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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-26
Pensioning the Confederates.

IN the North. at least. there Is no
disposition to take Senator But
ler's amendment TO the pension bill
seriously. The senator proposes hat
from and after the passage of this
bill, every pension now on the statute
books shall apply to every invalid SOL
der. widow, minor child. dependent rel
alive" etc, without regard to whether
aid soldier was enlisted i'm the federal
or confederate service" This is in line
with the house bill opening the doors
OF soldiers homes to the confederates.
Both measures seem to have been
prompted by President McKinley's re-
rent talks I'm the South. In emphas-
izing the spirit of fraternity that now
the president stopped over a little. Fol-
lowed to their logical conclusion, some
OF the presidents sentiments mean just
this. hat the attempt to destroy the
union was just as praiseworthy as the
sacrifice hat was necessary to pre-
serve IL. The sincerity and honesty
OF the gallant secessionists are no ex-
cuse for their monstrous blunder. Their
fault has been condoned and freely
forgiven, but to reward il in a substan-
tial manner Is unreasonable The good
sense of the South itself must appre-
ciate this.
Looking at II from a financial view
point. Senator Buffers proposition
would. were IL not so grotesque. be
alarming. The pension lists already
call for yearly appropriations of about
sl45, 900. 900. They are being constantly
swelled by new claims. they will he
augmented by the claims for injuries
received in the Spanish war. and prob
ably they will be still further increased
by the sickness and accidents attend
ant on the keeping of armies of occupa-
ton i'm the new dependencies. These
are burdens which cannot be avoided.
The addition Of the claims for con
federate veterans would swell them to
an enormous amount. Possibly Sena-
tor Butler does not intend his bill to
he taken seriously. but has proposed
IL with a view uf rebuking the country
for the confessed prodigalty with which
pensions have been voted in congress.
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market stall. The murder was entirely
without provocation. The evidence was
indisputable. Two trial. were held.
In the first the jury disagreed In
both the defense was that Rosser had
been drinking drugged liquor and there
fore was not responsible for his acts.
On that plea he was acquitted, and
hurried out OF the state. This is a new
method of evading punishment for
murder. 1t is only necessary TO get
crazy drunk on cheap whiskey. m
after IL is all over to call IL drugged
whiskey. The whiskey drunk by Ros-
ser just before he murdered Hildebrand
was undoubtedly very bad. but 1t does
not appear that proof of drugging was
offered. nor has there been any at
tempt to reach and punish the wretches
are supposed to have doctored the
stun absorbed by the muir
dered. IL the precedent established by
this case is to be followed. no mans life
Is safe.
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Prophet-brought his mind to bear up
on religious subjects:

