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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09
Current Comment.
Now the Columbia.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
Captain Philip has succeeded in dis
pelling the 1. luck that followed the bat
tleship Texas for years, and the undesira-
bile distinction OF figuring as the "hoodoo'
Of the United States navy has apparently
fallen to the cruiser Columbia. That vessel
has figured in a collision OF Long Island
that cost s250,000 and has added to her i'll
luck by going aground, hard and fast, in
the harbor of Ponce. Unless all precedent
Is at fault she is sure To sustain at least
one more observation-disclosures come
In trios-when she may become immune or
else go up against a second triad of woe.
People who believe in the triple sequence
of fortune is, pretty much ev-
eryhody-will watch the career
with interest.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09
The Pope Protests.

Rome. Aug. S.-The pop has issued an
encyclical protesting against the suppress
sion of Catholic journals during the re-
cent insurrection, which IL declares to be
''illeCal. contrary to Christianity. special
~ directed against papacy and calculated
to embitter religious conflict, so prejudi-
cial to Italy, and to remove a conserva-
tive force against socialism and an
archy.'
Nevertheless. Catholics" the encyclical
continues, though opposed to all rebel
lion. will not alter the policy either for
threats or violence. They will submit to
the existing state of things, though they
will never support it,"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09
declared in the platform Of the national

declared in the platform Of the national
convention at st. Louis"
Mr.. Hanna's manifesto will do to keep
on file in Montana for use in the politics
which may reach a head in this state
before the years campaigning Is very
far advanced. The administration re-
publicans in Montana hav only one am
bition this year. They realize that, by
themselves, they are imbecile In state
politics. They are doing what they can,
under Mr.. Carter's manipulation, to get
the factions together" that is to say TO
bring nto harmonious political action
the gold republicans and the silver re-
publicans.
To this end. the gold republicans as
sert their willingness to swallow almost
anything. They'll nave to gulp down
an assertion for silver, in that event,
and what will they do with Mark Han
mas Instructions? Ignore them? Well.
that's one way. but that will put them
out Of favor with the administrators
managers, just the same.
or course. Mr.. Hanna's orders 10 re-
ject all silver platform plans are right,
because any assertion Of republican
friendliness for free coinage is dishon-
est. Still, it's a sure shot that Mr.. Car
ter's Montana republicans stand ready
to violate the Hanna order. What Mr..
Carter must do is to borrow the humor-
Gus excuse invented by the Butte Miner
-be must cause his NEWSPAPERS to
remark that Mr.. Hanna probably
does not understand the conditions
in Montana"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09
At the Top Price.

4 YESTERDAYS sale OF hoo
" bonds for the district of which
Anaconda is a part, while putt
ting the trustees in funds for the re-
quired building. pays a gratifying COM
pliment to the districts credit. Bonds
in the sum Of $500 o were offered. They
are t~en-twenty option bonds-that is
TO say, they nominally have twenty
years to run. but the district may pay
them. IL IT so elects. at any time after
the expiration of ten years. They are
six per cent bonds.
The presence of a large number of
bond-buyers in this city, yesterday
morning, gave promise of spirited bid
ding at the sale. which had been adj
vertised to take place at the high school
building. The outcome is that the
bonds went at a premium of 81, 600 and
they became the property Of the First
National bank of Butte. The premium
paid makes the bond very nearly a
four-and-one-half per cent invest
ment.
The district which these bonds cover
represents a valuation of "a, $50. 900. 1t
is a district in which the demand for
school buildings has grown apace.
Ever since the organization of Ana
conda as a city, il has been a vexing
problem with the school trustees of the
district to keep up with the pressure
that has been constant for added school
facilities. 1t can be said that there Is
not a city in the West possessing more
substantial school buildings. They
represent thorough construction and a
careful regard, as a rule, for the mod
ern requirements in public schools. but
the demands for them have come thick
and fast, so rapid has been the city's
increase in school population. As a
TO vote repeated issues of bonds. The
school trusteeship has been in good
hands: the bond issues have been
cheerfully voted. Prior to this latest
issue the district had bonds outstand-
ing in the sum of ss7. 000-the new issue
brings the total to s1l7, 900. Anaconda
certainly has good schools to show for
this Indebtedness.
Those who care to look the matter
up will find that the people Of this
school district have ample reason TO
feel highly gratifed with the result of
yesterdays sale. The price paid is the
highest ever paid for any municipti
bonds issued in the state of Montana
under the term municipal the financial
world includes city, county and school
district bonds.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09
The Mistake He Made.

