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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08
is AFTER INFORMATION
Wants Statistics Regarding the
City of Butte.
SPECIAL LABOR AGENT
Facts and Figures Concerning the Oper-
alton of the Municipality - The
City's Indebtedness Is Very
Near the Limit.

Adelbert M. Dewey arrived in Butte
yesterday from Washington, D. C. Mr..
Dewey is special agent of the United
States department of labor and is en-
gagged in collecting statistics and gem
eral information in regard to cities of
the United States of more than 10000
inhabitants. Mr.. Dewey will be in
Butte three or four days gathering de-
sired information in regard to this
municipality.
Mr.. Dewey called yesterday on
Mayor Mccarthy and City Clerk Cal
ian and was given much of the infor-
nation he is after. Mr.. Callan placed
the estimate of Buttes population at
$4,000. Full de- ails were given the
agent in regard to the police and fire
departments, health department, the
amount of paved streets and character
s st pavement fen , the care of the
page, the city's charities, schools,
libraries, public works, etc. The num-
Der Of arrests in the city for the year
ending May l was 4,317 and the num-
per OF convictions was 3,439. The num-
Der of saloons in the city is 14O. which
does not include grocery stores where
are sold liquors in quantities of one
quart or more. The number of deaths
for the year ending May /, 1897, was
All and the estimated death rate at
that time was 10 in 1000. Statistics of
the number of deaths the past two
years are not obtainable, no complete
reports having been prepared during
this time.
Particular information was also OBJ
tanned by Mr.. Dewey in regard to the
city's Indebtedness and income with a
detailed statement of the city's ex-
penditures for various objects 1t de-
veloped during the preparation of the
material that the city's indebtedness
is exceedingly close to the limit al
lowed by law. The assessed valuation
of Butte's property is $15,000O00 and
the law limits the Indebtedness to 3
per cent of the assessed valuation
That would entitle Butte to an indebt-
edness of $450000. At the present time
the citys bonded Indebtedness is S14O,-
900 and there is a floating Indebtedness
of 1891 ,546.22, making a total of about
$471,0O Deducting from this total the
amount of cash on hand and the
amount in the sinking fund, would
leave the net Indebtedness very close
to the limit. 1t is evident that re-
trenchment is required in the munich
pal expenditures and Mayor McCar-
thy has already taken the stand that
there must be a reduction. 1t should
be borne in mind that of the above
floating Indebtedness the sum of $79-
51S.36 is in the form of special indebt-
edness for paving, street grading and
the like, which must be paid by the
owners of the property in the district
improved. This indebtedness is tenn
porarly assumed by the city, but
must be paid by special taxes on the
property benefited.
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WOULD NOT DISSOLVE IT
The New Race Track Injun ction
Still in Force.
ITS HACKERS UNKNOWN
Alleged That a Lot of Land Grabbers
Are Trying to Harass the Owner
OF the Land - District
Court Matters

