
ing at Warm Springs. Mont. for
Mitchell & Mussigbrod. according TO
the drawings and specifications pre-
pared by III. M. Patterson. architect.
Butte. Mont, will be let Friday. June
"a. 1898. to the lowest responsible bid
der. Plans and specifications are to be
seen at II. NJ. Patterson's Office. Butte,
or at Warm Springs. The right is re-
served To reject any or all bids.
: MITCHELL e. MUSSIGBROD.
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Notice.

c. X. Of A: All members are re-
quested TO meet at Hibernia hall at 7:s0
=. m. TO attend the funeral of our late
brother. Thomas Ferguson. BY order
of T.. Crowley. President; Jas. Naugh-
ton. Secretary.
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bargains In shoes Is what you are
looking for. so attend the big shoe sale.
John Tassell. 20 West Park.