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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-09
Mrs. Hearst's Great Project.

n a RS. HEARsT's scheme for the
W. architectural establishment 4
the University OF California
has suggested 20 her active mind an
I, other and grander project-nothing less
than that of making san Francisco
INTELLECTUALLY the most beautiful city
in the world. At first glance the plan
may look Utopian. for IL requires the
cooperation OF the property owners.
. manyo OF whom are Indifferent TO aesthe-
tic considerations. But Mrs. Heart has
thought of all this. with all its nat
urai advantages San Francisco pre-
sents a grand field for the display OF
architectural genius. The plans Of
Mrs. Hearst. as specifically outlined by
her. are not for to-day nor tomorrow,
but for twenty, fifty years hence. The
!. plans would first call for improvement
below the surface OF the streets TO the
end that the healthfulness OF the peo-
pie might be secured for all time. This
would include all manner OF conduits
and would be OF the utmost Importance
in the upbuilding Of a modern metrop-
! oils. An elaborate system OF parks and
OV0tNNaf'r ~ ~ contemplated
The improvement OF the city proper
would be on broad lines. 1t is not pre-
sumed that designs would be submitted
J for n building or for one hundred
buildings. but for whole streets. making
harmony of skyline and presenting an
unbroken front. This could not be
brought about in a day. II is contend
|, ed. however. that in twenty years Of
these wonderful times more can be ac-
complished than in centuries of olden
days. Mrs. Hearts project is thus out
lined by a University of California re-
gent:
We should attempt to formulate a plan
now. while the city IL young. We shouid
have an ideal for our city which would
turn 10 best advantage our picturesque
hiiitops ana our splendid harbor 'front.'
age, Mrs. Hearst has In contemplation the
establishment I'm the university OF "A de-
partment Of architecture and engineering.
where young men should be trained espe-
cislly for the carrying out Of this plain
for the beautincstion and fitness In every
respect beneath and above the ground OF
this city OF ours. So she proposes now the
opening again Of a worldwide competi-
lion for the establishment Of q great plan
for San Francisco, and urges particularly
those gentlemen who are visiting the
city 90 take advantage of the occasion To
study It's possibilities. . . In mentality
n the power 20 grasp great projects
there r. no woman on the continent her
equal. Al the forthcoming session of the
legislature the new charter adopted by
this city will be ratified and viii change
our form Of government With an intelli-
gent board OF public works. and given a
plan under which they can act intelli-
gently, there is no reason ~aS this
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-09
The Trouble with Yale.

From New Haven comes the story
that Yale Is in trouble: that Bob
Cook as a coach for the crew is looked
upon as n back number; that the
crew OF last summer was composed of
splendid material, and yet was beaten,
Ind that the coaching methods were at
fault.
For some years. when Yale rowed
Harvard exclusively. h won, and
hill she was winning her coaching
methods were considered To be above
criticism. Believing herself to be in
vincible, she finally consented to try a
contest with Cornell. and then she dis
covered that Cornell knew IL all and
that h had much to learn. She was
beaten again last summer by Cornell,
and then pennsylvania promptly beat
Cornell, n now Yale is In a pickle.
The trouble with Yale In Just this. For
many a year she considered herself TO
be cock-of-the-walk and undertook TO
dictate the athletic policies OF the COL
leees. She maintained her position by
trying 10 eliminate dangerous rivals.
She would not row with Cornell until
forced into II. she VAS so afraid OF
pennsylvania oo'ball team that she
severed friendly relations. She has lost
IN boatlng, IN football. in base ball, In
track snd held sports. There Is nothing
left 10 her except marbles. n she can
claim the marble championship. be-
cause no n cares TO dispute her title.
what Yale needs above everything
else Is real SDirit-the spirit that will
roaden her views and lead her into
square and fair contests with all manly
rivals. she needs to crawl out OF her
shell n learn something.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-09
No Firc-Proof Buildings.