yHEN Colonel Roosevelt wrote
w that letter to Secretary Alger
in regard TO the removal of
the troops from Santiago n in men
ton of service for the Rough Riders
in Porto Rico-when he wrote it n
sent it Roosevelt blundered. He ought
to have known Alger better: he was
during about twelve months, assistant
secretary of the navy in the Mckinley
cabinet; he might hav known that,
himself a gentleman, he need not count
on Alger for gentlemanly treatment,
II another course suited Ayers pur-
poses.
Roosevelt sent a private note to Alger
addressed to MY Dear General" The
note Intended to convey the idea that
Roosevelt's Rough Riders. with their
modern weapons, were worth many
times more than the state militia. with
the old-style arms, for service in Porto
Rico.
B%etraying the privacy of Roosevelt's
note, on which a construction very un-
complimentary to the volunteers can
easily be put. Secretary Alger hast
ened TO give IL TO the public. along with
his reply. which manifestly was in
tended to coddle the soldiers to whom
Roosevelt referred. 1t is to be remem-
bered that the essential fact in Ayers
record is hat he was officially entered
as a deserter from the Union army by
General Sheridan. in the time of our
civil war. A deserter in that war, he
is. through the rank incompetency n
dishonesty of his department in this
war, the destroyer of the American SOL
diers who have been at or near San
tiago. Roosevelt Numbered badly
there are no two way about that. He
ought TO have known better than ave
permitted any private note to reach
Alger.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09
Why Go So Far?
..~ HE Philippines are ours and
well keep 'em, civilize 'em,

"THE Philippines are ours and
Christianize 'em and educate
EN-" So says an Arkansas organ of
the new era"
To begin with, the Philippines are not
ours. by a large majority. If we con-
clude not to let Spain keep them, our
troubles will have just begun. II Spain
is willing to part with them, our heri-
tage from the war will be something
inestimably worse than the traditional
white elephant. 1t is no trick to fight
Spaniards and whip them, on land or
sea, compared with the conquest we
must make II we propose to annex UNI
willing Aguinaldo's Malays.
For tina matter. when it comes to
educating and civilizing n Christian
izing. why not execute a very large
amount of work of that sort within the
limits that now bound our country
before we begin to practice on the
Asiatics?
To say nothing of our own Caucas-
slams, the average Rocky Mountain
Indian is as hopeful a proposition to
approach with soap n Arithmetic and
salvation and the other incentives to
civilization as the average inland
Filipo is. Why go half way around
the globe to ~civilize and Christianize
somebody when we have an equally
tempting home field?
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09
ANACONDA NE WIS.
SCHOOL BOND SALE.
A. }. Davis Of Butte BIDS 5000 Pre-
MUM.

A.. j. Davis of Butte Bids 5000 Pre-
MUM.
The $50, 900 school BOMBS, recently
voted. were offered for sale yesterday
and practically sold for a premium of
$500. although the formal acceptance
of the bid will be made at a meeting
of the trustees on Thursday night. The
sale occurred at 2 o'clock at the Central
school and vas conducted by President
Tuttle. Trustee MacCallum and Clerk
Nadeau. II. c. Barroll, representing
Harris & Co. of Chicago. started the
bidding at par. 1t then ran up to a
premium of $500. offered by Henry Ell
ling. Deitz. Dennison and Pryor OF
Helena. were also represented in the
bidding.
The trustees retired after the bidding
had reached $500 and there were no
higher offers. and opened the sealed
bids. The bidders wanted a ance
to compete with those who had sent in
sealed bids, and after some discussion it
was decided to read the highest sealed
bid, which was from A. j. Davis of
Butte and offered $500 premium. The
representatives of the financial firms
did not care to top this figure. The
other sealed bids were not made pub
lie and will not be until Thursday even
ing.
The premium offered by Mr.. Davis
is considered very satisfactory and is
probably the largest bid ever made for
bonds of a similar character in the
state.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09
Adroitly word%d.