The parties who are interested in the
new race track which is being built
south of the city made an effort yes
terday to have the injunction which
Judge Clancy issued on Saturday dis
solved, so as to permit them to con-
tinue the work, but the court refused
to hear it. l.. S. Hatch appears as the
head of the new enterprise, but it was
stated yesterday that he had no in
terest in it, and the hackers of it seem
TO be unknown. Work on the track
was stopped by .the court on the appli-
cation of Charles Cannon and Joseph
V. Long, who claim to own the ground,
and whose consent TO build the track
was not obtained. Yesterday morning
Attorney Dan YanceN, who thought he
was representing Hatch, applied to
Judge Clancy to dissolve the injunc-
ton His application was based on an
affidavit made by Hatch, in which he
alleged that a suit in equity was COM
menced in the federal court, and is still
pending there, against Cannon and
Long for the purpose of canceling their
patent to the land; that they. are not
the real parties in interest in the suit
commenced against the affiant and are
not the owners of the land, but are
simply the agents of a lot of land
grabbers' who are trying to harass
and annoy Enoch Johns, the true
owner; that the land is part of an odd
section within the limits of the land
grant made by the United States to the
Northern Pacific and was thereafter
duly granted to Johns, who is in the
exclusive possession of it, and he has
been in open, notorious and hostile pos
session of it for more than Is years, and
claims it as his own by virtue of two
titles, one by reason of a homestead
entry and another by purchase from
the Northern Pacific Railway company.
Hatch says Cannon and Long made
their pretended purchase with full
knowledge of Johns titles and posses
sion. Before they commenced their ac-
ton Johns leased II acres of the ground
to the afiiant for the purpose of allow
ing its use as race track or place to
train and speed horses. The land is
barren of vegetation and the surface is
composed of sand and gravel and is
rough and uneven in character. The
work already done and contemplated
consists of leveling the ground, which
is to the advantage and benefit of the
land, and also adds to the value of the
surrounding acres, instead of damaging
any portion, as alleged in the COM
plant.
Judge Clancy declined to hear the
motion to dissolve the injunction on an
eX parte application, but set it for hear
ing. AT that hour Attorney Tillinghast,
representing the plaintiffs, asked for a
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| which stand out against the dark
green and surrounded by the giddy
| nlght of the sacred white birds 1t is
as brilliant and fairylike as anything
the imagination pictures of the hang
ing gardens of Babylon.
But every park in the sunrise king
| dom is like some fairy scene in an
opera-kiosks overlooking the sea. lakes
! covered with sacred birds of gold and
SILVER plumage, shaded thickets of
| criinson-colored trees, a light veil of
hanging, waving wistaria and limpid,
sparkling streams in which these soft
| colors are reflected or waterfalls ar
ranged artistically between the beau
tltul rocks, rising one above the other
on wall of grass and flowers and
sparkling like great silver swords.
The smaller gardens look like
gllmpses OF Liliputia seen through the
big end of a telescope They are toy
gardens, with their collection of dwarf
shrubbery in puppies of dark greens.
branches over the lakes filed with red
fish. or diminutive rivers crossed by
verdant rustic bridges large enough
for nothing but elves to walk upon
Midget avenues trace their tiny ways
amid tiniest beds of flowers, and fairy
lawns leading to arbors and bowers fit
for Brownie pleasure seekers.
In all japanese horticulture and gar
dening one salient feature is noticea-
Bile. While our gardeners appear to
bend all their efforts to have nature
produce straight erect and upright
plants and trees, the Japanese ideal ap-
pears to run in a different channel.
No attempt at symmetry is made.
Slanting, swaying and irregular are
the stems and branches. Some are so
crooked that they impress one as
freaks.
Here we have the peculiarities of
Japanese art and thought over again,
or rather the key to the popularity of
Japanese ideals. Fart is the child of
nature" and Japanese art is the true
child Of japanese nature. When the
effete occident first showed signs of
prediction for Japanese bric-a-brac and
the like, the commercial instincts of
the mikados subjects drowned all
ideals. Cheap, gaudy affairs were
turned out by the thousands and the
American buyers Of these lacquers and
curios paid for designs and wares that
We're entirely foreign to the prevailing
standard of Japanese art.
The same held good for the first i'm
portation of Japanese flowers and
plants. The love of flowers is a ma
tional trait of the Japanese, and their
care and training are constant
source of occupation and pleasure to
rich and poor. With a purely COM
mercial idea in view it has been mostly
the ordinary varieties of plants that
have heretofore been sent to this coun-
try. Years of constant care are re-
quired to bring the plants to that
state of perfection required by the jap
anese connoisseur
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Wheat and Bricks.

From The Detroit Journal.
Here we have one of those department
stores, where is sold everything that any
body ever wants.
y farmer enters.
Whats the price of gold bricks?" he
asks. in dialect. of course.
Five thousand dollars each, or three
for $4,000" replies the salesman, SUI
avely.
"Caramba." eXclaims the farmer, still
in dialect. "And with wheat only 65 cents
a bushel! You've got your nerve!'
But the farmer is helpless. There is no
competition, now, the individual bunko
man of formertimes being absorbed in
the larger enterprise.
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IN POLICE COURT.
Two Men Paid Fines for Resisting an
Officer.

John Koski, Elias Moki and T. Fred
erickson, the men arrested by Officer
Curley Sunday night on the charge of
resistance, appeared in the police court
yesterday. F'rederickson pleaded not
guilty and he will be heard to-day.
Elias Moki and Koski each paid $40, and
Anton Moki, one of the offenders who
did not appear, forfeited his 500 bond.
Sam Swartz was fined $40 for carrying
a concealed gun. William McGill, who
assaulted William Keiger on July 3, en-
tered a plea of not guilty and will be
tried to-day.
Marguerite and Flora, two queens of
spades, paid $40 each for fighting. ]. B.
Henry, charged with wife beating,
pleaded not guilty and will be tried to-
day. D. NJ. Clark and John Thompson,
disturbance. $40: John Tanner, drunk,
So Minnie Brown, abbreviated dress,
So John Coyne pleaded not guilty to a
petty larceny charge and will be tried
to-day.
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Atbletjc Contests.