q UNDAY nights fire in New York
" City has again demonstrated the
combustibility OF so-called fire.
proof buildings. Apparently the fire.
proof qualities OF many structures
called ire-proof are perfect-they stand
the test OF experiments. Separate rooms
have been filled with inhammable ma
burned brlskly until the material which
fed IL were consumed. when II went out
without igniting the walls or any part
OF the building. But still IL is by no
means certain that such buildings will
stand the test OF an actual c~onnagra-
that as a rule they rise among old
buildings not claimed to he fire-proof and
built largely OF infammable materials.
The stocks OF goods In these buildings
are highly combustible. They are filled
with dry goods. clothing. paper and
stationery. often with drugs. paints and
oils. sometimes with liquors. The base
ments and lofts are often stored with
goods and wares which will invite the
OF fire. As soon as a fire
reaches the gas pipes and connections
explosions are sure to occur. A fire In
such a building becomes as hot as a
furnace seven times heated. IL sur
passes In degree the white and binding
heat of a blast furnace under foreed
draft. Water thrown into UGH a roar
ing volcano turns into s~uperheated
steam which rather encourages han
tends TO quench the flames. such a
building Of steel and terra Gotta will
heat through fts walls. ignite any com-
bustible matter with which II comes In
contact and create another blaze
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Current Comment.
Military Rule More Honest.

From the New York World.
The president liz sanxious TO secure IAN
ideal civil service I'm our other conquered
provinces. To that end he plans to have
no civil service at all. but a military SER
vice. In the same way. when ndian af-
fairs have gone to the bad with us and
rascals have been caught plundering the
nations wards. the ready remedy has al
ways been foundin putting army officers In
the places of civilians. Wherever the need
is imperative for honesty and scrupulous
u~prightness the first thought Is to put
the men OF Annapolis or West Point I'm
control. Why? How is IL that we a de-
pend implicitly upon the honor OF these
men. as we cannot upon that of any 9TH
er class OF public servants?
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-09
AIoeR. SKATER AND NILES.
The Secretary Of War Makes Himself
Supremacy Ridiculous.

From The Detroit
Secretary Ayers official report Of
the business Of the war department is
a voluminous document Of 2s1 pages.
II furnishes a documentary history OF
the war with Spain and discloses some
correspondence not previously pub
lished.
The dispatches between the war de-
partment and Siboney show a pleas
ing intimacy between the heads of the
department and General shafter. The
secretary of war In at all times at
ease about the army. but his solicitude
centers I'm the welfare OF Genera SHAFT
ter. Note his dispatch of July 3, when
Shafter was discouraged at the state
Of affairs and talked about falling back
from the ground occupied by his thin
line of the investment. The secretary
wires:
I'VE are forwarding reinforcements
20 you this week. How is your health?
Do you think that some one should
come to relieve you? Are you going 90
be able to stand through? What do
you think? BE very careful of your
self"
Next day another message tells SHAFT
ter that an advisory telegram was not
intended to direct his movements. He
was told'to act on his own judgments.
as all the country had every faith in
his How are you physically,
anyway the message concludes. Gen
eral Shafter sees hat he must relieve
the anxiety at Washington over his
physical condition. and he wires:
Il am not at present so much i'll as
exhausted from the intense strain tina
has been on me for the last two months.
i am also suffering from an attack of
govt, which prevents me from moving
about. I have, however. the whole
business well In my hand. and am man
aging II through able staff officers.
When I do have to give up I will. OF
course, follow your order; but ! hope TO
be better soon."
General Shafter was not only con-
tinued In command OF the army re-
gardless of govt. obesity and other I'm
hrmities, but on July ; a dispatch is
sent to him from Adjutant General
Corbin to warn him Of General Miles
departure for santiago. II reads:
Secretary OF war directs me TO in
form you that General Miles left here
at 1910 last night for Santiago. bu,
with instructions not 20 in any manner
supersede you as commander OF the
forces In the field near Santiago so Ions
as you are able for duty"
An inquisitive person might be bold
enough to inquire when the war de-
partment would consider a man dis
abled for the duty of commanding an
about are not disaualifying; but such
impertinence would meet with the
scornful silence IL would deserve from
the war department. II Shafter was
the man Miles, chose for the important
ASK Of capturing Santiago. why does
the department TAX such pains to post
Shafter with regard to the approach
OF his military patron2 Why doe Il
even instruct him TO ignore all rules OF
military discipline and pay no atten-
ton TO Miles? Army etiquette since the
days OF Alexander the Great has made
the senior and superior oficer on the
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-09
The Whipping Post.

