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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-04
A Long Seige of 1t.

~ EPORTS regarding the situation
N in Luzon are conflicting. People
" are beginning to doubt whether
the country is kept accurately inform
ed of what is going on over there There
is a rigid press censorship-every dis
patch is carefully scrutinized and
newspaper correspondents are not al
lowed to send out full and impartial
reports. The one fact that is perfectly
transparent is that the rebellion has not
been crushed and is not being crushed
at least with any satisfactory degree
of rapidity. 1t was announced the other
day that Otis wanted $4,000 more men
The authorities at Washington prompt
ly declared the statement false-it was
asserted that Otis had all the men he
needed. At the same time it is ad-
mitted that from thirty to sixty per
cent. Of the soldiers of each regiment
are incapacitated from duty by sick
ness. That leaves the actual fighting
| force of the Americans reduced prob
| ably one-half.
| While the department at Washington
| denies that there is any need for more
troops every uncensored report that
comes from the Philippines says that
more men are necessary In confirma-
ton of this is an interview with Captain
Charles D. Clay of the Seventeenth in
| fantry, who has just returned to this
| country, which we find in the Chicago
Times-Herald, as strong an advocate
| of Imperialism as you will see. Cap
| tain Clay represented the situation as
| follows: "a handful of men are wag-
ing a war there against incompatible
odds With $4,000 or 100000 men we
| could sweep the island in thirty days,
and avert the tremendous mortality
| that is now certain as fate. General
Lawton had the eye of the soldier when
he said 100000 men We're needed. We
have not troops enough to occupy what
we conquer. The place at which I was
wounded had been taken three times
before and as many times abandoned,
because we had not force enough to
hold it. That is the case everywhere
Luzon is a great country, full of thou
sands of men ready to fight at mo-
ment's notice. 1t requires 1000 men to
hold Manila. Some 5000 Of our men are
in the hospital or useless, and that
leaves barely 5000 men to beat the
Filipinos in the field and hold what is
gained"
In the face of statements like these
by men who have been there and know
what they are talking about. what folly
it is to talk about the end of the war
| being in sight. The natives have not
yet been whipped into meek submission,
nor are they likely to be for months to
come Recent reports from Manila no
| longer hold forth any encoura cement
for speedy ending of hostilities. Sick
ness among our men is increasing and
| the Filipinos are becoming more agrees
! sive. 1t is a nasty state of affairs.
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hat 1t Leads To.

~ NGLAND's decadence in the
West Indies is the theme dis
cussed, in the June Forum, by
Mr.. Brooks Adams, a good student and
a clever writer. Mr.. Adams produces
some rather startling figures which
show how the Jamaican exports Of
sugar rum and molasses have dwindled,
both in quantity and value, and how
some of the smaller British Caribbean
islands, fallen from their former high
state of cultivation, have become little
better than wilderness. The latter
fact in particular will surprise many
who are in the habit of regarding every
one of the West Indies as tropical
garden with every foot of available
soil either under a high state of cult
walton or yielding bounteously such
products as grow wild. The reason
for this decadence given by Mr.. Adams
is that England has neglected her West
India domain and exposed the sugar
products of the islands to the destruct-
i've competition of the beet-sugar from
Germany and France.
Manufactured on huge scale, beet
sugar can be produced more cheaply
and transported to the great markets,
particularly those that are English, at
much lower rates than the sugars of
the West Indies can be. The conclusion
Mr.. Adams reaches is that all of these
islands must ultimately be absorbed by
the United States and be adjusted to
our economic system. Just what he
means by this is not clear-unless it
be that the islands must be annexed
to this country and, through our tariffs
be given an advantage in the American
| market That would certainly benefit
the islands; and the free Importation
Of West Indian sugar and molasses
would also be a benefit to the Ameri-
can consumer.
But how we are to get the islands
Mr.. Adams fails to explain, or even to
suggest. Whether we are to engage In
humanitarian war with England and
take them by force, or buy them, or ex-
change something for them--say the
Philippines-or persuade Johnny Bull,
out of the goodness of his heart, to give
them to us-Mr. Adams does not say.
If Mr.. Adams is right in his deductions,
he proves more than he probably in
tends to.
By some other figures which Mr..
Adams presents relative to the trade Of
Great Britain and Ireland, applying the
same line of reasoning, we should also
absorb the United Kingdom in it's en-
tirety and adjust it's affairs to our eco
nomic system. He takes the export
trade of Great Britain for the last
twenty-nine years and shows that, COM
pairing the last five years with the first
five, the exports have fallen off about
fifteen per cent. in value, while those
of the United States have increased
about twenty per cent. Our English
cousins are very much in favor of the
United States expanding and estab-
fishing great colonial empire" How
| would they be struck with the idea of
our taking them under the shelter of our
| mighty wing. giving them a good gov
eminent and checking their CONNER
| cial decay?
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Unless they collide with 8. sheriff's
posse, the Wyoming train robbers who
took $4,000 from Union Pacific train
will continue to take things easy for
some time.
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Little Nellie Bergen, having secured
a divorce in North Dakota, will marry
De Wolf Hopper. Little Nell may be
ambitious to break Lillian Russell
record.
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The Fitzsmmons-Jeffri prize fight
is scheduled for next Friday and still
neither of the combatants is estab-
fishing a reputation as a Demosthenes
or Cicero.
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The administration is liable to find
that it made the mistake of it's life in
not pursuing vigorous policy of ex-
pansion with reference to the American
army in the Philippines.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-04