Prophet-brought his mind to bcar up
on religious subjects:
Church stood against church. friend
against friend. neighbor against ~neighbor.
brother against brother. Contemplating
this and searching with the fervency and
enthusiasm Of "a youthful heart for an
ideal more perfect than any In view. the
all -absorbing question with him became:
(which OF these churches Is the Church
of Christi" Nor would he rest until he
had found the reply to this query. He was
hungering and thirsting for truth. His
whole soul went out towards his Maker
In prayer for "A ray Of light I'm the hope
less darkness.
The history OF Joseph from this time on
Is before the world. IL has been told
again and again how his prayer was
heard: how he was called, as were proph-
cts and seers of Old. to cry repentance.
and especially to announce the second adj
vent Of the King OF Glory: how he was
given knowledge and understanding and
power to perform mighty works: how he
lsbored. suffered and finally sealed his
testimony with his blood-all this II writ
ten In indelible characters on the pages Of
the history Of this century. And more.
the great and marvellous structure of
which he laid the foundation remains.
and will ever remain. a monument to the
h''N hAah ,ot Fl'n' ~ -" -
His martyred prophet. as He continues
to speak through the Successors In that
exalted office.
Various attempts have been
made TO account for the work Of Joseph,
or the so-called problem OF Mormonism.
Fraud Is the verdict of an embittered
class. and the world ut large seems. con-
tent to accept that decision without furth-
er inquiry.
The history OF Joseph. the Prophet.
however. furnishes ~indisputable proof TO
the contrary. IL would. perhaps. be pos
sible for a man of mature years and with
an Aristotelian knowledge OF sciences.
coupled with the profound comprehension
of the depths of theology Of. say an Au-
gustine or Calvin-a man possessing the
eloquence of Chrysostom and the elegance
OF expression of Blaise Pascal-it would
perhaps be possible. we say. for a genius
So endowed to give to the world as "A re-
suit Of years of faithful labor n system OF
doctrine and ethics far surprising those
commonly adopted; but when We come TO
examine the system known as Mormonism
and then remember that it's fundamental
principles were announced by an Hitter
ate youth. there Is no rational way of ac-
counting for its origin than that claimed
for Il. II Mormonism Is not from God. II
L. a miracle that cannot be accounted for.
Granted that IL Is divine. II is still n mira
Gle. hut one gains which the devout
faith OF an humble Christian need not
stumble.
Any one who has read Paley's or
Hopkins Evidences Of Christianity will
recognize the argument advanced in the
last paragraph quoted as a perfect par
aphrase Of the chief argument in sup
port OF the genuineness and inspiration
r a. - ri .Hf
IDENTIFY are sincere in their belief; and
sincerity in any religion goes a long
way and accomplishes much.
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'cYaANo sERcEaAc" AT CRIPPLE
.#rt. CREEK.

AT the Palace. out i'm Cripple. we've
been playing repertoire
The Hidden Hand THE Fire Patrol
Miss and many more
OF that same kind Of dramas that l can't
enumerate-
umvirate.
We did right Well? oh. yes, sir; we made
a tidy stack.
But lost IL all producing this 'Cyrano Ber-
gerac.'
Forget the 'de?' Not much. sir. You see
the fellows there
Are prejudiced against the name that has
an uppish air;
They know exactly what they want-de-
mand the newest plays
So when the New York papers came they
caught the latest craze.
And came around to warn us that they'd
rip US up the back
Unless We promptly give 'em this 'Cy-
rano Bergerac.'
I'VE sent for tat last 1t came. Great
Scott says Jim, it's Greek!
Or Latin. or some foreign tongue that
mons of us can speak!
That stumped us until We ran across the
chef OF Wolfe 5 hotel,
a. greasy little Dago-but he knew the
hiko
And so he took the drama to his evil
smelling shack
And turned his talents loose upon 'Cy-
rano Bergerac.'
"He worked like mad. that Dago did.
through all the night and day,
Translatin' and expurgin' and improvin'
on the play.
He introduced some clever gags and
dances for RoNane
And raised the adaptation to a high ar
tistic plane. .sf -r q.
And lei me tell you. when twas done
there wasn't any lack ROB.
or good dramatic action in 'Cyrano Ber-
gerac.' " In
THE costumes and the settings ~Tere
deliberately planned
That is. We did the best, we could with
what we had on hand
And-well. to make the story short, the
evening came at last,
And brought with 1t an audience I've
never seen surpassed.
From Pemberton and Victor. from Gil
lette and Rusty Tack.
The boys came down in crowds to see
'Cyrano BergeTac.'
The curtain rose amid applause-the or
chestra forgot
10 nnlSn w Aut was
so hot.
The play began-you've seen II. sir. TIE
beautiful-you're right
But you have never seen IL as we put IL
on that night.
OF course. I played the title role, and
when I ent~ered-bacK-
| swore We had a winner in 'Cyrano Ber-
gerac.'
But Bloody Bill of Pemberton up from
his seat arose
And laid "A bet with Cannon Kid he'd am
putate my nose
From where ne stood. lie drew his gun
a shot-tse bullet tore
My property proboscis clear across to
Bennett's store.
He made a hitT That's true. sir-but af-
ter that. alaCk'
The boys showed little interest in 'Cyrano
Bergerac.'
That's all Their, is to tell. sir-it went
from bad to worse.
Whenever l came on the stage some hobo
with a curse.
Would rise up IN the gallery. the same as
Bloody Bill.
Anu mutilate my makeup with his damn
ed revolver skill
We closed the house and walked the ties
I'm happy TO he back
And never will | play again 'Cyrano Ber-
gerac.'"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-26
The National League.

