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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-09-20

When one calmly reflects upon
the sacrifices man has to make Of
his self-respect to hold Office in a
country controlled by politicians,
and the masses, it seems surprising
that any honorable man should ever
consent to act the role Of a patriot
and discharge his proper duty to his
fellow citizens instead of permitting
the mob and newspaperdom to con-
troll affairs. A case Immediately in
point is that OF Secretary Alger
whose resignation is required by the
Molochs as sacrifice to the petty
political Baal. His reply to the un-
generous and ungrateful ghouls is
manly and dignifed, and we suggest
it as a model for President Dole to
use when the Advertiser attacks him
in reference to the Maine Fund
contribution.
81 do not intend to order an in :
vestigation Of the wholesale charges
OF mismanagement of the war, but
propose to stand on my record. If
the President or Congress desires
these charges investigated | would
be delighted to have the administra.
tion of the War Department made
the subject of the most searching
inquiry.
IF any one can be found who can
perform the duties better than 1
have l am willing to give way to
him, but not until the unjust, brutal
and untrue criticisms have ceased.
1 will not retire under fire. 1t is at
least ungracious for the press of the
country to attack me when l have
given all my time and what ability
| possess to bring the war to sue
cessful conclusion. Orders have
been promptly sent to correct all
abuses, and | can no more be held
responsible for the failure to execute
these orders than he commanding
officer can be for the remissness Of
his subordinates.
"lf any one is to blame for not
supplying the soldiers with rations
and taking the proper sanitary pre-
cautions it is the commanding officers
in the field. Complaints of all sorts
from private individuals have been
made, which we're investigated and
proved to be unfounded. There
have been charges made against the
Surgeon General, the Commissary
and Quartermaster Generals de-
partments which are equally untrue
Three harderworked or more COM
petent officers cannot be found in
service than these men,"
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-09-20
WANTED.

NIFTY FIRsTCLAsS WALTERS. AP.
IL ply ho tween II and o'clock p. NJ. of
Saturday at Union Express Co.. 3 office,
King Street. l000-4t
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Timely Topics.
Honolulu, Sept, 1, 1928

In all agricultural countries it is
on a good plow that the tiller of
the soil relies for good crop. We
carry all kinds OF plows from the
large
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-08

Great Falls, March 7.-Colonel Henry,
commanding Fort Assinniboine, has
named April first as field day al the
post. There are three companies sta
toned at the fort-the Tenth cavalry
and two companies of the Twenty-fifth
infantry, and among the number are
many athletes. A programme of events
has been arranged by a board of Off
GERS. and on it is included every kind of
field sport known. The judges selected
are Lieutenant Colonel Baldwin. Major
Went, Lieutenant Hardeman and AS
sistant Surgeon Fuller. The officers
have put up purses for the different
events and have already collected $Sl
for the purpose. 1t is expected that
the day will after this become more
popular with the men than ever
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-08
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Reports of the Municipal Officers
for February.
REPLANKING THE BRIDGE
An Ordinance Proposed to Permit Tax
payers, Only, to Vote at Special
al MISUNDERSTANDING of the
Water Fight.