Billy Woods has arranged for series
of athletic contests at the opera house
tonight. He passes it all up to the
public now. He would like to see a
large attendance for. he says, the pro-
ceeds are to be applied to the armory
gymnasium. The gymnasium once
equipped he says, he proposes to turn
the whole affair over to the city. And
if the city does not want it, he will take
it himself.
The Transvaal Question in a Nutshell.
From the New York Sun
The trouble between the Beers and
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To the Public.

Law Bros. & Day will open their new
store, 81 West Broadway. Thursday,
Aug. 10. Call and see them. Compli
mentary bouquets to ladies.
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further continuance on the ground that
he didn't have sufficient notice Mr..
Yancey opposed it, but the court put
the hearing over until next Saturday
and in doing SO said that while walk
ing along the street Hatch had called
to him from the other side to tell him
he had no interest whatever in the race
track or the suit, as he had assigned
his rights to some one else, and there
fore didn't want to be put to the eX-
pense of hiring a lawyer.
Anton Strosser yesterday COM
menced an action against James j..
Eager and Charlotte S. Eager to re-
cover possession of some property and
for the cancellation of a mortgage. He
says in his complaint that on Feb. "A,
1898, he gave the defendants a mort
gage to secure note for $1,000 and
gave them authority to collect the
rents, which were to be applied on the
note. The note is past due and he is
ready to pay it off as soon as the de-
PENDANTS account to him for the amount
of rents collected, which they refuse to
do. He says there is about $500 still
due on the note.
Judge Clancy yesterday signed an
order permitting the plaintiffs in the
Plymouth Silver King mining case to
enter the Silver King for the purpose of
making a survey and examination of
the ground in controversy. The order
provides that the surveys must be COM
pleted by Aug 10. A $1,000 bond on
temporary restraining order on the de-
PENDANTS was also filed and approved
by the court.
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S25 reward to any one proving that E.
F. Mayer, 40 West Park, does not put
in the best handspring made for 81.
Watch cleaning, $1.50
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on the aforesaid map. No. 10. Of the
United States commission with the
number $40. and on the map No. Il.
Of the aforesaid British commission
with the number 5i9o."
1T is understood. as formerly SET
forth in communications Of the depart.
ment Of state of the United States that
the citizens or subjects Of either power
found 10y this arrangement within the
temporary jurisdiction of the othe,
shall suffer no dlminution of the rights
and privileges which they now enjoy.
The government Of the United State.
will at one appoint an officer or OH
GERS, in conjunction with an officer oil
| officers TO be named by the government,
| of her Brit,anic majesty TO mark the
temporary line agreed upon. by the
| erection Of posts. stakes or other appro
pirate temporary marks.
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LINE Is DEFINED
Modus Viyendi Fixing a Tempo
rary Alaskan Boundary
Executed.
Prejudiccs Neither Party in the
Final Settlement of the
Question.
Temporary Boundary Thus Fixed
to BE Marked Without
Delay.

WASHINGTON. Oct. ol.-Mr. Tower.
The British charge here. called at the
state department and handed to Secre-
tary Hay a note formally accepting for
his government the p~ropositlc0 Tor the
temporary adjustment Of the Alaskan
boundary line. proposed by Secretary
HAY of his note of Thursday. With
that act the long-expected modus vi
yendi relative TO the vexed boundary
question went into effect. This result
has been brought about through the
direct negotiations Of Secretary Hay
and Mr.. Tower. after several failures III
the past through commissioners anu
ambassadors. The state department Is
confident that it has conserved every
American interest in the arrangement
without unjus,ly treating Canada. The
division line on the west pass by which
the Dalton trail is reached Is placed
2oi, miles above Pyramid harbor. winch
is regarded under the treaty as III
water mark, so the Canadians are not
allowed 10 reach any point on the Lynn
canal. Moreover, there Is no pernls-
sion given for n free port or even tor the
free transfer across American territory
of Canadian goods, except OF miners De-
lonCinys. These matters may inquire
later on when it I'M to a permanent
, boundary line, but they are not touched
upon in this modus.
The modus vivendi follows the pre-
| celen, established 10y Secretary Evart:
in 1873 in agreeing upon a temporar!
boundary on the Stikine river III Ajax;
by an exchange Of notes.
The line on the Chilkat river Is @l.
.tatute miles from the head of navlga
ton to the Lynn canal and on tn
Klenini river. l2 statute miles turtle
inland. and the whole valley of Porcu
nine creek is included within the Amer
lean line. On White and Chilkoo
masses the line is fixed at the summit o
watershed. being observed by custom
authorities of the two countries.
Some Of tho Provisions.
The agreement provides that tn
claims Of neither party in the hnal Sc
Element are prejudiced by the tempo
rary boundary. 1t is also provide
that persons proceeding to or from Poi
cupine creek shall be freely pernitte
70 follow the trail between the sal
creek and the said junction of tn
rivers, into aud across the territory o
the Canadian side of the temporar
line wherever the trail crosses to sue
aide. and subject to such reasonab'
regulations for the protection OF II
revenue as the Canadian governmer
may prescribe to carry with them o
snch parts or part of the trail betwee
the said points as may lie on the Can
> dian side Of the temporary line. sue
goods and articles as they desire wit
, out being required to pay any custom
. duties on such goods and articles; 81
from said junction to the summit of Il
neak east Of the Chilkat river. mark.
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PURE
aovA. sAxs.o eoxosa co., sex vom