THE baseball world was turned
upside dow by the recent act
ions OF the national league mag
mates. and the situation Is still very
confusing. As near as can be made out
the one thing in sight and which will
undoubtedly be accomplished before the
opening of next season, Is a return to
the eight-club circuit. AS at present
outlined this will include Boston. New
York. Washington. Philadelphia. Gin
c%innati. Chicago. st. Louis and Pitts
burg. This is a movement which has
been discussed for several years and
apparently II has at last succeeded.
There was strenuous opposition when the
old eight-club league expanded into a
twelve-club organization and absorbed
half the clubs of the old American AS
ISOLATION. The work lone then is now
to be undone. The National League will
return to it's former proportions and n
second organization will be formed.
Whether his change will improve base
ball or not is a problem.
For several years the Netional
League has been in a bad way. Ten of
the twelve clubs last season lost money.
Something had to be done 20 arouse
anew public interest in the game and
the managers chose n return to the
old system as the most practicable. The
Philadelphia Press hin that IL they
had added one more feature their plan
would have better prospects Of sue
cess. With the two organizations I'm
existence. each OF them having in their
circuits some OF the best clubs in ex-
istence. the result in either league will
not be accepted by the baseball public
as a final test of the championship in
the national game. The Press suggests
that the four best clubs Of each league
play together for the final champion
ship. Each organization could play its
own clubs during four months Of the
season. and then the -four clubs in each
league having the highest score could
play with each other during the re-
manning two months OF the season. This
plan would bring about a double COM
petition. first to win the championship
in each league and second TO win the
national championship. The Henley
boat races in England are conducted
somewhat on this plan. The first day
the races are rowed in sets n the
winners in these sets row against each
other the second day and so decide the
winners Of the prizes"
But no Improvement need be looked
for unless baseball Is rescued from the
disorder and rowdyism which have
characterized the playing the last three
of four seasons. The National league
managers realize the Importance of
clean baseball. They made a strenuous
effort To attain II last season and
failed. IL IL now proposed hat the
entire question. of the action Of the
ball player upon the field shall come
under the direct supervision OF a tri-
bunal composed of thoroughly disin-
terested judges. While this will i'm
pose "A large ask O those who have
volunteered To serve the league in this
capacity. they will undoubtedly as
sumo the responsibility. for they have
shown themselves To be actuated sole
ly by a owe of the game.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-26
BUTTE WS.
CAUGHT ANOTHER HOLD-UP.
The Police Made n Good Record During
the Past Twenty-four Hours.

The police have broken their record
for capturing hold-ups. One was taken
yesterday morning red-handed and an
other was caught dead 60 rights at an
early hour. Both are assured OF the
penitentiary.
About 2 O'Clock this morning w. j..
Lloyd. a miner employed at the Colusa-
Parrot, who resides at 2l2 East Quartz
street. was on his way home from down
town. As ne reached the corner OF
Wyoming and Galena streets he felt a
hand laid on his shoulder. and, turn
ing. looked down a brace OF guns held
In the hands OF a pair of footpads. So
bold were they that they not only
stopped their man In the very heart of
the town. but they did not even regard
IL necessary to wear masks. While one
held Lloyd covered. the other relieved
him OF s25 in cash m a silver watch.
Turning. they ran down through Smiths
wood yard and disappeared.
Lloyd ran toward police headquarters,
but three blocks away. shouting "po-
lice" as loud as he could yell. officer
Torpey heard and responded. While he
watched the wood yard as best he
could. a reporter summoned more police
aid. Captain Dawson and Sergeant Ley
den were soon on the ground and a sys-
tematic search Of the wood yard COM
menced, keeping all avenues of escape
covered. In a few minutes officer Tor
pey located n man under the Broadway
sidewalk and dragged him out. Beside
where he had been was found his gun
a moment later.
At the Jail the hold-up gave the name
of John Ryan. and aid he was a ather
and plasterer by trade. He Is an opium
fiend. as was shown by a quantity Of
the drug found on him. He is a stran-
ger to the police. Ryan's partner, who
searched Lloyd, and got his money and
watch. made good his escape for the
time being, but il is thought he will be
captured.
Officers went back to the scene OF the
hold-up afterwards and found under the
sidewalk from which the highwaymen
had been taken a watch. The watch
was taken to the owner and identified
as the one he had been robbed Of.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-26

