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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-20
Commissioners Proceedings. special

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ffOCetuiHbs' oPcSiai
session.
October IL. 1898.
The board met in special session.
pursuant to published call.
The following members were pres
emit: A. NJ. Walker. chairman: T. G..
Davidson and James w. Geary and
Clerk Martin.
Minutes of previous meeting read
and approved.
Ordered that Ontario precinct be ad-
ded to Registration District No. Is.
George f. Payne was appointed Reg
~istration Agent in place of Frank II.
Dolan. resigned. for district No. s.
The following bills were allowed, Inc
warrants ordered drawn:
Thomas Boland. juror fees, inquest
Sebastian Calls .............. ....S1.50
Daniel Rice, juror fees, inquest
Sebastian Calls . . .... 5000. 1.50
Ben w. Rollins. Juror fees. inquest
Sebastian Calls =. $3.50. .......... 1.5O
r. ID. Crosswhite. juror fees. in
quest Sebastian Calls .... 49,. -. 1.50
A. X. Clark. Juror fees. inquest Sc
bastian Calls. 49,. 49,. .......... 1.50
James Smith. juror fees. inquest
Sebastian Calls 49,. 80. 5000. 1.50
II. Redmond, juror fees. inquest
Thomas Hoffman go. 49,. ...... 1.50
ID. @. Brownell. juror fees. inquest
Thomas Hoffman 80. .... $500. 15O
Daniel Rice, juror fees. inquest
Thomas Hoffman .... ...... -. 1.50
c. ii. Tracy. juror fees. inquest
Thomas Hoffman .... $50. 1890. l.50
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rho,,as poiana ,nror 60 themes. ~
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w ~ naYnes tnrar ss. rc,,.: ~
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Ben w. Rollins, juror fees. inquest
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60 Winarens .a g.. n ~
Kanray phaian \ ~
Michael shea iuror fees -inonest
Kannav phaian = M
ThornaS paiand ,,ror Zee. -inorast
Eannov phaIa \ M
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Kanrey phslan 2 90
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hamrno IN
Tbomss ROLAND iuror fees wjli-
iams' court state VS. w II sher-
hanr,a IN
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homr, court state vs. W. 'ne ,5o
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A. X, kleist, Juror fees; wibI1ams 70
caoraa -, ,,,ror ,ees yytIIiams,
oonr, SCI 80 w r sha,hnurne /, IN
tn %noIiing riace Cor the FIfth nre-
ciuct Is ordered corrected IN read No
10 c.dar straat Instead % 6ta cherry
street
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Chicago. Oct. R.-Cattle-Sales were on
a basis Of l0d1Sc advance. Choice steers.
G.S5d5.6: medium. A.eOd5.l5: beef steers.
A.eod4.so. stockers and feeders. Td4.5o;
bulls. S2.5004.2s; cows and heifers. $500
as; calves. eG6.2; Western rangers.
- .ssa3.eo: Western fed steers. s4d4.5.
Texans. t3.25d3.S.
Hogs-Market was 56loc advance. Fair
to choice. S3.SG3.s7lz; packing lots. 81 .5od
3.s2h: mixed. S.55d3.s5; light. S.5Sa3.s5:
pigs. q. 7562.1l
sheep-Westen nger A.25a4.T0: feed
ers. q .7sQl.25: lambs. S+a4.50 for the poor
est to q. 50ds for choice stocks. feeding
lambs. A.s0G5.0.
Receipts-Cattle. 1900: hogs. $500:
sheep, 1900.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-20

Brighton, England. oct. g.-Latham OF
Manchester won the tennis championship
to-day, defeating Petit of Boston.
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nrm that nxes the selling price for miners
and smelters quotes lea at 3.s5c at the
close. Bar silver. eoc.
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At Att.

Cincinnati, Oct. 1s.-weather clear. Re
suits: Mile. s~elling-Garnet Ripple won.
Covington Kentucky second. Dutch Band
third: time. ISL. Mile. for 2-year-olds-Hub
Prather won. Estrabrooks second, Shin
fame third; time. l:51Iz. Mile and a six
tenth, selling-Ideal Beau won. Domsie
second. The Doctor third; time. 1:5s. sew
en- f~urlongs. selling-Spinnaker won. Sor-
row second. Chat-of-Me third: time. 1876.
Five furiongs-Fannie Taylor won, Sisvic
second. Primavera third; time, 1:07A.
Mile. selling-Barton won. Albert Vale
second, Osric third; time. 1:f9.
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New York. Oct. ls.-Pig iron warrants.
rG7.B. Lake copper. 12.sac. Tin. iT.sOG
is.icc. spelter. SC. Lead. 3.77lsa3.s2hc. The
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TIME CARD-BUrrE.