400 hundred yards range, but their
shooting was bad, and the Maxims ron.
dered signal service in stopping their
PUSHES. They have a large wagon and
artillery train.
LONDON, Oct. 2l.-Later advices from
Mafeking, by way of Kimberley. ~reiter.
ate the story Of the Boer repulse there.
with severe losses. The British had
Corporal Walsh and Corporal Parland
killed. and IA men wounded.
LONDON. Oct. GA dispatch from
Glencoe Camp says that Sir William
Symons was wounded in the stomach.
and that General Gate has assumed
| command.
LONDON, Oct. 2l.-lt was reported in
the house OF commons that the British
had captured II guns at Glencoe, and
that the cavalry Were still pursuing the
fleeing burghers.
CAPE Town. Oct. 2l.-Glencoe camp
bas been attacked by a great force o,
Bocis who posted guns on a hill over
looking the town and opened fire on tn,
camp. 4 battle is now general.
\ private message from Mafeking
undated. says: .'Fish, Monday. AL
night"
Messages from Kimberley. dated Oct
l.. say that the Beers still ~occupie'
their positions from the Spytfonteiu
Beers arc lifting cattle anu dcvastiu
everything. An Engiishman with
Free state permit, who WAS temperate
detained near Kimberley. reports tina
the Beers have large ilocks aud herds.
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THEY ARE NECESSARY.
Mark Hanna Gives His Opinion Of bns''
ness Tom biz nj Ions.

ness Com bin ntious.
CLEVELAND. Oct. Ex-senator Hanna.
in n speech before the Fifth District
Republican club. stated his position re-
carding trusts On this subJec: be
said:
The Democrats say ! am q fraud TO
talk about trusts. | am not going TO
talk ahou: them. This combination of
capital for II purpose or another Is
no, n political question at all. !. isa
business question and ought no, TO nave
been brought into politics. When u
industries We're IN their infancy Eng
land and other countries came along
and sold goods to this country at less
than the price asked In their own.
Then followed the protective law
framed hy that friend Of the working
! man, William Mckinley. Having Sc
| cured this protection American manu-
fac,urcrs went ahead. They made
rapid strides and are successfully COM
netting with the whole world.
believes They Arc Necessary.
ut is impossible for them TO DO SO
unless they have combines OF capital
We should own and control our own
merchant vessels. We should then be
in shape to make II own rates anu
compete with other vessels on an equal
footing. We have now reached the
stage when we are doing more export
ing than importing. Last year was .ne
first vear in the history Of the country
that this was true. But we must looI
~ tho future. We must be prepared
for changes that are bound TO come
Therefore industrial combines are
s;mnlv an evolution in BUSINESS meth
DDS. - -,
..Shouli railways own their owl
steamships there would be a hi"rhe'
change in rates. All TINS require
~canital and TO such al extent ina III
ordinary corporation could stand H.
save rru.ts Arc Not New.
1.-THE so-called trusts are not ne"
They have been found in England an
Germany 40 fur back IA 200 years an:
are increasing. Therefore. from . pus'
ness standpoint Of view, the formatlo
If these combinations in n sense 10
sten forward. However, If the trus'
are a menace to the country, wnu
nartv better than the Republican par'
can give you relief
"When it comes down to plain fact
+ha various labor organizations are
sort Of trust, and l believe in them az
always have. They are for the purpos
I believe. Of helping the indiv.dn'
u.,nhers. The organizations OF u
:. smnloyer should go hand in hand WI,
/, the organizations Of the employe.
that wav much good can be accou
plished."
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A Lima N ANS Testim sny.

a Lima n an Tentim Omy.
have obtained excellent results from
the use OF Foley's Kidney Cure. 1t re-
lieved my back.aohe and revere pain
over the hips. 1t toned up my system
and gave me new vim and energy. l re-
for all Kidney diseases. 1t makes nc
false claims but does what it Gays when
given a fair trial. / certainly recon
mend it. VIM. Finn, 447 Elida Road
Lima, Ohio.
CHRIS. SCHUTZ.
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ITS VOID.