TT is not likely that there will be
another attempt To convict Senator
Kenney Of Delaware. He has twice
been on trial n each time the Jury
could not agree as To his guilt or his
innocence. Kenney gave his checks To
the defaulting cashier Of the First Nat
ional bank of Dover when neither he
nor the cashier had a balance i'm the
bank. These checks were utilized by
Cashier Boggs to procure the banks
money for his own use fraudulently.
Whether Kenney was knowingly
party to the fraud is the point at issue.
and on this two juries have disagreed.
Two juries contained men who. after a
patient hearing, were convinced that
he was guilty Of conspiring with
Cashier Boggs to defraud the bank.
While Keeney has not been convicted.
On the other hand he has not been vim
dicated There is a loud resting upon
him which he cannot lift. The United
States senate should contain no such
man. Senator Keeney. however. is no
the nan To resign.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-26
Current Topics.
Contrast Between Army and Navy.

From the Nashville American.
The victories OF the nav were com
plete, because men who had been trained
and educated in the service and h
knew their business were left to fight ma
val battles. TIE victories of the army
were less complete because the trained
and educated men for military affairs
We're sidetracked and incompetents put to
do work they had no conception of. Our
government Is becoming so great and its
responsibilities so enormous that Tom.
DICK and Harry can no longer be assigned
10 high places.
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MONDAY. DECEMBER %, 1895.
TEN PAGES.
It's a square Issue.

AIOLENCE on the part of a portion
" of the men who undertook to in
augurate n strike at the smelt-
ing works. last week. is proof positive
that these men do not expect TO win by
fair a
The line Is drawn by yesterdays foul
attacks on workingmen whom the sher-
in's Office ought certainly to be able to
protect with ease; you can write II down
at the outset that in his community
lawlessness and bloodshed will not win
out. There will II no division. as far as
what the public will hin IN say n
do, II the pass Is reached where he
community will be called upon to say
whether mob violence goes here or not.
The situation, on its merits. can be
briefly presented. The men who under
took to start a strike failed To Ia
down the works. Why? Because the
great body of employees at the works
does not want the works hut down.
The hnal proof On that score Is I'm the
fact that the works are running right
along. II the movement started by
some of the converter employees were
supported by the body of the men, the
works would not be running to-day
they would have been forced to a stand
still as long ago as last Friday.
1-L-. l. A. ,.l.la .ss,a,Ran Tho
proposition with the majority of the
employees is that the works shall run
Thus those who undertook to enforce a
strike are ~balked-they cannot. as the
situation has held thus far, and as. by
all the signs. 1t will hold-they cannot
win out by what fair men call fair
means.
The Standard is not arguing the situa-
ton: IL is out Of the question to discuss
b~ludgeon. Nor. on the other hand. is
the STANDARD at all in the mind to talk
loud or speak vindictively or answer
back with clubs.
But there Is one i~ndisputable truth
about the situation. That Is this: II
there is TO be violence. the people In
this community will meet IL and stop IL,
sure. ON that score there cannot posi-
bly, he W. opinions; the avenues TO the
smelters In this city will not he closed
by a minority. through lswless process.
The local public-including the very
large majority Of the smelter employees
manifestly does not propose hat this
minority claiming TO nave a grievance
shall shut the works. enforce mid-win-
ter idleness and bring this city unwar
rsntsbly to a s~tandstill.
n. in the face Of these conditions.
those who PLAYED a mOb's part yester.
day insist in their course. there will b,
an accounting-and there Is not a doub,
in the world as TO which side will get q
good deal the worst OF tiff things ar,
forced 10 a settlement along the line,
laid down by la~wlessness.
The Standard is well aware that ever
among those who walked out last weel
there is a good proportion Of men wh'
earnestly deprecate yesterdays out.
RACES. men who resent what has hap.
pened and who protest. as good citizens
that they have no sympathy whstevel
with the assaults hat disgraced tn,
Sabbath. Those who are responsible 70
the brutality that occurred are few IL
n~umber-they merit open. earnest. EN-
phaiic denunclstion. Their gam
won't do.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-26
All the same Clark.