RRlN AT BDTIE
No II. from 81. Paul. arrives AZ
VI. ~. depot daily at ............. $50 . n
N. u. No. 2. from Portland. ar
rives at NJ. u. depot daily ......11:1c . N
No. 4. Copper City Limited"
arrives from Hamilton and An
aconda at b.. A. q p. depot
daily except Sunday at .........13iO . m
DEPART FROM BUTTE
NJ. u. No. I. for Portland. leaves
NJ. u. depot daily .........-..... 3'S a m
No. 5. Copper City Limited"
for Anaconda and Hamilton.
departs from b.. A a p depot
daily except Sunday ............ Los p m
No. u. for ST. Paul. leaves NJ u
depot daily ...-.... ........-...... sd y m
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Oregon Short Line
INIERMoUNTAIN LINE TO ruE
EAST AND VEST.

Passengers by purchasing tickets via
the Short Line to the East and West
have the choice OF several routes. Direct
connections are made at Ogden and
Granger with the Union Pacific. and at
Ogden with the Rio Grande Western for
all points East. Enjoy the comforts Of a
Pullman vestibuled train. consisting OF
sleeping and elegant reclining chair cars.
always fresh and clean. as the entire
train IL made up In Butte.
TO THE EAST
Via Salt Lake. Denver. Omaha or Kansas
City.
TO THE WEST
Via Ogden and the Southern Pacific for
California. Via Huntington and the o. r.
q N. for Portland and California.
Train for the East and West leaves
Butte 4 p. m. daily.
Train from East and West arrives at
Butte Las y. m. daily.
For tickets. sleeping car reservations
and further particulars. call on or adj
dress 10 East Broadway. Butte. Mont.
H.. o. WILSON. General Agent.
q. w. EcCLEs. Gen1 Trafic Manager.
D.. Il. hurley. G. p. q T. Agent. Salt
Lake City.
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IF YoU DON'T TAKE THE STAN
ARD YOU DON'T GET THE NEWS
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-28
A Sensible Position.

Governor elect Lind has addressed a
letter to one of the Twin City a',or un-
ions IN answer to demand til =, union
man be appointed labor commissioner.
In this letter Mr. Lind takes broad and
sensible ground. He says: 81 will not
say that will not consider the..appoint-
meht of representative of union labor
organizations, although I cannot agre c
with you, as expressed in your commun-
lcation to ME, that the office of labor
commissioner is allied exclusively with
union labor organizations. Business in
terests do demand, in the appointment
OF certain officials of the state, that they
he appointed with view to theil abili-
ty to fulriil the duties of their Office, that
is 10 say, that they represent certain in
terests, but I do not believe that this is
true of the Office of labor commissioner,
This is an office created and maintained
tor the general good and welfare of all
the people and all the interests of the
state, whether they be business interests.
the interests Of the. ..laboring.. men or of
the farmer"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-28
Refuse to
Answer.
Railroad Officials Will Not Disclose lntor
nation Demanded by the Rail
road Commission.
The New Clnl Coal Rate Case Develops
an Important and Interesting
Question.

The members of the railroad and ware
house commission held their second ses-
sion ON the New Ulm hard coal rate case
at St. Paul last Wednesday.
Attorney General Childs again appeared
in behalf of the New Tim petitioners,
and the three well-known lawyers
Wilson, Hadley and Clarke-represent-
ed the interested companies.
The morning session was devoted to
hearing the testimony Of General Freight
Agent Hopkins Of the St. Louis road.
Hopkins was once more questioned as
to how the joint rate of 50 so per ton
from Duluth to New Tim was divided
between the connecting lines, but lie
ha,ly refused to tell.
General Traffic Manager Clarke of the
Omaha was also asked regarding the dl-
vision of earnings between the Omaha
and Northwestern, but he too persisted
in keeping the Information to himself.
The commission insisted that they
were entitled to know the facts, but the
railroad attorneys as strongly protested
that they were not.
The contention of the railroad compa-
Elcs is that they cannot he compelled to
disclose their division Of earnings with
connecting lines, so long as the rate
which the consumer has to pay is reason
able. The principle is one that is con-
sidered of vital importance, both by the
roads and by the commission.
In the particular case under dispute
it may not be material, but it is to guard
against the future that the railroad CON-
panies take the ground they do. They
hold that the question is one entirely
outside Of the authority of the state rail-
roadcommission
Attorney Clarke Of the St. Louis ar
gued the point at length. He stated that
the public could have no right to med
die with the division of Il rate which the
roads make between themselves. The
fact, that the Minneapolis Il st. Louis,
between st. Paul and New Ulm, carries
goods at loss, can have no bearing upon
the through rate which the New Ulm
people are entitled to for coal brought
from Duluth. The people are only in
teTested to the extent that the rates which
they pay shall be reasonable.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-28
Commissioner Mills thought different