FL
q Great Falls, March All of the
eight members of the city council were
in their seats at the opening of the ses-
sion this evening. The clerk read the
minutes of the two previous meetings
and the same were approved. The po-
lice magistrates report for February
showed collections amounting to S242. 10.
The weighmaster collected 5000. The
Chief of police reported SO arrests in
February, mostly for petty offenses.
The sanitary policeman reported 522
1oads of refuse matter taken to the city
dumps.
"a resolution providing for the care of
trees, grass plats, etc, on Fourth ave-
~nue north was presented by the COM
Inittee on public improvements. The
resolution was read and passed its first
reading.
" The ways and means committee re-
ported recommending ]. B. Shaw as
city COW herder for the coming year.
The permit. was granted
The public improvements committee
submitted written report drawn up
by the citysengineer. 1t recommended
the planking of the First avenue north
bridge, the estimates of cost varying
With the material used from one to four
thousand. Alderman Roberts recon-
mended replanking with two by fours,
placed on edge and running iengthwise.
After some discussion the matter was
referred back to the committee for a
further report.
Alderman Mcdonnell asked that the
ordinance against fast driving on the
bridge be strictly enforced. The city
engineer stated that he had placed a
sign at either end of the bridge warn
ing the people of it's bad condition. The
city attorney stated that fast driving
-on the part of any one injured would
not be complete defense for the city.
The chief of police suggested that in
Spokane teams were allowed to drive
over bridges as fast as they pleased.
The public improvements committee
recommended that the care of the grass
on Fourth avenue north be let by con-
tract. The report was adopted and the
city engineer presented the necessary
specifications.
The judiciary committee presented an
ordinance on registration of voters for
any special city election whereat only
taxpayers are permitted to vote. This
is the first preliminary step toward
submitting the water question to the
vote of the people. The ordinance was
referred back to the committee for a
weeks consideration. The report of
the auditing committee was next taken
up and a large number of approved
claims ordered paid.
The special committee to investigate
TIE proposition to use the Giant spring
as a source of supply for an indepen-
dent water works plant reported prog
ress and asked further time, which
was granted. Alderman Mcdonnell
brought up the matter of protecting
the public from danger of running into
the water plug at Central avenue and
Sixth street. 1t was left to the city
engineer to act. The council then adj
journed for one week.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-08
CHICAGO MARKETS.



Chicago, March "A good deal of ner-
vousness was shown at the opening in
wheat. The start was lower. July at 90Aa
90asc showing an initial case decline.
while MAY was nc lower at 81 .05h. For
the moment traders fell under the infu-
ence of the grave condition of affairs be-
tween the United States and Spain and
the big break in the London and New
York stock markets. The effect of this
was in a measure counteracted by the new
complications between Russia and Eng
land and prices rallied for a few min
utes. July getting up to 907sc and May to
81 .06l4.
Prospects of war between two foreign
nations almost Invariably have favora-
BILE effect on the local wheat market. and
to-day was no exception 10 tho rule. The
selling pressure was soon renewed. The
news from Washington was of too grave
a character to be overlooked and besides
this nearly all the ordinary news Of tho
day was of an exceptionally bearish ma
ture.
Northwest receipts were very large.
Minneapolis and Duluth reporting $50 cars
compared with 1852 last week and 25i "A
year ago. The worlds shipments were
large. amounting TO 1.524.0C0 bushels, and
an increase on passage WAS reported Of
1850 600 bushels.
A significant factor in tho worlds ship
nearly five times In excess OF what il WAS
a year ago. Chicago receipts We're l05
cars.
Letter brokers gave the market some
support at first. but soon withdrew 1t and
the market. deprived of this sustaining
feature slowly declined and grow quite
duh. July finally sold down To 90c and
May to 81 .Hiz.
About midday a new feature developed
fin the buying by Letter Of the Septem-
Der and December futures. Shorts hardly
understood this at first but when buying
orders of those deliveries were received
from St. Louis. accompanied by repots
Of VERY poor conditions OF wheat in III
inofs and Missouri. the crowd came into
the market. For time the September
and December prices showed g advance
and the strength WAS In measure CON-
munieated To the near futures. July raj
lying 10 g1i-c and May to 81 .e4zs- The very
b0ldnsss of thr Letter operations 10 TIE
face 81 what was considered AH' urdfiy a
bearish ma .'ket startled shorts into cover
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Arrested for Insanity.

Great Falls, March Miss Celia Ann
Cooper, colored lady of indeterminate
years, was arrested this morning by
Chief Guerin and is now being detained
at the police station as a demented per-
son. For several days Celia Ann, who
is also known as Camille" has been
wandering about town calling on every
bushes man whose door she found open
and telling them her troubles and of
her determination to be bad and go in
sane as rapidly as possible. She says
that she came from Washington, d. c..
is years ago with the family of Lieut.
c. b. Hinton, then stationed at Fort
Benton. Whatever of truth there may
be in this statement, it is a fact that
she did work there for many years and
finally was shipped over to KalispeIl.
There she was found insane three years
ago and has just been released from
Warm Springs. Lately she has been
drinking heavily, and ii is likely that
which has brought a return of her in
sanity a.A
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-08
CUBAN CHILDREN.
A Nephew and Neice of General Del Gardo
Cared For in Great Falls.