~ATHER VAHEY. a Cleveland. o.,
priest. preached a sermon last
1 Sunday in arrest advocacy of
the erection of a whipping post in the
city's public square and the punish
ment thefeat Of all men who desert
their wives and children and make
them a burden on society. There are
a great many people who heartily agree
with the Cleveland priest. The whip
ping post may be considered a barbar-
ous method Of punishment. designed to
meet the needs Of a ruder stage of civ
ilization than the present IL supposed
to be. But forms of punishment held
to be barbarous may sometimes be
necessary for especially b~arbarous Of
lenses. The suggestion OF John @.
Shortall. president OF the Illinois HUI
name society. that the whipping post
be revived for such offenders as wife
beaters is a good one. As Mr.. Shortall
says. Imprisonment or fine Is not n
proper punishment for the wife beater,
because the hardship of such punish
ment is likely to fall with more Sc
'NAss ePOh NV "iAt IMAM tBOh NhN
husband. Frequently the wife herself
will s. for remission OF such punish
ment. particularly II it be a fine instead
Of imprisonment. Wife beating is espe-
cially barbarous and inhuman. and the
man guilty OF the offense might well
be subjected to some especially degrad-
ing and effective method OF punish
ment. such as h whipping post af-
fords.
Father Valley also advocates the sys-
tenn that is being mooted in Cleveland
and other cities of placing wife beat
ers n family deserters in the work.
house. not for n month. not for two
months. not for six months. but for an
indefinite term and making them not only
support the workhouse. but also sup
port their families from the workhouse.
and whatever Is over and above their
maintenance and the keeping OF the
workhouse shall go to the families. The
present method Of dealing with these
reprobates is an injustice to society.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-09
Great Industry stifed.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
IL Is one OF the most extraordinary, II
not the most extraordinary, features OF
American legislation that n citizen of the
United States ma import. and paying
duty upon IL, unaualifedly own anything
whatsoever. except counterfeit money,
indecent goods and ships. This combina-
ton of absolutely prohibited articles il
both striking and curious. Our navigation
laws were intended. II Is said, TO promote
ship building. hut they have not lone
this. All the great steamships In the
transatlantic trade which have been
built In this country during. the last 50
years could be ounted on ten fingers,
with some fingers to spare.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-09
HE recently published report Of
the United States commissioner

~ HE recently published report Of
the United States commissioner
OF education. the salient points
Of which are Incorporated in the report
Of the secretary of the interior. shows
that during the scholastic year. the to-
tai number in attendance at the ele-
mentary public and private schools Of
the country. was 1882. i2s. or a little
more than one-ffth the entire popula-
ton OF the country. This number rep
resented an increase over the preced-
ing year of about go. 900. The total av-
erage amount Of instruction or school
Ing per individual. for the whole Of the
United States. Is found to be about geo
days in the year or nearly seven
months. This instruction. 1t is estimat-
ed, is enjoyed on an average for FIVE
years per Individual. The United
states is efectually guarding against
i%lliteracy.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-09
MYSTERY IN woMEN's TOILET.
How DO They Get Into the New FLUFFY
Collars