Commissioner Mills thought different
ly. He thought the people had right
to know whether or not the railroads
were in the habit of throwing the bur-
den for loss ON one class of traffic on
to another; in other words, whether a
loss on transporting grain, for example,
was not made upon coal. He also
thought that the amount, which the MIN
ncapol1s & St. Louis, or the St. Paul u
Duluth, actually received for carrying
coal its palt Of the distance for which
the Joint rate maintained, might constl-
tute evidence going to show what rea,
sonable rate would be.
The railroad attorneys, however, held
their ground, and after a consultation
between the commissioners and Attorney
General Childs, Chairman Mills present.
ed the following statement:
"The commission feels it has ii ght to
demand the information, but in this IN
stance we do not see any particular ad-
vantage in demanding it. In the revls-
ion of this case, however, If we want
such information we will summon the
same witnesses and demand it. And any
information we get shall not be consid-
cred of confidential nature, but shall
be open to the public"
Taking up the matter of the excessive
ness Of the rate complained of, the rail
roads justified their rate to New Ulm, as
compared with rates from Lake Michi-
gan points to Omaha, which are less for
longer distance, on the ground that the
latter were unremunerative and the re-
suit of fierce competition. Rates to the
Twin Cities had been reduced on ac-
count OF the volume Of tonnage to these
centers. 1t was improper to comp are
rates to distributing centers with those
to interior points. \ blanket rate of
So so extended over 800 miles in Mime
sofa On account Of Il diagonal line of the
Great Northern, called the Willmar &
Sioux Falls, thu ouyh Pipestone and Mar
shall, which, being the short line, made
the rates.
The fact that lines from Chicago to
Iswa points charged less per ton per
mile than Minnesota lines to New Ulm
did not show that Minnesota rates were
unreasonable. All the conditions of
competition, volume of business and To-
cation must be taken into consideration.
Neither would the local charge on grain
and coal between Duluth and st. Paul
be fair criterion, because of the facility
of handling this business and the i'm
mense amount of this class of freight
carried between the points named.
General Traffic Agent Clark in speak
ing Of the rate from Duluth to Minneap-
lis said:
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-28
Temperance Fight in Redwood.

With every recurring city election in
Redwood Falls comes bitter fight be-
tween the friends and enemies of license.
The city election occurs in January and
III Older to properly bring the matter
before the voters the nti-license people
put up ticket and presented petition
TO the city recorder asking for the sub
mission of the question of local option
to the voters. The city recorder refused
to honor this request and fine temperance
folks then instituted mandamus proceed
ings to compel him to do SO. Judge
Weber issued the writ, but only in or
der that the matter might be legally
brought before him for his decision.
On Thursday the city recorder and At
torneys Doliff, Harriott and Chadtlerten
appeared befsre the judge and argued
the case at length. The result was de
cision, holding that, inasmnch as Red
wood Falls WIS an Incorporated city, it
could not vote under tie local option
law upon the question of license.
Public regard for 1t. IIohson is rap.
idly on the wane. Speaking of one of
his kissing seances in Chicago, the Chi
caggo Post asserts that athe Young man
did brilliant work and lived up to his
which is now frml estab-
lishea as that Of the most conspcuously
glittering delineator Q + prelneaitated
asininity in the naval service OF the Uni
ted States
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-28
SHERMAN'S0FEARS,
II Was Never r1eant. He Argues, that w,
Should Cross the Pacific In Search
of Territory.