Great Falls, March This city con-
tains at the present time two children
whose uncle is no other than a now
famous leader of the Cuban insurgents.
General Del Gardo. As the manner in
which the Standard man was intro
duced to them was somewhat curious,
it is worth relating. Yesterday even
ing, Officer Sheehy reported to the chief
of police, John Guerin. that there was
a woman and two children at the Mon
tana Central station who were in dis
tress and unable to get rooms. The
chief invited the Standard man to ac-
company him, and both set out for the
station.
The woman introduced herself as
Miss Aula Moore, engaged in the chart
table work of caring for homeless and
destitute children; in other words, she
was a missionary. To prove her state
ments she produced an endless medley
of recommendations from all parts of
the United States and from all sorts of
people, from United States congressman
all along the line. II was found that
her distress was only that of a stranger
who had arrived in the city without
friends or any information. What little
information she needed was supplied
by the chief and incidentally she talked
of the children with her, giving the
facts above stated. She also said that
they had escaped with their mother
from cuba to point on the Texas
coast, where she had found them. They
came into her care through the burn
ing of the house where they had resided.
They and their mother escaped barely
in their night clothes and the exposure
caused the death of their mother in a
few days after the fire. The oldest is a
boy, and although he is but 5 years of
age he is as large as the average boy
of 10. His sister, d year younger, is
correspondingly large. This extraordi-
nary growthis explained by Miss Moore,
who says that their mother was a wo-
man seven and a half feet in height.
In appearance the children are of a
rather dark skin but different from that
of a mulatto. They have big brown
eyes so dark that the pupil is not ap-
parent at first inspection and their hair
is long and wavy, being jet-black in
shade.
The result of the interview was that
they were safely conveyed to lodgings,
the chief and the reporter acting as
porters for numerous bundles and being
rewarded by warm expressions of
thanks and the feeling that they had
contributed something to the Cuban
cause.
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ing and gave the market for time a
good deal of strength.
Toward the close all the futres dropped
little and al the end the market became
quite irregular. July closed &c lower at
90I4c. and Nav L. lower at 81 OLA. Sep
TENDER and December. on the other hand.
closed ABOUT 1ssc higher each. September
at 7Sa4c and December at 77i4c.
Corn was fairly active and steady. The
Cuban war news and the weakness in
wheat induced more or less liquidation
by holders. Prices tended downward until
near the close. when covering caused a
slight Improvement.
The market for oats was slow, with
very little trade either way. May closed
Il shade lower.
Provisions were weak after a momen-
tary firmness at the start. caused by
higher holding prices May pork closed l5c
lower. May lard 2lac lower and May ribs
Sc lower
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-08
IN THE DISTRICT COURT.
The Charge of burglary Against William
sheldon Dismissed.

The Charge of burglary Against William
sheldon Dismissed.
Great Falls, March THE March term
Of the district court opened this morn
ing with Judge Leslie presiding. The
action entitled the state against William
Sheldon. an action for burglary, was
dismissed on motion of the county at
torney. who claimed there was INSULT
Gent evidence To convict. In the state
VS.. John Burke, the defendant failed
to appear and his bail bond was de-
clared forfeited to the state. 1t is said
that this is not the first case of the kind
but no action has been taken to recover
On the bond.
\ The first case to be tried was that of
the state against William and Thomas
Splan.- They are charged with having
stolen a spotted calf belonging to thu
SWEET estate The defendants chose to
be tried separately and the state elected
te try William first. A jury was chosen,
Which is made UP as follows: l.. Ii.
Hamilton. Robert Pontet L. Roalswiel,
N, Bouter. William Warner, C. E.
Bjley, Ben Stephens, y. Z. Wilson,
William Tyler. y A. Webb. Sam Dean
and A. f. Morris. Most of the day was
used up in the prelimnaries and the case
is likely to drag through several days.
A C. Gormley. assisted by w. G. Down.
ing, is trying the case for the state,
while Brady & Freeman represent the
defense.
John Miller was to have pleaded to the
charge of burglary in the second degree
to-day, but his attorneys filed demur-
rer to the complaint, and until the mo-
ton is disposed of he will not plead.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-08
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
The Day spent in Examining aud Audit
ing Claims.