Washington, Aug. S.-Relative to the
statement from Co~nstantinople that the
Turkish government has declined to rec
ognize the American demands for indem-
nifty for outrages committed upon Ameri-
can missionary establishments in
Turkey during the Armenian troubles,
II is learned that this answer was made
some time ago. and. in fact. has been
consistently rendered by Turkey when APP
preached on this subject. The Turkish
answer has adroitly cited the attitude OF
the United States in cases where claims
were preferred by foreign governments
for damages sustained by their citizens in
Rio
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09
An Address of Coincidence,

Berlin. Aug. S.-The federal council has
sent Prince Herbert Bismarck an address
OF coincidence. 1t refers to the deceased
as the greatest. heroic first chancellor
of the united fatherland," and continues:
THE two decades during which he work.
ed at our head have become imperishable
landmarks of Germans greatness ana
welfare, and his spirit was so powerful
that IL will continue to make itself felt
for centuries to come. His name will also
be honored as the supreme essence of true
patriotism and nation-leading statecraft.
To him is assured the everlasting graft
tude of the federal council and of the
whole German nation"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09
Mineral Locations,

Notices of the following mineral loca-
tions were yesterday filed for record
in the Office of the county clerk and re-
corder:
Mineral Hill, in McClelland, morgan
lied district. by c.. r. Virgins, rep
%resenting the Mineral Hill Mining COM
pany.
The Bell Boy, quartz o ID mining
claim, in the Big Blackfoot district, by
G.. G.. Nelson and Gust Lund
The Columbia, in the Big Blackfoot
district, by c. G. Nelson n Gust
Lund.
The Lula. in the Big Blackfoot
district, by c. G.. Nelson and Gust
Iund.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09
THEY ARE JUBllANT.
The Shamrock Baseball Team Returns
Full of Glory.

The Shamrock Baseball club of this
city. by which name the Junior club is
distinguished. went to Butte on un-
day and defeated the Junior team of
city by a score of 9 to 4, in one OF
the best games ever played in Butte.
Gene McHale and Leonard formed the
battery for the Shamrocks and Rey-
nolds and Lynch did the heavy work
for the Butte boys. Sullivan, Potter
and Marsh, for the Shamrocks, played
a clever outfield. while the bases and
short were looked after by Tucker, Ma
loney, Marsh and Shelley. all of whom
gave a clever exhibition Of ball playing.
The Shamrocks made but our errors,
which is a record for any Junior team
to be proud of. The Shamrocks yes
terday were proud as ~peacocks, and
they now stand ready to play any ball
team in the world from the Carroll
Kids to the Cincinnati Reds.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09
TEN PAGES.
TUESDAY. AUG. 2. lsss.
It's in Washington.

- ROUGHT down to reasonable
IA size. the multiplicity of words
in this mornings summary Of
wal news at Washington will be found
to mean that SPANS answer is in
Washington but that it has not yet been
conveyed by the French ambassador.
Nj. Cambon, to the president and that.
therefore. nobody knows. outside of
the French embassy. what SPANS an
swer is.
The fact that the text OF the answer
is said to be long. let's the dispatch
writers turn loose in several hundr
words of differences to the effect thai
the Sagasta cabinet has not been con-
else in its reply and hat Spain may
show a disposition TO parley about sew
eral important matters respecting
which the administration will refuse to
enter into discussion.
One mans guess is as good as an
others, as TO the answer Spain has
cent: the average newspaper reader
can theorize as intelligently as the av-
erage dispatch writer at Washington.
We shall not know any item in the re-
ply. unless some hint gets to the world
direct from Madrid, until the diplomatic
conference of to-day is ended.
II Spain talks business and comes
frankly to the point. that will be graft
flying: if her answer puts a good deal
in parentheses and includes much that
Is conditional. that will be no surprise.
xxrs,hai tho apswer from Sagasta has
come quite as promptly as the public
in this country had anticipated 1t
would.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09
WILL BE FIXED TODAY.
Tax Levy Will BE Named by the County
Commissioners.