Just q the INT get into their
couar these days Is a puzzle to men.
Not the stiff linen collar, the exact
counterparts of their own, is IL that
occupies their attention, but the soft,
fluffy stocks of silk and lace and chif-
fon. with h frllled or fulled fronts
and reveres. They are dainty and
dressy and show not a sign of an end
beneath the gathers and puffs. They
are being made in an endless variety
of style now. The most favored ones
are made of mousseline de sole or l!b-
erty silk. the collar proper very full,
with shirrings at intervals of an inch
or so running up M down instead OF
lengthwise, as they were a short time
age.
The shirrings vary in width toward
the back, where they become very
deep. the shlrred part forming frills
that lie in tiny pillows about a wo-
mans neck. entirely doing away with
the severe effect so many stocks pro-
duce. Then there is the fulled part
thai extends almost to the waist line.
with the broad revers that are stitch
ed to each SIDE OF the fulled piece,
hich makes the whole resemble a new
front for a blouse.
The revers are deliberately o In
lace. broad or narrow, according TO
the purse or the desire of the wearer.
Some OF the fulled extensions are but
seven inches long. with revers the
same, and end in a broad, faring sail
or knot. all lace edged and usually
made OF the mousseline de sole. These
collarettes are very pretty and neat.
and as they are all In N piece do not
show the opening. because the only
one Is at the back. where the collar
Joins. Many women use them to fresh
en- up old frocks, m they are beng
used for school girls who get tired
wearing the same things. and two or
thre collarettes used as fronts" pro-
duce the appearance Of two or three
new frocks.
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TWELVE PAGES.
~ RESIDENT JAMES ]. HILL is
~ an expansionist for busincss
. reasons. He tells the San Fra

~ RESIDENT JAMES j. HILL rs
~ an expansionist for busiucs6
reasons. He tells the San Fra~-
cisco Examiner thai 1T Is the COM
merce of the Pacific. so greatly incroas-
ed by the opening IN of China and
Japan and the requirement Of the Phil
ippines and the Hawaiian islands. that
IS going TO give the big railroads their
business. We cannot depend on local
business. But within twenty years he
commerce Of the Pacific will be greater
than that OF any ocean in the world.
Nothing can prevent this. China. ia
pan. the Straits. Australia and India
constitute half the population OF the
world. These people are consumers.
They are not like the savages OF Afr
ca and the Indian of this country. They
may not be altogether up to date. hut
they must be fed" They have ma
aged TO exc out an existence somehp "
In the past without the aid Of Amer
can transcontinental railroads and T'-
cihc ocean steamers. but Mr.. Hill would
diversity their menu very maierisl ~
and there may be a good deal to ihe
theory that a few dishes in addition ID
rice and rats will make men OF them.
The question is whether the annexation
of Hawaii and the Philippines Is a sine
qua non to the enlargement OF our
trade with the Orient. With sugh
men as ]. J. Hill reaching out after ".
it would come our way under any cir
cumstances
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should not b the most magnificent city
in nc world. Its picturesque location and
the climatic conditions IN which its peo-
pie live afford II great natural advan-
tages. IL H. the gateway TO the Orient.
and with our possessions I'm the Philip
pines has years Of prosperity and posi-
bilities before Il.
Mrs. Hearst's project Is hailed with
enthusiasm by the San Francisco press.
which predicts la within fifty years
the city of the Golden Gate will be
the most beautiful in all the world.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-09
Collapse of the New Republic.

From the Boston Herald.
The collapse Of the effort TO form n fed
eral republic out OF the Independent
states of Nicaragua. Honduras and Sal
vador is not an unexpected conclusion.
This is apparently due to the absence of
spontaneous public opinion. The govern
nent I'm each case is a military despotism.
qualified only by the opportunity that is
afforded OF startling revolutions so far as
the common people are concerned they
have no more TO do with the regulation
Of public affairs than they would have IL
they were the subjects OF the ear.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-09
Rascaily Buyers
From the washington Post.