John Sherman has been interviewed
again and in talking of the war and its
pre- bable effects, he says:
II tried to prevent this foolish war
with Spain. President Mckinley will
tell you that I could have prevented it.
AS matter Of fact, negotiations ere
already in progress to purchase Cuba
from Spain when the war feeling sudden
" rose and swept everything before it.
And Spain would have accepted the
terms.
This is Il matter of secret history.
And now what have we got to show for
all this expense? Some islam Is in the
Philippines, far instance, which are
worth about 100000 per annum in
come; increased Indebtedness of $780,
100000; and a lot of islands inhabited
mainly by man-eaters And the most
distressing feature of the affair is that
We are now about to be called upon to
pay $20,0O0,000 for territory that we
could have taken without expending Il
dollar.
Il do not hesitate to state that this
expansion business will ruin tile Ameri-
can people, and that the extravaganza
Of the administration Will ruin the Re-
publican patty. Just think of it! The
debt af the country has been increased
within the last few months to two hun
dred millions of dollars. have hoped
to live to see the entire civil war d.bt
of six hundred millions wiped out. I
have no hope ef that now
Like many old statesmen who have
passed from active public life, Mr.. Sher-
man is distrnstfut of the future, and he
said With plaintiYe emphasis During
all the dark hours of the civil war can
not recall time when I was SO oppressed
with doubt of the future of the republic
as now. Il was never meant that we
should cross the Pacific in search Of new
territory. !"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-28
An Opinion
From Bede.
The Pine City Humorist Thinks Candi-
dates for the Bench Should be
Nominated by Petition.
He Also Favors Separate Elections. The
Ablest Jurists Apt to be Overlooked
in Political Scramble.

J. Adam Bede, the editor of Bede's
Budget, has added "his notions to the
Reviews symposium of opinions on the
best method of selecting supreme court
judges, and we do not hesitate to pro-
nounce them ''about ri ght." Bede saws
have long believed in nomination by
petition and prefer separate elections.
The most distinguished jurists are, as
a rule, modest men, little known to the
general public, and are apt to be over
looked in a political scramble before
a state convention. They are suf-
ficien1iy known, however, to be brought
before the people by petition, and when
their merits are fairly presented the pub
lie will dem and their services and be the
gamer thereby.
While not so essential as nomination
by petition, separate elections are desir-
able, for in the general hustle for place
only the political Offices receive atten--
ton, and the most desirable candidates
for the bench may be forgotten. For ex
ample, the returns, I think, show that
Mr.. Kelly, the fusion candidate for at
torney general, received more votes in
the recent election than Judge Mitchell,
running for the supreme bench on the
same ticket.
Regarding federal judges,I am of opin-
ion that the present mode OF appointing Mt
is safer and IN many ways more desir-
able than election by the people. Local
preiu'lices, which often poison a state
court, are thus ignored. This is suffic-
iently proved by the fact that guilty
person breads the federal courts.
Except in some western states few
men leach the federal bench under sixty
years of age, and therefore even a life
appointment is not for long. The aver
age length Of service Of elective Judges
in our own state courts is fully as great.
The men qualified for the federal su-
preme bench are not saying much about
it, and the petitions presented to the
president are equivalent to nomina.
ton.
The distinguished members of the bar
canvass the matter, and no man of un-
savory character or third-rate ability
can be appointed.
Not ore man in hundred knew Chief
Justice Fuller lefore his appointment,
and probably not a thousand people in
Minnesota had heard Of Admiral Dewey
bsfore the battle of Manila, but the
president made no mistake in either case.
The college OF cardinals is better quail
ihed to choose Pope Of Rome than al
the Catholic laymen of the world wou
be, and in the same way the leaders ct
the bar together with responsible pres
ident are best qualified to name tho
members of our highest court. And no
one would think of having the Pope
seek an election every six yea s. Nor
aught we demand it of our SUP RENE tri-
-b,no1
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-28

Referring to President McKinley's in
quiry, "Who Will haul down the f1ag?"
William j. Bryan in an address at Lin
coin Friday evening used these words:
The flag is the emblem and is obedient
to the national will. 1t was made for the
people, not the people for the flag.
When the American people want the
hag raised they raise it; when they want
it hauled down, they haul it down,
Shall we keep the Philippines and
amend our flag? Shall ". add new
star-a blood. star, Mars-to indicate
that we have entered upon career of
conquest2 Or shall we borrow the vel
low, which in 1896 was the badge of
gold and greed, and paint Saturn and
his rings, to suggest a ca:pet-bag gov
eminent with its schemes of spoliation2
Or shall we adorn our flag with milky
way, composed of a multitude of minor
stars representing remote and sinsigni6-
cant dependencies?
No, a thousand times better to haul
down the stars and stripes and substitute
the flag of an independent republic than
to surrender the doctrines that give
glory to ''Old Glory" It was the flag
of oar fathers in the years that are gone; ;
1t is the flag Of reunited country to-
day; then let it be the flag of our nation
IN the years that are to come. The mis-
sion of that flag is to foat-not over
conglomeration of commonwealth, hut
over "the land Of the free and the home
OF the orave,' and to that mission it
must remain forever true, forever true.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-28