Great Falls, March THE county
commissioners convened in regular ses-
sion this morning and spent most of
the day in looking over and auditing
claims against the county. A large
number of quarterly reports from coun-
ty officers were also received and passed
upon. AS whole they showed good
business for the quarter ending Feb. q.
The clerk of the court reported receipts
amounting to sS35.I5 those from the
clerk and recorders office were sl,255-S5,
and from the sheriffs office S605.
When a portion Of Meagher county
was annexed - Cascade county, the
board of arbitrators which fixed .he
amount which should be paid by this
county for the territory gained decreed
that Cascade should assume $4,000 of
the debt of Meagher county. Since the
present beard of county commissioners
has been in office its members have been
trying to ascertain what il would cost
TO take up some of the bonds at the
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-08
TluIiIap-Eyans.

Great Falls, March THE marriage
of two popular young people is reported
from choteau. The contracting parties
were Charles H. Dunlap and Miss Della
f. Evans, and the ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. A. i. Logan The
wedding occurred in the Methodist
church, and as the bridal party moved
up the aisle Mrs. Jessie Pugsley played
a wedding march on the organ. The
bride and groom We're accompanied TO
the altar by the Misses Kathryn Nc
Dougald, Lillian w. Day and Jennie
Drake: Messrs. Phil @. Rimell, John
f. Low and b. j. Bailey.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-08
A Peculiar Experience.

Great Falls. March 7.-George T.
Rockhill the black smith at Havre had
o peculiar experience the other day. He
was at work in his shop when an Indian
from the reservation appeared al the
doorway and asked him to come out
Rockhil went, but finding that his Wis
itor was .beastly drunk and inclined to
be ugly, orderd him off the premises
There was war of words and then the
Indian threw rock, cutting Rockhilrs
forehead. The latter got his Winches-
ter from the shop and firing a few shots
succeeded in driving the Indian away
before further damage was done.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-08

Chicago, March 7.-Cattle-Buyers Of
cattle to-day were inclined to head back
from purchasing the commoner droves,
as it was thought that the bountiful sup
ply would cause prices To rule lower. but
the general demand proved to be excep-
tionally good and prices Were not very
much different from those of last week s
sales. Sales were largely at A.50n5 TO-;
commonest dressed beef steers. 81 $50
4; stockers and feeders. 50. 60d4 60; calves
81. 25G6.75 for the best grades.
Hogs-Active at strong prices. Common,
SO. S0a3. So prime heavy, A.07is: bulk. 1896
al .05
Sheep-Sheep and lambs were i'm good
demand. Poor sheep. S36t3.I0: choice to
extra 81 .50d4.6 bulk "a 15dfi.50: lambs
81. 25Gt5. 80 for inferior to choice. sales be-
ing largely al $5d5.50
Recepts-Catte. 22,000; hogs. $1,000;
sheep Is 900.
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AN APPEAL FOR UNION
Continued from Page Two)

Continued from Page Two.1
can voters of Montana justifies me in
believing that a very large number of
them will not stay with the republican
party now that IL is apparent that it's
purposes are to commit the country
more thoroughly To the gold standard
and to retire the greenbacks Already
| have had communications from Mon
tana and elsewhere. indicating an ex-
tensive departure from the ranks of
the republican party. based on what is
properly termed, the betrayal of the
party by its leadership.
A Violated Promise.
who will venture to defend the ac-
ton of the president in his open viola
ton of his solemn pledge in his letter
of acceptance to keep in circulation
and good as gold all of the silver
and paper money which are now in
cluded in the currency OF the country
That he made that promise and vio-
lated il. no man can deny. That he
sent his message to congress on July
"a, and expressed the hope therein that
the report contemplated by the Indian
apolis monetary convention should be
so comprehensive and sound as to re-
Cciye the support of all parties and the
favorable action Of congress- no one
can deny. That that message was tele-
graphed to Great Britain and used to
impede the negotiations of the Wolcott
commission in their efforts TO achieve
an agreement with the British govern
ment. no one can deny. In the face
of this record. who will have the te-
merity to ask any bimetallist or any
advocate of the greenbaCk. to again
repose confidence in a man who has
thus openly and wilfully betrayed con-
fidence?
Nor will the close relationship exist
lit. bs,
representatives of trusts and combines
which controlled the Cleveland adj
ministration. make easier the task of
him who assumes the role Of its de
fender.
THE fears so eioquently pronounced
by Mr. Lincoln of the successful en-
Croachment of corporate power upon
the affairs of government have been
realized. The avenues and aids
through which their rapacity has been
gratifed were found in both the demo
cratic and republican parties prior to
1896 For the administration Of Grover
Cleveland was II complete chapter Of
national servitude to Wall street and
the gold gamblers of the world. For
I tunately the democratic party was de-
CleyelandiZed at Chicago. The admin
istrdtion of Mr., Mckinley is but an
ether chapter in the history Of foreign
dietation of our financial affairs. of a
humliating and coWardly foreign pol
icy and Of a complete surrender Of all
executive authority to the purposes and
desires ef those who believe that the
many should earn bread in order that
the few may eat.
M Sacrifice Too Great.
SO profoundly am I impressed that
cooperative action between the forces,
upon basis nf generous and Tecip-
r8CaI concession is the supreme re-
. ~
conceive of any sacrifice so great, that
ought not To be willingly made by any
I sincere advocate Of the cause, TO ac-
complish the desired results.
We are going To- make the fight IN
Montana for cooperative action IL
may not carry with il all the demo-
Gratis. all of the populists or all of the
] silver republicans. but l have taith
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Financial Cablegran.