Up to date the Dewey house fund has
not been the tremendous success of the
Dewey sinking fund established in Ma
Mia harbor, May 1, 1885,
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Speaking of convincing the Filipinos
of the power and resources of the Unit
ed States, it's pity that an able bodied
Nebraska cyclone can't be set down in
the midst of General Luna's army.
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Agree with thine adversary quickly
whilst thou are yet in the way with
him, particularly if it be a railway; or
else the train will come upon thee, as
it did upon Mr.. Johnson and Mr.. How
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-04

The Helena girl who is reported to
have nine lovers might make things
still more interesting by making a
match with, the Butte baseball club.
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The post-mortem the reporters have
been holding on Mr. Edwin ]. Barker
of Neihart, seems to point to Dr.
Observation-Disclosures sort of exist
ence.
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The friends of Mcmillan are conf
dent they can see the finish Of Ayers
senatorial boom right now.
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The Standard has branch offices at
Butte, Missoula and Great Falls. where
advertising rates will be furnished on APP
plication.
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While the Schley, ovations are mag
nificent in their way, they bear about
as much resemblance to the coming
Dewey ovations as a star to the sun.
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ard. coiored, who were fighting on
track near Rome, Ca, when train
came along and sent them both into the
custody of the coroner.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-04

The Spanish ministry business has
been resumed at the old stand in
Washington, the Due d'Arcos business
mana ger.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-04

For few days the Clark kidnapping
case attracted almost as much atten-
ton in the country as the Clark brib-
cry case.
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All general business letters and CORE
spondence should be addressed to the
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Anaconda, Mont.
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In his endeavor to knock Aguinaldo
out, Otis demonstrates that he's hard
hitter but deficient in reach.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-04

The Russian wheat crop is reported
to be failure. Russia continues to be
Americas fat friend.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-04

Senator Hanna seems to have forced
a quantity of peace right down the
threats of his Ohio enemies.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-04

Judging by his long succession of
defeats, Tod Sloan is having WASH
ington- baseball-cl of a time.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-04

Indian Agent Becker has no inten-
ton of dying In Contractor Graves
last irrigating ditch.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-04

The w. A. Clark New York Press bu-
reau has finally let up apologizing for
its eccentric Paris partner.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-04

Mr. w. A Clark seems to be giving
his overworked press agent few days
of much needed rest.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-04

Evidently some Billings people have
Grow reservation to pluck with Agent
Becker.
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The revival of the train-robbing in
dustry is not necessarily sign of pros
perity
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Mr. Henderson Of Iowa seems to be
catching the vacant speakership's eye.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-04

The Spanish war lacks good deal of
being over in the magazines.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-04

Instead of catching the devil last
week, the Filipino rebellion caught Its
second wind.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-04

The court of cessation has paved the
way for a non-suit in the Dreyfus case.
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SUNDAY, JUNE 4, 1899.
TWENTY-FIVE PAGES.
Silver Left Out.

sHEN it came to the string of
/" resolutions finally adopted by
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-05
WAS KILLED BY A
TRAIN IN MONTANA

William ]. Kelly, who was killed by a
train near Missoula, Mont, was resi-
dent of this city. His sisters picture
was found in his pocket when the life
less body was picked up.
The young man resided at IA Natoma
street with his father, sister and
younger brother, and left home last July
to visit ST. Louis, Mo-, where he was
born The family is heart-broken over
the affair, especially as the particulars
of his killing are very meager. No fur
ther information has been received at his
home, and the manner of his death is
as yet mere conjecture.
Chief of Police Lees received a tele-
gram from the Missoula authorities for
information as to the dead mans con-
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-05
SOUTH AMERICANS
TO VISIT BUFFALO
Party of Notables Leaves Washing
ton for Trip to the Lake
WASHINGTON Inn,