The board of equalization. which has
been in session for a week. yesterday
completed it's labors and resolved itself
into a board of county commissioners.
The business to be transacted is the
fixing of the tax levy for the year. The
board examined figures and calculated
what it will cost TO run the county, and
then adjourned until to-day, when the
levy will be fixed.
The board of county commissioners
also signed the contract with Arnold
Mikels, recently awarded the contract
for constructing a wagon road from
Helmville to Lincoln.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09
The Mob Was EOiIed.

Tampa. Fla, Aug. S.-Early this morn
ing a mob tried to rescue three negro
teamsters of the regular army incarcer-
ated in Jail here. An armed guard ordered
them to desist. but the mob opened fire on
the Jail. A volley was poured into the
crowd from the upper story of the build
ing and several shots took effect. The
wounded were carried away by comrades
and the raid was unsuccessful.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09

constantly into public notice. A few
months ago. the news Of his Ill health
vas followed with the information that
his mind was out Of balance. A trip to
Europe was undertaken in the hope that
benefit would result from the change;
the sequel is his death in the city that
was his birthplace.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
In apology for Emperor William II Is
said that he is only curious. He might
have manifested his curiosity in a more
seemly way. 1t was not necessary to keep
a large fleet at Manila TO ascertain what
was going on. The real fact seems to be
that Billy intended to be impertinent, and
was sat upon.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09
What Politicians Would Dictate.

From the Philadelphia Record.
Mr.. Foraker thinks we should claim ev-
erything in sight that Is Spanish. He is
not unlike the other politicians in that
idea. II these gentlemen could have the
drafting of the treaty of peace they
would make the terms 50 good and
hard that by no possibility could
Spain aoeede to them until after the No
yember elections.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09
The PiIferinx Home Patriot.

From the Quincy. ILL.,. Herald.
The most enthusiastic and noisy patriot
Is not he who shoulders his rifle and
marches to the field of conflict. but he
who stays at home and robs the govern
ment on contracts and supplies and trans
portation. IL is his influence which pro-
longs war, sacrifices lives and drives the
government into the widest excesses OF
expenditure.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09

Who cares anything about foreign mar
ketsE they sneeringly inquired. Yet
these very statesmen. enlightened by a
few months of war. are now insisting that
we must hold OF to the Philippines, to
Cuba and to Porto Rico, and to amy old
island we can get. for the sake of "en-
larging our foreign trade" So, then, "the
markets of the world are no longer OBJ
jects of contempt.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09
Ex-Mayor AdoIph Sutro.

San Francisco, Aug. s.-Ex-Mayor
Adolph Sutro died at 2:30 this morning.
Sutro was born in 1880 at AK la Chap
pelle, Prussia; came to San Francisco in
1850: engaged in mercantile pursuits and
later in mining: became the largest indi-
vidual property owner in San Francisco.
1t is estimated that he leaves $4,000, 600.
He was elected mayor four years ago and
served one term.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09
a on n Reef.

Vallejo, Cal. Aug. s.-While en- route
to Mare island Sunday afternoon with a
large cargo of planking and lumber on
deck the barkentine Monitor ran on a
reef which projects out from the island
near the magazine wharf, and now lies
badly listed to one side, with a prospect
of doing considerable injury before she
gets clear of her troubles.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09
Accented the Change,

Moscow. Idaho. Aug. s.-No populist
state convention was held here to-day.
Last Thursday Chairman Blake, in the
interest of harmony. issued a proclama-
ton postponing the convention and chang
ing the place of meeting to Boise, the
date to be the same as that of the con-
ventions held by the fusionists. This had
the desired effect. Only those delegates
who had not heard of the change came
In to-day and they accepted the change.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09
Forest Fires.

