The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-24
ANACONDA NEWS.
TALKS WITH TRAVELLERS
Theatrical Man Spins Yarn of
a Smoking Car.
POLITICS IN INDIANA
Prominent Merchant OF Peru Says the
Hoosier State Win Go Democratic
Next Year and Other Heretofore
Republican States Will Follow.

Sam Thall, who in a year or so will be
old enough to get into the John Mcguire,
M. B. Leavitt and AL Hayman veteran"
class, is in the city in the interest of
the lyon Yonson'' company of which he
is one of the proprietors. He admits that
the company is fast making him
wealthy man and that diamonds will
soon cluster on him as grapes on the
vine.
Theatrical people have many queer ex-
periences in travelling and here is one
which Mr.. ThaH relates:
The scene Of the story is the smoking
room of sleeping car which pulled out
of Chicago for St Paul the other even
ing. There were five men in the smoking
room when Thall entered 1T, and 1t nap
pened that all of the men, who were
commercial travellers, preferred their
newspapers to telling stories. Conse-
quently there was silence and tobacco
smoke. AT the first stop which the train
made an old man boarded the train and
after bit came into the smoking room.
He offered the information to the con-
ductor that it was the first time in his
life that he had ever been on a sleeping
car, and then started to get acquainted
with the other occupants of the smok-
ing room. His first choice was big,
handsome-looking chap, who represents
one of the big flour mills
where's the depot in st. Paul for
Butte?'' was his first query.
The big man was not quite prepared to
break the rule of silence established by
his confreres, and made no reply. The
old man waited as long as an irascible
old man can be reasonably supposed to
wait and then began another attack.
I'm going to Butte to see my son
when i get to st. Paul. and want to
know if We know where the Butte depot
is?"
said nothing. Once more the old man re-
turned in a higher key.
II say, I'm goin' to Butte-do we know
where the depot is-the depot for Butte in
ST. Paul?"
The big traveller grunted, shook his
head and closed his eyes
The old man turned to the second trav-
eler, looked him over and yelled:
I'm goin' to Butte! Do We know
where's the depot for Butte in st. Paul?'
The second man, taking his cue from
the flour drummer. made no reply.
The old man turned to Thall and took
hold of his arm and shook it to see if
he was alive
I'm goin to Butte"
And Thall, following the lead of the
others, turned his face and closed his
eyes.
Say, I'm goin'-" was as far as the
old chap got with the fourth man he
tackled.
Just then the conductor came through.
He had seen and heard all that had been
going on. The old fellow stopped him
and asked him what was the matter with
all the passengers. The conductor was
fully up to the OCCASION and he said
There's going to be a convention of
the deaf and dumb in Minneapolis and all
these men are delegates
The old man looked them all over
again hastily and exclaimed: Faith,
they're a dom foine looking lot of fell
lers, but dom poor company!
One by one the silent men all went to
bed, but the next morning, when the
train pulled into the union depot in st.
Paul, the six all lined up as the old man
left the train and said together, in true
comic opera style:
"Ha! Ha! Ha! Where's the depot for
Butte?"
The old man dropped his grip and the
conductor says 1.-THE hair on his head
stood up so instantly that it knocked his
hat off,
James Collins, prominent merchant
of Peru, Ind, arrived in the city yester-
day on visit and is the guest of Justice
William Devine. Mr.. Collins is making a
trip through Montana for the benefit of
his health. which has been fast falling
lately. Said he last evening:
Montana has the reputation in the
East of being a healthy place and that is
the reason why I came here. Anaconda is
a great little town. / like Montana and
find 1t all right, but ] dislike the wind,
which is simply terrific at times
When asked about the political situation
in Indiana, Mr. Collins said
II think that the next campaign will
be a closely contested one and no odds
can be given on either party. Indiana, 1
believe. will so democratic at the next
election and I feel sure that many other
heretofore republican states will also go
democratic"
Mr.. Collins will remain in Anaconda for
several days. ~
Charles De Long returned yesterday af-
ternoon from a four-days' business trip
to Philpsburg and Granite.
Business Is not as lively around Phil
ipsburg and Granite these days as it has
been during the summer" said Mr.. De
Long yesterday. "Of course, there are
lots of men employed and very few who
are idle, but the business houses are the
ones who are suffering from the lack of
iiveliness. The business men say that
they expect business to pick up within
q short time.
"A very busy place in Philipsburg is
the Bi-Metalllc mine, where more than
400 men are employed"
Praised on All Sides