From the New York Journal.
The word bribery has been scared on
Hanna's brazen forehead by the state
senate Of Ohio. That he bought his seat
In the senate Is believed by every fair
minded person that was familiar with the
scandalous scenes enacted in the Ohio
legislature during his contest for the re-
publican nomination. lie has been pub
licly accused OF securing his high Office
by bribery. but. like, Senator Quay. he
brushes the accusation aside as UNI
worthy of notice.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-26

From the Philadelphia Record.
In the entire United States there are
but eight military departments. whereas
cuba. with a total area and population
not greater than Alabama, is to be d.
vided into seven departments. There Is
no occasion for this undue multiplication
Of places held by appointment in the mill
tary service. unless. indeed. the leeches.
ignoramuses and sons of fathers who
came TO the surface by war Office favor
In the recent war are to keep their posi-
lions of advantage at the public crib.
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arisen. The Legislature is above sta.u-
tory law and is controlled only by the
constitution. AS the organic law directs
that the Legislature shall assemble On
the first Monday in January. and
makes no provision for any other con-
tingency. none can arise.
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Under "a Dictatorship.

From the Columbus Press-Post.
The only way to overcome the present
dictatorship of congress is to elect a ma
jCrity of the lower house that will give
some heed To fair play. There was a time
when n republican speaker asserted the
dignity OF the chair without autocracy,
but that period Is now forgotten and its
lessons unheeded. A dictatorship like
Reeds must be abolished. unless the
country intends to substitute violence for
elaboration in the proceedings of con-
gTess.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-26
ANACONDA NEWS
WILL BE A HOLIDAY.
Most of the stores viii BE Closed To-
Day.

Most OF The Stores VIII he Closed To-
Day.
To-day. being the holiday following
Christmas, will be generally observed
as such. Most of the stores will be
closed to-day. and the public offices will
also observe the day.
The registry window at the p~ostofice.
as well as the carriers and general de-
livery windows. will be open between
the hours of II and | o'clock to-day, I'm
order that people may receive register
ed packages. of which there are a num-
Der i'm the office.
Tonight. as an artistic finishing
touch to the two-days' Christmas hol-
iday. there will be the testimonial EN-
eft i'm honor of John Mcguire. at the
Margaret. which doubtless will be large
ly attended.
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CHRISTMAS Joy.
Poor Of Anaconda Well Supplied with
Good Things.

The good work OF supplying Christ
mas dinners for the poor families of
Anaconda has been carried on during
the last week and more Than $4,000
which had been subscribed by citizens
of this town was expended by a COM
mittee for all the necessaries FOR a good
Christmas dinner. which have been dis
tributed to more than 100 families.
One citizen on Saturday distributed
more than 81 1000 worth of turkeys n
about 5000 pounds of flour BY this, it
can be seer that there are few who did
not partake of a good Christmas dinner
Yesterday
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-26

IN deciding that the Legislature must
meet on January =. notwithstand-
ing that that day is a legal holiday.
Attorney General Nolan is in line with
the authorities OF several other states
where precisely the same question nas