Prom the Waehfngton Post. y
Il never cheated an honest man"-so
says a notorious green goods" dealer
who recently finished a term in the
penitentiary. We see no reason TO
doubt the truth Of this statement. The
man who offers counterfeit money for
sal does not expect a rush OF honest
customers. Whether he be a dealer IN
bogus currency or a mere pretender. ar
ranging TO exchange blank paper for
lawful currency. his customers know
that he is n rascal and they believe
that he Is going to sell them counterfeit
money. Their object Is to enrich them
selves by committing O felony. e
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-09
Degeneracy In the senate.

FROM the 81. LOUIS fns~t-DiSpatch.
Time was when "A United States senator
was expected to be above suspicion. to
say nothing of being beyond indictment.
But here is a man lQuayl who has been
under suspicion for 70 years and has not
even tried To dispel the cloud of dishonor
that surrounds him. The senat must fall
still lower I'm the public esteem If It does
not take some notice of this case. II
Quay is permitted TO go on "bossing
things the only possible conclusion is
that the senate cannot or will not take
care OF its own character.
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Boarding the British Lion.

From the Philadelphia Record.
The sending OF $50 tons of. steel rails
from Sparrows Point. Md. to Bombay,
India. by the Maryland Steel company is
"A further indication of the inroads which
American manufacturers are making in
markets heretofore monopolized by Great
Britain. The same company has booked
an order for 25Oo tons OF s3-pound steel
rails for a railroad In Ireland. hus ac-
den.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-09
Scandal OF the Pension Bureau.

From the ~IndIanapoIis News.
The plain truth is that the pension bu-
reau has been worked as a great politi-
cal machine. Pensions have been allowed
for the purpose Of holding the soldier
vote. Corrupt and r~ascally pension agents
have besieged congress with demands for
liberal pension laws. and ave tempted
many men who had no shadow Of right
10 apply for a pension I'm order that the
agents might get their fee. IL Is time that
the scandal was stopped.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-09
Allison the Iowa Trimmer.

From the Grand Rapids Democrat.
Allison says hat he is not In favor Of
Issuing Understanding bonds to retire
the gr~eonbaCks. but then there Is not
often anything in The belief of Mr.. All
son that may not be changed by a politi-
ca platform.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-09
Thrive Despite the Law.

From the Boston Traveller.
There are United States and state laws
against trusts, but that does not pre-
vent old trusts from doing business or
new trusts from getting into the grab-all
game.
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~ HE revised list Of the members
of the sixth legislative assem-
bly, printed by the Standard
Monday morning contained one error.
Jefferson county was credited with one
republican member OF the house.
whereas Jefferson elected a solid demo-
cratic delegation. The name OF Hen
ry NJ. Hill should ave appeared In the
place of that OF the republican. Mr..
Hin is a popular M thorough-goiug
democrat,
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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-11-10
A SURE SIGN OF GROUP.

Hoarseness in a child that is sub
ject to Group is a sure Indication OF
the approach of the disease. II
Cham berlain's Cough Remedy is
given as soon as the child becomes
hoarse, or even after the croupy
cough has appeared, it will prevent
the attack. Many mothers who
have croupy children always keep
this remedy at hand and find that
it saves them much trouble and
worry. 1t can always be depended
upon and is pleasant to take. Fol
sale by Hunnicutt e. Stevenson
Druggists.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-11-10
THE BEST PLASTER.

A piece of flannel dampened with
Chamberlain Pain Balm and bound
on to the affected parts is superior
to any plaster. When troubled with
pain in the chest or side, or lame
back, give it trial. You are cer-
tain to be more than pleased with
the prompt relief which it affords.
Pain Balm is also a certain cure for
rheumatism. For sale by Hunni-
cult & Stevenson, Druggists.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-11-10

Look at that big advertisement
of j. M. CAMS. Those goods are
still going at cost. for cash.
"To discontinue an advertisement,
says John Wanam aker, the largest
advertiser in the world,"is like TAX
ing down your sign. Ifyou want
business you must let the people
know it, Standing advertisements
when frequently changed are bets
ter than reading notices. They
look more substantial and busiD ess
like, ard inspires confidence. l
would as soon think of doing busl-
ness without clerks as without adj
vertislng.'