Vancouver. b. g., Aug. s.-Forest hres
in this vicinity are growing to serious
proportions. The inhabitants of North
Vancouver were out all night protecting
their homes, which were threatened with
complete destruction.
Daniel s. Lamont. vice president OF the
Northern Pacific, left for the East To-Day
in a special ear. lie will stop a few days
in the Rocky mountains.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09
Death of Surinam.

Special Dispatch TO the nda
Santa. Barbara. Cal. Aug. S-surinsn'
T. Moore's thoroughbred Lexington stall
lion, valued at $500. died here YESTERDAY:
The horse was well known in the Eas'
and England. where his get have won sew
eral large stakes. F1ashlight ana DICK
Croker are out OF Slrinsm.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09

Lisbon. Aug. S-During the departure
of DIR. Campos SALES, a professor from
Brazil. by the TRANSATLANTIC inner
Thames for America probably Buenos
Ayres) to-day. two can that were
carrying friends TO bid him farewell
came into collision. swapping two small
boats. II is feared that no fewer than 20
persons were drowned.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09

From the Kansas City Journal.
Those Kansas grasshoppers that are
stopping railway trains are probably pop
ulists. They don't care how much they
embarrass the plutocratic corporations.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09
Union Veteran Union.

Rock Island. Ill, Aug. s.-General II. l..
Street. commander of the Union Veteran
union. and other workers arrived to-day.
The 18th national encampment opens to-
morrow and lasts four days. Tn city is
lavishly decorated. the effects on the troll
ley wires being particularly handsome.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09
Limit to Good Treatment.

From the Denver News.
Cervera and his companions deserve
good treatment. but they do not deserve
to be fed or angel cake while our own
soldiers and sailors are fed on bareback
and salt pork. The eternal prophecies
ought to have some consideration.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09

New York Ofhce-s Tribune Building.
Chicago Ofice-s9 The Rookery.
THE s. c. Beckwith Special Agency,
Sole Agents Foreign Advertising.
Washington B~ureau-l4l5 G street
~ W
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09
Walk Up tn Uncle SANS Counter.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
If Germany want to buy a coaling
station in the Philippines she should go
to the right shop.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09
Measure.

From the Indianapolis Journal.
II General Shafter does not send out
word that his quota of prisoners is filled,
ne may have all of Blanco's army before
October.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09

All general business letters and corre-
.pondence should be addressed TO the
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Anaconda, Mont.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09

The Country Cries for More.
From the n. Y. Mail and Express.
Build more Oregons.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09
Next Years Glass in Geography.

From the st. Louis GlObe-Democrat.
II is a wise child who can answer the
question: Give the boundaries Of the
United states for the year 1899.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09

The Standard has branch offces at
Butte. Missoula and Great Falls, where
advertising rates will be furnished on APP
plication.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09
Proteetionists Seeking Light.

From the Baltimore Sun.
Until the war began certain of our
statesmen had diligently insisted that
foreign trade was a thing to be despised.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-09
Cervcra's Fate Awaits Him.

From the Indianapolis News.
There is every indication that ex-Sena
tor Hill means to make A dash out of the
bottle.
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Prize Money.

Is it not about time to abolish the sys-
tenn of prize money! Ii is a relic of an
antiquated age, and is mainly productive
of scandals. Our gallant sailors do not
fight for money any more than our gai-
liant soldiers. Pay the navy good salaries,
but take 1t out of the category of priva-
teers. The spectacle of Sampson and
Sampson and Shafter wrangling over the
question whether the shipping in Santiago
should go to the navy as prizes is not an
inspiring one.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
Prize money is a relic of times far diff
ferent from ours. II originated when ma
val warfare and piracy were very closely
allied. II there ever was any justification
for It, none exists now. Both on it's own
account and because IL is an unfair dis
elimination against the army, prize money
should be Observation-Disclosures Journal.
Before congress passed the declaration
of war our blockading fleet began to
seize little schooners whose captains had
put to sea without any intention of doing
a wrong act or a suspicion of danger Our
first victory was something of this sort,
and the news of Dewey's great achieve
ment at Manila relieved the nation from
an oppressive sense of the absurd incon-
gruity of waging a war for humanity on
the schooners and dories of peaceful men
engaged in the fruit trade.-Washington
Post,