American Glucose Company Held to h
q Trust.
SPRINGFIELD. Ills. oct. 2l.-The su.
preme court has handed down a deci-
sion declaring the American Glucose
company Ct Peoria a trust and its char.
ter in violation of the antitrust laws OF
illinois of 1891 and 1892 and therefore
void. The case is that Of George F.
Harding and the Chicago Real Estate,
Loan and Trust Company VS.. the Amer
lean Glucose Company, ct al.
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Re fopmsd Church synod.

CEpAR RAPIDS. Ia. oct. 2l.-The
synod Of the Reformed Church. embrac.
ing Illinois. Iowa. Kansas. Nebraska
and California, Is III session at Long.
tree. la. Rev. B!osser Of Orangevill..
Ills. was chosen president. Rev. Boom
ershine q Marquette. Ia. and Rev.
Shuey Of lola. Kan. were elected stated
clerks. and Rev. Rutfna OF Nebraska.
CORRESPONDING secreiarv.
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Hours Hard Fighting at
l. British Camp Near
Ladysmith.
70 the Number Of Four
lousand Attack the Brit
i>h Position.
Finally Driven Back, but
he British Sustained
Heavy Loss.

US. oct. 2l.-The war ONCE has
!, the following official dispatch
alv.ni,h filed at $3.50 p. m.:
nom Glencoe: We wcrc At.
iii. morning 1t daylight by a
bsrblv estimated at 1900. They
led several guns in u position on
40 Yards east Of our camp. and
krl plugged shells. This ar,ll-
n damage. Our infantry
~. attack and we got our guns
t:,on. After the position OF the
hal been revealed our infantry
h.! 10 the attack. and after n hard
k,;.u, until 1880 p. m, an almost
S,.b.c POSITION was taken. the
-.urlu. eastward. All the Beer
kayc have been captured. We
aur soldiers at the top of the
lur cavalry and artillery are still
kne-al oymons is severely wound
)uy los,e. are heavy. They will
kxraphed ~ soon rs possible
BIS, oct. ai.-Thcre Is reason TO
a. The wound received by Sir
H. symons will prove fatal.
toN. oct. 2l.-The war Office has
p the appended dispatch from
ku..h. sled ut I0:i5 n. m:
y following adviccs from Glen
(m;. JUS, a, hand: The Kings
RE. and the Dublin Fusiliers
backing n hill occupied by Boel
ry They are within 800 yards OF
k..ion aud are advancing under
q IL artillery at about zoo.
,anse. Scouts report that 1900
are advancing on Hattingspruyt,
..,ern,h battery and the Leicester
r.: has gone TO meet them"
PY>MiTH. Oct. 2l.-At $50 \. IN.
81 was received from Genera
b announcing that the Beers were
p G.cncoe Camp. with big guns
pa the troops were moving out t
FAcla.
o:aclal message was received from
o., timed at 1:4O a. m, sAylnt
p was still proceeding there AM
fhclns that the Boer strength wa
9,ooo men. The Beers. it appears
guns On a hill overlooking tn
G"n"d fire ON the camp, and tn
becA,n" general.
FhoN, Oct. 2l.-A special dispatcl
HI"nco., S:2j q. m. announce
EAe Boer position had been car
after heavy fighting during wh,c
yui> We're taken.
A>NlTH, Oct. 2l.-v::O q. ma
ciaI report has been received her
poer artillery is Smelling Dunde'
rfsNi1H, Oct. 21.-It is reporte
FAe Beers began Smelling Glenco
with big guns at $3.50 a. m. an
Fae troops are moving out.
4 Town, Oct. 2l.-Advices froi
range Free State announce thu
vent Steyn has ISSUED anoth'
Euation calling upon the burghe'
BARNS and to fight against an VI
R'lous enemy.
are fighting . just war;" 50!
reclamation, land cannot be d
y as God 10 on cur side"
DSsMIrH. Oct. l~o.-[Delayed
mission. 1.-The Carbineers Al
VI Mounted Rifes, who have be'
L0on with the enemy nearly all da
.ued this evening. falling ba'
lug IN tho face Of some 1000 Boe1
were several times almost cut Q
maxim gun held the Doors
IT 10 reported that IL Box
killed.
.''al times tho Doors came with