WASHINGTON. June A distin-
guished party left Washington tonight
for Buffalo in a special train of three
cars, in charge of Major John B. Guthrie
Of the Fifteenth Infantry. 1t consisted
Of: The Mexican ambassador, Sonora
-AspiroZ and her two daughters; Captain
Alfred o. Barron. second secretary of
the Mexican embassy; Senior Lazow, the
Guatemalan Minister. Mr.. Vela. his sec
retary. and Mr.. Mariana Roma. CONNER
cial attache of the legation; Mr. Pulido.
the Venezuelan Charge d'Affaires; Mr..
and Mrs. Yanez, Dr. Merou, the Argen-
tine Minister, and his wife; Mr. Leger,
the Haytian Minister, Nine. Leger and
9ir. Alfred Leger; Mr.. Asis- Brazil. the
Brazilian Minister, Mr. Lima. his secre-
tary, and Mrs. Lima: Mr.. Calvo, the
costa Rlcan Minister his wife and daugh-
Ter and Mr.. Ricardo Iglesias. brother of
the President of Costa Rica, who is ca
det at the Annapolis Naval Academy:
Senor Inante, Charge d'Affaires of the
I chilean legation, with his wife and two
j other ladies' and Senior Balmaceda, sec
! retary Of the legation.
p, Inc party was accompanied by ex-
1 SSecretaTy of State John w. Foster and
/ MIS- Mrs Foster Assistant Secretary Hill of
the Department of State and Mrs. Hill,
! William Elroy Curtis and Mrs Curtis,
/ Mr.. Michael, chief clerk of the Depart
ment of State, and Mrs. Michael.
president afE fis 5nB Buf4o as guests of the
/ American Exposition, which is to
! be held from May to November,
| in 1901, to view the grounds and
I TO make the acquaintance of the people
! They Will be entertained at banquet,
reception and an excursion to Niagara
| Falls. The party will be met at Buffalo
/ by the Consuls General at New York Of
| the various Central and South American
republics and General Bonilla, Presl-
dent of Honduras
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-05
FAMILY OF THE FUTURE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE

NEW YORK, June A Washington
special to the Herald says: AS Represent
ative David B. Henderson of Iowa threat
ems to make a runaway race of the con-
test for the Speakership, the bright light
of public interest will be focused on his
family and the part it may play in the
social world OF the national capital.
The wife of the Speaker of the House
is entitled to a high social position in
washington, but if Mrs. Henderson
achieves social prominence in the event Of
her husband becoming Speaker she will do
what Mrs Reed, Mrs. Crisp, Mrs. Car
isle and Mrs. Blaine failed TO do while
their husbands held office Widely known
as are the last two names, their social
fame was not established until their nus
bands became members of the Cabinet.
Mr. Henderson is partial to social fes-
tivities and he is welcome guest at any
dinner table or social function. Good din
ners and card parties are his favorlte
forms of amusement. and nothing would
please him better than that his wife and
daughter should show a fondness for sim
liar pleasures, combined with genuine
weakness for afternoon teas and recep-
tions.
Mrs Henderson Is woman of small
stature and youthful appearance. When
surprise is expressed by her new-made
acuuaintances that she has married
daughter and grandchildren, Mrs. Hen
derSon explains with a laugh: Our
daughter was prematurely married
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-05
sToRE-WINDoW THIEVES.
Frank Smith and James O'Connor
Arrested on Charge OF
purc1orxy
BURGLARY.

A bold daylight burglary occurred yes
terday on Sixth street near Market. and
through the vigilance of Policeman ]. ].
Riley the two burglars were arrested and
locked up in the City Prison
About 4 o'clock in the afternoon some
boys saw two young men break the win
dow of a jewelry store on the west side
of Sixth street, near Market, and take
some articles which We're displayed in the
window. They notified officer Riley and
he found the two burglars in the Good
fellows Exchange saloon He arrested
them and took them to the City Prison,
where charge of burglary was booked
One of them gave the name of Frank
Smith and the other James O'Connor.
When searched eight fob chains and elev-
en- gold chains were found in Smiths
pockets and three fob chains and one gold
chain in O'Connor's pockets. Both men
are unknown to the police, and OConnor,
who was considerably under the influence
of liquor. said that Smith had given him
the articles found on him.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-05
GOLDEN TUNNEL MINE
PROVES A BONANZA
Million Dollars Worth of Ore in
Sight in Claim in the Cascade
Mountains