Il consider $1:25 to st. Paul from
Duluth a low rate on hard coal It was
$3.50 and we made the reduction merely
on account of the large consumption of
coal at St.Paul and the amount distribu-
ted.When thatcsal gets here it is divided
into car lots and goes into all directions.
The volume of business from Chicago to
the Missouri river is larger than from
Duluth to the Twin Cities.''
The commission now have the case
under advisement and will probably rem
der decision before January Isl.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-28
Board of Control.

|
Great minds are running in the same
channel this winter in legislative mat
ters. Senator Stockwell is working on
bill providing for board of control
for all state institutions. John Lind is
| going to recommend the same thing
in his message to the legislature.
State Auditor Dunn has already recon-
mended 1t in his biennial report. How
ever, Senator E. G. Potter of Hennepin
county is probably entitled to credit for
originating the idea in this state. He
made study of the board Of control
plan two years ago, and had bill all
drawn, ready for introduction. Several
of his friends in the senate advised a.
gainst it at that time, and So the matter
was dropped, it being thought that the
bill could not pass, and that a defeat
would give it black eye for the session
of 1899. Since that time Mr.. Potter has
been working to perfect his plan, and
his office is pretty we'll filled with re-
ports from states where the board of
control plan has been put into operation.
Out of the wealth of information at his
disposal lie some time ago drafted bill
which he thinks will meet the demands
of this state. He may not introduce the
bill direct. 1t is mere likely that he will
ask for committee of inquiry into the
state board management with an carly
report with recommendations, and that
his copy cf the proposed bill will be
turned over to this committee as a basis
for its work. Interest IN the state board
plan, 1t IS now easy to see, has become
widespread. 1t is no longer a question
Of individuals and which one shall have
credit for originating the plan, but of
the best interests of the whole: state. No
! doubt all Of the gentlemen named will
this winter cooperate in making the
very best law possible for Minnesota. It.
is a significant fact that under the pres
ent syste's', with the per capita cost per
year lower than in almost any other
state, the care of the insane in AIinneso
ia eats up more than one half of the
states total revenue.-Jerry j. in Min
neapolls journal.
The New Ulm Review of recent date
contains a symposium of opinions OF
about dozen of Minnesota's most dis.
tlngulshed citizens upon the question OF
electing or appointing judges Of our
courts. With but single exception the
replies favor the present plan 81 resting
the power of the control of the judiciary
in the hands of the people. The Review
was signaily honored by the considera
tioa it received = but why did it. Slight /
Mr.. j. j. Hiil2 His views would have
been interesting because il is al. open Sc
cret that several Of Your Honers.' are
under the present system, indebted to
The great railway magnate for their
titles. Fairmont Sentinel.
+
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-28
Cashier Redding'S Arrest,

Leonard Redding, the Laberton cash.
Ter who has given his personal recogni-
zance to appear before the federal grand
jury at Mankatp in April to answer to
| the charge of failing to attach revenue
stamp to a cashiers check, is being put
to whole lot of trouble for very triv-
ial, and to all appearances an uninten-
tional, offense. The Redwood Gazette,
in commenting on the arrest says it was
about the smallest piece of business on
| the part of the revenue detective sharks
that has come to light in many day.
1t then explains the manner in which
Redding is supposed to have violated
the law: A two cent stamp was care
lessly omitted from a cashiers check by
the clerk of the bank. The man to whom
the check was issued aftern r1s called
and told the bank of its failure The
bank asked for the check to stamp the
same, but the payee, evidently thinking
that he should receive consideration,
refused to present the check. Matters
ran along for several weeks when the
payee notified the revenue department.,
and Mr.. Redding was arrested. The
petty piece Of business will cost Mr.
Redding in the neighborhood Of 800,
and yet no good will have been accom-
plished. Banks and business men hav-
ing unstamped checks are liable to make
the omission any day.