New York March THE Evening
Posts London financial cablegram says:
The stock markets here were fiat and de-
moralized to-day by political scares, con-
soils and similar securities closing quiet
at the lowest The scares were all the
more potent coming on the eve of the set
tlement.
Americans opened fiat and gave way
steadily on home and continental selling.
The arbitrage houses gave no support UNI
til afternoon. when the support was con-
siderable Prices closed practically at the
lowest. including foreigners. Spanish Sc
eurities were 4 lower. There was much
pressure from Paris to sell Spanish Sc
curities as well also as Turkish securi-
ties and all international and South
American stocks. Still considering the in
tricacies of the political complications,
to-day's fall was no more than could be
expected. Trouble is feared at the settle
ment If there is no recovery prior thereto.
Bar gold is in demand for American
importers at about rs 10d. Most of the
gold arrivals by the Cape boat are be-
Iieved to have been sold to New York.
OF about e50O 900 of Japanese ven in the
open market a considerable portion is be-
iieved to have been bought by New York,
but the Bank of England has raised the
buying price of ven to 16s I'D and some
may go to the bank Probably E400000 in
| all was bought heretto-day. 1t is not gem
anese loan contract provided for the
withdrawal of European bankers from
the contract If at the time of issue the
political situation should be critical.
The loan probably would have been is
/ sued next Saturday, and it is believed in
this city that RlissiAs demand that China
shall settle the points raised by the for
mer within five days is significant. includ-
j ing among other objects the defeat OF
4 the loan project.
! The position of Spain and the United
! States attracted the most attention. city
financiers attach much Importance to the
/ desperate condition of Spanish finances
and believe that this may prompt Spain
! to aggressive action. or at least that
! Spain might not withdraw from the posi-
ton taken up. If the worst happened 1t
/ is believed that Paris might render finan-
] cial assistance to Spain. French interest
in Spanish stocks being large. At the
same time Spanish stocks are not held
quite so largely in France as they were
a few years ago.
The February trade returns are unsat-
isfactory. imports decreasing G1,30o
600, or per cent, and exports E220.000. or
about Ii per cent. The chief decline in
imports is in textile materials from the
United States and elsewhere.
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OTHER MARKETS.
Omaha Live stock.

Omaha, March 7.-Cattle-Receipts. $500,
Market steady for best. Native beef steers
81. Soa4 90 Western steers, S.. 60Ni.50; cows
and heifers. $3m4; stockers and feeders,
50. 75ff4.S5; bulls and stays. 81 50d3.70.
Hogs-Receipts. $500. Market a shade
lower. Heavy, sS.77iaa3. So; mixed. So S0G
3.s2. light. 81. S003. So; bulk of sales 81. S0n
3S5
Sheep Receipts, 5000. Market steady.
Fair to choice natives, s3.75di.75; fair to
choice Westerns So. coat 30. common and
stock sheep, S3G3. 80: lambs. 81 SOFAS 80.