TACOMA, June 5.-The Golden Tunnel.
discovered last summer in the Cascade
mountains, has developed into a paving
mine so quickly as TO make the property
the mining wonder of the northwest. Two
of the three men who located il sold their
interests without knowing its value They
thought the bright yellow dirt at the bot
tom of the cave was mountain goat
guano. Somebody assayed this dirt and
found it to be disintegrated quartz aver
aging $21 to the ton in fine gold. A syn
dicate was then formed and the property
purchased. Henry Olsen, one of the To-
Gators, was in Alaska at the time of the
sale On his return he refused to be
bound by the terms named by his part
ners and held out until $4,000 was paid to
him a few days ago.
The property comprises a vein from 90
to so feet wide, running 5000 feet up an
almost perpendicular mountain slope. The
discovered tunnel or cave is located in
the vein a thousand feet below the noun
tain apex. The floor of the cave is COW
cred by 1000 tons of ore already mined
Figuring on the lowest ASSAYS, the, ore
in sight will yield over million dollars.
A tramway railroad is being completed
and roller stamps of pattern just
adopted at the Anaconda copper mine are
being put in. .
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-05
TOOK LIFE IN SELF-DEFENSE
KILLED CRAWFORD WHILE PRO
TECTING HIMSELF.
Report Submitted by Man Sent by
Chicago Colored People to Inves-
tigate a Burning at the
Stake.
Special Dispatch to The Call

CHICAGO. June ITO a mass meeting
Of negroes in Bethel Church this after
noon a private detective, Louis Levin
gave what he said were the facts lead
ing up to the burning at the stake of the
negro, Sam Hose, by Il mob at Newman,
Ga. Soon after Hose was executed Il
number of colored men of Chicago, head
ed ny Rev. r. c. Ransom, got I'D a fund
and sent Levin 10 Georgia to investigate
the case To-day he said the killing Of
Crawford by Hose was not for the pur-
pose Of assaulting Mrs. Crawford but was
the result of a quarrel concerning wages.
The detective who posed in Georgia as
vendor Of hog cholera medicine, said:
l Hose had been employed by Crawford,
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-05

nections., The sister, Miss Kate Kelly.
visited the City Hall yesterday and was
considerably disappointed at not receiv-
ing any information on the matter.
The father when seen at the home yes
terday afternoon. expressed himself as
much worried over the affair.
I'VE are at a loss" he said "to ac-
count for my sons sudden taking off. He
left us in the best of spirits with the in
tention of obtaining employment. as a
plumber in ST. Louis. Before leaving he
informed his sister, to whom he was de-
votedly attached. that he was going to
County, but l do not think he carried
out his intention. He has not commun-
Gated with us very much since he left,
but his letters were always hopeful. He
was twenty-seven years of age and was
very careful about himself This care
he exercised, to a greater extent ever
since a friend of his, Charles Kilday by
name. was killed a few years ago While
they were both working on a scaffold at
tached to a house at the corner of Geary
and Octavia streets. The scaffold broke
and Kilday was hurled head downward
to the ground That accident made a
deep impression on my son. and it seems
strange that he should have met with a
similar fatality"
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-05
AN OLD COUPLE
DESPO|LED BY
P'|CKP0CKETS
A Bold Gang "Works'
a Picnic Crowd.
WILLIAM DAVIDSON'S LOSS
HE AND HIS WIFE RELIEVED OF
THEIR VALUABLES.
Another Woman Cleverly Touched for
a Diamond Cross-Police Are
Now Looking for the
Thieves.
HE AND HIS WIFE RELIEVED OF
THEIR VALUABLES.

gang of pickpockets successfully
worked" the crowd while attending the
picnic at Schuetzen Park yesterday. AT
least a dozen men and women were robbed
by the light-fngered gentry.
Last evening William Davidson, an
elderly man, and his wife visited police
headquarters and reported that they had
turning from the picnic. They We're
seated in one of the coaches and when
near the Oakland mole Mr.. Davidson
missed a valuable diamond stud which
adorned his shirt front.
He quickly informed his wife of his
loss and started out to find the thief
During his temporary absence Mrs
Davidson placed her hand in her dress
pocket to get her handkerchief when she
was startled to find that her purse had
also been taken by one of the pickpockets
AS soon as her husband returned to his
seat she eXcitedly told him of the loss of
her valuables. The purse contained a
valuable Masonic emblem, a diamond
ring and So in silver.
While the aged couple were bemoaning
their jewelry and money, two other
women complained that they had been
cleverly robbed of their purses. A young
Reynolds, declared that she had been
touched" for a diamond cross, which she
wore close to her throat. On the return
hastened to police headquarters, where
she gave description of the stolen cross
to Captain Bohen.
1t is said that number of other people
were similarly robbed of their purses and
jewelry by the thieving gang.
The police are inclined to believe that
the pickpockets who robbed the returning
picnickers belong to the same gang that
recently attempted to operate at the
Chutes and Golden Gate Park. They were
accompanied by two fashily dressed
young women, who assisted them in their
thieving work.
Last evening Chief Lees was informed
that one of the gang had been arrested in
Oakland. Nothing of an incriminating
nature was found on him. Detectives
Egan and Gibson have been instructed to
round up the gang.